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Philosophy Graduate Program

General Information

Program Overview

The PUC-Rio Philosophy Department develops a stricto sensu Graduate Program that offers well-established Master’s and Doctoral degrees. The Department also offers lato senso graduate courses; currently its three available programs are Specialization in Contemporary Philosophy, Specialization in Art and Philosophy and Specialization in Ancient Philosophy.

Besides the stricto and lato senso courses, which aim at training researchers and qualified professors for higher-level teaching, the Graduate Program hosts several regular activities. Highlights include:

1. Philosophy Colloquium - forum for work presentations of the Program’s researchers and, above all, of researchers from other institutions;
2. Publication, since 1989, of an indexed magazine “What makes us think”, with an international editorial board;
3. Several editorial projects linked to the publication of researches developed within the Program;
4. SAF-Week of Philosophy Graduate Students- forum for presentations of the Program’s students. The SAF also includes participations from professors of the Department as well as of ther institutions;
5. Seminars courses and lectures to the Institute of Logic and Philosophy of Language (ILFL);
6. Seminars, courses and lectures linked to the Ancient Philosophy Studies Center (NUFA);
7. Seminars, courses and lectures linked to the Study Group in Ethics and Deconstruction (NEED).

Objectives

The Philosophy Graduate Program aims at preparing qualified professionals for research and higher-level teaching.

History

The stricto sensu Graduate Program in Philosophy was established in 1973 with the creation of its Master's course, which was credentialed in 1976 and since then recredentialed without interruption. The Doctoral course started in 1982 and was credentialed in 1992 by the 235/92 CFE report. The PUC-Rio Graduate Program in Philosophy is widely recognized as one of the best in the country, and has formed, until the beginning of 2007, about 322 Masters and 78 Doctors, most of them currently active faculty members of higher education institutions.

Concentration areas and lines of research

Concentration area: Philosophy

Recognition of the Course

Master’s Degrees

Recognition:
CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Eduction Personnel; from Brazilian Ministry of Education) evaluation: grade 5 (in a 3 to 7 scale) for the 2010-2012 period.
Approved by the CNE/CES MEC n.288/2015 of July 08, 2015.
Granted degree: Master in Philosophy

Doctoral Degrees

Recognition:
CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Eduction Personnel; from Brazilian Ministry of Education) evaluation: grade 5 (in a 3 to 7 scale) for the 2010-2012 period.
Approved by the CNE/CES MEC n.288/2015 of July 08, 2015.
Granted degree: Doctor in Philosophy

Requirements for obtaining the Master’s and Doctoral degrees

Master

The student admitted to the Master's Program must:

• Obtain a minimum of 24 credits in Graduate disciplines; 21 of these credits (including the Master's Seminar - FIL 2159 - which is worth 3 credits and 6 credits related to the two Individual Study disciplines -FIL 2159 to2162) should necessarily be obtained in disciplines offered by the Department after admission to the Master’s program; 3 credits may, at the advisor’s discretion, be obtained in a discipline offered by another Department’s Graduate Program at PUC-Rio or from another CAPES accredited university;
• It is advised that students complete 4 disciplines in the first semester. Funding agencies or PUC-Rio scholarship holders must compulsory complete 4 disciplines, of which one should be an Individual Study discipline;
• Be approved in the Master’s Seminary discipline, through the approval of his or her dissertation project, by the advisor and two other professors. This discipline must be completed in the second semester counting from the candidate’s admission date to the Master’s program. Projects that have failed to pass must be re-elaborated, defended and approved until the end of the second month of the following semester;
• Complete a second discipline of Individual Study until the end of   the third semester counting from the candidate’s admission date to the Master’s program;
• Be approved in a foreign language exam. The student may choose between English, French or German; (unsuccessful students in the language exam given during the Admission to the Program selection will have a second chance within a maximum of 2 semesters);
• Present, defend and receive approval of a Master’s Dissertation.

Doctor

The student admitted to the Doctoral Program must:

Obtain 45 credits distributed as follows:

• 24 credits may be transferred from a Master’s course in Philosophy from PUC-Rio or another CAPES accredited institution, or up to 24 credits may be transferred from a Master’s course in another field related to philosophical disciplines or other disciplines relevant to the student’s proposed Doctoral Thesis Project, at the discretion of the Philosophy Department’s Graduate Committee with the approval of the CSPG and CCPG;
• the remaining 21 credits must be obtained after admission to the Doctoral program; 3 of these refer to the Doctoral Seminar discipline - FIL 2160, 6 credits to 2 Individual Study disciplines - FIL 2163 and FIL 2164, and 3 credits may be obtained from another Graduate Program from PUC-Rio or another institution accredited by CAPES, at the discretion of the advisor;
• Be approved in two foreign languages. The student may choose from English, French and German (unsuccessful students in the language exam given during the Admission to the Program selection will have a second chance within a maximum of 2 semesters);
• Be approved in the Qualifying Examination by a board composed of the thesis advisor and two other professors, through the presentation of a work that demonstrates a broad philosophical knowledge that extends beyond the specific subject of the thesis; receive the approval of a Thesis Project by completing the Doctoral seminar discipline by a board composed by the thesis advisor and two other professors; this discipline should be completed up until 4 semesters counting from the student’s admission date to the Program. Non-approved projects must be re-elaborated, defended and approved until the end of the second month of the following semester;
• Present, defend and receive approval of a Doctoral Thesis.

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Admission and Enrollment

Masters and Doctorate

See the selection notice (pdf. file) (unavailable)
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