Can I get a job?
Philosophy is one of the most versatile majors when it comes to possible career choices. Majoring in philosophy indicates to future employers or graduate schools that the student can grapple with complex and difficult ideas, can write cogently, and most importantly can think clearly and creatively. Thus majoring in philosophy makes available a variety of future possibilities, including
- Professional studies (in Law, Medicine, the ministry);
- Other career opportunities (in civil rights, ecology, business, etc.);
- Graduate study in philosophy or related disciplines (e.g., religious studies, women's studies, critical theory, literary or film theory, etc.).
Philosophy Graduate School Info
Philosophical Gourmet (Analytic Graduate Programs)
Philosophy Graduate Schools Friendly to Continental Philosophy
Philosophy in the News
A Mind for the Arts: Philosopher Denis Dutton Explores the Creative Impulse (Wash Post, 4 February 2009)
The Thinker (Kelly Jolley and the Auburn Philosophy Department) (NY Times, 19 September 2008)
The Actor Daniel Evans Connects Philosophy, Sondheim and Seurat (NY Times, 28 May 2008)
Finding the Meaning of Life (The Post-Standard, 25 May 2008)
In a New Generation of College Students, Many Opt for the Life Examined (NY Times, 6 April 2008)
The Rise in Stock of Philosophy Graduates: "I think, therefore I earn" (The Guardian, 20 November 2007)
Philosophy in the News Parodies
Tyler Hansbrough Staying In School To Take This One Awesome Philosophy Class (The Onion, 1 May 2008)
Personal Philosophy Stolen From Martin Luther King, Jr. (The Onion, 23 December 2006)
Tibetan Teen Getting Into Western Philosophy (The Onion, 20 October 2004)