Individuals concurrently enrolled in other doctoral programs of the University may seek to earn a non-research HPS master's degree in order to complement their doctoral studies.

The non-research HPS M.A. degree requires the completion of 36 hours of coursework. Students may count up to nine hours of coursework toward both degree programs, subject to approval by the director of HPS, and the director of graduate studies in the other program.

There is flexibility in which courses are taken and the HPS program director will work to make courses fit a student's needs. To be eligible for HPS credit, these courses must bear in significant ways on the concerns of history and philosophy of science.

Requirements for the HPS M.A. degree may be completed at any time during the student's graduate career. For more information, please contact HPS Program Director Katherine Brading at kbrading@nd.edu.

Requirements for the non-research degree

36 hours of coursework

Core courses - There is flexibility about how many and which are taken    

Electives - The rest of the credit hours will be electives. Some possibilities are:

Reading knowledge in one foreign language (ordinarily French or German)

A one-hour oral examination, based on coursework

Recent course titles and themes