Philosophy students have the opportunity to work closely with their professors as mentors on research projects, preparing them with research skills, public presentation and communication skills, and in some cases networking skills in their post-graduate studies. Students work developmentally, completing course-based projects and presentations first, and then for the senior project, conducting philosophical research on a subject of their choosing, culminating in the public senior presentation.
Notably, since the inception of the prestigious Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowships Program at the College to the present, eight Philosophy majors, four of them double majors, have earned this Fellowship and participated in its multi-year mentoring program for the pursuit of higher degrees.
