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The importance of philosophy today: , by Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times

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Philosophy's role in shaping leaders: , by David Brendel, The Harvard Business Review

How philosophy helps in business: , by Carolyn Gregoire, The Huffington Post

Even a magazine devoted to people studying psychology for getting great jobs!

And don't just take it from professors on campus! spells out all the reasons to become a lover of wisdom right now!

Even the  thinks philosophy majors are well worth it!

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Skeptical about all these claims? Excellent! You're ready to be a philosophy major! And don't trust us just because we said all this. Ask ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â's Psychology professor Alan Swinkels, English professor (and lawyer) , French professor (and Department Chair) Philippe Seminet, University Studies professor Cory Lock, and Associate Vice President of Admission Tracy Manier if their B.A. degrees in philosophy prepared them for life and work. They're bound to tell you it really helped them prepare for careers and more.

And your Philosophy Department is the ´Ç²Ô±ô²âÌýone on campus where each and every faculty member won the university's Distinguished Teaching Award: viz., Mark Cherry in 2003, Peter Wake in 2010, and Jack Musselman in 2018.

The four career counselors in the Career and Professional Development office (Moody Hall 134, phone 512-448-8530) can help you find an internship that works for you! Your skills as a philosophy major--i.e. critical and analytical reasoning to provide clear and compelling arguments--are in demand by non-profits, for-profits and government employers. So, go to Moody Hall 134Ìý²¹²Ô»å talk to a career counselor to get an internship. After that, go talk to your philosophy faculty about how that internship can become a philosophy course under their supervision.

Juniors and seniors majoring in either Philosophy or Religious and Theological Studies may receive the Lillian Cervenka Scholarship and Arthur Kinsella Scholarship. These two departments alternate every other year giving this scholarshipÌý²¹²Ô»å recipients are selected by the faculty in Philosophy or the faculty in Religious and Theological Studies. Recipients are announced at ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â's University Honors Night.

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​: the main U.S. organization for philosophers

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: professional philosophers share interesting articles

Two alumni have been  scholars and many others have been admitted to graduate studies at American University, Baylor University, Boston College, Brandeis University, DePaul University, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris), École Normale Supérieure (ENS, Paris), Emory University, Harvard University, the University of Houston, the University of Kansas, Louisiana State University, Loyola Marymount University, the University of Missouri, Loyola University, the New School for Social Research, University of Northern Colorado, the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po, Paris), University of Pennsylvania, Purdue University, Stanford University, St. Mary's University, the University of Texas, Texas State University, Texas Tech University, Texas Women's University, University of the Arts (Berlin), Williams CollegeÌý²¹²Ô»å William and Mary.

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