Ethics and Public Affairs PhD

Features

• The guiding framework is public reason – the idea that the exercise of power must be justifiable to the people over whom it is exercised.
• Alumni will be prepared to compete for academic jobs or for policy-related jobs in government and civil society, or as consultants.

Programme Structure

Research

• Possible research topics are as varied as the expertise of Carleton faculty, including gender and other social inequalities, multiculturalism, the environment, health, international development, global inequality, human rights, good governance, and more.

Admission requirements

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

• TOEFL® IBT — 86
• PTE Academic — 60
• IELTS — 6.5

Other requirements

General requirements

• A Master’s degree in a relevant field and an A average in relevant honours or graduate courses both in (a) analytical ethics or political philosophy and in (b) social science or interdisciplinary studies; or
• A Master’s degree in a relevant field, and successful performance in an EPAF graduate diploma program with an A average.