MA Comprehensive Examination Selection Sheet
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Part I: Ancient
1. Required:
Plato, Republic and one of the following:
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, and one of the following:
2. Choose one of the following:
Part II: Medieval Philosophy
1. Required for all:
 Augustine Confessions I-XI, De Trinitate X-XI 
Aquinas, Summa Theologiae
o Part I, qq. 1-3 (sacred science, existence, simplicity of God)
o Part I, qq. 75, 76, 79, 84, (soul/body, knowledge)
o Part I-II 90-92, 94-5 (natural law)
2. Choose one of the following:
Part III: Modern Philosophy
1. Required for all:
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Descartes, Meditations
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Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, Prefaces, Introduction, Transcendental Aesthetic, Transcendental Logic, Transcendental Analytic, Books I-II; Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals
2. Choose one of the following:
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Part IV: 19 -contemporary
1. Choose one author from each selection box below.
Part V: Systematic Areas
1. Choose 2 systematic areas, and answer questions on them, using those thinkers required and chosen in Parts I-IV on the exam.
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Metaphysics
Epistemology
Ethics
Natural theology/philosophy of religion
Social/political philosophy