<p>How is the philosophy program at Duke? And any thoughts about the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics certificate? Any information would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Many of my friends have taken philosophy and have absolutely loved it. Oftentimes, philosophy becomes their double major. For some reason, these people tend to be math, physics, or engineering majors - certainly not all of them but quite a few of them.</p>
<p>If you want a tough but great philosophy teacher for an intro course, look for Patrick Miller. He teaches a both UNC and Duke, but has taught intro-level philosophy here the past two semesters. Everyone seems to love him even though he does require quite a bit of work.</p>
<p>No, Miller's headed for Duquesne in the fall. The philosophy department is one of Duke's weaker departments, IMO. Offerings in political philosophy (like some of the classes taught by Michael Moses) are excellent, as are some of the philosophy of science courses. It's a bit weaker in the area of Continental philosophy, though. The professors can bit hit-or-miss in quality, but some of them (like Ferejohn) are excellent. UNC has a superb philosophy program, so it's entirely possible to take a couple of classes over there if Duke doesn't offer them.</p>
<p>I'm thinking of minoring in philosophy, probably because so many of the course titles grab my attention (Philosophy of Mind, Med Ethics, Philosophy of Bio, Problems with Philosophy of Bio (lol), logic, etc).</p>
<p>How is the typical workload for a philosophy class (hours/week, # of pages/week, #papers/semester, etc, etc), and how harshly are the classes graded?</p>