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Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy)
Do human beings have free will? Is the mind distinct from
our physical constitution? Does God exist? Is morality a matter
of opinion? These are some of the questions that may be examined
in introductory philosophy degrees. Areas of study include
ethics, logic, feminism, aesthetics, political philosophy,
philosophy of law, philosophy of language, epistemology and
metaphysics.
The curriculum covers established areas of enquiry such as
theory of knowledge, metaphysics, philosophy of mind and action,
philosophy of language, theoretical ethics, political philosophy,
philosophy of law, feminism, and applied philosophy, including
health and environmental ethics.
Upper level subjects within the philosophy major divide into
two broad streams of study: (a) Ethics, Politics and Law,
and (b) Knowledge, Mind, Language, and Metaphysics. These
streams of study reflect central areas of enquiry making up
the subject matter of philosophy.
Introductory subjects in philosophy and logic serve to introduce
students to the themes that are taken up in more depth in
the upper level subjects within streams (a) and (b). In the
interests of a good education within the discipline, it is
recommended to students that they include in their major a
spread of subjects across streams (a) and (b).
Major Study
A major in Philosophy comprises 52 credit points of PHIL
subjects, of which at least 24 credit points are 300-level
PHIL subjects. Students taking a major in Philosophy may count
8 credit points from the following: POL211, POL314, POL324.
Minor Study
A minor in Philosophy will consist of at least 28 credit
points in subjects from the schedule of the Philosophy major.
Students may not take more than two subjects at 100 level,
and may not cross-count any subjects from the minor in any
other minor or major study.
Honours
See Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Assessment
Requirements vary from subject to subject and are set out
in general terms in each of the subject entries.
Study Program
| Subjects |
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Credit Points |
| 100-Level |
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| PHIL101
|
Knowledge, World and Values A |
6 |
| PHIL102
|
Body, Mind and Persons A |
6 |
| PHIL106 |
Media, Ethics and Law |
6 |
| PHIL112
|
Logic A |
6 |
| PHIL151
|
Practical Reasoning A |
6 |
| 200-Level |
|
|
| PHIL206
|
Practical Ethics |
8 |
| PHIL211
|
Greek Philosophy A |
8 |
| PHIL215
|
Philosophy of the Arts |
8 |
| PHIL216
|
Logic B |
8 |
| PHIL232
|
Political Philosophy A |
8 |
| PHIL255* |
Interpretation and Communication A |
8 |
| PHIL256
|
Ethics and the Environment A |
6 |
| PHIL258
|
Ethics and the Environment B |
8 |
| PHIL260
|
Philosophy of Feminism A |
8 |
| PHIL262
|
Theories of Knowledge and Metaphysics
A |
8 |
| PHIL270
|
Philosophy of Law A |
8 |
| PHIL284
|
Ethics A |
8 |
| PHIL286* |
Philosophy of Social Science |
8 |
| PHIL288
|
Philosophy of Mind and Action A |
8 |
| Other approved
200-level subject |
| POL211 |
Democracy in Theory and Practice |
8 |
| 300-Level |
|
|
| PHIL301
|
Ethics B |
8 |
| PHIL305
|
Special Philosophical Questions B |
8 |
| PHIL311
|
Greel Philosophy B |
8 |
| PHIL322
|
Theories of Knowledge and Metaphysics
|
8 |
| PHIL351
|
Philosophy of Mind and Action B |
8 |
| PHIL355*
|
Interpretation and Communication B |
8 |
| PHIL363
|
Philosophy of Feminism B |
8 |
| PHIL370*
|
Philosophy of Law B |
8 |
| PHIL380
|
Bioethics |
8 |
| PHIL383
|
Political Philosophy B |
8 |
| PHIL390
|
Contemporary Political Philosophy |
8 |
| Other approved 300-level
subjects (students may choose one POL subject) |
| POL314 |
Power and the Modern State |
8 |
| POL324 |
Culture and Politics |
8 |
* not on offer in 2005
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