Undergraduate
BA and Diploma in Philosophy
Structure &
Syllabus
BA and Diploma in Philosophy: 10 units (5
compulsory, 3 further plus 2 optional)
Diploma in Philosophy: 4
units (Introduction
to philosophy plus 3 compulsory units)
Five compulsory units:
Logic
[235P070]
Epistemology [235P025]
Greek philosophy: the Pre-Socratics and Plato [235P085]
Ethics: historical perspectives [235P095]
Modern philosophy: Descartes, Locke, Berkeley and Hume
[235P065]
Three further
units from the following:
Metaphysics [235P075]
Methodology [235P035]
Greek philosophy: Aristotle [235P120]
Ethics: contemporary perspectives [235P115]
Modern philosophy: Spinoza, Leibniz and Kant [235P125]
Two optional
units from the following:
Continental philosophy from Hegel [235O190]
Philosophy of mind [235O100]
Philosophy of language [235O210]
Philosophy of Kant [235P080]
The philosophies of Frege, Russell and Wittgenstein
[235O220]
Political philosophy [235P090]
Aesthetics [235O130]
Symbolic logic [235O140]
Philosophy of science [235O120]
Philosophy of religion [235P110]
Post-Aristotelian philosophy [235O150]
Medieval philosophy [235O160]
Indian philosophy [235O170]
Philosophy of mathematics [235O230]
Note: A student who
obtains the Diploma in Philosophy will be invited to transfer his
or her registration to the BA and Diploma in Philosophy and will be automatically
credited with three of the papers passed in the Diploma. The
student will go on to the further units of the BA and will be able
to complete the degree in a minimum of two further years. A
student who transfers will not have to pay another initial
registration fee and the registration period of eight years will
date from the initial registration for the Diploma.
