Philosophy Study-Units on offer
for the Academic Year 2015-2016
YEAR ONE (2015-2016)
Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students must register for these units.)
PHI1001
PHI1014
PHI1016
History of Philosophy:
(a) Ancient Philosophy
(b) Medieval Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Perception
Non Compensatable
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
Recommended Optionals
PHI1050
PHI1060
Studies in Plato’s Philosophy
The Bhagavad Gita with Shankara’s Advaita Commentary
Philosophy minimum workload this semester:
2 credits
2 credits
12 credits
Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students must register for these units.)
PHI1006
PHI1017
PHI1026
PHI1090
History of Philosophy:
Non Compensatable
(a) Modern Philosophy
(b) Contemporary Philosophy
Ethics I and II
Philosophy of Information Technology
Philosophy: Tools and Problems
4 credits
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
Recommended Optionals
PHI1009
PHI1070
PHI1080
SOC1010
Augustine of Hippo’s Philosophy
Plotinus – Main Themes
Marsilio Ficino – Main Themes
Contemporary Sociology
Philosophy minimum workload this semester:
Philosophy workload this year:
2 credits
2 credits
2 credits
4 credits
14 credits
26 credits
N.B. B.A. / B.A. Hons students are reminded that during their first year of study they are required to register for
study-units from the other area programme of study to the value of 26 credits and to also register for optional studyunits to the value of 8 credits
Requirement for regular progression to YEAR II :
26 credits in Philosophy
26 credits in other area
8 credits in optional units
Total B.A. Hons course this year: 60 credits
YEAR II B.A. Hons (2015-2016)
Semester 1
Compulsory Unit (All students must register for these units.)
PHI2004
PHI2120
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Metaphysics I: Ontology
4 credits
4 credits
Elective Units (Choose Elective study-units to the value of 28 credits from
the Elective Units offered over Semester 1 and Semester 2.)
PHI2002
PHI2006
PHI2034
PHI2035
PHI2105
PHI2117
PHI2119
PHI2201
The Philosophy of Mind:
(a) An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
(b) A contemporary theory of mind – John McDowell
Philosophy of Education
Phenomenology and Existentialism
Philosophy of the Environment
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophical Notions of the Sanskrit Grammar 1
Philosophy of Action
A Philosophical Analysis of the Internet
Philosophy minimum workload this semester:
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
8 credits
Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students must register for these units.)
PHI2001
PHI2121
Logic
Philosophy of Language
6 credits
4 credits
Elective Units (Choose Elective study-units to the value of 28 credits from
the Elective Units offered over Semester 1 and Semester 2.)
PHI2010
The Modernism/Postmodernism Debate
(a) Politics and Postmodernism
(b) Ethics and Postmodernism
PHI2011
Philosophy of Communication
PHI2015
Political Theory 3
PHI2102
Ethics III
PHI2107
Aesthetics
PHI2118
Philosophical Notions of the Sanskrit Grammer 2*
PHI2122
Introduction to Islamic Thought
PHI2123
Metaphysics 2: Natural Theology and Atheism
* Prerequisite PHI2117 Philosophical Notions of the Sanskrit Grammer 1
Philosophy minimum workload this semester:
Philosophy workload this year:
4 credits
2 credits
2 credits
2 credits
2 credits
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
10 credits
46 credits
Students should also note that they may cover not less than 24 and not more than 36 credits in each semester.
N.B. B.A. (Hons) students are reminded that during their second year of study they are required to register for
study-units from their subsidiary area programme of study to the value of 10 credits and to also register for optional
study units which may be taken from any area of study (including their main or subsidiary area) to the value of 4
credits. Students following this programme may choose any of the elective units as optionals.
Requirement for regular progression to YEAR III :
46 credits in Philosophy
10 credits in subsidiary area
4 credits in an optional unit
Total B.A. Hons course this year: 60 credits
YEAR II B.A. (2015-2016)
Semester 1
Compulsory Unit (All students must register for these units.)
PHI2004
PHI2120
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Metaphysics I: Ontology
4 credits
4 credits
Elective Units (Choose Elective study-units to the value of 8 credits from
the Elective Units offered over Semester 1 and Semester 2.)
PHI2002
PHI2006
PHI2034
PHI2035
PHI2105
PHI2117
PHI2119
PHI2201
The Philosophy of Mind:
(a) An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
(b) A contemporary theory of mind – John McDowell
Philosophy of Education
Phenomenology and Existentialism
Philosophy of the Environment
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophical Notions of the Sanskrit Grammar 1
Philosophy of Action
A Philosophical Analysis of the Internet
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
Philosophy minimum workload this semester: 8 credits
Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students must register for these units.)
PHI2001
PHI2121
Logic
Philosophy of Language
6 credits
4 credits
Elective Units (Choose Elective study-units to the value of 8 credits from
the Elective Units offered over Semester 1 and Semester 2.)
PHI2010
The Modernism/Postmodernism Debate
(a) Politics and Postmodernism
(b) Ethics and Postmodernism
PHI2011
Philosophy of Communication
PHI2015
Political Theory 3
PHI2102
Ethics III
PHI2107
Aesthetics
PHI2118
Philosophical Notions of the Sanskrit Grammer 2*
PHI2122
Introduction to Islamic Thought
PHI2123
Metaphysics 2: Natural Theology and Atheism
* Prerequisite PHI2117 Philosophical Notions of the Sanskrit Grammer 1
Philosophy minimum workload this semester:
Philosophy workload this year:
4 credits
2 credits
2 credits
2 credits
2 credits
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
10 credits
26 credits
Students should also note that they may cover not less than 24 and not more than 36 credits in each semester.
N.B. B.A. students are reminded that during their second year of study they are required to register for study-units
from their other main area programme of study to the value of 26 credits and to also register for optional study-units
which may be taken from any area of study (including their main or subsidiary area) to the value of 8 credits.
Students following this programme may choose any of the elective units as optionals.
Requirement for regular progression to YEAR III :
Total B.A. course this year:
26 credits in Philosophy
26 credits in subsidiary area
8 credits in an optional unit
60 credits
Philosophy (Subsidiary Area in a Bachelor Hons Degree)
YEAR II (2015-2016)
There are no compulsory units in Year II for students taking Philosophy as a subsidiary area. Students may
register for any study units in any semester from the following list. Minimum number of credits to be taken in
second year is 10 credits.
Semester 1
Elective Units
PHI2002
PHI2004
PHI2006
PHI2034
PHI2035
PHI2105
PHI2117
PHI2119
PHI2120
PHI2201
The Philosophy of Mind:
(a) An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
(b) A contemporary theory of mind – John McDowell
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Philosophy of Education
Phenomenology and Existentialism
Philosophy of the Environment
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophical Notions of the Sanskrit Grammar 1
Philosophy of Action
Metaphysics I: Ontology
A Philosophical Analysis of the Internet
4 credits
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
4 credits
Semester 2
Elective Units
PHI2001
PHI2010
Logic
The Modernism/Postmodernism Debate
(a)Politics and Postmodernism
(b)Ethics and Postmodernism
PHI2011
Philosophy of Communication
PHI2015
Political Theory 3
PHI2102
Ethics III
PHI2107
Aesthetics
PHI2118
Philosophical Notions of the Sanskrit Grammer 2*
PHI2121
Philosophy of Language
PHI2122
Introduction to Islamic Thought
PHI2123
Metaphysics 2: Natural Theology and Atheism
Philosophy workload this year:
10 credits
6 credits
4 credits
2 credits
2 credits
2 credits
2 credits
4 credits
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
* Prerequisite PHI2117 Philosophical Notions of the Sanskrit Grammer 1
Students should also note that they may cover not less than 24 and not more than 36 credits in each semester.
N.B. B.A. Hons students taking Philosophy as subsidiary area are reminded that during their second year of study
they are required to register for study-units from their Honours area programme of study to the value of 46 credits
and to also register for optional study-units which may be taken from any area of study (including their main or
subsidiary area) to the value of 4 credits. Students may choose any of the elective units as optionals.
Requirement for regular progression to YEAR III :
10 credits in Philosophy
46 credits in the Honours area
4 credits in optional units
Total B.A. Hons course this year: 60 credits
YEAR III B.A. Hons (2015-2016)
Year (These units start in Semester 1 and continue in Semester 2.)
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this unit.)
PHI3099
Dissertation
Non Compensatable
12 credits
Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this units.)
PHI3203
Technology and Cyberculture
6 credits
Elective Units (Choose Elective study-units to the value of 30 credits from
the Elective Units offered over Semester 1 and Semester 2)
PHI3001
PHI3007
PHI3041
PHI3042
PHI3120
German Philosophy (Kant and Hegel)
Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations
Heideggerian Studies: (a) Introduction to Heidegger;
(a) Time after Heidegger: Thinking after the deconstruction of time
Structuralism, Post-Stucturalism and Critical Theory
Far Eastern Religions and Philosophy 1: India and Tibet
Philosophy minimum workload this semester:
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
12 credits
Semester 2
Compulsory Units (all students must register for these units)
PHI3010
PHI3011
Synoptic Study Unit I
Synoptic Study Unit II
Non Compensatable
Non Compensatable
6 credits
6 credits
Elective Units (Choose Elective study-units to the value of 30 credits from the Elective Units offered over Semester
1 and Semester 2)
PHI3023
PHI3024
PHI3029
PHI3035
PHI3036
PHI3037
PHI3220
Philosophy of Science
Frege: Grundlagen
Levinas and Derrida
Frege: Conceptual Notation (Begriffsschrift)
Contemporary Texts in Philosophy
Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy
Far Eastern Religions and Philosophy 2: China and Japan
Philosophy minimum workload this semester:
18 credits
Philosophy workload this year:
60 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
2 credits
2 credits
2 credits
4 credits
Students should also note that they may cover not less than 24 and no more than 36 credits in each semester.
N.B. B.A (Hons) Year 3 students may also choose their electives from the second year list of electives.
Requirement for successful completion of YEAR III (final year): 60 credits in Philosophy.
Requirement for award of B.A. (Hons) in Philosophy :180 credits
Philosophy as in this Programme of Studies
:132 credits
Subsidiary area
:36 credits
Optional units
:12 credits
Note. This programme of study is governed by “The General Regulations for University Undergraduate
Awards, 2008” and by the Bye-Laws for the award of the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Arts
(Honours) under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts.
YEAR III B.A. (2015-2016)
Semester 1
Compulsory Unit (all students must register for this unit.)
PHI3203
Technology and Cyberculture
6 credits
Elective Units (Choose Elective study-units to the value of 10 credits from
the Elective Units offered over Semester 1 and Semester 2)
PHI3001
PHI3007
PHI3041
PHI3042
PHI3120
German Philosophy (Kant and Hegel)
Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations
Heideggerian Studies: (a) Introduction of Heidegger;
(b) Time after Heidegger: Thinking after the deconstruction of time
Structuralism, Post-Stucturalism and Critical Theory
Far Eastern Religions and Philosophy 1: India and Tibet
Philosophy minimum workload this semester:
4 credits
2 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
6 credits
Semester 2
Compulsory Units (all students must register for these units)
PHI3010
PHI3011
Synoptic Study Unit I
Synoptic Study Unit II
Non Compensatable
Non Compensatable
6 credits
6 credits
Elective Units (Choose Elective study-units to the value of 10 credits from
the Elective Units offered over Semester 1 and Semester 2)
PHI3023
PHI3024
PHI3029
PHI3035
PHI3036
PHI3037
PHI3220
Philosophy of Science
Frege: Grundlagen
Levinas and Derrida
Frege: Conceptual Notation (Begriffsschrift)
Contemporary Texts in Philosophy
Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy
Far Eastern Religions and Philosophy 2: China and Japan
Philosophy minimum workload this semester:
Philosophy workload this year:
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
2 credits
2 credits
2 credits
4 credits
12 credits
28 credits
Students should also note that they may cover not less than 24 and no more than 36 credits in each semester.
N.B. B.A Year 3 students may also choose their electives from the second year list of electives. Students following
this programme may choose any of the electives as optionals
Requirement for successful completion of YEAR III (final year):
28 credits in Philosophy
28 credits in other main area
4 credits in optional units
Requirement for award of B.A.in Philosophy and in other main area
Philosophy as in this Programme of Studies
Other area of study
Optional units
: 180 credits
: 80 credits
: 80 credits
: 20 credits
Note. This programme of study is governed by “The General Regulations for University Undergraduate
Awards, 2008” and by the Bye-Laws for the award of the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Arts
(Honours) under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts.