Philosophy Programme
(Full time training)
CURRICULUM
Aim of the education programme
The aim of the programme is to prepare students for pursuing philosophy as a profession and vocation. On the one hand, the programme offers basic knowledge regarding
both the European philosophical tradition as a whole and the major fields of philosophy on the other hand, it prepares the students for autonomous philosophical thinking,
and develops the abilities and characteristic skills necessary for such thinking. Furthermore, specialized training in philosophy has more than one aim. The most important
general aim is to produce educated, philosophically trained intellectuals, who are able to carry through the integrating role of philosophy, and thus, are able to reintegrate
the different fields of knowledge. This requires a philosophical approach to the scientific-technological background, as well as the philosophical handling of social-cultural
areas. As to contemporary philosophical trends and fields, it is especially the philosophy of mind, moral philosophy, and hermeneutics, which are most helpful for reaching
this goal. In a concrete sense, in the philosophy programme we train prepared teachers and qualified intellectuals for philosophy education in secondary schools, for
philosophical research and graduate education, as well as for the different social-cultural areas.
Conditions of obtaining a degree:
For obtaining a degree the student must have an intermediate „C” type language proficiency exam in one language, or must pass an intermediate final exam at the University
of Miskolc. Requirements may change according to the laws and regulations set by the goverment of the Hungarian Republic.
Content of the education programme:
Students participate in a 5-year specialized educational program, which includes the study of the history of European and Hungarian philosophy, as well as the following
disciplines: logic, metaphysics, epistemology, theory of science, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, social philosophy and philosophy ofhistory (including
philosophy of law and political philosophy), ethics (including social ethics and ecological ethics), hermeneutics, philosophy of religion, and aesthetics.
PHILOSOPHY PROGRAMME, COURSE OF STUDIES
Code
Course-unit
Hours Hours in
in a semester
week
Account
Credit
Basic level
BTFTT201
Introduction to philosophy
0-2
30
term grade
2
BTFTT202
BTFTT203
BTFTT204
Greek or Latin I.
Greek or Latin II.
Reading philosophy in English or German
0-2
0-2
0-2
30
30
30
term grade
term grade
term grade
2
2
2
Remarks
elective
I/1
elective
elective
elective
Prerequisite
BTFTT202
BTFIT205
BTFIT206
BTFIT207
BTFIT208
BTFIT209
Logic I.
Logic II.
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Theoretical philosophy, preliminary exam
2-0
0-2
0-2
0-2
30
30
30
30
exam
term grade
term grade
term grade
compr.
exam
2
2
2
2
4
Core level
BTFTT210
BTFTT211
BTFTT212
BTFTT213
BTFTT214
BTFTT215
BTFTT216
History of ancient philosophy, lecture
History of ancient philosophy, seminar
History of medieval philosophy, lecture
History of medieval philosophy, seminar
History of modern philosophy, lecture
History of modern philosophy, seminar
History of philosophy, preliminary exam
2-0
0-2
2-0
0-2
2-0
0-2
30
30
30
30
30
30
2
3
2
3
2
3
4
BTFTT210/r.; BTFTT211
BTFTT210/r.; BTFTT211
BTFTT212/r.; BTFTT213
BTFTT212/r.; BTFTT213
BTFTT214; BTFTT215
History of 19th century philosophy,
lecture
History of 19th century philosophy,
seminar
History of 20th century philosophy,
lecture
History of 20th century philosophy,
seminar
History of Hungarian philosophy
Hermeneutics
History of philosophy, comprehensive
exam
Philosophy of science
Philosophy of language
Philosophy of mind
Philosophy of religion
Aesthetics
Political philosophy and philosophy of
law
2-0
30
exam
term grade
exam
term grade
exam
term grade
compr.
exam
exam
2
BTFTT216
0-2
30
term grade
3
BTFTT216
2-0
30
exam
2
BTFTT217/r.; BTFTT218
0-2
30
term grade
3
BTFTT217/r.; BTFTT218
2-0
2-0
30
30
2
3
5
BTFTT219/r.; BTFTT220
BTFTT219/r.; BTFTT220
BTFTT221
0-2
2-0
2-0
2-0
2-0
2-0
30
30
30
30
30
30
exam
exam
compr.
exam
term grade
exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
3
3
3
3
3
3
BTFIT209
BTFIT209
BTFIT209
BTFTT217
BTFTT218
BTFTT219
BTFTT220
BTFTT221
BTFTT222
BTFTT223
BTFIT224
BTFIT225
BTFIT226
BTFIT227
BTFIT228
BTFIT229
BTFIT205
BTFIT205
BTFIT206; BTFIT207; BTFIT208
BTFIT230
BTFIT231
BTFIT232
BTFIT233
Philosophy of history
Ethics
Ethics and eco-philosophy
Practical philosophy, comprehensive
exam
Specialization level
BTFIT234
Theoretical philosophy, seminar
BTFIT235
Practical philosophy, seminar
BTFIT236
Fifth semester thesis
BTFTT236
Fifth semester thesis
BTFTT237
History of philosophy, seminar I.
BTFTT238
History of philosophy, seminar II.
BTFTT239
History of philosophy, seminar III.
BTFIT240
Special seminar.
BTFTT240
Special seminar.
Degree thesis and final exam
2-0
2-0
2-0
30
30
30
exam
exam
exam
compr.
exam
2
3
3
5
0-2
0-2
30
30
0-2
0-2
0-2
0-2
0-2
30
30
30
30
30
term grade
term grade
exam
exam
term grade
term grade
term grade
term grade
term grade
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
25
BTFIT229
BTFTT214; BTFTT215
BTFIT231
BTFIT230; BTFIT232
elective
BTFIT224, 225, 226, 228
elective
BTFIT227, 230, 232
III/1
BTFTT204
elective
elective
elective
elective
6 elective courses
Explanation for types of courses:
BTFTT201. – Propedeutics
Must be taken in the first semester of the first year.
BTFTT203. – Greek or Latin II.
The language taken in BTFTT202 must be continued.
BTFTT204. – Reading philosophy in English or German
Prerequisite for term grade: written examination and oral account; three-degree evaluation scale.
BTFTT210/r. – History of ancient philosophy, lecture
BTFTT212/r. – History of medieval philosophy, lecture
BTFTT214/r. – History of modern philosophy, lecture
BTFTT217/r. – History of 19th century philosophy, lecture
BTFTT219/r. – History of 20th century philosophy, lecture
The meaning of the grade “/r”: partial accomplishment, that is to say, acquiring the teacher’s signature (indicating the fulfilment of the term requirements of the
course-unit) without acquiring the exam result. Whenever XXX/r is a prerequisite for a course, the student may take the course with a prior acquisition of the
teacher’s signature from XXX, however, s/he can take the exam on condition of having passed the exam on XXX.
BTFIT234 – Theoretical philosophy, seminar
Includes the following fields: philosophy of science, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, aesthetics.
BTFIT235– Practical philosophy, seminar
Includes the following fields: philosophy of religion, political philosophy, ethics.
BTFIT236, BTFTT236. – Fifth semester thesis
A thesis of 15-20 pages, which must be accomplished in the first semester of the third year, and must be submitted to the department to which the theme belongs.
BTFIT240, BTFTT240 – Special seminar
Special seminars may be chosen both from the courses offered by the Philosophy Department and the History of Philosophy Department.
Code
Course-unit
PHILOSOPHY PROGRAMME SAMPLE-CURRICULUM
Hours in Hours in
Account Credit
Remarks
a week
semester
Prerequisite
1. year, 1. semester:
BTFTT201
BTFTT202
BTFIT205
BTFIT207
BTFTT210
BTFTT211
Introduction to philosophy
Greek or Latin I.
Logic I.
Metaphysics
History of ancient philosophy, lecture
History of ancient philosophy, seminar
0-2
0-2
2-0
0-2
2-0
0-2
30
30
30
30
30
30
term grade
term grade
exam
term grade
exam
term grade
2
2
2
2
2
3
elective I/1
elective
BTFTT203
BTFTT204
BTFIT206
BTFIT208
BTFIT209
Greek or Latin II.
Reading philosophy in English or German
Logic II.
Epistemology
Theoretical philosophy, preliminary exam
0-2
0-2
0-2
0-2
30
30
30
30
2
2
2
2
4
elective
elective
BTFTT212
BTFTT213
History of medieval philosophy, lecture
History of medieval philosophy, seminar
2-0
0-2
30
30
term grade
term grade
term grade
term grade
compr.
exam
exam
term grade
2
3
BTFTT210/r.; BTFTT211
BTFTT210/r.; BTFTT211
2-0
0-2
30
30
exam
2
term grade 3
BTFTT212/r.; BTFTT213
BTFTT212/r.; BTFTT213
1. év, 2. semester:
BTFTT202
BTFIT205
BTFIT205
BTFIT206; BTFIT207; BTFTT208
2. year, 1. semester:
BTFTT214
BTFTT215
History of modern philosophy, lecture
History of modern philosophy, seminar
BTFTT216
History of philosophy, preliminary exam
BTFIT224
BTFIT225
Philosophy of science
Philosophy of language
0-2
2-0
30
30
compr.
4
exam
term grade 3
exam
3
BTFTT214; BTFTT215
2-0
30
exam
2
BTFTT216
0-2
30
term grade 3
BTFTT216
2-0
2-0
2-0
30
30
30
exam
exam
exam
3
3
3
BTFIT209
2-0
30
exam
2
BTFTT217/r.; BTFTT218
0-2
30
term grade 3
BTFTT217/r.; BTFTT218
2-0
2-0
0-2
30
30
30
exam
exam
exam
term grade
3
3
3
2
2-0
2-0
2-0
2-0
0-2
30
30
30
30
30
exam
exam
exam
exam
term grade
2
3
3
2
2
5
30
30
30
30
compr.
exam
term grade
term grade
term grade
term grade
BTFIT209
BTFIT209
2. year, 2. semester:
BTFTT217
BTFTT218
BTFIT226
BTFIT228
BTFIT231
History of 19th century philosophy,
lecture
History of 19th century philosophy,
seminar
Philosophy of mind
Aesthetics
Ethics
BTFTT214; BTFTT215
3. year, 1. semester:
BTFTT219
BTFTT220
BTFIT236
BTFIT229
BTFIT232
BTFIT240
History of 20th century philosophy,
lecture
History of 20th century philosophy,
seminar
Fifth semester thesis
Philosophy of politics and law
Ethics and eco-philosophy
Special seminar I.
BTFTT236
BTFTT204
BTFIT231
BTFTT240
3. year, 2. semester:
BTFTT221
BTFTT222
BTFIT227
BTFIT230
BTFIT240
History of Hungarian philosophy
Hermeneutics
Philosophy of religion
Philosophy of history
Special seminar II.
BTFTT219/r.; BTFTT220
BTFTT219/r.; BTFTT220
BTFIT229
BTFTT240
4. year, 1. semester:
BTFTT223
History of philosophy, comprehensive exam
BTFIT234
BTFIT235
BTFTT237
BTFIT240
Theoretical philosophy, seminar
Practical philosophy, seminar
History of philosophy, seminar I.
Special seminar III.
0-2
0-2
0-2
0-2
2
2
2
2
BTFTT221
elective
elective
elective
BTFTT240
BTFIT224, 225, 226, 228
BTFIT227, 230, 232
4. year, 2. semester:
BTFIT233
BTFTT238
BTFIT240
Practical philosophy, comprehensive
exam
History of philosophy, seminar II.
Special seminar IV.
0-2
0-2
30
30
compr.
5
exam
term grade 2
term grade 2
BTFIT230; BTFIT232
0-2
0-2
30
30
term grade 2
term grade 2
elective
BTFTT240
0-2
30
term grade 2
25
BTFTT240
elective
BTFTT240
5. year, 1. semester:
BTFTT239
BTFIT240
History of philosophy, seminar III.
Special seminar V.
5. year, 2. semester:
BTFIT240
Special seminar VI.
Degree thesis and final exam
Further remarks:
The courses belonging to the autumn- and spring-semesters of the curriculum will be offered in every autumn- and spring-semester.
All the comprehensive exams, preliminary exams, and courses ending with exam will be offered in every semester. However, the classes belonging to the courses ending with
exams will be offered only in those semesters indicated in the sample-curriculum. In the semester in which a course-units is offered without classes one can only take the
exam. (For example, in the case in which the student obtained the teacher’s signature in the previous semester, but did not take the exam.) Out of the the courses ending with
term grade the followings will be offered every semester: BTFTT204.; BTFIT234; BTFIT235; BTFTT237-239. Furthermore, in every semester at least 10 special seminars
will be offered, with code-numbers BTFIT240 and BTFTT240.
The sum-total of credits of obligatory course-units: 107 credit, out of which 93 are related to classes. The number of credits of elective courses: a sum-total of 21 credits.
Freely chosen course-units: a sum-total of 12 credits.
Proportion of practical and theoretical training: 41:59. Following the sample-curriculum, the lowest number of weekly hours is 4 (not taking into account the semester of
final exam), the highest is 12. The average number of weekly hours is 10. Number of exams per semester: 0-4. Number of credits that must be accomplished, per semester: 417, in the semester of the final exam: 27.
Conditions of submitting the degree thesis and of taking final exam: fulfilment of the requirements related to all the previous specialized and  depending on the coupling 
out of specialty or general-training course-units.
Degree thesis: 50-page essay, based on autonomous specialized research. The subject-matter of the thesis is to be proposed by the student and authorized by the appropriate
department. The degree thesis must give evidence that (1) the student is well prepared in the literature of the subject-matter, (2) that s/he knows and is able to use the relevant
set of philosophical concepts and specialized approaches, (3) that s/he is able to interpret and argue autonomously. The finished thesis must meet the formal requirements of
philosophical publications.
On the final exam the student must defend her or his degree thesis in front of the Final Exam Committee, and must answer questions on previously defined final exam
themes. As a basic rule, these themes correspond to the subject-matters of those course-units, that are most closely related to the subject of the degree thesis.