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Philosophy

Unit of study table (Table S)

Major

A major in Philosophy requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 6 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level selective units
(iii) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iv) 18 credit points of 3000-level selective units
(v) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units

Minor

A minor in Philosophy requires 36 credit points from this table including:
(i) 6 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level selective units
(ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

1000 level units of study

Core
PHIL1011
Reality, Ethics and Beauty
6 N PHIL1003 or PHIL1004 or PHIL1006 or PHIL1008
Selective
PHIL1012
Introductory Logic
6  
PHIL1013
Society, Knowledge and Self
6 N PHIL1010
PHIL1014
Critical Thinking
6 N PHIL2642

2000 level selective units of study

PHIL2613
Plato and Aristotle
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History
N PHIL3013 or PHIL2013
PHIL2615
Logic and Proof

6 N PHIL2215 or PHIL3215
P PHIL1012
PHIL2617
Practical Ethics
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level
N PHIL2517 or PHIL3617
PHIL2618
Aesthetics and Art

6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History
N PHIL2518 or PHIL3681
PHIL2622
Reality, Time and Possibility: Metaphysics
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL3662
PHIL2623
Moral Psychology
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL2513 or PHIL3513
PHIL2629
The Mind-Body Problem: From Descartes to Kant
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL3004 or PHIL2004
PHIL2635
Contemporary Political Philosophy
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level from any combination of Philosophy, Government, International Relations, Politics
PHIL2643
Philosophy of Mind
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL3213 or PHIL2205 or PHIL2213 or PHIL3643
PHIL2647
Philosophy of Happiness
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level
N PHIL3647
PHIL2655
Ethics
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL3655
PHIL2670
Philosophy of Science
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy or History and Philosophy of Science HPSC
PHIL2675
Existentialism

6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy
PHIL2679
Freedom
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy
PHIL2680
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
6 P PHIL1012
PHIL2681
Explaining Our World
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL2672
PHIL2682
Inductive Logic
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL2678
PHIL2683
Emotions and Embodied Cognition
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL3651
PHIL2684
Philosophy of Film and Literature
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy or 6 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy and 6 credit points at 1000 level in English or Film Studies
N PHIL2658 or PHIL2646
PHIL2685
Unruly Women
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy or 6 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy and 6 credit points at 1000 level in Gender Studies or Ancient History or History
GOVT2112
Introduction to Political Theory
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level from Philosophy, Government and International Relations, Politics, International Relations

3000 level selective units of study

PHIL3605
Early Modern Philosophy of Perception
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL2605
PHIL3610
Logic and Computation

6 N PHIL2650
P PHIL1012
PHIL3613
Philosophy of Human Rights
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations
PHIL3617
Practical Ethics Advanced
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL2617
PHIL3639
Hellenistic Philosophy
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy and 6 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History, Classical Greek or Latin)
N PHIL3023 or PHIL3039
PHIL3640
Nature and Crisis

6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
PHIL3643
Philosophy of Mind Advanced
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL3213 or PHIL2205 or PHIL2213 or PHIL2643
PHIL3655
Ethics (Advanced)
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL2655
PHIL3662
Reality Time and Possibility M'physics Adv
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL2622
PHIL3663
Justice
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in any combination of Philosophy or International Relations or Politics
N PHIL2663
PHIL3681
Aesthetics and Art Advanced

6  
PHIL3682
Romanticism

6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
PHIL3683
Core Issues in Theoretical Philosophy
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
PHIL3684
Truth, Meaning and Language
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL2621
PHIL3685
Scepticism: From Illusion to Reality
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL2667
PHIL3686
Core Issues in Practical Philosophy
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
PHIL3687
Philosophy as a Way of Life
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL2673
PHIL3688
Philosophy of Sex
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL2611
PHIL3689
Philosophy and Mythology
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy or 6 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy and 6 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History or Ancient Greek or Latin or Studies in Religion
PHIL3690
19th Century Philosophy
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL2648
GOVT3664
Key Concepts in Political Thought
6 N GOVT2616
P 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy or 12 credit points at 2000 level in History and Philosophy of Science or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations

Interdisciplinary project units of study

If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major.
If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major.
If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major.
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6 P Completion of at least 90 credit points
FASS3333
Industry and Community Project
6 C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major
P 72 credit points