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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) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units
(v) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units
(vi) 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

PHIL2615
Logic and Proof

6 P PHIL1012
N PHIL2215 or PHIL3215
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
PHIL2635
Contemporary Political Philosophy
6 P (12 credit points at 1000 level from any combination of units of study with GOVT or PHIL prefix) or (6 credit points at 1000 level from any combination of GOVT or PHIL prefix and BPPE1000)
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
PHIL2682
Inductive Logic
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL2678
PHIL2686
Greek Philosophy
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History
N PHIL2613 or PHIL3639
PHIL2687
Existentialism and Lived Experience
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL2648 or PHIL2675
PHIL2688
Knowledge and Belief
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL2606
GOVT2112
Introduction to Political Theory
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level from Philosophy, Government and International Relations, Politics, International Relations

3000 level core units of study

PHIL3694
Core Topics in Philosophy
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL3683 or PHIL3686

3000 level selective units of study

PHIL3610
Logic and Computation

6 P PHIL1012
N PHIL2650
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
PHIL3643
Philosophy of Mind Advanced
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
N PHIL3213 or PHIL2205 or PHIL2213 or PHIL2643
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
PHIL3695
Early Modern Philosophy: Central Themes
6 P 12 credit points at 2000-level in Philosophy
N PHIL3605 or PHIL3683 or PHIL3685
PHIL3696
Ethics and Moral Psychology
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 Psychology)
N PHIL2623 or PHIL3655

GOVT3664
Key Concepts in Political Thought
6 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 credit points at 2000 or 3000-level from Government and International Relations
N GOVT2616

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.
If you are completing this major within the Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, please select BPPE3999.
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6 P Completion of at least 90 credit points
FASS3333
Industry and Community Project
6 P 72 credit points
C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major
BPPE3999
PPE Project
6 P BPPE2000
C BPPE3000
N FASS3999