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Bachelor of Arts

Philosophy major sequence


The following is the program of study [November, 2008] for a 33-unit major sequence in Philosophy within a Bachelor of Arts and should be read in conjunction with the course rule for the BA.

First Year

9 units from the following:

PHIL1001

What is Philosophy?

4.5

PHIL1010

Mind and World

4.5

PHIL1030

The Individual and Society

4.5

PHIL1060

Critical Reasoning

4.5

Second and Third Years

24 units from the following:

PHIL2010

Epistemology and Metaphysics

6

PHIL2022

Reality, Perception and Knowledge

6

PHIL2024

Evolution, Knowledge and Ethics

6

PHIL2025

Paradox, Truth and Being

6

PHIL2030

Knowing Minds

6

PHIL2040

Mind and Consciousness

6

PHIL2051

Philosophy of Language

6

PHIL2080

Logic, Reasoning and Argumentation

6

PHIL2110

Moral Philosophy

6

PHIL2130

Bioethics

6

PHIL2140

Environmental Philosophy

6

PHIL2325

Gender and Power

6

PHIL2330

Freedom, Law and Society

6

PHIL2335

Rights, Welfare and Power

6

PHIL2345

Ethics for Professionals

6

PHIL2400

Philosophy and the Good Life

6

PHIL2401

Philosophy and the Arts

6

POLI2023

Feminist Political Theory

6

WMST3001

Thinking Through the Body

6

The following University of Adelaide topics in philosophy may be taken at Second Year.

PHIL2028

Existentialism

6

PHIL2110

Logic 2: Intermediate Logic

6