BA Philosophy Major and Sub-Major

Philosophy Major (8 standard units of study or 80 credit points)

Students undertaking a Bachelor of Arts Philosophy Major at UWS study a Required Core of four subjects:

Level 1: Introduction to Philosophy
Level 1: Ethics and Philosophy
Level 2: Case Studies in Philosophy: Thinker
Level 3: Case Studies in Philosophy: Text

Students then add four units from the following unit groups, with no fewer than two level 3 units in order to complete the major.

Philosophy Sub-Major (4 standard units of study or 40 credit points)

To complete a sub-major in Philosophy, students must complete 40 credit points (4 standard units of study). At least two units must come from the four core units, and two others from the groups above, with at least one being at level 3.

List of Units currently available for Second and Third Level of Study in Philosophy:

Level 2
Ancient Western Culture: Periclean Athens
Classics of Modern Philosophy
Philosophy and Environment
Philosophy and the Good Life
The Ethical Life
Truth and Knowledge
Western Political Philosophy

Level 3
Aesthetics
Ethical Cultures
Feminist Theories
Film and Philosophy
Literature and Philosophy
Philosophies of Love and Death
Theories of Conflict and Violence
Theories of Authority
Understanding Freedom
Understanding Power
What is the Human?

Offered at Bankstown and Parramatta campuses