Credit points
80
Major available at
- Blacktown
- Brisbane
- Melbourne
- Strathfield
Note:
Sydney (North Sydney)*, NSW - Students will undertake units at both the Strathfield and North Sydney Campuses.
Completion requirements
A Major consists of 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at 100-level, at least 40 cp at 200-level and at least 20 cp from 300-level.
Part A : 100-level units
Complete 10 to 20 credit points from the following:
| Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHIL100 | Philosophy: the Big Questions | 10 | Introductory Units |
| PHIL102 | Theories of Human Nature | 10 | Introductory Units |
| PHIL104 | Introduction to Ethics | 10 | Introductory Units |
| PHIL107 | Philosophy of World Religions | 10 | Introductory Units |
Part B : 200-level units
Complete 40 to 50 credit points from the following:
| Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHIL200 | Contemporary Moral Problems | 10 | Ethics and Society |
| PHIL201 | Issues in Bioethics | 10 | Ethics and Society |
| PHIL202 | Justice, Authority and Human Rights | 10 | Ethics and Society |
| PHIL204 | Knowledge, Rationality and Scepticism | 10 | Metaphysics and Epistemology |
| PHIL205 | Mind, Body and Consciousness | 10 | Metaphysics and Epistemology |
| PHIL206 | Problems in Metaphysics | 10 | Metaphysics and Epistemology |
| PHIL208 | God, Religion and Evil | 10 | Metaphysics and Epistemology |
| PHIL209 | Philosophy Film and the Arts | 10 | Metaphysics and Epistemology |
| PHIL210 | Language, Meaning and Truth | 10 | Metaphysics and Epistemology |
| PHIL213 | Postmodern European Philosophy | 10 | History of Philosophy |
| PHIL214 | Medieval Philosophy | 10 | History of Philosophy |
| PHIL215 | Early Modern Philosophy | 10 | History of Philosophy |
| PHIL219 | Basic Symbolic Logic | 10 | Metaphysics and Epistemology |
| PHIL220 | Special Study in Philosophy | 10 | Other |
| PHIL224 | Ancient Greek Philosophy | 10 | History of Philosophy |
Part C : 300-level units
Complete 20 to 30 credit points from the following:
| Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHIL320 | Ethics, Justice and the Good Society | 10 | Ethics and Society |
| PHIL321 | History of Philosophy Seminar | 10 | History of Philosophy |
| PHIL322 | Metaphysics and Epistemology Seminar | 10 | Metaphysics and Epistemology |
| PHIL323 | Philosophy of Religion | 10 |