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Course code
Qualifications are made up of courses. Some universities call these papers. Each course is numbered using 6 digits.
- 134750
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Level
The fourth number of the course code shows the level of the course. For example, in course 219206, the fourth number is a 2, so it is a 200-level course (usually studied in the second year of full-time study).
- 700-level
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Credits
Each course is worth a number of credits. You combine courses (credits) to meet the total number of credits needed for your qualification.
- 30
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Subject
- Philosophy
Course planning information
General progression requirements
You may enrol in a postgraduate course (that is a 700-, 800- or 900-level course) if you meet the prerequisites for that course and have been admitted to a qualification which lists the course in its schedule.Learning outcomes
What you will learn. Knowledge, skills and attitudes you’ll be able to show as a result of successfully finishing this course.
- 1 Have gained an in-depth knowledge of select philosophical texts.
- 2 Have demonstrated an appropriate level of philosophical skills, including the ability to critically examine the philosophical arguments and theories of others.
- 3 Have demonstrated the capacity to think independently about the topics covered; to have formed independent opinions about these topics; to have demonstrated the ability to both defend these opinions by citing reasons and to be able to identify weaknesses in these reasons.
- 4 Have demonstrated the capacity to present both their own ideas and the ideas of others in a clear, precise and economical way.
Learning outcomes can change before the start of the semester you are studying the course in.
Textbooks needed
There are no set texts for this course.