This minor offers a gateway into recent ‘Continental’ philosophy – and thus into work which has been important in its own right, but also highly influential on theoretical work in the humanities and some areas of the social sciences.
Learning outcomes
Students who complete this major will have the skills and knowledge to: recognise, understand and to know how to engage critically with ideas in this field, both in philosophy and as they are made use of in other disciplines.
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:
A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| MATH1042 | Philosophy of the Cosmos | 6 |
| PHIL1004 | Fundamental Ideas in Philosophy: An Introduction | 6 |
| PHIL1005 | Logic and Critical Thinking | 6 |
| PHIL1007 | Philosophy, Society, Humanity | 6 |
A minimum of 12 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PHIL2059 | Love Death and Freedom (20th Century French Phenomenology) | 6 |
| PHIL2087 | European Philosophy A | 6 |
| PHIL2092 | Philosophy of The Enlightenment | 6 |
| PHIL2097 | European Philosophy B | 6 |
| PHIL2101 | Democracy, Difference and Desire | 6 |
| PHIL2102 | Film as Philosophy | 6 |
| PHIL2111 | Global Citizens | 6 |
| PHIL2114 | Sustainability, System and Agency | 6 |
| PHIL3070 | Reason, Critique and the Self: Kant and German Idealism | 6 |
| PHIL3071 | Advanced Continental Philosophy | 6 |