This course provides students at the Honours level with the opportunity, through various combinations of lectures, seminars, readings and written research and analysis, to complete intensive study in an advanced topic relating to different areas of philosophy.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- understand one or more complex works and/or issues relevant to recent Philosophy;
- appreciate and engage with the key arguments;
- demonstrate familiarity with some of the arguments that critics of the works and/or issues have made;
- formulate sophisticated responses to those issues and arguments, and
- communicate those issues, arguments, and responses persuasively in writing
Indicative Assessment
- 500 word outline of their paper (10) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
- 4,000 word paper (90) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of seminars, and 12 hours of tutorials; and, b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Not applicable.
Assumed Knowledge
Completion of a cognate major.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 14
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $3960 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $5100 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continental Philosophy | ||||||
| 2541 | 20 Feb 2023 | 27 Feb 2023 | 31 Mar 2023 | 26 May 2023 | In Person | N/A |
| Analytical Philosophy | ||||||
| 2633 | 20 Feb 2023 | 27 Feb 2023 | 31 Mar 2023 | 26 May 2023 | In Person | View |
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy | ||||||
| 5523 | 24 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Aug 2023 | 27 Oct 2023 | In Person | N/A |
| Continental Philosophy | ||||||
| 5584 | 24 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Aug 2023 | 27 Oct 2023 | In Person | N/A |
