1. Handbook
  2. Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced)
  3. Specialisation (Formal)
  4. Philosophy
  5. Structure

Philosophy // Structure

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Structure

100 credit points

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time

The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in this area of specialisation requires:

  • one complusory subject (12.5 points)
  • thesis subject (37.5 points)
  • elective subjects (50 points)

 

Total 100 points

 

Please note: Students must enrol in the thesis PHIL40021 Philosophy Thesis Part 1 and PHIL40022 Philosophy Thesis Part 2 over two consecutive semesters

 

 

Subject Options

Compulsory Subject

12.5 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
PHIL40020 Reading and Writing Philosophy
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Thesis Subject

37.5 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
PHIL40021 Philosophy Thesis Part 1
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 18.75
PHIL40022 Philosophy Thesis Part 2
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 18.75

Elective Subjects

50 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
PHIL40002 Recent European Philosophy
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
PHIL40003 Topics in Moral Psychology Not available in 2017 12.5
PHIL40004 Value Theory
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
PHIL40005 Topics in Metaphysics
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
PHIL40007 Philosophy of Language and Mind
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
PHIL40013 Uncertainty, Vagueness and Disagreement
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
PHIL40014 Topics in Asian Philosophy Not available in 2017 12.5
PHIL40018 Topics in Contemporary Epistemology
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
PHIL40017 Early Modern Philosophy Not available in 2017 12.5

Links

http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/shaps

Last updated: 30 January 2024