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Ideas and Society (PHIL10004)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Overview
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This subject offers an introduction to three fundamental questions of human society: what does it mean to be human? How do we find ‘truth' and, how should society be organized? The subject will examine selected responses to these questions presented in seminal texts of the western intellectual tradition and will invite students to critique and formulate their own views. Emphasis will be placed on how these ideas have shaped the contemporary world. The subject will develop students’ analytical skills through the examination of challenging questions, while providing a supportive framework for skills development.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of the subject students should have:
- an awareness of a diversity of views on the nature of humanity, the nature of ‘truth’ and knowledge, and the organisation of society;
- an awareness of some key thinkers and movements of the western intellectual tradition;
- an understanding of how such views underlie and have shaped the contemporary political, socio-economic and intellectual world; and
- developed some of their own viewpoints on complex issues of human knowledge and society.
Generic skills
Students who successfully complete this subject should:
- have developed their capacity to critically analyse ideas;
- have the skills to successfully access a variety of information sources and to be able to identify the quality and relevance of this information;
- have the skills to effectively analyse source material and to use that material to formulate and support independent opinions; and
- have the ability to successfully develop and defend their own views in both oral and written essay form.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- A tutorial presentation and an 800-word essay (20%), due during semester with the essay due one week after the presentation.
- An 800-word essat (30%), due mid-semester.
- Regular class participation (10%), due throughout semester.
- A 1,500-word research essay (40%), due during the examination period.
- Hurdle: Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% of classes in order to pass this subject and regular class participation is expected.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Lilly Brown Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours: a 1 hour lecture and 2 hour seminar per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
A subject reader will be available.
- Perry, Jacob, Jacob, Chase, Von Laue. 2009, Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics and Society, vol. II: from 1600 (9th ed.) Boston:Houghton Mifflin
- Subject notes
This subject is only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts (Extended) program.
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Type Name Course Bachelor of Arts (Extended) - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022