Master of Arts in Philosophy
PROGRAMME DURATION
The program shall normally be a minimum of two (2) and a maximum of four (4) academic years for full-time students and a maximum of six years for part-time students.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Courses are offered in units. A course unit will constitute a one-hour lecture per week per semester. The program shall consist of a minimum of forty-two (42) units and a maximum of fifty-eight (58) units. The student must take three (3) core courses and a similar number of electives (3 core courses and 3 electives per semester).
COURSE DISTRIBUTION
YEAR I SEMESTER I
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Course Title |
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Ethical Thought |
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Formal Logic |
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Ontology |
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Classical & Modern Epistemology |
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Philosophy and Science |
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Philosophy & Culture |
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Philosophy in Africa |
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Arabic Philosophy |
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Research Methodology |
YEAR I SEMESTER II
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Applied Ethics |
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Inductive Logic |
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Cosmology |
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Sociology of Knowledge |
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Social & Political Thought |
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Philosophy, Gender & Development |
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Seminar in African Philosophy |
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Near and Far East Philosophy |
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Research Proposal |
YEAR II SEMESTER I
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Research |
YEAR II SEMESTER II
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Research/Thesis Submission |