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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

Course Title 

Ethical Thought

Formal Logic

Ontology

Classical & Modern Epistemology

Philosophy and  Science

Philosophy & Culture

Philosophy in Africa

Arabic Philosophy

Research Methodology

 

YEAR I SEMESTER II

 

Applied Ethics

Inductive Logic

Cosmology

Sociology of Knowledge

Social & Political Thought

Philosophy, Gender & Development

Seminar in African Philosophy

Near and Far East Philosophy

Research Proposal

 

YEAR II SEMESTER I

 

Research

 

YEAR II SEMESTER II

 

Research/Thesis Submission