Philosophy

Contact

Research

Dr Kristie Miller
Phone: + 61 2 9036 9663
Email: kristie.miller@sydney.edu.au

Requirements

Graduate Certificate in Arts

4 units of study = 24 credit points

(Entry requirement: A Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Sydney, with a major in Philosophy, or equivalent.)

Graduate Diploma in Arts

6 units of study = 36 credit points

(Entry requirement: A Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Sydney, with a major in Philosophy, or equivalent.)

Master of Arts

8 units of study = 48 credit points

(Entry requirement: A Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Sydney, with a major in Philosophy, or equivalent.)

Master of Arts (Research)

A suitable combination of research thesis and optional units of coursework.

(Entry requirement: A Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Sydney with a major in Philosophy and a distinction average, or equivalent.)

Master of Philosophy

A research thesis of 40,000-60,000 words.

(Entry requirement: A Bachelor of Arts degree with a good Honours result in Philosophy from the University of Sydney, or equivalent, or a Master's degree with Merit (distinction average) including a dissertation.)

Doctor of Philosophy

A research thesis of 70,000-100,000 words.

(Entry requirement: A Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours Class I or II.1 in Philosophy from the University of Sydney, or equivalent.)

Units of study

• PHIL5921 Cosmopolitanism and Community
• PHIL7810 Supervised Reading Course 1*
• PHIL7811 Supervised Reading Course 2*
• PHIL7826 Dissertation Part 1*
• PHIL7827 Dissertation Part 2*
• PHIL7838 Romanticism as Philosophy
• PHIL7840 Philosophy & the Science of Happiness
• PHIL7844 Applied Ethics

MA and Graduate Diploma students may select two additional units of study from the list below. The keynote to the program is flexibility; please consult the postgraduate coordinator for advice in planning your program of study.

• BETH5000 Core Concepts in Bioethics
• BETH5102 Philosophy of Medicine
• BETH5201 Ethics and Biotech: Genes and Stem Cells
• BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health
• CISS6005 Ethics, Law and War
• ECOP6019 Political Economy of Conflict & Peace
• ECOP6130 Human Rights & International Development
• GCST6905 Philosophy in the Feminine
• GOVT6117 International Politics of Human Rights
• HPSC4101 Philosophy of Science
• HRTD9606 The Philosophy of Human Rights
• MECO6902 Legal and Ethical Issues in Media Practice
• PACS6917 Religion, War and Peace
• SCLG6901 Citizenship Rights and Social Movements
• SCLG6903 New Debates in Social Theory
• WMST6904 Modernity, Modernism and Modern Culture

*Department permission required