Philosophy

Contact

Professor Paul Redding
Phone: +61 2 9351 3983
Email: paul.redding@sydney.edu.au

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

Requirements

Admission requirements

Please refer to the degree resolutions in this Handbook for information on the specific admission requirements for different award courses.

Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Arts (Philosophy) are required to complete 24 credit points of core units of study.

Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Arts (Philosophy) are required to complete 36 credit points, including 24 credit points of core units of study and 12 credit points of elective units of study.

Candidates for the Master of Arts (Philosophy) are required to complete 48 credit points, including 36 credit points of core units of study and 12 credit points of elective units of study.

Core Units

• PHIL7021 Kant
• PHIL7810 Supervised Reading Course 1*
• PHIL7811 Supervised Reading Course 2*
• PHIL7840 Philosophy & the Science of Happiness
• PHIL7841 Reasoning, Argument and Explanation

Additional Core Units available for the Master of Arts (Philosophy)

• PHIL7826 Dissertation Part 1*
• PHIL7827 Dissertation Part 2*

*Department permission required

Electives

• BETH5000 Core Concepts in Bioethics
• BETH5102 Philosophy of Medicine
• BETH5201 Ethics and Biotech: Genes and Stem Cells
• BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health
• ECOP6130 Human Rights & International Development
• GCST6905 Philosophy in the Feminine
• GOVT6117 International Politics of Human Rights
• HRTD6906 The Philosophy of Human Rights
• MECO6902 Legal & 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

Admission requirements
Please refer to the degree resolutions in this Handbook for information on the specific admission requirements for different award courses.

Master of Arts (Research): A suitable combination of research thesis and optional units of coursework.

Master of Philosophy: A research thesis of 40,000 - 60,000 words.

Doctor of Philosophy: A research thesis of 70,000 - 100,000 words.