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Graduate Diploma of Philosophy
University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, WA / Sydney, NSW, Australia
About this program
The Graduate Diploma of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame Australia is a postgraduate program for students who already hold an undergraduate degree in another discipline and want a structured, in depth introduction to philosophy within the Catholic intellectual tradition. It is organised into four groupings covering the foundations of philosophy, the history of philosophy, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of the human person, allowing students to build a coherent postgraduate program tailored to their interests.
Cost & duration
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Course structure
1 term of coursework
- 8 Philosophy elective courses drawn from 4 groupings. Foundations of Philosophy: PHIL6000 Aquinas: Analytic and Phenomenological Approaches
- PHIL6300Epistemology
- PHIL6310Cosmology and Philosophy of Science
- PHIL6510Metaphysics: Theories of Being and Existence
- PHIL6002Metaphysics
- Being and God
- PHIL6070Philosophy of Education
- PHTH6002Reason and Revelation
- PHIL6001Advanced and Non Classical Logic
- PHIL6004Faith and Reason. History of Philosophy: PHIL6100 Ancient
- PHIL6110Medieval
- PHIL6130Modern
- PHIL6140Contemporary. Moral Philosophy: PHIL6010 Business Ethics
- PHIL6050Moral Philosophy
- PHTH6000Bioethics
- PHIL6020Ethical Issues in Professional Life
- PHIL6051Aesthetics
- PHIL6080Natural Law
- PHIL6410Political Philosophy
- PHIL6003Virtue Ethics and Personalism. Philosophy of the Human Person: PHIL6150 Philosophy of Love and Friendship
- PHIL6210Philosophy of the Human Person
- PHIL6520Philosophy of Religion. PHTH6016 Athens and Rome requires the Dean's permission to enrol
Admissions
Entry is based on the university's standard postgraduate admission requirements, which generally expect completion of an undergraduate degree (the program is designed for graduates of another discipline seeking a structured introduction to philosophy); the program's own page does not publish an additional discipline specific GPA or prior study requirement beyond the standard postgraduate criteria.
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