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LEVEL 100

All courses at level 100 are compulsory for all students in Philosophy and Classics First Semester

Course Code   

Course Title                                                    

         Credits

Choose any two UGRC courses  = 6 credits

 

 

UGRC  110

  Academic Writing I

3

UGRC  120

  Numeracy Skills

3

UGRC  141-146

  Science and Technology in Our Lives

3

UGRC  150

  Critical Thinking and Practical Reasoning

3

PHCL  101

  Civilisations of the Ancient World

3

Other subjects

2 Courses from 2 other assigned

Departments

6

 

Minimum credits required

15

 

Second Semester

Course code   

Course title                                                     

Credits

Choose another two UGRC courses= 6 credits

 

 

UGRC  110

  Academic Writing I

3

UGRC  120

  Numeracy Skills

3

UGRC  141-146

  Science and Technology in Our Lives

3

UGRC  150

  Critical Thinking and Practical Reasoning

3

PHCL  102

  Philosophical Questions

3

Other subjects

 2 Courses from 2 other assigned

Departments

6

 

Minimum credits required

15

 

LEVEL 200

All courses at the 200 level are compulsory for all students in Philosophy and Classics

First Semester

Course Code   

Course Title                                                   

         Credits

Choose either UGRC 210 -or- UGRC 220-238  = 3 credits

 

 

UGRC  210

  Academic Writing II

3

UGRC  220-238

  Introduction to African Studies

3

PHCL  201

  Problems of Philosophy

3

PHCL  203

  Outlines of Graeco-Roman Civilisations

3

Other subjects

2 Courses from the other assigned

Department

6

 

Minimum credits required

15

 

Second Semester

Course code   

Course title                                                     

Credits

Choose the other of 

UGRC 210 -or- UGRC 220-238 

= 3 credits

 

 

UGRC  210

  Academic Writing II

3

UGRC  220-238

  Introduction to African Studies

3

PHCL  202

  Outlines of Graeco-Roman Literatures

3

PHCL  204

  Elements of Formal Logic

3

Other subjects

 2 Courses from the other assigned

Department

6

 

Minimum credits required

15

 

Level 300 Courses

Major:  At least four cores (12 credits) by the end of the year

Combined: At least four cores (12 credits) by the end of the year

Minor: At least two cores (6 credits) by the end of year with

Pre-requisites: all 100 level & 200 level courses

 

Level 300 Core 

A student may concentrate either in Classics or in Philosophy by doing all the core courses in only one option. Alternatively, students may choose core courses from both lists.

All students must comply with the University BA requirement to opt for electives from other departments.

              

Core courses for Philosophy option

PHIL 301

Deductive Logic 

PHIL 302 

Socratic Philosophy                           

PHIL 303

Moral Philosophy

PHIL 304

Social and Political Philosophy      
 
Core courses for Classics option

CLAS 301             Presocratic Philosophy

CLAS 302             Socratic Philosophy                           

CLAS 303             Greek Epic and Drama                     

CLAS 304             Roman Epic and Drama                   

 

300 Level Electives

Philosophy option

PHIL 305      

Philosophy of Mind            

PHIL 306      

Empiricism                                                           

PHIL 307      

Rationalism                                                                          

PHIL 308

Philosophy of Aristotle                                                      

PHIL 309

Philosophy of History

PHIL 310

African Philosophy            

PHIL 311 

Aesthetics

PHIL 312

Existentialism

PHIL 313

Philosophy of Gender

PHIL 314

Personhood

PHIL 315

Philosophy and Literature

PHIL 316

 

Classics option

Philosophy of Education

CLAS 305

Africa in the Ancient Greek World                                

CLAS 306

Africa in the Ancient Roman World                              

CLAS 307

History of the Archaic and Classical Periods

CLAS 308

Slavery in Graeco-Roman Antiquity

CLAS 309

Arts of Government in Ancient Greece

CLAS 311

History of the Hellenistic Period 

CLAS 312

Republican Rome

CLAS 313 

Hellenistic Philosophy and Science

CLAS 314 

The Principate

CLAS 315

Greek Religion 

CLAS 316

Roman Religion

CLAS 317

Greek Art and Architecture

CLAS 318

Roman Art and Architecture

CLAS 319

Egypt, Near East, and the Origins of Greek Civilisation

CLAS 321

Gender in Ancient Greece

CLAS 322

Gender in Ancient Rome

CLAS 323

Reading Greek I

CLAS 324

Reading Latin I

CLAS 325

Reading Greek II

CLAS 326

Reading Latin II

CLAS 327

Graeco-Roman Mythology

 

Level 400 Courses

Major:  At least four core courses (12 credits) by the end of the year  Combined: At least four core courses (12 credits) by the end of the year 

Pre-requisites: All 100, 200 and 300 Level core courses

400 Level Core

A student may concentrate in Classics or in Philosophy by doing all the core courses in the respective option. Alternatively, students may choose core courses from both lists.

All students must comply with the University BA requirement to opt for electives from other departments.

                 

                Core courses for Philosophy option

PHIL 401              The Philosophy of Plato

PHIL 402              Methodology of the Sciences

PHIL 403              Modern Analytic Tradition

PHIL 404              Philosophy and Contemporary African Experience

 

Core courses for Classics option

CLAS 401

The Philosophy of Plato

CLAS 402

Roman Philosophy and Science 

CLAS 403

Greek Literature and Society

CLAS 404

Roman Literature and Society

 

400 Level Electives   Majors: (single) select at least 2 per semester; (combined) select at least 1 per semester

Philosophy option

PHIL 405

 

Value Theory

PHIL 406

 

Theories of Justice

PHIL 407 

 

Philosophy of Kant

PHIL 408

 

Applied Ethics 

PHIL 409 

 

Philosophy of Law                              

PHIL 410

 

Further Studies in African Philosophy

PHIL 411 

 

Contemporary Metaphysics

PHIL 412

 

Philosophy of the Human Sciences 

PHIL 413

 

Phenomenology

PHIL 414

 

Philosophical Thought of Kwame Nkrumah

PHIL 415

 

Philosophy of Culture

PHIL 416

 

Selected Author/Text (in Philosophy)

PHIL 417

 

Contemporary Issues in Philosophy

PHIL 418

 

Ethics and International Relations

PHIL 419

 

Philosophy of Language 

PHIL 420

 

Research Methods

PHIL 421

 

Philosophy of Development

PHIL 422

 

Medieval Philosophy 

PHIL 423

 

Topics in Philosophical Logic

PHIL 424 

 

Topics in the Philosophy of Mathematics

PHIL 425

 

Long Essay 

 

Classics option

CLAS 405

Leaders of Ancient Greece                

CLAS 406

Leaders of Ancient Rome                 

CLAS 407

Greek Historiography

CLAS 408

Roman Historiography 

CLAS 409

The Sophists                                         

CLAS 410

Themes in Classical Studies

CLAS 411

Law, Individual, and Society in Ancient Greece

CLAS 412

Law, Individual, and Society in Ancient Rome

CLAS 413

Rhetoric in Ancient Greece

CLAS 414

Rhetoric in Ancient Rome

CLAS 415

Reading Greek III               

CLAS 416

Reading Latin III

CLAS 417

Reading Greek IV

CLAS 418

Reading Latin IV

CLAS 419 

Selected Author/Text 

CLAS 420

Research Methods

CLAS 421

 

Long Essay