Message from Prof. Hasskei Mohammed Majeed, PhD  

The department is an exciting place to take a degree and be prepared for life challenges. The two sections of the department – Philosophy, and Classics – adopt international best practices in training our students.    

The Philosophy Section employs analysis and reasoned argument in guiding students to understand the nature of existence and man’s place in it and to answer fundamental questions about the various modes of human experience. Philosophy studies and teaches comprehensive systems of ideas relating to themes in several fields, the most primary of which are metaphysics (the theory of reality); epistemology (the theory of knowledge); ethics (the theory of moral values); politics (the theory of legitimation of political power, human rights, and public morality); African philosophy (the exploration of African orientation in philosophic thinking); and logic (principles and procedures of critical thinking). 

The Classics Section concerns itself with a sustained reflection on and an analysis of modern civilisation's historical and cultural foundations. An interdisciplinary subject of great breadth, Classics provides a broad range of courses covering entire civilizations—languages (Greek and Latin), literature, education, religion, politics, history, philosophy, art and architecture, and more. Classics pursues insights and understanding of each mode of human experience through rigorous and appropriate analytic tools and methods. 

The academic pursuit of Philosophy and Classics is an excellent way to develop a historically informed, analytic and critical understanding of modern civilisation's historic and cultural foundations. The development of such a capacity prepares our graduates for all kinds of careers and professions. Thus, our graduates are to be found in a broad range of careers and professions: in law, politics, teaching, foreign service, management, public administration, industry, and finance. 

Hasskei Mohammed Majeed, PhD   

Head of Department