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Social and Existential Questions

Undergraduate | MAQ-PHIX3052 | 2021

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Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
18 weeks

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Social and Existential Questions

About this subject

  • On successful completion of this subject, you will be able to:

    1. explain the history and meaning of concepts in existentialist and social philosophy.
    2. analyse arguments in the relevant literature.
    3. apply existentialist and social-philosophy approaches in broader social, cultural, and political debates.
    4. investigate and theorise ideas clearly, cogently, and convincingly through critical analysis and philosophical discussion.


Entry requirements

Others

NCCW (pre-2020 units) PHIL352, PHL352
Pre-requisite
130cp at 1000 level or above
NCCW (2020 and onwards)
PHIL3052
The Philosophy of Race and Identity

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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