Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Philosophy

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Overview

Our four-year BA Hons degree at Arrupe Jesuit University situates philosophy firmly among the other humanities.  Philosophy, in other words, is only one of the ways in which human beings have reflected on questions such as, ‘What is it to be human?’  ‘What kind of things are we?’  ‘What kind of things should we be?’  ‘How ought we to live?’ – questions also addressed, in their own ways, by other important disciplines.

This is a philosophy honours degree, but as well as philosophy, you will be exposed to other ways of thinking about our humanity: through history, for example, both African and world history; through novels, poems, and plays of both African and other literatures; through the social and human sciences such as sociology, anthropology and psychology; through religions both African and others, through ICT, statistics, and even some theology.  And depending on the year, there care also elective courses you can choose on topics like Women in African Literature, Disaster Management, Psychological Disorders & Treatments, Achebe: the Artist as Thinker, Ecology and Environmentalism, Artificial Intelligence, Christianity in Africa, and many more.

The programme is structured to help students think philosophically, beginning in our own African context and understanding it as much as possible in all its complexity, but then broadening out towards a global perspective.  This is a degree with a wide horizon but a sharp focus in philosophy.

[/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion style=”modern” active_section=”0″][vc_tta_section title=”Entry requirements” tab_id=”1631316567145-d9a1539a-a332″][vc_column_text]Normal admission at first-year level requires either five passes at Ordinary Level, which must include English and Mathematics, plus two passes at Advanced Level or four passes at Ordinary Level and three at Advanced Level.  Mature entry, for males 30 years and over and for females 25 years or over, requires at least five passes as Ordinary Level plus relevant experience.

The University will propose as candidates for a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree those who meet the requirements for  graduation. For admission all must have passed English language at Ordinary Level as well as Mathematics. Normal entry to the University requires both O Level  five passes and at least two at the Advanced level, or four passes with at least three at the Advanced level. Mature entry for students 30 years and older requires five passes at the Ordinary level and experience in virtue of which the University considers them ready for a degree programme.

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FIRST YEAR: DEVELOPING COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND APPRECIATION OF AFRICAN EXPERIENCE

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SECOND YEAR: DEVELOPING REFLECTION WITHIN EXPERIENCE

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THIRD YEAR: DEEPENING REFLECTION ON LIFE AND WORLD

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FOURTH YEAR: FORMING A SYNTHESIS

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[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Distinctive Features” tab_id=”1629851274989-bdb38e2f-c5b8″][vc_column_text]The broad background sweep of the humanities in this degree deliberately roots philosophy in experience and praxis.  Its structure carefully moves the student from the particulars and practicality of our common African experience towards the more general, theoretical and global.  There is a stress on communication, both written and spoken, on languages and on writing, and it climaxes in a written dissertation in which students are helped to express their own positions on the topics they choose to address.  These features arise partly from its participation in the traditions of Catholic education, and partly from its rootedness in the Jesuit tradition of pedagogical methodologies and institutions.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Tution Fees Per Semester” tab_id=”1630012243488-4288dd0e-ed95″][vc_column_text]Local students:  $675 for the first semester, $650 for each semester thereafter.

International students:  $875 for the first semester, $850 for each semester thereafter.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Career prospects” tab_id=”1630012333103-e5877dcc-2750″][vc_column_text]Some of our graduates have continued their studies in philosophy to Masters and PhD level to become professors of philosophy in other universities, some of whom now teach courses at AJU.  Many others have gone on to Masters degrees in other disciplines or have become teachers at other educational levels.  Although there is no dedicated career path that leads directly from a degree in philosophy, this programme equips graduates with skills important for a wide range of career opportunities such as teaching, journalism and similar types of research and writing, politics and diplomacy, but also in the business, administrative and NGO spheres of work.  A wide general knowledge, experience and understanding of culture and cultures, a capacity for incisive reflection, critical thought, reasoned debate and clear and precise communication, an ability to do research and present focused results, and – most importantly – a capacity to learn: these are all qualities that many employers in many different areas of employment will value.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_btn title=”Register for program” color=”success” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”stm-lnr-check” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftest2.trikotecdev.xyz%2Fwp%2Fapplications%2F|title:apply%20online”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][stm_portfolio_information posts_per_row=”1″ facebook=”https://www.facebook.com/arrupejesuituniversity” twitter=”https://twitter.com/aju2018?s=11″ instagram=”https://instagram.com/arrupejesuituniversity?utm_medium=copy_link”][vc_raw_html]JTVCdmlkZW8lMjBpZCUzRDc5MDAlNUQ=[/vc_raw_html][stm_sidebar sidebar=”311″][/vc_column][/vc_row]