UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES (COHU)

Courses offered - philosophy undergraduate

    1. COURSES OFFERED FOR BA IN PHILOSOPHY

 

First year Courses

Semester 1.

Course Code

Title

credits

status

PL100

Introduction to philosophical analysis

12

Core

PL 111

Introduction to Critical thinking and argumentation

12

Core

DS 101

Development perspectives 1

12

Core

AS 102

Introduction to social science research methods1

12

Core

CL 106

Communication skills and social sciences

12

Core

PL 121

Scientific writing and reading

12

optional

 

Semester 2:

Course code

Title

Credits

status

PL 112

Formal logic

12

core

PL 122

Metaphysics

12

core

PL 132

Theory of Knowledge

12

core

DS 102

Development perspective II

12

core

AS103

Introduction to Social Science Research Methods II

12

core

PL 142

Selective Reading of Philosophical Classics

12

optional

 

Second Year Courses

Semester 1:

Course code

Title

Credits

Status

PL 211

Methods of Philosophy

12

Core

PL 221

History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

12

Core

PL 231

Theories of Ethics and Moral Philosophy

12

Core

PL 241

Aesthetics and Culture

12

Optional

PL 251

Intermediate Logic

12

Optional

SO 116

Introduction to Sociology

12

Optional

AS 200

Pan-Africanism, thought and Practice I

12

Optional

 

Semester 2:

Course code

Title

Credits

Status

PL 212

Contemporary Political Philosophy

12

Core

PL 222

History of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy

12

Core

PL 232

Climate Change and Environmental Ethics

12

Core

PL 242

Applied Ethics

12

Optional

AS 221

Pan-Africanism, Thoughts and Practice II

12

Optional

DS 212

Globalization and Development

12

Optional

FP 100

Art and Sociology

12

Optional

 

Third Year Courses

Semester 1:

Course code

Title

Credits

Status

PL 311

Professional and Civics Ethics

12

Core

PL 321

Philosophy of Law and Human Rights

12

Core

PL 331

African Philosophy

12

Core

PL 341

Philosophy of Religion

12

Optional

PL 351

Business Ethics

12

Optional

LT 312

Language and Literature

12

Optional

 

Semester 2:

Course Code

Title

Credits

Status

PL 311

Philosophy of Science

12

Core

PL 321

Development Ethics and Global Jusice

12

Core

PL 331

Philosophy od  Mind and Cognitive science

12

Core

PL 341

Philosophy of Language

12

Optional

PL 351

Ethics of Leadership and Management

12

Optional

LT 312

Bioethics

12

Optional