Disciplines: Philosophy
Studying Philosophy will confront you with perennial questions about the human person, the world and God that have fascinated great thinkers for over 3,000 years. From the probing and enquiring mind of Socrates, to the lofty visions of Augustine and Aquinas – from the radical challenge of Descartes and Hume in the Enlightenment, to critique of Nietzsche and the unsettling postmodernism of Heidegger and recent continental thinkers in the last hundred years. The Philosophy program at CTC will introduce you to these figures, and the questions they continue to pose to us. It will enable you to engage in rational enquiry and reflection both on the Christian tradition, and on contemporary issues that confront us in our secular world.
Courses
Philosophy units can be undertaken in most of CTC courses. Please view our courses for more information.
Specialist degrees
Units offered in 2026
Undergraduate Units
Postgraduate Units
- An Introduction to Philosophy for Theology AP8000C
- An Introduction to Ethics and Natural Law AP8200C
- Philosophy of the Human Person and Society AP9002C
- Modern Philosophy AP9164C
- Philosophy of God AP9210C
- Masters Capstone Unit: What Has Athens To Do With Jerusalem? God and the Reasoning Human in Western Philosophy XS9905C
Supervised Reading Units are available to students who have the prerequisites of level 3/9 study and wish to pursue a particular topic in philosophy.
Other accredited units
Undergraduate units
- Academic Writing, Critical Thinking, and Logic AP1001C
- Ancient Philosophy AP2100C/3100C
- Medieval Philosophy AP2120C/3120C
- Epistemology: Theories of Knowledge, Language, Interpretation, and Science AP2230C/3230C
- “Good Teacher, What Must I Do to Inherit Eternal Life?” Medieval Theories of Beatitude AP3122C
- ‘In the Image of God he Created Them’: Medieval Theories of Human Transcendence, Cognition, Emotions and Value AP3123C
- Medieval Philosophy Elaborating Faith: Thomistic Metaphysics and Ethics AP2121C/3121C
- “The Whole is a Riddle, an Enigma, and Inexplicable Mystery”: David Hume’s Philosophy of Religion AP2141C/3141C
- Twentieth-Century Philosophy: Existentialism, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics AP2160C/3160C
- Recent Issues in Continental Philosophy AP2161C/3161C/9161C
- The Big Questions: Metaphysics AP2220C/3220C
- Metaphysics and Epistemology AP2223C/3223C
- Resilient Transcendence: Modern Philosophical Disputes on Human Nature AP3163C
Postgraduate units
- Academic Writing, Critical Thinking, and Logic AP8001C
- Ancient Philosophy AP9100C
- Medieval Philosophy AP9120C
- Medieval Philosophy Elaborating Faith: Thomistic Metaphysics and Ethics AP9121C
- “Good Teacher, What Must I Do to Inherit Eternal Life?” Medieval Theories of Beatitude AP9122C
- ‘In the Image of God he Created Them’: Medieval Theories of Human Transcendence, Cognition, Emotions and Value AP9123C
- Early Modern Philosophy AP9140C
- “The Whole is a Riddle, an Enigma, and Inexplicable Mystery”: David Hume’s Philosophy of Religion AP9141C
- Twentieth-Century Philosophy: Existentialism, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics AP9160C
- Recent Issues in Continental Philosophy AP9161C
- Resilient Transcendence: Modern Philosophical Disputes on Human Nature AP9163C
- The Big Questions: Metaphysics AP9220C
- Metaphysics and Epistemology AP9223C
- Epistemology: Theories of Knowledge, Language, Interpretation, and Science AP9230C