3 ECTS credits
90 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1010768AEW for working students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.
Thematic and chronological approach to philosophy with special attention to argumentation, ethics (in particular science ethics and integrity), philosophy of science, as well as philosophy of law. Movements (might be) treated in depth: presocrats, platonism, aristotelianism, enlightenment, phenomenology, existentialism, positivism, structuralism. With applications.
Domain-specific learning outcomes:
Students know the central theoretical concepts, basic methods and techniques of related fields of science (in this case law, psychology, philosophy, history, sociology).
Students have a critical and ethical attitude towards the reliability and validity of research material.
Students have an a-dogmatic vision in which they do not look for 'ultimate truths', but recognize the relative uncertainty and ambiguity of insights coming from an open scientific attitude.
Learning objectives for the course:
The student knows the most important philosophical movements (relevant for criminology, with emphasis on humanism and liberalism). The student adopts a critical philosophy of science. The student has insight in the scientific methods, relevant for criminological research and knows its limitations. The student has insight into ethical problems and can formulate humanistically inspired solutions.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Written multiple-choice exam with a higher pass mark. The duration is estimated at 90 minutes.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Work and Organisational Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Criminology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)