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PHIL520 Continental Philosophy A: Nietzsche

Updated: 28 August 2012
Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2013
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
N/A N/A Non-Mandatory Only offered if a minimum of 10 students (combined PHIL320/PHIL520) commit to attend.
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions PHIL220 or PHIL320 or PHIL420
Notes None
Combined Units PHIL320 - Continental Philosophy A: Nietzsche
Coordinator(s) William Mcdonald (wmcdonal@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The unit gives an overview of Nietzsche's work from 'The Birth of Tragedy' to 'Ecce Homo'. It has the following themes: relations between philosophy and literature; truth and perspectivism; historiography; the revaluation of values; the body; and the will to power.

Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate a greater understanding of Nietzsche's postmodernist and poststructuralist thought;
  2. demonstrate and discuss four key texts by Nietzsche; and
  3. critically discuss some of the central themes in Nietzsche's philosophy, but also with relationships among those themes (especially between the themes of: the death of God, the Ubermensch and the eternal return).

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will deepen their knowledge of the philosophy discipline through lecture notes, readings and assessment tasks . It will be assessed in both the written essay and examination.
True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will be taught communication skills through written feedback on the essay for the unit. Students will learn valuable communication skills through participation in tutorials and online discussion postings. Students will be assessed on the style of writing, clarity of writing, expression and development of ideas, and referencing. Students will practise their communication skills through completing the assessment tasks.
True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Unit content includes critical discussion of nationalism, Nietzsche's ideal of pan-Europeanism, and questions about the nature of human beings as a species.
True
4 Information Literacy
Students will develop research skills in collecting and evaluating data, including the skills to assess the utility of information, identify the most useful sources of information and critically examine those sources.
True True
5 Life-Long Learning
By completing the assessments, students will be provided with the necessary life-long skills to be able to research, write and discuss social issues. These skills can be transferred to any discipline, and will be useful in any research positions. These attributes will be assessed in all of the assessments (written skills; analytical skills).
True True
6 Problem Solving
Students will be assessed on their ability to conceptualise problems and formulate a range of solutions to both research and presentation. They will be able to collect, collate and analyse relevant information to assist problem solving.
True True
7 Social Responsibility
Students will be taught about their professional responsibilities as a researcher to provide balanced and accurate research. In addition, students will be taught that they have a social responsibility to question and challenge some 'facts'. This will be assessed and taught through their responses to the essay, exam questions and discussions in tutorials or online postings.
True True True
8 Team Work
Students will practise working collaboratively and network effectively to solve problems through online discussion postings taking initiative and leading others in this environment. They will also negotiate and assert their own values and respect the values and contributions of others on the discussion board and in their own essays.
True
   

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