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INTRODUCTION

Philosophy is one of the subjects offered under the Bachelor of Arts degree programme in the School of Law, Arts and Social Sciences. This programme is suitably designed to combine with other subjects in the programme to produce a Bachelor of Arts graduate with relevant skills, knowledge and values in humanities responsive to social, economic and political needs of the twenty first century.

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES

The main objective is to develop a Bachelor of Arts programme capable of producing graduates with the skills and competencies required by the fast changing life in the twenty first century. In particular, the program aims at producing people who are broad and open-minded, with critical and creative skills, high moral and ethical values and responsive to societal needs.

JUSTIFICATION/RATIONALE

This programme, taking cognizance of the fast changing needs of the 21^st听century helps to enhance key competencies, skills and values such as: critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and innovation and self-efficacy. The product of this programme will be a self-reliant, autonomous thinker with critical and creative insights on diverse issues, be they political, social and economic at both national and international levels.

ENTRY REQUIREMNTS

To qualify for admission to take philosophy under the Bachelor of Arts programme the applicant should have attained at least:

A minimum mean grade of C+ at KCSE level or its equivalent

OR

At least two (2) Principals and one (1) Subsidiary in any subjects (A-level) or its equivalent.

OR
Mean grade C (plain) at KCSE or its equivalent with a Diploma in Philosophy

OR

Mean grade C- (minus) at KCSE or its equivalent with a Certificate in philosophy and subsequent Diploma in Philosophy

 

MODE AND STRUCTURE OF DELIVERY

Mode of delivery of the Programme

The mode of delivery of this programme will be blended learning, which involves both face-to face interactions and online teaching and activities on听Kusoma听online teaching platform. The programmme is rendered on both regular and digital and open learning modes.

PROGRAMME DURATION

The programme takes four academic years and is structured as follows:

Year 1: Course work

• Semester 1 (1 units)- Total number of contact hours-39
• Semester 2 (2 units)- Total number of contact hours-78

Year 2: Course work

• Semester 1 (2 units) – Total number of contact hours-78
• Semester 2 (2 units)- Total number of contact hours-78

Year 3: Course work

• Semester 1 (3 units)- Total number of contact hours-117
• Semester 2 (3 units)- Total number of contact hours-117

Year 4: Course work

• Semester 1 (3 units)- Total number of contact hours-117
• Semester 2 (3 units)- Total number of contact hours-117