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 SUMMER SEMESTER 2009/2010


HISTORY COURSES 

Course coordinator: Dr Robert Hogg
 
Assessment: Please check the Electronic Course Profile.

Course description: Using contemporary issues in Australia - race, immigration, culture, environment, politics and foreign policy - the course explains the historical origins of issues & provides critical analysis. This course may not run if there are fewer than 20 enrolments.
 
Timetable: Please consult MySI-net.
 

PHILOSOPHY COURSES

Course coordinator: Dr John Atkins
 
Assessment: Please check the Electronic Course Profile.

Course description:  An introduction to philosophy, its influence & its methods of inquiry through discussion of a range of topics including personal identity, the nature of mind, freewill & determinism, scepticism, the existence of a God, & the meaning of life.
 
Timetable: Please consult MySI-net.
 
Course coordinator: Ms Jennie Greenwood
 
Assessment: Please check the Electronic Course Profile.
 
Course description: Classical and contemporary problems in philosophy of mind such as nature of consciousness, relationship of mind, bodies and machines, and representationality and rationality of emotions. This course may not run if there are fewer than 20 enrolments.
 
Timetable: Please consult MySI-net.
 
Course coordinator: Dr John Atkins
 
Assessment: Please check the Electronic Course Profile.

Course description: An introduction to philosophy, its influence & its methods of inquiry through discussion of a range of topics including personal identity, the nature of mind, freewill & determinism, scepticism, the existence of a God, & the meaning of life.
 
Timetable: Please consult MySI-net.
  
Course coordinator: Ms Jennie Greenwood
    
Assessment: Please check the Electronic Course Profile.

Course description: Classical & contemporary problems in philosophy of mind such as nature of consciousness, relationship of mind, bodies & machines & representationality & rationality of emotions.
 
Timetable: Please consult MySI-net.

STUDIES IN RELIGION COURSES

Course coordinator: Dr Neil Pembroke
 
Assessment: Please check the Electronic Course Profile.

Course description: This course allows the student to pursue at some length a topic of interest negotiated with an appropriate supervisor.
 
Timetable: Please contact the Course Coordinator (n.pembroke@uq.edu.au) before the commencement of summer semester.
  
Course coordinator: Associate Professor Rick Strelan
 
Course description: Advanced study of selected religious texts.
 
Assessment: Please check the Electronic Course Profile.

Timetable: Please contact the Course Coordinator (rick.strelan@uq.edu.au) before the commencement of summer.

Course coordinator: Associate Professor Rick Strelan
 
Assessment: Please check the Electronic Course Profile.
 
Course description: Advanced study of selected religious texts.
 
Timetable: Please contact the course coordinator (rick.strelan@uq.edu.au) before the commencement of summer semester.
  
Course coordinator: Dr Neil Pembroke
 
Assessment: Please check the Electronic Course Profile.

Course description: This colloquium has the twofold purpose of: (1) Introducing candidates to leading models of theological reflection; & (2) Offering a forum in which candidates can receive support & critique in relation to their thesis work.
 
Timetable: Please consult MySI-net.

ANCIENT HISTORY COURSES

Course coordinator: Associate Professor John Whitehorne
 
Assessment: Please check the Electronic Course Profile.

Course description: General survey of civilisation of ancient Egypt & Mesopotamia. Introduction to translations of the ancient sources of information about 'hydraulic civilsations' whose way of life was based upon their ability to control the flooding of great rivers and the production of cereal crops. This course may not run if there are fewer than 20 enrolments.
 
Classes: Timetable: Please consult MySI-net