Individual courses
Based on the firm belief that academic excellence should not be limited to those studying for a degree, the university takes pride in offering further education programmes (leading to Certificates of Advanced Study) and Individual Courses to anyone wishing to be immersed in the intellectual heritage of the Dominicans.
Certificates of Advanced Study and individual courses are validated in the same way as Bachelor level courses. A paper of 12000-16000 characters, including spaces is required for each course. The study duration for a certificate is 12 months, according to the pace and rhythm of each student, under supervision by a tutor.
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- 15 Certificates of Advanced Study, in Theological or Philosophical Studies
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E-Seminar : Women, justice, recognition and religion. Thinking these concepts together from Martha Nussbaum
This e-seminar in Philosophy will take place from 30 September to 24 November 2024. Dive into contemporary struggles with Maxime Allard. Justice, recognition, religion: three inseparable concepts for understanding the place of women today. Martha Nussbaum serves as our compass, with her insights that shed light and inspire action. This seminar invites you to question the mechanisms that are still blocking the recognition of women in the world.
E-Seminar: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: Ethical Issues (SEM132)
This seminar will take place from 6th October to 30th November 2025. It explores the ethical implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics by engaging with key ethical issues and aspects, including privacy, autonomous systems, job displacement, algorithmic bias, surveillance issues, and the moral status of machines.
E-seminar: Economy and Theology
This e-seminar in philosophy and theology will take place from 30 September to 24 November 2024. With Srecko Koralija, economics meets theology. This seminar examines the links between economic principles and Christian values. Revisit concepts such as social justice, sustainability and the critique of capitalism through a theological lens. This is a seminar that will leave no one indifferent, as it raises fundamental questions about how the economy influences our lives.
Ecumenical Hagiology
In the lives of the sains lifes " lives" the Christian vision of God, man, and the world which stand all out very clearly. Men can learn almost as much about the real meaning of Christianity from the legends of the saints produced within the tradition of the Church as from the authentic lives themselves. Through the reading and studying the lifes of the saints who arrived before us in the promised land, we came to know how God works in the daily lives of Christians and how faith can be lived not only in good times but especially during persecution and suffering. This helps us to appreciate more our faith and make us grow in loving our brothers as part of God's providence.
Environmental Protection in Armed Conflicts [2622]
Environmental degradation is one of the major consequences of armed conflict worldwide. The first part of the course, “The Environment as a Method of Warfare?”, provides a syntactic and semantic analysis of the key concepts contained in the course title, namely protection, the environment and armed conflict.
Epistemology [2480]
The aim of this course is to provide students with a systematic and comprehensive introduction to some of the key themes in Epistemology (the theory of knowledge). The course gives a good introduction, then moves to the analysis of “knowledge” in general, with an introduction of historical elements in the development of Epistemology (begins with Gnoseology and the Epistemology).
Foundations of Ethics [2527]
This course introduces the philosophical foundations of ethics through a close reading of the major works of Plato and Aristotle. It begins by defining ethics as a branch of philosophy concerned with the rational search for the good, before examining the origins of ethical thought in ancient Greece.
Human Rights 1. Individual and group rights
Often legislation is based on the consensus of the majority feeling of a group of people rather than on solid philosophical and theological arguments. This frequently leads to superficial legislation with short term benefits for a group of people, but long-term misery for all. The author of this book provides us with a foundation upon which healthy legislation can be built.
Indian Philosophy Unit I
The main objective of this unit is to get an above all understanding of what Indian Philosophy is and in what circumstances it has developed. Though Indian Philosophy has developed in different parts of India it has many common characteristics hence the student is likely to know a few important ones. Furthermore, one should have a basic understanding of what Indian philosophy is accused of.
Indian Philosophy Unit II
What is expected from the students in this Unit is that they must be able to point out the importance of Vedas in Indian Philosophy, the classification of Vedic literature and must have a proper understanding of the Samhitās, Brāhmaṇas and Āraṇyakas. However, the Upaniśads will be dealt separately. Further, one must be acquainted with a few other important teachings of Veda such as Vedic religion, how monism developed from polytheism, and a basic understanding of what ṛta, the law of karma, the theory of creation, the institution of yajña, āśramas and varṇa is.
Indian Philosophy Unit III
By Studying this particular unit one must be able to understand what is the meaning of Upaniṣad, how it was developed from Vedas and what are its main teachings and how they reach their logical culmination in the identity of the self and the Brahman. One must also be able to understand the Upaniṣadic view point of bondage and liberation along with the cosmogony and puruṣārtas.
The main objective of the conclusion is to introduce the students to the different systems of Indian Philosophy as it deals with various philosophical thoughts of several traditions originated in Indian Subcontinent.
International Criminal Law [2621]
This course provides an introduction to international criminal law, combining its theoretical foundations with the analysis of relevant jurisprudence. It examines the sources and fundamental principles of the discipline and its relationship with international human rights law and international humanitarian law.
