Welcome to Government College University Lahore - Established 1864

Department of Philosophy & Liberal Arts

BS Program

Year – 1
Semester - I
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHIL – 1101 Introduction to Philosophy 3
Semester - II
PHIL – 1202 Classical Greek Philosophy 3
Year – 2
Semester - III
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHIL – 2201 Philosophies of Enlightenment and Modernity 3
Semester - IV
PHIL – 2204 Discourses of Modernity and Colonialism 3
PHIL – 2202 Theoretical Ethics 3
PHIL-3109 Medieval Philosophy 3
PHIL-2205 Epistemology 3
PHIL-2206 Metaphysics 3
Year – 3
Semester - V
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHIL – 3101 Modern Western Philosophy – I 3
PHIL – 3102 Logic – I 3
PHIL – 3103 Classical Muslim Philosophy – I 3
PHIL – 3104 Applied Ethics 3
PHIL – 3108 Philosophy of Art 3
Elective Courses
PHIL – 3105 Philosophy of Education 3
PHIL – 3107 Philosophy of Social Sciences 3
PHIL – 3109 Medieval Philosophy 3
Semester – VI
PHIL – 3201 Modern Western Philosophy – II 3
PHIL – 3202 Logic – II 3
PHIL – 3203 Classical Muslim Philosophy – II 3
PHIL – 3206 Induction and Science 3
PHIL – 3210 Induction to Research Methodology 3
Elective Courses
PHIL – 3205 Philosophy of History 3
PHIL – 4110 Contemporary Muslim Thought 3
PHIL – 3208 Political Philosophy 3
PHIL – 3209 Philosophy of Existential Literature 3
Year – 4
Semester – VII
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHIL – 4101 Continental Philosophy: Phenomenology and Existentialism 3
PHIL – 4102 Marxism 3
PHIL – 4103 Analytical Philosophy 3
PHIL – 3207 Iqbal Textual Study of Reconstruction of Religious thought in Islam-I 3
PHIL – 4109 Philosophy and Feminism 3
PHIL – 4299 Research Work/Thesis 3
Elective – Courses
PHIL – 4105 Philosophy of Religion 3
PHIL – 4106 Philosophy of Law 3
PHIL – 4108 Philosophy of Language 3
Semester – VIII
PHIL – 4202 Twentieth Century American Philosophy 3
PHIL – 4203 Critical Theory 3
PHIL-4111 Iqbal Textual Study of Reconstruction of Religious thought in Islam-II 3
PHIL-4220 Special Philosopher-Aristotle, in lieu of Research Work/Thesis 3
PHIL-4224 Philology: The Future Philosophy 3
PHIL – 4299 Research Work/Thesis 3
Elective Courses
PHIL-4205 Philosophy of Literature 3
PHIL-4206 Post-Colonial Theory 3
PHIL-4207 Special Philosopher: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan 3
PHIL-4209 Special Philosopher: Bertrand Russell 3
PHIL-4210 Special Philosopher: Ludwig Wittgenstein 3
PHIL-4211 Special Philosopher: Hegel 3
PHIL-4212 Special Philosopher: Heidegger 3
PHIL-4213 Business Ethics 3
PHIL-4214 Introduction to Philosophy of Mind 3
PHIL-4215 Philosophy of Computing and Information 3
PHIL-4216 Special Philosopher: Alain Badiou 3
PHIL-4217 Special Philosopher: Slavoj Zizek 3
PHIL-4218 Special Philosopher: Immanuel Kant 3
PHIL-4219 Special Philosopher: Plato 3
PHIL-4220 Special Philosopher: Aristotle 3
PHIL – 4222 Contemporary Exposition of Sufi Doctrine 3
PHIL – 4201 Continental Philosophy: From Structuralism to Post Modernism 3
PHIL-4223 Post-Continental Philosophy of Immanence 3

General Education Courses( Semester I-III)
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
GE AH-1101 Arts and Humanities 2
GE NS-1101 Natural Sciences 2+1
GE ICT-1101 Application of ICT 2+1
GE SS-1201 Social Sciences 2
GE CCE-1202 Civics and Community Engagement 2
GE FE-1203 Functional English 3
GE QR-1204 Quantitative Reasoning I 3
GE QR-2101 Quantitative Reasoning II 3
GE EW-2102 Expository Writing 3
GE IP-2103 Ideology of Pakistan 2
GE EP-2104 Entrepreneurship 2
GE-ISL-1202 Islamic Studies 2

DISTRIBUTION/INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
IDC – 1101 History of Civilization 3
IDC – 1103 Classics of World Literature 3
IDC – 1104 Logic & Critical Thinking 3
IDC – 1105 Education. Culture and Society 3
IDC – 1106 Lahore: History & Architecture 3
IDC – 1107 Major Religions of the World 3
PHIL – 1101 Introduction to Philosophy 3
PHIL – 1201 Problems of Philosophy 3
PHIL – 2101 Philosophy and the Contemporary World 3
PHIL – 2201 History of Greek Philosophy 3