PLAN OF STUDIES

One credit is equivalent to twenty-five study hours, which includes 15 hours of lectures and tutorials, and the remaining hours are allocated for personal study and library work.

Hence our one credit is equivalent to one ECTS (European Credits Transfer System).

Table I: Explanation of Credits

Number of Credits2 Credits4 Credits6 Credits
Lecture and Tutorial Hours306090
Personal Study and Library Work204060
Total Number of Hours50 Hours100 Hours150 Hours

Table II: Categories of Courses and Distribution of Credits

Sl. No.Type of CoursesCredits
1Obligatory Basic Subjects122
2Supplementary Obligatory Subjects020
3Optional Additional Subjects038
 Total Credits180

BACCALAUREATE IN PHILOSOPHY
(3-YEAR PROGRAM)
DISCIPLINE-WISE SUBJECTS AND CREDITS

Part I: Obligatory Basic Subjects (OBS)

S.No.SubjectCodeSubject TitleCredits
01OBS101Introduction to Philosophy03
02OBS102Ancient Western Philosophy06
03OBS103Logic03
04OBS104Philosophy of Knowledge06
05OBS105Philosophy of Nature06
06OBS106Philosophy of Man06
07OBS107Medieval Philosophy06
08OBS108Philosophy of Science03
09OBS109Philosophy of Being06
10OBS110General Ethics06
11OBS111Modern Western Philosophy06
12OBS112Philosophy of Religion06
13OBS113Introduction to Psychology03
14OBS114Political Philosophy06
15OBS115Philosophy of God05
16OBS116Bio Ethics05
17OBS117Contemporary Western Philosophy06
18OBS118Indian Philosophy – Nastika and Astika Darsana03
19OBS119Symbolic Logic03
20OBS120Heidegger: Being and Time04
21OBS121Indian Philosophy – Vedanta04
22OBS122Hume – Treatise on Human Nature04
23OBS123Wittgenstein: Tractatus Logico Philosophicus04
24OBS124Contemporary Indian Philosophy04
25OBS125Philosophy of Natural Law03
26OBS126Latin03
27OBS127Italian03
   Total Credits123

Part II: Supplementary Obligatory Subjects (SOS)

S.No.SubjectCodeSubject TitleCredits
28SOS201Methodology of Scientific Research Part I03
29SOS202Faith and Reason04
30SOS203Methodology of Scientific Research Part II03
   Total Credits10

Part III: Optional Additional Subjects (OAS)

S.No.SubjectCodeSubject TitleCredits
31OAS301Nicomachean Ethics04
32OAS302Indian Moral Philosophy (Gita)03
33OAS303Thomas Aquinas – De Ente et Essentia04
34OAS304Augustine – De Libero Arbitrio04
35OAS305Introduction to Indian Philosophy04
36OAS306Descartes – Discourse on Methods04
37OAS307German Idealism04
38OAS308Thomas Aquinas – Summa Contra Gentiles04
39OAS309Aristotle’s Metaphysics04
40OAS310Kant – Critique of Pure Reason04
41OAS311Plato’s Republic04
42OAS308Augustine – City of God04
   Total Credits47

                                                                        Grand Total Credits: 123+10+47=180

BACCALAUREATE IN PHILOSOPHY
(3-YEAR PROGRAM)
YEAR-WISE AND SEMESTER-WISE SUBJECTS,
TEACHERS AND CREDITS

I Year – 1st Semester

SubjectCodeSubject Title and TeacherCredits
OBS101Introduction to Philosophy
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
03
OBS102Ancient Western Philosophy
Rev. Fr. Dr. Mathew Kallammakal, C.M.
06
OBS103Logic
Rev. Fr. Dr. Jeesaya Nayak, C.M.
03
OBS104Philosophy of Knowledge
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
06
SOS201Methodology of Scientific Research Part I
Rev. Fr. Dr. Job K. Thomas, C.M.
03
OAS301Nicomachean Ethics
Rev. Fr. Dr. Jeesaya Nayak, C.M.
04
OAS305Introduction to Indian Philosophy
Rev. Fr. George Joseph, C.M.
04
  Total Credits29

📘 I Year – 2nd Semester

SubjectCodeSubject Title and TeacherCredits
OBS105Philosophy of Nature
Rev. Fr. Dr. Lameswar Kanhor
06
OBS106Philosophy of Man
Rev. Fr. Dr. Simon Haokip, C.M.
06
OBS107Medieval Philosophy
Rev. Fr. Dr. Jeesaya Nayak, C.M.
06
OBS108Philosophy of Science
Rev. Fr. Dr. Stephen Jayarad
03
OAS303Thomas Aquinas – De Ente et Essentia
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
04
OAS304Augustine – De Libero Arbitrio
Rev. Fr. Dr. Jeesaya Nayak, C.M.
04
OAS302Indian Moral Philosophy (Gita)
Rev. Fr. George Joseph, C.M.
03
  Total Credits32

📘 II Year – 3rd Semester

SubjectCodeSubject Title and TeacherCredits
OBS109Philosophy of Being
Rev. Fr. Dr. Jeesaya Nayak, C.M.
06
OBS110General Ethics
Rev. Fr. Dr. Thomas Parayil
06
OBS111Modern Western Philosophy
Rev. Fr. Dr. Mathew Kallammakal, C.M.
06
OBS112Philosophy of Religion
Rev. Fr. Dr. Lameswar Kanhor
06
OBS113Introduction to Psychology
Rev. Fr. Dr. Shijo Antony (Kanjirathamkunnel), C.M.
03
OAS306Descartes – Discourse on Methods
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
04
  Total Credits31

📘 II Year – 4th Semester

SubjectCodeSubject Title and TeacherCredits
OBS114Political Philosophy
Rev. Fr. Dr. Mathew Kallammakal, C.M.
06
OBS115Philosophy of God
Rev. Fr. Dr. Lameswar Kanhor
05
OBS116Bio Ethics
Rev. Fr. Dr. Simon Haokip, C.M.
05
OBS117Contemporary Western Philosophy
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
06
OBS118Indian Philosophy – Nastika and Astika Darsana
Rev. Fr. Jose Manjaly, C.M.
03
SOS202Faith and Reason
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
04
OAS307German Idealism
Rev. Fr. Dr. Joseph Maniangat, C.M.
04
  Total Credits33

📘 III Year – 5th Semester

SubjectCodeSubject Title and TeacherCredits
OBS119Symbolic Logic
Rev. Fr. Dr. Jeesaya Nayak, C.M.
03
OBS120Heidegger: Being and Time
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
04
OBS121Indian Philosophy – Vedanta
Rev. Fr. Jose Manjaly, C.M.
04
SOS203Methodology of Scientific Research Part II
Rev. Fr. Dr. Job K. Thomas, C.M.
03
OAS308Thomas Aquinas – Summa Contra Gentiles
Rev. Fr. Dr. Simon Haokip, C.M.
04
OAS312Augustine – City of God
Rev. Fr. Dr. Mathew Kallammakal, C.M.
04
OBS127Italian
Rev. Fr. Anil Dung
03
  Total Credits25

📘 III Year – 6th Semester

SubjectCodeSubject Title and TeacherCredits
OBS122Hume – Treatise on Human Nature
Rev. Fr. Dr. Mathew Kallammakal, C.M.
04
OBS123Wittgenstein – Tractatus Logico Philosophicus
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
04
OBS124Contemporary Indian Philosophy
Rev. Fr. Jose Manjaly Joseph, C.M.
04
OBS125Philosophy of Natural Law
Rev. Fr. Dr. Jeesaya Nayak, C.M.
03
OAS309Aristotle’s Metaphysics
Rev. Fr. Dr. Jeesaya Nayak, C.M.
04
OAS310Kant – Critique of Pure Reason
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
04
OAS311Plato’s Republic
Rev. Fr. Dr. Lameswar Kanhor
04
OBS126Latin
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
03
  Total Credits30

                                                                          Total Cr.:29+32+31+33+25+30=180

BACCALAUREATE IN PHILOSOPHY
(2-YEAR PROGRAM)
DISCIPLINE-WISE SUBJECTS AND CREDITS

Part I: Obligatory Basic Subjects (OBS)

S.No.SubjectCodeSubject TitleCredits
01OBS101Introduction to Philosophy03
02OBS102Ancient Western Philosophy06
03OBS103Logic03
04OBS104Philosophy of Knowledge06
05OBS105Philosophy of Nature06
06OBS106Philosophy of Man06
07OBS107Medieval Philosophy06
08OBS108Philosophy of Science03
09OBS109Philosophy of Being06
10OBS110General Ethics06
11OBS111Modern Western Philosophy06
12OBS112Philosophy of Religion06
13OBS113Introduction to Psychology03
14OBS114Political Philosophy06
15OBS115Philosophy of God05
16OBS116Bio Ethics05
17OBS117Contemporary Western Philosophy06
18OBS118Indian Philosophy – Nastika and Astika Darsana03
   Total Credits (OBS)91

Part II: Supplementary Obligatory Subjects (SOS)

S.No.SubjectCodeSubject TitleCredits
19SOS201Methodology of Scientific Research Part I03
20SOS202Faith and Reason04
   Total Credits (SOS)7

Part III: Optional Additional Subjects (OAS)

S.No.SubjectCodeSubject TitleCredits
21OAS301Nicomachean Ethics04
22OAS302Indian Moral Philosophy (Gita)03
23OAS303Thomas Aquinas – De Ente et Essentia04
24OAS304Augustine – De Libero Arbitrio04
25OAS305Introduction to Indian Philosophy04
26OAS306Descartes – Discourse on Methods04
27OAS307German Idealism04
   Total Credits 

27

                                                                                                                         Grand Total Credits: 91+7+27 = 125     

BACCALAUREATE IN PHILOSOPHY
(2-YEAR PROGRAM)
YEAR-WISE AND SEMESTER-WISE SUBJECTS,
TEACHERS AND CREDITS

I Year – 1st Semester

SubjectCodeSubject Title and TeacherCredits
OBS101Introduction to Philosophy
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
03
OBS102Ancient Western Philosophy
Rev. Fr. Dr. Mathew Kallammakal, C.M.
06
OBS103Logic
Rev. Fr. Dr. Jeesaya Nayak, C.M.
03
OBS104Philosophy of Knowledge
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
06
SOS201Methodology of Scientific Research Part I
Rev. Fr. Dr. Job K. Thomas, C.M.
03
OAS301Nicomachean Ethics
Rev. Fr. Dr. Jeesaya Nayak, C.M.
04
OAS305Introduction to Indian Philosophy
Rev. Fr. George Joseph, C.M.
04
  Total Credits29

📘 I Year – 2nd Semester

SubjectCodeSubject Title and TeacherCredits
OBS105Philosophy of Nature
Rev. Fr. Dr. Lameswar Kanhor
06
OBS106Philosophy of Man
Rev. Fr. Dr. Simon Haokip, C.M.
06
OBS107Medieval Philosophy
Rev. Fr. Dr. Jeesaya Nayak, C.M.
06
OBS108Philosophy of Science
Rev. Fr. Dr. Stephen Jayarad
03
OAS303Thomas Aquinas – De Ente et Essentia
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
04
OAS304Augustine – De Libero Arbitrio
Rev. Fr. Dr. Jeesaya Nayak, C.M.
04
OAS302Indian Moral Philosophy (Gita)
Rev. Fr. George Joseph, C.M.
03
  Total Credits32

📘 II Year – 3rd Semester

SubjectCodeSubject Title and TeacherCredits
OBS109Philosophy of Being
Rev. Fr. Dr. Jeesaya Nayak, C.M.
06
OBS110General Ethics
Rev. Fr. Dr. Thomas Parayil
06
OBS111Modern Western Philosophy
Rev. Fr. Dr. Mathew Kallammakal, C.M.
06
OBS112Philosophy of Religion
Rev. Fr. Dr. Lameswar Kanhor
06
OBS113Introduction to Psychology
Rev. Fr. Dr. Shijo Antony (Kanjirathamkunnel), C.M.
03
OAS306Descartes – Discourse on Methods
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
04
  Total Credits 

📘 II Year – 4th Semester

SubjectCodeSubject Title and TeacherCredits
OBS114Political Philosophy
Rev. Fr. Dr. Mathew Kallammakal, C.M.
06
OBS115Philosophy of God
Rev. Fr. Dr. Lameswar Kanhor
05
OBS116Bio Ethics
Rev. Fr. Dr. Simon Haokip, C.M.
05
OBS117Contemporary Western Philosophy
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
06
OBS118Indian Philosophy – Nastika and Astika Darsana
Rev. Fr. Jose Manjaly, C.M.
03
SOS202Faith and Reason
Rev. Fr. Dr. Pratap Chandra Misal, C.M.
04
OAS307German Idealism
Rev. Fr. Dr. Joseph Maniangat, C.M.
04
  Total Credits33

                                                                                    Total Credits: 29+32+31+33 = 125