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Key Features:

  • Main theories of epistemology;
  • Main theories of ethics;
  • Relation of epistemology and ethics;
  • Reflecting on the Foundation of Ethics;
  • New theories of epistemology;
  • Practical Applications (Case Studies in Ethics and Epistemology).

Learning Outcome:

  1. Gain a general understanding of all the foundational areas in epistemology and ethics;
  2. Be familiar with various theories of justification and knowledge;
  3. Build a conceptual understanding of the nature of truth;
  4. Intellectually evaluate the concepts of knowledge, rationality, evidence, and justification;
  5. Explore the possibility of knowledge of right and wrong;
  6. Appreciate arguments that are the basis of ethical reasoning;
  7. Find philosophical relations between the study of epistemology and the study of ethics.

Details: 

 

Instructor: Fr. Franz Gassner
Date: 06 October 2025 to 07 November 2025
Time: Mon, Wed, Fri 18:30 – 21:30
Duration: 42 hours（14 sessions）
Schedule:
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Session Date Time
1 2025年10月06日 Mon 18:30 – 21:30
2 2025年10月08日 Wed 18:30 – 21:30
3 2025年10月10日 Fri 18:30 – 21:30
4 2025年10月13日 Mon 18:30 – 21:30
4 2025年10月15日 Wed 18:30 – 21:30
6 2025年10月17日 Fri 18:30 – 21:30
7 2025年10月20日 Mon 18:30 – 21:30
8 2025年10月22日 Wed 18:30 – 21:30
4 2025年10月24日 Fri 18:30 – 21:30
10 2025年10月28日 Tue 18:30 – 21:30
11 2025年10月31日 Fri 18:30 – 21:30
12 2025年11月04日 Tue 18:30 – 21:30
13 2025年11月06日 Thur 18:30 – 21:30
14 2025年11月07日 Fri 18:30 – 21:30
Venue: Local participants—Face-to-face lecture (Seminary Campus)
Non-local participants—Online lecture
Medium of Instruction: English
Grading and Assessment Criteria: Reading and participation: 25%
Midterm: 25%
Final: 25%
Reflection paper: 25%
Target Participants: I. Holders of Bachelor’s Degree before the enrollment in this programme
II. Individuals interested in this programme who do not have a Bachelor’s degree
Tuition Fee: MO3,000

 

💡Tuition fee special offered available for: 

┃5% Discount (MOP 2,850)

  • Early-bird application
    ** Applicants who submit a complete course enrollment on or before 24 September 2025 will enjoy the early-bird special offer in this course. Registrants will be notified of enrollment details via E-mail and SMS after we receive the registration. Don’t miss it!

┃10% Discount (MOP 2,700)

  • USJ working staff and students
  • Members of AAUSJ (Alumni Association of USJ)
  • Next of kin relationship (spouses, children, and parents), for current internal staff, USJ students, and members of AAUSJ
  • Former LLO students

Notes: the D.S.E.D.J. 2023-2026 Continuing Education Development Subsidy Scheme is NOT available for this course.

Remarks: the above Conditions of eligibility are subject to the terms in the “Policy of Lifelong Learning Public Programmes Tuition Fee Discount” (LLO-529). The full version is available on the LLO website (click here), please be sure to read the Terms and Conditions contained in this document carefully since any use of this tuition fee discount for lifelong learning public courses constitutes your acceptance of the Terms and Conditions set out herein. In the event of any dispute concerning the matters in this document, the Lifelong Learning Office of the University of Saint Joseph reserves all rights to make the final decision.

Credit & Credit Accreditation: 

Credit: 3 credits
Application Conditions: Credit accreditation is exclusively available to learners who obtained a bachelor’s degree before enrolling in this programme and have successfully completed their studies with passing grades results in this programme. While qualified learners decide to enroll in the Master’s degree programme in Religious Studies and Philosophy at USJ, they can apply to the university for “credit transfer” of certain credits from the corresponding programmes of the relevant degree programme. The University will grant credit accreditation arrangements based on specific circumstances and individual applications, and reserves all rights to make all final accreditation decisions.

If learners decide to apply for credit accreditation for their Master degree at the Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy in USJ, the difference in tuition fees needs to be settled according to the Master’s degree programme tuition fee for the respective academic year of admissions.

 

HOW TO APPLY

A three-step flow of “Registration, Notification, Enrolment” applies.

  • Anyone who is interested in this programme is welcome to fill out the online registration form or contact the Executive Training and Lifelong Learning Office of University of Saint Joseph for registration:
  • Details for the “Philosophy Series”, please click here.