SAINT JOSEPH SCHOLASTICATE OF THE VIETNAM JESUIT PROVINCE
Philosophy Program
A.Y. 2025-2026
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Year 1 (Philosophy 1)
1st Semester:
Monday: PP-101, Methodological studies, Nguyễn Minh Triệu, SJ, 32, 4 ECTS.
Tuesday: PP-102, Logic, Nguyễn Anh Thường, 32, 4 ECTS.
Wednesday: PP-105.2, English: Basic Skills, Nguyễn Võ Kiều Trang, 32, 4 ECTS.
Thursday: PF-101, Introduction to philosophy, Trần Khắc Bá SJ, 32, 4 ECTS.
Friday: PGC-100.1, Guided Reading: Plato’s Text, Bùi Quang Minh, 32, 4 ECTS.
Intensive: PF-110, Philosophy of mind and AI, Louis Caruana, SJ., 48, 6 ECTS.
Intensive: PF-102.2, Ancient Philosophy, Đậu Văn Hồng, 40, 5 ECTS.
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Optional course:
2nd Semester:
Monday: PF-103.2, Metaphysics, Trần Khắc Bá SJ., 32, 4 ECTS.
Monday PM: PGC-100.2, Guided Reading: Aquinas’s Text, T.B.A., 32, 4ECTS.
Wednesday: PP-104.3, Essay Writing in Vietnamese, Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Diễm, 32, 4 ECTS.
Friday: PF-105.4, Political Philosophy, Nguyễn Thị Từ Huy, 32, 4 ECTS.
Intensive: PF-102.3, Medieval Philosophy, Vũ Đức An, 32, 4ECTS.
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Optional course:
Year 2 (Philosophy 2)
1st Semester:
Monday PM: PF-108.1, Indian Philosophy, Đỗ Quốc Bảo, 24, 3 ECTS.
Tuesday: PF-102.51, Modern Philosophy, Trần Khắc Bá, SJ, 32, 4 ECTS.
Wednesday: PGC-100.3, Guided Reading: Kant’s Text, Trương Trọng Hiếu, 4 ECTS.
Friday: PF-105.2, Philosophical Ethics, Nguyễn Minh Triệu Sj, 48, 6 ECTS.
Intensive: PF-104, Epistemology, Terry Walsh, SJ, 56, 7 ECTS.
Intensive: PF-110, Philosophy of mind and AI, Louis Caruana, SJ, 32, 4 ECTS.
Intensive: PF-103.2, Metaphysics, Vũ Uyên Thi, SJ, 32, 4 ECTS.
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Optional course:
2nd Semester:
Monday PM: PF-108.2, Buddhism, Đỗ Quốc Bảo, 24, 3 ECTS.
Tuesday: PF-106.4, Philosophy of religion, Bùi Quang Minh, SJ, 32, 4 ECTS.
Wednesday: PP-103.3, Christian-Western Culture, Bùi Quang Minh, SJ, 32, 4 ECTS.
Thursday: PF-102.51, Contemporary Philosophy, Trương Trọng Hiếu, 32, 4 ECTS.
Friday: PF-105.4, Political Philosophy, Nguyễn Thị Từ Huy, 32, 4 ECTS.
Intensive: PF-103.3, Ontology, Đậu Văn Hồng, 40, 5 ECTS.
Intensive: PF-102.3, Medieval Philosophy, Vũ Đức An, 32, 4 ECTS.
Intensive: PF-107, Philosophy of Human Being, Nguyễn Ngọc Hải, 32, 4 ECTS.
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Optional course:
Year 3 (Philosophy 3)
1st Semester:
Monday: PF-102.6, Post-modern Philosophy, Bùi Quang Minh, SJ, 32, 4 ECTS.
Intensive: PF-109, Philosophy of science, Louis Caruana SJ, 56, 7 ECTS.
Intensive: PF-103.3, Hermeneutics, Đậu Văn Hồng, 32, 4 ECTS.
Intensive: PF-104, Seminar on Thesis Paper, Trần Khắc Bá, SJ, 16, 2 ECTS.
2nd Semester:
Intensive: PF-102.49, Preparation of Comprehensive Exams, Bùi Quang Minh, SJ, 16, 2 ECTS.
Intensive: PF-100.1, Synthesis Papers, 64, 8 ECTS.
Intensive: PF-100.2, Thesis Paper, 80, 10 ECTS
Tuesday: PO-106, Philosophy for Theology, Nguyễn Hữu Khanh, SJ, 32, 4 ECTS.
Optional Courses
1st Semester:
Thursday PM: TBL-104.1, Latin 1, Nguyễn Mai Kha, 32, 4 ECTS.
Tuesday PM: PF-102.46, Religion and Technology, Timothy Clancy, 32, 4 ECTS.
Wed. PM: TBL-103.1, French 1, Tôn Minh Châu, 32, 4 ECTS.
Thursday PM: TBL-105.1, German 1, Bùi Quang Minh, SJ, 32, 4 ECTS.
Friday PM: TBL-106.1, Italian 1, Bianca Maisano, 32, 4 ECTS.
Friday PM: PP-110, Catechetical Pedagogy, Mai Diễm Hương, 32, 4 ECTS.
2nd Semester:
Monday PM: TP-108.21, Christian Spirituality, Nguyễn Văn Dũng, CSsR, 32, 4 ECTS.
Tuesday PM: TBL 104.2, Latin 2, Nguyễn Mai Kha, 32, 4 ECTS.
Tuesday PM: PP-105.35, English Syntax and Semantics, Đỗ Mạnh Cương, 32, 4 ECTS.
Wed. PM: TBL-103.2, French 2, Tôn Minh Châu, 32, 4 ECTS.
Thursday PM: TBL-105.2, German 2, Bùi Quang Minh, SJ, 32, 4 ECTS.
Friday PM: PP-105.41, Italian 2, Bianca Maisano, 32, 4 ECTS.