Programme Development Resource Persons:
| President | Mofor Christian, PhD Professor, Classical Philosophy
Catholic University of Bamenda |
| Vice President | Godfrey B. Tangwa, PhD Professor, Epistemology and Metaphysics, The University of Yaoundé I |
| Member | Mbih Jerome Tosam, PhD Assistant Lecturer, Moral and Political Philosophy, The University of Bamend
Peter Takov, PhD Senior Lecturer, Philosophy of Science Catholic University of Bamenda |
I- TEACHING STAFF
I.1 Permanent Lecturers
| Mbih Jerome TOSAM
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Holder of a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Yaoundé I. Tosam is Chair of Philosophy at the Higher Teacher Training College (HTTC) Bambili, The University of Bamenda, Cameroon. He is a visiting lecturer at the Catholic University of Cameroon, Bamenda. He is also a member of the Cameroon Bioethics Initiative (CAMBIN). His research interests are in Bioethics, Philosophy of Medicine, African Philosophy, and Political and Social Philosophy. His papers have appeared in national and intentional scholarly peer-reviewed journals, some of which include: “The Role of Philosophy in Modern Medicine” (Open Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 4, Number 1, February 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojpp.2014.41011 (http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojpp); “The Relevance of Kom Ethics to African Development” International Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 2, Number 3, June 2014 doi:10. 11648/j.ijp.20140203.12 (http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ijp); “Climate Change, Health and Sustainable Development in Africa”, Environment, Development and Sustainability, Volume 17, Number 4, 2015, pp.787–800; “The Philosophical Foundations of Kom Proverbs” Journal on African Philosophy, Issue 9 (2014), pp.1-27. He has published one book: Biotechnology and the Beginning of Human Life: An Ethical Analysis, Saarbrucken, Scholar’s Press, 2015 ISBN: 978-3-639-76096-5.
Contact: Email: mtosam2002@yahoo.com Tel: +237 677310635/ 698904588 |
| YONGHO NCHIH Nichodemus | PhD
Assistant Lecturer, African philosophy |
| Valentine BANFEGHA NGALIM | M.a
Assistant Lecturer, Philosophy of Education |
| Otele Owona Augustin Jean Paul | M.a
Assistant Lecturer, Moral and Political Philosophy |
(HOD)
I.2 Visiting Lecturers
| Peter Takov | PhD
Senior Lecturer, Philosophy of Science, Catholic University of Bamenda |
| Godfrey B. Tangwa | PhD
Professor, Epistemology and Metaphysics, The University of Yaoundé I |
| Rev. Michael S. Neba | PhD
Associate Professor, Metaphysics, Catholic University of Bamenda |
| Jacques Chatue | PhD
Associate Professor, Epistemology, University of Dschang |
| Rev. Kizito Forbi | PhD
Associate Professor, Philosophy of Education, Catholic University of Yaounde |
II- MISSION STATEMENT
The main mission of the Department of Philosophy is the objective, impartial and dispassionate search for the truth irrespective of the domain. To that end, the department seeks to achieve, through the subject matter and methods of philosophy, the following specific aims and objectives:
- To cultivate the students’ ability in orderly and systematic thinking
- To train the students’ reflective, critical and analytical skills
- To sharpen the students’ abilities and skills in isolating and examining principles, problems and issues involved in both complex theoretical and concrete practical situations
- To instill in the students a spirit of reasoned enquiry and diligent research
- To widen the students’ intellectual and cultural perspectives in the context of a humanizing educational experience
While paying due and proper attention to the significant philosophical insights and achievements of thinkers of all historical epochs in all parts of the globe, the department of philosophy is committed to encouraging students’ actual involvement in meaningful personal reflection, critical thinking and problem solving in the milieu that is theirs, with its peculiar challenges and existential pressures. Also, while recognizing that there are perennial and cross-cultural philosophical problems and that any philosophy department has a lot to learn from other departments and philosophic traditions the world over, the department aims, through its teaching and researches, at fostering an African, and specifically Cameroonian, dimension of philosophy with firm cultural roots.
III- Objective of the Programme
The department is not only concerned with teaching philosophy but with teaching students to apply philosophical knowledge in solving existential problems, making them philosophers and teachers of philosophy in their own right. For this reason, the objectives of the department are:
- To provide students with a thorough understanding of the nature and scope of philosophy and philosophical methodology.
- To equip students with logical and analytical skills to permit them appreciate philosophical problems.
- Promotion of research that favours philosophical truth, which is encompassing, relevant and necessary for coping with the challenges of our multicultural, scientific and technologically dominated world.
- To seek and encourage joint research and teaching exchange programmes with other universities.
- To organize regular seminars, inaugural lectures and colloquia at the national and international levels.
- UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME
CURRICULUM GUIDE
LIST OF COMPULSORY COURSES
PHILOSOPHY ONE
PHIG 1103 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIG1105– Philosophical Methodology
PHIG1103– History of Ancient Philosophy
PHIG1104-Medieval European Philosophy
PHIG1105– History of African Philosophy
PHIG1106– Introduction to Moral Philosophy
PHIG1107– Introduction to Logic
PHIG1208– Introduction to Political Philosophy
PHIG1209-Introduction to Philosophical Anthropology
PROFESSIONAL COURSES
EDUG1101 History and Philosophy of Education
EDUG 1102 Introduction to General Pedagogy
EDUG1201 Introduction to Psychology of Learning
EDUG1202 Introduction to Educational Technology
PHILOSOPHY TWO
PHIG2103– History of Modern European Philosophy
PHIG2104– Epistemology
PHIG2105– Symbolic Logic
PHIG2106 -Philosophical Methodology
PHIG2203– African Political Philosophies
PHIG2107– History of Political Thought
PHIG2108–
PHIG2204– Metaphysics
PHIG2205-Contemporary Ethical Theories and Problems
PHIG2206 Philosophy of the Sciences
PHIG2207- Globalization
PHIG2208
PROFESSIONAL COURSES
EDUG2101-Introduction to Measurement and Evaluation
EDUG2102-Research and Statistical Methods in Education
EDUG2201-Introduction to Curriculum Development and Processes
EDUG2202 Introduction to Sociology of Education
PHILOSOPHY THREE
PHIG301- History of Contemporary European Philosophy
PHIG302– African Philosophy
PHIG303-Philosophy of the Sciences
PHIG304– Philosophy of Language
PHIG305-Argument, Evidence and Philosophy of Law
PHIG306– Bioethics
PHIG307– Philosophy of Art
PHIG317-Research Project (Long Essay)
PROFESSIONAL COURSES
EDUG3201Teaching Practice
EDUG3201 Introduction to Educational Administration and Planning
EDUG3202 Introduction to Guidance and Counselling