PHIL10003 Philosophy: The Great Thinkers (University of Melbourne): rated 3.6/5 overall across 15 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
PHIL10003 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Arts in Philosophy. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 哲学：重大
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Philosophy
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
Philosophy has been called ‘the Queen of the Sciences’ and to this day the questions it poses are fundamental to disciplines across the university. In ‘Big Questions,’ students are introduced to the state-of-the-art problems in contemporary philosophy.
PHIL10003 has 15 scored reviews: overall 3.6/5 · usefulness 4.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 5 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.0 stars); 10 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.4/5).
On Reddit: "I studied this subject 2 years ago and the lectures were recorded. The class you need to go is the tutorial and you get attendance requirement for that. I am also a science student but I kind of getting confused about how to write a philosophical essay properly. It takes a lot o…"
On Reddit: "Personally did PHIL10003 last semester without having done a philosophy subject before at all (nor in VCE) and I kinda got rolled in the first assessment because the writing style was so foreign to me. Content-wise I haven't done the subject but the broadness of the first year s…"
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Q: Is PHIL10003 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 15 reviews: usefulness 4.0/5, overall 3.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches PHIL10003, and when is it offered?
A: PHIL10003 is taught by the Faculty of Arts. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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