The Department offers courses leading to the award of the B.A. (Single Honours) in Philosophy. The single honours programme is designed for specialists who may or may not wish to embark upon graduate studies in Philosophy. The B.A. degree programme in Philosophy is designed to provide a well-grounded foundation for comprehensive instruction and training in the core and traditional areas of philosophy, such as Metaphysics, Epistemology, Logic and Ethics. The programme is also designed to train and equip students with knowledge in the second-order areas or branches of philosophy, such as Socio-Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of Law, Aesthetics and Comparative Philosophy, which bears direct relevance on social practice within the larger society, all in an attempt to bridge the gap between Town and Gown.

The Department also runs combined degree programmes with the following Departments: Classics, English, Communication and Language Arts, Linguistics, Mathematics, Political Science and Religious Studies, leading to the award of the B.A. degree in Philosophy/Classics; Philosophy/English; Philosophy/Communication and Language Arts; Philosophy/Linguistics; Philosophy/Mathematics; Philosophy/Political Science; Philosophy/Religious Studies. Approval for the combined honours programme is given at the beginning of 200 level of study.   The Department also offers postgraduate courses leading to the award of the following degrees in philosophy: Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Professional Ethics (MPE), Master of Philosophy (M.Phil), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D). The three semesters M.A. degree programme in philosophy is designed to enable students do more intensive work in the principal areas of philosophy than is possible at the undergraduate level. It is also designed to familiarize students with and train them in more contemporary areas and methods of philosophy. The department started the post-graduate programme in 1978 and has since graduated several students at the Master and Doctoral levels.