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Mind and Language (MA)
Degree Type: Combined Honours
UCAS Code:
NYT Course S L CT
1* Logic 1 I 8 20
  Introduction to Philosophy 1B I 8 20
  Psychology 1 I 8 40
  EITHER      
  Linguistics 1 I 8 40
OR
  Linguistics 1A I 8 20
  and ONE OF:      
  Philosophy of Science 1 I 8 20
  Formal Modelling in Cognitive Science 1 O 8 20
  Human Communication 1 O 8 20
2* Philosophy 2A I 8 40
  Psychology 2 I 8 40
  Linguistics 2 I 8 40
3‡ Courses in Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences (including Philosophy of Mind and Language unless this is to be taken in year 4)** I 10 60
  Further courses (normally including Honours Foundation: Language & Cognition and Psychology of Thinking and Language) I,O 8/10 60
4 Dissertation in Philosophy, Psychology, or Language Sciences (MUST be taken in the final year)*** I 10 40
  Further courses in Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences (including Honours Foundation: Language & Cognition and Psychology of Thinking and Language and Philosophy of Mind and Language if these were not taken in year 3).*** I 10 80
*Important: Mind and Language is one of four planned "Group Honours" degrees linking the four subject areas Informatics, Language Sciences, Philosophy, and Psychology. The central feature of these degrees is that they involve a "breadth requirement" (a minimum of 80 credit points at Level 8 in each of three subject areas) and a "depth requirement" (a minimum of 60 credit points at Level 9/10(/11) in two of those subjects). Although the specific Level 8 requirements for Mind and Language are listed here under Years 1 and 2, note that up to 60 credits of required courses in Years 1 and 2 may be postponed to Years 2 or 3, in order to enable students to take other Level 7/8 courses from Schedules A-Q and to permit changes of degree programme.
† Students who have previously passed Informatics 1A and Informatics 1B and Formal Modelling in Cognitive Science may substitute those courses for Logic and Introduction to Philosophy 1B.
‡ Criteria for entry to Level 10 courses: Normally, a pass at 60% in Psychology 2 and a pass at 55% in Philosophy 2A and a pass at 55% in Linguistics 2.
** This course is offered only every second year, so will be taken in either the third or fourth year depending on its availability.
*** Choice of Level 10 courses: students are required to take a minimum of 60 credits points in each of two of the three subject areas Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences, and to do their dissertation on a topic that links those two subject areas. See degree handbook for further details.
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