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Degree Programme Table: Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy (MA) (UTAIPHY)


Year 1, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 6 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    U04323 (INFR08012) Informatics 1 - Computation and Logic As available 10
    U04324 (INFR08013) Informatics 1 - Functional Programming As available 10
    U04325 (INFR08014) Informatics 1 - Object-Oriented Programming As available 10
    U04326 (INFR08015) Informatics 1 - Data and Analysis As available 10
    PP9976 (PHIL08004) Logic 1 As available 20
    PP9977 (PHIL08005) Philosophy of Science 1 As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    U03859     (INFR08011)     Computational Foundations of Cognitive Science 1     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 7 or 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_7/8) , as available.

     


    OR   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 10 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    U04645     (MATH08046)     Mathematics for Informatics 1a     (10 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    U04646     (MINF08001)     Mathematics for Informatics 1b     (10 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    U04647     (MINF08002)     Mathematics for Informatics 2a     (10 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    U04648     (MATH08047)     Mathematics for Informatics 2b     (10 credits)

     



    Year 2, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies.

    Entry to Honours requires a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in Philosophy 2A, a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in one of the Informatics 2 courses listed and a pass in the other Informatics 2 course, or the permission of the relevant Heads of School.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    U02599 (INFR08008) Informatics 2A: Processing Formal and Natural Languages As available 20
    U02602 (INFR08010) Informatics 2D: Reasoning & Agents As available 20
    U04593 (PHIL08014) Mind, Matter and Language As available 20
    U04638 (PHIL08017) Knowledge and Reality As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 7 or 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_7/8) , as available.

     

    Year 3, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    U01911 (INFR09018) AI Large Practical As available 10
    U01970 (INFR09022) Introduction to Cognitive Science As available 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Schedule O - Artificial Intelligence - Level 9 Courses' (ROU_O_ARIN_9) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U01910    (INFR09017)    Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming   10  
    U01913    (INFR09019)    Introduction to Vision and Robotics   10  
    U01970    (INFR09022)    Introduction to Cognitive Science   10  
    U02497    (INFR09023)    Agent Based Systems   10  
    U04179    (INFR09028)    Foundations of Natural Language Processing   10  
    U04180    (INFR09029)    Introductory Applied Machine Learning   10  
    U02494    (INFR09031)    Logic Programming   10  

    Notes:Students must take at least one of Theories of Mind (U00165) or Theories of Mind (U01948) at some point in the third or fourth year.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Philosophy" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Philosophy level 10' (SUB_PHIL_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    U02978   (HIST10176)   Republicanism and the Social Contract: History of Political Thought from Milton to Locke   (20 Credits)  
    U03615   (HIST10257)   Intellectual History from Montesquieu to Marx   (20 Credits)  
    Collection:   (PHIL10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Philosophy'   (as selected)  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 30 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule I and O level 9 and 10' (SCH_I/O_9/10) , as available.

    Notes:Students must take at least one of the Theories of Mind courses at some point in the third or fourth year.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from the following School Collection: 'School Collection schedule A to Q and T and W 9 or 10' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_9/10) , as available.

     

    Year 4, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September

  • Notes: You may choose an Honours Project from either Informatics or Philosophy.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 7 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 120 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following course level 10, as available.
    U01973     (INFR10044)     Honours Project (Informatics)     (40 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 30 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Schedule O - Artificial Intelligence - Level 10 Courses' (ROU_O_ARIN_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U01942    (INFR10001)    Advanced Vision (Level 10)   10  
    U01943    (INFR10004)    Cognitive Modelling (Level 10)   10  
    U01944    (INFR10005)    Intelligent Autonomous Robotics (Level 10)   10  
    U01948    (INFR10006)    Theories of Mind (Level 10)   10  
    U01972    (INFR10018)    Human-Computer Interaction (Level 10)   10  
    U02227    (INFR10019)    Multi-agent Semantic Web Systems (Level 10)   10  
    U02496    (INFR10020)    Knowledge Modelling and Management (Level 10)   10  
    U02938    (INFR10025)    Text Technologies (Level 10)   10  
    U03012    (INFR10026)    Adaptive Learning Environments 1 (Level 10)   10  
    U03013    (INFR10027)    User Modelling (Level 10)   10  
    U04176    (INFR10033)    Machine Translation (Level 10)   10  
    U04181    (INFR10036)    Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition (Level 10)   10  
    U02493    (INFR10041)    Automated Reasoning (Level 10)   10  
    U04322    (INFR10039)    Computer Animation & Visualisation (Level 10)   10  
    U04178    (INFR10035)    Natural Language Understanding (Level 10)   10  
    U04177    (INFR10034)    Natural Language Generation (Level 10)   10  
    U04716    (INFR10045)    Automated Planning (Level 10)   10  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) I - Philosophy (MA) - Level(s) 10' (ROU_I_UTPHILY1_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q and T and W level 10' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_10) , as available.

     



    OR   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 120 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following course level 10, as available.
    U00931     (PHIL10026)     Dissertation in Philosophy     (40 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) I - Philosophy (MA) - Level(s) 10' (ROU_I_UTPHILY1_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Schedule O - Artificial Intelligence - Level 10 Courses' (ROU_O_ARIN_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U01942    (INFR10001)    Advanced Vision (Level 10)   10  
    U01943    (INFR10004)    Cognitive Modelling (Level 10)   10  
    U01944    (INFR10005)    Intelligent Autonomous Robotics (Level 10)   10  
    U01948    (INFR10006)    Theories of Mind (Level 10)   10  
    U01972    (INFR10018)    Human-Computer Interaction (Level 10)   10  
    U02227    (INFR10019)    Multi-agent Semantic Web Systems (Level 10)   10  
    U02496    (INFR10020)    Knowledge Modelling and Management (Level 10)   10  
    U02938    (INFR10025)    Text Technologies (Level 10)   10  
    U03012    (INFR10026)    Adaptive Learning Environments 1 (Level 10)   10  
    U03013    (INFR10027)    User Modelling (Level 10)   10  
    U04176    (INFR10033)    Machine Translation (Level 10)   10  
    U04181    (INFR10036)    Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition (Level 10)   10  
    U02493    (INFR10041)    Automated Reasoning (Level 10)   10  
    U04322    (INFR10039)    Computer Animation & Visualisation (Level 10)   10  
    U04178    (INFR10035)    Natural Language Understanding (Level 10)   10  
    U04177    (INFR10034)    Natural Language Generation (Level 10)   10  
    U04716    (INFR10045)    Automated Planning (Level 10)   10  

     

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