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Degree Programme Table: Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition (MSc) (PTMSCMLAEC1F)


Year 1, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Students should be aware that not all optional courses will necessarily be available in any given year and should consult the relevant programme handbook. The Programme Director must approve choice of courses.

    Students with no previous experience of philosophy will be required to take the Introduction to Philosophical Methods course in semester 1 and 40 credits of option courses. Students with a background in philosophy may be exempted from taking Introduction to Philosophical Method with the agreement of the programme director, and will take 60 credits of option courses.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PHIL11009 Advanced philosophical method Semester 2 20
    PHIL11008 Introduction to Philosophical Method Semester 1 20
    PHIL11037 Introduction to Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition Semester 1 20
    PHIL11038 Advanced topics in Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition Semester 2 20
    PHIL11001 Philosophy Dissertation (MSc Dip) As available 60




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


    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) I/O/A - Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition (MSc) - Level(s) 11' (ROU_I/O/A_PTMSCMLAEC1F1_11) , as available.
                                                                              
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL11089    Philosophy of Psychology MSc   20  
    PHIL11088    Self, Agency and the Will MSc   20  
    PHIL11074    The Ontology of Mind MSc   20  
    PHIL11024    Modern Continental Philosophy   20  
    PHIL11020    The Philosophy of Wittgenstein   20  
    PHIL11087    Language and the Natural Mind MSc   20  
    PHIL11049    Theories of mind and body in early modern philosophy (MSc)   20  
    PSYL11005    Concepts and Categorisation   10  
    PSYL11044    Critical Social Psychology (HTP)   10  
    PSYL11016    Evolutionary Psychology   10  
    PSYL11052    Neuropsychology of Perception and Action (MSc)   10  
    PSYL11042    Visual Memory   10  
    PSYL11039    Visual Attention   10  
    LASC11072    Origins and Evolution of Language   10  
    LASC11015    Psychology of Language Learning   10  
    LASC11006    Foundations of Evolution   10  
    MUSI11024    Music, Mind and Body A: Physiology and Neuroscience   20  
    MUSI11025    Music, Mind and Body B: Psychology and Sociology   20  
    INFR11012    Cognitive Modelling (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11036    Computational Cognitive Neuroscience   10  
    INFR11070    Intelligent Autonomous Robotics (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11048    Principles of Neuroscience   40  
    HEIN11028    Human-Computer Interaction   10  
    PHIL11021    Theories of Mind (Philosophy MSc)   20  

    Notes:Students are usually allowed to substitute 40 option credits for other courses from
    School Collection A/I/O at level 11 with the agreement of the Programme Director.
     

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