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Degree Programme Table: Ancient Philosophy (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCANPLY1F)


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

  • Notes: Students should note 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.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PHIL11052 Ancient Philosophy Dissertation (MSc/Dip) As available 60




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Core Courses - MSc Ancient Philosophy' (ROU_E/I_PTMSCANPLY1F_11) , as available.
         
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL11016    Ancient Philosophy (survey)   20  
    PGHC11099    Methodology Seminars in Classics   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Option 1 Courses - MSc Ancient Philosophy' (ROU_I_PTMSCANPLY1F_11) , as available.
                                    
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL11009    Advanced Philosophical Method   20  
    PHIL11019    Advanced Philosophical Topics   20  
    PHIL11038    Advanced topics in Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition   20  
    PHIL11012    Advanced topics in philosophy of mind   20  
    PHIL11037    Introduction to Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition   20  
    PHIL11008    Introduction to Philosophical Method   20  
    PHIL11044    Mathematical Logic (MSc)   20  
    PHIL11045    Philosophy of Mathematics MSc   20  
    PHIL11043    Meta-Ethics (MSc)   20  
    PHIL11032    Metaphysics and Epistemology MSc(a)   20  
    PHIL11033    Metaphysics and Epistemology MSc(b)   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 80 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Option 2 Courses - MSc Ancient Philosophy' (ROU_E/G/I_PTMSCANPLY1F_11) , as available.
                                          
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL11017    Ancient philosophy texts 1   20  
    PHIL11018    Ancient Philosophy Texts 2   20  
    PHIL11047    Topics in Hellenistic Philosophy MSc   20  
    PGHC11136    Society and Ethics in Homer and Hesiod   20  
    PGHC11248    Ancient Literary Criticism   20  
    PGHC11181    Epicurus and Epicureanism   20  
    IMES11009    Mystical Islam   20  
    IMES11011    The Contribution of al-Ghazali to Classical Islamic Thought   20  
    IMES11013    The History of Islamicate Medicine   20  
    PHIL11071    Ancient Theories of Knowledge MSc   20  
    PHIL11054    Ancient Theories of Existence (MSc)   20  
    PHIL11092    Ancient Ethics MSc   20  
    PHIL11090    Ancient Aesthetics MSc   20  

    Notes:Students are usually allowed to substitute 20 option credits for other courses from School Collections E, G and I at level 11 with the agreement of the programme director.

    If students with to study ancient language courses, they are usually allowed to take up to 40 credits of courses from School Collections E and G but this must be approved by the programme director.
     

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