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Degree Programme Table: Philosophy (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCPHILY1F)


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.

    It should also be noted students with a background in Philosophy can substitute the compulsory course Introduction to Philosophical Method for another suitable 20 credit course at the discretion of the Programme Director.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PHIL11009 Advanced philosophical method Semester 2 20
    PHIL11001 Philosophy Dissertation (MSc Dip) As available 60
    PHIL11008 Introduction to Philosophical Method Semester 1 20




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


    Select a minimum of 80 credits and maximum of 100 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences- Philosophy (MSc)-Level 11' (ROU_I_PTMSCPHILY1F_11) , as available.
                                                                                    
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL11038    Advanced topics in Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition   20  
    PHIL11016    Ancient Philosophy (survey)   20  
    PHIL11017    Ancient philosophy texts 1   20  
    PHIL11042    Bounded Rationality (MSc)   20  
    PHIL11034    History of Modern Philosophy (texts)   20  
    PHIL11008    Introduction to Philosophical Method   20  
    PHIL11037    Introduction to Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition   20  
    PHIL11043    Meta-Ethics (MSc)   20  
    PHIL11049    Theories of mind and body in early modern philosophy (MSc)   20  
    PHIL11006    Value Theory 1   20  
    PHIL11007    Value Theory 2   20  
    PHIL11030    Moral Psychology   20  
    PHIL11067    Free Will and Moral Responsibility MSc   20  
    PHIL11087    Language and the Natural Mind MSc   20  
    PHIL11074    The Ontology of Mind MSc   20  
    PHIL11048    Philosophy and the Environment MSc   20  
    PHIL11054    Ancient Theories of Existence (MSc)   20  
    PHIL11060    British Enlightenment Philosophy MSc   20  
    PGHC11204    British Enlightenment: Moral and Political Thought from Hobbes to Smith   20  
    PHIL11094    Epistemology 1   20  
    PHIL11093    Epistemology 2   20  
    PHIL11101    Philosophy of Time Travel MSc   20  
    PHIL11100    Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment MSc   20  
    PHIL11098    Logic and Language 1   20  
    PHIL11099    Logic and Language 2   20  
    LAWS11119    Law and the Enlightenment   20  
    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 at level 11 with the agreement of the programme director.
     

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