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Degree Programme Table: Mind and Language (MA Hons) (UTMNDLA)


Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September

  • Notes: PLEASE NOTE: FROM 2011 THIS DEGREE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR NEW ENTRANTS AND IS REPLACED BY MA COGNITIVE SCIENCE(HUMANITIES).

    Important: Mind and Language is one of two "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 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.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




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

    Year 2, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Important: Mind and Language is one of two "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 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.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LASC08006 Linguistics 2A As available 20
    LASC08013 Linguistics 2B As available 20
    PHIL08014 Mind, Matter and Language As available 20
    PHIL08017 Knowledge and Reality As available 20




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


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

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    PSYL08002     Psychology 2     (40 credits)

     
    OR   


    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    INFR08008     Informatics 2A - Processing Formal and Natural Languages     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR08009    Informatics 2B - Algorithms, Data Structures, Learning   20  
    INFR08010    Informatics 2D - Reasoning and Agents   20  

     



    Year 3, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Important: Mind and Language is one of two "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 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.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 0 credits course level 10, as available
    PHIL10109     Philosophy Dissertation - Part 1: Preparation     (0 credits)

    Notes:This dissertation preparation course must be taken if you plan to take the dissertation in philosophy in your fourth year.
     

    Select exactly 60 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules I and O, as available

    Notes:Choice of Level 10 courses: students are required to take a minimum of 60 credits points in each of two of the four subject areas Philosophy, Psychology, Language Sciences and Informatics, and to do their dissertation on a topic that links those two subject areas.
     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 10 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PSYL10011    Psychology of Thinking and Language   10  
    INFR09022    Introduction to Cognitive Science   10  

    Notes:You should normally take either Introduction to Cognitive Science or Psychology of Thinking and Language.
     

    Select a minimum of 50 credits and maximum of 60 credits from Level 8 and 10 courses in Schedules I and O, as available

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL10081    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    PHIL10082    Self, Agency and the Will   20  
    PHIL10085    Language and The Natural Mind   20  
    PHIL10007    Philosophy of Religion   20  
    PHIL10092    Theories of Truth   20  
    PHIL10075    Philosophy of Action   20  
    PHIL10076    The Ontology of Mind   20  
    PHIL10024    Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons)   20  
    PHIL10052    Philosophy of Mathematics   20  
    PHIL10005    Philosophy of Language   20  
    PHIL10072    Themes in Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10074    Semantic Externalism   20  
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL10113    Philosophy of Time   20  
    PHIL10125    Philosophy of Time Travel   20  
    PHIL10053    Mathematical Logic   20  
    PHIL10021    Philosophy of Mind and Language   40  

    Notes:You must take 40 credits of courses from this list over your 3rd and 4th year.
     


    Year 4, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Important: Mind and Language is one of two "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 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.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL10081    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    PHIL10082    Self, Agency and the Will   20  
    PHIL10085    Language and The Natural Mind   20  
    PHIL10007    Philosophy of Religion   20  
    PHIL10092    Theories of Truth   20  
    PHIL10075    Philosophy of Action   20  
    PHIL10076    The Ontology of Mind   20  
    PHIL10024    Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons)   20  
    PHIL10052    Philosophy of Mathematics   20  
    PHIL10005    Philosophy of Language   20  
    PHIL10072    Themes in Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10074    Semantic Externalism   20  
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL10113    Philosophy of Time   20  
    PHIL10125    Philosophy of Time Travel   20  
    PHIL10053    Mathematical Logic   20  
    PHIL10021    Philosophy of Mind and Language   40  

    Notes:You should take 40 credits from this list of courses, unless they were taken in the 3rd year.
     

    Select exactly 10 credits course level 09, as available
    INFR09022     Introduction to Cognitive Science     (10 credits)

    Notes:You should take this course unless you took it in the 3rd year.
     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules I and O, as available

    Notes:Choice of Level 10 courses: students are required to take a minimum of 60 credits points in each of two of the four subject areas Philosophy, Psychology, Language Sciences and Informatics, and to do their dissertation on a topic that links those two subject areas.
     


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

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR10044    Honours Project (Informatics)   40  
    PHIL10026    Dissertation in Philosophy   40  
    PSYL10004    Dissertation in Psychology   40  
    LASC10024    Dissertation in Language Sciences   40  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Philosophy Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Students who plan to take the philosophy dissertation in the fourth year must have taken the (not-for-credit) philosophy dissertation preparation class in the third year.
    Where the dissertation is taken in Philosophy, students have two options:
    (i) to take two further option courses in philosophy and be examined on 5000 word essays for each course, or
    (ii) to register for the Philosophy Dissertation course and write one 8000 word essay on a topic to be arranged with the department.
     

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