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Degree Programme Table: Philosophy and Politics (MA Hons) (UTPHIPO)

Year 1, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: September


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


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
PLIT08005 Democracy in Comparative Perspective As available 20
PHIL08015 Morality and Value As available 20
PHIL08016 Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment As available 20
PLIT08004 Introduction to Politics and International Relations As available 20




COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


Overarching rule collection group: A  
Select exactly 40 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
PHIL08004    Logic 1   20  
PHIL08005    Philosophy of Science 1   20  

Notes:Although Logic 1 is not a compulsory course it is strongly recommended, particularly for students who think that they might go on to study philosophy at postgraduate level. It is also a prerequisite for some honours-level philosophy courses. If you choose not to take Logic 1 this year you will have the option to take it in your second year.
 

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

 



Year 2, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: August


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


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
PLIT08006 International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond As available 20
PHIL08014 Mind, Matter and Language Semester 1 20
PHIL08017 Knowledge and Reality Semester 2 20




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, as available
Code   Course Name   Credits
SSPS08002    Social and Political Theory 2   20  
SSPS08004    Social and Political Enquiry 2   20  

 
AND   

Overarching rule collection group: B  
Select exactly 40 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
PHIL08004    Logic 1   20  
PHIL08005    Philosophy of Science 1   20  

Notes:Although Logic 1 is not a compulsory course it is strongly recommended, particularly for students who think that they might go on to study philosophy at postgraduate level. It is also a prerequisite for some honours-level philosophy courses.
 

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

 



Year 3, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into Honours requires (1) an *average* of 50% across both the mandatory Philosophy courses standardly taken in the second year, Mind, Matter and Language (MML) and Knowledge and Reality (K&R) achieved at the first attempt and (2) a minimum of 40% in each course (MML and K&R) achieved at the first attempt, and passes at 50% at the first attempt in the prescribed 2nd year Social and Political Studies courses.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 8 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:Students who plan to take the dissertation in philosophy rather than Dissertation (MA Politics)must complete this dissertation preparation course in year 3.


     
    AND   

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


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PLIT10003    Africa in World Politics   20  
    PLIT10018    International Political Economy   20  
    PLIT10019    International Security   20  
    PLIT10021    War and Justice   20  
    PLIT10027    US Government   20  
    PLIT10036    Politics of the Middle East   20  
    PLIT10048    Contemporary Russian Politics   20  
    PLIT10053    Theories of International Relations   20  
    PLIT10074    Freedom In Political Theory   20  
    PLIT10075    Global Politics Of Sex And Gender   20  
    PLIT10080    Comparing Scottish Devolution   20  
    PLIT10088    Understanding Indian Politics   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SCIL10070    South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy   20  
    SCPL10020    Social Inequality and the Life Course   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCPL10024    Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy   20  
    PLIT10089    Political Islam   20  
    PLIT10084    US Foreign Policy   20  
    PLIT10063    Human Rights in International Relations   20  
    PLIT10090    African Politics: Theories and Debates   20  
    PLIT10091    Parliamentary Studies   20  
    PLIT10062    EU as Global Actor   20  
    PLIT10061    Comparative Politics   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, as available
    PLIT10054     Global Justice and Citizenship     (20 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, as available
    PLIT10060     Approaches to Politics and International Relations     (20 credits)

     



    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 40 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
    HIST10257    Intellectual History from Montesquieu to Marx   20  
    PHIL10007    Philosophy of Religion   20  
    PHIL10014    The Philosophy of Wittgenstein   20  
    PHIL10017    Applied Ethics   20  
    PHIL10019    Meta-Ethics   20  
    PHIL10024    Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons)   20  
    PHIL10072    Themes in Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10078    Normative theory   20  
    PHIL10081    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    PHIL10099    The Nature of Moral Understanding   20  
    PHIL10101    Ancient Ethics   20  
    PHIL10111    British Idealism and Immaterialism   20  
    PHIL10113    Philosophy of Time   20  
    PHIL10115    Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment   20  
    PHIL10125    Philosophy of Time Travel   20  
    PHIL10005    Philosophy of Language   20  
    CLTR10015    Socrates and Plato: Five Dialogues   20  
    PHIL10047    The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche   20  
    PHIL10131    Social Cognition   20  
    HIST10197    Intellectual History from Antiquity to the Renaissance   20  
    PHIL10050    Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Science   20  
    PHIL10049    Ancient Theories of Existence   20  
    PHIL10140    Formal Methods in Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10139    Scepticism   20  
    PHIL10134    The Computational Mind   20  
    PHIL10137    Formal Semantics for Philosophers   20  
    PHIL10106    Philosophical Issues in Evolution   20  
    PHIL10145    Epistemology in the Early Modern World   20  
    PHIL10143    Philosophy: Fun and Games   20  
    PHIL10148    Perception and Action: From Inner Zombies to the Predictive Brain   20  
    PHIL10146    The Philosophy of David Hume   20  
    PHIL10090    Free Will and Moral Responsibility   20  
    PHIL10022    Feminism   20  
    PHIL10133    Logic, Computability and Incompleteness   20  
    THET10029    God in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason 3/4   20  

    Notes:In order for a student from out with Classics to be enrolled on course CLTR10015 Socrates and Plato: Five Dialogues, contact must be made with a Classics Secretary on 650 3580 for approval to be obtained.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL10099    The Nature of Moral Understanding   20  
    PHIL10017    Applied Ethics   20  
    PHIL10019    Meta-Ethics   20  
    PHIL10078    Normative theory   20  
    PHIL10101    Ancient Ethics   20  
    PHIL10147    Environmental Ethics   20  
    PHIL10090    Free Will and Moral Responsibility   20  
    PHIL10022    Feminism   20  
    PHIL10143    Philosophy: Fun and Games   20  

    Notes:At least one course from this group must be taken in year 3 or 4.
     



    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: C  
    Select exactly 40 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
    PLIT10003    Africa in World Politics   20  
    PLIT10018    International Political Economy   20  
    PLIT10019    International Security   20  
    PLIT10021    War and Justice   20  
    PLIT10027    US Government   20  
    PLIT10036    Politics of the Middle East   20  
    PLIT10048    Contemporary Russian Politics   20  
    PLIT10053    Theories of International Relations   20  
    PLIT10074    Freedom In Political Theory   20  
    PLIT10075    Global Politics Of Sex And Gender   20  
    PLIT10080    Comparing Scottish Devolution   20  
    PLIT10088    Understanding Indian Politics   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SCIL10070    South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy   20  
    SCPL10020    Social Inequality and the Life Course   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCPL10024    Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy   20  
    PLIT10089    Political Islam   20  
    PLIT10084    US Foreign Policy   20  
    PLIT10063    Human Rights in International Relations   20  
    PLIT10090    African Politics: Theories and Debates   20  
    PLIT10091    Parliamentary Studies   20  
    PLIT10062    EU as Global Actor   20  
    PLIT10061    Comparative Politics   20  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    HIST10257    Intellectual History from Montesquieu to Marx   20  
    PHIL10007    Philosophy of Religion   20  
    PHIL10014    The Philosophy of Wittgenstein   20  
    PHIL10017    Applied Ethics   20  
    PHIL10019    Meta-Ethics   20  
    PHIL10024    Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons)   20  
    PHIL10072    Themes in Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10078    Normative theory   20  
    PHIL10081    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    PHIL10099    The Nature of Moral Understanding   20  
    PHIL10101    Ancient Ethics   20  
    PHIL10111    British Idealism and Immaterialism   20  
    PHIL10113    Philosophy of Time   20  
    PHIL10115    Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment   20  
    PHIL10125    Philosophy of Time Travel   20  
    PHIL10005    Philosophy of Language   20  
    CLTR10015    Socrates and Plato: Five Dialogues   20  
    PHIL10047    The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche   20  
    PHIL10131    Social Cognition   20  
    HIST10197    Intellectual History from Antiquity to the Renaissance   20  
    PHIL10050    Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Science   20  
    PHIL10049    Ancient Theories of Existence   20  
    PHIL10140    Formal Methods in Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10139    Scepticism   20  
    PHIL10134    The Computational Mind   20  
    PHIL10137    Formal Semantics for Philosophers   20  
    PHIL10106    Philosophical Issues in Evolution   20  
    PHIL10145    Epistemology in the Early Modern World   20  
    PHIL10143    Philosophy: Fun and Games   20  
    PHIL10148    Perception and Action: From Inner Zombies to the Predictive Brain   20  
    PHIL10146    The Philosophy of David Hume   20  
    PHIL10090    Free Will and Moral Responsibility   20  
    PHIL10022    Feminism   20  
    PHIL10133    Logic, Computability and Incompleteness   20  
    THET10029    God in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason 3/4   20  

    Notes:In order for a student from out with Classics to be enrolled on course CLTR10015 Socrates and Plato: Five Dialogues, contact must be made with a Classics Secretary on 650 3580 for approval to be obtained.
     




    Year 4, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




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


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL10007    Philosophy of Religion   20  
    PHIL10014    The Philosophy of Wittgenstein   20  
    PHIL10017    Applied Ethics   20  
    PHIL10019    Meta-Ethics   20  
    PHIL10024    Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons)   20  
    PHIL10072    Themes in Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10078    Normative theory   20  
    PHIL10081    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    PHIL10101    Ancient Ethics   20  
    PHIL10113    Philosophy of Time   20  
    PHIL10115    Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment   20  
    PHIL10125    Philosophy of Time Travel   20  
    PHIL10099    The Nature of Moral Understanding   20  
    PHIL10005    Philosophy of Language   20  
    PHIL10047    The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche   20  
    PHIL10131    Social Cognition   20  
    PHIL10049    Ancient Theories of Existence   20  
    PHIL10050    Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Science   20  
    PHIL10134    The Computational Mind   20  
    PHIL10137    Formal Semantics for Philosophers   20  
    PHIL10139    Scepticism   20  
    PHIL10140    Formal Methods in Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10146    The Philosophy of David Hume   20  
    PHIL10147    Environmental Ethics   20  
    PHIL10145    Epistemology in the Early Modern World   20  
    PHIL10148    Perception and Action: From Inner Zombies to the Predictive Brain   20  
    PHIL10143    Philosophy: Fun and Games   20  
    PHIL10022    Feminism   20  
    PHIL10090    Free Will and Moral Responsibility   20  
    PHIL10133    Logic, Computability and Incompleteness   20  

    Notes:One 20 credit course MUST be taken from the Ethics cluster if not taken in Year 3.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PLIT10003    Africa in World Politics   20  
    PLIT10018    International Political Economy   20  
    PLIT10019    International Security   20  
    PLIT10021    War and Justice   20  
    PLIT10027    US Government   20  
    PLIT10036    Politics of the Middle East   20  
    PLIT10048    Contemporary Russian Politics   20  
    PLIT10053    Theories of International Relations   20  
    PLIT10074    Freedom In Political Theory   20  
    PLIT10075    Global Politics Of Sex And Gender   20  
    PLIT10080    Comparing Scottish Devolution   20  
    PLIT10088    Understanding Indian Politics   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SCIL10070    South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy   20  
    SCPL10020    Social Inequality and the Life Course   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCPL10024    Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy   20  
    PLIT10089    Political Islam   20  
    PLIT10084    US Foreign Policy   20  
    PLIT10063    Human Rights in International Relations   20  
    PLIT10090    African Politics: Theories and Debates   20  
    PLIT10091    Parliamentary Studies   20  
    PLIT10062    EU as Global Actor   20  
    PLIT10061    Comparative Politics   20  

     
    AND   

    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
    PHIL10026    Dissertation in Philosophy   40  
    PLIT10030    Dissertation (MA Politics)   40  

    Notes:A dissertation MUST be taken in Final Year in either Philosophy or Politics. Where the dissertation is taken in Philosophy, students can either do a single long 8000 word dissertation, or two 5000 word essays ( short dissertations). If the two 5000 word essays are selected students should choose two courses from Philosophy honours Programme Collection (ROU_I_UTPHIECY4_10), as available.
     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL10007    Philosophy of Religion   20  
    PHIL10014    The Philosophy of Wittgenstein   20  
    PHIL10017    Applied Ethics   20  
    PHIL10019    Meta-Ethics   20  
    PHIL10024    Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons)   20  
    PHIL10072    Themes in Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10078    Normative theory   20  
    PHIL10081    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    PHIL10101    Ancient Ethics   20  
    PHIL10113    Philosophy of Time   20  
    PHIL10115    Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment   20  
    PHIL10125    Philosophy of Time Travel   20  
    PHIL10099    The Nature of Moral Understanding   20  
    PHIL10005    Philosophy of Language   20  
    PHIL10047    The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche   20  
    PHIL10131    Social Cognition   20  
    PHIL10049    Ancient Theories of Existence   20  
    PHIL10050    Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Science   20  
    PHIL10134    The Computational Mind   20  
    PHIL10137    Formal Semantics for Philosophers   20  
    PHIL10139    Scepticism   20  
    PHIL10140    Formal Methods in Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10146    The Philosophy of David Hume   20  
    PHIL10147    Environmental Ethics   20  
    PHIL10145    Epistemology in the Early Modern World   20  
    PHIL10148    Perception and Action: From Inner Zombies to the Predictive Brain   20  
    PHIL10143    Philosophy: Fun and Games   20  
    PHIL10022    Feminism   20  
    PHIL10090    Free Will and Moral Responsibility   20  
    PHIL10133    Logic, Computability and Incompleteness   20  

    Notes:Where the dissertation is taken in Philosophy as the two 5000 word essays students should choose two courses from this collection not taken in Year 3.
     




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