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Degree Programme Table: Philosophy and Greek (MA Hons) (UTPHIGR)

Year 1, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September


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


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
PHIL08015 Morality and Value As available 20
PHIL08016 Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment As available 20
PHIL08004 Logic 1 As available 20




COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 5 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
GREE08003    Greek 1A   20  
GREE08004    Greek 1B   20  

 
OR   

Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
Code   Course Name   Credits
GREE08005    Greek 1C   20  
GREE08006    Greek 1D   20  

 

AND   

Overarching rule collection group: A  
Select exactly 20 credits from these collections:  

Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
Code   Course Name   Credits
PHIL08005    Philosophy of Science 1   20  

 
OR   

Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
Code   Course Name   Credits
CLGE08001    The Greek World 1A: Greece in the Making   20  
CLGE08002    The Greek World 1B: Greece's New Horizons   20  

Notes:Either of these courses are especially suitable for someone taking this degree programme.
 
OR   

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

 



Year 2, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August


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


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
GREE08007 Greek 2A As available 20
GREE08008 Greek 2B As available 20
PHIL08014 Mind, Matter and Language Semester 1 20
PHIL08017 Knowledge and Reality Semester 2 20




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


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: For students entering the programme in 2014, Logic 1 is compulsory. It is strongly recommended that students take Logic, 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.
 
AND   

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

 



Year 3, Academic year 2014/15, 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% or above at the first attempt in Greek 2a and 2b


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GREE10009 Greek Language (A) As available 20




    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:Students who plan to take the dissertation in philosophy rather than Classics must take this dissertation preparation course in their third year.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 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  
    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  
    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  
    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  
    PHIL10150    Reason and Experience: 17th Century Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10138    Realism, relativism, and reality   20  
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL10116    History of Analytic Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10112    The Structure of Being   20  
    PHIL10117    Aesthetics   20  

    Notes:At least 40 credits (2 courses) must be taken in Ancient Philosophy across Year 3 and 4. 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.
     

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BIST10039    Advanced Greek Texts   20  
    GREE10001    Greek Tragedy   20  
    GREE10023    Socrates and Plato   20  

     
    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
    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  
    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  
    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  
    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  
    PHIL10150    Reason and Experience: 17th Century Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10138    Realism, relativism, and reality   20  
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL10116    History of Analytic Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10112    The Structure of Being   20  
    PHIL10117    Aesthetics   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
    BIST10039    Advanced Greek Texts   20  
    GREE10001    Greek Tragedy   20  
    GREE10023    Socrates and Plato   20  

     




    Year 4, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GREE10010 Greek Language (B) As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 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
    BIST10039    Advanced Greek Texts   20  
    GREE10001    Greek Tragedy   20  
    GREE10023    Socrates and Plato   20  

     
    AND   

    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  
    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  
    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  
    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  
    PHIL10117    Aesthetics   20  
    PHIL10112    The Structure of Being   20  
    PHIL10150    Reason and Experience: 17th Century Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL10116    History of Analytic Philosophy   20  

    Notes:At least 40 credits (2 courses) must be taken in Ancient Philosophy across the junior and senior honours years.
     

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


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CLGE10003    Classics Dissertation   40  
    PHIL10026    Dissertation in Philosophy   40  

    Notes:A dissertation MUST be taken in Final Year in either Philosophy or Classics. 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  
    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  
    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  
    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  
    PHIL10117    Aesthetics   20  
    PHIL10112    The Structure of Being   20  
    PHIL10150    Reason and Experience: 17th Century Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL10116    History of Analytic Philosophy   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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