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Degree Programme Table: Scandinavian Studies and Philosophy (MA Hons) (UTSCSPY)

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

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 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




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 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
    PHIL08004    Logic 1   20  
    PHIL08005    Philosophy of Science 1   20  

     
    OR   

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

    Notes:Level 7 language courses cannot be taken for credits on this degree programme.
     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ELCS08027    Swedish 1   40  
    ELCS08028    Norwegian 1   40  
    ELCS08033    Danish 1   40  

     


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


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PHIL08014 Mind, Matter and Language As available 20
    PHIL08017 Knowledge and Reality As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 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
    ELCS08011    Norwegian Language 2   20  
    ELCS08008    Danish Language 2   20  
    ELCS08013    Swedish Language 2   20  

     


    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    ELCS08029     Scandinavian Literature 2     (20 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    ELCS08010     Scandinavian Languages 2     (20 credits)

     


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL08004    Logic 1   20  
    PHIL08005    Philosophy of Science 1   20  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ELCF08003    Literature and Culture in Medieval Europe   20  
    ELCF08007    Introduction to European Cinema 2   20  
    CLLC08002    Introduction to European Theatre   20  
    CLLC08001    Prose Fiction in Comparative Perspective   20  
    ELCF08009    Politics and Institutions of Contemporary France A   20  
    ELCS08010    Scandinavian Languages 2   20  
    LASC08018    LEL2B: Phonetic Analysis and Empirical Methods   20  
    LASC08019    LEL2C: English in Time and Space   20  
    LASC08020    LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories   20  
    LASC08021    LEL2E: Structure and History of European Languages   20  
    ELCR08006    The Golden and Silver Ages of Russian Literature (1820-1920s)   20  
    ELCS08034    Scandinavian Historical and Cultural Topics: From Runes to Rock Music   20  

    Notes:Politics and Institutions of Contemporary France is only available to students who have passed French 1A or French 1B.
    For LEL2 courses students must have passed: Linguistics and English Language 1 or A Brief Introduction to Language.


     


    Year 3, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into Honours: (1)students must pass courses to the required value of 240 credits in the first two years; (2)students must achieve 50% or more at first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree; (3)students must achieve at least 50% overall in the relevant second-year language course(s), including at least 50% in the language component of that course.

    Progression to Philosophy 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 sitting and (2) a minimum of 40% in each course (MML and K&R) achieved at the first sitting.

    At least 30 weeks spent in the relevant country and prescribed work in Philosophy and the relevant language in an approved establishment.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ELCC10001 Language Acquisition through residence/study As available 60
    PHIL10056 Philosophy Work (Year Abroad, MEL) As available 40




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



    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, as available
    ELCC10005     MEL dissertation preparation     (20 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, as available
    ELCC10002     Modern European Languages Year Abroad Assessment     (20 credits)

     



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

  • Notes: Final Assessment: One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.). 1. (Scandinavian Studies Paper 1). 2. (Scandinavian Studies Paper 1). 3. (Scandinavian Studies Paper 2). 4. (Oral for Scandinavian Studies). 5. (Philosophy Work (Year Abroad, MEL)). 6. (Philosophy Work (Year Abroad, MEL)). 7. (MEL Dissertation Preparation OR Year Abroad Assessment (same mark as 8)). 8. (MEL Dissertation Completion OR MEL Long Essay). 9. (Scandinavian Studies option). 10. (Courses in Philosophy). 11. (Courses in Philosophy). 12. (Courses in Philosophy).


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ELCS10008 Scandinavian Studies Language Paper 1 As available 10
    ELCS10009 Scandinavian Studies Language Paper 2 As available 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.



    Select exactly 0 credits course level 10, as available
    ELCC10020     Oral for Danish     (0 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 0 credits course level 10, as available
    ELCC10021     Oral for Norwegian     (0 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 0 credits course level 10, as available
    ELCC10019     Oral for Swedish     (0 credits)

     

    Select exactly 20 credits from European Languages & Cultures - Scandinavian Stud Level 10 courses, as available

     

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ELCC10011    MEL Long Essay   20  
    ELCC10006    MEL dissertation completion   20  

     

    Select exactly 60 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  

     


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