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Degree Programme Table: Ancient Philosophy (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCANPLY1F)

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

  • Notes: A total of 120 credits of courses and 60 credits of dissertation must be taken to achieve the MSc.

    The Programme Director must approve choice of courses. Students should note that not all optional courses will necessarily be available in any given year.

    Students can choose to do one or both core optional courses for credit but only at the discretion of the Programme Director. Students who chose to do both core optional courses must enrol on 80 credits of option courses, those only taking one core optional course must enrol on 100 credits of option courses.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PHIL11052 Ancient Philosophy Dissertation (MSc/Dip) As available 60




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


    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGHC11099    Methodology Seminars in Classics   20  
    PHIL11107    Ancient Philosophy Seminar II   20  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 80 credits and maximum of 100 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL11092    Ancient Ethics MSc   20  
    THET11015    History of Science and Religion in the Christian Tradition   20  
    IMES11032    Christian-Muslim Relations and the Relationship Between the World of Islam and the West   20  
    PHIL11009    Advanced Philosophical Method   20  
    PHIL11038    Advanced topics in Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition   20  
    PHIL11054    Ancient Theories of Existence (MSc)   20  
    PHIL11037    Introduction to Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition   20  
    PHIL11008    Introduction to Philosophical Method   20  
    PHIL11113    Mind and Body in Early Modern Philosophy   20  
    PHIL11140    Further Topics in Meta-Ethics   20  
    PHIL11029    Aesthetics   20  
    PHIL11125    The Philosophy of David Hume MSc   20  
    PHIL11145    The Structure of Being MSc   20  
    PHIL11111    Social Cognition MSc   20  
    PHIL11117    Scepticism MSc   20  
    PHIL11026    Philosophy of Religion   20  
    PHIL11081    Philosophy of Time MSc   20  
    PHIL11101    Philosophy of Time Travel MSc   20  
    PHIL11128    Philosophy of Time MSc (Semester 1)   20  
    PHIL11103    Philosophy of Time Travel MSc (Semester 1)   20  

    Notes:Students are usually allowed to substitute 20 option credits for other courses from School Collections E, G and I at level 11 with the agreement of the programme director.

    If students wish to study ancient language courses, they are usually allowed to take up to 40 credits of courses from School Collections E and G but this must be approved by the Programme Director.
     


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