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Degree Programme Table: Philosophy and English Language (MA Hons) (UTPHIEL)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: September


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


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
PHIL08016 Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment As available 20
PHIL08015 Morality and Value As available 20
LASC08015 Linguistics & English Language 1 As available 40
PHIL08004 Logic 1 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 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 a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

 



Year 2, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August


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


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
PHIL08014 Mind, Matter and Language Semester 1 20
PHIL08017 Knowledge and Reality Semester 2 20
LASC08017 LEL2A: Linguistic Theory and the Structure of English Semester 1 20
LASC08019 LEL2C: English in Time and Space Semester 2 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 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:Logic 1 is compulsory for this programme. You MUST take Logic 1 this year if you did not take it in year one.
 
AND   

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
Code   Course Name   Credits
LASC08018    LEL2B: Phonetic Analysis and Empirical Methods   20  
LASC08020    LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories   20  
LASC08021    LEL2E: Structure and History of European Languages   20  

Notes:Although further LEL2 courses are not compulsory it is recommended that students take at least 20 credits from these options.
 
AND   

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 2015/16, 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. Also required: (1) an *average* of 50% across all obligatory LEL2 courses, achieved on the first sitting,
    (2) a minimum of 40% in each obligatory LEL2 course, achieved on the first or second sitting.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PHIL10151 Philosophy Dissertation Preparation Course As available 0




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


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 120 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 80 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  
    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  
    PHIL10137    Formal Semantics for Philosophers   20  
    PHIL10143    Philosophy: Fun and Games   20  
    PHIL10148    Perception and Action: From Inner Zombies to the Predictive Brain   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  
    PHIL10116    History of Analytic Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10112    The Structure of Being   20  
    PHIL10154    Conditionals   20  
    PHIL10156    Puzzles and Paradoxes   20  
    PHIL10152    Philosophy of Well-Being   20  
    PHIL10155    Metaphysics   20  
    PHIL10093    Political Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10115    Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment   20  
    PHIL10114    Ancient Aesthetics   20  
    PHIL10153    The Philosophy of Fiction   20  
    PHIL10157    Kant's Critical Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10158    Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty   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.
     

    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 80 credits from Language Sciences Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Notes:The LEL Honours handbook giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning. Students MUST consult this handbook regarding the selection of 'core' courses.
     


    Year 4, Academic year 2015/16, 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  
    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  
    PHIL10137    Formal Semantics for Philosophers   20  
    PHIL10140    Formal Methods in Philosophy   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  
    PHIL10112    The Structure of Being   20  
    PHIL10150    Reason and Experience: 17th Century Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10116    History of Analytic Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10153    The Philosophy of Fiction   20  
    PHIL10154    Conditionals   20  
    PHIL10156    Puzzles and Paradoxes   20  
    PHIL10152    Philosophy of Well-Being   20  
    PHIL10155    Metaphysics   20  
    PHIL10093    Political Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10114    Ancient Aesthetics   20  
    PHIL10115    Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment   20  
    PHIL10157    Kant's Critical Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10158    Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Language Sciences Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Notes:The LEL Honours handbook giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning. Students MUST consult this handbook regarding the selection of 'core' courses.
     

    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
    LASC10024    Dissertation in Language Sciences   40  
    PHIL10026    Dissertation in Philosophy   40  

    Notes:Notes: A dissertation MUST be taken in Final Year in either Philosophy or English Language. 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  
    PHIL10137    Formal Semantics for Philosophers   20  
    PHIL10140    Formal Methods in Philosophy   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  
    PHIL10112    The Structure of Being   20  
    PHIL10150    Reason and Experience: 17th Century Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10116    History of Analytic Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10153    The Philosophy of Fiction   20  
    PHIL10154    Conditionals   20  
    PHIL10156    Puzzles and Paradoxes   20  
    PHIL10152    Philosophy of Well-Being   20  
    PHIL10155    Metaphysics   20  
    PHIL10093    Political Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10114    Ancient Aesthetics   20  
    PHIL10115    Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment   20  
    PHIL10157    Kant's Critical Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10158    Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty   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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