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

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


COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 5 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
PLIT08004 Introduction to Politics and International Relations As available 20
PLIT08011 Political Thinkers As available 20
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 exactly 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

 



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

  • Notes: Students intending to transfer to single honours Politics MUST take Introduction to Political Data Analysis.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 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
    PLIT08008 Comparative Politics in a Globalized World As available 20




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


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 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. If you did not take Logic 1 in first year you MUST take it this year (year two).
     

    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, and passes at 50% at the first attempt in the prescribed 2nd year Social and Political Studies courses.


    • 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 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    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
    PLIT10018    International Political Economy   20  
    PLIT10036    Politics of the Middle East   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  
    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  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCPL10024    Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy   20  
    PLIT10084    US Foreign Policy   20  
    PLIT10063    Human Rights in International Relations   20  
    PLIT10091    Parliamentary Studies   20  
    PLIT10062    EU as Global Actor   20  
    PLIT10068    Europe and International Migration   20  
    PLIT10094    Global Security   20  
    PLIT10095    International Politics of Money   20  
    PLIT10096    Democracy & its Discontents   20  
    SCPL10010    Children's Rights   20  
    PLIT10083    Parties & Party Systems In Contemporary Democracies   20  
    PLIT10090    African Politics: Theories and Debates   20  
    PLIT10088    Understanding Indian Politics   20  
    PLIT10049    Environmental Politics in Europe   20  
    PLIT10100    Public Policy: Agenda-Setting   20  
    PLIT10098    Public participation in democracy and governance   20  
    PLIT10104    Contemporary Issues in Political Science   20  
    PLIT10093    Political Work   20  
    PLIT10106    Research Design in Politics and International Relations   20  
    SSPS10027    Statistical Modelling   20  
    PLIT10107    Contemporary Issues in Political Theory   20  
    SSPS10026    Social and Political Science in Practice   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 80 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  
    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.
     


    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
    PLIT10018    International Political Economy   20  
    PLIT10036    Politics of the Middle East   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  
    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  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCPL10024    Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy   20  
    PLIT10084    US Foreign Policy   20  
    PLIT10063    Human Rights in International Relations   20  
    PLIT10091    Parliamentary Studies   20  
    PLIT10062    EU as Global Actor   20  
    PLIT10068    Europe and International Migration   20  
    PLIT10094    Global Security   20  
    PLIT10095    International Politics of Money   20  
    PLIT10096    Democracy & its Discontents   20  
    SCPL10010    Children's Rights   20  
    PLIT10083    Parties & Party Systems In Contemporary Democracies   20  
    PLIT10090    African Politics: Theories and Debates   20  
    PLIT10088    Understanding Indian Politics   20  
    PLIT10049    Environmental Politics in Europe   20  
    PLIT10100    Public Policy: Agenda-Setting   20  
    PLIT10098    Public participation in democracy and governance   20  
    PLIT10104    Contemporary Issues in Political Science   20  
    PLIT10093    Political Work   20  
    PLIT10106    Research Design in Politics and International Relations   20  
    SSPS10027    Statistical Modelling   20  
    PLIT10107    Contemporary Issues in Political Theory   20  
    SSPS10026    Social and Political Science in Practice   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  
    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.
     




    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 the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PLIT10018    International Political Economy   20  
    PLIT10036    Politics of the Middle East   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  
    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  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCPL10024    Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy   20  
    PLIT10084    US Foreign Policy   20  
    PLIT10063    Human Rights in International Relations   20  
    PLIT10091    Parliamentary Studies   20  
    PLIT10062    EU as Global Actor   20  
    PLIT10068    Europe and International Migration   20  
    PLIT10094    Global Security   20  
    PLIT10095    International Politics of Money   20  
    PLIT10096    Democracy & its Discontents   20  
    SCPL10010    Children's Rights   20  
    PLIT10083    Parties & Party Systems In Contemporary Democracies   20  
    PLIT10090    African Politics: Theories and Debates   20  
    PLIT10088    Understanding Indian Politics   20  
    PLIT10049    Environmental Politics in Europe   20  
    PLIT10100    Public Policy: Agenda-Setting   20  
    PLIT10098    Public participation in democracy and governance   20  
    PLIT10104    Contemporary Issues in Political Science   20  
    PLIT10093    Political Work   20  
    PLIT10106    Research Design in Politics and International Relations   20  
    SSPS10027    Statistical Modelling   20  
    PLIT10107    Contemporary Issues in Political Theory   20  
    SSPS10026    Social and Political Science in Practice   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  
    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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