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Degree Programme Table: Philosophy and Economics (MA Hons) (UTPHIEC)

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September


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


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
PHIL08016 Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment Semester 2 20
PHIL08015 Morality and Value Semester 1 20
ECNM08013 Economics 1 As available 40
PHIL08004 Logic 1 Semester 2 20




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


Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
PHIL08005     Philosophy of Science 1     (20 credits)

 
OR   

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 7, 8 and 9 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

 


Year 2, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August


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


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
ECNM08006 Economics 2 As available 40
PHIL08017 Knowledge and Reality Semester 2 20
PHIL08014 Mind, Matter and Language Semester 1 20
ECNM08016 Statistical Methods for Economics 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 course level 08, as available
PHIL08005     Philosophy of Science 1     (20 credits)

 


OR   

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

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

 



Year 3, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into third year normally requires passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years and -
    (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; (3) a mark of 50% or above in Economics 2 at the first attempt and a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM10052 Essentials of Econometrics As available 20
    ECNM10070 Topics in Microeconomics As available 20
    PHIL10151 Philosophy Dissertation Preparation Course As available 0




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 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 course level 10, as available
    ECNM10056     Applications of Econometrics     (20 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, as available
    ECNM10069     Topics in Macroeconomics     (20 credits)

     


    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 60 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  
    PHIL10072    Themes in Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10081    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    PHIL10099    The Nature of Moral Understanding   20  
    PHIL10101    Ancient Ethics   20  
    PHIL10005    Philosophy of Language   20  
    CLTR10015    Socrates and Plato: Five Dialogues   20  
    PHIL10047    The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche   20  
    HIST10197    Intellectual History from Antiquity to the Renaissance   20  
    PHIL10140    Formal Methods in Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10137    Formal Semantics for Philosophers   20  
    PHIL10090    Free Will and Moral Responsibility   20  
    PHIL10022    Feminism   20  
    THET10029    God in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason 3/4   20  
    PHIL10116    History of Analytic Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10156    Puzzles and Paradoxes   20  
    PHIL10155    Metaphysics   20  
    PHIL10093    Political Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10153    The Philosophy of Fiction   20  
    PHIL10157    Kant's Critical Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10158    Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty   20  
    PHIL10086    The rationalists: Spinoza and Leibniz   20  
    PHIL10160    Knowledge, Ignorance and Power   20  
    PHIL10161    The Philosophy of Simone Weil   20  
    PHIL10162    Logic 2: Modal Logics   20  
    PHIL10163    Food for Thought: The Ethics of Food Choices   20  
    PHIL10164    Metaphysical and Epistemological Issues in Feminism   20  
    PHIL10165    Theory of Virtue   20  
    PHIL10166    Philosophy of Law   20  
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL10146    The Philosophy of David Hume   20  
    PHIL10147    Environmental Ethics   20  
    PHIL10074    Semantic Externalism   20  
    PHIL10106    Philosophical Issues in Evolution   20  
    PHIL10103    Ancient Theories of Mind   20  
    PHIL10150    Reason and Experience: 17th Century Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10117    Aesthetics   20  
    PHIL10049    Ancient Theories of Existence   20  
    PHIL10112    The Structure of Being   20  
    PHIL10152    Philosophy of Well-Being   20  
    PHIL10050    Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Science   20  
    PHIL10082    Self, Agency and the Will   20  
    PHIL10159    Belief, Desire and Rational Choice   20  
    PHIL10149    Philosophy of Science (Honours)   20  
    PHIL10134    The Computational Mind   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 2016/17, 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.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECNM10056    Applications of Econometrics   20  
    ECNM10066    Behavioural Economics   20  
    ECNM10061    Development Economics   20  
    ECNM10020    Economics of Financial Markets   20  
    ECNM10068    Economics of Sport   20  
    ECNM10036    Economics of Transition   20  
    ECNM10018    History of Economic Thought   40  
    ECNM10025    History of Economic Thought 1   20  
    ECNM10026    History of Economic Thought 2   20  
    ECNM10013    Economics of Strategic Behaviour   40  
    ECNM10032    Economics of Strategic Behaviour 1   20  
    ECNM10022    Natural Resource and Environmental Economics   20  
    ECNM10074    Economics of the Family   20  
    ECNM10024    Monetary Theory and Policy   20  
    ECNM10080    The Economics of Crime   20  
    ECNM10079    The Chinese Economy: Past and Present   20  
    ECNM10077    Issues in Climate Change Economics   20  
    ECNM10078    Modelling the Financial Crisis and its Aftermath   20  
    ECNM10007    Economics of Self-Management   20  
    ECNM10069    Topics in Macroeconomics   20  
    ECNM10081    Economics of Inequality   20  
    ECNM10084    Policy Evaluation for Public Economics   20  
    ECNM10085    Advanced Mathematical Economics   20  
    ECNM10086    The Economics of Cities and Regions   20  
    ECNM10087    International Economics   20  
    ECNM10088    Productivity, Growth and Development   20  
    ECNM10089    Economics of Migration   20  
    ECNM10083    Economics of Asymmetric Information   20  
    ECNM10090    Experimental Economics   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  
    PHIL10081    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    PHIL10101    Ancient Ethics   20  
    PHIL10099    The Nature of Moral Understanding   20  
    PHIL10005    Philosophy of Language   20  
    PHIL10047    The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche   20  
    PHIL10137    Formal Semantics for Philosophers   20  
    PHIL10140    Formal Methods in Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10022    Feminism   20  
    PHIL10090    Free Will and Moral Responsibility   20  
    PHIL10116    History of Analytic Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10153    The Philosophy of Fiction   20  
    PHIL10156    Puzzles and Paradoxes   20  
    PHIL10155    Metaphysics   20  
    PHIL10093    Political Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10157    Kant's Critical Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10158    Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty   20  
    PHIL10086    The rationalists: Spinoza and Leibniz   20  
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL10103    Ancient Theories of Mind   20  
    PHIL10160    Knowledge, Ignorance and Power   20  
    PHIL10161    The Philosophy of Simone Weil   20  
    PHIL10162    Logic 2: Modal Logics   20  
    PHIL10163    Food for Thought: The Ethics of Food Choices   20  
    PHIL10164    Metaphysical and Epistemological Issues in Feminism   20  
    PHIL10165    Theory of Virtue   20  
    PHIL10166    Philosophy of Law   20  
    PHIL10147    Environmental Ethics   20  
    PHIL10106    Philosophical Issues in Evolution   20  
    PHIL10146    The Philosophy of David Hume   20  
    PHIL10074    Semantic Externalism   20  
    PHIL10150    Reason and Experience: 17th Century Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10117    Aesthetics   20  
    PHIL10049    Ancient Theories of Existence   20  
    PHIL10049    Ancient Theories of Existence   20  
    PHIL10112    The Structure of Being   20  
    PHIL10152    Philosophy of Well-Being   20  
    PHIL10050    Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Science   20  
    PHIL10082    Self, Agency and the Will   20  
    PHIL10159    Belief, Desire and Rational Choice   20  
    PHIL10149    Philosophy of Science (Honours)   20  
    PHIL10134    The Computational Mind   20  
    PHIL10072    Themes in Epistemology   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  
    ECNM10030    Economics Honours Dissertation   40  

    Notes:A dissertation MUST be taken in Final Year in either Philosophy or Economics. 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  
    PHIL10081    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    PHIL10101    Ancient Ethics   20  
    PHIL10099    The Nature of Moral Understanding   20  
    PHIL10005    Philosophy of Language   20  
    PHIL10047    The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche   20  
    PHIL10137    Formal Semantics for Philosophers   20  
    PHIL10140    Formal Methods in Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10022    Feminism   20  
    PHIL10090    Free Will and Moral Responsibility   20  
    PHIL10116    History of Analytic Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10153    The Philosophy of Fiction   20  
    PHIL10156    Puzzles and Paradoxes   20  
    PHIL10155    Metaphysics   20  
    PHIL10093    Political Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10157    Kant's Critical Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10158    Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty   20  
    PHIL10086    The rationalists: Spinoza and Leibniz   20  
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL10103    Ancient Theories of Mind   20  
    PHIL10160    Knowledge, Ignorance and Power   20  
    PHIL10161    The Philosophy of Simone Weil   20  
    PHIL10162    Logic 2: Modal Logics   20  
    PHIL10163    Food for Thought: The Ethics of Food Choices   20  
    PHIL10164    Metaphysical and Epistemological Issues in Feminism   20  
    PHIL10165    Theory of Virtue   20  
    PHIL10166    Philosophy of Law   20  
    PHIL10147    Environmental Ethics   20  
    PHIL10106    Philosophical Issues in Evolution   20  
    PHIL10146    The Philosophy of David Hume   20  
    PHIL10074    Semantic Externalism   20  
    PHIL10150    Reason and Experience: 17th Century Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10117    Aesthetics   20  
    PHIL10049    Ancient Theories of Existence   20  
    PHIL10049    Ancient Theories of Existence   20  
    PHIL10112    The Structure of Being   20  
    PHIL10152    Philosophy of Well-Being   20  
    PHIL10050    Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Science   20  
    PHIL10082    Self, Agency and the Will   20  
    PHIL10159    Belief, Desire and Rational Choice   20  
    PHIL10149    Philosophy of Science (Honours)   20  
    PHIL10134    The Computational Mind   20  
    PHIL10072    Themes in Epistemology   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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