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Degree Programme Table: Philosophy and Mathematics (MA Hons) (UTPHIMA)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Morality and Value
PHIL08015 20 credits
Introduction to Linear Algebra
MATH08057 20 credits
Calculus and its Applications
MATH08058 20 credits
Logic 1
PHIL08004 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Courses from School(s) I-P - Philosophy and Mathematics (MA Hons) - Level(s) 8

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students cannot take both MATH08059 and PHIL08016 due to a timetable clash. Students who do not take MATH08059 MUST take MATH10062 'Accelerated Proofs and Problem Solving' in Year 2.
Proofs and Problem Solving
MATH08059 20 credits
Philosophy of Science 1
PHIL08005 20 credits
Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment
PHIL08016 20 credits
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Year 2 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Mind, Matter and Language

Must be passed 1st time

PHIL08014 20 credits
Knowledge and Reality

Must be passed 1st time

PHIL08017 20 credits
Several Variable Calculus and Differential Equations

Must be passed

MATH08063 20 credits
Fundamentals of Pure Mathematics

Must be passed

MATH08064 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Courses from School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences- Multiple UG Courses-Level 8

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Philosophy of Science 1
PHIL08005 20 credits
Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment
PHIL08016 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) P-P - Philosophy and Mathematics (MA Hons) - Level(s) 8 Accelerated Proofs

Select between 0 and 10 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students who did not take MATH08059 'Proofs and Problem Solving' in Year 1 MUST take this course.
Accelerated Proofs and Problem Solving
MATH08071 10 credits
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
AND

Courses from School of Mathematics- Philosophy and Mathematics (MA)-Level 8

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Probability with Applications
MATH08067 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: 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 a pass in 'Several Variable Calculus and Differential Equations' and 'Fundamentals of Pure Mathematics', or the permission of the relevant Head(s) of School(s).

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Philosophy Dissertation Preparation Course
PHIL10151 0 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Philosophy Honours Year 3 _ Including History

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Socrates and Plato: Five Dialogues
CLTR10015 20 credits
Intellectual History from Antiquity to the Renaissance
HIST10197 20 credits
Intellectual History from Montesquieu to Marx
HIST10257 20 credits
Philosophy of Religion
PHIL10007 20 credits
The Philosophy of Wittgenstein
PHIL10014 20 credits
Applied Ethics
PHIL10017 20 credits
Meta-Ethics
PHIL10019 20 credits
Feminism
PHIL10022 20 credits
Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons)
PHIL10024 20 credits
The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche
PHIL10047 20 credits
Ancient Theories of Existence
PHIL10049 20 credits
Philosophy of Mathematics
PHIL10052 20 credits
Themes in Epistemology
PHIL10072 20 credits
Self, Agency and the Will
PHIL10082 20 credits
The rationalists: Spinoza and Leibniz
PHIL10086 20 credits
Political Philosophy
PHIL10093 20 credits
The Nature of Moral Understanding
PHIL10099 20 credits
Ancient Ethics
PHIL10101 20 credits
Philosophical Issues in Evolution
PHIL10106 20 credits
Ancient Aesthetics
PHIL10114 20 credits
Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment
PHIL10115 20 credits
Philosophy of Time Travel
PHIL10125 20 credits
Free Will and Moral Responsibility (Semester Two)
PHIL10126 20 credits
Logic, Computability and Incompleteness
PHIL10133 20 credits
The Computational Mind
PHIL10134 20 credits
Realism, relativism, and reality
PHIL10138 20 credits
Philosophy: Fun and Games
PHIL10143 20 credits
Philosophy of Time (S1)
PHIL10144 20 credits
Perception and Action: From Inner Zombies to the Predictive Brain
PHIL10148 20 credits
Philosophy of Well-Being
PHIL10152 20 credits
The Philosophy of Fiction
PHIL10153 20 credits
Puzzles and Paradoxes
PHIL10156 20 credits
Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty
PHIL10158 20 credits
Belief, Desire and Rational Choice
PHIL10159 20 credits
Knowledge, Ignorance and Power
PHIL10160 20 credits
The Philosophy of Simone Weil
PHIL10161 20 credits
Logic 2: Modal Logics
PHIL10162 20 credits
Food for Thought: The Ethics of Food Choices
PHIL10163 20 credits
Theory of Virtue
PHIL10165 20 credits
Philosophy of Law
PHIL10166 20 credits
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
PHIL10167 20 credits
Ancient Theories of Knowledge
PHIL10168 20 credits
Kant
PHIL10169 20 credits
Freedom and the State: The Social Contract
PHIL10170 20 credits
Science, Nature, and Social Values
PHIL10171 20 credits
AND

HAlg/HAna/HCoV/HDEq choice

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Honours Differential Equations
MATH10066 20 credits
Honours Complex Variables
MATH10067 20 credits
Honours Analysis
MATH10068 20 credits
Honours Algebra
MATH10069 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Philosophy Honours Year 3 _ Including History

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Socrates and Plato: Five Dialogues
CLTR10015 20 credits
Intellectual History from Antiquity to the Renaissance
HIST10197 20 credits
Intellectual History from Montesquieu to Marx
HIST10257 20 credits
Philosophy of Religion
PHIL10007 20 credits
The Philosophy of Wittgenstein
PHIL10014 20 credits
Applied Ethics
PHIL10017 20 credits
Meta-Ethics
PHIL10019 20 credits
Feminism
PHIL10022 20 credits
Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons)
PHIL10024 20 credits
The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche
PHIL10047 20 credits
Ancient Theories of Existence
PHIL10049 20 credits
Philosophy of Mathematics
PHIL10052 20 credits
Themes in Epistemology
PHIL10072 20 credits
Self, Agency and the Will
PHIL10082 20 credits
The rationalists: Spinoza and Leibniz
PHIL10086 20 credits
Political Philosophy
PHIL10093 20 credits
The Nature of Moral Understanding
PHIL10099 20 credits
Ancient Ethics
PHIL10101 20 credits
Philosophical Issues in Evolution
PHIL10106 20 credits
Ancient Aesthetics
PHIL10114 20 credits
Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment
PHIL10115 20 credits
Philosophy of Time Travel
PHIL10125 20 credits
Free Will and Moral Responsibility (Semester Two)
PHIL10126 20 credits
Logic, Computability and Incompleteness
PHIL10133 20 credits
The Computational Mind
PHIL10134 20 credits
Realism, relativism, and reality
PHIL10138 20 credits
Philosophy: Fun and Games
PHIL10143 20 credits
Philosophy of Time (S1)
PHIL10144 20 credits
Perception and Action: From Inner Zombies to the Predictive Brain
PHIL10148 20 credits
Philosophy of Well-Being
PHIL10152 20 credits
The Philosophy of Fiction
PHIL10153 20 credits
Puzzles and Paradoxes
PHIL10156 20 credits
Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty
PHIL10158 20 credits
Belief, Desire and Rational Choice
PHIL10159 20 credits
Knowledge, Ignorance and Power
PHIL10160 20 credits
The Philosophy of Simone Weil
PHIL10161 20 credits
Logic 2: Modal Logics
PHIL10162 20 credits
Food for Thought: The Ethics of Food Choices
PHIL10163 20 credits
Theory of Virtue
PHIL10165 20 credits
Philosophy of Law
PHIL10166 20 credits
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
PHIL10167 20 credits
Ancient Theories of Knowledge
PHIL10168 20 credits
Kant
PHIL10169 20 credits
Freedom and the State: The Social Contract
PHIL10170 20 credits
Science, Nature, and Social Values
PHIL10171 20 credits
AND

Mathematics Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Mathematics Level 10 courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Courses from Schools of Philosophy/Psychology/Language Sciences & Mathematics- Philosophy and Mathematics (MA)-Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
A dissertation MUST be taken in Final Year in either Philosophy or Mathematics. 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 (Philosophy Honours Year 4), as available.
Project in Mathematics (Double)
MATH10031 40 credits
Dissertation in Philosophy
PHIL10026 40 credits
OR

Philosophy Honours Year 4

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
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.
Philosophy of Language
PHIL10005 20 credits
Philosophy of Religion
PHIL10007 20 credits
The Philosophy of Wittgenstein
PHIL10014 20 credits
Applied Ethics
PHIL10017 20 credits
Meta-Ethics
PHIL10019 20 credits
Feminism
PHIL10022 20 credits
The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche
PHIL10047 20 credits
Ancient Theories of Existence
PHIL10049 20 credits
Themes in Epistemology
PHIL10072 20 credits
Semantic Externalism
PHIL10074 20 credits
Metaphysics of Mind
PHIL10077 20 credits
Philosophy of Psychology
PHIL10081 20 credits
Self, Agency and the Will
PHIL10082 20 credits
The rationalists: Spinoza and Leibniz
PHIL10086 20 credits
Free Will and Moral Responsibility
PHIL10090 20 credits
Political Philosophy
PHIL10093 20 credits
The Nature of Moral Understanding
PHIL10099 20 credits
Ancient Ethics
PHIL10101 20 credits
Ancient Theories of Mind
PHIL10103 20 credits
Philosophical Issues in Evolution
PHIL10106 20 credits
The Structure of Being
PHIL10112 20 credits
History of Analytic Philosophy
PHIL10116 20 credits
Aesthetics
PHIL10117 20 credits
The Computational Mind
PHIL10134 20 credits
Formal Semantics for Philosophers
PHIL10137 20 credits
Philosophy: Fun and Games
PHIL10143 20 credits
The Philosophy of David Hume
PHIL10146 20 credits
Environmental Ethics
PHIL10147 20 credits
Philosophy of Science (Honours)
PHIL10149 20 credits
Reason and Experience: 17th Century Philosophy
PHIL10150 20 credits
Philosophy of Well-Being
PHIL10152 20 credits
The Philosophy of Fiction
PHIL10153 20 credits
Metaphysics
PHIL10155 20 credits
Puzzles and Paradoxes
PHIL10156 20 credits
Kant's Critical Philosophy
PHIL10157 20 credits
Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty
PHIL10158 20 credits
Belief, Desire and Rational Choice
PHIL10159 20 credits
Knowledge, Ignorance and Power
PHIL10160 20 credits
The Philosophy of Simone Weil
PHIL10161 20 credits
Logic 2: Modal Logics
PHIL10162 20 credits
Food for Thought: The Ethics of Food Choices
PHIL10163 20 credits
Metaphysical and Epistemological Issues in Feminism
PHIL10164 20 credits
Theory of Virtue
PHIL10165 20 credits
Philosophy of Law
PHIL10166 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Mathematics Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Mathematics Level 10 courses
AND

Philosophy Honours Year 4

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Philosophy of Language
PHIL10005 20 credits
Philosophy of Religion
PHIL10007 20 credits
The Philosophy of Wittgenstein
PHIL10014 20 credits
Applied Ethics
PHIL10017 20 credits
Meta-Ethics
PHIL10019 20 credits
Feminism
PHIL10022 20 credits
The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche
PHIL10047 20 credits
Ancient Theories of Existence
PHIL10049 20 credits
Themes in Epistemology
PHIL10072 20 credits
Semantic Externalism
PHIL10074 20 credits
Metaphysics of Mind
PHIL10077 20 credits
Philosophy of Psychology
PHIL10081 20 credits
Self, Agency and the Will
PHIL10082 20 credits
The rationalists: Spinoza and Leibniz
PHIL10086 20 credits
Free Will and Moral Responsibility
PHIL10090 20 credits
Political Philosophy
PHIL10093 20 credits
The Nature of Moral Understanding
PHIL10099 20 credits
Ancient Ethics
PHIL10101 20 credits
Ancient Theories of Mind
PHIL10103 20 credits
Philosophical Issues in Evolution
PHIL10106 20 credits
The Structure of Being
PHIL10112 20 credits
History of Analytic Philosophy
PHIL10116 20 credits
Aesthetics
PHIL10117 20 credits
The Computational Mind
PHIL10134 20 credits
Formal Semantics for Philosophers
PHIL10137 20 credits
Philosophy: Fun and Games
PHIL10143 20 credits
The Philosophy of David Hume
PHIL10146 20 credits
Environmental Ethics
PHIL10147 20 credits
Philosophy of Science (Honours)
PHIL10149 20 credits
Reason and Experience: 17th Century Philosophy
PHIL10150 20 credits
Philosophy of Well-Being
PHIL10152 20 credits
The Philosophy of Fiction
PHIL10153 20 credits
Metaphysics
PHIL10155 20 credits
Puzzles and Paradoxes
PHIL10156 20 credits
Kant's Critical Philosophy
PHIL10157 20 credits
Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty
PHIL10158 20 credits
Belief, Desire and Rational Choice
PHIL10159 20 credits
Knowledge, Ignorance and Power
PHIL10160 20 credits
The Philosophy of Simone Weil
PHIL10161 20 credits
Logic 2: Modal Logics
PHIL10162 20 credits
Food for Thought: The Ethics of Food Choices
PHIL10163 20 credits
Metaphysical and Epistemological Issues in Feminism
PHIL10164 20 credits
Theory of Virtue
PHIL10165 20 credits
Philosophy of Law
PHIL10166 20 credits
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