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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2019/2020

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Year 1 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

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

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
OR

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

Notes:
An overall maximum of 40 credits at level 7 is permitted across years one and two.

Year 2 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Philosophy of Science 1

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

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

Notes:
An overall maximum of 40 credits at level 7 is permitted across years one and two.
OR

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

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

Notes:
An overall maximum of 40 credits at level 7 is permitted across years one and two.

Year 3 Academic year: 2019/20, 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 passes at 50% at the first attempt in the prescribed 2nd year Social and Political Studies courses.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 120 credits in this group.

Politics Year 3 Electives

Select between 40 and 80 credits of the following courses
Notes:
For students considering a dissertation in Politics, it is strongly recommended that they take PLIT10106 Research Design in Politics and International Relations.
AND

Year 3 Philosophy- Morality and Value

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Year 3 Philosophy - Knowledge and Reality

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Year 3 Philosophy - Language, Cognition, and Science

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Year 3 Philosophy - History of Philosophy

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2019/20, 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.

Philosophy and Politics Dissertation Options

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
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, Philosophy Honours Year 4, as available.
OR

Philosophy Honours Year 4

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Group B

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Philosophy Honours Year 4

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Politics Year 4 Electives

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses

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