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Degree Programme Table: Politics, Philosophy and Economics MA (Hons) (UTMAHPOPPE1F)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Introduction to Politics and International Relations
PLIT08004 20 credits
Political Thinkers
PLIT08011 20 credits
Economics 1
ECNM08013 40 credits
Morality and Value
PHIL08015 20 credits

Course options

PPE - Philosophy Year 1

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Logic 1
PHIL08004 20 credits
Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment
PHIL08016 20 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Notes:

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
Economics 2

Must be passed

ECNM08006 40 credits
International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

PLIT08006 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

PPE - Year 2 Semester 2

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
EITHER a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics OR a mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in Introduction to Political Data Analysis.

Students intending to take Essentials of Econometrics in Year 3 must take Statistical Methods for Economics
Selected courses must be passed
Statistical Methods for Economics
ECNM08016 20 credits
Introduction to Political Data Analysis
PLIT08009 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Notes:

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

Course options

Politics Year 3 Electives

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students considering taking the Politics Dissertation in Year 4 are strongly recommended to take PLIT10106 Research Design in Politics and International Relations (20 credits) in Year 3.
Children's Rights: Policy and Practice
EDUA10204 20 credits
Law and Power in the Muslim World
IMES10105 20 credits
International Political Economy
PLIT10018 20 credits
Politics of the Middle East
PLIT10036 20 credits
Theories of International Relations
PLIT10053 20 credits
Global Justice and Citizenship
PLIT10054 20 credits
Human Rights in International Relations
PLIT10063 20 credits
Europe and International Migration
PLIT10068 20 credits
Comparing Scottish Devolution
PLIT10080 20 credits
Understanding Indian Politics
PLIT10088 20 credits
Political Work
PLIT10093 20 credits
Global Security
PLIT10094 20 credits
International Politics of Money
PLIT10095 20 credits
Democracy and its Discontents
PLIT10096 20 credits
Public participation in democracy and governance
PLIT10098 20 credits
Public Policy: Agenda-Setting
PLIT10100 20 credits
Neuropolitics
PLIT10101 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Political Science
PLIT10104 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in International Relations
PLIT10105 20 credits
Research Design in Politics and International Relations
PLIT10106 20 credits
International Relations of the Asia Pacific
PLIT10109 20 credits
Gender, Power and Representation
PLIT10113 20 credits
The Politics of the End of Empire
PLIT10117 20 credits
Law, Violence, and Humanity
PLIT10125 20 credits
Political Behaviour: Opinions, Choices and Movements
PLIT10132 20 credits
Technology, Politics and Government
PLIT10133 20 credits
Comparative Politics of Secession
PLIT10134 20 credits
Russia's Foreign and Security Policy
PLIT10135 20 credits
Environmental Politics
PLIT10136 20 credits
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
Nations and Nationalism
SCIL10065 20 credits
Globalization
SCIL10067 20 credits
South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy
SCIL10070 20 credits
Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy
SCPL10024 20 credits
Applied Demographic Analysis
SCPL10037 20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001 20 credits
Statistical Modelling
SSPS10027 20 credits
Using pre-existing data for your own research
SSPS10030 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Armed Force and Society
STIS10005 20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008 20 credits
Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment
STIS10009 20 credits
Knowledge, Expertise and Policy
STIS10010 20 credits
Gender and Environment
STIS10012 20 credits
AND

PPE - Year 3 Philosophy Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students considering taking the Philosophy Dissertation in Year 4 are required to take the PHIL10151 Philosophy Dissertation Preparation Course (0 credits) in Year 3.
Philosophy of Religion
PHIL10007 20 credits
Applied Ethics
PHIL10017 20 credits
Feminism
PHIL10022 20 credits
Themes in Epistemology
PHIL10072 20 credits
Political Philosophy
PHIL10093 20 credits
Aesthetics
PHIL10117 20 credits
Philosophy Dissertation Preparation Course
PHIL10151 0 credits
Metaphysics
PHIL10155 20 credits
Logic 2: Modal Logics
PHIL10162 20 credits
Topics in Mind and Cognition
PHIL10174 20 credits
Late Modern Philosophy
PHIL10175 20 credits
Ethics
PHIL10178 20 credits
Ancient Philosophy
PHIL10181 20 credits
Early Modern Philosophy
PHIL10182 20 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

PPE - Year 3 Economics Combination 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Topics in Macroeconomics
ECNM10069 20 credits
Topics in Microeconomics
ECNM10070 20 credits
OR

PPE - Year 3 Economics Combination 2

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Essentials of Econometrics
ECNM10052 20 credits
Topics in Microeconomics
ECNM10070 20 credits
OR

PPE - Year 3 Economics Combination 3

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Essentials of Econometrics
ECNM10052 20 credits
Applications of Econometrics
ECNM10056 20 credits
OR

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

PPE - Year 3 Economics Combination 4

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Essentials of Econometrics
ECNM10052 20 credits
Topics in Macroeconomics
ECNM10069 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Notes:
Dissertation in Politics or Philosophy or Economics (40 credits)

80 credits of level 10 options in the chosen pair of subjects (Politics and Economics, Politics and Philosophy, or Philosophy and Economics), but with a maximum of 60 credits from one subject area.

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

Course options

PPE Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students wishing to take the Philosophy Dissertation are required to have taken the PHIL10151 Philosophy Dissertation Preparation Course (0 credits) in Year 3.

Students wishing to take the Politics Dissertation are strongly recommended to take PLIT10106 Research Design in Politics and International Relations (20 credits) if they did not already do so in Year 3.
Economics Honours Dissertation
ECNM10030 40 credits
Dissertation in Philosophy
PHIL10026 40 credits
Dissertation (MA Politics)
PLIT10030 40 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Politics Year 4 Electives

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Children's Rights: Policy and Practice
EDUA10204 20 credits
Law and Power in the Muslim World
IMES10105 20 credits
International Political Economy
PLIT10018 20 credits
Politics of the Middle East
PLIT10036 20 credits
Theories of International Relations
PLIT10053 20 credits
Global Justice and Citizenship
PLIT10054 20 credits
Human Rights in International Relations
PLIT10063 20 credits
Europe and International Migration
PLIT10068 20 credits
Comparing Scottish Devolution
PLIT10080 20 credits
Understanding Indian Politics
PLIT10088 20 credits
Parliamentary Studies
PLIT10091 20 credits
Political Work
PLIT10093 20 credits
Global Security
PLIT10094 20 credits
International Politics of Money
PLIT10095 20 credits
Democracy and its Discontents
PLIT10096 20 credits
Public participation in democracy and governance
PLIT10098 20 credits
Public Policy: Agenda-Setting
PLIT10100 20 credits
Neuropolitics
PLIT10101 20 credits
British Government
PLIT10103 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in International Relations
PLIT10105 20 credits
Research Design in Politics and International Relations
PLIT10106 20 credits
International Relations of the Asia Pacific
PLIT10109 20 credits
Gender, Power and Representation
PLIT10113 20 credits
The Politics of the End of Empire
PLIT10117 20 credits
Politics of Oil
PLIT10123 20 credits
Law, Violence, and Humanity
PLIT10125 20 credits
Political Behaviour: Opinions, Choices and Movements
PLIT10132 20 credits
Technology, Politics and Government
PLIT10133 20 credits
Comparative Politics of Secession
PLIT10134 20 credits
Russia's Foreign and Security Policy
PLIT10135 20 credits
Environmental Politics
PLIT10136 20 credits
Nations and Nationalism
SCIL10065 20 credits
Globalization
SCIL10067 20 credits
South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy
SCIL10070 20 credits
Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy
SCPL10024 20 credits
Applied Demographic Analysis
SCPL10037 20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001 20 credits
Using pre-existing data for your own research
SSPS10030 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Armed Force and Society
STIS10005 20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008 20 credits
Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment
STIS10009 20 credits
Knowledge, Expertise and Policy
STIS10010 20 credits
Gender and Environment
STIS10012 20 credits
AND

Philosophy Honours Year 4

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Stoic Philosophy at Rome
CLTR10026 20 credits
The Philosophy of Wittgenstein
PHIL10014 20 credits
Meta-Ethics
PHIL10019 20 credits
Philosophy and the Environment
PHIL10064 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
Philosophy of Time Travel
PHIL10125 20 credits
Aristotle
PHIL10130 20 credits
Logic, Computability and Incompleteness
PHIL10133 20 credits
The Computational Mind
PHIL10134 20 credits
Philosophy: Fun and Games
PHIL10143 20 credits
Philosophy of Well-Being
PHIL10152 20 credits
Puzzles and Paradoxes
PHIL10156 20 credits
Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty
PHIL10158 20 credits
Knowledge, Ignorance and Power
PHIL10160 20 credits
The Philosophy of Simone Weil
PHIL10161 20 credits
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
PHIL10167 20 credits
The Philosophy of David Lewis
PHIL10184 20 credits
Epistemology and Evidence Law
PHIL10185 20 credits
Philosophies of Decolonization: Anti-Humanism and Further Explorations in the Construction of Racial Others
PHIL10188 20 credits
John Locke
PHIL10189 20 credits
Biomedical ethics
PHIL10191 20 credits
Philosophy of Death and Dying
PHIL10192 20 credits
Philosophy of Friendship
PHIL10195 20 credits
Indian Philosophies of Mind and Language
PHIL10196 20 credits
Islamic Philosophy
PHIL10197 20 credits
The Subordinate Male: Racism, Gendercide, and Savagery in the 20th and 21st Century
PHIL10198 20 credits
Hume's Philosophy of Religion
PHIL10199 20 credits
The Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre
PHIL10200 20 credits
AND

Economics Course Options Year 4 (single and with programmes)

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
ECNM10022 20 credits
Development Economics
ECNM10061 20 credits
Behavioural Economics
ECNM10066 20 credits
Economics of Sport
ECNM10068 20 credits
Economics of the Family
ECNM10074 20 credits
The Chinese Economy: Past and Present
ECNM10079 20 credits
Economics of Inequality
ECNM10081 20 credits
Health Economics
ECNM10082 20 credits
Economics of Asymmetric Information
ECNM10083 20 credits
Advanced Mathematical Economics
ECNM10085 20 credits
The Economics of Cities and Regions
ECNM10086 20 credits
International Economics
ECNM10087 20 credits
Key Developments in Modern Economic Analysis
ECNM10096 20 credits
History of Monetary, Capital and Interest Theories
ECNM10098 20 credits
Unemployment and Labour Market Dynamics
ECNM10100 20 credits
Economics of Organisations
ECNM10101 20 credits
Structural Transformation in the Labour Market
ECNM10102 20 credits
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