DPT: Philosophy and English Literature (MA Hons) (UTPHIET)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

Morality and Value

Logic 1

Introduction to the History of Philosophy B

Literary Studies 1A

Must be passed

Literary Studies 1B

Must be passed

Course options

Philosophy of Science 1

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

Year 2 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

Mind, Matter and Language

Must be passed 1st time

Knowledge and Reality

Must be passed 1st time

Literary Studies 2A: English Literature in the World, 1380-1788

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Literary Studies 2B: English Literature in the World, post-1789

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Course options

Philosophy of Science 1

AND

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

Students CANNOT take Introduction to the History of Philosophy A (PHIL08019) if they have already taken Introduction to the History of Philosophy (PHIL08018).

Year 3 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: August

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; also required, a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in English Literature 2 or Scottish Literature 2.
For English Literature courses only *option* courses can be chosen

Compulsory courses

Philosophy Dissertation Information Course

Course options

This must be an English Literature Honours option course

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1

AND

This must be an English Literature Honours option course

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2

AND

Reading Theory 1

Reading Theory 2

AND

Applied Ethics

Political Philosophy

Aesthetics

Philosophy: Fun and Games

Philosophy of Well-Being

Early Modern Philosophy

Social Philosophy

Philosophy of Economics

Moral Philosophy

Feminist Philosophy

Philosophy of Technology

AND

Philosophy of Religion

The rationalists: Spinoza and Leibniz

Metaphysics

Social Epistemology

Philosophy, Science and Policy

Philosophy of Time

AND

Philosophy of Language

Logic 2: Modal Logics

Science, Nature, and Social Values

Topics in Mind and Cognition

Philosophy, Science and Policy

Philosophy of Technology

AND

The rationalists: Spinoza and Leibniz

Science, Nature, and Social Values

Late Modern Philosophy

Early Modern Philosophy

Japanese Philosophy

Year 4 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: August

For English Literature courses only *option* courses can be chosen

Honours degrees must include at least 40 credits of dissertation work.

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

Course options

A dissertation MUST be taken in Final Year in either Philosophy or English Literature. 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.

English Literature Dissertation

Dissertation in Philosophy