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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.

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Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Students who do not pass Logic before progressing to Honours may apply to transfer to the MA Theology.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

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Level 8 courses in the School of Divinity

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in the School of Divinity
AND

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


Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
For entry to honours, students much achieve (1) an *average* of 50% at the first sitting across the mandatory Philosophy courses taken in the second year, ie Mind, Matter and Language (MML) and Knowledge and Reality (K&R); and (2) a minimum of 40% in each of these courses (MML and K&R) achieved at the first sitting.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Level 8 courses in the School of Divinity

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in the School of Divinity
AND

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

Notes:
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: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
During Year 3 students must prepare for their dissertation. Further information about this will be provided. In Divinity there is no formal preparation course but equivalent support is provided.

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

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Group A

Select exactly 0 credits in this group.

Philosophy Dissertation Preparation Course

Select exactly 0 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students who plan to undertake a Philosophy dissertation must complete this dissertation preparation course in year 3.
AND

Group B

Select between 40 and 80 credits in this group.

Divinity Level 10 courses excluding Dissertation

Select between 40 and 80 credits of the following courses
AND

Group C

Select between 40 and 80 credits in this group.

Theoretical Philosophy

Select between 0 and 80 credits of the following courses
AND

Practical Philosophy

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: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
All students choosing the Dissertation in Philosophy must have completed the Year 3 Philosophy Dissertation Information Course.

Students MUST pass DIVI10001 Theology & Religious Studies: Final Dissertation or PHIL10026 Dissertation in Philosophy in order to be awarded an honours degree.

Please be aware that, unlike single honours Philosophy students, all joint honours Philosophy and Theology student must take the full-length Dissertation in either Philosophy or Theology and Religious Studies.

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

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Philosophy and Theology (MA) Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Where the dissertation is taken in Philosophy, students must register for the dissertation completion course and write one 8000 word essay on a topic to be arranged with the department. All students choosing the Dissertation in Philosophy must have completed the Year 3 Philosophy Dissertation Information Course.
AND

Divinity Level 10 courses excluding Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Philosophy Honours Year 4

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses

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