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Degree Programme Table: Philosophy (MA Hons) (UTPHILY)

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

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Morality and Value
PHIL08015 20 credits
Logic 1
PHIL08004 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Introduction to the History of Philosophy A & B

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students will automatically be enrolled on one of these two courses.
Introduction to the History of Philosophy A
PHIL08019 20 credits
Introduction to the History of Philosophy B
PHIL08020 20 credits
AND

Philosophy of Science 1

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Philosophy of Science 1
PHIL08005 20 credits
AND

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

Select between 40 and 60 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Notes:
It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that you choose outside courses in first year that follow on into second year, so that there is the possibility of an alternative degree programme at the end of second year. An overall maximum of 40 credits at level 7 is permitted across years one and two.

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, 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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

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

Select between 40 and 80 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Notes:
It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that you choose outside courses in second year that follow on from first year, so that there is the possibility of an alternative degree programme at the end of second year. 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).

AND

Philosophy of Science 1

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Philosophy of Science 1
PHIL08005 20 credits
AND

Introduction to the History of Philosophy A & B

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students CANNOT take Introduction to the History of Philosophy A (PHIL08019) if they have already taken Introduction to the History of Philosophy (PHIL08018).
Introduction to the History of Philosophy A
PHIL08019 20 credits
Introduction to the History of Philosophy B
PHIL08020 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Progression to 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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Philosophy Dissertation Information Course
PHIL10228 0 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 120 credits in this group.

Theoretical Philosophy

Select between 40 and 80 credits of the following courses
Philosophy of Language
PHIL10005 20 credits
Philosophy of Religion
PHIL10007 20 credits
Themes in Epistemology
PHIL10072 20 credits
Metaphysics
PHIL10155 20 credits
Logic 2: Modal Logics
PHIL10162 20 credits
Topics in Mind and Cognition
PHIL10174 20 credits
Philosophy, Science and Policy
PHIL10208 20 credits
Philosophy of Time
PHIL10225 20 credits
AND

Practical Philosophy

Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following courses
Applied Ethics
PHIL10017 20 credits
Normative theory
PHIL10078 20 credits
Political Philosophy
PHIL10093 20 credits
Aesthetics
PHIL10117 20 credits
Philosophy of Well-Being
PHIL10152 20 credits
Social Philosophy
PHIL10204 20 credits
Moral Philosophy
PHIL10213 20 credits
Feminist Philosophy
PHIL10214 20 credits
Philosophy of Technology
PHIL10231 20 credits
AND

Year 3 Philosophy - History of Philosophy

Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following courses
Normative theory
PHIL10078 20 credits
Late Modern Philosophy
PHIL10175 20 credits
Ancient Philosophy
PHIL10181 20 credits
Early Modern Philosophy
PHIL10182 20 credits
Japanese Philosophy
PHIL10222 20 credits
AND

Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
You should only choose a non-philosophy course if it has been discussed with your cohort lead or student adviser and the course organiser of the course you are interested in taking.

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
The Philosophy dissertation MUST be taken in Final Year. Students can either do a single long 8000 word dissertation, or two 5000 word essays (coursework dissertations).

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 120 credits in this group.

Dissertation in Philosophy

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
The Philosophy dissertation MUST be taken in Final Year. Students can either do a single long 8000 word dissertation (Dissertation in Philosophy Course), or two 5000 word essays (coursework 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.


Dissertation in Philosophy
PHIL10026 40 credits
AND

Philosophy Honours Year 4

Select between 80 and 120 credits of the following courses
Philosophy and the Environment
PHIL10064 20 credits
Self, Agency and the Will
PHIL10082 20 credits
Free Will and Moral Responsibility
PHIL10090 20 credits
The Nature of Moral Understanding
PHIL10099 20 credits
Ancient Theories of Mind
PHIL10103 20 credits
Philosophy of Time Travel
PHIL10125 20 credits
Logic, Computability and Incompleteness
PHIL10133 20 credits
The Computational Mind
PHIL10134 20 credits
Environmental Ethics
PHIL10147 20 credits
The Philosophy of Fiction
PHIL10153 20 credits
Puzzles and Paradoxes
PHIL10156 20 credits
Knowledge, Ignorance and Power
PHIL10160 20 credits
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
PHIL10167 20 credits
Freedom, Consent and Political Obligation
PHIL10176 20 credits
Advanced Topics in Metaphysics
PHIL10180 20 credits
Philosophy of Information
PHIL10186 20 credits
Philosophies of Decolonization: Anti-Humanism and Further Explorations in the Construction of Racial Others
PHIL10188 20 credits
Ethics of Work and Labour
PHIL10190 20 credits
Philosophy of Death and Dying
PHIL10192 20 credits
Indian Philosophies of Mind and Language
PHIL10196 20 credits
Islamic Philosophy
PHIL10197 20 credits
Philosophy of Action
PHIL10209 20 credits
Advanced Topics in Feminist Philosophy
PHIL10210 20 credits
Meaning and Fulfilment
PHIL10212 20 credits
Advanced Topics in Early Modern Philosophy
PHIL10217 20 credits
Philosophy of Risk
PHIL10219 20 credits
Philosophical Naturalism
PHIL10220 20 credits
Science and Realism, a Historical Look
PHIL10226 20 credits
Advanced Topics in Aesthetics
PHIL10227 20 credits
Buddhist Philosophy
PHIL10229 20 credits
Philosophy of Animals
PHIL10230 20 credits
Knowledge in a Multicultural World
PHIL10232 20 credits
Algorithmic Bias
PHIL10235 20 credits
Gender and Beauty
PHIL10237 20 credits
Consciousness, Life and Mind
PHIL10238 20 credits
Measurement
PHIL10239 20 credits
Time and the Mind
PHIL10240 20 credits
Philosophy of Language Models and Virtual Worlds
PHIL10241 20 credits
Philosophy of Science (Honours)
PHIL10242 20 credits
Representation and Reality
PHIL10243 20 credits
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