DPT: Philosophy and Scottish Literature (MA Hons) (UTMAHPHISL1F)

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

Compulsory courses

Mind, Matter and Language

Must be passed 1st time

Knowledge and Reality

Must be passed 1st time

Scottish Literature 2A

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Scottish Literature 2B

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Course options

Philosophy of Science 1

AND

Introduction to the History of Philosophy A

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: 2024/25, 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 Scottish Literature 2A and Scottish Literature 2B.

Compulsory courses

Philosophy Dissertation Information Course

Course options

Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of Religion

Themes in Epistemology

Metaphysics

Logic 2: Modal Logics

Topics in Mind and Cognition

Philosophy, Science and Policy

Philosophy of Time

AND

Applied Ethics

Normative theory

Political Philosophy

Aesthetics

Philosophy of Well-Being

Social Philosophy

Moral Philosophy

Feminist Philosophy

Philosophy of Technology

AND

Normative theory

Late Modern Philosophy

Ancient Philosophy

Early Modern Philosophy

Japanese Philosophy

AND

Reading Theory 1

Reading Theory 2

AND

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1

Mystery and Horror

Edinburgh in Fiction/Fiction in Edinburgh

Writing for Theatre: An Introduction

AND

Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2

Creative Writing Part 2: Prose

Haunted Imaginations: Scotland and the Supernatural'

The Making of Modern Fantasy

Death and Dying in Late Medieval Literature

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

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 Scottish Literature. Where the dissertation is taken in Philosophy, students can either do a single long 8000 word dissertation, 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.

English Literature Dissertation

Dissertation in Philosophy