DPT: Philosophy and Economics (MA Hons) (UTPHIEC)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

You will be automatically enrolled on your five compulsory courses.

You are expected to pass all three of your compulsory Year 1 Philosophy courses. Students who fail any of these three courses may be permitted to progress; however, the failed course(s) will need to be retaken (and passed) in Year 2.

You must also pass Economics 1A and Economics 1B to progress to Year 2 of the Philosophy and Economics programme.

Compulsory courses

Morality and Value

Logic 1

Introduction to the History of Philosophy A

Economics 1A

Must be passed

Economics 1B

Must be passed

Course options

You have the option to take Philosophy of Science 1 in Year 1 or Year 2, but it is not required.

Philosophy of Science 1

You are permitted a maximum of 40 credits at Level 7 across Years 1 and 2.

Challenge Courses are designed to bring together students from different degree programmes to explore the complex issues facing the world today through interdisciplinary collaboration and creative thinking. Working with each other and expert academics, students will gain new perspectives and develop important life skills highly valued by employers, such as teamwork, problem-solving and adaptability.

Our Changing World

Sustainability and Social Responsibility (UG)

Wicked problems: Reason and Rhetoric

Understanding decolonisation in a globalised world

Sustainable Development Goals: History, Progress and Beyond 2030

Living in the Anthropocene

Understanding Society with Big Data: Computational Social Science

Health in a Changing Climate

Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World

Navigating Energy Transitions

Healthy Eating for People and Planet

Year 2 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: August

You will be automatically enrolled on your five compulsory courses. In order to progress into Year 3 of the Philosophy and Economics programme, you must:

- Pass both Mind, Matter and Language (MML) and Knowledge and Reality (K&R) with a mark of 40% or above,
- Achieve an average of 50% across both MML and K&R, and
- Pass Economics 2A, Economics 2B, and Statistical Methods for Economics.

Compulsory courses

Mind, Matter and Language

Must be passed

Knowledge and Reality

Must be passed

Economics 2A

Must be passed

Economics 2B

Must be passed

Statistical Methods for Economics

Must be passed

Course options

If you have not taken Philosophy of Science 1, you have the option to take it in Year 2.

Philosophy of Science 1

You are permitted a maximum of 40 credits at Level 7 across Years 1 and 2.

Our Changing World

Sustainability and Social Responsibility (UG)

Wicked problems: Reason and Rhetoric

Understanding decolonisation in a globalised world

Sustainable Development Goals: History, Progress and Beyond 2030

Living in the Anthropocene

Understanding Society with Big Data: Computational Social Science

Health in a Changing Climate

Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World

Navigating Energy Transitions

Healthy Eating for People and Planet

Year 3 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: August

You will need to take:

- Essentials of Econometrics and Topics in Microeconomics,
- Either Applications of Econometrics or Topics in Macroeconomics, and
- Three Philosophy Year 3 courses.

Compulsory courses

Essentials of Econometrics

Topics in Microeconomics

Course options

Applications of Econometrics

Topics in Macroeconomics

AND

Philosophy of Religion

Metaphysics

Logic 2: Modal Logics

Topics in Mind and Cognition

Late Modern Philosophy

Ancient Philosophy

Early Modern Philosophy

Philosophy of Time

Philosophy of Technology

AND

Applied Ethics

Normative theory

Political Philosophy

Aesthetics

Social Philosophy

Moral Philosophy

Feminist Philosophy

Philosophy of Technology

AND

Political Philosophy

Late Modern Philosophy

Ancient Philosophy

Early Modern Philosophy

Japanese Philosophy

Year 4 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: August

You will need to take:

- Dissertation in Philosophy, Economics Honours Dissertation, or two Philosophy coursework dissertations (two 20-credit courses - one in each semester) (Group A),
- Two Philosophy Year 4 courses (Group B), and
- Two Economics Year 4 Option courses (Group B).

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

Course options

You must select a dissertation in Philosophy or Economics.

There are two options in Philosophy - either an independent dissertation or two coursework dissertations:

- An independent dissertation is a single 8,000-word dissertation. You should select Dissertation in Philosophy (PHIL10026) for this option.

- The coursework dissertation option involves enrolling in two additional Philosophy Year 4 courses and submitting a 4,000-word essay in place of the standard assessment for each of these two courses. To complete the coursework dissertation option, you must select two courses from the Coursework Dissertation Options listed below. You must complete one coursework dissertation in Semester 1 and one in Semester 2. These courses are attended as normal. With this option, you will be enrolling in a total of four Philosophy Year 4 courses.

Economics Honours Dissertation

Dissertation in Philosophy