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Degree Programme Table: Mind and Language (MA) (UTMNDLA)


Year 1, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Important: Mind and Language is one of two "Group Honours" degrees linking the four subject areas Informatics, Language Sciences, Philosophy, and Psychology. The central feature of these degrees is that they involve a "breadth requirement" (a minimum of 80 credit points at Level 8 in each of three subject areas) and a "depth requirement" (a minimum of 60 credit points at Level 9/10 in two of those subjects). Although the specific Level 8 requirements for Mind and Language are listed here under Years 1 and 2, note that up to 60 credits of required courses in Years 1 and 2 may be postponed to Years 2 or 3, in order to enable students to take other Level 7/8 courses from Schedules A-Q and to permit changes of degree programme.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    U00555 (LASC08004) Linguistics 1A As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School fo Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences- Mind and Language (MA)-Level 8' (ROU_I_UTMNDLA_8) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U03163    (LASC08012)    Linguistics 1B   20  
    U04636    (PHIL08015)    Morality, Rationality and Value   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Philosophy/Psychology/Language Sciences, Informatics & Mathematics- Mind and Language (MA)-Level 8' (ROU_I/O/P_UTMNDLA_8) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U01672    (MATH08012)    Mathematics for Informatics 1   20  
    U01673    (MATH08024)    Mathematics for Informatics 2   20  
    U03859    (INFR08011)    Computational Foundations of Cognitive Science 1   20  
    CG0001    (INFR08006)    Human Communication 1   20  
    PP9977    (PHIL08005)    Philosophy of Science 1   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    PP9976     (PHIL08004)     Logic 1     (20 credits)

    Notes:Students who take the Informatics 1 courses and Computational Foundations of Cognitive Science 1 are not required to take Logic.
     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Informatics- Mind and Language (MA) 2 -Level 8' (ROU_O_UTMNDLA2_8) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U04325    (INFR08014)    Informatics 1 - Object-Oriented Programming   10  
    U04326    (INFR08015)    Informatics 1 - Data and Analysis   10  
    U04323    (INFR08012)    Informatics 1 - Computation and Logic   10  
    U04324    (INFR08013)    Informatics 1 - Functional Programming   10  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    PS0001     (PSYL08001)     Psychology 1     (40 credits)

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Important: Mind and Language is one of two "Group Honours" degrees linking the four subject areas Informatics, Language Sciences, Philosophy, and Psychology. The central feature of these degrees is that they involve a "breadth requirement" (a minimum of 80 credit points at Level 8 in each of three subject areas) and a "depth requirement" (a minimum of 60 credit points at Level 9/10 in two of those subjects). Although the specific Level 8 requirements for Mind and Language are listed here under Years 1 and 2, note that up to 60 credits of required courses in Years 1 and 2 may be postponed to Years 2 or 3, in order to enable students to take other Level 7/8 courses from Schedules A-Q and to permit changes of degree programme.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    U00578 (LASC08006) Linguistics 2A As available 20
    U03164 (LASC08013) Linguistics 2B As available 20
    U04593 (PHIL08014) Mind, Matter and Language As available 20
    U04638 (PHIL08017) Knowledge and Reality As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    PS0002     (PSYL08002)     Psychology 2     (40 credits)

     
    OR   


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    U02599     (INFR08008)     Informatics 2A: Processing Formal and Natural Languages     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Schedule O - Cognitive Science - Level 8 Courses' (ROU_O_UTCOGSC_8) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U02600    (INFR08009)    Informatics 2B: Algorithms, Data Structures, Learning   20  
    U02602    (INFR08010)    Informatics 2D: Reasoning & Agents   20  

     



    Year 3, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Important: Mind and Language is one of two "Group Honours" degrees linking the four subject areas Informatics, Language Sciences, Philosophy, and Psychology. The central feature of these degrees is that they involve a "breadth requirement" (a minimum of 80 credit points at Level 8 in each of three subject areas) and a "depth requirement" (a minimum of 60 credit points at Level 9/10 in two of those subjects). Although the specific Level 8 requirements for Mind and Language are listed here under Years 1 and 2, note that up to 60 credits of required courses in Years 1 and 2 may be postponed to Years 2 or 3, in order to enable students to take other Level 7/8 courses from Schedules A-Q and to permit changes of degree programme.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 0 credits from the following course level 10, as available.
    U04258     (PHIL10109)     Philosophy Dissertation - Part 1: Preparation     (0 credits)

    Notes:This dissertation preparation course must be taken if you plan to take the dissertation in philosophy in your fourth year.
     

    Select exactly 60 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule I and O level 9 and 10' (SCH_I/O_9/10) , as available.

    Notes:Choice of Level 10 courses: students are required to take a minimum of 60 credits points in each of two of the four subject areas Philosophy, Psychology, Language Sciences and Informatics, and to do their dissertation on a topic that links those two subject areas.
     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 10 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) A - Mind and Language (MA) - Level(s) 8-10' (ROU_A_UTMNDLA1_8-10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U00585    (PSYL10011)    Psychology of Thinking and Language   10  
    U01970    (INFR09022)    Introduction to Cognitive Science   10  

    Notes:You should normally take either Introduction to Cognitive Science or Psychology of Thinking and Language.
     

    Select a minimum of 50 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following School Collection: 'School Collection schedule I or O Level 8 or 10' (SCH_I/O_8/10) , as available.

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Epistemology Group - Philosophy Level 10' (ROU_I_EPIST_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U04102    (PHIL10081)    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    U04103    (PHIL10082)    Self, Agency and the Will   20  
    U04106    (PHIL10085)    Language and The Natural Mind   20  
    PP0076    (PHIL10007)    Philosophy of Religion   20  
    U04122    (PHIL10092)    Theories of Truth   20  
    U03181    (PHIL10053)    Mathematical Logic   20  
    U04096    (PHIL10075)    Philosophy of Action   20  
    U04097    (PHIL10076)    The Ontology of Mind   20  
    U00165    (PHIL10024)    Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons)   20  
    U03180    (PHIL10052)    Philosophy of Mathematics   20  
    PP0074    (PHIL10005)    Philosophy of Language   20  
    U04093    (PHIL10072)    Themes in Epistemology   20  
    U04095    (PHIL10074)    Semantic Externalism   20  

    Notes:You must take 40 credits of courses from this list over your 3rd and 4th year.
     


    Year 4, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Important: Mind and Language is one of two "Group Honours" degrees linking the four subject areas Informatics, Language Sciences, Philosophy, and Psychology. The central feature of these degrees is that they involve a "breadth requirement" (a minimum of 80 credit points at Level 8 in each of three subject areas) and a "depth requirement" (a minimum of 60 credit points at Level 9/10 in two of those subjects). Although the specific Level 8 requirements for Mind and Language are listed here under Years 1 and 2, note that up to 60 credits of required courses in Years 1 and 2 may be postponed to Years 2 or 3, in order to enable students to take other Level 7/8 courses from Schedules A-Q and to permit changes of degree programme.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Epistemology Group - Philosophy Level 10' (ROU_I_EPIST_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U04102    (PHIL10081)    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    U04103    (PHIL10082)    Self, Agency and the Will   20  
    U04106    (PHIL10085)    Language and The Natural Mind   20  
    PP0076    (PHIL10007)    Philosophy of Religion   20  
    U04122    (PHIL10092)    Theories of Truth   20  
    U03181    (PHIL10053)    Mathematical Logic   20  
    U04096    (PHIL10075)    Philosophy of Action   20  
    U04097    (PHIL10076)    The Ontology of Mind   20  
    U00165    (PHIL10024)    Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons)   20  
    U03180    (PHIL10052)    Philosophy of Mathematics   20  
    PP0074    (PHIL10005)    Philosophy of Language   20  
    U04093    (PHIL10072)    Themes in Epistemology   20  
    U04095    (PHIL10074)    Semantic Externalism   20  

    Notes:You should take 40 credits from this list of courses, unless they were taken in the 3rd year.
     

    Select exactly 10 credits from the following course level 09, as available.
    U01970     (INFR09022)     Introduction to Cognitive Science     (10 credits)

    Notes:You should take this course unless you took it in the 3rd year.
     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following School Collection: 'School Collection schedule I and O P Level 10' (SCH_I/O_10) , as available.

    Notes:Choice of Level 10 courses: students are required to take a minimum of 60 credits points in each of two of the four subject areas Philosophy, Psychology, Language Sciences and Informatics, and to do their dissertation on a topic that links those two subject areas.
     


    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from Schools of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences and Informatics- Cognitive Science (MA)- Level 10' (ROU_I/O_UTCOGSC_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U01973    (INFR10044)    Honours Project (Informatics)   40  
    U00931    (PHIL10026)    Dissertation in Philosophy   40  
    U00542    (PSYL10004)    Dissertation in Psychology   40  
    U00532    (LASC10024)    Dissertation in Language Sciences   40  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Philosophy" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Philosophy level 10' (SUB_PHIL_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    U02978   (HIST10176)   Republicanism and the Social Contract: History of Political Thought from Milton to Locke   (20 Credits)  
    U03615   (HIST10257)   Intellectual History from Montesquieu to Marx   (20 Credits)  
    Collection:   (PHIL10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Philosophy'   (as selected)  

    Notes:Students who plan to take the philosophy dissertation in the fourth year must have taken the (not-for-credit) philosophy dissertation preparation class in the third year.
    Where the dissertation is taken in Philosophy, students have two options:
    (i) to take two further option courses in philosophy and be examined on 5000 word essays for each course, or
    (ii) to register for the Philosophy Dissertation course and write one 8000 word essay on a topic to be arranged with the department.
     

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