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Degree Programme Table: Philosophy and Linguistics (MA) (UTPHILI)


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

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Director of Studies.


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


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    U00555 (LASC08004) Linguistics 1A As available 20
    U03163 (LASC08012) Linguistics 1B 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 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 7 or 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_7/8) , as available.

     

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


    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
    U04636 (PHIL08015) Morality, Rationality and Value As available 20
    U04637 (PHIL08016) Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 7 or 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_7/8) , as available.

     

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

  • Notes: Entry into Honours requires a pass of 50% or above in
    Mind, Matter and Language, and Knowledge and Reality at the first attempt, and a pass at the first attempt in Linguistics 2A and Linguistics 2B, with an average mark across the Linguistics courses of 50% or above.


    • 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:Students who plan to take the dissertation in philosophy rather than linguistics must complete this dissertation preparation course in year 3.
     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Language Sciences" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Language Sciences level 10' (SUB_LASC_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    Collection:   (LASC10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Language Sciences'   (as selected)  

     
    AND   

    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)  

     

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

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 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)  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following "Language Sciences" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Language Sciences level 10' (SUB_LASC_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    Collection:   (LASC10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Language Sciences'   (as selected)  

     


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


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


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    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)  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Language Sciences" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Language Sciences level 10' (SUB_LASC_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    Collection:   (LASC10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Language Sciences'   (as selected)  

     
    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 Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences- Multiple UG Courses-Level 10' (ROU_I_UGPHPYLA1_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U00532    (LASC10024)    Dissertation in Language Sciences   40  
    U00931    (PHIL10026)    Dissertation in Philosophy   40  

    Notes:Where the dissertation is taken in Philosophy, students have two options:
    (i) to take two further option courses in philosophy and be examined on 5,000 word essays for each course, or
    (ii) to register for the dissertation completion course and write one 8,000 word essay on a topic to be arranged with the department.
    All students who take the dissertation in philosophy must have completed the Philosophy Dissertation Preparation course in year 3.
     
    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)  

     

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