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Degree Programme Table: Philosophy (MA) (UTPHILY)


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 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    U04636 (PHIL08015) Morality, Rationality and Value Semester 2 20
    U04637 (PHIL08016) Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment Semester 1 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 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.

    Notes:You need to choose up to 80 credits of outside courses. You can take all 80 credits as non-philosophy courses, or you can take only 40 or 60 credits of non-philosophy courses together with Logic 1 and/or Philosophy of Science 1.
     
    AND   

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

    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.

     

    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 8' (ROU_I_UGINFO1_8) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    PP9976    (PHIL08004)    Logic 1   20  
    PP9977    (PHIL08005)    Philosophy of Science 1   20  

    Notes:Although Logic 1 is not a compulsory course for single-honours philosophy students it is strongly recommended, particularly for students who think that they might go on to study philosophy at postgraduate level. It is also a prerequisite for some honours-level philosophy courses. If you choose not to take Logic 1 this year you will have the option to take it in your second year.
     


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


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    U04593 (PHIL08014) Mind, Matter and Language Semester 1 20
    U04638 (PHIL08017) Knowledge and Reality Semester 2 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 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.

    Notes:Whatever course you choose here should follow on from the outside course that you took in the first year, i.e. it should the second-year version of the course.
     
    AND   

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

    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.

     

    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 8' (ROU_I_UGINFO1_8) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    PP9976    (PHIL08004)    Logic 1   20  
    PP9977    (PHIL08005)    Philosophy of Science 1   20  

    Notes:If you didn't take Logic 1 and/or Philosophy of Science in your first year you can choose to take them this year.
     


    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.


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


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    U04258 (PHIL10109) Philosophy Dissertation - Part 1: Preparation As available 0




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


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 120 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Ethics Group - Philosophy Level 10' (ROU_I_ETHICS_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U04149    (PHIL10099)    The Nature of Moral Understanding   20  
    U00164    (PHIL10023)    Moral Psychology   20  
    PP0090    (PHIL10017)    Applied Ethics   20  
    U04126    (PHIL10095)    The Nature of Value   20  
    U04125    (PHIL10094)    Philosophy of Law   20  
    U04124    (PHIL10093)    Political Philosophy   20  
    U04101    (PHIL10080)    Paradoxes of decision   20  
    U00163    (PHIL10022)    Feminism   20  
    PP0092    (PHIL10019)    Meta-Ethics   20  
    U04105    (PHIL10084)    Agency and Reason   20  
    U04119    (PHIL10090)    Free Will and Moral Responsibility   20  
    U04099    (PHIL10078)    Normative theory   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 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  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'History Group - Philosophy Level 10' (ROU_I_HIST_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U04499    (PHIL10112)    The Structure of Being   20  
    U03457    (PHIL10064)    Philosophy and the Environment   20  
    PP0079    (PHIL10009)    Modern Continental Philosophy   20  
    PP0084    (PHIL10014)    The Philosophy of Wittgenstein   20  
    U00166    (PHIL10025)    Theory of Virtue   20  
    U04136    (PHIL10096)    Ancient Theories of Knowledge   20  
    U04258    (PHIL10109)    Philosophy Dissertation - Part 1: Preparation   0  
    U04117    (PHIL10088)    History of Modern Philosophy: Epistemology   20  
    U03023    (PHIL10047)    The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche   20  
    PP0082    (PHIL10012)    Aesthetics   20  
    U03455    (PHIL10062)    Topics in Hellenistic Philosophy   20  
    U03167    (PHIL10049)    Ancient Theories of Existence   20  
    U03774    (PHIL10067)    History of Modern Philosophy Texts (British)   20  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 60 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)  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q and T and W level 10' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_10) , as available.

    Notes:You should only choose a non-philosophy course if it has been agreed with your Director of Studies.
     

    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 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


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

    Select exactly 20 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)  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Ethics Group - Philosophy Level 10' (ROU_I_ETHICS_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U04149    (PHIL10099)    The Nature of Moral Understanding   20  
    U00164    (PHIL10023)    Moral Psychology   20  
    PP0090    (PHIL10017)    Applied Ethics   20  
    U04126    (PHIL10095)    The Nature of Value   20  
    U04125    (PHIL10094)    Philosophy of Law   20  
    U04124    (PHIL10093)    Political Philosophy   20  
    U04101    (PHIL10080)    Paradoxes of decision   20  
    U00163    (PHIL10022)    Feminism   20  
    PP0092    (PHIL10019)    Meta-Ethics   20  
    U04105    (PHIL10084)    Agency and Reason   20  
    U04119    (PHIL10090)    Free Will and Moral Responsibility   20  
    U04099    (PHIL10078)    Normative theory   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 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  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'History Group - Philosophy Level 10' (ROU_I_HIST_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U04499    (PHIL10112)    The Structure of Being   20  
    U03457    (PHIL10064)    Philosophy and the Environment   20  
    PP0079    (PHIL10009)    Modern Continental Philosophy   20  
    PP0084    (PHIL10014)    The Philosophy of Wittgenstein   20  
    U00166    (PHIL10025)    Theory of Virtue   20  
    U04136    (PHIL10096)    Ancient Theories of Knowledge   20  
    U04258    (PHIL10109)    Philosophy Dissertation - Part 1: Preparation   0  
    U04117    (PHIL10088)    History of Modern Philosophy: Epistemology   20  
    U03023    (PHIL10047)    The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche   20  
    PP0082    (PHIL10012)    Aesthetics   20  
    U03455    (PHIL10062)    Topics in Hellenistic Philosophy   20  
    U03167    (PHIL10049)    Ancient Theories of Existence   20  
    U03774    (PHIL10067)    History of Modern Philosophy Texts (British)   20  

     


    AND   

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

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following course level 10, as available.
    U00931     (PHIL10026)     Dissertation in Philosophy     (40 credits)

    Notes:You can either do a single 8000 word dissertation, or substitute two long essays in place of the normal assessment for two option courses.
     
    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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