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Degree Programme Table: Philosophy and Theology (MA Hons) (UTPHITH)

Year 1, Academic year 2012/13, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Entry to Honours requires a pass in the course 'Academic Literacies for the Digital Age'.
    Philosophy offers two further 20 credit courses: Logic 1 and Philosophy of Science 1. These courses are optional. Although Logic 1 is optional, a pass in Logic 1 (or equivalent) is a pre-requisite for some Honours courses in Philosophy.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PHIL08016 Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment As available 20
    PHIL08015 Morality, Rationality and Value As available 20
    THET08014 Christian Theology: Approaches and Themes As available 20
    THET08015 Ethics and Society As available 20
    DIVI07004 Academic Literacies for the Digital Age As available 0




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


    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2012/13, Starting month: August

  • Notes: For entry to honours, students much achieve a pass of 50% or above, at the first attempt, in both Mind, Matter & Language and Knowledge & Reality and must pass the course 'Academic Skills for Divinity Students'.
    Philosophy offers two further 20 credit courses: Logic 1 and Philosophy of Science 1. These courses are optional. Although Logic 1 is optional, a pass in Logic 1 (or an equivalent) is a pre-requisite for some Honours courses in Philosophy.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PHIL08014 Mind, Matter and Language As available 20
    PHIL08017 Knowledge and Reality As available 20
    THET08010 God in Philosophy: Plato to Hume As available 20
    THET08017 Christian Theology: Doctrines and Debates As available 20




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


    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2012/13, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Where the dissertation in Year 4 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 complete the Philosophy Dissertation course in Year 3.


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


    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 list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    HIST10257    Intellectual History from Montesquieu to Marx   20  
    PHIL10007    Philosophy of Religion   20  
    PHIL10014    The Philosophy of Wittgenstein   20  
    PHIL10017    Applied Ethics   20  
    PHIL10019    Meta-Ethics   20  
    PHIL10024    Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons)   20  
    PHIL10067    History of Modern Philosophy Texts (British)   20  
    PHIL10072    Themes in Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL10078    Normative theory   20  
    PHIL10081    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    PHIL10082    Self, Agency and the Will   20  
    PHIL10099    The Nature of Moral Understanding   20  
    PHIL10101    Ancient Ethics   20  
    PHIL10111    British Idealism and Immaterialism   20  
    PHIL10113    Philosophy of Time   20  
    PHIL10115    Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment   20  
    PHIL10125    Philosophy of Time Travel   20  
    PHIL10088    History of Modern Philosophy: Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10005    Philosophy of Language   20  
    CLTR10015    Socrates and Plato: Five Dialogues   20  
    PHIL10132    Irrational Animals   20  
    PHIL10047    The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche   20  
    PHIL10131    Social Cognition   20  
    HIST10197    Intellectual History from Antiquity to the Renaissance   20  
    PHIL10050    Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Science   20  
    PHIL10049    Ancient Theories of Existence   20  
    PHIL10140    Formal Methods in Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10139    Scepticism   20  
    PHIL10134    The Computational Mind   20  
    PHIL10135    Distributive Justice   20  
    PHIL10137    Formal Semantics for Philosophers   20  
    PHIL10070    Perception   20  
    PHIL10106    Philosophical Issues in Evolution   20  
    PHIL10064    Philosophy and the Environment   20  
    PHIL10138    Realism, relativism, and reality   20  
    PHIL10062    Topics in Hellenistic Philosophy   20  

     

    AND   


    Select exactly 40 credits from Theology and Ethics Level 10 courses, as available

     

    AND   

    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 list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    HIST10257    Intellectual History from Montesquieu to Marx   20  
    PHIL10007    Philosophy of Religion   20  
    PHIL10014    The Philosophy of Wittgenstein   20  
    PHIL10017    Applied Ethics   20  
    PHIL10019    Meta-Ethics   20  
    PHIL10024    Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons)   20  
    PHIL10067    History of Modern Philosophy Texts (British)   20  
    PHIL10072    Themes in Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL10078    Normative theory   20  
    PHIL10081    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    PHIL10082    Self, Agency and the Will   20  
    PHIL10099    The Nature of Moral Understanding   20  
    PHIL10101    Ancient Ethics   20  
    PHIL10111    British Idealism and Immaterialism   20  
    PHIL10113    Philosophy of Time   20  
    PHIL10115    Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment   20  
    PHIL10125    Philosophy of Time Travel   20  
    PHIL10088    History of Modern Philosophy: Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10005    Philosophy of Language   20  
    CLTR10015    Socrates and Plato: Five Dialogues   20  
    PHIL10132    Irrational Animals   20  
    PHIL10047    The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche   20  
    PHIL10131    Social Cognition   20  
    HIST10197    Intellectual History from Antiquity to the Renaissance   20  
    PHIL10050    Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Science   20  
    PHIL10049    Ancient Theories of Existence   20  
    PHIL10140    Formal Methods in Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10139    Scepticism   20  
    PHIL10134    The Computational Mind   20  
    PHIL10135    Distributive Justice   20  
    PHIL10137    Formal Semantics for Philosophers   20  
    PHIL10070    Perception   20  
    PHIL10106    Philosophical Issues in Evolution   20  
    PHIL10064    Philosophy and the Environment   20  
    PHIL10138    Realism, relativism, and reality   20  
    PHIL10062    Topics in Hellenistic Philosophy   20  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Theology and Ethics Level 10 courses, as available

     




    Year 4, Academic year 2012/13, Starting month: August


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


    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 Theology and Ethics Level 10 courses, as available

     

    AND   


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL10007    Philosophy of Religion   20  
    PHIL10014    The Philosophy of Wittgenstein   20  
    PHIL10017    Applied Ethics   20  
    PHIL10019    Meta-Ethics   20  
    PHIL10024    Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons)   20  
    PHIL10067    History of Modern Philosophy Texts (British)   20  
    PHIL10072    Themes in Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL10078    Normative theory   20  
    PHIL10081    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    PHIL10082    Self, Agency and the Will   20  
    PHIL10101    Ancient Ethics   20  
    PHIL10113    Philosophy of Time   20  
    PHIL10115    Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment   20  
    PHIL10125    Philosophy of Time Travel   20  
    PHIL10099    The Nature of Moral Understanding   20  
    PHIL10088    History of Modern Philosophy: Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10005    Philosophy of Language   20  
    PHIL10047    The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche   20  
    PHIL10132    Irrational Animals   20  
    PHIL10131    Social Cognition   20  
    PHIL10049    Ancient Theories of Existence   20  
    PHIL10050    Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Science   20  
    PHIL10062    Topics in Hellenistic Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10064    Philosophy and the Environment   20  
    PHIL10070    Perception   20  
    PHIL10134    The Computational Mind   20  
    PHIL10135    Distributive Justice   20  
    PHIL10137    Formal Semantics for Philosophers   20  
    PHIL10138    Realism, relativism, and reality   20  
    PHIL10139    Scepticism   20  
    PHIL10140    Formal Methods in Philosophy   20  

     

    AND   

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


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL10026    Dissertation in Philosophy   40  
    DIVI10001    Theology and Religious Studies: Final Dissertation   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 complete the Philosophy Dissertation course in year 3.
     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL10007    Philosophy of Religion   20  
    PHIL10014    The Philosophy of Wittgenstein   20  
    PHIL10017    Applied Ethics   20  
    PHIL10019    Meta-Ethics   20  
    PHIL10024    Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons)   20  
    PHIL10067    History of Modern Philosophy Texts (British)   20  
    PHIL10072    Themes in Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL10078    Normative theory   20  
    PHIL10081    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    PHIL10082    Self, Agency and the Will   20  
    PHIL10101    Ancient Ethics   20  
    PHIL10113    Philosophy of Time   20  
    PHIL10115    Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment   20  
    PHIL10125    Philosophy of Time Travel   20  
    PHIL10099    The Nature of Moral Understanding   20  
    PHIL10088    History of Modern Philosophy: Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10005    Philosophy of Language   20  
    PHIL10047    The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche   20  
    PHIL10132    Irrational Animals   20  
    PHIL10131    Social Cognition   20  
    PHIL10049    Ancient Theories of Existence   20  
    PHIL10050    Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Science   20  
    PHIL10062    Topics in Hellenistic Philosophy   20  
    PHIL10064    Philosophy and the Environment   20  
    PHIL10070    Perception   20  
    PHIL10134    The Computational Mind   20  
    PHIL10135    Distributive Justice   20  
    PHIL10137    Formal Semantics for Philosophers   20  
    PHIL10138    Realism, relativism, and reality   20  
    PHIL10139    Scepticism   20  
    PHIL10140    Formal Methods in Philosophy   20  

    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 complete the Philosophy Dissertation course in year 3.
     




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