Undergraduate Course: Aesthetics (PHIL10117)

Course Outline
School	School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	The course will examine theories of beauty and the arts in contemporary thinkers. Topics discussed will include aesthetic experience, beauty, art, forgery, humour, emotion, truth and morality.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Knowledge and Reality (PHIL08017) AND Mind, Matter and Language (PHIL08014)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Normally 3 College/University Philosophy courses at grade B or above.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 35
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Final two-hour examination in the December diet (100%)
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Aesthetics		2:00

Academic year 2015/16, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: 3
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Final two-hour examination in the December diet (100%)
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)			2:00

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students should have acquired * an understanding of some major issues in aesthetics * an understanding of how these issues relate to continuing debates * an ability to read closely, analyse and criticise philosophical texts. They should also have further developed the following skills * written skills * the ability to take part in group discussion * the ability to present and defend arguments * the ability to understand and analyse arguments

Reading List
None

Additional Information
Course URL	http://www.philosophy.ed.ac.uk/ug_study/ug_honours/ug_hons_index.html
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information	The course will be taught by Dr Andrew Mason
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