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MA Philosophy

This course aims to provide students with a background in philosophy, as well as those with a variety of other backgrounds in humanities and social sciences, with a rigorous grounding in some of the principal thinkers and currents in European philosophy, from Kant to the present and to offer the opportunity, for students who wish to do so, to explore the dialogue between philosophy and psychoanalysis, which has been a prominent feature of European philosophy over the last century.

Course Structure

All students take six modules, normally three in each term or their equivalent from the list below and complete a dissertation. We strongly recommend (but do not require) that you take the MA Writing Workshop (PY951) in the Autumn Term. This provides intensive skill-orientated training in philosophical writing at the postgraduate level. At least four of the modules must be within Philosophy (indicated with a PY code) and the dissertation must be supervised within Philosophy. Part-time students will normally take four modules in their first year. In the second year they will take two modules and write their dissertation.

Philosophy Module Options:  Updated April 2012

Not all modules will be available every year.

Other Discipline Module Options:  Updated April 2012

More information on these options is available through the online Module Directory. Please note that not all options will be available in any given year.

More Information

For a detailed programme specification of this and other courses, please see the Philosophy entries in the University's Programme Specifications Catalogue.

MA Philosophy Module Map.