Programmes & Modules Handbook

B.A. Philosophy with Year Abroad Full-time

Year: 2
2020/21 Session

To proceed to stage II.2 students must have an average mark of 55% for year one modules although it is possible to take in year two performance tutors’ reports, ECs etc.

Students choose 120 credits of modules from the list of options available.

The optional modules are divided into three categories that represent three core areas of philosophy: history of philosophy; ethics and social philosophy; epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind and language. These groupings are the following (please note: the specific modules listed are indicative, as provision may evolve to reflect, for example, staffing changes).

All Stage II BA Philosophy students are required to choose optional modules from AT LEAST TWO Groups:

Group A:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Logic: Its Limits + Scope	08 26792	20	Semester 1
LI Philosophy of Mental Health	09 30841	20	Semester 2
LI Philosophy of Mind and Language	08 36102	20	Semester 1
LI Science and Nature	09 30886	20	Semester 2

Group B:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Feminist Philosophy	08 26782	20	Semester 2
LI Sex, Ethics & Philosophy	09 23955	20	Semester 2
LI The Ethics and Politics of Climate Change	08 26780	20	Semester 1

Group C:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Aesthetics through History	09 30872	20	Semester 1

You may choose 20 credits of Modules from another Department/School. (Note: the optional nature of this is not just a matter of students having a choice between modules from another Department/School; they have a choice also as to whether to take a module from another Department/School), This is subject to approval of the programme lead.