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Programme Requirements for 2021/22 Session
B.A. English and Philosophy Full-time
Year: 2
2021/22 Session
All of the modules that form part of the English Literature Literature pathway are delivered by the Department of English Literature, while those modules that form part of the English Language pathway are delivered by the Department of English Language and Linguistics. Both departments are part of the School of English, Drama and Creative Studies.
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)
Group A: Mind-Body Problem, Speaking of Things, Science and Nature, Logic: Its Limits and Scope, Elements of Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mental Health
Group B: The Ethics and Politics of Climate Change, Feminist Philosophy, The Ethics of Killing , Sex, Ethics and Philosophy, Political Disagreement
Group C: Experience and Reason, Aesthetics through History, History of Analytic Philosophy
If joint honours philosophy students are doing either 60 or 80 credits of philosophy in Stage II, they are required to choose optional modules from at least two groups. If they are doing only 40 credits of philosophy in Stage II, then this rule does not apply - they can choose two modules from just one group.
Group A:
Group B:
English Literature Pathway
All students should choose two modules from the Histories of Literature options available, one per semester irrespective of whether they are taking 40, 60 or 80 credits in English Literature. Any restrictions relating to which Histories of Literature modules must be taken together will be provided to students during the module allocation process. An indicative list of Histories of Literature options is provided below:
Students taking 80 credits in English Literature will be required to take LI Shakespeare: Elizabethan and LI Shakespeare Jacobean in addition to a "Themes in Literature" option.
Students taking 60 credits in English Literature will be required to take EITHER LI Shakespeare: Elizabethan and LI Shakespeare Jacobean OR a "Themes in Literature" option.
An indicative list of ‘Themes in Literature’ options is provided below (parts A & B must be taken together).
English Language Pathway .
For students taking 80 credits in English Language, the following must be taken:
For students taking 60 credits in English Language, the following must be taken:
All students should choose two English Language modules (40 credits), one module per semester, from the list of options available irrespective of whether they are studying 40, 60 or 80 credits in English Language. An indicative list of options is provided below.
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