Programme Requirements for 2021/22 Session


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B.A. Philosophy with Year Abroad Full-time

Year: 2
2021/22 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.

Philosophical Project - BA Philosophy students begin work on this Stage III module during Summer term of Stage 2.

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 2
LI Philosophy of Mental Health 09 30841 20 Semester 2
LI Speaking of Things 09 26763 20 Semester 1
LI The Mind-Body Problem 08 26762 20 Semester 1

Group B:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Feminist Philosophy 08 26782 20 Semester 2
LI Political Disagreement 09 30162 20 Semester 1
LI Sex, Ethics & Philosophy 09 23955 20 Semester 2
LI The Ethics and Politics of Climate Change 08 26780 20 Semester 1
LI The Ethics of Killing 08 26826 20 Semester 1

Group C:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Aesthetics through History 09 30872 20 Semester 1
LI Experience and Reason: Early Modern Philosophy 08 26781 20 Semester 1
LI Philosophy of Mind and Language 08 36102 20 Semester 1
LI Science and Nature 09 30886 20 Semester 1
LI The History of Analytic Philosophy 08 26791 20 Semester 2

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.