Programme Requirements for 2023/24 Session


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B.A. English Literature and Philosophy Full-time

Year: 3
2023/24 Session

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Extended Essay in English Literature 09 27042 20 Full Term

Choose two modules from the following options:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Bringing Out the Bodies: Technology, Transhumans and Skin 09 27598 20 Semester 2
LH Fantasy and fandom: writing back to the medieval in modern fantasy 09 22837 20 Semester 2
LH Last Year's Novels 09 26673 20 Semester 1
LH Law and Literature 09 24813 20 Semester 2
LH Politics and Terror in the Age of Revolutions 09 27596 20 Semester 1
LH Remembering World War One 09 26674 20 Semester 1
Viragos, Coquettes and Prudes 09 19620 20 Semester 2

For the students who do not undertake a dissertation or similar independent study module at Level I or H in their other subject, it is compulsory to do either one of the following two modules. For those students who do undertake a dissertation or a similar independent study module at Level I or H in their other subject, these two are optional modules (even if no student can, of course, do both modules). Furthermore, in order for a Joint Honours student to be permitted to do the 40 credit dissertation at stage III, they must do 80 credits worth of philosophy modules at this level. That is, they must do two other 20 credit philosophy modules in addition to the 40 credit Philosophical Project.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Philosophical Project 08 27860 40 Full Term
LH Philosophical Project 09 21805 20 Full Term

Choose 60 (or if taking Philosophical Project, 40) credits from the following list of options or up to 20 credits of Level I Department of Philosophy modules may be taken provided that all 60 year 3 credits in the other Joint Honours subject are being taken at Level H. This list of modules which follows is indicative, but in any given year, only around 15 of these will run in the ordinary way (with lectures, seminars etc.) Most of the rest will be made available as a 'Special Subject' to students whose Stage 2 marks averaged 60 or better and who elect to take (at most one) of these modules on a more independent basis.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Being Good and Doing Right: Issues in Contemporary Moral Theory 08 26794 20 Semester 2
LH Global Bioethics 08 17542 20 Semester 2
LH It’s About Time! 09 30950 20 Semester 2
LH Just War 09 29256 20 Semester 1
LH Nietzsche 09 26095 20 Semester 1
LH Philosophy of Mathematics 09 26094 20 Semester 2
LH Prejudice Race + Gender 08 26796 20 Semester 1
LH Reason and Belief 09 31431 20 Semester 1
LH Social Justice 09 30837 20 Semester 2
LH Topics in Philosophy of Religion 08 26825 20 Semester 1

Students may also apply to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H. If successful this will be taken in place of one of their semester 1 taught modules. The placement can be taken either during the summer vacation (part-time or full-time) or during semester 1 (part-time only). The placement must be completed prior to the Christmas vacation.

Students who undertook a Professional Skills module at level I will not be able to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Professional Skills 09 36876 20 Semester 1
LH Professional Skills - Freelance 09 37013 20 Semester 1