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Master of Arts (Honours) Philosophy and Psychology (with BPS recognition)


MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours with BPS recognition): First year
Code Module name Credits
Psychology 1 20 AND
Psychology 2 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
Reasoning 20 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: PY1001 - PY1199 AND
Mind and World 20
Moral and Political Controversies 20
Reasoning 20
The Enlightenment 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

First and Second Year Philosophy (Joint Honours) Programme Requirements:

20 credits: PY1012;
A minimum of 40 credits: PY2000-PY2103;
A minimum of 20 further credits: PY1001-PY1199, PY2000-PY2103;

Please balance your choices across the academic year.

MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours with BPS recognition): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ Psychology 1 30 AND
^ Psychology 2 30 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options AND

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked ^
MA (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
View list At least 40 credits from Module List: PY2000 - PY2103 AND
Intermediate Logic 20
Foundations of Western Philosophy 20
Meaning and Knowing 20
Moral and Aesthetic Value 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: PY1001 - PY1199, PY2000 - PY2103 AND
Mind and World 20
Moral and Political Controversies 20
Reasoning 20
The Enlightenment 20
Intermediate Logic 20
Foundations of Western Philosophy 20
Meaning and Knowing 20
Moral and Aesthetic Value 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

First and Second Year Philosophy (Joint Honours) Programme Requirements:

20 credits: PY1012;
A minimum of 40 credits: PY2000-PY2103;
A minimum of 20 further credits: PY1001-PY1199, PY2000-PY2103;

Please balance your choices across the academic year.

Automatic Entry to Honours requires:
Grades of at least 11 in each module for 40 credits from PY2001 - PY2103 gained at first sitting; OR
Grades of at least 10 in each module for 40 credits from PY2001 - PY2103 with a mean of 12 or above across these modules, at first sitting.

Further details on Entry to Honours - MA

Grades of at least 11 in each module for 40 credits from PY2001 - PY2103 gained at first sitting OR Grades of at least 10 in each module for 40 credits from PY2001 - PY2103 with a mean of 12 or above across these modules, at first sitting.

MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.

MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours with BPS recognition): Third year
Code Module name Credits
Research Design and Analysis 1 15 AND
Research Design and Analysis 2 15 AND
Psychology Review 10 AND
View list At least 20 credits from Module List: PS3031 - PS3034, (PS3035 or PS3036), (PS3037 or PS3038)
Conceptual Issues and Theoretical Perspectives 10
Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
Developmental Psychology 10
Social Psychology 10
Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10
Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology 10
Perception 10
Cognition 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

PS3035 cannot be taken with PS3036
PS3037 cannot be taken with PS3038
MA (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 30 and 60 credits from Module List: PY3100, PY3200 AND
Reading Philosophy 1: Texts in Language, Logic, Mind, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Science 30
Reading Philosophy 2: Texts in Ethics, Metaethics, Religion, Aesthetics and Political Philosophy 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: PY4000 - PY4689, CL4500 - CL4520, ID4801, ID4859
PY4601 Paradoxes 30
PY4603 Philosophy of Film 30
PY4604 Political Philosophy 30
PY4606 Contemporary Epistemology 30
Continental European Philosophy from Descartes to Leibniz 30
PY4608 Political Philosophy in the Age of Revolutions 30
PY4609 Philosophical Methodology 30
PY4610 Philosophy of Perception 30
Classical Philosophy 30
PY4612 Advanced Logic 30
Philosophy of Mind 30
PY4615 Metaphysics 30
PY4616 Freedom and Action 30
PY4617 The Philosophy of Saul Kripke 30
Animals, Minds and Language 30
PY4619 Social Philosophy 30
PY4620 Virtue and Vice 30
PY4621 British Philosophy 1650 - 1800 30
PY4622 Kant's Critical Philosophy 30
Philosophy of Art 30
PY4625 Philosophy and Public Affairs: Global Justice 30
PY4626 Life and Death 30
PY4632 Contemporary Philosophy of Language 30
PY4633 Philosophy of Mathematics 30
Philosophy of Logic 30
PY4635 Contemporary Moral Theory 30
PY4637 Asian Philosophies 30
PY4638 Philosophy of Religion 30
Philosophy of Creativity 30
PY4640 Medieval Philosophy 30
PY4641 Nineteenth-century Ethics and Philosophy 30
PY4642 Trust, Knowledge and Society 30
Philosophy of Law 30
Rousseau on Human Nature, Society, and Freedom 30
PY4645 Philosophy and Literature 30
PY4646 Reasons for Action and Belief 30
PY4647 Humans, Animals, and Nature 30
Conceptual Engineering and its Role in Philosophy 30
PY4649 Core Works in Continental Philosophy 30
Philosophy, Feminism and Gender 30
PY4651 Effective Altruism 30
The Philosophy of Human Rights 30
PY4653 Toleration in the Early Modern Period 30
PY4654 Responsibility, Praise, and Blame 30
PY4655 Advanced Metaethics 30
PY4656 The Philosophy of Love and Sex 30
Philosophy of Economics 30
Timely Topics in Political Philosophy 30
PY4659 Why Does The World Exist? 30
CL4500 Pleasure, Goodness and Happiness: Hellenistic Ethics 30
CL4502 Ethics and Lifestyles: Philosophy and Ways of Living in Antiquity 30
ID4801 Human Rights, Poverty and Security 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Third and Fourth Year Philosophy (Joint Honours) Programme Requirements:30-60 credits: PY3100, PY3200;
30-60 credits: PY4000 - PY4689, (PY4698 or PY4699 or PY4794 - Fourth Year Only), CL4500-CL4520, ID4801, ID4859, (PY4701 and ID4002 - Fourth Year Only);

Across the two Honours years up to 30 of these credits may be substituted for credits from another subject area and/or level, provided that permission is obtained from the relevant Head of School.

A minimum of 90 PY credits must be achieved across the two Honours years.

In total, 210 credits must be achieved at 3000- and 4000-level, including at least 90 credits at 4000-level.
MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours with BPS recognition): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: PS3031 - PS3034 AND
Conceptual Issues and Theoretical Perspectives 10
Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
Developmental Psychology 10
Social Psychology 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: (PS3035 or PS3036), (PS3037 or PS3038) AND
Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10
Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology 10
Perception 10
Cognition 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( Psychology Project (30) 30 OR
Joint Project (30cr) 30 ) AND
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: PS3000 - PS4195
PS3007 Perception, Cognition and Action 15
PS3008 Brain and Behaviour 1 15
PS3009 Brain and Behaviour 2 15
PS3010 Social, Evolutionary and Developmental Psychology 1 15
PS3011 Social, Evolutionary and Developmental Psychology 2 15
PS3012 Conceptual Issues and Individual Differences in Psychology 15
Research Design and Analysis 1 15
Research Design and Analysis 2 15
Conceptual Issues and Theoretical Perspectives 10
Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
Developmental Psychology 10
Social Psychology 10
Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10
Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology 10
Perception 10
Cognition 10
PS3901 Neuropsychology 30
Theoretical Perspectives in Psychology 30
PS3990 Social and Evolutionary Psychology 15
PS3993 Social and Evolutionary Psychology (97) 15
PS3994 Perceptual Processes (1998) 15
Psychology Review 10
Psychology Project (30) 30
Review Essay 15
PS4065 Vision: from Neurons to Awareness 15
Group Behaviour 15
Behavioural Neuroscience 15
Cognitive Psychology and the Emotional Disorders 15
Sex Differences and Gender Development 15
Psychology of Music 15
Psychology of Art: Aesthetics and individual differences in visual function 15
Evolution and Development of Social and Technical Intelligence 15
Origins and Evolution of Mind Reading (Theory of Mind) 15
Neural Basis of Episodic Memory 15
Face Perception and Human Attraction 15
Computer-aided Research 15
The Psychology of Dementia 15
Communicating Psychology and Neuroscience 15
Psychopathology 15
Mechanisms of Behaviour: Integrating Psychological and Neuroscience Perspectives 15
Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience 15
The Psychology of Terrorism 15
PS4101 Selves and Identities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

PS3031 - PS3034 - Select all modules not taken in Year 3.
(PS3035 or PS3036) and (PS3037 or PS3038) - Select to make a total of 20 credits from these modules over Year 3 and 4.
MA (Hons) (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list Credits from Module List: PY3100, PY3200 AND
Reading Philosophy 1: Texts in Language, Logic, Mind, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Science 30
Reading Philosophy 2: Texts in Ethics, Metaethics, Religion, Aesthetics and Political Philosophy 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Credits from Module List: PY4000 - PY4689, CL4500 - CL4520, ID4801, ID4859 AND
PY4601 Paradoxes 30
PY4603 Philosophy of Film 30
PY4604 Political Philosophy 30
PY4606 Contemporary Epistemology 30
Continental European Philosophy from Descartes to Leibniz 30
PY4608 Political Philosophy in the Age of Revolutions 30
PY4609 Philosophical Methodology 30
PY4610 Philosophy of Perception 30
Classical Philosophy 30
PY4612 Advanced Logic 30
Philosophy of Mind 30
PY4615 Metaphysics 30
PY4616 Freedom and Action 30
PY4617 The Philosophy of Saul Kripke 30
Animals, Minds and Language 30
PY4619 Social Philosophy 30
PY4620 Virtue and Vice 30
PY4621 British Philosophy 1650 - 1800 30
PY4622 Kant's Critical Philosophy 30
Philosophy of Art 30
PY4625 Philosophy and Public Affairs: Global Justice 30
PY4626 Life and Death 30
PY4632 Contemporary Philosophy of Language 30
PY4633 Philosophy of Mathematics 30
Philosophy of Logic 30
PY4635 Contemporary Moral Theory 30
PY4637 Asian Philosophies 30
PY4638 Philosophy of Religion 30
Philosophy of Creativity 30
PY4640 Medieval Philosophy 30
PY4641 Nineteenth-century Ethics and Philosophy 30
PY4642 Trust, Knowledge and Society 30
Philosophy of Law 30
Rousseau on Human Nature, Society, and Freedom 30
PY4645 Philosophy and Literature 30
PY4646 Reasons for Action and Belief 30
PY4647 Humans, Animals, and Nature 30
Conceptual Engineering and its Role in Philosophy 30
PY4649 Core Works in Continental Philosophy 30
Philosophy, Feminism and Gender 30
PY4651 Effective Altruism 30
The Philosophy of Human Rights 30
PY4653 Toleration in the Early Modern Period 30
PY4654 Responsibility, Praise, and Blame 30
PY4655 Advanced Metaethics 30
PY4656 The Philosophy of Love and Sex 30
Philosophy of Economics 30
Timely Topics in Political Philosophy 30
PY4659 Why Does The World Exist? 30
CL4500 Pleasure, Goodness and Happiness: Hellenistic Ethics 30
CL4502 Ethics and Lifestyles: Philosophy and Ways of Living in Antiquity 30
ID4801 Human Rights, Poverty and Security 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Credits from Module List: PY4698. PY4699, PY4794 AND
Dissertation (Whole Year) 30
Dissertation in Philosophy 30
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Credits from Module List: PY4701, ID4002
Philosophy and Pedagogy 15
Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Third and Fourth Year Philosophy (Joint Honours) Programme Requirements:30-60 credits: PY3100, PY3200;
30-60 credits: PY4000 - PY4689, (PY4698 or PY4699 or PY4794 - Fourth Year Only), CL4500-CL4520, ID4801, ID4859, (PY4701 and ID4002 - Fourth Year Only);

Across the two Honours years up to 30 of these credits may be substituted for credits from another subject area and/or level, provided that permission is obtained from the relevant Head of School.

A minimum of 90 PY credits must be achieved across the two Honours years.

In total, 210 credits must be achieved at 3000- and 4000-level, including at least 90 credits at 4000-level.

British Psychological Society (BPS) accreditation

Passes in PS3021, PS3022, PS3031, PS3032, PS3033, PS3034, (PS3035 or PS3036 or PN3313), (PS3037 or PS3038), PS4040 and (PS4050 or PS4299 or PN4299) are required for recognition by the British Psychological Society. Due to current to timetable clashes, this may not be possible for degrees in combination with Theological Studies, Economics, History, International Relations, Management, or Social Anthropology. This recognition is required for those who wish to gain employment as professional psychologists.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91果冻视频 School in the Learning Agreement (see ).