Programme requirements (2018/2019) | Bachelor of Science (Honours) Philosophy and Statistics

Bachelor of Science (Honours) Philosophy and Statistics

BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): First year PHIPHIJJ1S_1819
	Code	Module name	Credits
		Reasoning	20	AND
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: PY1000 - PY1999		AND
		Mind and World	20
		Moral and Political Controversies	20
		Reasoning	20
		The Enlightenment	20
		Ethical Issues (by Distance Learning)	20
		Reasoning and Knowledge (by Distance Learning)	20
		Morality and Human Nature	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 (BSc Joint Honours) Programme Requirements: 20 credits: PY1012; 20 credits: PY2010 and/or PY2012; 20 further credits: 1000- or 2000-Level PY modules; Please balance your choices across the academic year.

BSc (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours): First year STASTAJJ1S_1819
	Code	Module name	Credits
		Mathematics	20	AND
	Remaining credits from Level 1000 options
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year Students without the prerequisite for MT1002 will take MT1001 in Semester 1.

BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Second year PHIPHIJJ2S_1819
		Code	Module name	Credits
	*	Hide list View list	Between 20 and 40 credits from Module List: PY2010, PY2012		AND
			Intermediate Logic	20
			Meaning and Knowing	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
		Hide list View list	Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: PY1000 - PY1999, PY2000 - PY2999 (excluding Distance Learning and Evening Language Modules)		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 (BSc Joint Honours) Programme Requirements: 20 credits: PY1012; 20 credits: PY2010 and/or PY2012; 20 further credits: 1000- or 2000-Level PY modules; Please balance your choices across the academic year. Automatic entry to Honours requires pass at grade 11 or better in at least 1 of the modules marked *

BSc (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours): Second year STASTAJJ2S_1819
	Code	Module name	Credits
		Linear Mathematics	15	AND
		Combinatorics and Probability	15	AND
		Statistical Inference	15	AND
	Hide list View list	15 credits from Module List: MT2502 - MT2503, MT2505
		Analysis	15
		Multivariate Calculus	15
		Abstract Algebra	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 the academic year Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

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.

BSc 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.

BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Third year PHIPHIJJ3S_1819
	Code	Module name	Credits
		Reading Philosophy 1: Texts in Language, Logic, Mind, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Science	30	AND
	Hide list View list	At least 30 credits from Module List: PY3200, PY4000 - PY4689, CL4500 - CL4520, ID4801, ID4859
		Reading Philosophy 2: Texts in Ethics, Metaethics, Religion, Aesthetics and Political Philosophy	30
	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 (BSc Joint Honours) Programme Requirements: 30 credits: PY3100 60 - 90* credits - PY3200, PY4000 - PY4689, (PY4698 or PY4699 or PY4794 - in Fourth Year only), CL4500 - CL4520), ID4801, ID4859, (PY4701 with ID4002 - in Fourth Year only) *Across the two Honours years up to 30 PY Honours credits may be substituted for credits from another subject area and/or level (dip-across or dip-down), 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 over both subjects, 210 credits must be achieved at 3000 and 4000 level, including at least 90 credits at 4000-level.

BSc (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours): Third year STASTAJJ3S_1819
	Code	Module name	Credits
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 45 credits from Module List: MT3501, MT3507 - MT3508		AND
		Linear Mathematics 2	15
		Mathematical Statistics	15
		Applied Statistics	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
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: MT4531, MT4606, MT5831, MT5701		AND
		Bayesian Inference	15
	MT4606	Statistical Inference	15
		Advanced Bayesian Inference	20
	MT5701	Advanced Statistical Inference	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
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: MT4607 or MT5761		AND
		Generalised Linear Models and Data Analysis	15
		Statistical Modelling	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
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: MT3000 - MT4999 (excluding MT4599, MT4794 - MT4797)
		Linear Mathematics 2	15
		Real Analysis	15
		Complex Analysis	15
		Differential Equations	15
		Algebra: Rings and Fields	15
		Techniques of Applied Mathematics	15
		Mathematical Statistics	15
		Applied Statistics	15
		Numerical Analysis	15
	MT3832	Mathematical Programming	15
		Automata, Languages and Complexity	15
		Groups	15
		Real and Abstract Analysis	15
		Linear and Nonlinear Waves	15
		Symbolic Computation	15
	MT4112	Computing in Mathematics	15
		Computing in Statistics	15
	MT4501	Topics in the History of Mathematics	15
		Classical Mechanics	15
	MT4508	Dynamical Systems	15
		Fluid Dynamics	15
		Solar Theory	15
		Asymptotic Methods	15
	MT4513	Fractal Geometry	15
		Graph Theory	15
		Functional Analysis	15
	MT4516	Finite Mathematics	15
	MT4519	Number Theory	15
	MT4526	Topology	15
		Time Series Analysis	15
	MT4528	Markov Chains and Processes	15
	MT4530	Population Genetics	15
		Bayesian Inference	15
	MT4536	Stochastic and Spatial Processes	15
	MT4537	Spatial Processes	15
		Quantitative Risk Management	15
	MT4551	Financial Mathematics	15
		Mathematical Biology 1	15
		Theory of Electric and Magnetic Fields	15
	MT4606	Statistical Inference	15
		Generalised Linear Models and Data Analysis	15
		Sampling Theory	15
		Multivariate Analysis	15
		Design of Experiments	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 BSc (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours) Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements: 45 credits: MT3501, MT3507, MT3508; Between 15 and 20 credits: MT4531, MT4606, MT5831, MT5701; 15 credits: (MT4607 or MT5761); 15 Credits: MT4599 or other approved joint Honours project (Fourth Year Only); Further Credits: MT3000 - MT4999 to a total of 120 credits over 3rd and 4th years;

BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Fourth year PHIPHIJJ4S_1819
	Code	Module name	Credits
	Hide list View list	Credits from Module List: PY3200, PY4000 - PY4689, CL4500 - CL4520, ID4801, ID4859, PY4698, - PY4699, PY4794, (PY4701 and ID4002)
		Reading Philosophy 2: Texts in Ethics, Metaethics, Religion, Aesthetics and Political Philosophy	30
	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
		Dissertation (Whole Year)	30
		Dissertation in Philosophy	30
		Joint Dissertation (30cr)	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
		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 (BSc Joint Honours) Programme Requirements: 30 credits: PY3100 60 - 90* credits - PY3200, PY4000 - PY4689, (PY4698 or PY4699 or PY4794 - in Fourth Year only), CL4500 - CL4520), ID4801, ID4859, (PY4701 with ID4002 - in Fourth Year only) *Across the two Honours years up to 30 PY Honours credits may be substituted for credits from another subject area and/or level (dip-across or dip-down), 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 over both subjects, 210 credits must be achieved at 3000 and 4000 level, including at least 90 credits at 4000-level.

BSc (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours): Fourth year STASTAJJ4S_1819
	Code	Module name	Credits
	Hide list View list	Between 15 and 30 credits from Module List: MT4599, MT4796		AND
		Project in Mathematics / Statistics	15
		Joint Project (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
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 45 credits from Module List: MT3501, MT3507 - MT3508		AND
		Linear Mathematics 2	15
		Mathematical Statistics	15
		Applied Statistics	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
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: MT4531, MT4606, MT5831, MT5701		AND
		Bayesian Inference	15
	MT4606	Statistical Inference	15
		Advanced Bayesian Inference	20
	MT5701	Advanced Statistical Inference	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
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: MT4607 or MT5761		AND
		Generalised Linear Models and Data Analysis	15
		Statistical Modelling	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
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: MT3000 - MT4999 (excluding MT4599, MT4794 - MT4797)
		Linear Mathematics 2	15
		Real Analysis	15
		Complex Analysis	15
		Differential Equations	15
		Algebra: Rings and Fields	15
		Techniques of Applied Mathematics	15
		Mathematical Statistics	15
		Applied Statistics	15
		Numerical Analysis	15
	MT3832	Mathematical Programming	15
		Automata, Languages and Complexity	15
		Groups	15
		Real and Abstract Analysis	15
		Linear and Nonlinear Waves	15
		Symbolic Computation	15
	MT4112	Computing in Mathematics	15
		Computing in Statistics	15
	MT4501	Topics in the History of Mathematics	15
		Classical Mechanics	15
	MT4508	Dynamical Systems	15
		Fluid Dynamics	15
		Solar Theory	15
		Asymptotic Methods	15
	MT4513	Fractal Geometry	15
		Graph Theory	15
		Functional Analysis	15
	MT4516	Finite Mathematics	15
	MT4519	Number Theory	15
	MT4526	Topology	15
		Time Series Analysis	15
	MT4528	Markov Chains and Processes	15
	MT4530	Population Genetics	15
		Bayesian Inference	15
	MT4536	Stochastic and Spatial Processes	15
	MT4537	Spatial Processes	15
		Quantitative Risk Management	15
	MT4551	Financial Mathematics	15
		Mathematical Biology 1	15
		Theory of Electric and Magnetic Fields	15
	MT4606	Statistical Inference	15
		Generalised Linear Models and Data Analysis	15
		Sampling Theory	15
		Multivariate Analysis	15
		Design of Experiments	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 BSc (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours) Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements: 45 credits: MT3501, MT3507, MT3508; Between 15 and 20 credits: MT4531, MT4606, MT5831, MT5701; 15 credits: (MT4607 or MT5761); 15 Credits: MT4599 or other approved joint Honours project (Fourth Year Only); Further Credits: MT3000 - MT4999 to a total of 120 credits over 3rd and 4th years;

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