Programme requirements (2020/2021) | Master of Arts (Honours) Philosophy and Russian

Master of Arts (Honours) Philosophy and Russian

MA (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): First year PHIPHIJJ1A_2021
	Code	Module name	Credits
		Reasoning	20	AND
	Hide list 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) Russian (Joint Honours): First Year RSNRSNJJ1_2021
	Code	Module name	Credits
((		Elementary Russian Language 1	20		AND
		Elementary Russian Language 2	20	)	OR
(	RU1005	Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 1 Not running in 2020-2021	20		AND
	RU1006	Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 2 Not running in 2020-2021	20	))	AND
	Remaining credits from Level 1000 options
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Second year PHIPHIJJ2A_2021
	Code	Module name	Credits
	Hide list 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
	Hide list 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.

MA (Hons) Russian (Joint Honours): Second Year RSNRSNJJ2_2021
	Code	Module name	Credits
((		Intermediate Russian Language 1	20		AND
		Intermediate Russian Language 2	20	)	OR
(	RU2203	Advanced Intermediate Russian Language 1 Not running in 2020-2021	20		AND
	RU2204	Advanced Intermediate Russian Language 2 Not running in 2020-2021	20	))	AND
	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 Automatic entry to Honours requires An average grade of 11 in all Russian modules taken

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) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Third year PHIPHIJJ3A_2021
	Code	Module name	Credits
	Hide list 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
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: PY4000 - PY4689, CL4500 - CL4520, ID4801, ID4859
	PY4601	Paradoxes	30
	PY4604	Political Philosophy	30
	PY4606	Contemporary Epistemology	30
	PY4607	Continental European Philosophy from Descartes to Leibniz	30
		Political Philosophy in the Age of Revolutions	30
		Philosophical Methodology	30
	PY4610	Philosophy of Perception	30
	PY4611	Classical Philosophy	30
	PY4612	Advanced Logic	30
	PY4614	Philosophy of Mind	30
	PY4615	Metaphysics	30
	PY4618	Animals, Minds and Language	30
	PY4619	Social Philosophy	30
	PY4622	Kant's Critical Philosophy	30
	PY4624	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
	PY4638	Philosophy of Religion	30
		Philosophy of Creativity	30
	PY4640	Medieval Philosophy	30
	PY4642	Trust, Knowledge and Society	30
		Philosophy of Law	30
	PY4644	Rousseau on Human Nature, Society, and Freedom	30
	PY4645	Philosophy and Literature	30
		Reasons for Action and Belief	30
		Humans, Animals, and Nature	30
	PY4648	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
		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
	PY4657	Philosophy of Economics	30
	PY4658	Timely Topics in Political Philosophy	30
	PY4659	Why Does The World Exist?	30
	PY4660	Work, Entitlement, and Welfare	30
		The Philosophy of the Climate Crisis	30
	PY4662	Critical Theory	30
		Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy	30
	CL4500	Pleasure, Goodness and Happiness: Hellenistic Ethics	30
	CL4504	Justice, politics and the good life: Plato's Republic and its critics in the ancient world	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, including VP modules, 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) Russian (Joint Honours): Third Year RSNRSNJJ3_2021
	Code	Module name	Credits
((		Advanced Russian Language 1	15		AND
		Advanced Russian Language 2	15		AND
	Hide list View list	30 credits from Module List: RU3021 - RU4195, ML3201		)	OR
	RU3021	Russian Poetry of the Golden Age	15
		The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel	15
		A Special Russian Author of the Nineteenth Century: Pushkin	15
	RU3026	Russian Modernist Fiction 1900 - 1940	15
	RU3030	A Special Russian Author of the Twentieth Century	15
	RU3043	Theatre and Performance in Twentieth-Century Russia	15
	RU3044	Russia's Literary Easts	15
	RU3045	Russian 脡migr茅 Writing	15
		Soviet Culture Under Stalin	15
		Russian Integrated Year Abroad	60
		Semester of Study in Russia	60
	RU3110	Advanced Russian Translation 2	15
		Advanced Russian Language 1	15
		Advanced Russian Language 2	15
		Advanced Russian Language 3	15
		Advanced Russian Oral Skills	0
		Advanced Russian Language 4: Communication Skills	15
	RU4128	Soviet Literature 1940 - 1991	15
	RU4130	Issues in Russian Cultural Memory	15
	RU4131	Russian 'Village Prose': 1953 - 1980	15
	RU4132	Contemporary Russian Literature	15
		Russian Children's Literature (1900 - 2015)	15
	RU4142	The Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature	15
	RU4143	Gender in Russian Literature and Culture	15
	RU4144	Russian Crime Fiction	15
		The City in Soviet and Russian Cinema	15
	RU4152	Vladimir Nabokov	15
		Voices of the Russian Enlightenment	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
(		Advanced Russian Language 1	15		AND
		Semester of Study in Russia	60	)	OR
(		Semester of Study in Russia	60		AND
		Advanced Russian Language 2	15	))
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA (Hons) (Joint Honours): Fourth year PHIPHIJJ4A_2021
	Code	Module name	Credits
	Hide list 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
	Hide list View list	Credits from Module List: PY4000 - PY4689, CL4500 - CL4520, ID4801, ID4859		AND
	PY4601	Paradoxes	30
	PY4604	Political Philosophy	30
	PY4606	Contemporary Epistemology	30
	PY4607	Continental European Philosophy from Descartes to Leibniz	30
		Political Philosophy in the Age of Revolutions	30
		Philosophical Methodology	30
	PY4610	Philosophy of Perception	30
	PY4611	Classical Philosophy	30
	PY4612	Advanced Logic	30
	PY4614	Philosophy of Mind	30
	PY4615	Metaphysics	30
	PY4618	Animals, Minds and Language	30
	PY4619	Social Philosophy	30
	PY4622	Kant's Critical Philosophy	30
	PY4624	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
	PY4638	Philosophy of Religion	30
		Philosophy of Creativity	30
	PY4640	Medieval Philosophy	30
	PY4642	Trust, Knowledge and Society	30
		Philosophy of Law	30
	PY4644	Rousseau on Human Nature, Society, and Freedom	30
	PY4645	Philosophy and Literature	30
		Reasons for Action and Belief	30
		Humans, Animals, and Nature	30
	PY4648	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
		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
	PY4657	Philosophy of Economics	30
	PY4658	Timely Topics in Political Philosophy	30
	PY4659	Why Does The World Exist?	30
	PY4660	Work, Entitlement, and Welfare	30
		The Philosophy of the Climate Crisis	30
	PY4662	Critical Theory	30
		Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy	30
	CL4500	Pleasure, Goodness and Happiness: Hellenistic Ethics	30
	CL4504	Justice, politics and the good life: Plato's Republic and its critics in the ancient world	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
	Hide list 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
	Hide list View list	Credits from Module List: PY4701, ID4002
	PY4701	Philosophy and Pedagogy	15
	ID4002	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, including VP modules, 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) Russian (Joint Honours): Fourth Year RSNRSNJJ4_2021
	Code	Module name	Credits
		Advanced Russian Language 3	15	AND
		Advanced Russian Language 4: Communication Skills	15	AND
	Hide list View list	30 credits from Module List: RU3021-RU4199, ML3201, ML4794, ID4002
	RU3021	Russian Poetry of the Golden Age	15
		The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel	15
		A Special Russian Author of the Nineteenth Century: Pushkin	15
	RU3026	Russian Modernist Fiction 1900 - 1940	15
	RU3030	A Special Russian Author of the Twentieth Century	15
	RU3043	Theatre and Performance in Twentieth-Century Russia	15
	RU3044	Russia's Literary Easts	15
	RU3045	Russian 脡migr茅 Writing	15
		Soviet Culture Under Stalin	15
		Russian Integrated Year Abroad	60
		Semester of Study in Russia	60
	RU3110	Advanced Russian Translation 2	15
		Advanced Russian Language 1	15
		Advanced Russian Language 2	15
		Advanced Russian Language 3	15
		Advanced Russian Oral Skills	0
		Advanced Russian Language 4: Communication Skills	15
	RU4128	Soviet Literature 1940 - 1991	15
	RU4130	Issues in Russian Cultural Memory	15
	RU4131	Russian 'Village Prose': 1953 - 1980	15
	RU4132	Contemporary Russian Literature	15
		Russian Children's Literature (1900 - 2015)	15
	RU4142	The Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature	15
	RU4143	Gender in Russian Literature and Culture	15
	RU4144	Russian Crime Fiction	15
		The City in Soviet and Russian Cinema	15
	RU4152	Vladimir Nabokov	15
		Voices of the Russian Enlightenment	15
	RU4198	Dissertation on a Russian Topic	15
		Long Dissertation on a Russian Topic	30
		Joint Dissertation (30cr)	30
	ID4002	Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities	15
	RU4554	Utopia/Dystopia in Russian Literature and Culture	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

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 ).

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