Programme requirements (2021/2022) | Master of Arts (Honours) Mathematics and Philosophy

Master of Arts (Honours) Mathematics and Philosophy

MA (Hons) Mathematics (Joint Honours): First year MTHMTHJJ1A_2122
	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.

MA (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): First year PHIPHIJJ1A_2122
	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) Mathematics (Joint Honours): Second year MTHMTHJJ2A_2122
	Code	Module name	Credits
		Linear Mathematics	15	AND
	Hide list View list	45 credits from Module List: MT2502 - MT2508
		Analysis	15
		Multivariate Calculus	15
		Combinatorics and Probability	15
		Abstract Algebra	15
		Vector Calculus	15
		Mathematical Modelling	15
		Statistical Inference	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 Additional Information from the School For guidance on module choice at 2000-level in Mathematics and Statistics please consult the School Handbook, at /mathematics-statistics/students/ug/module-choices-2000 Automatic Entry to Honours Average of the best four grades from range MT2501 - MT2508 being 11 or higher.

MA (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Second year PHIPHIJJ2A_2122
	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.

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

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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) Mathematics (Joint Honours): Third year MTHMTHJJ3A_2122
	Code	Module name	Credits
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 45 credits from Module List: MT3501 - MT3508		AND
		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
	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: 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
		Groups	15
		Real and Abstract Analysis	15
		Linear and Nonlinear Waves	15
	MT4111	Symbolic Computation	15
		Computing in Mathematics	15
		Computing in Statistics	15
		Topics in the History of Mathematics	15
	MT4507	Classical Mechanics	15
		Dynamical Systems	15
		Fluid Dynamics	15
		Solar Theory	15
	MT4511	Asymptotic Methods	15
	MT4512	Automata, Languages and Complexity	15
		Fractal Geometry	15
	MT4514	Graph Theory	15
	MT4515	Functional Analysis	15
		Finite Mathematics	15
		Number Theory	15
		Topology	15
	MT4527	Time Series Analysis	15
		Markov Chains and Processes	15
		Population Genetics	15
		Bayesian Inference	15
		Spatial Statistics	15
		Quantitative Risk Management	15
		Financial Mathematics	15
		Population Dynamics Models in Mathematical Biology	15
	MT4553	Theory of Electric and Magnetic Fields	15
		Classical Statistical Inference	15
	MT4607	Generalised Linear Models and Data Analysis	15
	MT4608	Sampling Theory	15
	MT4609	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 MA Mathematics (Joint Honours) Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements: 45 credits in three of: MT3501 - MT3508; 15 Credits: MT4599 or other approved Joint Honours project; 60 Further Credits: MT3000 - MT4999, ID4001;

MA (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Third year PHIPHIJJ3A_2122
	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
		Paradoxes	30
	PY4606	Contemporary Epistemology	30
		Continental European Philosophy from Descartes to Leibniz	30
	PY4608	Political Philosophy in the Age of Revolutions	30
		Philosophical Methodology	30
	PY4610	Philosophy of Perception	30
		Classical Philosophy	30
		Advanced Logic	30
	PY4614	Philosophy of Mind	30
	PY4615	Metaphysics	30
		Freedom and Action	30
	PY4618	Animals, Minds and Language	30
	PY4622	Kant's Critical Philosophy	30
		Philosophy of Art	30
		Philosophy and Public Affairs: Global Justice	30
	PY4626	Life and Death	30
	PY4632	Contemporary Philosophy of Language	30
	PY4634	Philosophy of Logic	30
	PY4635	Contemporary Moral Theory	30
	PY4638	Philosophy of Religion	30
	PY4639	Philosophy of Creativity	30
	PY4640	Medieval Philosophy	30
	PY4643	Philosophy of Law	30
	PY4644	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
	PY4648	Conceptual Engineering and its Role in Philosophy	30
		Core Works in Continental Philosophy	30
	PY4650	Philosophy, Feminism and Gender	30
	PY4651	Effective Altruism	30
	PY4652	The Philosophy of Human Rights	30
	PY4653	Toleration in the Early Modern Period	30
	PY4654	Responsibility, Praise, and Blame	30
		Advanced Metaethics	30
	PY4656	The Philosophy of Love and Sex	30
		Philosophy of Economics	30
	PY4658	Timely Topics in Political Philosophy	30
	PY4659	Why Does The World Exist?	30
		Work, Entitlement, and Welfare	30
	PY4661	The Philosophy of the Climate Crisis	30
		Critical Theory	30
	PY4663	Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy	30
		Ethics of Conversation	30
		First Contact	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
		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) Mathematics (Joint Honours): Fourth year MTHMTHJJ4A_2122
	Code	Module name	Credits
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 45 credits from Module List: MT3501 - MT3508		AND
		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
	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
		Project in Mathematics / Statistics	15	AND
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: MT3000 - MT4999 (excluding MT4599), ID4001
		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
		Groups	15
		Real and Abstract Analysis	15
		Linear and Nonlinear Waves	15
	MT4111	Symbolic Computation	15
		Computing in Mathematics	15
		Computing in Statistics	15
		Topics in the History of Mathematics	15
	MT4507	Classical Mechanics	15
		Dynamical Systems	15
		Fluid Dynamics	15
		Solar Theory	15
	MT4511	Asymptotic Methods	15
	MT4512	Automata, Languages and Complexity	15
		Fractal Geometry	15
	MT4514	Graph Theory	15
	MT4515	Functional Analysis	15
		Finite Mathematics	15
		Number Theory	15
		Topology	15
	MT4527	Time Series Analysis	15
		Markov Chains and Processes	15
		Population Genetics	15
		Bayesian Inference	15
		Spatial Statistics	15
		Quantitative Risk Management	15
		Financial Mathematics	15
		Population Dynamics Models in Mathematical Biology	15
	MT4553	Theory of Electric and Magnetic Fields	15
		Classical Statistical Inference	15
	MT4607	Generalised Linear Models and Data Analysis	15
	MT4608	Sampling Theory	15
	MT4609	Multivariate Analysis	15
		Design of Experiments	15
		Joint Dissertation (30cr)	30
		Joint Project (30cr)	30
	ID4001	Communication and Teaching in Science	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 MA Mathematics (Joint Honours) Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements: 45 credits in three of: MT3501 - MT3508; 15 Credits: MT4599 or other approved Joint Honours project; 60 Further Credits: MT3000 - MT4999, ID4001;

MA (Hons) (Joint Honours): Fourth year PHIPHIJJ4A_2122
	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
		Paradoxes	30
	PY4606	Contemporary Epistemology	30
		Continental European Philosophy from Descartes to Leibniz	30
	PY4608	Political Philosophy in the Age of Revolutions	30
		Philosophical Methodology	30
	PY4610	Philosophy of Perception	30
		Classical Philosophy	30
		Advanced Logic	30
	PY4614	Philosophy of Mind	30
	PY4615	Metaphysics	30
		Freedom and Action	30
	PY4618	Animals, Minds and Language	30
	PY4622	Kant's Critical Philosophy	30
		Philosophy of Art	30
		Philosophy and Public Affairs: Global Justice	30
	PY4626	Life and Death	30
	PY4632	Contemporary Philosophy of Language	30
	PY4634	Philosophy of Logic	30
	PY4635	Contemporary Moral Theory	30
	PY4638	Philosophy of Religion	30
	PY4639	Philosophy of Creativity	30
	PY4640	Medieval Philosophy	30
	PY4643	Philosophy of Law	30
	PY4644	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
	PY4648	Conceptual Engineering and its Role in Philosophy	30
		Core Works in Continental Philosophy	30
	PY4650	Philosophy, Feminism and Gender	30
	PY4651	Effective Altruism	30
	PY4652	The Philosophy of Human Rights	30
	PY4653	Toleration in the Early Modern Period	30
	PY4654	Responsibility, Praise, and Blame	30
		Advanced Metaethics	30
	PY4656	The Philosophy of Love and Sex	30
		Philosophy of Economics	30
	PY4658	Timely Topics in Political Philosophy	30
	PY4659	Why Does The World Exist?	30
		Work, Entitlement, and Welfare	30
	PY4661	The Philosophy of the Climate Crisis	30
		Critical Theory	30
	PY4663	Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy	30
		Ethics of Conversation	30
		First Contact	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
		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.

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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