Programme requirements (2021/2022) | Bachelor of Science (Honours) Philosophy and Statistics

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Bachelor of Science (Honours) Philosophy and Statistics

BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): First year PHIPHIJJ1S_2223
	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
	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_2223
	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_2223
		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_2223
	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 Automatic Entry to Honours Average of 11 or higher across MT2501, MT2504, MT2508 and the best one additional module from MT2502-MT2507.

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_2223
	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
	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
		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
		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
	PY4666	Bioethics	30
	PY4667	Philosophy of Music	30
	PY4668	Key texts in nineteenth-century 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
	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_2223
	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 15 credits from Module List: MT4531, MT4606		AND
		Bayesian Inference	15
		Classical 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
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 15 credits from Module List: MT4113, MT4527, MT4528, MT4530, MT4537, MT4539, MT4607, MT4608, MT4609, MT4614		AND
		Computing in Statistics	15
	MT4527	Time Series Analysis	15
		Markov Chains and Processes	15
		Population Genetics	15
		Spatial Statistics	15
		Quantitative Risk Management	15
	MT4608	Sampling Theory	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
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 45 credits from Module List: MT3000 - MT4999 (excluding MT4599)
		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
	MT3510	Introduction to Mathematical Computing	15
		Numerical Analysis	15
		Groups	15
		Real and Abstract Analysis	15
		Linear and Nonlinear Waves	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
	MT4598	Enterprise Project in Mathematics / Statistics	15
		Classical Statistical Inference	15
	MT4608	Sampling Theory	15
		Design of Experiments	15
		Joint Dissertation (30cr)	30
		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
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic year BSc (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours) Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements: 45 credits: MT3501, MT3507, MT3508; 15 credits: MT4531, MT4606; 15 credits: MT4113, MT4527, MT4528, MT4530, MT4537, MT4539, MT4607, MT4608, MT4609, MT4614; 15 Credits: MT4599 (on a statistical topic) or other approved joint Honours project (Fourth Year Only); Further Credits: MT3000 - MT4999 to a total of 120 credits over 3rd and 4th years. With permission of the Adviser of Studies 15 credits may be substituted by ID4001 or a suitable VP coded module.

BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Fourth year PHIPHIJJ4S_2223
	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
	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
		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
		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
	PY4666	Bioethics	30
	PY4667	Philosophy of Music	30
	PY4668	Key texts in nineteenth-century Philosophy	30
		Dissertation (Whole Year)	30
		Dissertation in Philosophy	30
		Joint Dissertation (30cr)	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
	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 (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_2223
	Code	Module name	Credits
	Hide list View list	15 credits from Module List: MT4599 (on a statistical topic)		AND
		Project in Mathematics / 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 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 15 credits from Module List: MT4531, MT4606		AND
		Bayesian Inference	15
		Classical 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
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 15 credits from Module List: MT4113, MT4527, MT4528, MT4530, MT4537, MT4539, MT4607, MT4608, MT4609, MT4614		AND
		Computing in Statistics	15
	MT4527	Time Series Analysis	15
		Markov Chains and Processes	15
		Population Genetics	15
		Spatial Statistics	15
		Quantitative Risk Management	15
	MT4608	Sampling Theory	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
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: MT3000 - MT4999 (excluding MT4599)
		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
	MT3510	Introduction to Mathematical Computing	15
		Numerical Analysis	15
		Groups	15
		Real and Abstract Analysis	15
		Linear and Nonlinear Waves	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
	MT4598	Enterprise Project in Mathematics / Statistics	15
		Classical Statistical Inference	15
	MT4608	Sampling Theory	15
		Design of Experiments	15
		Joint Dissertation (30cr)	30
		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
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic year BSc (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours) Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements: 45 credits: MT3501, MT3507, MT3508; 15 credits: MT4531, MT4606; 15 credits: MT4113, MT4527, MT4528, MT4530, MT4537, MT4539, MT4607, MT4608, MT4609, MT4614; 15 Credits: MT4599 (on a statistical topic) or other approved joint Honours project (Fourth Year Only); Further Credits: MT3000 - MT4999 to a total of 120 credits over 3rd and 4th years. With permission of the Adviser of Studies 15 credits may be substituted by ID4001 or a suitable VP coded module.

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