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Master of Arts (Honours) Philosophy and Russian


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) Russian (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
(( Elementary Russian Language 1 20 AND
Elementary Russian Language 2 20 ) OR
( Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 1 20 AND
Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 2 20 )) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
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.
MA (Hons) Russian (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
(( Intermediate Russian Language 1 20 AND
Intermediate Russian Language 2 20 ) OR
( Advanced Intermediate Russian Language 1 20 AND
Advanced Intermediate Russian Language 2 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 7 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
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
Paradoxes 30
Contemporary Epistemology 30
PY4607 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
PY4611 Classical Philosophy 30
PY4612 Advanced Logic 30
Philosophy of Mind 30
Metaphysics 30
PY4616 Freedom and Action 30
PY4618 Animals, Minds and Language 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
Contemporary Philosophy of Language 30
PY4634 Philosophy of Logic 30
PY4635 Contemporary Moral Theory 30
Philosophy of Religion 30
Philosophy of Creativity 30
PY4640 Medieval Philosophy 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
PY4647 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
Why Does The World Exist? 30
PY4660 Work, Entitlement, and Welfare 30
The Philosophy of the Climate Crisis 30
PY4662 Critical Theory 30
PY4663 Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy 30
PY4664 Ethics of Conversation 30
PY4665 First Contact 30
Bioethics 30
Philosophy of Music 30
PY4668 Key texts in nineteenth-century Philosophy 30
PY4669 Modal Logic and Metaphysics 30
CL4500 Pleasure, Goodness and Happiness: Hellenistic Ethics 30
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 (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
Code Module name Credits
(( Advanced Russian Language 1 15 AND
Advanced Russian Language 2 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: RU3021 - RU4195, RU4554 and ML3101 ) OR
Russian Poetry of the Golden Age 15
The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel 15
Russian Modernist Fiction 1900 - 1940 15
A Special Russian Author of the Twentieth Century 15
Theatre and Performance in Twentieth-Century Russia 15
RU3044 Russia's Literary Easts 15
RU3046 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
Issues in Russian Cultural Memory 15
RU4131 Russian 'Village Prose': 1953 - 1980 15
Russian Children's Literature (1900 - 2015) 15
The Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature 15
Gender in Russian Literature and Culture 15
Russian Crime Fiction 15
RU4151 The City in Soviet and Russian Cinema 15
RU4152 Vladimir Nabokov 15
Voices of the Russian Enlightenment 15
Modern Languages Integrated Year Abroad 60
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
( 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

For Joint Honours degrees where both subjects are in the School of Modern Languages, the minimum requirement in each subject is 90 credits and the maximum allowed in one subject is 150 credits.

For Joint Honours degrees involving another School the normal requirement is 120 credits in each subject.
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
Paradoxes 30
Contemporary Epistemology 30
PY4607 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
PY4611 Classical Philosophy 30
PY4612 Advanced Logic 30
Philosophy of Mind 30
Metaphysics 30
PY4616 Freedom and Action 30
PY4618 Animals, Minds and Language 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
Contemporary Philosophy of Language 30
PY4634 Philosophy of Logic 30
PY4635 Contemporary Moral Theory 30
Philosophy of Religion 30
Philosophy of Creativity 30
PY4640 Medieval Philosophy 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
PY4647 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
Why Does The World Exist? 30
PY4660 Work, Entitlement, and Welfare 30
The Philosophy of the Climate Crisis 30
PY4662 Critical Theory 30
PY4663 Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy 30
PY4664 Ethics of Conversation 30
PY4665 First Contact 30
Bioethics 30
Philosophy of Music 30
PY4668 Key texts in nineteenth-century Philosophy 30
PY4669 Modal Logic and Metaphysics 30
CL4500 Pleasure, Goodness and Happiness: Hellenistic Ethics 30
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
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, 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
Code Module name Credits
Advanced Russian Language 3 15 AND
Advanced Russian Language 4: Communication Skills 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: RU3021-RU4199, ML3201, ML4794, ID4002
Russian Poetry of the Golden Age 15
The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel 15
Russian Modernist Fiction 1900 - 1940 15
A Special Russian Author of the Twentieth Century 15
Theatre and Performance in Twentieth-Century Russia 15
RU3044 Russia's Literary Easts 15
RU3046 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
Issues in Russian Cultural Memory 15
RU4131 Russian 'Village Prose': 1953 - 1980 15
Russian Children's Literature (1900 - 2015) 15
The Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature 15
Gender in Russian Literature and Culture 15
Russian Crime Fiction 15
RU4151 The City in Soviet and Russian Cinema 15
RU4152 Vladimir Nabokov 15
Voices of the Russian Enlightenment 15
Dissertation on a Russian Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a Russian Topic 30
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
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

For Joint Honours degrees where both subjects are in the School of Modern Languages, the minimum requirement in each subject is 90 credits and the maximum allowed in one subject is 150 credits.

For Joint Honours degrees involving another School the normal requirement is 120 credits in each subject.

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 ).