Study Details: MA 1 year full-time,
2 years part-time
On our MA in Philosophy you’ll engage with key issues at the centre of contemporary debates, and you’ll gain up-to-date knowledge of philosophy across a broad range of topics.
The flexible programme gives you the opportunity to choose option modules, and provides training in critical thinking and analysis. You’ll be able to create a substantial piece of research following your own interests.
You’ll develop valuable transferable skills in research and presentation which will be essential if you are thinking of continuing to study to PhD level. The skills that you develop on the course will also equip you for a range of careers.
2:2 or equivalent
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Studying Philosophy develops skills that are highly sought after by employers and transferable to many different careers. Our graduates have gone on to roles in marketing, education, finance, IT, the charity sector, tourism and leisure industries, as well as into academia.
Core modules
Reading Philosophy
Research Skills and Dissemination Practice
Option modules
You will also study four option modules. The availability of each option module is subject to a minimum enrolment number. In previous years, options have covered topics such as:
Advanced Topics in Political Philosophy
Advanced Topics in Ethics
Comparative Analytic Theology
Ethics and Epistemology of Digital Methods in Science
Freedom, Right, and Revolution: Post-Kantian Moral, Legal, and Political Philosophy
Freedom and Metaphysics
Medieval Jewish Philosophy
Phenomenology and Psychiatry
Problem Based Learning: Government and Health Data
Problem Based Learning: Surveillance Capitalism
Social Justice and Political Economy
Thinking About Happiness
Time, Tense, and Existence
Topics in Consciousness and Representation
Topics in the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
Topics in Perception and Emotion
Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
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