Study Details: 1 year full time, 2 years part time
Study issues in political and legal philosophy and investigate them through your own research.
On this MA you can choose from a wide range of option modules. You’ll also be able to create a substantial piece of research following your own interests, with our support. You’ll develop valuable transferable skills in research, analysis, critical thinking 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.
You’ll join our postgraduate community across both the Department of Philosophy and York Law School, and will be invited to participate in our broad and diverse research culture.
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.
Career opportunities
Core modules
Advanced Topics in Political Philosophy
Foundational Issues in Legal Theory
Research Skills and Dissemination Practice
Option modules
You will also study three 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 Issues in Legal Theory
Advanced Topics in Ethics
Comparative Analytic Theology
Constitutional Law and Theory
Ethics and Epistemology of Digital Methods in Science
Freedom, Right, and Revolution: Post-Kantian Moral, Legal, and Political Philosophy
Freedom and Metaphysics
Issues in the Philosophy of Criminal Law
Justice, Legitimacy and Democracy
Law and Society
Phenomenology and Psychiatry
Problem Based Learning: Surveillance Capitalism
Reading Philosophy
Time, Tense, and Existence
Topics in Consciousness and Representation
Topics in the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
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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