Teaching and assessment for European Philosophy MA (Hons)

School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

Teaching

We use a range of teaching methods, from lectures, to small group seminars or tutorials.

For most modules in Levels 1 and 2 you will attend two lectures and one tutorial in each week. This may vary in Levels 3 and 4 where you may have one lecture and more small working groups or seminars per week.

For the philosophy lectures you will be introduced to the major themes and topics of a philosopher or philosophical problem. For the tutorials you will question and develop your own world views, construct arguments to defend them, and put together projects in small groups to illustrate them.

You will also engage in independent reading and research, with specially designed worksheets and assignments to help you to do this most effectively.

At Levels 1 and 2 you will have a tutor who leads the weekly tutorial discussion and who is there to help you if you need advice.

Assessment

Assessments are carried out through coursework and exams and vary in type and weighting from module to module.

Methods of assessment can include:

essays
tutorial performance
exams
online journals and discussions

At Level 4 you will apply the skills you have learned by writing a dissertation on a topic of your own choice.

Modules

In Levels 1 and 2 you'll also study additional Humanities or Social Science subjects, such as economics, English, history, politics or psychology.

Core Modules

These modules are an essential part of your course.

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Module code: HU11001 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 1

Human Futures full module details

Optional Modules

You need to choose one or more of these modules as part of your course.

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Module code: EN11001 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 1

This module will introduce you to university-level work in Literary Studies. We focus on the three main genres of drama, poetry, and the novel, using examples from various times in literary history.

Introduction to Literary Study full module details

Module code: EN12014 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 2

This module explores the strengths and weaknesses of differing theories of literary interpretation. You will read poems, plays, and novels from a variety of historical periods together with works of literary theory while exploring weekly topics e.g. Beginnings, Character, Satire, Love and Desire, Secrets, The Body, and Fear and Terror.

Approaches to Reading full module details

Module code: HU12003 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 2

This module centres on Memory as a key concept in Humanities. Recent thinking has focussed on the nature of personal, collective, and cultural memory as shapers of individuals and society.

Rather than a stable repository, Memory is understood to be unreliable, conflicted, contested, transitory, and political

Making Memory full module details

Module code: HY11005 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 1

This module studies the exchange of goods, people, and ideas that tied together Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

It explores the origins of globalization and provides a comparative understanding of the development of European empires in Africa and the Americas.

The Rise of Atlantic Empires, 1500-1750 full module details

Module code: PI11007 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 1

This is a dynamic course on modern philosophy that explores the realms of thought and reality. It uncovers the minds that shape today's philosophical discussions, as it dives into the rich tapestry of contemporary philosophy.

Descartes, Thought and Reality full module details

Optional Modules

You need to choose one or more of these modules as part of your course.

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Module code: AG20001 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 1

For undergraduate students seeking to gain a better understanding of career planning process.

Ideal for anyone who wants to get started with choosing a career path or make plans towards their future. Suitable for students who need the flexibility of online learning.

Career Planning Module Online full module details

Module code: AG22037 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 2

This module will provide work experience alongside university study to further enhance employability and help you plan for your future.

It will suit students who can bring a professional attitude to their internship and are keen to take practical steps towards developing transferable skills for their future.

Internship full module details

Module code: HU21001 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 1

This module introduces important concepts about gender and sexuality and shows how these concepts have changed over time.

Lecturers from English Literature, Philosophy, History, Creative Writing, Film, and Languages offer influential ideas from their disciplines, and help you recognise how sex-gender systems have real and physical consequences in individuals' lives.

Gender, Sexuality, Culture full module details

Optional Modules

You need to choose one or more of these modules as part of your course.

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Module code: PI31023 Credits: 30 Semester: Semester 2

This module is for anyone who is interested in how recent feminist and queer thinkers, writers and artists have critiqued and transformed philosophy

Feminist Philosophies and Queer Theories full module details

Module code: PI32022 Credits: 30 Semester: Semester 1

You will explore what is meant when we ask 'what is the self?'. You will touch on topics and questions such as:

Is it a substance that remains constant through time and despite change?
Is such constancy merely an illusion or is it something else entirely?

The Philosophies of the Self full module details

Optional Modules

You need to choose one or more of these modules as part of your course.

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Module code: EN42030 Credits: 30 Semester: Semester 1

This is a practitioner-taught creative writing module.

In this module we ask what it means to write creatively about the environment, realising how creative writing (poetry, prose, dramatic, and innovative/hybrid forms) might relate to current debates about the environment.

Writing the Environment full module details

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