PROOF - Draft Programme Requirement
Bachelor of Science (Honours) Philosophy and Physics
Important entry information
Entry to first year is the standard entry route, and the route which can provide the broadest education, and which can give most flexibility in final choice of degree. Students who are aiming for a degree in Physics or Astrophysics and who enter with good Advanced Highers or A-levels or equivalent in Physics and Mathematics may apply for an accelerated entry route to the programme, which can reduce the length of the BSc Honours programme to three years and the MPhys programme to four years. The special Physics and Astronomy (Gateway) first year allows subsequent progression to the second year of all the single-honours degree programmes in the School, and the joint degrees with the School of Mathematics.
Programme Requirements
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BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): First year PHIPHIJJ1S_1819
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PY1012
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Reasoning |
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Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: PY1000 - PY1999
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PY1010
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Mind and World |
20 |
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PY1011
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Moral and Political Controversies |
20 |
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PY1012
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Reasoning |
20 |
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PY1013
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The Enlightenment |
20 |
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PY1801
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Ethical Issues (by Distance Learning) |
20 |
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PY1802
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Reasoning and Knowledge (by Distance Learning) |
20 |
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PY1901
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Morality and Human Nature |
20 |
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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 module catalogue entry for each individual module above
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Remaining credits from Level 1000 options
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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.
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BSc (Hons) Physics (Joint Honours): First year PHYPHYJJ1_1819
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PH1011
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Physics 1A |
20 |
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PH1012
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Physics 1B |
20 |
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MT1002
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Mathematics |
20 |
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Remaining credits from Level 1000 options
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Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Students without prerequisite for MT1002 will take MT1001 in Semester 1.
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BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Second year PHIPHIJJ2S_1819
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Between 20 and 40 credits from Module List: PY2010, PY2012
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PY2010
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Intermediate Logic |
20 |
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PY2012
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Meaning and Knowing |
20 |
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- 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 module catalogue entry for each individual module above
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Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: PY1000 - PY1999, PY2000 - PY2999
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PY1010
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Mind and World |
20 |
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PY1011
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Moral and Political Controversies |
20 |
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PY1012
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Reasoning |
20 |
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PY1013
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The Enlightenment |
20 |
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PY1801
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Ethical Issues (by Distance Learning) |
20 |
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PY1802
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Reasoning and Knowledge (by Distance Learning) |
20 |
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PY1901
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Morality and Human Nature |
20 |
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PY2010
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Intermediate Logic |
20 |
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PY2011
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Foundations of Western Philosophy |
20 |
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PY2012
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Meaning and Knowing |
20 |
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PY2013
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Moral and Aesthetic Value |
20 |
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PY2801
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Mind and Reality (by Distance Learning) |
20 |
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PY2802
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Modern Philosophy: from Descartes to Kant (by Distance Learning) |
20 |
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PY2902
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Knowledge, Mind and Reality
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20 |
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PY2903
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Matters of Life and Death |
20 |
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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 module catalogue entry for each individual module above
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Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options
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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 *
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BSc (Hons) Physics (Joint Honours): Second year PHYPHYJJ2_1819
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PH2011
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Physics 2A |
30 |
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PH2012
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Physics 2B |
30 |
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MT2501
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Linear Mathematics |
15 |
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MT2503
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Multivariate Calculus |
15 |
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Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options
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Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits
Automatic entry to Honours requires
- pass and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked ^
- pass and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked ~
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Automatic entry to Honours
Students who attain an average of grade 11.0 or above at the first sitting in each of the requisite 2000-level module combinations and who meet all other programme requirements will be given automatic offers of entry into Honours programmes.
Students permitted automatic entry to Honours will only be permitted to trail one module to a maximum of 30 subhonours credits into Honours.
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 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 levels.
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BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Third year PHIPHIJJ3S_1819
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PY3100
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Reading Philosophy 1: Texts in Language, Logic, Mind, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Science |
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At least 30 credits from Module List: PY3200, PY4000 - PY4689, CL4500 - CL4520, ID4801, ID4859
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PY3200
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Reading Philosophy 2: Texts in Ethics, Metaethics, Religion, Aesthetics and Political Philosophy |
30 |
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PY4601
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Paradoxes
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30 |
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PY4603
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Philosophy of Film
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30 |
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PY4604
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Political Philosophy
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30 |
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PY4606
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Contemporary Epistemology |
30 |
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PY4607
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Continental European Philosophy from Descartes to Leibniz
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30 |
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PY4608
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Political Philosophy in the Age of Revolutions |
30 |
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PY4609
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Philosophical Methodology
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30 |
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PY4610
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Philosophy of Perception |
30 |
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PY4611
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Classical Philosophy
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30 |
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PY4612
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Advanced Logic |
30 |
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PY4614
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Philosophy of Mind
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30 |
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PY4615
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Metaphysics
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30 |
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PY4616
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Freedom and Action
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30 |
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PY4617
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The Philosophy of Saul Kripke
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30 |
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PY4618
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Animals, Minds and Language
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30 |
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PY4619
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Social Philosophy
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30 |
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PY4620
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Virtue and Vice
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30 |
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PY4621
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British Philosophy 1650 - 1800
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30 |
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PY4622
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Kant's Critical Philosophy |
30 |
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PY4624
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Philosophy of Art
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30 |
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PY4625
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Philosophy and Public Affairs: Global Justice |
30 |
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PY4626
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Life and Death
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30 |
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PY4632
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Contemporary Philosophy of Language |
30 |
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PY4633
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Philosophy of Mathematics
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30 |
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PY4634
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Philosophy of Logic
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30 |
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PY4635
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Contemporary Moral Theory |
30 |
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PY4637
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Asian Philosophies
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30 |
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PY4638
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Philosophy of Religion |
30 |
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PY4639
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Philosophy of Creativity
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30 |
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PY4640
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Mediaeval Philosophy |
30 |
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PY4641
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Nineteenth-century Ethics and Philosophy
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30 |
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PY4642
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Trust, Knowledge and Society
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30 |
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PY4643
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Philosophy of Law
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30 |
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PY4644
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Rousseau on Human Nature, Society, and Freedom
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30 |
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PY4645
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Philosophy and Literature
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30 |
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PY4646
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Reasons for Action and Belief
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30 |
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PY4647
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Humans, Animals, and Nature
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30 |
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PY4648
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Conceptual Engineering and its Role in Philosophy
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30 |
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PY4649
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Core Works in Continental Philosophy |
30 |
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PY4650
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Philosophy, Feminism and Gender
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30 |
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PY4651
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Effective Altruism
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PY4652
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The Philosophy of Human Rights
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30 |
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PY4653
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Toleration in the Early Modern Period |
30 |
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PY4654
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Responsibility, Praise, and Blame
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30 |
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PY4655
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Advanced Metaethics |
30 |
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PY4656
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The Philosophy of Love and Sex |
30 |
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PY4657
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Philosophy of Economics
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30 |
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PY4658
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Timely Topics in Political Philosophy
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PY4659
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Why Does The World Exist?
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30 |
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CL4500
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Pleasure, Goodness and Happiness: Hellenistic Ethics
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30 |
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CL4502
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Ethics and Lifestyles: Philosophy and Ways of Living in Antiquity
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30 |
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ID4801
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Human Rights, Poverty and Security
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30 |
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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 module catalogue entry for each individual module above
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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)
Students will take either 30 credits or 60 credits of 4000-level, depending on 3000-level modules taken.
*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.
In total over both subjects, 210 credits must be achieved at 3000 and 4000 level, including at least 90 credits at 4000-level.
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BSc (Hons) Physics (Joint Honours): Third year PHYPHYJJ3_1819
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PH3007
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Electromagnetism |
15 |
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PH3061
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Quantum Mechanics 1 |
10 |
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PH3062
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Quantum Mechanics 2 |
10 |
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PH3080
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Computational Physics |
10 |
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PH3081
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Mathematics for Physicists |
15 |
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Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic year
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BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Fourth year PHIPHIJJ4S_1819
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Remaining credits from Module List: PY3200, PY4000 - PY4689, CL4500 - CL4520, ID4801, ID4859, PY4698, - PY4699, PY4794, (PY4701 and ID4002)
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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)
Students will take either 30 credits or 60 credits of 4000-level, depending on 3000-level modules taken.
*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.
In total over both subjects, 210 credits must be achieved at 3000 and 4000 level, including at least 90 credits at 4000-level.
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BSc (Hons) Physics (Joint Honours): Fourth year PHYPHYJJ4_1819
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PH3012
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Thermal and Statistical Physics |
15 |
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PH4040
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Nuclear and Particle Physics with Advanced Skills |
15 |
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PH4111
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Physics Project (BSc) |
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30 credits from Module List: AS3000 - AS4999, PH3000 - PH4109, ID4001
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AS3013
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Computational Astrophysics |
15 |
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AS4010
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Extragalactic Astronomy |
15 |
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AS4011
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The Physics of Nebulae and Stars 1 |
15 |
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AS4012
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The Physics of Nebulae and Stars 2 |
15 |
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AS4015
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Gravitational and Accretion Physics |
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AS4025
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Observational Astrophysics |
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AS4103
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Astrophysics Project (BSc) |
30 |
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PH3007
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Electromagnetism |
15 |
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PH3012
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Thermal and Statistical Physics |
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PH3014
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Transferable Skills for Physicists |
15 |
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PH3061
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Quantum Mechanics 1 |
10 |
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PH3062
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Quantum Mechanics 2 |
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PH3074
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Electronics |
15 |
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PH3080
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Computational Physics |
10 |
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PH3081
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Mathematics for Physicists |
15 |
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PH3082
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Mathematics for Chemistry / Physics |
20 |
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PH3101
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Physics Laboratory 1 |
15 |
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PH4026
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Signals and Information |
15 |
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PH4027
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Optoelectronics and Nonlinear Optics |
15 |
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PH4028
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Advanced Quantum Mechanics |
15 |
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PH4031
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Fluids |
15 |
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PH4032
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Special Relativity and Fields |
15 |
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PH4034
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Laser Physics 1 |
15 |
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PH4035
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Principles of Optics |
15 |
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PH4036
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Physics of Music |
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PH4038
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Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Dynamics |
15 |
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PH4039
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Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics |
15 |
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PH4040
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Nuclear and Particle Physics with Advanced Skills |
15 |
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PH4041
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Atomic, Nuclear, and Particle Physics |
15 |
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PH4042
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Concepts in Atomic Physics and Magnetic Resonance |
15 |
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PH4043
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Studies in Physics and Chemistry |
5 |
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PH4044
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Advanced Condensed Matter Physics |
15 |
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PH4045
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Data Processing for biomedical imaging and sensing
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15 |
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PH4105
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Physics Laboratory 2 |
15 |
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ID4001
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Communication and Teaching in Science |
15 |
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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 module catalogue entry for each individual module above
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Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic year
PH4111 is chosen unless one of CS4098, CS4796, PY4699 is taken.
Further credits may be taken from AS3000 - AS4999, PH3000 - PH4109, ID4001 or modules in other subjects with the approval of the Adviser of Studies.
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Accreditation
All the BSc, MSci, and MPhys single and joint Honours degrees in which Physics or Astrophysics is in the title are accredited by the UK Institute of Physics.
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 St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).