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Bachelor of Science (Honours) Philosophy and Sustainable Development


BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
PY1012 Reasoning 20 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: PY1000 - PY1999 AND
PY1010 Mind and World 20
PY1011 Moral and Political Controversies 20
PY1012 Reasoning 20
PY1013 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 module catalogue 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 (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.

BSc (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
SD1000 What is Sustainable Development? 20 AND
SD1004 Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options
Please balance your choices across the academic year.
BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
* View list Between 20 and 40 credits from Module List: PY2010, PY2012 AND
PY2010 Intermediate Logic 20
PY2012 Meaning and Knowing 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 module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: PY1000 - PY1999, PY2000 - PY2999 (excluding Distance Learning and Evening Language Modules) AND
PY1010 Mind and World 20
PY1011 Moral and Political Controversies 20
PY1012 Reasoning 20
PY1013 The Enlightenment 20
PY2010 Intermediate Logic 20
PY2011 Foundations of Western Philosophy 20
PY2012 Meaning and Knowing 20
PY2013 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 module catalogue 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 (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 7 or better in at least 1 of the modules marked *
BSc (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
^ SD2005 From Sustainable Development to Human Security 20 AND
^ SD2006 Changing Natures 20 AND
^ SD2100 Sustainable Scotland 20

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Please balance your choices across the academic year.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in modules marked ^

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/academic/academic-advising/glossary/honours-entry/ )

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 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.

BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
PY3100 Reading Philosophy 1: Texts in Language, Logic, Mind, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Science 30 AND
View list At least 30 credits from Module List: PY3200, PY4000 - PY4689, CL4500 - CL4520, ID4801, ID4859
PY3200 Reading Philosophy 2: Texts in Ethics, Metaethics, Religion, Aesthetics and Political Philosophy 30
PY401A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY401B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY401C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY402A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY402B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY402C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY404A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY404B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY404C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY405A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY405B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY405C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY406A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY406B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY406C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY407A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY407B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY407C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY408A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY408B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY408C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY409A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY409B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY409C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY410A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY410B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY410C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY411A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY411B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY411C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY412A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY412B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY412C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY4601 Paradoxes 30
PY4606 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
PY4614 Philosophy of Mind 30
PY4615 Metaphysics 30
PY4616 Freedom and Action 30
PY4617 The Philosophy of Saul Kripke 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
PY4632 Contemporary Philosophy of Language 30
PY4634 Philosophy of Logic 30
PY4635 Contemporary Moral Theory 30
PY4638 Philosophy of Religion 30
PY4639 Philosophy of Creativity 30
PY4640 Medieval Philosophy 30
PY4643 Philosophy of Law 30
PY4644 Rousseau on Human Nature, Society, and Freedom 30
PY4645 Philosophy and Literature 30
PY4646 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
PY4650 Philosophy, Feminism and Gender 30
PY4651 Effective Altruism 30
PY4652 The Philosophy of Human Rights 30
PY4653 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
PY4659 Why Does The World Exist? 30
PY4660 Work, Entitlement, and Welfare 30
PY4661 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
PY4666 Bioethics 30
PY4667 Philosophy of Music 30
PY4668 Key texts in nineteenth-century Philosophy 30
PY4669 Modal Logic and Metaphysics 30
PY4670 Ethics and the allocation of health resources 30
PY4671 Dreaming and Waking 30
CL4500 Pleasure, Goodness and Happiness: Hellenistic Ethics 30
CL4504 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 module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 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)

*Across the two Honours years 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.

A minimum of 90 PY credits must be achieved across the two Honours years.

In total over both subjects, 210 credits must be achieved at 3000 and 4000 level, including at least 90 credits at 4000-level.

BSc (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 120 credits from Module List: SD3100 - SD4296
SD3101 Developing a Sustainable Development Research Proposal 10
SD3102 Sustainable Development Field Course 20
SD310A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD310B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD310C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD310D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD310F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD3111 Home and Energy Geographies 30
SD311A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD311B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD311C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD311D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD312A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD312B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD312C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD312D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD410A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD410B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD410C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD410D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD410F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD4110 Transitioning to sustainability: community, nature and governance 30
SD4111 Governance for Sustainability 30
SD4114 Society, Sustainable Consumption and Implementing Change 30
SD4116 Building sustainable, inclusive and just cities 30
SD4117 The Blue Economy and Maritime Security Intersections and Interdependence 30
SD4118 Extractive Environments 30
SD4119 Nature4Climate: Hybridized green blue infrastructures in the Global South 30
SD411A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD411B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD411C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD411D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD4120 Valuing Environments 30
SD4122 Rethinking waste: exploring development, environment, and culture 30
SD4123 Futures: Risk and Governance In Practice 30
SD4124 Sustainable Catchment Management 30
SD412A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD412B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD412C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD412D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD4225 Green Politics: theory and practice 30
SD4226 Global Health Disparities 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 module catalogue entry for each individual module above
Please balance your choices across the academic year.

Students must have at least 120 SD honours credits in total by the end of their honours programme
BSc (Hons) Philosophy (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list Credits from Module List: PY3100, PY3200, PY4000-PY4689, CL4500-CL4520, ID4801,ID4859,PY4698- PY4699, PY4794, (PY4701 and ID4002)
PY3200 Reading Philosophy 2: Texts in Ethics, Metaethics, Religion, Aesthetics and Political Philosophy 30
PY401A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY401B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY401C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY402A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY402B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY402C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY404A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY404B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY404C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY405A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY405B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY405C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY406A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY406B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY406C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY407A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY407B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY407C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY408A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY408B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY408C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY409A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY409B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY409C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY410A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY410B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY410C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY411A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY411B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY411C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY412A Study Abroad: Philosophy (4) 4
PY412B Study Abroad: Philosophy (5) 5
PY412C Study Abroad: Philosophy (6) 6
PY4601 Paradoxes 30
PY4606 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
PY4614 Philosophy of Mind 30
PY4615 Metaphysics 30
PY4616 Freedom and Action 30
PY4617 The Philosophy of Saul Kripke 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
PY4632 Contemporary Philosophy of Language 30
PY4634 Philosophy of Logic 30
PY4635 Contemporary Moral Theory 30
PY4638 Philosophy of Religion 30
PY4639 Philosophy of Creativity 30
PY4640 Medieval Philosophy 30
PY4643 Philosophy of Law 30
PY4644 Rousseau on Human Nature, Society, and Freedom 30
PY4645 Philosophy and Literature 30
PY4646 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
PY4650 Philosophy, Feminism and Gender 30
PY4651 Effective Altruism 30
PY4652 The Philosophy of Human Rights 30
PY4653 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
PY4659 Why Does The World Exist? 30
PY4660 Work, Entitlement, and Welfare 30
PY4661 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
PY4666 Bioethics 30
PY4667 Philosophy of Music 30
PY4668 Key texts in nineteenth-century Philosophy 30
PY4669 Modal Logic and Metaphysics 30
PY4670 Ethics and the allocation of health resources 30
PY4671 Dreaming and Waking 30
PY4698 Dissertation (Whole Year) 30
PY4699 Dissertation in Philosophy 30
PY4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
CL4500 Pleasure, Goodness and Happiness: Hellenistic Ethics 30
CL4504 Justice, politics and the good life: Plato's Republic and its critics in the ancient world 30
PY4701 Philosophy and Pedagogy 15
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
PY3100 Reading Philosophy 1: Texts in Language, Logic, Mind, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Science 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 module catalogue entry for each individual module above

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)

*Across the two Honours years 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.

A minimum of 90 PY credits must be achieved across the two Honours years.

In total over both subjects, 210 credits must be achieved at 3000 and 4000 level, including at least 90 credits at 4000-level.

BSc (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: SD3100 - SD4297
SD3111 Home and Energy Geographies 30
SD3223 Navigating the Complexity of Coupled Social and Ecological Systems 20
SD3237 Placing Sustainability: Knowledge & Wellbeing for the Anthropocene 20
SD401A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD401B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD401C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD401D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD401F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD401J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD401L Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (20) 20
SD401N Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (24) 24
SD401R Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (30) 30
SD401U Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (40) 40
SD401W Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (45) 45
SD401Y Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (60) 60
SD402A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD402B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD402C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD402D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD402F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD402J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD402L Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (20) 20
SD402N Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (24) 24
SD402R Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (30) 30
SD402U Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (40) 40
SD402W Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (45) 45
SD402Y Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (60) 60
SD404A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD404B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD404C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD404D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD404F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD404J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD404L Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (20) 20
SD404N Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (24) 24
SD404R Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (30) 30
SD404U Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (40) 40
SD405A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD405B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD405C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD405D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD405F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD405J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD405L Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (20) 20
SD405N Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (24) 24
SD406A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD406B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD406C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD406D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD406F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD406J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD406L Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (20) 20
SD406N Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (24) 24
SD407A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD407B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD407C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD407D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD407F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD407J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD408A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD408B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD408C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD408D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD408F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD408J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD409A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD409B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD409C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD409D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD409F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD410A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD410B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD410C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD410D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD410F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD4110 Transitioning to sustainability: community, nature and governance 30
SD4111 Governance for Sustainability 30
SD4114 Society, Sustainable Consumption and Implementing Change 30
SD4116 Building sustainable, inclusive and just cities 30
SD4117 The Blue Economy and Maritime Security Intersections and Interdependence 30
SD4118 Extractive Environments 30
SD4119 Nature4Climate: Hybridized green blue infrastructures in the Global South 30
SD411A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD411B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD411C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD411D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD4120 Valuing Environments 30
SD4122 Rethinking waste: exploring development, environment, and culture 30
SD4123 Futures: Risk and Governance In Practice 30
SD4124 Sustainable Catchment Management 30
SD412A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD412B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD412C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD412D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD4225 Green Politics: theory and practice 30
SD4226 Global Health Disparities 30
SD4297 Dissertation in Sustainable Development 30
SD4299 Dissertation in Sustainable Development 60
SD4297 Dissertation in Sustainable Development 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 module catalogue entry for each individual module above
Please balance your choices across the academic year.

Students must have at least 120 SD honours credits in total by the end of their honours programme

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 ).