Explore our Philosophy taught Master's degree.

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MA

1 year full-time;
2 years part-time

30 September 2024

Philosophy

University of Warwick

Join the Philosophy MA at the University of Warwick. With research strengths across all main areas of Philosophy, you will discover an unusually broad and extensive range of modules for Master's level study.

This MA will enable you to study Philosophy at an advanced level, offering an extensive range of optional modules that give you the flexibility and the freedom to explore your own philosophical interests. The Department has strengths across all core areas of analytic philosophy and continental philosophy, and the breadth and depth of research expertise in the Philosophy Department means that we can offer you an unusually broad range of options for Master’s level study.

Taught modules followed by a 10,000 word dissertation. You will cover four modules - although your exact pathway will depend on your selection of optional modules as detailed above.

Seminar class sizes for this course typically range from 8-20 people.

For taught components, there are typically 2 hours of teaching per module per week on this course.

You will submit assessed essays during the academic terms. You will also begin planning your dissertation and generally you will undertake your supervision sessions for this with your agreed supervisor during the summer term. As long as you pass your taught components, you will then focus on completion of your MA dissertation in the summer months of July and August.

Your timetable

Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules, compulsory and optional, and you have been allocated to your lectures, seminars and other small group classes. Any compulsory modules will be registered for you and you will be able to choose your optional modules when you join us.

2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in Philosophy or a related subject with a significant philosophical component; a writing sample of around 2,500 words on a philosophical topic.

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• Band B
• IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above.

There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

Research Methods

What is it to do research in philosophy? Among other things, it is to engage in philosophers' particular ways of "doing philosophy", which reflect themselves in particular ways of arguing, writing, and discussing. What is distinctive about philosophy is that right from the earliest Presocratic thinkers up to the present day, this activity of doing philosophy is itself subject to philosophical investigation and reflection. In this module, you will become part of this tradition, by both improving and reflecting on your practice of doing philosophy.

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Optional modules

You will be expected to take a further three optional modules, and previous module options have included:

• Metaphysics and Epistemology
• Time, Process and Experience
• Appearance Matters
• Mind and Language
• Moral and Political Philosophy
• Vagueness
• Philosophies of the Future
• Hegel's Aesthetics

• Nietzsche
• 20th Century French Philosophy
• Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason

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