BA and Diploma in Philosophy

Structure & Syllabus

BA Philosophy: 10 units (5 compulsory, 3 further plus 2 optional)
Diploma in Philosophy: 4 units (Introduction to philosophy plus any 3 of the compulsory units)

Five compulsory units:
Logic [235P070]
Epistemology [235P025]
Greek philosophy: Plato and the Pre-Socratics [235P085]
Ethics: historical perspectives [235P095]
Modern philosophy: Descartes, Locke, Berkeley and Hume [235P065]
Three further units from the following:
Metaphysics [235P075]
Methodology [235P035]
Greek philosophy: Aristotle [235P120]
Ethics: contemporary perspectives [235P115]
Modern philosophy: Spinoza, Leibniz and Kant [235P125]
Two optional units from the following:
Continental philosophy from Hegel [235O190]
Philosophy of mind [235O100]
Philosophy of language [235O210]
Philosophy of Kant [235P080]
The philosophies of Frege, Russell and Wittgenstein [235O220]
Political philosophy [235P090]
Aesthetics [235O130]
Symbolic logic [235O140]
Philosophy of science [235O120]
Philosophy of religion [235P110]
Post-Aristotelian philosophy [235O150]
Medieval philosophy [235O160]
Indian philosophy [235O170]
Philosophy of mathematics [235O230]

Notes:

If you pass the Diploma in Philosophy you will be invited to transfer your registration to the BA Philosophy and will automatically be credited with three of the papers passed in the Diploma. You will then go on to the further units of the BA and will be able to complete the degree in a minimum of two further years. You will not have to pay another initial registration fee and the registration period of eight years will date from the initial registration for the Diploma.
The unit 'Introduction to philosophy' is available to study as a short course.
If you take 'Introduction to philosophy' as a short course and obtain a pass mark of 50 or above, you will be considered for registration on the Diploma in Philosophy. If you progress to the Diploma, you will be credited with a pass in this unit. If you satisfy the entrance requirements for the BA, having completed the 'Introduction to philosophy' unit, you will be permitted to submit a new application for entry onto the degree. As 'Introduction to philosophy' is not part of the degree it will not be credited towards it.