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MA Philosophy

  • DeadlineStudy Details:

    MA Full-time: 12 months, Part-time: 24 to 36 months

Course Description

  • Expand your knowledge of philosophy
  • Deepen your philosophical skills
  • Increase your ability to shape lives, institutions, and society.
  • You will develop your own route through the MA in the areas that interest you most.

You’ll be able to combine traditional areas such as ethics and metaphysics with emerging ideas, such as applied, environmental, and social philosophy.

Working with our research active academics on a range of taught modules you’ll also produce a dissertation. This is an in-depth piece of original work developed with strong support and guidance from a member of staff.

Entry Requirements

2:1 in Philosophy or related subject.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Philosophy doesn’t lead to a single specific career – it leads into a huge range of professions!

Our graduates go on to many different sectors including:

  • business and finance
  • commercial, industrial and public sector management
  • marketing, sales and advertising
  • academic research
  • We have a good track record of our MA students progressing to our Philosophy PhD.

78.4 % of postgraduates from the Faculty of Arts secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation. The average annual salary was £23,045

Module Details

Explore a wide range of theoretical and applied issues from ancient history to contemporary life.

  • Philosophical Topics
  • Ethics
  • Knowledge and Language
  • Mind and Metaphysics
  • Social and Political Philosophy
  • Dissertation

Choose one from this group of interdisciplinary modules.

  • Arts in Society
  • Mastering the Arts: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research

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