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Course Details

Course Name

MA Philosophy

Level of study

Postgraduate Taught

Study Mode

Fulltime

Duration

1 Years

Start Term

Sept

Country

United Kingdom

City

Manchester

Course Subject

Social Sciences

Course Fees

Inside EU: 9500

Outside EU: 18500

Universities

University of Manchester

Description

Course description

Philosophy at Manchester offers an intellectually stimulating and supportive postgraduate environment. You'll be taught and supervised by members of staff who are all actively involved in research.

The MA Philosophy course combines:

in-depth study of specialised areas of analytical philosophy;

extensive research training to provide the skills necessary to complete a Master's dissertation and;

A dissertation supervised by a member of staff with expertise in the area you wish to study in more depth.

The course is ideal both for those wishing to go on to do a PhD in Philosophy, and for students who want to improve their employability through the development of rigorous critical, analytical and research skills.

It provides a deeper knowledge of a wide variety of areas of philosophy than is possible at undergraduate level, and equips students with the ability to plan, organise and work autonomously on a substantial individual project. This project will take the form of either a dissertation (9000 - 12000 words), or of a longer dissertation of up to 20,000 words.

We also:

host a wide variety of conferences at which you can hear cutting-edge philosophical arguments from leaders in the field, ranging from small workshops to large international conferences;

offer bursaries for conference trips;

Deliver outstanding student support, the University library is one of only five National Research Libraries, and one of the best-resourced in the UK.

Papers, monographs and edited collections by our academic staff are regularly published in international journals and by prominent academic publishers.

In addition to conferences, workshops and reading groups, we host two regular research seminars, one organized by staff and another by postgraduates (with both groups participating in both) with papers presented by visiting speakers, staff and postgraduate students.

Aims

You will:

develop a strong background in analytical philosophy with exemplary research;

gain analytical skills of a standard to pursue doctoral study, or;

to pursue careers in areas that require skills in argumentation, analysis and research;

discover a deeper understanding in a variety of areas of philosophy;

learn through personalised teaching delivery, with small-group `research seminar' style classes, and;

Individual development of research skills.

Teaching and learning

All our Master's modules are taught through small-group seminars. The seminars usually involve some general context-setting and guidance from the course convenor, but are often largely focussed on student-led discussion of set texts that you will have studied in preparation for the discussion.

This fosters a proactive and collaborative approach to engaging with the topic and to developing your own views and arguments. All modules apart from Research Skills run for one semester.

The Research Skills module runs through both semesters, the purpose is:

to develop your research, writing and presentation skills

guide you through the planning of your dissertation, from selecting a topic and a supervisor to identifying and reviewing key literature;

To think about what makes for the best philosophical writing.

All students are allocated an appropriate supervisor for their dissertations; in practice, you can almost always choose your own dissertation supervisor. You will work throughout the academic year on your dissertation in consultation with your supervisor - focussing on the assessed elements of the Research Skills module during the teaching year, and then, over the summer (and into the autumn for part-time students), on writing.

Part-time students complete the full-time programme over two years. There are no evening or weekend course units available on the part-time programme.

You must first check the schedule of the modules to ensure that you are able to attend the seminars for the modules you enrol on.

Updated timetable information will be available from mid-August and you will have the opportunity to discuss your module choices during induction week with your Course Director.

Coursework and assessment

All course units apart from Research Skills are assessed through one 4000-word essay, submitted towards the end of the semester. Students are encouraged to discuss their plans for their essay with the course convenor in some detail outside of class time.

Research Skills is assessed through a combination of a 20-minute presentation, a 1500-word research proposal and bibliography (submitted in early January to aid application for PhD scholarships, which often have deadlines in early spring), and a 3000-word critical literature review.

The 90 credit dissertation is between 17,500 and 20,000 words, while the 60 credit dissertation is between 9,000 and 12,000 words.

By the end of the second semester, you will have already conducted the majority of the research for the dissertation and formulated a clear overall plan as part of the Research Skills module, so that the summer can be devoted to writing.

Course unit details

Full-time students take Research Skills (30 credits, all year) plus either four or six (depending on dissertation length) additional course units (15 credits each, two/three per semester), and submit the dissertation (60/90 credits) at the end of August.

Part-time students take three (four if doing a 60 credit dissertation) 15-credit course units in their first year, and the Research Skills unit and the remaining 15-credit course unit (two units if doing the 60 credit dissertation) in their second year, submitting the dissertation at the end of November.

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