Philosophy Undergraduate Modules 2021-22
Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy
The module details in this section are only applicable to students who studied them between September 2021 and August 2022.
If you wish to look at details for a module you studied in an earlier academic year please see undergraduate modules for other academic years.
Information for Inbound Exchange Students
Please note that inbound study abroad students studying in Exeter/Penryn for one semester only can only choose from modules that are running in either Term 1 or Term 2. You are not able to choose modules that run in Terms '1 and 2' as these modules run for the full year.
Level One
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHL1002A | Knowledge and Reality 1 | 15 | 1 |
| PHL1002B | Knowledge and Reality 2 | 15 | 2 |
| PHL1004 | Philosophical Problems 1 | 15 | 2 |
| PHL1005A | Evidence and Argument 1 | 15 | 1 |
| PHL1006 | Introduction to Philosophical Analysis | 15 | 2 |
| PHL1007 | Philosophical Reading 1 | 15 | 1 |
| PHL1008 | Philosophical Reading 2 | 15 | 2 |
| PHL1009 | Philosophies of Art | 15 | 1 |
| PHL1010 | Introduction to Asian Philosophy | 15 | 1 |
| PHL1013 | Philosophy of Morality | 15 | 2 |
| PHL1112 | Philosophy of Film | 15 | 1 |
Interdisciplinary Modules at Level One
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
Q Step and College Modules at Level One
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSI1005 | Introduction to Social Data | 15 | 1 |
| SSI1006 | Data Analysis in Social Science 1 | 15 | 2 |
Level Two
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHL2001 | Phenomenology | 15 | 2 |
| PHL2010A | Philosophy of Mind 1 | 15 | 2 |
| PHL2011A | The Philosophy of Nature 1 | 15 | 2 |
| PHL2015 | Body and Mind | 15 | 1 |
| PHL2016 | Metaphysics | 15 | 2 |
| PHL2018 | Philosophy of Language | 15 | 1 |
| PHL2020 | Virtues and Vices | 15 | 2 |
| PHL2021 | Symbolic Logic | 15 | 2 |
| PHL2022 | Sex and Death: Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology | 15 | 2 |
| PHL2026 | Philosophy of Science | 15 | 2 |
| PHL2028 | Philosophical Anthropology | 15 | 1 |
| PHL2039 | Bioethics: DNA-technologies, Ethics and Human Identity | 15 | 1 |
| PHL2040 | Critical Theory: The Frankfurt School and Communicative Capitalism | 15 | 1 |
| PHL2041 | Feminist Philosophy: Gender, Race and Class | 15 | 2 |
| PHL2042 | Philosophical Frontiers | 15 | 1 |
| PHL2045 | Aesthetics | 15 | 1 |
| PHL2046A | The Holocaust, Genocide and Society | 30 | 1 and 2 |
| PHL2052 | Epistemology | 15 | 2 |
| PHL2053 | History of Philosophy | 15 | 1 |
| PHL2054 | Philosophy of Psychiatry | 15 | 1 |
| PHL2055 | Ecology, Environment and Conservation | 15 | 2 |
| PHL2056 | The Nature of Normativity | 15 | 1 |
| PHL2061 | Philosophy of Law | 15 | 1 |
| PHL2096 | Cyborg Studies | 15 | 1 |
| PHL2111 | The Deep Past, History and Humanity | 15 | 1 |
| PHL2112 | Practical Ethics | 15 | 1 |
| PHL2114 | Aristotle's Ethics | 15 | 2 |
| PHL2116 | Reality, Existence and Change | 15 | 2 |
| PHL2117 | Philosophy and Psychedelics | 15 | 2 |
| PHL2118 | Moral agency in social context | 15 | 1 |
Interdisciplinary Modules at Level Two
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPA2001 | Debates, Issues and Practices | 15 | 2 |
Q Step and College Modules at Level Two
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSI2001 | Learning from Work Experience in Social Sciences | 15 | 1 and 2 |
| SSI2002 | Data Analysis in the Workplace | 15 | 2 |
| SSI2004 | Research Design in the Social Sciences | 15 | 2 |
| SSI2005 | Data Analysis in Social Science 2 | 15 | 1 |
| SSI2006 | Immigration in Western Societies | 15 | 1 |
| SSI2007 | Data Analysis in Social Science 3 | 15 | 2 |
Level Three
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHL3001 | Phenomenology | 15 | 2 |
| PHL3002 | Existentialism | 15 | 2 |
| PHL3013 | Virtues and Vices | 15 | 2 |
| PHL3014 | Symbolic Logic | 15 | 2 |
| PHL3018 | Sex and Death: Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology | 15 | 2 |
| PHL3026 | Philosophy of Science | 15 | 2 |
| PHL3040 | Philosophy Dissertation | 30 | 1 and 2 |
| PHL3042 | Philosophical Anthropology | 15 | 1 |
| PHL3045 | Aesthetics | 15 | 1 |
| PHL3046A | The Holocaust, Genocide and Society | 30 | 1 and 2 |
| PHL3052 | Epistemology | 15 | 2 |
| PHL3053 | History of Philosophy | 15 | 1 |
| PHL3054 | Philosophy of Psychiatry | 15 | 1 |
| PHL3056 | The Nature of Normativity | 15 | 1 |
| PHL3061 | Philosophy of Law | 15 | 1 |
| PHL3077 | Bioethics: DNA-technologies, Ethics and Human Identity | 15 | 1 |
| PHL3078 | Critical Theory: The Frankfurt School and Communicative Capitalism | 15 | 1 |
| PHL3079 | Feminist Philosophy: Gender, Race and Class | 15 | 2 |
| PHL3080 | Philosophical Frontiers | 15 | 1 |
| PHL3096 | Cyborg Studies | 15 | 1 |
| PHL3110 | Philosophy of Emotion | 30 | 1 and 2 |
| PHL3111 | The Deep Past, History and Humanity | 15 | 1 |
| PHL3112 | Ecology, Environment and Conservation | 15 | 2 |
| PHL3114 | Aristotle's Ethics | 15 | 2 |
| PHL3116 | Reality, Existence and Change | 15 | 2 |
| PHL3117 | Philosophy and Psychedelics | 15 | 2 |
Interdisciplinary Modules at Level Three
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPA3001 | Debates, Issues and Practices | 15 | 2 |
| SPA3002 | Quantitative Research with Microsoft Excel | 15 | 1 |
Q Step and College Modules at Level Three
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSI3001 | Introduction to Social Network Analysis | 15 | 2 |
| SSI3002 | Immigration in Western Societies | 15 | 1 |
| SSI3003 | Data Analysis in Social Science 3 | 15 | 2 |
| SSI3017 | Learning from Work Experience in the Social Sciences | 15 | 1 and 2 |
| SSI3019 | Quantitative Dissertation | 30 | 1 and 2 |
| SSI3020 | Employment Experience (UK and Abroad) | 120 | 1, 2 and 3 |
| SSI3999 | Year Abroad | 120 | 1 and 2 |