Philosophy Undergraduate Modules 2023-24
Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy
The module details in this section are only applicable to students who will be studying them between September 2023 and August 2024.
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.
If you intend to study one of these modules from September 2024 or later, you may refer to these descriptors as a guide; but please be aware that details they contain – including (but not limited to) reading lists, duration and assessments – may change for your academic year.
Note
- The module list for Level One is currently incomplete; this will be finalised in August 2023.
- The next compiled module list for the September 2024 - August 2025 academic year will be published here in March 2024 (exact date to be confirmed).
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 |
| PHL1009 |
Philosophies of Art |
15 |
1 |
| PHL1010 |
Introduction to Asian Philosophy |
15 |
2 |
| PHL1013 |
Philosophy of Morality |
15 |
2 |
| PHL1112 |
Philosophy of Film |
15 |
2 |
Interdisciplinary Modules at Level One
| Code |
Module Title |
Credits |
Term(s) |
| SPA1001 |
Animal Politics |
15 |
2 |
Q Step and College Modules at Level One
| Code |
Module Title |
Credits |
Term(s) |
| SSI1002 |
Programming for the Social Sciences |
30 |
1 and 2 |
| SSI1004 |
Social Problems |
15 |
1 |
| SSI1005 |
Introduction to Social Data |
15 |
1 |
| SSI1006 |
Data Analysis in Social Science 1 |
15 |
2 |
Level Two
| Code |
Module Title |
Credits |
Term(s) |
| PHL2010A |
Philosophy of Mind 1 |
15 |
1 |
| PHL2011A |
The Philosophy of Nature 1 |
15 |
2 |
| PHL2015 |
Body and Mind |
15 |
2 |
| PHL2016 |
Metaphysics |
15 |
2 |
| PHL2018 |
Philosophy of Language |
15 |
1 |
| PHL2020 |
Virtues and Vices |
15 |
1 |
| PHL2021 |
Symbolic Logic |
15 |
2 |
| PHL2022 |
Sex and Death: Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology |
15 |
2 |
| PHL2026 |
Philosophy of Science |
15 |
2 |
| PHL2038 |
The Self |
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 |
2 |
| PHL2045 |
Aesthetics |
15 |
2 |
| 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 |
2 |
| PHL2056 |
The Nature of Normativity |
15 |
2 |
| PHL2060 |
Philosophy of Emotion |
15 |
2 |
| 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 |
| PHL2117 |
Philosophy and Psychedelics |
15 |
1 |
| PHL2118 |
Moral agency in social context |
15 |
1 |
| PHL2119 |
Animal Minds and Animal Ethics |
15 |
1 |
| PHL2120 |
Philosophy and Sociology of Race |
15 |
1 |
| PHL2123 |
Philosophy of Medicine |
15 |
2 |
| PHL2126 |
Mind and World in Contemporary Japanese Philosophy |
15 |
1 |
| PHL2127 |
Hidden Voices in Early Modern Philosophy |
15 |
1 |
Interdisciplinary Modules at Level Two
| Code |
Module Title |
Credits |
Term(s) |
| SPA2001 |
Debates, Issues and Practices |
15 |
1 |
| SPA2005 |
Asking the Right Question: Surveys in the Social Sciences |
15 |
2 |
| SPA2006 |
Understanding Social Inequalities |
15 |
1 |
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 |
| 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 |
| SSI2008 |
Mapping the Social World: Introduction to Spatial Analysis in the Social Sciences |
15 |
2 |
Level Three
| Code |
Module Title |
Credits |
Term(s) |
| PHL3013 |
Virtues and Vices |
15 |
1 |
| PHL3014 |
Symbolic Logic |
15 |
2 |
| PHL3018 |
Sex and Death: Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology |
15 |
2 |
| PHL3026 |
Philosophy of Science |
15 |
2 |
| PHL3038 |
The Self |
15 |
1 |
| PHL3040 |
Philosophy Dissertation |
30 |
1 and 2 |
| PHL3045 |
Aesthetics |
15 |
2 |
| 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 |
2 |
| PHL3056 |
The Nature of Normativity |
15 |
2 |
| PHL3060 |
Philosophy of Emotion |
15 |
2 |
| PHL3061 |
Philosophy of Law |
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 |
2 |
| PHL3096 |
Cyborg Studies |
15 |
1 |
| PHL3111 |
The Deep Past, History and Humanity |
15 |
1 |
| PHL3113 |
Practical Ethics |
15 |
1 |
| PHL3114 |
Aristotle's Ethics |
15 |
2 |
| PHL3117 |
Philosophy and Psychedelics |
15 |
1 |
| PHL3118 |
Animal Minds and Animal Ethics |
15 |
1 |
| PHL3119 |
Philosophy and Sociology of Race |
15 |
1 |
| PHL3122 |
Philosophy of Medicine |
15 |
2 |
| PHL3125 |
Mind and World in Contemporary Japanese Philosophy |
15 |
1 |
| PHL3126 |
Hidden Voices in Early Modern Philosophy |
15 |
1 |
| PHL3128 |
Knowledge, Human Values and Anti-Science |
15 |
2 |
Interdisciplinary Modules at Level Three
| Code |
Module Title |
Credits |
Term(s) |
| SPA3001 |
Debates, Issues and Practices |
15 |
1 |
| SPA3003 |
Data Justice and Surveillance Capitalism |
15 |
1 |
Q Step and College Modules at Level Three
| Code |
Module Title |
Credits |
Term(s) |
| 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 |
2 |
| SSI3019 |
Quantitative Dissertation |
30 |
1 and 2 |
| SSI3020 |
Employment Experience (UK and Abroad) |
120 |
1, 2 and 3 |
| SSI3021 |
Mapping the Social World: Introduction to Spatial Analysis in the Social Sciences |
15 |
2 |
| SSI3999 |
Year Abroad |
120 |
1 and 2 |
