MA Philosophy and Scottish Literature
Entry requirements
A level: from A*A*A to AAB (required: English Literature or combined English at B) IB: from 36 points with 665 at HL to 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Philosophy and Scottish Literature, an English Literature and Philosophy degree exploring the intersection of philosophical inquiry and Scottish literary traditions. Core topics include Research Methods. At honours level, students complete an independent dissertation or a coursework dissertation. The first year covers introductory foundations through morality and value, history of philosophy, poetry and drama. The second year focuses on epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of language and philosophy of mind. The third year advances into specialised study through modules such as beauty and art, political philosophy, Haunted Imaginations: Scotland and the Supernatural and Contemporary Scottish Fiction. The final year centres on an independent dissertation, consisting of a single extended essay on a topic of your choice in philosophy or Scottish literature, or a coursework dissertation through two extended essays in philosophy.
Modules
- morality and value
- history of philosophy (may include Western and non-Western traditions)
- logic
- philosophy of science
- poetry
- drama
- prose
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- linguistics and English language
- philosophy, divinity and law
- epistemology
- metaphysics
- philosophy of language
- philosophy of mind
- beauty and art
- language
- cognition and science
- history of philosophy
- knowledge and reality
- morality and value
- political philosophy
- Haunted Imaginations: Scotland and the Supernatural
- Modern and Contemporary Scottish Poetry
- Contemporary Scottish Fiction
- Creative Writing - poetry or prose
- an independent dissertation, consisting of a single extended essay on a topic of your choice in philosophy or Scottish literature
- a coursework dissertation through two extended essays in philosophy