MA Continental Philosophy

2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in Philosophy or a related subject with a significant philosophical component; a writing sample of around 2,500 words on a philosophical topic.

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We offer a variety of postgraduate funding options for study at the University of Warwick, from postgraduate loans, university scholarships, fee awards, to academic department bursaries.

Completing an MA provides a strong foundation for those intending to study for a PhD. In addition to those pursuing further study, graduates from these courses have gone on to work for a range of national and international employers.

Our graduates have pursued roles such as: further education teaching professionals; IT business analysts, architects and systems designers; library clerks and assistants and secondary education teaching professionals.

Our department has a dedicated professionally qualified Senior Careers Consultant offering impartial advice and guidance together with workshops and events throughout the year. Previous examples of workshops and events include:

• Identifying Your Skills, Strengths and Motivators for Philosophy Students
• Thinking about Work Experience for Philosophy Students
• Careers in the Public Sector
• Warwick careers fairs throughout the year

Core modules

Important information

We are planning to make changes to our Continental Philosophy MA degree for 2025 entry. Our core modules will undergo approval through the University's rigorous academic processes. As changes are confirmed, we will update the course information on this webpage. It is therefore very important that you check this webpage for the latest information before you apply and prior to accepting an offer. 

Due to the flexibility of this programme, there are no set core modules, but students will be required to take a minimum of two modules from a list of optional core modules.

Optional modules

Optional modules can vary from year to year. Example optional modules may include:

• Hegel's Aesthetics
• Hegel's Science of Logic
• Nietzsche
• 20th Century French Philosophy
• Husserl on Knowledge
• Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
• Heidegger’s Being and Time 
• Embodiment, Nature, Art: Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology 
• The Logic of Life (Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Marx)
• Metaphysics and Epistemology
• Time, Process and Experience
• Appearance Matters
• Mind and Language
• Moral and Political Philosophy
• Vagueness