Graduate Diploma Conversion In Philosophy

• A 2:1 undergraduate Honours degree (or equivalent) in any subject. Applicants who have not met the required entry standards may still apply but will be required to submit a writing sample in support of their application.
• If you studied your first degree outside the UK, see the international entry requirements.

Application requirements

• CV 
• personal statement (500 words) 
• two original signed academic references 
• academic transcripts and degree certificates 
• sample of your own, single-authored academic written work (2,000 words).

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Compulsory

Students take at least one of the following two modules: 

• Reading Philosophy 1: Texts in Language, Logic, Mind, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Science: close study of philosophical texts – historical and contemporary – that address a variety of topics within metaphysics, epistemology, the philosophies of logic and language, mind and science.  
• Reading Philosophy 2: Texts in Ethics, Metaethics, Religion, Aesthetics and Political Philosophy: close study of philosophical texts – historical and contemporary – that address a variety of topics within ethics, metaethics, aesthetics, philosophy of religion and political philosophy.  

Students must also take at least one senior Honours (4000-level) Philosophy module. You can find the full list of 4000-level Philosophy modules in the module catalogue. 

Optional

Students on the Diploma may choose to take their remaining credits from Philosophy modules offered at any undergraduate level. 

Some of the Honours optional modules offered in previous years include: 

• Advanced Logic 
• Classical Philosophy 
• Contemporary Epistemology 
• Contemporary Philosophy of Language 
• Philosophy, Feminism and Gender
• Philosophy of Economics
• Philosophy of Logic 
• Philosophy of Perception 
• Philosophy of Religion 
• Political Philosophy in the Age of Revolutions
• Why Does the World Exist?

If you wish to gain an understanding of logic, there is also an optional weekly seminar, Basic Logic, held throughout the year. This is a non-credit course for postgraduate students. 

Optional modules are subject to change each year and require a minimum number of participants to be offered; some may only allow limited numbers of students (see the University's position on curriculum development).