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    MA 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time

Course Description

We are planning to make changes to our 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 the website. It is therefore very important that you check the website for the latest information before you apply and prior to accepting an offer. 

This MA will enable you to study Philosophy at an advanced level, offering an extensive range of optional modules that give you the flexibility and the freedom to explore your own philosophical interests. The Department has strengths across all core areas of analytic philosophy and continental philosophy, and the breadth and depth of research expertise in the Philosophy Department means that we can offer you an unusually broad range of options for Master’s level study.

Entry Requirements

  • 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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Fees

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Programme Funding

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.

Student Destinations

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.

Module Details

Core modules

  • Important information 
    We are planning to make changes to our 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 the website. It is therefore very important that you check the website for the latest information before you apply and prior to accepting an offer. 
  • Research Methods

Optional modules

You will be expected to take a further three optional modules, and previous module options have included:

  • Metaphysics and Epistemology
  • Time, Process and Experience
  • Appearance Matters
  • Mind and Language
  • Moral and Political Philosophy
  • Vagueness
  • Hegel's Aesthetics
  • Nietzsche
  • 20th Century French Philosophy
  • 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)

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