PH422     
Dissertation Seminar - Philosophy of Economics and the Social Sciences

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

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The course is intended to develop the ability to make philosophical arguments and to write structured philosophical essays. It will serve to prepare students for research and writing their dissertation.  In Autumn term, we will cover philosophical and argumentative writing, with a number of in-class exercises, and we will discuss the structure and content of an MSc dissertation in Philosophy. In SpringTerm, students will present their dissertation as a work in progress.

10 hours of seminars in the Autumn Term.
14 hours of seminars in the Spring Term.

This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Autumn Term.

In Autumn Term, seminars will cover key research and writing skills, as well as provide students the opportunity to discuss potential research topics. In Spring Term, students are required to present their dissertations as work in progress (the precise format of these seminars will be organized in year). The number of taught hours in ST will depend on student numbers and required presentation time. Generally, it will be carried out over two days. 

A number of short assignments and reading whose completion will aid the writing of the dissertation may be set over the course of the year.

This course is not assessed.