PH499      One Unit
Dissertation

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

Course Convenor

Dr Jingyi Wu

Dr Liam Kofi Bright

Dr Ella Whiteley

Availability

This course is compulsory on the MSc in Philosophy and Public Policy, MSc in Philosophy of Economics and the Social Sciences and MSc in Philosophy of Science. This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes.

Course content

Students are required to write a 10,000-word dissertation on a topic within the field covered by their course of study and approved by the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method.

Teaching

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

Assessment

Dissertation (100%, 10000 words)

The course is assessed 100% by Dissertation. Dissertations must be submitted on a specified date in August in the academic year registered. (Part-time students are required to submit their dissertations in the August of their second year of part-time registration). All details are given in the Departmental Programme Handbook.


Key facts

Department: Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

Course Study Period: Autumn Term

Unit value: One unit

FHEQ Level: Level 7

CEFR Level: Null

Total students 2024/25: 73

Average class size 2024/25: Unavailable

Controlled access 2024/25: No
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