Course summary
Our philosophy programme is a distance-learning course designed for those with a broad interest in core areas of philosophy. Why choose this course?
- The programme is based upon an established pool of expertise in related concerns and covers a range of projects undertaken over a number of years
- Staff are research active and regularly attend academic conferences.
- Study cutting edge areas of academic interest
- The staff expertise represents a considerable bank of knowledge and skills that will underpin this programme and will ensure the student experience is a high quality educational experience.
Modules
Part I (PG Cert, PG Dip & MA) • Applied Ethics (30 credits; optional) • Buddhist Philosophy – Mahayana and Zen Approaches (30 credits; optional) • Chinese Conceptions of the Self (30 credits; optional) • Environmental Philosophy (30 credits; optional) • Interfaith Encounters: Religious Interaction in a Complex World (30 credits; optional) • Islam Today (30 credits; optional) • Knowledge, Reason and Reality (30 credits; compulsory) • Mind and Body: Descartes and Wittgenstein (30 credits; optional) • Moral Philosophy (30 credits; optional) • Religious Experience Today (30 credits; optional) • The Self: East and West (30 credits; optional). Part II (MA) • MA Dissertation (Philosophy) (60 credits; compulsory).
Entry requirements
An honours degree (2:1 or above) in a cognate discipline or an equivalent and appropriate professional qualification or significant and relevant professional experience.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
EU | £7800 | Whole course |
England | £7800 | Whole course |
Northern Ireland | £7800 | Whole course |
Scotland | £7800 | Whole course |
Wales | £7800 | Whole course |
Channel Islands | £7800 | Whole course |
International | £15000 | Whole course |
Additional fee information
Provider information
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
College Road
Carmarthen
SA31 3EP