Philosophy and the Arts at University of Warwick - UCAS

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Course summary

Philosophy and the Arts is an interdisciplinary degree, allowing you to combine philosophy with any or all of three arts disciplines. This MA is designed for students to take advantage of Warwick's strengths across Philosophy, English, History of Art, and Film and Television Studies. Course overview This course allows you to combine the study of philosophy with any/all of three arts disciplines. Warwick has been a home for interdisciplinary work in philosophy and literature since the early days of the university. This degree is designed to take advantage of our strengths across Philosophy, English and Comparative Literary Studies, History of Art, and Film and Television Studies. Warwick has excellent research strength in all of these areas, and it also has considerable scholarly interaction across these fields, especially through the programming of the Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts. This information is applicable for 2024 entry. Given the interval between the publication of courses and enrolment, some of the information may change. It is important to check our website before you apply.

Modules

Core modules

  • Topics in Philosophy and the Arts
Optional modules The programme gives students access to a wide range of modules across four departments. If you write a dissertation, you will take three optional modules (one from Philosophy and two from the other contributing departments). If you follow the non-dissertation route, you will take five optional modules (up to three from Philosophy and at least two from the other departments). In previous years, optional modules have included:
  • Appearance Matters
  • Hegel's Aesthetics
  • Revolutionary Aesthetics
  • Nietzsche
  • Philosophies of the Future
  • 20th Century French Philosophy
  • Husserl on Knowledge
  • World Literature and the Anthropocene
  • Critical Theory, Culture, Resistance
  • Feminist Literary Theory
  • Queer Theory and Praxis
  • Ecopoetics
  • Screen Cultures and Methods
  • Film Criticism, Film Style
  • Issues in Documentary
  • Irony in Film
  • Post-Colonial Cinemas
  • Colour and its Meaning
  • Visual Art and Poetry
  • Reality after Film
  • Latin American Modernism
- East meets West: the Visual Arts in Colonial and Post-Colonial India

Assessment method

You will submit assessed essays during the academic terms. If you take the dissertation route, you will also begin planning your dissertation and generally you will undertake your supervision sessions for this with your agreed supervisor during the summer term. As long as you pass your taught components, you will then focus on completion of your MA dissertation in the summer months of July and August.


Entry requirements

Minimum requirements 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a related subject; a writing sample of around 2,500 words on a philosophical topic. See our departmental guidance on our website. English language requirements You can find out more about our English language requirements. This course requires the following: Band B IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above. International qualifications We welcome applications from students with other internationally recognised qualifications.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Additional fee information

Please visit the University of Warwick website for the tuition fees for postgraduate courses: https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/funding/fees

Sponsorship information

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. It's important that you apply for your postgraduate course first before you apply for a University of Warwick scholarship.

Philosophy and the Arts at University of Warwick - UCAS