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PostgraduateCourse summary
The Philosophy and Religion: Eastern and Western Thought programme is a distance-learning course designed for students who want to explore important philosophical and religious issues about life and the nature of our existence but don’t want to be limited in their study to one particular pathway or tradition. Why choose this course?
- The course is delivered via distance-learning and its structure allows students the flexibility to arrange their study around their other commitments.
- Students have access to a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) that provides them with a wide range of electronic resources.
- Coursework assessment, with no exams.
- Students receive support from subject specialists in Philosophy, Religious Studies and Chinese Studies.
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; optional) • Mind & 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; compulsory). 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
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
College Road
Carmarthen
SA31 3EP