Course Content
Year 1
Mathematics modules
You will take core modules which may include:
- Calculus
- Algebra
- Mathematical Skills I: Reasoning and Communication
Philosophy modules
You will take core modules which may include:
- Beginning Philosophy (online only)
- Reason and Argument
- Knowledge and Perception
- Metaphysics
Year 2
Core modules
- Metric Spaces & Geometry
- Intermediate Logic
- Groups, Rings & Fields
- Linear Algebra
You will also study two option modules. In previous years, options have covered topics such as:
Practical Philosophy
- Ethical Theory
- Applied Ethics
- Aesthetics
- Religious Ethics
Theoretical Philosophy
- Philosophy of Language
- Philosophy of Mind
- Intermediate Logic
- Philosophy of Science
- Metaphysics
History of Philosophy
- Hume
- Kant
- Spinoza and Leibniz
- Aristotle
- Nietzsche
Year3
- Maths Final-Year Project or take advanced Philosophy and Philosophy Extension modules.
Option maths modules
You will take a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:
- Algebraic Number Theory
- Galois Theory
- Groups and Actions
- Number Theory
- Cryptography
- Differential Geometry
- Formal Languages and Automata
- Topology
Option philosophy modules
You will take a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:
- Philosophy of Psychology
- Foundations of Maths
- From Marx to Critical Theory
- Philosophy of Christianity
- Wittgenstein
- Philosophy of History
- German Idealism: Moral, Legal and Political Philosophy
- Philosophy of Physics
- Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
- The Value and the Meaning of Life
- Philosophy of Art from Hume to Tolstoy
