MA Programme Requirements

Students take 90 credits as follows:

Part I

Students take 60 credits in Part I, selecting a total of 50 credits from Groups 1 and 2 as detailed below. Students also prepare a Literature Review in Group 3 to the value of 10 credits, under the supervision of a member of staff.

Group 1:

Students must select 20 or 30 credits from Group 1, selecting from the following:

• PH6012 Human Rights (10 Credits)
• PH6014 Philosophy of Mind (10 credits)
• PH6015 Territorial Rights (10 Credits)
• PH6018 East West Comparative Negative Ethics (10 credits)
• PH6021 East-Asian Aesthetics (10 credits)
• PH6023 Western Aesthetics (10 credits)
• PH6025 Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory (10 credits)
• PH6045 The Philosophy of Death and Dying (10 credits)
• PH6046 Autonomy, Responsibility, and Rationality (10 credits)

Group 2:

Students must select 20 or 30 credits from Group 2, selecting from the following:

• SC6623 Globalisation and Culture (10 credits)
• SC6624 Civilisation and Globalisation (10 credits)
• SC6625 Contemporary Ireland: Formations of Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Class (10 credits)
• SC6626 Sociology of the Public Sphere (10 credits)
• SC6627 Social Change and Civic Health (10 credits)
• SC6630 Issues in Criminology (10 credits)
• SC6631 Sociology of Sustainable Development (10 credits)
• SC6638 Borders and Social Justice (10 credits)

Group 3:

Literature Review

Students select 10 credits from the following:

• PH6019 Literature Review (10 credits)
• SC6633 Literature Review (10 credits)

Part II

In Part II students complete a dissertation (maximum 15,000 words) to the value of 30 credits which must be submitted for examination at the Winter Examination Board.

Students select 30 credits from the following:

• PH6020 Minor Dissertation (30 credits)
• SC6632 Minor Dissertation (30 credits)

Postgraduate Certificate in Philosophy and Sociology (NFQ Level 9, Minor award)

Students who pass taught modules to the value of at least 30 credits (but less than 60 credits) may opt to exit the programme and be conferred with a Postgraduate Certificate in Philosophy and Sociology.

Postgraduate Diploma in Philosophy and Sociology (NFQ Level 9, Major award)

Students who pass taught modules to the value of at least 60 credits may opt to exit the programme and be conferred with a Postgraduate Diploma in Philosophy and Sociology.