
Master in Philosophy
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
DURATION
2 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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TUITION FEES
GBP 8,770 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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** home full-time: £8,770 | international full-time: £15,800
Introduction
Why choose this course?
Studies begin with a module on Kant and his legacy. You then choose five optional modules. Choices include foundational texts and thinkers of the modern European tradition (Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger) and 20th- and 21st-century philosophy and critical theory, including psychoanalysis.
You will prepare your dissertation (25,000–30,000 words), working closely with a supervisor, using a method of working modelled on PhD supervision, which provides excellent preparation for PhD study. You will attend philosophical research methods seminars and participate in reading groups related to your dissertation and interests.
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- This is the only MPhilStud in continental philosophy in the UK.
- You will be able to study in more depth and with a more intense research focus than a one-year MA.
- You will be based at the UK's Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University and be part of a large community of philosophy postgraduates.
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Curriculum
What you will study
Studies begin with a compulsory module on Kant and his legacy, though you can choose whether to focus on his first critique, The Critique of Pure Reason, or his third, The Critique of the Power of Judgement.
You will then choose five modules covering some of the foundational texts and thinkers of the modern European tradition (Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger) and 20th and 21st-century philosophy and critical theory, including psychoanalysis.
You can choose from a wide range of module options, balanced by a shared central core of texts, concepts and problems.
Over two years of study full-time (or four years part-time), you'll take one core taught module worth 30 credits (either Kant and his Legacy or Kant and the Aesthetic Tradition), and then choose five other 30-credit modules from the full range of options offered by the CRMEP over two years, before preparing a substantial 25,000 to 30,000-word dissertation (worth 180 credits).
Modules
Throughout the degree, you'll attend content-based philosophical research methods seminars, which are specific to the MPhilStud. You'll begin preparing your dissertation (25,000 - 30,000 words) in Year 2, with close support, modelled on PhD supervision. Assessment of the dissertation includes a viva voce examination.
In addition, you will be encouraged to organise and run reading groups around your own interests and on topics related to your dissertation.
Year 1: Core modules (choose one)
- Kant and his Legacy
- Kant and the Aesthetic Tradition
Final year: Core modules
- MPhilStud in Philosophy Dissertation
Optional modules (These vary from year to year)
- Art Theory: Modernism, Avant-Garde, Contemporary
- Contemporary European Philosophies
- Critique, Practice, Power
- Hegel and his Legacy
- German Critical Theory
- Nietzsche and Heidegger
- Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
- Plasticity and Form
- Political Philosophy
- Recent French Philosophy
- Recent Italian Philosophy
- Romantic Philosophy of Art
- Topics in Modern European Philosophy
Additional year
Many postgraduate courses at Kingston University allow students to do a 12-month work placement as part of their course. The responsibility for finding the work placement is with the student; we cannot guarantee the work placement, just the opportunity to undertake it. As the work placement is an assessed part of the course, it is covered by a student's Student Route visa.
Invoicing for the placement courses is split into two stages. The standard course fee is payable in Year 1 with the placement fee invoiced in Year 2. This amount will only be charged to your account after you find a placement and are enrolled on the module. You will not be charged this fee if you do not manage to secure a work placement.
Please note
Optional modules only run if there is enough demand. If we have an insufficient number of students interested in an optional module, that module will not be offered for this course.
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Career Opportunities
After you graduate
Many of our graduates often progress to research degrees in European philosophy and critical theory.