Handbooks and course guides

Detailed information about all undergraduate courses in Philosophy

Philosophy handbook

Advancing through your degree

• Year 1 Handout (336.18 KB PDF)
• Year 2 Handout (235.81 KB PDF)
• Honours Handout (159.05 KB PDF)
• Honours Philosophy Course Choices 2020/21 (255.26 KB PDF)
• Degree classification
• Year Abroad Information (239.37 KB PDF)

Assessment and feedback

• Philosophy Specific Marking Criteria
• Word Count and Late Penalties
• Plagiarism Guidance 20-21 (157.29 KB PDF)
• Plagiarism Summary (129.39 KB PDF)
• Feedback to students (513.04 KB PDF)
• Philosophy Marking Practices (Moderation, Double Marking, and External Examining) (72.46 KB PDF)

Academic support

• Writing a Philosophy Paper (167.72 KB PDF)
• Common Mistakes in Writing a Philosophy Paper
• PPLS Writing Centre
• Philosophy Skills Workshops
• Referencing (105.06 KB PDF)

Student feedback to Philosophy

• Feedback Mechanisms (122.8 KB PDF)
• Staff Student Liaison Committee

Student handbooks and useful information

The PPLS Student Handbook contains important information regarding plagiarism, referencing styles, marking Scheme, exams, coursework, requesting extensions and degree transfers.

• PPLS Student Handbook 2019-20 (529.99 KB PDF)
• PPLS UG Technology Handbook 2019-20 (1.3 MB PDF)

Course guides 2019/2020

Year 1

• Morality and Value (2019/20) (411.35 KB PDF)
• Logic 1 (2019/20) (173.02 KB PDF)
• Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment (2019/20) (247.34 KB PDF)

Year 2

• Mind, Matter and Language (2019/20) (289.71 KB PDF)
• Knowledge and Reality (2019/20) (245.61 KB PDF)

Optional pre-honours course

This course may be taken in Year 1 or Year 2, but we recommend Year 2.

Philosophy of Science 1 (2019/20) (174.77 KB PDF)

Years 3 and 4

Semester 1 course guides

Coming soon.

Semester 2 course guides

Full year course guides