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Philosophy and Religion at University of Wales Trinity Saint David - UCAS

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2024 - 2025
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Course 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

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Philosophy and Religion at University of Wales Trinity Saint David - UCAS