MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine
9 monthsProgramme duration
48,475 GBPTuition Fee/year
28 Feb, 2024Application Deadline
OctStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
History
Degree
MPhil
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine is a full-time 9-month course that provides students with the opportunity to carry out focused research under close supervision by senior members of the University. Students acquire or develop skills and expertise relevant to their research interests, as well as a critical and well-informed understanding of the roles of the sciences in society. Those intending to go on to doctoral work learn the research skills needed to help them prepare a well-planned and focused PhD proposal. During the course students gain experience of presenting their own work and discussing the issues that arise from it with an audience of their peers and senior members of the Department; they attend lectures, supervisions and research seminars in a range of technical and specialist subjects central to research in the different areas of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine.
The MPhil course is assessed by two research essays and a dissertation.
The topics of the essays and dissertation should each fall within the following specified subject areas:
Students are encouraged to attend the other lectures, research seminars, workshops and reading groups that make the Department a hive of intellectual activity. The Department also offers a postgraduate training programme, which focuses on key research, presentation, publication and employment skills.
The educational aims of the programme are:
The MPhil course is assessed by two research essays and a dissertation.
The topics of the essays and dissertation should each fall within the following specified subject areas:
- Ancient, medieval and early modern sciences
- Ancient, medieval and early modern medicine
- Sciences in the age of empire, c. 1750–1900
- Modern medicine and biomedical sciences
- Modern sciences
- Metaphysics, epistemology and the sciences
- Ethics and politics of medicine and the sciences
- Philosophy of the physical sciences
- Philosophy of biology and the life sciences
- Philosophy of social and cognitive sciences
Students are encouraged to attend the other lectures, research seminars, workshops and reading groups that make the Department a hive of intellectual activity. The Department also offers a postgraduate training programme, which focuses on key research, presentation, publication and employment skills.
The educational aims of the programme are:
- to give students with relevant training at first-degree level the opportunity to carry out focused research in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine under close supervision;
- to give students the opportunity to acquire or develop skills and expertise relevant to their research interests;
- to enable students to acquire a critical and well-informed understanding of the roles of the sciences in society; and
- to help students intending to go on to doctoral work to acquire the requisite research skills and to prepare a well-planned and focused PhD proposal.
Programme overview
Main Subject
History
Degree
MPhil
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine is a full-time 9-month course that provides students with the opportunity to carry out focused research under close supervision by senior members of the University. Students acquire or develop skills and expertise relevant to their research interests, as well as a critical and well-informed understanding of the roles of the sciences in society. Those intending to go on to doctoral work learn the research skills needed to help them prepare a well-planned and focused PhD proposal. During the course students gain experience of presenting their own work and discussing the issues that arise from it with an audience of their peers and senior members of the Department; they attend lectures, supervisions and research seminars in a range of technical and specialist subjects central to research in the different areas of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine.
The MPhil course is assessed by two research essays and a dissertation.
The topics of the essays and dissertation should each fall within the following specified subject areas:
Students are encouraged to attend the other lectures, research seminars, workshops and reading groups that make the Department a hive of intellectual activity. The Department also offers a postgraduate training programme, which focuses on key research, presentation, publication and employment skills.
The educational aims of the programme are:
The MPhil course is assessed by two research essays and a dissertation.
The topics of the essays and dissertation should each fall within the following specified subject areas:
- Ancient, medieval and early modern sciences
- Ancient, medieval and early modern medicine
- Sciences in the age of empire, c. 1750–1900
- Modern medicine and biomedical sciences
- Modern sciences
- Metaphysics, epistemology and the sciences
- Ethics and politics of medicine and the sciences
- Philosophy of the physical sciences
- Philosophy of biology and the life sciences
- Philosophy of social and cognitive sciences
Students are encouraged to attend the other lectures, research seminars, workshops and reading groups that make the Department a hive of intellectual activity. The Department also offers a postgraduate training programme, which focuses on key research, presentation, publication and employment skills.
The educational aims of the programme are:
- to give students with relevant training at first-degree level the opportunity to carry out focused research in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine under close supervision;
- to give students the opportunity to acquire or develop skills and expertise relevant to their research interests;
- to enable students to acquire a critical and well-informed understanding of the roles of the sciences in society; and
- to help students intending to go on to doctoral work to acquire the requisite research skills and to prepare a well-planned and focused PhD proposal.
Admission Requirements
110+
7.5+
3.6+
193+
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK First class Honours Degree.
28 Feb 2024
9 Months
Oct
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
Tuition fees
Domestic
30,823 GBP
International
48,475 GBP
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