2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

PHIL1222 PPE First Year Seminar - Semester 2

20 creditsClass Size: 38

Module manager: Dr. Ulrike Heuer
Email: u.heuer@leedsa.c.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

This module is open only to first year students admitted to the PPE program, and who have satisfactorily completed PPE First Year Seminar – Semester 1

Pre-requisites

PHIL1111

PPE First Year Seminar - Semester 1

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

This class develops basic skills in philosophy through engagement with classic philosophical texts.

Learning outcomes
Familiarity with classic philosophical texts, mostly from the Enlightenment period. Critical reading skills. Argument reconstruction skills. Ability to charitably interpret a text. Basic writing for philosophy. Basic first-order logic.

Skills outcomes
Written communication
Problem solving
Analysis, criticality and argument

Syllabus

This syllabus is indicative. It is subject to change.

Week 1
Hobbes, Leviathan, selections

Week 2
Hobbes, Leviathan, selections

Week 3
Locke, Second Treatise, selections

Week 4
Locke, Second Treatise, selections

Week 5
Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, 1, 2

Week 6
Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, 3

Week 7
Mill, Utilitarianism, Chapters 1 - 2

Week 8
Mill, Utilitarianism, Chapters 3 - 5

Week 9
Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals

Week 10
Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals, continued

Week 11
Logic session

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	22	1.50	33.00
Private study hours			167.00
Total Contact hours			33.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Reading assigned texts: 9 hrs/week (55 hours)
Reflection on assigned texts: 9 hrs/ week (55 hours)
Participation in online forum: 2 hr/week (10 hours)
Writing essays: 12 hrs/essay (37 hours)

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

3 x 1500 word essays
10 online forum posts

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	1 x 1500 word essay	30.00
Essay	1 x 1500 word essay	30.00
Essay	1 x 1500 word essay	30.00
Online Assessment	Online Forum - 10 posts at approximately 200 words each	10.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 24/01/2018

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