Teaching & modules
Modules
Required Modules
You are required to take:
- Philosophy of Medicine (15 credits)
- The Concept of Mental Disorder (15 credits)
- Dissertation (30 credits)
Optional Modules
Those converting in from other subjects at undergraduate level will be strongly encouraged to take ‘General Philosophy’ as one of their options, although this will not be made strictly compulsory:
- General Philosophy (15 credits)
Students are required to make up the total of 90 credits from a range of optional modules. In any average year over 20 of the following modules may be on offer. Individual modules are not guaranteed to be running each year, and students should identify at least 10 of the following in order to avoid disappointment. Optional modules may typically include:
- Advanced Logic (15 credits)
- Aesthetics (15 credits)
- Central Thinkers in Analytic Philosophy (15 credits)
- Continental Philosophy I (15 credits)
- Early Modern Philosophy (15 credits)
- Epistemology II (15 credits)
- Ethics I (15 credits)
- Ethics II (15 credits)
- Foundations of Phenomenology (15 credits)
- Greek Philosophical Texts I: Plato (15 credits)
- Greek Philosophical Texts II: Aristotle (15 credits)
- Kant’s Philosophy (15 credits)
- Medieval Philosophy (15 credits)
- Mathematical Logic: Limitative Results (15 credits)
- Metaphysics (15 credits)
- Metaphysics II (15 credits)
- Perspectives on Death and Killing (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Language (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Medicine (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Mind I (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Mind II (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Psychology I (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Psychology II (15 credits)
- Philosophies of Religion (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Science (15 credits)
- Political Philosophy I (15 credits)
- Political Philosophy II: Special Topics (15 credits)
- Topics in Applied Ethics and Politics (15 credits)
Up to 30 credits from a range of MA modules offered across King’s College London (including up to 15 credits from Graduate Language Modules offered by King’s Language Centre) or at University College London or Birkbeck, subject to approvals.
There are a limited number of spaces available on each optional module, and you will have the opportunity to discuss your choices with your personal tutor.
Teaching methods - what to expect
We will teach you through lectures and seminars. Each optional module will take two to four hours a week, and you should ensure that you are available to attend seminars at least two days a week.
Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
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Key Information
Course type:
Master's
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Full time / Part time
Duration:
One year full-time, September to September, two years part-time
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2026