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Philosophy (60 EC): Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Master

Structure of the programme

The MA programme (60 EC): Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) consists of the following components:

Core Seminar (10 EC)

Students complete one compulsory core seminar.

Optional Courses (in total 30 EC)

Students select three optional courses. The optional courses of the PPE programme will be concerned with Politics and Philosophy, or Economics and Philosophy, or they will be integrative and transdisciplinary courses that are focusing on the intersection between philosophy, politics and economics and other fields in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Master’s thesis and thesis seminar (20 EC)

The MA programme will be concluded by a master’s thesis of 20 EC. The master’s thesis is an independent academic contribution to philosophy in the field of Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Students follow the compulsory thesis seminar during the semester in which the thesis is being written.

Further information

Additional information concerning objectives of the programme, master’s thesis and requirements for graduation is availabe at MA Philosophy 60 EC, 2016-2017.

September intake

Vak EC Semester 1 Semester 2

Core seminar

Students follow the mandatory core seminar in their first semester.
PPE – the State of the Art 10

Optional courses

Students select three optional courses, two in their first semester and one in their second semester.
Freedom or Equality? 10
World Capitalism and its Critics 10
Cosmopolitics 10
Global Democracy and the Nation State 10
Global Distributive Justice and Political Economy 10
Activism and New Political Agency 10

Internship

Students may choose to replace one of the three optional courses (10 EC) by an internship.
Internship (MA Philosophy) 10

MA Thesis

Students follow the mandatory thesis seminar during the semester in which the thesis is being written.
Thesis Seminar Philosophy (Fall) 0
Thesis Seminar Philosophy (Spring) 0
MA Thesis Philosophy 60 EC: PPE 20

February intake

Vak EC Semester 1 Semester 2

Core seminar

Students follow the mandatory core seminar in their first semester.
PPE – the State of the Art 10

Optional courses

Students select two optional courses in their first semester.
Global Democracy and the Nation State 10
Global Distributive Justice and Political Economy 10
Activism and New Political Agency 10

Internship

Students may choose to replace one of the three optional courses of their programme (10 EC at most) by an internship.
Internship (MA Philosophy) 10