TSM Philosophy
This degree programme enables students to combine philosophy with one other subject from a wide selection, mainly from the Faculty of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences. Philosophy may be pursued along with any of the following subjects according to two patterns.
Pattern A subjects (where two subjects are studied equally for four years):
- Geography
- Mathematics
- Sociology
Pattern B subjects (where both subjects are studied for three years, but only one is studied in the fourth year):
- Classical Civilisation
- Economics
- English Literature
- French
- Geography
- German
- Greek
- History
- History of Art and Archetecture
- Italian
- Jewish and Islamic Civilisations
- Latin
- Mathematics
- Modern Irish
- Music
- Psychology
- Russian
- Sociology
- World Religions and Theology
*It should be noted that some subjects may be studied either under Patter A or Pattern B*
Students take 2 courses per year in the Junior Freshman (JF) and Senior Freshman (SF) years, and 3 courses in the Junior Sophister (JS) year. In the Senior Sophister (SS) year, students enrolled in the pattern A programme (where both subjects are studied equally) choose 4 courses to take, while those enrolled in the pattern B programme, and choosing to major in philosophy choose 6 courses to take. Please consult the course outline section for details on the content of specific courses.
For more information, please visit the TSM website.