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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.

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Last updated 20 June 2013 ucmpbell@tcd.ie.