University College Dublin SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY GRADUATE STUDIES HANDBOOK 2011/12 The MA in General Philosophy The MA in Contemporary European Philosophy The MA in Ancient Philosophy The MA in Analytic Philosophy (Mind, Language and Knowledge) The MA in Philosophy and Literature The MA in Philosophy and Public Affairs The MLitt programme The PhD programme Table of Contents STAFF CONTACT DETAILS ........................................................................................................................................ 4 IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2011-12.............................................................................................................................. 5 LINES OF COMMUNICATION .................................................................................................................................... 6 THE TAUGHT MA PROGRAMMES ........................................................................................................................... 7 MODULES AND ASSESSMENT .......................................................................................................................................... 7 Enrolment for Modules .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Module selection ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 Submission of Course Work ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Essay penalties: ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 Research Skills workshops ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Submission of dissertation proposal ........................................................................................................................ 12 MA DISSERTATION ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 MISCELLANEOUS........................................................................................................................................................... 13 Conversion to a Graduate Diploma......................................................................................................................... 13 Pastoral care............................................................................................................................................................ 14 Applications to a PhD programme .......................................................................................................................... 14 RESEARCH DEGREES ................................................................................................................................................ 15 First year: the taught component............................................................................................................................. 15 The PhD workshops ................................................................................................................................................. 16 SUPERVISION................................................................................................................................................................. 16 The transfer to Stage II PhD status.......................................................................................................................... 16 Research Progress ................................................................................................................................................... 17 Submission of dissertations...................................................................................................................................... 18 FUNDING POSSIBILITIES ................................................................................................................................................ 18 GRADUATE MODULES ON OFFER FOR 2011-12 ................................................................................................. 19 SEMESTER I................................................................................................................................................................... 19 SEMESTER II.................................................................................................................................................................. 21 SEMESTER I (TCD)........................................................................................................................................................ 24 SEMESTER II (TCD) ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 EXTRACURRICULAR ................................................................................................................................................. 26 The library ............................................................................................................................................................... 26 Visiting Speaker Seminars ....................................................................................................................................... 26 Graduate Research Seminars................................................................................................................................... 26 Tutoring for the School ............................................................................................................................................ 27 Reading groups ........................................................................................................................................................ 27 The graduate website and journals.......................................................................................................................... 27 Conferences ............................................................................................................................................................. 28 Graduate student representatives ............................................................................................................................ 29 TRINITY AND UCD GRADUATE SYMPOSIA AND CONFERENCES IN 2011/12.................................................................... 29 Multi-Disciplinary Conference Law, State & Religion ............................................................................................ 29 Colloquium on Levinas – Lacan The Other at the Crossings of Philosophy and Psychoanalysis ........................... 29 1-day Éigse .............................................................................................................................................................. 29 Workshop by Prof Miguel de Beistegui.................................................................................................................... 29 Workshop by Prof Jean-Claude Gens...................................................................................................................... 29 Philosophy & Literature Symposium on Spectres.................................................................................................... 29 Graduate Conference............................................................................................................................................... 30 Éigse......................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Workshop on Ludwig Wittgenstein........................................................................................................................... 30 MARKING SCALE FOR ESSAYS AND EXAMINATIONS .................................................................................... 31 WRITING I: FORMATTING AND REFERENCING............................................................................................... 33 FORMATTING ................................................................................................................................................................ 33 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCING............................................................................................................................... 33 WRITING II: CONTENT AND STRUCTURE .......................................................................................................... 35 2 THE ESSAY TITLE AND YOUR THESIS; THE INTRODUCTION AND THE CONCLUSION......................................................... 35 CONTENT AND PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTS ................................................................................................................ 35 OTHER TIPS AND STRATEGIES........................................................................................................................................ 36 FEATURES THAT MAKE A GOOD PAPER .......................................................................................................................... 36 WRITING III: GRAMMAR AND SPELLING..........................................................................................................