Department of Philosophy
Assessment Dates 2025/26
Dates and times of examinations will be published via your online timetable nearer the time. Please do not request this information from your Tutors as the dates of exams are centrally timetabled by the University and not Philosophy Department staff.
In the Philosophy Department, all assessed essays and some exams have a maximum permitted word limit, and this may vary from module to module. It is your responsibility to check the individual module information to ensure you know the maximum permitted word limit for each assessment. All students must declare their word count on all submitted assessments and any submission which declares a word count which exceeds the maximum permitted word limit will be penalised.
Year 1 Assessments
Semester 1 assessment period
| MODULE NAME | MODULE CODE | CREDITS | ASSESSMENT INFORMATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge & Perception | PHI00008C | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 2000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 12th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Philosophical Analysis | PHI00015C | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 2000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 12th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Power & Consent | PHI00018C | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 2000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 12th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
Semester 2 assessment period
| MODULE NAME | MODULE CODE | CREDITS | ASSESSMENT INFORMATION |
| Beginning Philosophical Research | PHI00016C | 20 |
Type: PDF poster Due before: 10:00 am Monday 18th May 2026 Weight: 70% and Type: Oral presentation of the poster Due before: [DATES TO BE CONFIRMED] Weight: 30% |
| Ethics | PHI00007C | 20 |
Type: Online exam Paper released: [TO BE CONFIRMED] Submission deadline: [TO BE CONFIRMED] Weight: 100% |
| Free Will | PHI00017C | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 2000 words) Due before: 10:00 am Monday 18th May 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Logic | PHI00005C | 20 |
Type: 'Take-home' exam Paper released: 10:00 am Monday 16th March 2026 Submission deadline: 10:00 am Friday 20th March 2026 Weight: 33% and Type: Online exam Paper released: [TO BE CONFIRMED] Submission deadline: [TO BE CONFIRMED] Weight: 67% |
Year 2 Assessments
Semester 1 assessment period
| MODULE NAME | MODULE CODE | CREDITS | ASSESSMENT INFORMATION |
| Applied Ethics | PHI00079I | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 12th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Aesthetics | PHI00091I | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 12th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Being and Reason: Spinoza's Metaphysics | PHI00127I | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 12th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Knowledge and the Social Sciences | PHI00122I | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 12th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Logic & Paradox | PHI00121I | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 12th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Love, Law & Solidarity | PHI00123I | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 12th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Politics and Freedom: Anarchism & Conservatism | PHI00118I | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 12th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Religious Ethics | PHI00072I | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 12th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
Semester 2 assessment period
| MODULE NAME | MODULE CODE | CREDITS | ASSESSMENT INFORMATION |
| Ethical Theory | PHI00082I | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 18th May 2026 Weight: 100% |
| The Limits of Reason & Morality: Kant's Theoretical and Practical Philosophy | PHI00116I | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 18th May 2026 Weight: 100%
|
| Lived Experiences: Introduction to Phenomenology | PHI00117I | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 18th May 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Metaphysics | PHI00074I | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 18th May 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Philosophy and Society | PHI00124I | 20 |
Type: Audio file podcast and portfolio Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 18th May 2026 Weight: 50% and Type: One essay (max 2000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 18th May 2026 Weight: 50% |
| Philosophy of Language | PHI00073I | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 18th May 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Philosophy of Mind | PHI00078I | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 18th May 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Philosophy of Science | PHI00080I | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 18th May 2026 Weight: 100% |
Year 3 and 4 Assessments
Semester 1 assessment period
| MODULE NAME | MODULE CODE | CREDITS | ASSESSMENT INFORMATION |
| Contemporary Issues in Bioethics |
PHI00002H |
20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 19th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Dissertation (Short) Semester 1 |
PHI00041H |
20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 19th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Dissertation (Long) |
PHI00101H |
40 |
Type: One dissertation outline and annotated bibliography (max 3000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 12th January 2026 Weight: 10% |
| Happiness, Utility, Wellbeing | PHI00122H | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 19th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Mind and Morality | PHI00123H | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 19th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| The Nature of Time | PHI00127H | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 19th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Nine Artworks, Nine Philosophical Problems | PHI00146H | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 19th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Philosophy of Christianity |
PHI00058H |
20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 19th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Philosophy of Physics |
PHI00013H |
20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 19th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Theories of Social Justice | PHI00112H | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 19th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Rights, Law and Revolution: Fichte and Erhard | PHI00147H | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Monday 19th January 2026 Weight: 100% |
Semester 2 assessment period
| MODULE NAME | MODULE CODE | CREDITS | ASSESSMENT INFORMATION |
|
Action and Agency |
PHI00049H |
20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Friday 22nd May 2026 Weight: 100% |
|
Buddhism as Philosophy |
PHI00139H |
20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Friday 22nd May 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Cognitive Anomalies, Decision-making and Democracy |
PHI00119H |
20 |
Type: One group wiki [WORD COUNT TBC] Due before: [DATE TBC] Weight: 40% and Type: One essay (max 2000 words) Due before: Friday 22nd May 2026 Weight: 60% |
| Consciousness |
PHI00018H |
20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Friday 22nd May 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Dissertation (Short) - Semester 2 |
PHI00041H |
20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Friday 22nd May 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Dissertation (Long) |
PHI00101H |
40 |
Type: One dissertation (max 8000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Friday 22nd May 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Experimental Philosophy: The Psychology of Philosophy | PHI00143H | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Friday 22nd May 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Foundations of Maths |
PHI00017H |
20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Friday 22nd May 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Further Topics in Ethics |
PHI00121H |
20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Friday 22nd May 2026 Weight: 100% |
| German Idealism: Moral, Legal & Political Philosophy | PHI00073H | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Friday 22nd May 2026 Weight: 100% |
| Topics in Feminist Philosophy | PHI00148H | 20 |
Type: One essay (max 4000 words) Due before: 10:00 am on Friday 22nd May 2026 Weight: 100% |