MSc in Philosophy and Public Policy
Programme code: TMPHPP
Department: Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
This information is for the 2016/17 session.
Full-year programme. Students must take two compulsory courses, one unit of optional courses, one compulsory seminar and a dissertation as shown.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Paper |
Course number and title | |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Philosophy and Public Policy | |
2 |
Philosophy, Morals and Politics or | |
Evidence and Policy (H) and one half unit from the list of approved courses for the Philosophy of Science programme | ||
3 |
Courses to the value of one unit from the following: | |
|
Philosophy of Science | |
Philosophy of the Social Sciences | ||
Philosophy of Economics | ||
Philosophy, Morals and Politics (if not taken under Paper 2) | ||
Scientific Method and Policy (if not taken under Paper 2) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Business and Organisational Ethics (H) | ||
Genes, Brains and Society (H) | ||
Emotion, Cognition and Behaviour: Science and Policy (H) | ||
PH429 |
Global Justice (H) (withdrawn 16/17) | |
Einstein for Everyone: From time travel to the edge of the universe (H) | ||
Physics and the City: From Quantum Jumps to Stock Market Crashes (H) | ||
Effective Philanthropy: Ethics and Evidence (H) | ||
Rationality and Choice | ||
Evidence and Policy (H) | ||
|
Alternatively, you can choose a course or courses to the value of one unit from the wide array of policy courses at LSE on a space-available basis | |
4 |
Dissertation | |
Students must also take PH421 Dissertation Seminar - Philosophy and Public Policy (non-assessed) | ||
