Mathematics & Philosophy BSc, Mathematics & Philosophy with a year abroad BSc

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

Students on the Mathematics & Philosophy with a Year Abroad BSc will spend their third year studying abroad before returning to complete a final year with King’s. This depends on students reaching a certain grade average and being accepted by a partner university. Students on the three year course may transfer to the four year Mathematics & Philosophy with a Year Abroad BSc.

In your first year, you will take 75 credits from Mathematics and 45 credits from Philosophy.

Mathematics:

• Calculus I (15 credits)

• Calculus II (15 credits)

• Linear Algebra and Geometry I (15 credits)

• Sequences and Series (15 credits)

• Introduction to Dynamical Systems (15 credits)

Philosophy:

In your first year you are required to take one module from each of these three groups which may typically include:

Group A

• Greek Philosophy I (15 credits)
• Modern Philosophy I (15 credits)

Group B

• Ethics I (15 credits)
• Political Philosophy I (15 credits)

Group C

• Metaphysics (15 credits)
• Epistemology I (15 credits)
• Methodology (15 credits)

Mathematics:

In your second year you are required to take the following modules:

• Introduction to Algebra (15 credits)
• Real Analysis (15 credits)
• Linear Algebra and Geometry II (15 credits)

Philosophy:

You are required to take three modules from at least two of the following groups, each of which may typically include:

Group A

• Greek Philosophy II: Plato (15 credits)
• Greek Philosophy II: Aristotle (15 credits)
• Modern Philosophy II: Locke & Berkeley (15 credits)
• Modern Philosophy II: Spinoza & Leibniz (15 credits)

Group B

• Ethics II: History of Ethical Philosophy (15 credits)
• Ethics II: Contemporary Ethical Philosophy (15 credits)
• Political Philosophy II: History of Political Philosophy (15 credits)
• Topics in Applied Ethics and Politics (15 credits)

Group C

• Epistemology II (15 credits)
• Metaphysics II (15 credits)
• Philosophy of Language (15 credits)
• Philosophy of Mind(15 credits)
• Intermediate Logic (15 credits)
• Philosophy of Physics I: Space & Time (15 credits)

Mathematics:

You are also required to choose one further module from a range of optional modules which may typically include:

• Introduction to Number Theory (15 credits)
• Classical Dynamics (15 credits)
• Probability and Statistics I (15 credits)
• Complex Analysis (15 credits)
• Applied Differential Equations (15 credits)
• Geometry of Surfaces (15 credits)
• Discrete Mathematics (15 credits)

Philosophy:

In addition, you are required to take another 15 credit module, either from the list above or from a wide selection of optional modules which may typically include:

• Topics in Greek Philosophy (15 credits)
• Indian Philosophy: The Orthodox Schools (15 credits)
• Philosophy of Mathematics (15 credits)
• Medieval Philosophy (15 credits)
• Philosophy of Psychology (15 credits)
• First-Order Logic (15 credits)
• Aesthetics (15 credits)
• Gender & Philosophy (15 credits)
• Topics in Modern Philosophy (15 credits)
• Topics in Political Philosophy (15 credits)
• 19th or 20th Century Continental Philosophy (NB the 19th & 20th Century Continental Philosophy Modules run in alternate years) (15 credits)
• Topics in Philosophy of Language (15 credits)
• Women Thinkers in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (15 credits)

For student on the three year Mathematics and Philosophy BSc degree:

Mathematics:

For students on the three-year Mathematics and Philosophy BSc course, there are no required modules in your third year. Instead, you take at least 45 credits in Mathematics from a broad list of options, which may typically include

• Applied Differential Equations (15 credits)
• Classical Dynamics (15 credits)
• Mathematical Theory of Collective Behaviour (15 credits)
• Complex Analysis (15 credits)
• Topology (15 credits)
• Special Relativity & Electromagnetism(15 credits)
• Introductory Quantum Theory (15 credits)
• Third Year Project (15 credits)
• Rings & Modules (15 credits)
• Numerical and Computational Methods(15 credits)
• Mathematical Finance I: Discrete Time(15 credits)
• Theory of Complex Networks (15 credits)
• Geometry of Surfaces (15 credits)
• Introduction to Number Theory (15 credits)
• Groups and Symmetries (15 credits)
• Probability & Statistics II (15 credits)
• Discrete Mathematics (15 credits)
• Galois Theory (15 credits)
• University Ambassador Scheme (15 credits)
• Space-time Geometry & General Relativity (15 credits)
• Mathematical Finance II: Continuous Time (15 credits)
• Representation Theory of Finite Groups (15 credits)
• Mathematical Biology (15 credits)

Philosophy:

For students on the three-year Mathematics and Philosophy BSc course, there are no required modules in your third year. Instead, you are required to take at least 45 credits in Philosophy from a broad list of optional modules. Between 30 to 45 credits must be from the level 6 options, depending on your overall philosophy credit total. The remaining modules may be at level 5 or 6 and may typically include:

• Dissertation (30 credits)
• Topics in Greek Philosophy (15 credits)
• Indian Philosophy: The Orthodox Schools(15 credits)
• Philosophy of Mathematics (15 credits)
• Medieval Philosophy (15 credits)
• Philosophy of Psychology (15 credits)
• First-Order Logic (15 credits)
• Aesthetics (15 credits)
• Gender & Philosophy (15 credits)
• Topics in Modern Philosophy (15 credits)
• Topics in Political Philosophy (15 credits)
• 19th or 20th Century Continental Philosophy (NB the 19th & 20th Century Continental Philosophy Modules run in alternate years)(15 credits)
• Topics in Philosophy of Language (15 credits)
• Utilitarianism (15 credits)
• Foundations of Analytic Philosophy(15 credits)
• Indian Philosophy: The Heterodox Schools (15 credits)
• Philosophy of Science (15 credits)
• Ethics of Science & Technology (15 credits)
• Mathematical Logic: Limitative Results(15 credits)
• Philosophy of Psychology II (15 credits)
• Topics in Metaphysics (15 credits)
• Philosophy of Physics II: Quantum Mechanics (15 credits)
• Topics in the Philosophy of Mind (15 credits)
• Morality and Convention (15 credits)
• Neoplatonism (15 credits)

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-todate, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

4th Year

In the final year of the four year Mathematics & Philosophy BSc, there is more flexibility and you may take up to five modules from mathematics or philosophy. The modules run in each academic year are subject to change in line with staff availability and student demand, so there is no guarantee every module will run.