Master's Degree in Philosophy Research

Curriculum structure

Planning the teaching involves the structuring of content, systems and methodologies that make it possible to acquire the knowledge, capacities, abilities and basic skills necessary for students to be able to develop their activity in any of the lines specified in the professional profile defined for the degree.

The curriculum, structured into modules/subjects and courses, is based on the regulatory framework for the organisation and verification of official university education – RD 1393/2007 – and the guidelines developed by the University of La Laguna.

Structure

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Code Subject Typology Credits Course Four-month period
Common training Mandatory 18 1st 1/2º (annual)
Philosophical research. Procedures and methodology Mandatory 3 1st 1st
Master's Thesis Mandatory 15 1st 1st/2nd (annual)
Optional training

3rd credit specialties each. There are 4 specialties of which 24 credits (4 subjects) must be taken.

Electives 42 1st 1st/2nd (annual)
Specialty 1: Contemporary Philosophy
1. Past and Present: Philosophy Classics for the 21st Century Elective 6 1st 1st
2. Enlightened legacy and theories of modernity Elective 6 1st 1st
3. Challenges of Philosophy in the 21st Century Elective 6 1st 2nd
4. Thought, consciousness and language Elective 6 1st 2nd
5. Contemporary feminist theories Elective 6 1st 1st
Specialty 2: Language, mind and science
1. Philosophical logic Elective 6 1st 1st
2. Language, subject and society Elective 6 1st 1st
3. Philosophy, science and technology Elective 6 1st 2nd
4. Knowing knowledge Elective 6 1st 1st
5. Mind and consciousness: new frontiers Elective 6 1st 2nd
Specialty 3: Ethics and Political Philosophy
1. Anthropology of Europe and the new global order Elective 6 1st 1st
2. Readings of contemporary ethics Elective 6 1st 1st
3. History and political concepts Elective 6 1st 2nd
4. Bioethics and Neuroethics Elective 6 1st 2nd
5. Contemporary Theories of Justice Elective 6 1st 1st
Specialty 4: Contemporary aesthetics
1. Philosophies of contemporary images Elective 6 1st 1st
2. Art, society and identities Elective 6 1st 2nd
3. Experiences and Contemporary Art Elective 6 1st 1st
4. Philosophy of literature Elective 6 1st 2nd
5. Fundamental Issues of Contemporary Aesthetics Elective 6 1st 1st