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Existentialism (V7084)

15 credits, Level 4

Autumn teaching

In this module, you'll engage with key existentialist philosophers like Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Friedrich Nietzsche, Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Heidegger, and Albert Camus. You'll also examine how existentialism is present in more contemporary philosophy.

You'll explore key concepts like:

• freedom
• facticity
• ambiguity
• absurdity
• human existence.

You'll discuss how existentialism relates to ethical issues and why it appears in philosophy as well as literature. 

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 22 hours of contact time and about 128 hours of independent study. The Â鶹´«Ã½ may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.