Program Overview

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University Program Information

The university offers a wide range of programs, including short and online courses, undergraduate, postgraduate, professional, and research programs.

Subject Areas

• Archaeology and anthropology
• Architectural history
• Business and management
• Data science, computing, maths
• Diplomatic studies and law
• Economics and politics
• Education and study skills
• Environment and sustainability
• History of art
• History, including local and social
• Languages and cultural studies
• Literature, creative writing and film studies
• Medical and health sciences
• Music
• Natural sciences
• Philosophy
• Psychology and counselling
• Religion and theology
• Technology and AI

Course Format

• Day and weekend events
• In-person learning
• Lecture series
• Online learning
• Professional
• Summer schools
• Weekly learning

Undergraduate Programs

Certificates

• Archaeology
• Certificate of Higher Education
• English Literature
• History
• History of Art
• Theological Studies

Diplomas

• Archaeology
• Creative Writing
• English Social and Local History
• History of Art

Advanced Diplomas

• British Archaeology
• IT Systems Analysis and Design (Online)
• Local History (Online)

Pre-Master's

• Advanced Pre-sessional Course for Graduate Students (nine weeks, full-time)
• Foundations of Diplomacy Pre-Master's Course (six months, full-time)

Postgraduate Programs

Certificates

• Architectural History
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Ecological Survey Techniques
• Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Health Research
• Historical Studies
• Nanotechnology
• Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
• Psychodynamic Counselling
• Qualitative Health Research Methods
• Teaching Evidence-Based Health Care

Diplomas

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Severe Mental Health Problems
• Health Research
• International Wildlife Conservation Practice
• Psychodynamic Practice

Master of Studies (MSt)

• Creative Writing
• Diplomatic Studies
• Historical Studies
• History of Design
• Literature and Arts
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
• Practical Ethics
• Psychodynamic Practice

Research Degrees (DPhil)

• Archaeology
• Architectural History
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• English Local History
• Evidence-Based Health Care
• Literature and Arts
• Sustainable Urban Development

Master of Science (MSc)

• Applied Landscape Archaeology
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• English Local History
• Evidence-Based Health Care
• Evidence-Based Health Care Medical Statistics
• Evidence-Based Health Care Systematic Reviews
• Evidence-Based Health Care Teaching and Education
• Experimental and Translational Therapeutics
• Nanotechnology for Medicine and Health Care
• Surgical Science and Practice
• Sustainable Urban Development
• Translational Health Sciences

Professional Programs

Continuing Professional Development

• Business and management
• Cultural heritage
• Data science, computing, maths
• Diplomatic studies
• Education
• Environment and sustainability
• Medical and health sciences
• Nanotechnology and nanomedicine
• Philosophy and ethics
• Psychology and counselling
• Research methods and skills
• Technology and AI
• Urban studies

Research

Research Community

Research at Oxford Lifelong Learning extends across the disciplines and is supported by a research culture that encourages interdisciplinary initiatives.

Research Areas

• Academic staff profiles
• Part-time DPhil programmes
• Research areas
• Research students

Research Forums

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Steering Group
• Lifelong Learning Pedagogies forum
• Research Ethics Colloquium
• The Vice-Chancellors Colloquium

Introduction to Philosophy (Online) Course

Course Details

• Code: O24P327PHV
• Credit: 10 CATS points
• Fees: From Ł385.00
• Dates: Wed 08 Jan 2025 - Fri 28 Mar 2025
• Location: Online (Flexible)

Programme Details

1. Why do Philosophy?

• What is philosophy?
• The unexamined life
• Ideas and values

2. Knowledge

• First Meditation
• Stages of doubt
• Second Meditation
• Descartes and Hume

3. Free Will

• Intuitions on freedom
• Schopenhauer
• Changed your mind?
• Agents or victims

4. The World

• Locke and Berkeley
• Property distinction
• Blackburn
• Fatal blow to realism

5. Morality

• Dilemmas
• Nicholas the Merchant and the Oxford Riots
• Moral dilemmas and inescapable moral wrongdoing

Recommended Reading

• Blackburn, S., Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy (OUP, 2001)
• Guttenplan, S., Hornsby, J., Janaway, C. & Schwenkler J., Reading Philosophy: Selected Texts with a Method for Beginners, 2nd Edition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2021)

Digital Certification

• Credit Application Transfer Scheme (CATS) points
• Digital credentials

Fees

Description	Costs
Course Fee	Ł385.00
Take this course for CATS points	Ł30.00

Funding

If you are in receipt of a UK state benefit, you are a full-time student in the UK or a student on a low income, you may be eligible for a reduction of 50% of tuition fees.

Tutors

• Mr Istvan Musza
• Dr Peter Wyss

Course Aims

The aim of the course is to introduce students to central topics in philosophy.

Teaching Methods

• Guided reading of texts
• Group discussions of particular issues
• Questions to be answered in personal folders
• Debating from positions given rather than from personal belief

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students will be able to:

• Understand the nature of philosophical problems.
• Understand the different ways of responding to these problems, be able to differentiate between them, and to evaluate them.
• Grasp philosophical concepts and terms and reason philosophically.
• Interpret and analyse a philosophical text.
• Participate in philosophical debates.

Assessment Methods

You will be set two pieces of work for the course. The first of 500 words is due halfway through your course. The assessed work is marked pass or fail.

English Language Requirements

We do not insist that applicants hold an English language certification, but warn that they may be at a disadvantage if their language skills are not of a comparable level to those qualifications listed on our website.

Level and Demands

FHEQ level 4, 10 weeks, approx 10 hours per week, therefore a total of about 100 study hours.

IT Requirements

This course is delivered online; to participate you must be familiar with using a computer for purposes such as sending email and searching the Internet. You will also need regular access to the Internet and a computer meeting our recommended minimum computer specification.