Study location	United Kingdom, Birmingham
Type	Master courses, full-time
Nominal duration	1 year
Study language	English
Awards	MA

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) At least a Bachelor degree or postgraduate diploma from a UK university or equivalent. The degree must be in a relevant subject. You need an upper second-class Honours degree, or equivalent, in humanities, social sciences, medicine or a cognate discipline. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. Upload documents in original language and translations. Take originals along when you go to study.

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: FCE, CAE or CPE, IELTS 7+ or TOEFL 100+ IELTS : Score 7.0 with no less than 6.5 in any band. Or Cambridge English(CAE): Advanced Minimum overall score of 176, with no less than 169 in any component. Please note: TOEFL IBT test will not be accepted for September 2015 entry.

Other requirements	At least 2 reference(s) should be provided. Two academic references (or if appropriate to the programme applied for, one could be from your employer).

More information	birmingham.ac.uk/..alth-bioethics-law.aspx

Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

You will take two core modules:

Bioethics
Human Rights and Healthcare Law

In addition:

Students with a law background will take Research Skills, Sources and Methods and attend mandatory pre-sessional generic LLM introductory classes.

Students without a law background will take Socio-Legal Theory and attend mandatory bespoke pre-sessional introduction to law classes and mandatory pre-sessional generic LLM introductory classes

You will then choose three optional modules from the following:

Criminal Law and Medicine
European Health Law
Global Ethics I
Global Ethics II
Mentally Disordered Offenders
Philosophy and Mental Health
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Health and Happiness
You will also complete a 15,000-word dissertation.

Career opportunities

Over the past five years, over 93% of Philosophy postgraduates were in work and/or further study six months after graduation. Due to the transferable nature of their skills, Philosophy postgraduates traditionally enter a wide range of employment areas, from the Civil Service to finance.

Employers that graduates have gone on to work for include: Afrikids (child rights organisation);
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust; Muslim Scout Fellowship;
Rights and Humanity;
University of Birmingham;
and University of Edinburgh.