second year course outlines 2012-2013 - School of Social Sciences ...

Texts recommended for purchase:
It is not essential that you buy any text. Tutorial readings will be made available on
Blackboard, and the reading lists at the end of this guide list many additional texts available
from the library, and in many cases online.
However, to students who do wish to purchase a text, I recommend,
Ethical theory: an anthology (2 nd edition) ed. R. Shafer-Landau, Wiley-
Blackwell.
This doesn’t cover every aspect of the course (and it covers some topics that we do not
cover) but it is excellent value – £22.99 at the University branch of Blackwell’s, £23.74 on
Amazon – for 82 classic essays, with useful section introductions. The University branch of
Blackwell’s should already have copies – if they run out, they can order further copies at
short notice. Tom Jenkins, the philosophy buyer at Blackwell’s, is contactable at
science.manchester@blackwell.co.uk.
Course materials:
Further materials will be made available on the courses Blackboard
site.
Log-in to Blackboard at: https://login.manchester.ac.uk/cas/login
Study budget
The University’s Academic Standards Code of Practice specifies that a 20 credit course is
expected to require about 200 hours work by students. For this course, you are
recommended to break this down roughly as follows:
Lectures
Tutorials
Tutorial preparation
Essay preparation
Exam preparation
TOTAL:
10 x 2 = 20 hours
10 hours
10 x 5 hours = 50 hours
40 hours
80 hours
200 hours
Prompt arrival at classes
Students should note that all lectures and tutorials start on the hour and should end at 50
minutes past the hour. Late arrival for tutorials may result in your being marked absent; if
you arrive late it is your responsibility to ensure that your tutor has marked you as present.
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