BA Philosophy, Politics and Law
Entry requirements
A Level: AAB. IB: 6,6,5 at Higher Level with a minimum of 32 points overall. BTEC: BTEC Extended Diploma: DDD. Equivalents accepted, see below for full information.
About this course
BA in Philosophy, Politics and Law, a politics and international relations and law and philosophy degree examining intersections across these three disciplines. Core topics include Research Methods and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course is structured as a three-year undergraduate programme. The first year covers foundations through Public Law, Introduction to Political Theory, and Philosopher's Toolkit A. The second year offers a broad selection of optional study across political, legal, and philosophical topics, including Comparative Politics, Criminal Law for LLB for Graduates, and Aesthetics through History. The third year allows specialisation through numerous options such as Environmental Law and Global Security, culminating in a Dissertation in Philosophy, Politics and Law.
Modules
- Discover: Personal, Academic and Professional Development and Legal Skills and Methods (LSAM)
- Introduction to Political Theory
- Public Law
- Understanding Politics
- Philosopher's Toolkit A
- Philosopher's Toolkit B
- Moral and Political Philosophy
- Reasons to Believe
- Comparative Politics
- Digital Democracy
- Feminist Political Ideas
- Globalisation, Capitalism and Welfare
- International Political Economy
- International Politics of East Asia
- International Relations of the Middle East
- International Security
- Political Ethics
- Politics of Sex and Sexuality
- Politics of Sustainable Development
- Post-Colonial Britain: Race, Identity & Belonging
- Russian Politics: From Revolution to Putin
- UK Politics in a Time of Crisis
- US Politics
- Criminal Law for LLB for Graduates
- Decolonising Legal Concepts for Graduates
- Land Law
- Law of Contract for LLB for Graduates
- Law of Torts
- Legal Foundations of the European Union
- Legal Theory
- Aesthetics through History
- Climate and Environmental Ethics
- Elements of Metaphysics
- Feminist Philosophy
- Logic
- Philosophy of Mental Health
- Science and Nature
- Sex, Ethics & Philosophy
- The Ethics of Killing
- Dissertation in Philosophy, Politics and Law
- International Human Rights
- Canadian Constitutional Law
- Contemporary Issues in International Law and Globalisation
- Environmental Law
- Gender and Law
- International Criminal Law and Justice
- International Dispute Resolution
- Legal Issues in Health Care
- Political and Legal Theory
- Private International Law
- Public International Law
- Challenges to Liberal Democracy in Europe
- China: State and Society
- Conflict and Peace in Deeply Divided Societies
- Contemporary International Political Economy
- Corruption and Clientelism: Global Perspective
- Environment and climate politics: from global to local
- Global Capitalism and Migration
- Global Security
- International Negotiation
- Issues in US Domestic Politics
- Parties and Voters across the Globe
- Political Theory and Social Criticism
- Politics of South Asia
- Racism, Empire, and Political Thought
- Regionalism and the Global South
- Rising Powers & Global Order
- Social Justice and Politics
- Statelessness and Citizenship
- Strategy, Leadership and Foreign Policy
- The Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- The International Law and Politics of Armed Conflict
- The Politics of Gender, Sex and Sexuality
- The Politics of Memory
- The Politics of Protest and Dissent
- Topics in British Politics
- Understanding Brexit: Identity and Euroscepticism in Europe
- Being Good and Doing Right: Issues in Contemporary Moral Theory
- Fantastic Beasts and How to Understand them: Topics in Philosophy of Biology
- It's About Time!
- Just War
- Nietzsche
- Philosophy of Mathematics
- Prejudice Race + Gender
- Reason and Belief
- Social Justice