BA Politics and Philosophy
Entry requirements
A Level: AAB. IB: 6,6,5 at Higher Level with a minimum of 32 points overall. BTEC: BTEC options considered
About this course
Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Philosophy, a politics and international relations and philosophy degree examining the interplay between political systems and philosophical thought. Core topics include Research Methods, Global & Comparative Perspective. Students complete a dissertation or a philosophical project in the final year. The first year introduces foundational ideas through modules such as Pathways to Political Research I, Problems of Philosophy A, Introduction to Political Theory and Moral and Political Philosophy. The second year expands into broader theoretical and applied concepts with modules including History of Political Ideas: power, revolution and the state, Research Design, International Relations Theory and Logic. In the final year, students choose from advanced optional modules spanning international politics, security, contemporary political theory, and specialized philosophical topics like Nietzsche, Social Justice and Topics in Philosophy of Religion.
Modules
- Pathways to Political Research I
- Pathways to Political Research II
- Problems of Philosophy A
- Problems of Philosophy B
- Introduction to Political Theory
- Understanding Politics
- Philosopher's Toolkit A
- Philosopher's Toolkit B
- Moral and Political Philosophy
- Reasons to Believe
- History of Political Ideas: power, revolution and the state
- Research Design
- AI Essentials and Geopolitics
- Challenges to Liberal Democracy in Europe
- Digital Democracy
- Global Governance
- Globalisation, Capitalism and Welfare
- International Political Economy
- International Relations Theory
- Parties and Voters across the Globe
- Political Ethics
- Politics of Sex and Sexuality
- Politics of Sustainable Development
- Post-Colonial Britain: Race, Identity & Belonging
- Russian Politics: From Revolution to Putin
- Sexuality and Identity Politics
- The International Law and Politics of Armed Conflict
- The Politics of the European Union
- UK Politics in a Time of Crisis
- US Politics
- Aesthetics through History
- Climate and Environmental Ethics
- Elements of Metaphysics
- Experience and Reason: Early Modern Philosophy
- Feminist Philosophy
- Logic
- Logic: Its Limits + Scope
- Philosophy of Mental Health
- Science and Nature
- Sex, Ethics & Philosophy
- The Ethics of Killing
- Dissertation
- Philosophical Project
- American Foreign and Security Policy
- 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
- Identity in Middle East International Politics
- International Cooperation among Developing states
- International Negotiation
- Nuclear Crises
- Parliamentary Studies
- Political Theory and Social Criticism
- Politics of South Asia
- Professional Development
- Rising Powers & Global Order
- Social Justice and Politics
- Statelessness and Citizenship
- The Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- The Politics of Gender, Sex and Sexuality
- The Politics of Memory
- The Politics of Protest and Dissent
- Topics in British Politics
- 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
- Topics in Philosophy of Religion