BA Philosophy, Religion and Ethics
About this course
BA in Philosophy, Religion and Ethics, a philosophy and theology and religion degree focused on examining moral concepts, metaphysical questions and the place of faith in modern society. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The first year builds foundational knowledge through modules such as Knowledge and Reality 1, Evidence and Argument 1, Philosophy of Morality, and What is Religion?. In the second year, compulsory study continues with modules including Philosophy of Mind 1, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, and Philosophical Research. Optional modules span diverse interests such as Phenomenology, Existentialism, Symbolic Logic, Philosophy of Science, and Intermediate Biblical Hebrew.
Modules
- Knowledge and Reality 1
- Knowledge and Reality 2
- Evidence and Argument 1
- Introduction to Philosophical Analysis
- Philosophy of Morality
- What is Religion?
- Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
- Philosophical Problems 1
- Introduction to Asian Philosophy
- Philosophy of Film
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Religious Communities of the Middle East: Culture, Endangerment and Survival
- Religion in the Modern World
- The Bible: Past and Present
- Religion and Material Culture
- Introducing Social-Scientific Approaches to Religion
- Reform, Retreat and Reinvention: A History of Christianity
- God and the World: Constructive Christian Theology
- Philosophy of Mind 1
- Body and Mind
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Language
- Philosophical Research
- Moral Agency in Social Context
- Phenomenology
- Existentialism
- Symbolic Logic
- Philosophy of Science
- Aesthetics
- History of Philosophy
- Philosophy of Psychiatry
- Philosophy of Law
- The Deep Past, History and Humanity
- Ethics of Emerging Technologies
- Mind and World in Contemporary Japanese Philosophy
- Plato's Dialogues
- Philosophy of Music
- Philosophy of Games
- Digital Worlds and Social AI
- The Holocaust: Explanation, Understanding and Responsibility
- Cyborg Studies
- Intermediate Biblical Hebrew
- Reading New Testament Letters
- Building God's House: The Origins of Church Architecture
- The Invention of God
- Conflicts and Encounters between Religions: War, Peace, Politics and the Quest for Dialogue
- History of Encounters between Philosophy and Theology
- Poets as Theologians
- Jesus: Histories and Receptions
- Early Christians and the Jewish Law: Puzzling over Paul's Roman and Galatian Letters with Ancient and Modern Readers