BA Philosophy
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BA Hons in Philosophy, a philosophy degree centred on examining fundamental questions about human existence, knowledge, ethics, and politics. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Social & Cultural Analysis, Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme features structured independent projects in the second and third years, including a philosophy guided project and an independent extended study module. The first year establishes foundational knowledge through compulsory modules such as Knowledge and Reality in a Complex World, History of Philosophy: Ideas that Shaped the West, Ethics: How Should I Live?, History of Philosophy: Resistance and Inclusion, and Political Philosophy: How Should we Live Together?. Students also choose optional subjects spanning areas such as politics, psychology, sociology, and mathematics. The second year advances core study through Applied Philosophy: Decisions that Change the World, Mind, World and Science, and the Philosophy Guided Project, alongside diverse optional modules. In the final year, students complete the Philosophy Independent Project: Extended Study, which can take the form of a dissertation or a communication and engagement portfolio, while selecting from specialised options covering contemporary crises, popular culture, and advanced political theory.
Modules
- Knowledge and Reality in a Complex World
- History of Philosophy: Ideas that Shaped the West
- Ethics: How Should I Live?
- History of Philosophy: Resistance and Inclusion
- Political Philosophy: How Should we Live Together?
- Parties, Populism and Protest
- Developmental Psychology and Neuropsychology
- Global Challenges in World Politics
- Medieval and Early Modern Worlds
- Explaining Criminology
- Thinking Sociologically
- English across Space and Time
- Logic and Discrete Mathematics
- Global Religions and Society
- Understanding Culture
- Applied Philosophy: Decisions that Change the World
- Mind, World and Science
- Philosophy Guided Project
- Philosophical Perspectives on Politics and Economics
- Language, Communication and Knowledge
- Continental Philosophy
- Body, Mind and Society
- Inventing Rights
- Death
- Welfare States: Poverty, Policy and Politics
- Discourse Studies
- Film Theory and Aesthetics
- Global Religions, Women and Gender
- Language and Identity in France, Spain, Germany and the Sinophone World
- Society on Screen: The Language of Film
- Employability, Purpose and Social Impact (Discovery module)
- Global Challenges and Collaborative Solutions (Discovery module)
- Taking an Idea and Making it Happen (Discovery module)
- Philosophy Independent Project: Extended Study
- Comparative Political Philosophy
- Questions at the Frontiers of Philosophy
- Philosophy and Popular Culture
- Philosophy For Times of Global Crisis
- Textual Explorations in Philosophy
- Critical Political Theory
- Democracy Under Pressure
- Policymaking in the Real World
- Crimes and Harms of the Powerful
- The Politics of Borders and Migration
- Autocrats, Dictators and Caudillos: Dictatorship and Representation in the 20th and 21st Centuries
- Sciences and Cultures Lab
- State and Religion
- Queer Futures (Discovery module)
- People Power and Collective Action (Discovery module)
- Confronting the Climate Crisis (Discovery module)
- Artistic Fusions (Discovery module)