BA Philosophy (Study Abroad)
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 (Study Abroad), a philosophy degree centred on philosophical inquiry, ethics, and political thought. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Social & Cultural Analysis, Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme incorporates a dedicated third year spent studying at an international partner university. The first year covers core 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?. The second year builds upon these foundations with core modules including Applied Philosophy: Decisions that Change the World, Mind, World and Science, and Philosophy Guided Project. Students may also select from a broad range of optional modules across the years, such as Parties, Populism and Protest, Continental Philosophy, and Philosophy and Popular Culture. The final year culminates in the Philosophy Independent Project: Extended Study, allowing students to undertake an extended dissertation or a communication and engagement portfolio.
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
- Britain in the 20th Century
- Film Theory and Aesthetics
- Discourse Studies
- Welfare States: Poverty, Policy and Politics
- 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)
- Your Year Abroad
- Philosophy Independent Project: Extended Study
- Comparative Political Philosophy
- Philosophy and Popular Culture
- Philosophy For Times of Global Crisis
- Questions at the Frontiers of Philosophy
- 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)