BA Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Entry requirements
A level: AAB BTEC: BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DDD. Other BTEC qualifications are also considered. Please contact the Admissions Office for more information. IB: 35 points overall including 16 at Higher Level.
About this course
BA in Philosophy, Ethics and Religion, a philosophy and theology and religion degree focused on the academic study of philosophical questions, ethical frameworks, and global religious traditions. Core topics include Research Methods. The course includes a compulsory external placement module and a choice between an independent research project and an integrated research project in the final year. The first year introduces foundational subjects through modules such as How to Do Philosophy, The Good, the Bad, the Right, the Wrong, Introduction to the Study of Religions, and Bible and Theology: Texts and Traditions, while allowing students to select optional modules like Knowledge, Self and Reality or Magic, Science and Religion. The second year develops methodological approaches with compulsory study in modules including Researching Religion: Skills and Methods, How to Live Together: Topics in Political Philosophy, and Human Rights and Religion, alongside options such as Do the Right Thing: Topics in Moral Philosophy and Sociology of Religion. The final year centres on practical experience and independent study through the Independent Research Project, Integrated Research Project, and External Placement: Beyond the University, with optional modules spanning diverse areas such as Bioethics, Feminist Philosophy, Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art, and War, Terror and Justice.
Modules
- How to Do Philosophy
- The Good, the Bad, the Right, the Wrong
- Introduction to the Study of Religions
- Bible and Theology: Texts and Traditions
- Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
- Knowledge, Self and Reality
- Christian and Muslim Cultures: Global Religious Practice
- Magic, Science and Religion
- Thinking about Race
- Philosophy Meets the World
- Religions of India
- Researching Religion: Skills and Methods
- How to Live Together: Topics in Political Philosophy
- Human Rights and Religion
- God, Thought and the World: Topics in Philosophy of Religion
- Do the Right Thing: Topics in Moral Philosophy
- How Do You Know? Topics in Epistemology
- Reality Check: Topics in Metaphysics
- Theology in Context
- Religious Identities in a Postcolonial World
- Sociology of Religion
- Religion, Gender and Sexuality
- Dharma Traditions
- Independent Research Project
- Integrated Research Project
- External Placement: Beyond the University
- Bioethics
- Feminist Philosophy
- Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art
- War, Terror and Justice
- Philosophy of Sex and Relationships
- Continental Philosophy
- Religion, Belief and Ethics
- Religion and Mental Health
- Religion and Media
- Religions and Global Development
- God, Sex and Gender in Africa
- Augustine of Hippo
- Bible and Society
- Islam, Race and the State in Europe
- Christian Theology and Contemporary Issues