BA Philosophy and Politics
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 30 points overall
About this course
BA in Politics and International Relations and Philosophy. Core topics include research methods, critical and analytical thinking, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and global and comparative perspectives. The first year covers foundational philosophical skills, with specialist modules available from the second year. A four-year placement variant is offered, and study abroad is available through partner institutions in Europe, the USA, Canada, Japan, and Australia.
Modules
- Reason and Argument
- Great Works in Philosophy
- Introduction to Contemporary Democracy
- Politics of Climate Change
- Introduction to Political Ideas
- Radical Philosophy
- Global Justice
- Philosophical Skills for Life
- Mind and World
- The Study of Politics
- Comparative Government and Politics
- Political Classics
- Ethical Argument
- Oppression, Inequality, and the Enemies of Democracy
- Meaning and the Mind
- Global Philosophies
- Aesthetics
- Philosophy through the Ages: The Minds that Shaped our World
- Ignorance, Doubt, and Relativism
- Global Order
- Political Thinking
- American Government and Politics
- The Media and Politics
- British Government and Politics
- War, Peace and International Ethics
- Contemporary Strategy
- Dissertation in Philosophy
- Dissertation in Politics
- Independent Learning Module
- Free Will and Responsibility
- Happy and Meaningful Lives
- Fairness
- Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
- The Scandal of Film
- Hume and Wittgenstein
- Philosophy of Psychology
- Karl Marx
- Politics and Governance in the Global South
- Risk
- Politics and International Relations of the Middle East
- International Political Economy
- Feminism and Political Theory
- Gender and Politics
- Global Justice