BA Philosophy
Royal Holloway, University of London
Entry requirements
A level: ABB-BBB (Required subjects: We require English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4(C)) IB: 6,5,5 or a minimum of 32 points overall
About this course
BA in Philosophy. Core topics include research methods. The programme includes modules in logic, ethics, political philosophy, and ancient to modern European thought. It concludes with a philosophy dissertation of 8,000 to 10,000 words, where students select their own topic and philosophical sources under the guidance of a supervisor.
Modules
- Introduction to Modern Philosophy
- Problems of Knowledge
- Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
- Tutorial Special Study
- Introduction to Logic
- Introduction to Political Philosophy
- Issues in Ethics
- Philosophical Methods
- Kant
- Mind and World
- Race, Gender and Queer Philosophy
- Empiricism and Rationalism
- Introduction to European Philosophy 1: Kant to Hegel
- Introduction to European Philosophy 2: The Critique of Idealism
- Philosophy and the Arts
- Varieties of Scepticism
- The Philosophy of Religion
- Philosophy of Religon
- Philosophy and Literature
- The Good Life in Ancient Philosophy
- Contemporary Political Theory
- Modern Political Thought
- Philosophy Dissertation
- Modern European Philosophy 1: Husserl to Heidegger
- Modern European Philosophy 2: Critical Theory and Hermeneutics
- The Varieties of Scepticism
- Radical Political Theory I: Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche
- The Politics of Toleration
- Social Justice: From Theory to Practice
- Theories of Freedom and Democracy