Philosophy with Integrated Foundation Year
Royal Holloway, University of London
Entry requirements
A level: CCC-CCD (Required subjects: We require English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4/C T-levels We accept T-levels for admission to our undergraduate courses, with the following grades regarded as equivalent to our standard A-level requirements: AAA* – Distinction (A* on the core and distinction in the occupational specialism) AAA – Distinction BBB – Merit CCC – Pass (C or above on the core) DDD – Pass (D or E on the core) Where a course specifies subject-specific requirements at A-level, T-level applicants are likely to be asked to offer this A-level alongside their T-level studies.) IB: 24 Points Overall
About this course
BA Philosophy with Integrated Foundation Year. Core topics include research methods. The Foundation Year builds study skills before progression onto the three-year BA Philosophy, with possible alternative pathways including joint or minor degrees within Philosophy or other Humanities disciplines. Students attend weekly small tutorial groups with a philosophy staff member and complete a supervised dissertation of 8,000 to 10,000 words.
Modules
- Data, Society and Policy
- Cultures of Thinking
- Ethics in Theory and Practice
- Introduction to Political Philosophy
- Issues in Ethics
- Philosophical Methods
- Introduction to Modern Philosophy
- Problems of Knowledge
- Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
- Tutorial Special Study
- Introduction to Logic
- Mind and Consciousness
- Introduction to Aesthetics and Morals
- 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