BA Philosophy
Entry requirements
A Level: AAB IB: 34; 33, with B in a philosophy-based extended essay
About this course
BA in Philosophy BA, a philosophy degree centred on examining fundamental questions through rigorous reasoning and critical thought. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Communication & Writing, Human Behaviour, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, and Social & Cultural Analysis. Students build arguments from classical roots to contemporary issues. The first year covers core areas through modules such as Writing Philosophy, Mind and World, Reason and Argument, and Ethics and Society, alongside optional choices including Religion, Reason and Reality and Death and Killing. The second year progresses with compulsory studies in Mind and Language, Ethics: From Theory to Practice, Knowing and Being, and Global History of Philosophy, while optional modules range from Formal Logic and Feminism to The Philosophy of AI and Robotics and Political Philosophy. The final year involves core independent research through Dissertation Project 2 and Communicating Philosophy, alongside diverse optional modules such as Global Justice, Phenomenology, Ancient Chinese Philosophy, and Philosophy of Law.
Modules
- Writing Philosophy
- Mind and World
- Reason and Argument
- Ethics and Society
- Religion, Reason and Reality
- Bodies, Sex and Desires
- Death and Killing
- Science, Medicine and Society
- History of Philosophy
- Mind and Language
- Ethics: From Theory to Practice
- Knowing and Being
- Global History of Philosophy
- Formal Logic
- Feminism
- The Philosophy of AI and Robotics
- Life Worth Living
- Philosophy of Education
- Religion and the Good Life
- Philosophy of the Arts
- Science and the Search for Reality
- Political Philosophy
- Social Justice Today
- Dissertation Project 2
- Communicating Philosophy
- Ethics and Belief
- Global Justice
- People, Organisations and Technology
- Memory and the Self
- The Science of Consciousness
- Phenomenology
- Free Will and Religion
- Work Place Learning
- Philosophy of Psychology
- Pain, Pleasure, and Emotions
- Bodies and Souls
- Plato's Symposium
- Language, Speakers and the World
- Political Resistance
- Moral Theory and Moral Psychology
- Ancient Chinese Philosophy
- Philosophy of Law
- Utopia, Reform and Democracy
- Feminist and Queer Studies in Religion
- Topics in Social Philosophy