BA Philosophy,
About this course
BA Philosophy, exploring ethics, politics, human nature, and knowledge across historical and cultural traditions. Core topics include Research Methods, with a dissertation completed in the final year. The programme applies philosophical thinking to contemporary issues including global justice and the ethics of technology.
Modules
- Living Well and Doing Good: An Introduction to Ethics
- Fundamental Issues in Philosophy
- Being a Social Scientist
- Introduction to Ancient Philosophy and Rhetoric
- Critical Reasoning
- Philosophy and Theory in Education
- The Colour Line: Race and Racism in World Politics
- Freedom Justice and Equality: Key Debates in Political Philosophy
- Philosophy of the Enlightenment
- Philosophy of Mind
- A Matter of Life and Death: Exploring Existential Philosophy
- The State and Political Institutions
- Global Justice and Human Rights in the Age of Globalisation
- Investigating Gender
- Poverty and Social Justice
- Plato's Republic
- Contemporary Moral Controversies
- Social Media Cultures
- The History of Political Thought
- Global Summit Simulation
- Dissertation
- The Family and Children: Ethics and Policy
- Philosophy, Mental Health and Illness
- Philosophy of Mind
- Capitalism and Justice
- Genocide
- Black Mirror Sociology: Technology and Society
- Plato's Republic
- The Philosophy and Politics of Identity
- Reality and Cognition: Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology
- Digital Futures
- Global Environmental Politics