BA Philosophy and Politics with a Placement Year
About this course
BA (Hons) in Politics and International Relations and Philosophy. Core topics include Data Analysis and Research Methods. The programme includes a dedicated placement year in the third year and a semester abroad option. Later-year modules cover areas such as Political Violence and Conflict, Political Communication, and Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence.
Modules
- HUM PLACEMENT YEAR
- THE MEANING OF LIFE
- UNDERSTANDING POLITICS TODAY: APPROACHES, ISSUES AND CASE STUDIES
- RIGHTS & WRONGS: AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
- MODERN READINGS IN PHILOSOPHY
- PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
- GLOBALISATION, GOVERNANCE AND JUSTICE: UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL POLITICS 2
- INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
- PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND POLITICS FOR SECOND YEARS
- STATES, INSTITUTIONS AND CITIZENS
- KNOWLEDGE SCIENCE AND PROOF FOR SECOND YEARS
- ETHICS FOR SECOND YEARS
- PHI SEMESTER ABROAD MODULE
- PHILOSOPHY OF ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE (LEVEL 5)
- RELIGION AND WORLD PHILOSOPHIES FOR SECOND YEARS
- PHILOSOPHY MEETS THE ARTS (SECOND YEAR MODULE)
- MIND AND LANGUAGE FOR SECOND YEARS
- ENVIRONMENTAL THINKING FOR SECOND YEARS
- EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHIES (SECOND YEAR MODULE)
- ANALYSING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: FROM REALISM TO POSTCOLONIALISM
- MEDIA, GLOBALISATION AND CULTURE
- LATIN AMERICA AND THE WORLD
- POLITICAL VIOLENCE & CONFLICT: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
- ALGORITHMS & BLOCKBUSTERS: THE MAKING OF MEDIA AND CULTURAL POLICY
- POWER, WEALTH AND NATIONS: GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
- INTRODUCTION TO DATA ANALYSIS FOR POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- POLITICS IN THE USA
- COOPERATION AND CRISIS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
- INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
- THE POWER PARADOX: AUTHORITY, FREEDOM, AND CONFLICT IN MODERN SOCIETY
- WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I - A2+ CEFR
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC II
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH II - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I
- BEGINNERS RUSSIAN I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' ITALIAN II - A2 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH II - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN I - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I - A1.1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I (SPRING START) - A1 CEFR
- ADVANCED ENGLISH II - B2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE II
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN II - A2 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE II
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II - B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II - B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ITALIAN I - A1 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN II - A1.2 CEFR
- ADVANCED ENGLISH I
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I - A2+ CEFR
- DIGITAL POLITICS
- DISSERTATION OR RESEARCH PROJECT IN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- MULTICULTURALISM
- GREENING THE WORLD: THE POLITICS OF ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
- BETTER WORLDS? UTOPIAS AND DYSTOPIAS
- WEAPONS OF WAR
- PARLIAMENTARY STUDIES
- POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY OF THE INDO-PACIFIC
- RHETORIC: DEMOCRACY AND THE POLITICS OF PERSUASION
- POLITICAL JOURNALISM
- ACTIVIST CAMPAIGNING
- CAPITALISM AND ITS CRITICS
- PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND POLITICS FOR THIRD YEARS
- EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHIES (THIRD YEAR MODULE)
- ENVIRONMENTAL THINKING FOR THIRD YEARS
- RELIGION AND WORLD PHILOSOPHIES FOR THIRD YEARS
- DISSERTATION OR SPECIAL SUBJECT I
- MIND AND LANGUAGE FOR THIRD YEARS
- ETHICS FOR THIRD YEARS
- DISSERTATION OR SPECIAL SUBJECT II
- KNOWLEDGE SCIENCE AND PROOF FOR THIRD YEARS
- PHILOSOPHY MEETS THE ARTS (THIRD YEAR MODULE)