BA Philosophy (with Foundation Year)
Entry requirements
GCSE: Grade C/4 in English, or equivalent. Tariff points: 48 Contextual tariff: See our contextual offers page. English Language Requirement: International and EU applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*). *The University accepts a large number of UK and International Qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades you'll need in our English language section. Please visit our English language requirements page. A-level subjects: No specific subjects required. EDEXCEL (BTEC) Diploma: No specific subjects required. For information on required Guided Learning Hours please see our minimum entry requirements page. Access: No specific subjects required. Baccalaureate IB: No specific subjects required. We accept the IB Career-related Programme in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications. Irish Highers: No specific subjects required. Welsh Baccalaureate: We accept tariff points achieved from the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications. Cambridge Technical: No specific subjects required. T Levels: No specific subjects required.
About this course
BA(Hons) Philosophy, an undergraduate programme. Core topics include design and creative practice. The course includes a philosophy project and placement module. The university has partnerships with the Bristol Robotics Laboratory and Bristol Centre for Synthetic Biology.
Modules
- Essentials of Academic Practice
- Exploring the Social World and the Problems of Crime
- From Plato to Nato
- Psychology, Policing And Society
- Ancient Philosophy
- Existentialism and Questions of Human Nature
- Ways of Knowing
- Understanding our Global and Social Environment
- Philosophy of Art and Creative Practice
- Existence and Reality
- Philosophical Methods and Impact
- Capitalism and Ecological Crisis
- Critical Praxis: Feminist, Queer, and Decolonial Philosophies
- Reason and Critique
- Contemporary Continental Philosophy
- Ethics, Technology and the Posthuman
- Philosophy Project and Placement Module
- Decolonisation in Theory and Practice
- Philosophy of Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Philosophy of Science, Nature and Sustainability
- Thought in Action: Film and Philosophy