BA Philosophy
Entry requirements
A level: AAB/A*BB/A*AC IB: 35 points BTEC: DDD We consider a range of BTEC qualifications equivalent to 3 A Levels, or in combination with A Levels or other qualifications. For example: Distinction, Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Diploma plus A at A Level Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate plus AA at A level Distinction, Distinction in 2 BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificates plus A at A level
About this course
BA (Hons) Philosophy, a philosophy degree focusing on core theoretical concepts and critical analysis. Core topics include Research Methods. The course includes options for either a short dissertation or a long dissertation in the final year. The first year covers foundational modules such as Power and Consent, Philosophical Analysis, Knowledge and Perception, and Logic. The second year introduces broader social and political themes through modules including Philosophy and Society, alongside a wide range of optional topics such as Aesthetics, Applied Ethics, and Philosophy of Mind. The final year allows further specialisation through optional modules like AI and Human Values, Buddhism as Philosophy, and The Nature of Time, alongside independent research projects.
Modules
- Power and Consent
- Philosophical Analysis
- Knowledge and Perception
- Beginning Philosophical Research
- Logic
- Ethics
- Metaphysics and Humans
- Philosophy and Society
- Aesthetics
- Applied Ethics
- Being and Reason: Spinoza's Metaphysics
- Ethical Theory
- Love, Law and Solidarity: Recognition from Rousseau to Honneth
- Philosophy of Religions
- Politics and Freedom: Anarchism and Conservatism
- Religious Ethics
- Logic and Paradox
- Knowledge and the Social Sciences
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Language
- Philosophy of Mind
- Philosophy of Perception
- Philosophy of Science
- The Limits of Reason: Kant's Theoretical and Practical Philosophy
- Short Dissertation
- Long Dissertation
- AI and Human Values
- Buddhism as Philosophy
- Causation and Laws
- Cognitive Anomalies, Decision-Making and Democracy
- Consciousness
- Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
- Experimental Philosophy: The Philosophy of Psychology
- Foundations of Mathematics
- German Idealism: Moral, Legal & Political Philosophy
- Happiness, Utility and Wellbeing
- Nine Art Works, Nine Philosophical Problems
- Philosophy of Christianity
- Philosophy of Physics
- Property and Self-ownership
- Rational Animals: Aristotle on Nature and Value
- The Nature of Time
- Theories of Social Justice: Rawls and Beyond
- Topics in Feminist Philosophy
- World and Mind