BA Philosophy with Italian (with a year abroad)
Entry requirements
A level: AAB 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 with Italian (with a year abroad), an undergraduate degree spanning Italian and Philosophy, examines fundamental questions alongside language acquisition. The course includes a mandatory year abroad spent studying at a partner institution or completing a work placement or internship. Students can also undertake in-house teacher training modules to gain a qualification in teaching English as a foreign language. The first year establishes core foundations through Knowledge and Perception, Logic, Ethics, Philosophical Analysis, Intensive Italian Language and Cultures: Beginner, and Understanding Italian-speaking Cultures and Societies. The second year advances linguistic and philosophical study via Philosophy of Language and Italian Language and Cultures: Advanced, while offering optional modules such as Aesthetics, Applied Ethics, and Philosophy of Mind. The final year comprises compulsory advanced language study through Italian Language and Cultures: Proficient, alongside a broad selection of optional topics ranging from Consciousness and The Nature of Time to The Mafia from its Origins to the Present Day and an Independent Study in Languages and Cultures.
Modules
- Knowledge and Perception
- Logic
- Ethics
- Philosophical Analysis
- Intensive Italian Language and Cultures: Beginner
- Understanding Italian-speaking Cultures and Societies
- Philosophy of Language
- Italian Language and Cultures: Advanced
- Aesthetics
- Applied Ethics
- Being and Reason: Spinoza's Metaphysics
- Knowledge and the Social Sciences
- Logic and Paradox
- Love, Law and Solidarity: Recognition from Rousseau to Honneth
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Mind
- Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy & Society
- Politics and Freedom: Anarchism and Conservatism
- Religious Ethics
- The Limits of Reason: Kant's Theoretical and Practical Philosophy
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- The Role of Art in Italian Society
- Italian Language and Cultures: Proficient
- Buddism as Philosophy
- Causation and Laws
- Cognitive Anomalies, Decision-Making and Democracy
- Consciousness
- Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
- Experimental Philosophy: The Psychology of Philosophy
- Foundation in Maths
- Happiness, Utility and Wellbeing
- Nine Artworks, Nine Philosophical Problems
- Philosophy of Christianity
- Philosophy of Law
- The Nature of Time
- Topics in Feminist Philosophy
- Property and Self-Ownership
- Theories of Social Justice: Rawls and Beyond
- World and Mind
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- The Mafia from its Origins to the Present Day
- Independent Study in Languages and Cultures