BA Philosophy and Politics
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) BA (Hons) Philosophy and Politics, a philosophy and politics degree centred on political and philosophical inquiry. Core topics include Research Methods and Policy Analysis. Students complete a dissertation in the final year and can undertake a placement year or study abroad. The first year covers core grounding through Political Analysis and Philosophical Analysis. Second-year modules explore a wide array of specialized topics across both disciplines. The final year includes the compulsory module Philosophy and Public Policy alongside a PPE dissertation. Optional modules in the final year allow specialization in areas such as Green Politics, Buddhism as Philosophy, and The Politics of (Post-) Colonialism.
Modules
- Political Analysis
- Philosophical Analysis
- Ethics
- Knowledge and Perception
- Power and Consent
- Logic
- Metaphysics and Humans
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
- Global Challenges: From Theory to Practice
- Introduction to Political Theory: States, Liberty and Revolution
- Introduction to Global Politics
- York Policy Lab
- Applied Ethics
- Being and Reason: Spinoza’s Metaphysics
- Ethical Theory
- Knowledge and the Social Sciences
- Logic and Paradox
- Love, Law, and Solidarity: Recognition from Rousseau to Honneth
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy and Society
- Philosophy of Mind
- Philosophy of Language
- Philosophy of Science
- Politics and Freedom: Anarchism and Conservatism
- Religious Ethics
- The Limits of Reason: Kant's Theoretical and Practical Philosophy
- Critical Global Security Studies
- Elections and Voting Behaviour
- Global Political Economy
- Justice, Equality, and Difference
- Capitalism: Beyond States and Markets
- The Politics of Gender
- European Union Politics
- Politics of Development
- British Politics
- The US and Global Politics after the Cold War
- The Rising Powers
- Things Fall Apart: Political Thought in Times of Crisis
- War and Peace
- PPE dissertation
- Philosophy and Public Policy
- Africa and International Politics
- Global Governance: Purpose, Power, and Performance
- Green Politics
- Karl Marx
- Politics of Technology: From the Luddites to the Unabomber
- Morality and Modern Warfare
- Politics of the Middle East: Regimes and societies in transition
- The Politics of (Post-) Colonialism
- Action and Agency
- Buddhism as Philosophy
- Causation and Laws
- Consciousness
- Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
- Experimental Philosophy: The Psychology of Philosophy
- Foundations of Maths
- German Idealism: Moral, Legal & Political Philosophy
- Happiness, Utility and Wellbeing
- Nine Artworks, Nine Philosophical Problems
- Theories of Social Justice: Rawls and Beyond
- The Nature of Time
- Topics in Feminist Philosophy
- World and Mind