BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Entry requirements
A level: AAB plus Mathematics GCSE Grade 7(A) IB: 35 points including Higher Level or Standard Level Mathematics (either Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretations) or Mathematics GCSE 7(A) BTEC: DDD including Mathematics or plus Mathematics GCSE 7(A)
About this course
BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics and Economics, a degree in the subject areas of Economics and Politics and International Relations and Philosophy. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis. The course is taught across three academic departments and includes a final-year dissertation. The first year covers core foundations through Principles of Economics and Quantitative Methods. The second year introduces dedicated interdisciplinary study through Topics in PPE. In the final year, students complete a compulsory PPE dissertation. Optional modules across the programme span areas such as Microeconomic Theory, Applied Ethics, International Economics, and European Union Politics.
Modules
- Principles of Economics
- Quantitative Methods
- Knowledge and Perception
- Power and Consent
- Philosophical Analysis
- Logic
- Ethics
- Metaphysics and Humans
- Political Analysis
- 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
- Topics in PPE
- Elections and Voting Behaviour
- Things Fall Apart: Political Thought in Times of Crisis
- Justice, Equality, and Difference
- Capitalism: Beyond States and Markets
- The Politics of Gender
- European Union Politics
- Politics of Development
- British Politics
- War and Peace
- Global Political Economy
- The US and Global Politics after the Cold War
- The Rising Powers
- Critical Global Security Studies
- 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 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
- Microeconomic Theory
- Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy
- Development Economics
- Alternative Perspectives in Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Topics in Economic History
- PPE dissertation
- Political Economics
- Monetary Economics
- International Economics
- Bubbles, Panics and Crashes: A long period analysis of the causes and consequences of financial crises
- Game Theory
- Health Economics
- Action and Agency
- Buddhism as Philosophy
- Causation and Laws
- Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
- Experimental Philosophy: The Psychology of Philosophy
- Foundations of Maths
- German Idealism: Moral, Legal & Political Philosophy
- Happiness, Utility and Wellbeing
- Mind and Morality
- Nine Artworks, Nine Philosophical Problems
- Theories of Social Justice: Rawls and Beyond
- Topics in Feminist Philosophy
- The European Far Right
- International Crisis Diplomacy
- Africa and International Politics
- Morality and Modern Warfare
- Global Governance: Purpose Power and Performance
- Politics of the Middle East: Regimes and Societies in Transition
- Ethics and Public Policy
- Ethics and Economics
- Critical Challenges in Political Economy
- Social and Economic Order Without Law