BSc Economics and Philosophy
Entry requirements
A level: AAB including Mathematics IB: 35 points with a minimum grade of 5 points in Higher level or 7 in Standard Level Mathematics (either Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretations). BTEC: DDD including Mathematics or in conjunction with an acceptable alternative Level 3 Mathematics qualification
About this course
BSc (Hons) Economics and Philosophy, an undergraduate economics and philosophy degree exploring social systems and analytical theory. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, and Policy Analysis. Students complete a dissertation in their final year alongside core study in ethics and economics. The first year covers foundational concepts through compulsory modules such as Principles of Economics and Logic, with various optional choices available. The second year builds technical competence with compulsory modules including Econometric Analysis, Microeconomic Theory, and Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy. The final year involves compulsory study in Ethics and Economics and Contemporary Economic Issues and Analysis, complemented by a PPE dissertation. Optional modules allow specialisation in areas such as Applied Econometrics, Game Theory, Philosophy of Mind, and Bioethics.
Modules
- Principles of Economics
- Logic
- Maths for Economists
- Probability and Statistics
- Quantitative Methods
- Data, Evidence and Policy
- Power and Consent
- Knowledge and Perception
- Ethics
- Metaphysics and Humans
- Philosophical Analysis
- Econometric Analysis
- Microeconomic Theory
- Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy
- 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 Science
- Philosophy and Society
- Philosophy of Language
- Politics and Freedom: Anarchism and Conservatism
- Religious Ethics
- The Limits of Reason: Kant's Theoretical and Practical Philosophy
- PPE dissertation
- Ethics and Economics
- Contemporary Economic Issues and Analysis
- Philosophy and Public Policy
- Critical Challenges in Political Economy
- Social and Economic Order Without Law
- Applied Econometrics
- Bubbles, Panics and Crashes
- Economics of Social Policy
- International Economics
- Monetary Economics
- Game Theory
- Health Economics
- Macroeconomics: Topics in Theory and Policy
- Action and Agency
- Buddhism as Philosophy
- Causation and Laws
- Cognitive Anomalies, Decision-Making and Democracy
- Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
- Experimental Philosophy: Psychology of Philosophy
- Foundations of Maths
- German Idealism: Moral, Legacy and Political Philosophy
- Happiness, Utility and Well-being
- Mind and Morality
- Property and Self-ownership
- Topics in Feminist Philosophy
- World and Mind