BA Politics and Philosophy

The dual degree in Politics and Philosophy provides a philosophical and political analysis of key concepts such as human rights, power and democracy. This provides greater depth to the study of political theory and enables the analysis of the values underlying political policies and behaviour.

The Departments of Politics and Philosophy are highly regarded for both research and teaching. We aim to give students an in-depth understanding of politics and political issues, alongside stimulating and intriguing philosophy modules. Our students gain a range of personal transferable skills, including communication and presentation skills, working in groups, writing reports and essays, gathering information and planning projects.

Level One

• Two core Politics options worth 20 credits each:
  POL113 Introduction to Political Analysis
  POL110 An Introduction to the History of Western Political Thought
  and one further Politics option worth 20 credits
• Philosophy modules worth 40 credits
• Unrestricted modules worth 20 credits

Level Two

• Two core modules in Politics worth 40 credits:
  POL229 Political Analysis: Research Design and Data Analysis
  POL224 Modern Political Thought
• One option module in Politics worth 20 credits
• Three Philosophy modules worth 60 credits

Level Three

• One core module in Politics worth 20 credits (POL3018 Advanced Political Analysis)
• One of the following options worth 40 credits:
  One Politics module with the associated project module
  or
  A Dissertation in Politics:
  POL3017 Dissertation in Politics
  POL3104 Dissertation in Political Analysis
  POL3103 Work Based Learning Dissertation
• Two Philosophy modules worth 40 credits
• One of the following options worth 20 credits:
  One Level 2 or Level 3 Philosophy Module
  or
  Unrestricted modules worth 20 credits