Course Content
Year 1
Core modules
You will take core modules which may include:
Philosophy
- Beginning Philosophy
- Reason and Argument B
- Ancient Philosophy B
- Early Modern Philosophy B
Option modules
Philosophy
You may choose one optional module, examples currently include:
- Ethics
- Knowledge and Perception
Politics
You may choose two optional modules, examples currently include:
- What is Politics?
- Introduction to Democratic Politics
- Introduction to International Politics
- Introduction to Political Theory
Year 2
Option modules
Philosophy
You may choose between two and four Key Ideas modules. Current options include:
- Philosophy of Mind
- Rationalism: Spinoza and Leibniz
You may choose up to four short Key Ideas modules. Current options include:
- Applied Ethics (Short)
- Philosophy of Science (Short)
- Intermediate Logic (Short)
Politics
You may choose:
- one module from the Political Theory group
- one module from either The State and Political Institutions or International Politics group
Current modules include:
Political Theory group
- History of Political Thought
- Empire, War and Law
- State, Economy and Society
- Introduction to the History of Political Thought
- Introduction to Empire, War and Law
- Introduction to State, Society and Economy
The State and Political Institutions group
- The European Union: Politics and Policies
- Politics of Development
- The Rising Powers
- Introduction to The European Union: Politics & Policies
- Introduction to Politics of Development
- Introduction to The Rising Powers
International Politics group
- War and Peace
- The United States and Global Politics after the Cold War
- Critical Global Security Studies
- Introduction to War & Peace
- Introduction to US National Security after the Cold War
- Introduction to Critical Global Security Studies
