Politics and Philosophy B.A

Course description
This combination of subjects gives you the chance to examine ideas about human nature and society that underpin political theory. You'll study modules in the Department of Politics and the Department of Philosophy. Half your modules will be in politics, the other half in philosophy.

Politics teaching includes international relations, governance, and public policy, political theory, and comparative politics. The geographical areas covered include Europe (Central, Southern, and Eastern Europe and the European Union), the Americas, Asia (South) and Africa.

First-year modules include Introduction to Political Analysis and An Introduction to Western Political Thought. In the second and third years, you'll take more compulsory and optional modules followed by a project module or a dissertation.

The philosophy side of the course is flexible. There are no compulsory modules. You can develop your understanding of key areas such as ethics, philosophy of mind, the theory of knowledge, political philosophy, metaphysics, and logic. We also teach courses on major figures in the history of philosophy such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, and Hegel.