Philosophy and Politics BA

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In Exeter

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    Exeter

The University of Exeter featured in the UK’s top 10 in the past 3 years (The Times Good University Guide) and ranks in the top one per cent of universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education international rankings. We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research intensive universities; the UK’s equivalent to the Ivy League.

The quality of education and experience received at the University of Exeter means we have never been out of the top 10 for overall student satisfaction in the National Student Survey.

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Exeter (Devon)
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Prince Of Wales Road, EX4 4SB

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  • Philosophy
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Course programme

Programme structure

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

The Philosophy and Politics degree programme is made up of compulsory (core) and optional modules, which are worth 15 or 30 credits each. Full-time undergraduate students need to complete modules worth a total of 120 credits each year.

Depending on your programme you can take up to 30 credits each year in another subject, for instance a language or business module, to develop career-related skills or just widen your intellectual horizons.

Year 1

The first year gives you a foundational knowledge of philosophical and political theory and concepts. You will also gain important analytical techniques that will be useful across a range of subjects and research tasks.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits Choose at least 3 from the following Philosophy modules PHL1006Introduction to Philosophical Analysis 15 PHL1002AKnowledge and Reality 1 15 PHL1005AEvidence and Argument 115 PHL1002BKnowledge and Reality 2 15 Plus the following two Politics modules POL1025Classical Political Thought15 POL1026Early Modern Political Thought15 Optional modules CodeModuleCredits Philosophy modules - choose 15 credits, examples below PHL1007Philosophical Reading 115 PHL1008Philosophical Readings 215 PHL1013Philosophy of Morality 15 PHL1036Foucault-Discipline and Punish15 PHL1112Philosophy of Film15 Politics modules - choose 30 credits, examples below POL1001ABritish Government and Politics15 POL1019Power and Democracy 15 POL1020Politics in Europe 15 Year 2

In the second year you will advance your grasp of philosophical and political knowledge and methods. Optional modules enable you to develop specialist knowledge on a range of topics.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits Choose at least 3 from the following Philosophy modules PHL2010APhilosophy of Mind - 115 PHL2011APhilosophy of Nature 115 PHL2012Social Philosophy 15 PHL2014Philosophy of Morality15 PHL2015Body and Mind 15 PHL2016Metaphysics 15 PHL2018Philosophy of Language15 Politics modules POL2059Political Thought of Modernity 15 Optional modules CodeModuleCredits Philosophy modules - you choose 15 credits, examples below PHL2016Metaphysics 15 PHL2018Philosophy of Language15 PHL3011Philosophy of Science30 PHL3013Virtues and Vices15 PHL3014Symbolic Logic15 PHL3018Sex and Death: Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology 15 PHL3029Sociology and Philosophy of Globalisation15 PHL3032Freedom15 PHL3033Equality15 PHL3035Critical Bioethics15 PHL3037Aristotle's Politics15 PHL3038The Self15 PHL3040Philosophy Dissertation 30 PHL3046AThe Holocaust, Genocide and Society30 PHL3074Cyborg Studies 30 PHL3075Philosophical Readings 615 PHL3100Knowledge and History: Theories of Scientific Change15 Politics modules - you choose 45 credits, examples below POL2055EU Member States15 POL2071Experimental Research in the Social Sciences15 POL2052Foreign Policy: Leadership, Power and Responsibility 15 POL2067Gendering World Politics15 POL2068Global Justice and Transnational Democracy15 POL2058Governance and Public Policy in the EU15 POL2001Government II: Comparative Politics30 POL2042International Relations - Order and Justice15 POL2039International Relations, Introduction to Strategic Studies15 POL2037International Relations, Rethinking Third World Politics 15 POL2038International Relations, War and Peace in the Middle East 15 POL2063Introduction to Middle East Politics 15 POL2021Introduction to Postcolonial Politics15 POL2036Introduction to Strategic Studies30 POL2049Media, Public Opinion and Campaigns15 POL2008Middle East Politics15 POL2032AModern Politcial Thought: From Hobbes to Wollstonecraft15 POL2032Modern Political Thought - From Hobbes to Marx30 POL2032BModern Political Thought: From Kant to Marx15 POL2030Order and Justice in International Society30 POL2026Political Analysis: Behaviour, Institutions, Ideas15 POL2045Political Analysis: Methods15 POL2022Political Ideologies15 POL2050Political Philosophy 15 POL2059Political Thought of Modernity15 POL2053Power Politics and Leadership15 POL2041Ppa - Politics of the Public Sector15 POL2040Ppa - Public Policy15 POL2060Public Policy and Administration 15 POL2003Public Policy and Administration30 POL2070Quantitative methods in political science15 POL2072Race Ethnicity and Politics15 POL2033Rethinking Third World Politics30 POL2057Security Studies 15 POL2046The Economics of Politics 15 POL2064The Political Economy of Globalization 15 POL2027The Politics of the World Economy15 Year 3

The centre-point of the final year is the dissertation. This provides you with the opportunity to explore an area of interest and to demonstrate what you have learned over the previous years of your degree. You will also take up to three other specialist modules to create a programme of work fully reflecting your interests. Examples of the available modules are given below.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits PHL3040Philosophy Dissertation or POL304030 POL3040Politics Dissertation or PHL304030 Optional modules CodeModuleCredits Politics modules POL3069Globalisation and the Politics of Resistance 30 POL3070Electoral Politics 30 POL3074The Politics of Climate Change30 POL3120War and Public Opinion30 POL3123Strategy in the Twenty-First Century: From Idea to Practice30 POL3124Anarchism and World Ordering30 POL3125The History and Political Development of Iraq15 POL3126Ethno-Politics: Theoretical Considerations and Case Studies15 POL3127EU Democracy Promotion in the Middle East and North Africa30 POL3128Armed Islamist Movements: Jihadism and Beyond15 POL3129Politics and Reform in the Gulf15 POL3136Political Psychology30 POL3148Human Rights and the Political 30 POL3153Justice, Democracy and Civil Society.30 POL3156Central Asian Politics 30 POL3166Comparing Western Democracies: Parties, Elites, Institutions30 POL3168War and its Aftermath: Interventions and Contemporary Conflict30 POL3170Marxism and Post-Structuralism 30 POL3174International Security and US Foreign Policy 30 POL3175Nationalisms in the Middle East15 POL3177The Refugee Crisis in the Modern World30 POL3179City Politics: Power, Policy and Conflict30 POL3180Latin American Parties, Politics and Elections30 POL3184Politics of Semi-democratic and Authoritarian Countries30 POL3186BGender, Militarization and Resistance 30 POL3187Sub-National and Local Governance: A Practice Approach30 Philosophy modules PHL3011Philosophy of Science30 PHL3013Virtues and Vices15 PHL3014Symbolic Logic15 PHL3018Sex and Death: Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology 15 PHL3029Sociology and Philosophy of Globalisation15 PHL3032Freedom15 PHL3033Equality15 PHL3035Critical Bioethics15 PHL3037Aristotle's Politics15 PHL3038The Self15 PHL3040Philosophy Dissertation 30 PHL3046AThe Holocaust, Genocide and Society30 PHL3074Cyborg Studies 30 PHL3075Philosophical Readings 615 PHL3100Knowledge and History: Theories of Scientific Change15

Philosophy and Politics BA

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