Philosophy and Psychology-BA

Bachelor's degree

In Durham

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Durham

The study of philosophy at Durham does not follow one particular school. The Department is unique in the UK in its wide-ranging expertise in Anglo-American analytical philosophy and Continental philosophy. Each of these has its own distinctive set of issues and approaches to resolving them. We also have special expertise in the philosophy of science, and social science, and the history of science and medicine. So at Durham you will follow one of the widest-ranging philosophy degrees in the country. At Durham, you will have the opportunity to study Philosophy as a Single Honours degree, or with another subject including: English, Music, Psychology, Politics or Theology. Philosophy can also be combined in a Joint Honours degree within the Natural Sciences programme or as part of a Combined Honours degree. Philosophy is a new subject for many students, so in your first...

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Durham
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Stockton Road, DH1

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About this course

Admissions Process Subject requirements, level and grade In addition to satisfying the University’s general entry requirements, please note: To study Philosophy and Psychology you must have AAA at A-level, or the equivalent, in arts or science subjects. Philosophy at AS or A level is not a requirement. For Philosophy and Psychology you will also need at least a Grade C in GCSE Mathematics. We consider each application holistically. Whilst academic achievement is important, it is not the only factor that we consider when assessing applications and...

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Subjects

  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Ethics
  • Politics

Course programme

Year 1

In their first year, all students take the Philosophy core modules of Ethics and Values, and Knowledge and Reality. These concern the two broad divisions of Philosophy, into Metaphysics and Theory of Knowledge on the one hand, and Moral Philosophy on the other. Students also take either Introduction to Logic or Reading Philosophy. Reading Philosophy is a text-based course which examines in depth classic works by writers such as Plato, Hume and Sartre

In Psychology, students take a number of comparably core modules.

Years 2 and 3

In the second year, all students take Philosophy of Mind.

In the second and third years, students have a choice of a wide range of topics. In previous years these have included:

  • Moral Theory
  • Modern Philosophy I and II
  • Gender, Film and Society
  • Issues in Contemporary Ethics
  • Philosophy of Religion
  • Political Philosophy
  • Metaphysics
  • Language, Logic and Reality
  • Twentieth Century European Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Science
  • The Philosophy of Economics and Politics: Theory, Methods and Values
  • Victorian Science and Religion
  • Applied Ethics
  • Philosophical Issues in Contemporary Science
  • History and Philosophy of Psychiatry
  • Biomedical Ethics Past and Present.

There is a comparable choice within Psychology. You will also have the opportunity to study a subject in depth, by writing a substantial Dissertation of your choice.

Philosophy and Psychology students may wish to take advantage of the Philosophy Department’s special expertise in the history and philosophy of science. The study of the history of science involves looking at the development of science as the way of explaining events in the natural world, and considering it critically as a belief system in relation to other belief systems and dogmas. The study of the philosophy of science raises philosophical questions about scientific method and about the various metaphysical assumptions upon which scientific theories depend. Philosophy of Mind is also a subject of cross-disciplinary importance, in which philosophers often engage with contemporary developments in Psychology.

Philosophy and Psychology-BA

£ 9,250 + VAT