Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE)
Bachelor's degree
In Oxford
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Oxford
UCAS code L0V0 Duration 3 years (BA)
Entrance requirements AAA Subject requirements Maths
History
Admissions test(s) ox.ac.uk/tsa Written work None
Admissions statistics*
Interviewed: 33%
Successful: 12%
Intake: 243
*3-year average 2017-19
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PPE was born of the conviction that study of the great modern works of economic, social, political and philosophical thought would have a transformative effect on students’ intellectual lives, and thereby on society at large. This conviction remains as firm today as it was then. As the world has evolved, so has PPE. The course brings together some of the most important approaches to understanding the world around us, developing skills useful for a wide range of careers and activities.
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PPE is a highly flexible degree which allows you to shape your own path through it: you may choose to specialise in two branches at the end of the first year, or continue with all three. You can also explore a wide variety of disciplines under the overarching headings of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics - for example, you can specialise in Sociology or International Relations by choosing the relevant Politics options.
Studying philosophy develops analytical, critical and logical rigour, enabling you to apply these skills to questions concerning how we acquire knowledge or make ethical judgements..
In turn, the study of politics provides a thorough understanding of the impact of political institutions on modern societies over the second and third years I grew to love philosophy more and more, and so I've directed my degree more towards...
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Subjects
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Government Politics
- University
- Economics
- Modern Philosophy
- Quantitative economics
- Market
- International Relations
- Politics
- Options
- IT
- Political Theory
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- Sociology
- Teaching
- Philosophy
- International
- Government
- Skills and Training
Course programme
Your weekly timetable will usually be divided between six to eight lectures and two meetings, which may be either tutorials or classes, supplemented by private study which will be mainly spent preparing essays or problem sets for tutorials and classes.
Tutorials are usually two-four students and a tutor. Class sizes may vary depending on the options you choose. Teaching in all three PPE subjects is normally done in tutorials rather than classes. Where classes do form part of the teaching for a paper, there would usually be no more than around 20 students though classes for some of the more popular papers may be up to 30 students. Most tutorials, classes, and lectures are delivered by staff who are tutors in their subject. Many are world-leading experts with years of experience in teaching and research. Some teaching may also be delivered by postgraduate students who are usually studying at doctorate level.
To find out more about how our teaching year is structured, visit our Academic Year page.
Academic YearCourse structureYEAR 1COURSES
All three branches of PPE are studied equally:- Philosophy
- General philosophy
- Moral philosophy
- Elementary logic
- Politics
- The theory of politics (introductory political theory)
- The practice of politics (introductory comparative government and politics)
- Political analysis (introductory empirical and quantitative methods)
- Economics
- Microeconomics: the functioning of the market economy
- Macroeconomics: dealing with national output and employment, exchange rates and policy issues
- Mathematical techniques used in economics
ASSESSMENT
First University examinations: three written papersYEARS 2 AND 3COURSES
Students choose to continue with all three branches (tripartite) or concentrate on any two (bipartite), taking compulsory courses in the chosen branches along with optional courses:
- Philosophy
- Ethics
- Either Early modern philosophy or Knowledge and reality or Plato’s Republic or Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
- Politics (any two of these)
- Comparative government
- British politics and government since 1900
- Theory of politics
- International relations
- Political sociology
- Economics
- If bipartite at least one of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Quantitative economics
- If tripartite, at least one of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Quantitative economics and Development of the world economy since 1800
- Option choices in Economics depend on having completed pre-requisite courses which are one of the courses listed above.
- Optional courses
- Usually more than 50 choices
Please note that the options offered may change. A full list of current options is available on the course website.
ASSESSMENT
Final University examinations: eight papers, typically assessed by written examination, but in some cases by coursework. One of these eight papers may be a thesis/supervised dissertation.
YEAR 1COURSES
All three branches of PPE are studied equally:- Philosophy
- General philosophy
- Moral philosophy
- Elementary logic
- Politics
- The theory of politics (introductory political theory)
- The practice of politics (introductory comparative government and politics)
- Political analysis (introductory empirical and quantitative methods)
- Economics
- Microeconomics: the functioning of the market economy
- Macroeconomics: dealing with national output and employment, exchange rates and policy issues
- Mathematical techniques used in economics
ASSESSMENT
First University examinations: three written papersYEARS 2 AND 3COURSES
Students choose to continue with all three branches (tripartite) or concentrate on any two (bipartite), taking compulsory courses in the chosen branches along with optional courses:
- Philosophy
- Ethics
- Either Early modern philosophy or Knowledge and reality or Plato’s Republic or Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
- Politics (any two of these)
- Comparative government
- British politics and government since 1900
- Theory of politics
- International relations
- Political sociology
- Economics
- If bipartite at least one of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Quantitative economics
- If tripartite, at least one of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Quantitative economics and Development of the world economy since 1800
- Option choices in Economics depend on having completed pre-requisite courses which are one of the courses listed above.
- Optional courses
- Usually more than 50 choices
Please note that the options offered may change. A full list of current options is available on the course website.
ASSESSMENT
Final University examinations: eight papers, typically assessed by written examination, but in some cases by coursework. One of these eight papers may be a thesis/supervised dissertation.
YEAR 1YEAR 1YEAR 1COURSES
All three branches of PPE are studied equally:- Philosophy
- General philosophy
- Moral philosophy
- Elementary logic
- Politics
- The theory of politics (introductory political theory)
- The practice of politics (introductory comparative government and politics)
- Political analysis (introductory empirical and quantitative methods)
- Economics
- Microeconomics: the functioning of the market economy
- Macroeconomics: dealing with national output and employment, exchange rates and policy issues
- Mathematical techniques used in economics
ASSESSMENT
First University examinations: three written papersCOURSES
All three branches of PPE are studied equally:- Philosophy
- General philosophy
- Moral philosophy
- Elementary logic
- Politics
- The theory of politics (introductory political theory)
- The practice of politics (introductory comparative government and politics)
- Political analysis (introductory empirical and quantitative methods)
- Economics
- Microeconomics: the functioning of the market economy
- Macroeconomics: dealing with national output and employment, exchange rates and policy issues
- Mathematical techniques used in economics
COURSES
COURSES- Philosophy
- General philosophy
- Moral philosophy
- Elementary logic
- Politics
- The theory of politics (introductory political theory)
- The practice of politics (introductory comparative government and politics)
- Political analysis (introductory empirical and quantitative methods)
- Economics
- Microeconomics: the functioning of the market economy
- Macroeconomics: dealing with national output and employment, exchange rates and policy issues
- Mathematical techniques used in economics
- General philosophy
- Moral philosophy
- Elementary logic
- General philosophy
- Moral philosophy
- Elementary logic
- The theory of politics (introductory political theory)
- The practice of politics (introductory comparative government and politics)
- Political analysis (introductory empirical and quantitative methods)
- The theory of politics (introductory political theory)
- The practice of politics (introductory comparative government and politics)
- Political analysis (introductory empirical and quantitative methods)
- Microeconomics: the functioning of the market economy
- Macroeconomics: dealing with national output and employment, exchange rates and policy issues
- Mathematical techniques used in economics
- Microeconomics: the functioning of the market economy
- Macroeconomics: dealing with national output and employment, exchange rates and policy issues
- Mathematical techniques used in economics
ASSESSMENT
First University examinations: three written papersASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENTYEARS 2 AND 3YEARS 2 AND 3YEARS 2 AND 3COURSES
Students choose to continue with all three branches (tripartite) or concentrate on any two (bipartite), taking compulsory courses in the chosen branches along with optional courses:
- Philosophy
- Ethics
- Either Early modern philosophy or Knowledge and reality or Plato’s Republic or Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
- Politics (any two of these)
- Comparative government
- British politics and government since 1900
- Theory of politics
- International relations
- Political sociology
- Economics
- If bipartite at least one of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Quantitative economics
- If tripartite, at least one of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Quantitative economics and Development of the world economy since 1800
- Option choices in Economics depend on having completed pre-requisite courses which are one of the courses listed above.
- Optional courses
- Usually more than 50 choices
Please note that the options offered may change. A full list of current options is available on the course website.
ASSESSMENT
Final University examinations: eight papers, typically assessed by written examination, but in some cases by coursework. One of these eight papers may be a thesis/supervised dissertation.
COURSES
Students choose to continue with all three branches (tripartite) or concentrate on any two (bipartite), taking compulsory courses in the chosen branches along with optional courses:
- Philosophy
- Ethics
- Either Early modern philosophy or Knowledge and reality or Plato’s Republic or Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
- Politics (any two of these)
- Comparative government
- British politics and government since 1900
- Theory of politics
- International relations
- Political sociology
- Economics
- If bipartite at least one of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Quantitative economics
- If tripartite, at least one of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Quantitative economics and Development of the world economy since 1800
- Option choices in Economics depend on having completed pre-requisite courses which are one of the courses listed above.
- Optional courses
- Usually more than 50 choices
Please note that the options offered may change. A full list of current options is available on the course website.
COURSES
COURSESStudents choose to continue with all three branches (tripartite) or concentrate on any two (bipartite), taking compulsory courses in the chosen branches along with optional courses:
tripartitebipartite- Philosophy
- Ethics
- Either Early modern philosophy or Knowledge and reality or Plato’s Republic or Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
- Politics (any two of these)
- Comparative government
- British politics and government since 1900
- Theory of politics
- International relations
- Political sociology
- Economics
- If bipartite at least one of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Quantitative economics
- If tripartite, at least one of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Quantitative economics and Development of the world economy since 1800
- Option choices in Economics depend on having completed pre-requisite courses which are one of the courses listed above.
- Optional courses
- Usually more than 50 choices
- Ethics
- Either Early modern philosophy or Knowledge and reality or Plato’s Republic or Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
- Ethics
- Either Early modern philosophy or Knowledge and reality or Plato’s Republic or Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
- Comparative government
- British politics and government since 1900
- Theory of politics
- International relations
- Political sociology
- Comparative government
- British politics and government since 1900
- Theory of politics
- International relations
- Political sociology
- If bipartite at least one of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Quantitative economics
- If tripartite, at least one of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Quantitative economics and Development of the world economy since 1800
- Option choices in Economics depend on having completed pre-requisite courses which are one of the courses listed above.
- If bipartite at least one of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Quantitative economics
- If tripartite, at least one of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Quantitative economics and Development of the world economy since 1800
- Option choices in Economics depend on having completed pre-requisite courses which are one of the courses listed above.
- Usually more than 50 choices
- Usually more than 50 choices
Please note that the options offered may change. A full list of current options is available on the course website.
Please note that the options offered may change. A full list of current options is available on the course website.on the course websiteASSESSMENT
Final University examinations: eight papers, typically assessed by written examination, but in some cases by coursework. One of these eight papers may be a thesis/supervised dissertation.
ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENTFinal University examinations: eight papers, typically assessed by written examination, but in some cases by coursework. One of these eight papers may be a thesis/supervised dissertation.
The content and format of this course may change in some circumstances. Read further information about potential course changes.
The content and format of this course may change in some circumstances. Read further information about potential course changes.
The content and format of this course may change in some circumstances. Read further information about potential course changes.
The content and format of this course may change in some circumstances. Read further information about potential course changes.
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