English and Philosophy

Leeds University Business School

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In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Engage with some of the world’s greatest writers and thinkers with this wide-ranging degree, which will allow you to explore the rich heritage of literature in English while considering important questions about how we see and understand the world.
Core modules will enable you to explore poetry, prose and drama in English across historical periods while introducing you to central issues in philosophy and how to construct arguments. You’ll also build on this knowledge by choosing from an impressive range of optional modules, allowing you to pursue the topics that interest you.
From metaphysics to children’s literature, Nietzsche to American fiction and aesthetics to the language of the media, this degree offers a great opportunity to understand the development of human thought as well as an important form of cultural expression – and how the two can inform each other.
Leeds has great facilities for students of philosophy and English. The world class Brotherton Library holds a wide variety of manuscript, archive and early printed material in its Special Collections– valuable assets for your independent research. Our other library resources are also excellent, and the University Library offers a comprehensive training programme to help you make the most of them.

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Location

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)
Maurice Keyworth Building, The University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

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About this course

Entry requirements
A-level: AAA including A in English excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking
Other course specific tests:
Where an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be AAB at A Level including A in English (excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking) and grade A in the EPQ. ve entry
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Subjects

  • Interpretation
  • Philosophy
  • English
  • Metaphysics
  • Drama
  • University
  • Poetry
  • Prose

Course programme

A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer optional and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects.

You’ll spend your first year studying core modules that introduce you to key aspects of philosophy from the nature of knowledge, the self, and ethics to logical reasoning, as well as poetry, prose and drama. You’ll also have the chance to study optional modules on topics such as political philosophy and the history of scientific thought, or take discovery modules from across the University.

Over the next two years, you’ll maintain a balance across different areas of philosophy by choosing modules from groups such as the mind and knowledge, language and logic or value philosophy. At the same time, you’ll choose from core modules exploring the literature of different historical periods. Then you’ll be able to choose from a wide range of optional modules, from Arthurian legends to the digital humanities.

Throughout the degree, you’ll be developing high-level skills in independent research, interpretation and analysis. You’ll also have the chance to showcase all of these when you undertake your independent research project in your final year, allowing you to specialise and conduct research on a topic of your choice.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

You’ll choose from a wide range of optional modules while maintaining a balance across your subjects. Follow the links to the Programme Catalogue for more examples of optional modules and the full course structure.

Compulsory modules
  • Studying and Researching English 5 credits
  • How to Think Clearly and Argue Well 20 credits
  • Foundations of English Studies
Optional modules

Examples of the optional modules available are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.

  • Poetry: Reading and Interpretation OR Drama: Reading and Interpretation 20 credits
  • The Good, the Bad, the Right, the Wrong 20 credits
  • Knowledge, Self and Reality 20 credits
  • Great Philosophical Thinkers 20 credits

Year 2

Optional modules

Examples of the optional modules available are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.

  • Medieval Literature 20 credits
  • Eighteenth-Century Literature 20 credits
  • Literature of the Romantic Period 20 credits
  • Renaissance Literature 20 credits
  • Language, Ethnicity, and Race 20 credits
  • Folklore and Mythology 20 credits
  • Victorian Literature 20 credits
  • American Words, American Worlds, 1900-Present 20 credits
  • Formal Logic 20 credits
  • Topics in Epistemology: Theory and Evidence 20 credits
  • Topics in Epistemology: Knowledge and Justification 20 credits
  • Realism and Antirealism 20 credits
  • Introduction to Metaphysics 20 credits

Year 3

Compulsory modules

  • Final Year Project
Optional modules

Examples of the optional modules available are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.

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