History and Philosophy : BA Hons : VVC5

Lancaster University

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Lancaster

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Develop your critical abilities within two vibrant departments of like-minded students and expert scholars and gain a strong understanding of how History and Philosophy intersect and influence one another.

History's core first year module is designed to extend and deepen your knowledge of the past and introduce you to major historical topics and themes from the ancient world to the present day. You will gain insights into how historians conduct research and interpret the past and develop your own research, essay-writing and presentational skills.

Many History students choose to take additional, specialised modules on topics ranging from the fall of the Roman Empire to histories of violence and empire in the modern world.

In your second and third years you design your own degree, focusing on the themes, periods and nations which interest you the most, with options that include British, European, American, Asian and Middle Eastern history, from the eighth century BC to the twentieth century.

The first year Philosophy module is an introduction to several key areas of philosophy, focusing on the nature of philosophy, the theory of knowledge, metaphysics, critical thinking and ethics. The emphasis is on developing skills in careful reading, critical reflection and rigorous interpretation and argument. You don't need to have studied philosophy before.

In the second and third year there is a wide range of optional modules on topics ranging from aesthetics and ethics, the history of philosophy, to philosophy of mind and philosophy of science. In the third year there are a range of specialist modules available where you will work in smaller groups with an academic on a specific topic and will be assessed by dissertation, rather than exam.

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Lancaster (Lancashire)
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Lancaster University, LA1 4YW

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About this course

Our graduates have a number of career paths open to them, including journalism and publishing, marketing, PR and retail management. Core skills including independent research, critical analysis and effective presentation have enabled recent graduates to gain roles with major employers including Marks & Spencer, Santander, BskyB and Sainsbury’s.

The interdisciplinary research methodologies, critical analysis, organisational and writing skills developed over the course of our degrees can lead to career destinations including business, marketing, the media, publishing, the Civil Service and the public sector.

Many of our graduates decide to progress to postgraduate studies with us or other institutions, often entering into research and teaching positions.

Lancaster University is dedicated to ensuring you not only gain a highly reputable degree, but that you also graduate with relevant life and work based skills. We are unique in that every student is eligible to participate in The Lancaster Award which offers you the opportunity to complete key activities such as work experience, employability/career development, campus community and social development.

A Level AAB

IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component.

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Subjects

  • Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Metaphysics
  • Aesthetics
  • History of Philosophy
  • History and Historians
  • Histories of Violence
  • History
  • Bad War
  • Epistemology

Course programme

Many of Lancaster's degree programmes are flexible, offering students the opportunity to cover a wide selection of subject areas to complement their main specialism. You will be able to study a range of modules, some examples of which are listed below.

Year 1

Core

    • From Ancient to Modern: History and Historians
    • Introduction to Philosophy

Optional

    • 'Histories of Violence: How Imperialism made the Modern World'
    • From Great War to Total War?
    • Reform, Rebellion and Reason: Britain, 1500-1800
    • The Fall of Rome
Year 2

Core

    • Making History: Contexts, Sources and Publics

Optional

    • A History of Paris, c. 1730 to the Present
    • After Vietnam: Remembering, Representing and Refighting the 'Bad War'
    • Athens, Sparta and Alexander the Great, 403-31 BC
    • Athens, Sparta and the Greek World (c. 800-404 B.C.)
    • Crusade and Jihad: Holy War in the Middle East, 1095-1254
    • Epistemology
    • Ethics: Theory and Practice
    • Gandhi and the End of Empire in India, 1885-1948
    • History of Philosophy
    • Metaphysics
    • Modern Political Thought
    • Nature and culture 1500-1700: Themes from the Renaissance
    • New World Order 1919-1939
    • Partisans and Collaborators: World War II in Occupied Europe
    • Philosophical Questions in the Study of Politics and Economics
    • Philosophy of the Mind
    • Restless Nation: Germany in the 20th Century
    • The History of the English Lake District: Terror, Ecstasy, and Environmental Change
    • The History of the United States, 1789-1865
    • The History of the United States, 1865-1989
    • The Making and Unmaking of Heroes in German History: from Warriors and a People's Queen to Film Stars and a Football Team.
    • The Origins and Rise of Islam (600-1250 AD)
    • The Victorians and Before: Britain, 1783-1901
    • The Wartime Gender Contract & the Combat Taboo in 20th century Britain.
    • Three Colours, One Flag, One Empire: the French Colonial World, 1791-1962
    • Western Philosophy and Religious Thought
Year 3

Optional

    • 'The Shock of the New': Modernity and the Modernisms of American Culture, 1877-1919
    • 'These Beastly Obscenities': Monuments, Images and Antiquities in Imperial India
    • Advertising and Consumerism in Britain, 1853-1960
    • Aesthetics
    • Anarchy and society in the Caribbean, c.1620-c.1720
    • Bede and his World, c.660-740
    • Continental Philosophy
    • Darwinism and Philosophy
    • Dissertation
    • Dissertation
    • Ethics and Genetics
    • Future generations
    • Gender Identities in the People's War: Experiences, Representations and Memories
    • History of Twentieth Century Philosophy
    • Indian Religious and Philosophical Thought
    • Logic and Language
    • Philosophy of Medicine
    • PPR in Education
    • Science and Society in England, 1640-1688
    • Society and the Divine in Ancient Greece
    • Special Subject: The Imagination
    • The Politics of Memory: The Contested Past in Museums, Monuments, and Minds
    • The Third Reich and Film

Lancaster University offers a range of programmes, some of which follow a structured study programme, and others which offer the chance for you to devise a more flexible programme. We divide academic study into two sections - Part 1 (Year 1) and Part 2 (Year 2, 3 and sometimes 4). For most programmes Part 1 requires you to study 120 credits spread over at least three modules which, depending upon your programme, will be drawn from one, two or three different academic subjects. A higher degree of specialisation then develops in subsequent years.

Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.

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