BA Philosophy and Literature
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Bachelor's degree
In Colchester
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Colchester
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Duration
3 Years
About the course
Our course enables you to study topics from both literature and philosophy, and to explore issues at the cross-sections of these two exciting disciplines
We provide a wide-ranging and flexible curriculum, embracing different traditions of philosophical thought, and English literature of several genres and periods
We also focus on the interrelations between the disciplines of philosophy and literature
You study topics including:
Ethics
Philosophy of religion
European philosophy (including critical theory, phenomenology, and existentialism)
Modernist cityscapes in literature
Victorian literary realism
Our School of Philosophy and Art History is widely regarded as among the very best in the UK, having been recognised as one of the Top 10 UK universities for research excellence (REF 2014), and being placed in the Top 10 in The Guardian University Guide in 2010, 2011, and 2013
We are ranked Top 20 in the UK for literature (Guardian University Guide 2015)
Study abroad
Your education extends beyond our University campus
We support you extending your education by offering you an additional year at no extra cost
The four-year version of our degree allows you to spend your third year studying abroad, while otherwise remaining identical to the three-year course
Studying abroad can allow you to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised
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Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
Maro Kalogeri
Subjects
- IT Law
- Ethics
- Law
- University
Course programme
Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory and optional modules to make sure you gain key knowledge in the discipline, while having as much freedom as possible to explore your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are just a selection of those available. The opportunity to take optional modules will depend on the number of core modules within any year of the course. In many instances, the flexibility to take optional modules increases as you progress through the course.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current first-year students, including details of all optional modules.
Please note that in your second year you choose two of these four modules: Early Modern Literature, Versions of Modernity, United States Literature Since 1850, Approaches to Text. You do not choose all four.
Year 1
Introduction to Philosophy
Literature: Origins and Transformations
Death, God and the Meaning of Life (optional)
The Enlightenment (optional)
Skills for University Studies
Year 2
Narrativity, Truth and Flourishing
Knowledge & Reality (optional)
Versions of Modernity (optional)
United States Literature Since 1850 (optional)
Approaches to Text (optional)
Early Modern Literature (optional)
Freud and the Philosophy of the Unconscious (optional)
Ethics (optional)
Beyond the BA: Skills for the Next Step
Final year
Dreaming and Writing (optional)
Post-War(s) United States Fiction (optional)
Romanticism: Poetry and Prose (optional)
The Victorians: Writers and Society (optional)
Modern Social and Political Thought (optional)
Nietzsche (optional)
Feminism (optional)
Philosophy Dissertation (optional)
Year abroad
On your year abroad, you have the opportunity to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.
Teaching
Teaching takes the form of lectures and seminar sessions or discussion classes
Seminars allow your lecturer to explain new arguments and ideas, while giving sufficient time for questions and collective discussion and debate
We believe that discussion is the lifeblood of philosophy, and we try to keep our classes as small as we can for this purpose
Innovative ways of engaging with literary texts include editing 16th century sonnets and archival research
Assessment
Usually assessed by 2,000-3,000 word essays
Most modules weighted 50% coursework and 50% exams
In your second- and third-years of philosophy modules, you may write an optional essay if you wish, in order to improve your coursework mark
First year marks do not count towards your degree class
Final-year students may carry out an optional dissertation
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BA Philosophy and Literature