Philosophy and Politics : BA Hons : VL52

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.

Core

• Introduction to Philosophy
• Politics and International Relations in the Contemporary World

Optional

• Comparative Politics of the Asia Pacific and the Middle East
• Constructing Ethics: Christianity and Islam
• Economics for the Real World
• Epistemology
• Ethics: Theory and Practice
• History of Philosophy
• Indian Politics, Society and Religion
• International Relations and Security
• Introduction to Peace Studies
• Metaphysics
• Modern Political Thought
• Philosophical Questions in the Study of Politics and Economics
• Philosophy of Science
• Philosophy of the Mind
• The Politics of Development
• The Politics of the European Union
• The United Kingdom: State, Politics and Policies
• Western Philosophy and Religious Thought

Optional

• Aesthetics
• Africa and Global Politics
• Britain in the World
• China in the Modern World
• Contemporary Issues in Human Rights
• Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
• Continental Philosophy
• Corporations, Global Political Economy and the Law
• Darwinism and Philosophy
• Dissertation
• Dissertation with external collaboration
• Dissertation with field studies
• Elections, Voters and Political Parties
• Exploring the Persian Gulf
• Feminist Philosophy
• Future generations
• History of Twentieth Century Philosophy
• Indian Religious and Philosophical Thought
• International Political Economy of Globalization
• Islamic Politics
• Liberals and Communitarians
• Logic and Language
• Media, Religion and Politics
• Modern Religious and Atheistic Thought
• Political Ideas
• Politics Employability and Engagement through Outreach
• Politics of Cultural Diversity
• Politics of Global Danger
• PPR in Education
• Reading Political Theory
• Religion and politics
• Seminar in Contemporary Moral Philosophy
• Special Subject: The Imagination
• Understanding External Intervention in Violent Conflicts

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.