Philosophy and Politics (Placement Year) : BA Hons : VL53

Lancaster University

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In Lancaster

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Lancaster

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Philosophy and Politics are two highly important and complementary disciplines and you’ll study and debate a range of relevant contemporary issues with scholars at the forefront of their academic field. For example, what obligations do we have to the state? Can ideas change the world? How should we think about right and wrong, truth and falsity?

You’ll begin your degree with first-year courses including Introduction to Philosophy, and Politics and Governance in the Contemporary World. In your second year and third years, you choose modules from a wide selection subjects such as History of Philosophy; Ethics: Theory and Practice; Modern Political Thought, and The United Kingdom: State, Politics and Policy.

You will have the opportunity to spend Year 3 on placement with a public, private or voluntary organisation in the UK or overseas. This experience will boost your employment prospects and will help you to decide on your career direction and the kind of organisation in which you want to work once you graduate. You will be doing a real, responsible job – with all the satisfaction that brings. Our Placements Team will support you in finding and applying for a suitable placement that will support your professional development. Applying for a placement is a competitive process and the preparatory modules you will complete in years one and two are designed to give you the best chance of success in your placement applications. You will also be provided with dedicated workshops, 1:1 appointments with careers professionals as well as opportunities to speak with employers here on campus.

During the placement year you will remain a Lancaster University student which means that you will still be eligible for a student loan, have access to facilities such as the library and receive discounts on transport and council tax. Your tuition fee will be reduced to 20% during the placement year.

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Lancaster (Lancashire)
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Lancaster University, LA1 4YW

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About this course

Your degree will develop your ability to analyse and assess situations while also being able to communicate ideas effectively. These skills are in high demand among employers and open up a number of career paths for our students.

Lancaster alumni can be found in professions such as law, journalism, computing consultancy, and local government. Others have diversified and made careers in fashion, nursing and journalism.

A Level ABB

IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component.

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Subjects

  • Politics
  • Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Political Thought
  • State Politics
  • History of Philosophy
  • Introduction to Philosophy
  • Contemporary World
  • International Relations
  • Constructing Ethics

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

    • Introduction to Philosophy
    • Politics and International Relations in the Contemporary World
Year 2

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
    • Government and Politics of the United States
    • 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
Year 4

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
    • 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.

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