Philosophy and Social Policy

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

What’s the difference between belief and knowledge? Why are we here? How do we know what we know – and can we ever know anything at all? Philosophy at Leeds explores fundamental questions about how we understand the world. Through core and optional modules you’ll learn how to construct arguments and study key topics such as ethics and logic, as well as specialist knowledge in topics from ancient and moral philosophy to the ethics of life and death, philosophy of language or aesthetics.
From globalisation to crime, drug policy, disability studies and ethnicity, Social Policy allows you to explore how social, historical, cultural and political influences have shaped welfare and the welfare state. You’ll combine core modules introducing you to key issues in contemporary welfare such as social division and welfare dependency with a wide range of optional modules, offering you the chance to focus on your own interests.

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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: ABB
GCSE: Grade 4/C in Mathematics.
Other course specific tests:
When 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 BBB at A Level and grade A in the EPQ.
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Subjects

  • Social Policy
  • Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Logic
  • Disability

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 options and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects. You’ll also undertake a major research project in either subject in your final year.

Philosophy

Core modules in your first year will introduce you to topics such as ethics and logic and teach you to construct arguments. This will lay the foundation for the next two years, where you’ll continue to take a broad approach to philosophy by choosing modules from areas such as logic and language, philosophy of science, mind and knowledge or history of philosophy. By your final year you will also have highly developed research and analytical skills.

Social Policy

Core modules in your first year will give you an understanding of the social, political, economic and cultural influences that have shaped the welfare state since the 1940s, as well as some of the key debates surrounding welfare today. In the following year, you’ll continue to study some of the major issues in social policy, as well as choosing from optional modules on topics such as urban disorders, crime and the law. In your final year you’ll also shape your studies to suit your interests through a wider range of optional modules.

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

Compulsory modules

  • How to Think Clearly and Argue Well 20 credits
  • Introduction to Academic Skills 5 credits
  • Formations of Modernity 20 credits
  • Social Policy: Poor Laws to the Present 20 credits
Optional modules

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

  • Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion 10 credits
  • The Good, the Bad, the Right, the Wrong 20 credits
  • Knowledge, Self and Reality 20 credits
  • Crime and Deviance 20 credits
  • Identities, Inequalities and Policy in Contemporary Society 20 credits
  • Sociology of Modern Societies 20 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Key Debates in Social Policy 20 credits
Optional modules

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

  • Ancient Philosophy 20 credits
  • Ethics of Life and Death 10 credits
  • Political Philosophy 20 credits
  • Crime, Race and Ethnicity 20 credits
  • Sociology of Work 20 credits
  • Health and Society 20 credits

Year 3

Optional modules

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

  • Realism and Representation in Science 20 credits
  • The Structure of Reality 20 credits
  • Feminist Philosophy 20 credits
  • Disability Rights and the International Policy Context 20 credits

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