Philosophy
Bachelor's degree
In London
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
London
Overview
Our Philosophy BA offers an extremely wide range of modules, including Indian Philosophy and Philosophy of Psychology, available at few other UK universities. Located in the heart of London our Department of Philosophy has particular strengths in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and ancient philosophy.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.
Key benefits
One of the largest and most distinguished philosophy departments in the country.
The Department is ranked as one of the top three UK philosophy departments in the 2014 Research Excellence framework for both the quality of our research and research power.
Our National Student Survey (NSS) satisfaction results are consistently excellent. In the most recent NSS (2016), 95% of students report being satisfied with our teaching.
King's offers an exceptionally wide range of optional courses, covering all areas of the history of philosophy and contemporary philosophy.
Our emphasis on small-group teaching ensures you acquire and hone the skills of critical thinking. Develop your philosophical ideas and arguments in a focussed environment with plenty of feedback and discussion.
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Subjects
- Greek
- Psychology
- Political Philosophy
- Teaching
- Philosophy
- Ethics
- Modern Philosophy
- Greek Philosophy
- Epistemology
- Metaphysics
- Logic
- University
Course programme
Year 1
Year 1
Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.
You are required to take the following modules, each worth 15 credits:
Required Modules- Greek Philosophy I
- Ethics I
- Elementary Logic
- Metaphysics I
- Modern Philosophy I
- Political Philosophy I
- Epistemology I
- Methodology
Year 2
Year 2
As a second year student you will also have the option to study abroad with one of our partner institutions for the second semester or the full the year. These currently include:
- University of British Columbia
- University of California
- University of Chicago (full year only)
- Hong Kong University
- Monash University
- National University of Singapore
- University of Toronto (full year only)
- University of North Carolina
- University of Wurzburg (basic German language required)
- University of Sydney
- University of British Columbia
- University of Michigan
- Australian National University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- LMU Munich
Required Modules There are no core modules in year two. Optional Modules
In your second year you are also required to take two level 5 modules (15 credits each) from each of the following groups, which may typically include the following modules:
Group A
- Greek Philosophy II: Plato (15 credits)
- Greek Philosophy II: Aristotle (15 credits)
- Modern Philosophy II: Locke and Berkeley (15 credits)
- Modern Philosophy II: Spinoza and Leibniz (15 credits)
Group B
- Ethics II: History of Ethical Philosophy (15 credits)
- Ethics II: Contemporary Ethical Philosophy (15 credits)
- Political Philosophy II: History of Political Philosophy (15 credits)
- Political Philosophy II: Theories of Freedom OR Justice (running alternate years) (15 credits)
Group C
- Epistemology II (15 credits)
- Metaphysics II (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Logic and Language (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Mind (15 credits)
- Intermediate Logic (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Physics I: Philosophy of Space & Time (15 credits)
You are also required to take a further 30 credits from any of the optional level 5 modules listed above, or choose from a further range of 15-credit, level 6 modules, which may typically include, but are not limited to:
- Hellenistic Philosophy (15 credits)
- Indian Philosophy: The Orthodox Schools (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Mathematics (15 credits)
- Medieval Philosophy (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Psychology (15 credits)
- First-Order Logic (15 credits)
- Aesthetics (15 credits)
- Gender & Philosophy (15 credits)
- Topics in Modern Philosophy (15 credits)
- Topics in Political Philosophy (15 credits)
- 20th Century Continental Philosophy (NB the 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy Modules run in alternate years) (15 credits)
- Topics in Philosophy of Language (15 credits)
- Utilitarianism (15 credits)
- Foundations of Analytic Philosophy (15 credits)
Year 3
Year 3 Required Modules There are no required modules for this course in your third year. Optional Modules You will take 120 credits from a range of optional modules which may typically include:
- Hellenistic Philosophy (15 credits)
- Indian Philosophy: The Orthodox Schools (15 credits)
- Kant's Epistemology & Metaphysics (15 credits)
- Medieval Philosophy (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Psychology (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Religion (15 credits)
- Set Theory (15 credits)
- Aesthetics (15 credits)
- Formal Syntax (15 credits)
- Gender & Philosophy (15 credits)
- Greek Philosophical Texts I: Plato (15 credits)
- Topics in Modern Philosophy (15 credits)
- Topics in Political Philosophy (15 credits)
- Topics in Philosophy of Language (15 credits)
- Scepticism (15 credits)
- Foundations of Analytic Philosophy (15 credits)
- Indian Philosophy: The Heterodox Schools (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Mathematics (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Science (15 credits)
- Ethics of Science & Technology (15 credits)
- Modal Logic (15 credits)
- 19th Century Continental Philosophy (15 credits)
- Formal Semantics (15 credits)
- Topics in the Philosophy of Mind (15 credits)
- Moral Normativity (15 credits)
- Topics in Greek Philosophy (15 credits)
- Philosophy of Psychology II (15 credits)
Alternatively, either in your second or third year, you may request to take modules from other departments at King's (up to 30 credits in the course of your degree), or from other Philosophy departments in the University of London (up to 30 credits per year).
King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-todate, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.
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