Politics, Philosophy and History (BA): 4-year, part-time

Birkbeck, University of London

Bachelor's degree

In London

£ 6,935 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    4 Years

Our BA Politics, Philosophy and History (PPH) draws together the three disciplines in a distinctive combination and uses them to interrogate one another. This innovative degree is unified by cross-disciplinary modules taught by members of all three contributing departments and taken by all students. These cross-disciplinary courses, currently Rise of the Modern State, Conceptions of the Human from the Enlightenment to Today, and Problems of Explanation and Interpretation, distinguish PPH from other tripartite degrees by providing a unique intellectual spine from which you can branch out to the three departments for your options. This structure produces a distinctive kind of student, one keen on questions and willing to think across and sometimes against conventional disciplinary boundaries. The course prepares you to undertake a higher degree or to move into a range of careers, including in education, the arts, politics, or journalism.

This course is also available for full-time evening study over three years.

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Location

Start date

London
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Malet Street, WC1E 7HX

Start date

On request

About this course

Graduates can pursue careers in local and national government, policy work, research or journalism. This degree may also be useful in becoming a diplomatic services operational officer, civil service fast-streamer, charity officer or newspaper journalist.

We offer a comprehensive Careers Service to help you advance your career, while our in-house, professional recruitment consultancy, Birkbeck Talent, works with London’s top employers to help you gain work experience that fits in with your evening studies.

We welcome applicants without traditional entry qualifications as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications, knowledge and previous work experience. We may waive formal entry requirements based on judgement of academic potential.

Awarding Body
University of London

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Subjects

  • Foreign Policy
  • Democracy
  • British Politics
  • International
  • Art
  • Modern Philosophy
  • Classics
  • Archaeology
  • American Politics
  • Interpretation
  • Politics
  • Philosophy
  • Part Time

Course programme

COURSE STRUCTURE

You take modules worth 360 credits in total, including seven compulsory modules and two option modules from each of the three disciplines.

In lieu of one of the options, in your final year you may elect to write a dissertation.

Option modules vary each year.

CROSS-DISCIPLINARY COMPULSORY MODULES
  • Conceptions of the Human from the Enlightenment to Today
  • Problems of Explanation and Interpretation
  • Rise of the Modern State
DEPARTMENTAL COMPULSORY MODULES
  • Approaching the Past
  • Governing by Numbers
  • Identity, Mind and Free Will
  • Knowledge and Faith
  • Philosophy as the Art of Living: Modern Views
INDICATIVE POLITICS OPTION MODULES
  • American Politics and Foreign Policy Level 5
  • British and comparative foreign policy analysis
  • Capitalism and the Politics of Markets
  • Capitalism and the Politics of Markets
  • Capitalism: histories and theories
  • Challenges in Contemporary Politics
  • Comparative European Politics: Europeanisation, Contestation, Integration (Level 6)
  • Contemporary British Politics
  • Democracy and Authoritarianism
  • Food, Politics and Society
  • Gender, Race and Class in Global Political Economy
  • International Migration and Transnationalism
  • Introduction to International Political Economy
  • Parliamentary Studies: Power, role and influence
  • Parliamentary Studies: representation and reform
  • Political Economy in the Middle East
  • Politics and the Arts (Level 6)
  • Politics and the Middle East Level 5
  • Politics in the Middle East
  • Russian Politics and Society, 1905 to Today
  • Social and Political Theory
  • The European Union Polity
  • The Politics of European Integration
  • The Politics of the Global Food System
  • The Rise of the Modern Food System
  • War and Modern Society
INDICATIVE PHILOSOPHY OPTION MODULES
  • Adorno and Foucault Level 6
  • Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (level 5)
  • Aristotle's Biology (Level 6)
  • Art and Value (Level 5, 15 credits)
  • Early Modern Philosophy of Mind (Level 6)
  • Epistemology (Level 5, 15 credits)
  • Ethics (Level 5, 15 credits)
  • Evolution and Philosophy
  • Hegel (Level 6)
  • Kant and German Idealism (level 5)
  • Metaethics: the foundations of morality and ethical thought (Level 6, 15 credits)
  • Metaphysics (Level 5, 15 credits)
  • Modern Philosophy (Level 5, 15 credits)
  • Morality, Nature, and Evolution
  • Philosophy and Gender (Level 5, 15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Cognitive Science (level 6)
  • Philosophy of Science (Level 5, 15 credits)
  • Philosophy, Business and Society (Level 5, 15 credits)
  • Political Philosophy (Level 5, 15 credits)
  • Propositions and Other Intentional Objects
  • Social Epistemology (Level 6, 15 credits)
  • The Philosophy of Nietzsche
  • The Philosophy of Spinoza (Level 6, 15 credits)
  • The Power of Art: Historical Themes (Level 6, 15 credits)
INDICATIVE HISTORY OPTION MODULES
  • A sense of space: travellers and maps in the pre-modern world
  • Contested Nation: Germany, 1871-1918
  • Crime, Poverty and Protest in England and Beyond, 1500-1800
  • Crossing Borders: Passports, Bodies and the State, 1600 to Today
  • Empire in Comparative Perspective
  • From Warrior to Gentleman: Noble Society in Early Modern Britain and France
  • Ireland and the Irish from the Act of Union to Partition, 1801-1921
  • Italy and the World: Conflict and the Incomplete Nation, 1815-present
  • Race, Identity and Cultural Exchange in the British Empire
  • The Age of Plague: Disease, Medicine and Society in Western Europe 1348-1665
  • The Ottoman Empire (level 5)
  • The Reconstruction of Europe, 1945-1950 (level 5)
  • The Third Reich
Birkbeck makes all reasonable efforts to deliver educational services, modules and programmes of study as described on our website. In the event that there are material changes to our offering (for example, due to matters beyond our control), we will update applicant and student facing information as quickly as possible and offer alternatives to applicants, offer-holders and current students.

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FEES
Part-time international students: £10710 pa

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