War Studies & Philosophy

King's College London

Bachelor's degree

In London

higher than £ 9000

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

Entry requirements
Entry requirements
 
A-level
International Baccalaureate
Access to HE Diploma
Cambridge Pre-U
BTEC Extended Diploma
BTEC Diploma
BTEC Subsidiary Diploma
European Baccalaureate
International Students
Required grades

AAA

Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A-levels. However, if offered the grade achieved may be taken into account when considering whether or not to accept a candidate who has just fallen short of the conditions of their offer.

Required subjects

No compulsory subjects.

Preferred subjects

No preferred subjects.

Further information and other requirements
A-Level AAA Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A-levels. However, if offered the grade achieved may be taken into account when considering whether or not to accept a candidate who has just fallen short of the conditions of their offer. 
Access to HE Diploma

D: 36 credits

M: 9 credits

P: 0 credits

 Access to HE Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits: 36 must be from units awarded at Distinction, with the remaining Level 3 credits at Merit.
Cambridge Pre-U  D3 D3 D3 Three Pre-U Principal subjects at D3 D3 D3. Combinations of Pre-U principal subjects and other qualifications (such as A-levels) considered.
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (QCF from 2010)   DDM with eleven Distinctions and two A levels at grades AA.
BTEC Level 3 Diploma (QCF from 2010)   DM with six Distinctions and two A levels at grades AA.
BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma (QCF from 2010)   D with four modules at Distinction and two A levels at grades AA.
Scottish Highers & Advanced Highers AAB in Highers

and

AA in Advanced Highers

Must be a combination of three Scottish Highers and two Scottish Advanced Highers. We do not count the Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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10 Cutcombe Road, SE5 9RJ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Critical Thinking
  • University
  • Global
  • International
  • Logic
  • Metaphysics
  • Greek Philosophy
  • Modern Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Philosophy
  • Political Philosophy
  • Access
  • Politics
  • Greek

Course programme

Course detail Description

The War Studies & Philosophy BA degree comprises a total of 360 credits studied over three years. You will divide your study time equally between the two subjects and will usually take modules totalling 120 credits each year.

In your first and second year, you will study a combination of required and optional modules from both subject areas. Your final year will involve you writing a 10,000-word dissertation in either subject area. In addition you will study a range of optional modules to bring your total credits for War Studies and Philosophy to 60 in each subject (including the dissertation).

Teaching

We use lectures, seminars and group tutorials to deliver most of the modules on the programme. You will also be expected to undertake a significant amount of independent study. You will also be assigned a personal tutor, who will provide you with pastoral support during your studies. Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.

Assessment

Assessment methods will depend on the modules you have selected to study. The primary methods of assessment for this course are assessed essays, written examinations, individual and group presentations and a written dissertation.

Location

This course is primarily taught at the King's College London Strand & Waterloo Campuses. Our department is located at the Strand Campus, in the heart of central London close to the seat of government, the City, the Royal Courts of Justice and the Inns of Court, the Imperial War Museum and the National Maritime Museum; providing interaction between the study and practice of security and foreign policy.

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Structure

  • Year 1
  • Year 2
  • Year 3

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant courses of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on this course page for updates.

You are required to take 60 credits from War Studies and 60 credits from Philosophy.

Required Modules

War Studies:

You are required to take the following modules:

  • Art of War Studies (15 credits)
  • Contemporary Security Issues (15 credits)

Philosophy:

You are required to take 60 credits from the following Level 4 modules, all taught over one semester, one from each group:

List A

  • Greek Philosophy I (15 credits) OR
  • Modern Philosophy I ( 15 credits)

List B

  • Ethics I (15 credits) OR
  • Political Philosophy I (15 credits)

List C

  • Epistemology I (15 credits) OR
  • Elementary Logic (15 credits) OR
  • Metaphysics I (15 credits) OR
  • Methodology (15 credits)

One further module may be chosen from any of the above three groups.

Optional Modules

War Studies:

In addition, you are required to take 30 credits from a range of optional modules that may typically include:

  • The Causes of War (30 Credits)
  • The Conduct of War (30 Credits)
  • The Experience of War (30 Credits)

Philosophy:

There are no optional modules.

In addition, you are required to take 30 credits from a range of optional modules that may typically include:

Year 2

You are required to take 60 credits from War Studies and 60 credits from Philosophy.

Required Modules

War Studies

You are required to take one of the following modules:

  • Intelligence in War Studies (30 credits)

  • World War II in Europe (30 credits)
  • War in International Order (30 credits)

Philosophy

You are required to take 60 credits. You must choose three Level 5 modules (45 credits) drawn from at least two of the following A-C groups. Modules may typically include:

List A

  • Greek Philosophy II: Plato (15 credits)
  • Greek Philosophy II: Aristotle (15 credits)
  • Modern Philosophy II: Locke & Berkeley (15 credits)
  • Modern Philosophy II: Spinoza & Leibniz (15 credits)
  • Introduction to Chinese Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Women Thinkers in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (15 credits)

List 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)
  • Topics in Applied Ethics and Politics (15 credits)
  • Environmental Ethics (15 credits)

List C

  • Epistemology II (15 credits)
  • Metaphysics II (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Language (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Mind (15 credits)
  • Intermediate Logic (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Physics I: Philosophy of Space & Time (15 credits)
Optional Modules

War Studies:

In addition, you are required to take 30 credits from a range of optional modules that may typically include:

  • Empires, Imperialism & the History of the Modern World (30 credits)
  • Intelligence in War Studies (30 credits)
  • Military Strategy (30 credits)
  • War in International Order (30 credits)
  • War & Society (30 credits)
  • World War Two in Europe (30 credits)
  • War in the 20th Century (30 credits)

Philosophy:

In addition you are required to take a further 15 credits from lists A-C (above) or from a range of advanced Level 6 (Year 3) philosophy modules which may typically include:

  • Hellenistic Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Indian Philosophy: The Orthodox Schools (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Mathematics (15 credits)
  • Medieval Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Aesthetics (15 credits)
  • Gender & Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Topics in Political Philosophy (15 credits)
  • First Order Logic (15 credits)

You will have the opportunity to study abroad for your full second year. Partner institutions currently include:

  • Georgetown University
  • Hong Kong University
  • Sciences Po, Paris (basic French language required)
  • University of California
  • University of North Carolina
  • University of Sydney
  • Ca'Foscari University of Venice
  • Yonsei University
  • Keio University
  • Korea University

Year 3 Required Modules

You are required to take the following module:

  • Dissertation (you are required to complete a dissertation worth 30 credits in either the Department of War Studies or the Department of Philosophy)

If you write your dissertation in Philosophy you will need to choose an optional module/s adding up to 30 credits in Philosophy and 60 credits in War Studies. If you write your dissertation in War Studies you will choose optional modules adding up to 30 credits in War Studies and 60 credits in Philosophy.

Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to take sufficient credits to bring your total for the year to 120 credits, 60 from War Studies and 60 from Philosophy.

War Studies

Optional modules may typically include the following:

  • War & Strategy in East Asia (30 credits)
  • British Strategy 1815 - 1856 From the Congress of Vienna to the Peace of Paris (30 credits)
  • War and Religion in the Middle East (30 credits)
  • War on Terror (30 credits)
  • Guerrillas in the Mist: Insurgency and Counter-insurgency (30 credits)
  • Nature of Riots (30 credits)
  • Philosophies of War (30 credits)
  • Russia in the 21st Century (30 credits)
  • New Wars, New Media, New Journalism (30 credits)

Philosophy

You are required to take 60 credits worth of modules, at least 45 of which must be at Level 6. The remaining credits may be at Level 5 or 6. The level 6 modules may typically include:

  • 19th Century Continental Philosophy (15 credits)
  • 20th Century Continental Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Advanced Logic modules (15 credits)
  • Aesthetics (15 credits)
  • Dissertation (15 credits)
  • Ethics of Science & Technology (15 credits)
  • Formal Semantics (15 credits)
  • Formal Syntax (15 credits)
  • Foundations of Analytic Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Gender & Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Greek Philosophical Texts (15 credits)
  • Hellenistic Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Indian Philosophy: The Orthodox Schools (15 credits)
  • Kant (15 credits)
  • Medieval Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Modal Logic (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Mathematics (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Psychology (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Psychology II (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Religion (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Science (15 credits)
  • Topics in Greek Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Topics in Metaphysics (15 credits)
  • Topics in Modern Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Topics in Philosophy of Mind (15 credits)

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