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BA Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

You’ll be a confident communicator who can work independently or within a team, as well as having skills in research, critical thinking and analysing complex information. You’ll also have a deeper awareness of some of the social and cultural issues that impact on communities.

Graduates have pursued careers in fields as broad as politics, management, the civil service, journalism, the media, education and the charity sector. Others have gone onto postgraduate study or further training.

General Eligibility

A-level: AAB

Other course specific tests:

Where 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 ABB at A Level and grade A in the EPQ.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Compulsory modules:

Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion

Introduction to the Study of Religions

The Good, the Bad, the Right, and the Wrong

How to think clearly and argue well

Introduction to Christian Theology

2 Year 2

Compulsory modules:

Political Philosophy

Moral Philosophy

Human Rights and Religion

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Students Into Schools (Arts Humanities and Culture)

  • History of Science in 10 Objects

  • History of Psychiatry and Mental Illness

  • Introduction to the Philosophy of Language

  • Formal Logic

  • Ancient Philosophy

  • Ethics of Life and Death

  • Political Philosophy

  • Moral Philosophy

  • Introduction to Epistemology

  • Philosophy of Religion

  • Introduction to Metaphysics

  • Philosophical Issues in Biology

  • How Biology Works

  • Human Rights and Religion

3 Year 3

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Cultural Diversity in Museum and Material Culture - Case Study

  • Buddhism: A Lived Tradition

  • History of the Body

  • Science, Objects and the Museum

  • Kant

  • Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics

  • Philosophy of Biology

  • Metaethics

  • Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art

  • Philosophy of Mind

  • Feminist Philosophy

  • War, Terror and Justice

  • Introduction to Philosophy of Modern Physics

  • Philosophy of Modern Physics

  • Philosophical Issues in Technology

  • Philosophy of the Social Sciences

  • Independent Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science

  • Integrated Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science

  • Existentialism and Phenomenology

  • Religion, Belief and Ethics

  • Religion and Mental Health

  • Religion and Media

  • Muslims in Britain: Transnational Communities and Multicultural Politics

  • Ideologies of Hebrew Bible Texts and Readers

  • Religions and Global Development

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79

IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Academic or IELTS for UKVI (United Kingdom Visas and Immigration) (Academic) or IELTS Online at 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in each component skill. Please note that we cannot accept results from these tests that are over two years old at the start date of the course you intend to study.

TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test) or TOEFL iBT Home Edition at 80 overall with no less than 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking, and 19 in writing. Please note that we do not accept TOEFL My Best scores and we expect candidates to have met the relevant requirements from a single TOEFL test.

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