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BA Philosophy and Politics

University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

You’ll be a confident communicator, who can present and defend your arguments clearly whether verbally or in writing. You’ll work well in a team or individually, and you’ll have excellent research and analytical skills. You’ll also have great organisational skills because you’ve studied two very different subjects.

Graduates have been successful in a range of careers as a result, including politics and the civil service as well as management, the charity sector, journalism, the media and education. Many others have progressed to postgraduate study in related disciplines.

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

  • The Good, the Bad, the Right, the Wrong

  • How to Think Clearly and Argue Well

  • Comparative Politics

  • Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas

2 Year 2

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Introduction to the Philosophy of Language

  • Formal Logic

  • Ethics of Life and Death

  • Introduction to Epistemology

  • Introduction to Metaphysics

  • The Labour Party Since 1945

  • Spin Doctors and Electioneering

  • Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century

  • Justice, Community and Conflict

  • Thinking About Race

3 Year 3

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Philosophy of Mind

  • Feminist Philosophy

  • War, Terror and Justice

  • The Politics of national identity in the UK

  • International Development and Social Policy

  • Gender and Security in Global Politics

  • Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases

  • Dissertation

  • Religion, Belief and Ethics

  • Religion and Mental Health

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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