Modules

The first year introduces you to the essentials of ethics, reasoning and logic while also expanding your sense of what philosophy can do. You explore Western philosophies from ancient Greece onwards as well as world traditions. We’ll also teach you how to apply philosophy to contemporary issues. In year two there there are no compulsory modules – you get a totally free choice. With your choice in philosophy modules you will build on material studied in year one or discover new traditions and disciplines. For instance, you can explore crime and justice, race and gender, politics and theology; examine emerging areas like environmental and social philosophy; investigate global philosophical traditions - Western, Indian, Chinese and Africana; or take our distinctive modules on sex, illness, recreation, and mental health. In year three, you continue with your free choice of a wide variety of modules. The dissertation module allows you write a longer piece of work on a topic of your own choosing, supported by a member of staff.