| Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Status | Teaching Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 credit points should be chosen from the following list with no more than 40 credits from (a), (b) or (c) | ||||
| 20 credit points may be chosen from: | ||||
| First Extended Essay | PHIL30107 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Second Extended Essay | PHIL30108 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| (a) Philosophy of Science, Mathematics and Logic. Choose no more than 40 credits from: | ||||
| Philosophy of Science | PHIL30049 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Philosophical Issues of Physical Sciences | PHIL30052 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Philosophy of Biology | PHIL30063 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Probability and Rationality | PHIL30078 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| The Philosophy and History of Medicine | PHIL30082 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| (b) Epistemology, Metaphysics, Mind, Language, History of Philosophy. Choose no more than 40 credits from: | ||||
| Philosophy of Psychology | PHIL30077 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Death, dying and disease | PHIL30115 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Themes in Modern European Philosophy 2 | PHIL30117 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Space, Time and Matter | PHIL30125 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Classical Chinese Philosophy | PHIL30128 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Black Philosophical Thought | PHIL30129 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| (c) Value Theory (Ethics, Political Philosophy, Aesthetics). Choose no more than 40 credits from: | ||||
| Ethics and Literature | PHIL30094 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Philosophy and the Environment | PHIL30112 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| The Ethics of Migration and Citizenship | PHIL30118 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Feminist Philosophy | PHIL30123 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Philosophy of Economics | PHIL30124 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Virtue and Well-Being | PHIL30126 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Evil, Deviance, and Crime | PHIL30127 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| What is democracy, and how should it work? | PHIL30131 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Students must choose 60 credit points from the following units: | ||||
| Contemporary Feminist Thought: Debates and Issues | POLI30001 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Justice between generations | POLI30005 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Political Violence | POLI30006 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| The Political Economy of China | POLI30009 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| European Foreign Policy | POLI30014 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Europe in Crisis: Global, Regional and Domestic Perspectives | POLI30015 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| The Holocaust - History and Legacy | POLI30016 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| US Foreign Policy | POLI30017 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Secrecy, The State and Me | POLI30018 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Ethnic Politics | POLI30019 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Feminisms, Gender and International Relations | POLI30021 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| The Contemporary British Parliament | POLI31336 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| The Politics of Gender | POLI31351 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Post-Modern Political Theories | POLI31367 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Popular Culture and World Politics | POLI31378 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| The Politics of Post Apartheid South Africa | POLI31381 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Critical Security Studies | POLI31384 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Dissertation | POLI31555 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Peacebuilding: Theory and Practice | POLI31557 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| States and Markets | POLI31559 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Politics of Contemporary India | POLI31563 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Public Opinion and Democracy | SOCI30072 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Religion and Politics in the West | SOCI30074 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Risk, Danger and Disaster | SOCI30098 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Political Corruption | POLI30022 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Contemporary Chinese Foreign Policy | POLI30023 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| The Politics of the Contemporary Labour Party | POLI30024 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| The Politics of Human Rights | POLI30026 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Power, Politics and Food | POLI30027 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| The Politics of HIV/AIDS in Africa | POLI30030 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Philosophy and Politics (BSc) | 120 | |||
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.
The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).
An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.
The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
