Module selection options may change.

BA 3 Year Full-time
Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Introduction to Politics September-January 20 PO-131
Political Philosophy January-June 20 HUP133
Optional Modules
Level 4 - Optional Modules
Choose Exactly 80 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 80 credits in total, ensuring that you have an even balance of 40 credits from semester 1 and 40 credits from semester 2.

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Living Well and Doing Good - An Introduction to Ethics September-January 20 HUP104
Critical Reasoning September-January 20 HUP105
Fundamental Issues in Philosophy September-January 20 HUP127
Politics and the People September-January 20 PO-119
Reading Great Works of Philosophy January-June 20 HUP132
War and Peace in the Nuclear Age January-June 20 PO-118
Disinformation, Ideology and Bias: Researching and examining political data January-June 20 PO-127
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
The Philosophical Foundations of Politics September-January 20 HUP250
The History of Political Thought January-June 20 PO-245
Optional Modules
Level 5 - Optional Modules
Choose Exactly 80 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 80 credits in total, ensuring that you have an even balance of 40 credits for semester 1 and 40 credits for semester 2.

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Philosophy and the Enlightenment September-January 20 HUP243
Philosophy of Mind and Emotion September-January 20 HUP249
The State and Political Institutions September-January 20 PO-209
Globalisation September-January 20 PO-222
Freedom, Angst and the Embodied Self: Themes in Continental Philosophy January-June 20 HUP242
Contemporary Moral Controversies January-June 20 HUP244
Global Justice and Human Rights January-June 20 PO-235
Moralities of War and Peace January-June 20 PO-239
The Colour Line: Race and Racism in World Politics January-June 20 PO-253
British Politics and Public Policy January-June 20 PO-281
Year 3 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Dissertation September-June 40 PO-3317
Power, Knowledge and the Self January-June 20 HUP318
Optional Modules
Level 6 - Semester 1 Options
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 40 credits:

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
The Family and Children: Ethics and Policy September-January 20 ASP356
Philosophy, Mental Health and Illness September-January 20 HUP308
Politics and International Development September-January 20 PO-3117
Researching Politics 1 September-January 20 PO-3319
Genocide September-January 20 PO-3330
Politics and International Development September-January 20 PO-3335
AND
Level 6 - Semester 2 Options
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 20 credits:

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Philosophy and Literature January-June 20 EN-3060
Researching Politics 2 January-June 20 PO-3320
Capitalism and Justice: inequality, power and prosperity in contemporary economies January-June 20 PO-3325
Law, War and Empire in World Politics January-June 20 PO-3328

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