Programme Requirements for 2024/25 Session


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B.A. Philosophy and Sociology with Year Abroad Full-time

Year: 4
2024/25 Session

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Contemporary Social Theory 08 30182 20 Semester 1

For the students who do not undertake a dissertation or similar independent study module at Level I or H in their other subject, it is compulsory to do either one of the following two modules. For those students who do undertake a dissertation or a similar independent study module at Level I or H in their other subject, these two are optional modules (even if no student can, of course, do both modules). Furthermore, in order for a Joint Honours student to be permitted to do the 40 credit dissertation at stage III, they must do 80 credits worth of philosophy modules at this level. That is, they must do two other 20 credit philosophy modules in addition to the 40 credit Philosophical Project.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Philosophical Project 08 27860 40 Full Term
LH Philosophical Project 09 21805 20 Full Term

Choose 60 (or if taking Philosophical Project, 40) credits from the following list of options or up to 20 credits of Level I Department of Philosophy modules may be taken provided that all 60 year 3 credits in the other Joint Honours subject are being taken at Level H. This list of modules which follows is indicative, but in any given year, only around 15 of these will run in the ordinary way (with lectures, seminars etc.) Most of the rest will be made available as a 'Special Subject' to students whose Stage 2 marks averaged 60 or better and who elect to take (at most one) of these modules on a more independent basis.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Being Good and Doing Right: Issues in Contemporary Moral Theory 08 26794 20 Semester 2
LH Fantastic Beasts and How to Understand them: Topics in Philosophy of Biology 09 30840 20 Semester 1
LH Global Bioethics 08 17542 20 Semester 2
LH It’s About Time! 09 30950 20 Semester 2
LH Just War 09 29256 20 Semester 1
LH Nietzsche 09 26095 20 Semester 1
LH Philosophical Project 08 27860 40 Full Term
LH Philosophy of Mathematics 09 26094 20 Semester 2
LH Prejudice Race + Gender 08 26796 20 Semester 1
LH Reason and Belief 09 31431 20 Semester 2
LH Social Justice 09 30837 20 Semester 1
LH Topics in Philosophy of Religion 08 26825 20 Semester 2

Students may also apply to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H. If successful this will be taken in place of one of their semester 1 taught modules. The placement can be taken either during the summer vacation (part-time or full-time) or during semester 1 (part-time only). The placement must be completed prior to the Christmas vacation.

Students who undertook a Professional Skills module at level I will not be able to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Professional Skills 09 36876 20 Semester 1
LH Professional Skills - Freelance 09 37013 20 Semester 1
LH Sustainable Development: Climate, Culture, Society and Policy 09 38933 20 Semester 1

Students taking 80 credits of Sociology modules must take the below 40 credit dissertation plus 20 credits of optional modules.

Students taking 60 credits of Sociology modules must take the below 40 credit dissertation.

Students taking 40 credits of Sociology modules must only take the above compulsory module.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology Dissertation 08 33245 40 Full Term

A list of optional modules can be found below:

Culture and Power Theme:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Sociology of Success and Spectacle 08 38865 20 Semester 1
LH Technology & Society 08 23487 20 Semester 2

Social Division and Inequality Theme:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Harmful Societies: Crime, Social Harm and Social Justice 08 27251 20 Semester 2

Contemporary Issues and Debates Theme:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Crime and the City 08 30192 20 Semester 1
LH Divided Publics? 08 30184 20 Semester 1

Theory and Method Theme:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Quantitative Data Analysis 08 35229 20 Semester 2

College of Social Sciences Module:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Genocide and Mass Atrocities 08 31464 20 Semester 1
LH Mental Health and Society 08 37891 20 Semester 1
LH Power, Control and Resistance 08 36015 20 Semester 2
LH Professional Development 08 25676 20 Semester 1
LH Sociology of Success and Spectacle 08 38865 20 Semester 1