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2016/17 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Programme code:BA-PHIL/P&EUCAS code:1LV0
Duration:3 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Matthew Smith Contact address:m.smith@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 365

Entry requirements:

AAA at A-level and an A in GCSE Mathematics, or equivalent qualifications.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Philosophy, Religion & History of Science

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Philosophy, Religion & History of Science

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Philosophy
Politics & International Relations
Economics

Programme specification:

The programme will endeavour to provide a very high quality education in the three disciplines of Philosophy, Politics and Economics to students well equipped intellectually to make the most of a programme which is demanding, rigorous and flexible. The programme represents a new departure for us in that students on the programme will be taught for quite a substantial proportion of their time as a cohort. We hope thereby to pilot a new approach to interdisciplinary study which does not simply place students into general-purpose modules, but takes special account of their status as students on a given programme. It is hoped and intended that students on the programme will be able to undertake an interdisciplinary research project as the culmination of their degree programme.

The programme will also have the highest entry requirements of any programme in the School of PRHS and thereby represents an attempt by the School and its partners to attract students of high intellectual calibre to undertake a demanding course of study.


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

LUBS1950Economic Theory and Applications 1
Pre-requisite for: LUBS2040 & LUBS2050 & LUBS2140 & LUBS2280 & LUBS2400 & LUBS2420 & LUBS2500 & LUBS2620 & LUBS2665 & LUBS2675
20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PHIL1111PPE First Year Seminar - Semester 120 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL1222PPE First Year Seminar - Semester 220 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1110Comparative Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1601Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PRHS1025Introduction to Academic Skills5 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

Students must take a minimum of 10 credits from the following optional modules:

LUBS1260Mathematics for Economics and Business 110 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1270Statistics for Economics and Business 110 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1280Mathematical Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students with ONLY GCSE Maths must take LUBS1260 and LUBS1270 in year 1 and LUBS1280 in year 2. Students with ONLY A level Maths with Mechanics must take LUBS1270 and LUBS1280. Students with A level Maths and Statistics should only take LUBS1280.

Students may choose to take one of the following optional modules:

LUBS1290Economic Controversies10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1295Economics and Global History10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)


Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

LUBS2140Intermediate Microeconomics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2610Intermediate Macroeconomics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following modules:

PHIL2321Political Philosophy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL2322Moral Philosophy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following modules:

PIED2601Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2602Justice, Community and Conflict20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates without an A level in Mathematics and candidates with an A level in Mathematics who have not already taken it must take the following module:

LUBS1280Mathematical Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following list of modules with at least 2 of the PPE disciplines represented:

HECN2010Introduction to Health Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2040Theories of Growth, Value and Distribution10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2050Industrial Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2230Mathematics for Business and Economics 210 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2280Macroeconomic Policy and Performance in Britain10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2300Explanation in Economics10 creditsNot running in 201617
LUBS2400The International Economic Environment10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2500Applied Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2570Introduction to Econometrics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2590Labour Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2665Economics of Innovation10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2670Statistics for Business and Economics 210 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2675How to be a Successful Policy Economist10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2680Ethics and Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HPSC2307Science, Culture and Society in the Industrial Age20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL2121Introduction to the Philosophy of Language20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL2212History of Modern Philosophy: Leibniz and Hume20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL2221Ancient Philosophy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL2295Ethics of Life and Death10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL2321Political Philosophy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL2322Moral Philosophy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL2402Topics in Epistemology: Theory and Evidence20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL2422Topics in Epistemology: Knowledge and Justification20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL2521Realism and Antirealism20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL2532Philosophy of Religion20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL2542Introduction to Metaphysics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2100British Central Government20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2123The Conservative Party from Churchill to Cameron20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2160Spin Doctors and Electioneering20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2301Politics and Policy in the EU20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2403Comparative Politics of Pacific Asia20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2448Politics of Contemporary China20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2455State and Politics in Africa20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2463United States Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study a maximum of 20 credits of discovery modules:


Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]


Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students must choose to take ONE of the following modules:

LUBS3300Economics Dissertation30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PIED3750Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PRHS3000Independent Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates are required to take a minimum of 60 credits from the list of optional modules below. Modules chosen must be from at least TWO of the three disciplines.

Economics

HECN3010Introduction to the Economic Evaluation of Health10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3005Advanced Microeconomics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3010International Trade10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3011Contemporary Issues in Economic Growth10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3150International Banking and Finance10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3250Transnational Corporations in the World Economy10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3330Economic Development20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3340Economics of Famines20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3365Environmental Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3370Applied Econometrics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3430Modern Theories of Money and Monetary Policy10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3435Public Enterprise and Regulation10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3505Advanced Macroeconomics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3560Global Economic Coordination and Governance10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3570Current Topics in European Integration10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3785The Economics of Unions10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3925The Political Economy of Work10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3930Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Philosophy

PHIL3010Proctoring10 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PHIL3111Schopenhauer and Nietzsche20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3121Advanced Topics in the Philosophy of Language20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3123Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3201Realism and Representation in Science20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3220Hume20 creditsNot running in 201617
PHIL3311Introduction to Philosophy of Biology10 creditsNot running in 201617
PHIL3320Philosophy of Biology20 creditsNot running in 201617
PHIL3321Metaethics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3322Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3421Philosophy of Mind20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3424Advanced Topics in Knowledge, Mind and Action20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3522The Structure of Reality20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3542Advanced Topics in Metaphysics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3700Feminist Philosophy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3721Advanced Topics in Value Theory20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3722Philosophy and Literature20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3723War, Terror and Justice20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3851Introduction to Philosophy of Modern Physics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3852Philosophy of Modern Physics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3855Philosophical Issues in Technology20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO3170Religion, Belief and Ethics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Politics

PIED3155British Political Parties20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3158British Foreign Policy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3170The End of British Politics?20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3171The Politics of national identity in the UK20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3172Parliaments and the Public20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3206The Politics of Aid20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3302Extreme Right Parties in Contemporary Europe20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3310Britain and the EU20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3325Europe in the World20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3403Politics of Islamism20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3405Israel: Politics and Society20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3407Israel: Politics and Society20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3503Crisis Diplomacy: Coercion, Sanctions and the Use of Force in International Relations20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3603Political Psychology: on Authority and Obedience20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3604Culture and Community: Theoretical Perspectives20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3609Radical Political Ideas: Marx, Nietzsche, Schmitt, Foucault, Kristeva20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3610Feminist Challenges to Political Theory20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study a maximum of 20 credits of discovery modules:

Last updated: 31/03/2017

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