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2020/21 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA History and Philosophy of Science and Politics

Programme code:BA-HPSC&POLIUCAS code:VL5F
Duration:3 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Victor Dura-Vila Contact address:v.dura-vila@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

ABB at A-level.

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

School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Programme specification:

The programme will:
- enable students to work across more than one discipline by providing the flexibility to study three disciplines at level one;
- allow the study of two disciplines to the same depth as any single honours student but with less breadth in each discipline;
- provide a basis for further advanced study in either of the disciplines or in a cognate interdisciplinary area.

General
- The distinctiveness, appeal and strength of University of Leeds joint honours programmes lie in the unusual combination of depth, breadth and flexibility which they offer, as well as in the exceptional range of degree combinations available.
- They permit students to study two disciplines, in depth and to degree level while acquiring a broader range of skills than is typically possible within a single honours degree.
- They are emphatically joint honours programmes, rather than integrated programmes: students can therefore make the links they choose from the wide choice of optional modules available within each discipline. Within certain parameters, they thus effectively make connections and devise pathways according to their own preferences, rather than being faced with a prescribed combination of modules chosen for them by others.
- The students must acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines.
- A further element of distinctiveness is the flexibility of the programme structure, which allows joint honours students to change direction more easily, and more radically, than single honours students.
- Many of these programmes also allow the opportunity to undertake a work placement, field work or study abroad.
egree programmes provide.


Year1 - View timetable

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

Students must study 120 credits.

In level 1, students are required to pass a minimum of 40 credits in each of their two main subjects. The further 40 credits may consist of elective modules in a third subject or may consist of further modules in one or both main subjects. Students must pass 100 credits and all core modules as identified in the programme.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

HPSC1015Magic, Science and Religion10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HPSC1046Introduction to the History of Science10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HPSC1050Darwin, Germs and the Bomb10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL1109How Science Works10 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)

Optional modules:

Candidates must choose a minimum of 20 credits from the following optional modules:

HPSC1030History of Psychology10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HPSC1070Living with Technology10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HPSC1080History of Modern Medicine10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates may spend some or all of their discovery credits on the following optional modules:

PIED1100British Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1201Global Development Challenges20 creditsNot running in 202021
PIED1212Making of the Modern World20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1511International Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.


Year2 - View timetable

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

Students must study 120 credits.

Over levels 2 and 3 combined students must pass:

- History and Philosophy of Science: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
- Politics: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)

- Plus 40 credits in the named subjects and used to ensure that credits at the appropriate level for award are taken.
- Plus 40 credits in elective modules or further modules in the named subjects.

In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3). Students must pass at least 100 credits at Level 2 and all core modules to proceed to the next level of the programme.

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study one of the following Political Theory modules:

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

Candidates will be required to study one of the following Government and Political Systems modules:

PIED2126The Conservative Party Since 194520 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2160Spin Doctors and Electioneering20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2301Politics and Policy in the EU20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2403Comparative Politics of Pacific Asia20 creditsNot running in 202021
PIED2448Politics of Contemporary China20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2455State and Politics in Africa20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2463United States Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates may choose to study additional credits from the following optional modules:

PIED2126The Conservative Party Since 194520 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2139The Labour Party Since 194520 creditsNot running in 202021
PIED2160Spin Doctors and Electioneering20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2301Politics and Policy in the EU20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2403Comparative Politics of Pacific Asia20 creditsNot running in 202021
PIED2448Politics of Contemporary China20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2455State and Politics in Africa20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2463United States Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2501Theories of International Relations20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2558Security Studies20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2601Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2602Justice, Community and Conflict20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2711Analysing Data in Politics, Development and International Relations20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2721Approaches to Analysis20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2810Career Planning for POLIS Students20 creditsNot running in 202021

Candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following list of optional modules:

HPSC2150History of Science in 10 Objects20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HPSC2307Science, Culture and Society in the Industrial Age20 creditsNot running in 202021
HPSC2400History of Psychiatry and Mental Illness20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL2405Introduction to Epistemology20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL2600Philosophical Issues in Biology20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL2611How Biology Works10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

PHIL2600 and PHIL2611 are mutually exclusive.

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of Discovery modules over both Level 2 and 3 or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.


Year3 - View timetable

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

THIS INFORMATION ONLY APPLIES TO CURRENT LEVEL 3 STUDENTS.

Students must study 120 credits.

Over levels 2 and 3 combined students must pass:

- History and Philosophy of Science: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
- Politics: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)

- Plus 40 credits in the named subjects and used to ensure that credits at the appropriate level for award are taken.
- Plus 40 credits in elective modules or further modules in the named subjects.

In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3). Students must pass at least 100 credits at Level 3 and all core modules to proceed to gain the degree.

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to take one of the following modules:

PIED3750Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PRHS3000Independent Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PRHS3001Integrated Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates are required to select at least sufficient credits from the following modules to fulfil the programme requirements:

HPSC3200Science Communication: History & Theory20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HPSC3315History of the Body20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HPSC3401Science, Objects and the Museum20 credits 
HPSC3450Mind, Brain & Society20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3320Philosophy of Biology20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
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)
PHIL3865Philosophy of the Social Sciences20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PRHS3200Moral, Rational Selves: Perspectives on Human Nature20 creditsNot running in 202021
PRHS3865   


PIED3158British Foreign Policy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3160Prime Ministers and British Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3170The End of British Politics?20 creditsNot running in 202021
PIED3171The Politics of national identity in the UK20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3202Land, Fuel and Agriculture20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3206The Politics of Aid20 creditsNot running in 202021
PIED3207International Development and Social Policy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3261Violence and Reconciliation in Africa20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3302Extreme Right Parties in Contemporary Europe20 creditsNot running in 202021
PIED3310Britain and the EU20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3325Europe in the World20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3402American Foreign Policy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3408Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3503Crisis Diplomacy: Coercion, Sanctions and the Use of Force in International Relations20 creditsNot running in 202021
PIED3504Critically Analysing The Responsibility to Protect20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3505Dirty War: Insurgency, the State and Cities20 creditsNot running in 202021
PIED3565Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3603Political Psychology: on Authority and Obedience20 creditsNot running in 202021
PIED3608Philosophy of Human Rights20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3611Radical Political Ideas20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3702Introduction to Programming for Social Science20 creditsNot running in 202021
PIED3810Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of Discovery modules over both Level 2 and 3 or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.

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