2021/22 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics
| Programme code: | BA-PHIL/P&E | UCAS code: | 1LV0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Dr Jess Isserow | Contact address: | j.m.isserow@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 360
Entry requirements:
For entry requirements please visit Coursefinder
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 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. Students on the programme will be taught for a proportion of their first year as a cohort. This takes special account of their status as students on a given programme. It is intended that students on the programme will be able to take an interdisciplinary approach to their final year project as the culmination of their degree programme.
The programme has high entry requirements 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]
Candidates are required to take 120 credits.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| LUBS1951 | Economic Theory and Applications | 30 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| PHIL1333 | PPE First Year Seminar - Semester 1 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL1444 | PPE First Year Seminar - Semester 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED1110 | Comparative Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED1601 | Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates must take 10 credits from the following optional modules:
| LUBS1275 | Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1A | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS1285 | Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1B Pre-requisite for: LUBS2230 LUBS2575 LUBS3370 | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates with A level Maths (or equivalent) are required to study LUBS1285.
Candidates with GCSE in Maths but not an A level are required to study LUBS1275. They may take LUBS1285 as an optional module in Y2 and will then be permitted to take LUBS2575 but not LUBS3370.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| LUBS2140 | Intermediate Microeconomics Pre-requisite for: LUBS3302 | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2610 | Intermediate Macroeconomics Pre-requisite for: LUBS3302 | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following modules:
| PHIL2321 | Political Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL2322 | Moral Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following modules:
| PIED2601 | Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED2602 | Justice, Community and Conflict | 20 credits | Semester 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:
| HECN2010 | Introduction to Health Economics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS2040 | Theories of Growth, Value and Distribution | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS2050 | Industrial Economics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2230 | Mathematics for Business and Economics 2 | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2280 | Macroeconomic Policy and Performance in Britain | 10 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
| LUBS2400 | The International Economic Environment | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS2401 | International Economics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS2430 | Economics Research Methods Pre-requisite for: LUBS3302 | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2575 | Statistics and Econometrics | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LUBS2590 | Labour Economics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2665 | Economics of Innovation | 10 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
| LUBS2675 | How to be a Successful Policy Economist | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS2680 | Ethics and Economics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
| HPSC2307 | Science, Culture and Society in the Industrial Age | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL2121 | Introduction to the Philosophy of Language | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL2212 | History of Modern Philosophy: Leibniz and Hume | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
| PHIL2221 | Ancient Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL2232 | History of Modern Philosophy: Locke and Berkeley | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL2295 | Ethics of Life and Death | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL2321 | Political Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL2322 | Moral Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL2405 | Introduction to Epistemology | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL2532 | Philosophy of Religion | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL2542 | Introduction to Metaphysics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL2600 | Philosophical Issues in Biology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL2611 | How Biology Works | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PRHS2333 | Thinking About Race | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PRHS2451 | Augustine of Hippo: A Key Thinker in Philosophy and Theology | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
PHIL2600 and PHIL2611 are mutually exclusive. PHIL2212 and PHIL2232 alternate.
| PIED2139 | The Labour Party Since 1945 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED2160 | Spin Doctors and Electioneering | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED2220 | North-South Linkages | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED2301 | Politics and Policy in the EU | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED2448 | Politics of Contemporary China | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED2455 | State and Politics in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED2463 | United States Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED2601 | Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED2602 | Justice, Community and Conflict | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates without A level Maths who have passed LUBS1275 may take:
| LUBS1285 | Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1B | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may also choose to study the following optional module.
| CSER2206 | Developing Your Professional Identity: Preparing for a Career in Within The Arts, Heritage and Creative Industries | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
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:
| LUBS3302 | Economics Joint Honours Final Year Project | 30 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| PIED3750 | Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| PRHS3000 | Independent Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| PRHS3001 | Integrated Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| PRHS3700 | External Placement: Beyond the University | 40 credits | Not running in 202122 |
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
| HECN3010 | Introduction to the Economic Evaluation of Health | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS2575 | Statistics and Econometrics | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LUBS3005 | Advanced Microeconomics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3011 | Contemporary Issues in Economic Growth | 10 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
| LUBS3250 | Transnational Corporations in the World Economy | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3330 | Economic Development | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LUBS3340 | Economics of Famines | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LUBS3365 | Environmental Economics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3370 | Applied Econometrics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS3375 | Behavioural Economics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS3430 | Modern Theories of Money and Monetary Policy | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS3435 | Public Enterprise and Regulation | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS3505 | Advanced Macroeconomics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LUBS3590 | International Economics: Integration and Governance | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LUBS3785 | The Economics of Unions | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LUBS3925 | The Political Economy of Work | 10 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
| LUBS3930 | Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Philosophy
| PHIL3112 | Kant | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL3123 | Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL3320 | Philosophy of Biology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL3321 | Metaethics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL3322 | Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL3421 | Philosophy of Mind | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL3700 | Feminist Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL3723 | War, Terror and Justice | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL3851 | Introduction to Philosophy of Modern Physics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL3852 | Philosophy of Modern Physics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PHIL3855 | Philosophical Issues in Technology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PHIL3865 | Philosophy of the Social Sciences | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PRHS3100 | Existentialism and Phenomenology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PRHS3170 | Religion, Belief and Ethics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PRHS3300 | Religion and Mental Health | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 |
Politics
| PIED3158 | British Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3160 | Prime Ministers and British Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3170 | The End of British Politics? | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
| PIED3171 | The Politics of national identity in the UK | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3199 | The Labour Party Since 1945 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3202 | Land, Fuel and Agriculture | 20 credits | ||
| PIED3261 | Violence and Reconciliation in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3304 | Extreme Right Parties | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3310 | Britain and the EU | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3325 | Europe in the World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3342 | Gender and Security in Global Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3402 | American Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3408 | Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3565 | Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3608 | Philosophy of Human Rights | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3611 | Radical Political Ideas | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3617 | Reimagining Politics: Gender, Race, and Popular Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3810 | Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study a maximum of 20 credits of discovery modules.
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