2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

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 information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2023/24 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2024 or after, you can find the details of your programme: BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Your Course
The BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) provides rigorous training in all three disciplines whilst maintaining flexibility so that students to tailor the programme to their academic interests and career ambitions. Students will interact with and learn from internationally respected experts from across the three disciplines, gaining the capacity to understand and critically assess philosophical theories and ideas, political events and ideologies, and multiple aspects of the economy.
The first year of study is designed to provide all students with a strong foundation in each discipline upon which to build further in-depth subject-specific knowledge in later years. The guided exploration structure of the second year of the programme gives students the freedom to follow their interests across the three PPE subjects while also continuing to equip them with core skills and knowledge in each. The third year allows students greater freedom to explore, allowing them to forge their own path as they embark upon their final year of study.
The programme also has an optional international variant, which includes a study abroad year after Level 2, and an industrial variant, which includes a work placement year after Level 2. At Levels 2 and 3, students will have the option to combine philosophy modules with Discovery modules from other subjects in the university.

Your Future
Our programme provides an excellent education in each discipline and allows students to build the integrative thinking skills required to tackle many political, social and economic issues. Students benefit intellectually from the cross-disciplinary character of the programme, which prepares them for tackling wider problems at both the national and global level. Through the study of the three PPE disciplines, students gain skills in analytical thinking, independent research, critical engagement, and logical rigour, an understanding of how political institutions operate, and knowledge about how consumers, firms, and government bodies make decisions about such things as the allocation of resources. These transferable skills and substantive knowledge position PPE students to be future leaders and agents of change across a variety of different sectors and along multiple career paths.

Our World
The programme emphasises a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding how human societies work, and how they might be made to work better, adapting to the many challenges that they continue to face. The skills and knowledge gained by studying core concepts and theories across Philosophy, Politics, and Economics will have a transformative effect on how students interpret and assess the world around them. The carefully curated modules that students complete, alongside those tailored to their academic interests and career ambitions, equip them with intellectual tools that are crucial for drawing relationships between academic study and the wider world. Students will be well-positioned to critically reflect upon the societies around them and how they might reshape the world for the future.

Year1 - View timetable

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

Candidates must study 120 credits.
Candidates must pass all modules designated as PFP.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Optional modules:

Candidates without A-Level Maths will be required to study the following module:

Discovery modules:

Candidates with A-Level Maths will be required to take 10 credits of Discovery modules.

Year2 - View timetable

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

Candidates must study 120 credits. They must pass a minimum of 100 credits including all modules designated PFP.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

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

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

NOTE that PIED2602 and PHIL2915 are mutually exclusive. Candidates may NOT study both.

Candidates can take all their remaining credits from the following optional modules, with at least TWO of the three PPE disciplines represented, and may choose to study 20 credits of Discovery modules instead of an optional module.

Philosophy optional modules:

Politics optional modules:

Economics optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study 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:

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

Philosophy

Politics

Discovery modules:

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

Last updated: 07/08/2024 12:48:36

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