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2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA History and Philosophy (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Programme code:BAHIST&PHI-RUCAS code:VVC5
Duration:3 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Kal Kalewold Contact address:K.Kalewold@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

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:

Philosophy and History

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme from September 2024. For students who entered the programme before September 2024, you can find the details of your programme: BA History and Philosophy

Your course
The programme provides for breadth and depth. At level 1, students will be exposed to core topics in each discipline through both compulsory and optional modules. This will allow them to begin to identify areas of personal interest which they may wish to pursue at higher levels. At higher levels, the programme is designed to provide the opportunity to acquire knowledge of and competence in a range of core topics and generic skills in each discipline, building on L1 exposure, or progressively specialise in a disciplinary sub-field (such as normative philosophy, theoretical philosophy, and different historical periods). They may undertake a final year project in either of the disciplines. This enables students to build a personalised portfolio of knowledge and competencies in each discipline, which can be adjusted according to an individual student’s intellectual ambitions, needs, and interests.

The programme showcases the distinctive areas of research strength in Philosophy and History at Leeds. Modules at higher levels will offer the opportunity to engage with current research of academics in each of the Schools, especially at level 3.
At level 2, students have the option to study modules that are specifically focused on developing transferable skills for future employment.

At each level, students may study Discovery modules to expand their knowledge and/or skills beyond their programme of study, which provides a further opportunity to shape their study to their ambitions, interests and needs.
The programme has an international variant, which includes a study abroad year at Level 3, and an industrial variant, which includes a work placement year at Level 3.

Your Future
Students will gain a suite of transferrable skills valued by employers, such as good organisational skills (gained through developing a personal path through their programme, engagement with study-related activities, and meeting assessment deadlines), independent research skills, the ability to analyse and interpret texts or information, the ability to analyse complex information from multiple sources, ability to construct arguments and to effectively communicate their views, and awareness of how cultural or historical context influences scholarship in the disciplines and issues in contemporary society.

Our World
At each level, students will have the opportunity to engage with material that demonstrates how each of the disciplines is relevant to contemporary issues and concerns (e.g., through race, gender, and culture, or debates about oppression, equality, and justice). In doing so, they acquire a developed and informed understanding of contemporary issues, their own stance on those issues, and so gain an understanding of their place in the world. Both history and philosophy have an important role in explicating diverse ways of understanding the world, the experience of different peoples (in place and time), how our world is shaped and can be changed for the better.


Year1 - View timetable

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

Candidates must study 120 credits which may include up to 20 credits of Discovery modules.
Candidates must pass at least 100 credits, including any PFP modules and a minimum of 40 credits in History (HIST) and 40 credits in Philosophy (PHIL), to progress to the next year of the programme.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

HIST1000Exploring History20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL1260How To Do Philosophy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

Candidates MUST study at least 20 credits from the following optional Philosophy modules:

PHIL1080The Good, the Bad, the Right, the Wrong20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL1090Knowledge, Self and Reality20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL1121Introduction to the History of Western Philosophy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates MUST study at least 20 credits from the following optional History modules:

HIST1060Faith, Knowledge and Power, 1500-175020 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1065Diverse Histories of Britain20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST1310The Medieval World in Ten Objects20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1320Medieval Lives: Identities, Cultures and Beliefs20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST1510Global Empires20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1520Global Decolonization20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST1530The Making of the Twentieth Century20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional Philosophy modules:

PHIL1005The Mind10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL1007Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL1015Thinking About Race10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL1022Philosophy Meets the World10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules


Year2 - View timetable

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

We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for years 2 and 3 are not yet available. Before you enter years 2 and 3 details of modules for those years will be provided.

Candidates must study 120 credits which may include up to 20 credits of Discovery modules.
Candidates must pass at least 100 credits, including any PFP modules and a minimum of 40 credits in History (HIST) and 40 credits in Philosophy (PHIL), to progress to the next year of the programme.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

* History in Practice 20 Credits
* Philosophical Method (for JH) - 20 Credits

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional Philosophy modules:

PHIL2525Past Thinkers: History of Modern Philosophy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL2615How Do You Know? Topics in Epistemology20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL2631God, Thought and the World: Topics in Philosophy of Religion20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL2906Do the Right Thing: Topics in Moral Philosophy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL2915How to Live Together: Topics in Political Philosophy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL2925Reality Check: Topics in Metaphysics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following optional Medieval and Early Modern History modules:

HIST2065The Tudors: Princes, Politics, and Piety, 1485-160320 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2090Sin in Spanish America, 1571-170020 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2105Medieval Romans and the shape of Afro-Eurasia today20 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST2112Jewish Communities in Medieval Europe20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2170Patient Voices: Medicine and Healthcare in the Middle Ages20 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST2315Mughals, Merchants and Mercenaries: 'Company Raj' in India 1600-185720 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

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

HIST2103Later Victorian England: Politics, Society and Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2310Russia under the Romanovs, 1812-191720 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST2320The Lucky Country? The Social History of Australia in the Twentieth Century20 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST2432Lost Colonists: Failure and the Family in Southern Africa, 1880-193920 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2435The Popular Caribbean: A History20 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST2442Black Politics from Emancipation to Obama20 creditsNot running in 202425

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules or one module from the following optional modules:

CSER2206Developing Your Professional Identity: Preparing for a Career in Within The Arts, Heritage and Creative Industries20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FOAH2020Towards the Future: Skills in Context20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)


Year3 - View timetable

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

We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 3 are not yet available. Before you enter year 3 full details of modules for that year will be provided.

Candidates must study 120 credits which may include up to 20 credits of Discovery modules.
Candidates must pass at least 100 credits, including any PFP modules, and at least 60 credits in History and 40 credits in Philosophy (PHIL or PRHS code), to be eligible for an honours degree.

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates who are studying one of the PRHS project modules (PRHS3000, PRHS3001 or PRHS3700) must study one History Special Subject module and 20 credits of History optional modules. They may choose their remaining credits from Philosophy optional modules or Discovery modules.
Candidates who are studying the History Dissertation (HIST3500) must also study one History Special Subject module. They may not study any History optional modules. They must study 40 credits of Philosophy optional modules.

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

HIST3500History Dissertation40 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)
PRHS3700External Placement: Beyond the University40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Philosophy optional modules
The following list of Philosophy optional modules is indicative as modules are under revision and different modules will be available each year depending on the availability of teaching staff. There will typically be a minimum of three optional modules offered per semester:
- Bioethics (20 Credits)
- Ancient Philosophy (20 Credits)
- Philosophy of Language (20 Credits)

PHIL3112Kant20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3125Continental Philosophy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3310Philosophy of Sex and Relationships20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3321Metaethics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3322Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3700Feminist Philosophy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3723War, Terror and Justice20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates are required to study ONE of the following History Special Subject modules:

HIST3025History of the Manuscript Book in the Digital Age40 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST3290Popular Belief in the Medieval West 1000-c.150040 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3440The Photographic Age: Photography, Society and Culture in Britain, 1839-194540 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST3550Exploration, Conflict and Cultural Encounter in Early European Expansionism40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3590White Africans: Intimacy, Race and Power40 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST3760A Revolutionary Century: Resistance, Reform, and Repression in Central America, 1900- present40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates who are studying the History Dissertation (HIST3500) may not study a History optional module.

History optional modules:

HIST3100Colonial Bodies: Life and Death in British India, 1757-190020 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST3453The Body in Australian History, 1788-200720 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3689Order and Disorder in Early Modern France: Understanding the French Wars of Religion20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3723Apartheid in South Africa: Origins, Impact and Legacy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3726In the Shadow of Franco: Terror and its Legacy in Spain, 1936-Present Day20 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST3790Gender and Slavery in Latin America, 1580-188820 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study 20 credits of discovery modules

Last updated: 13/05/2024 12:20:28

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