Politics, Philosophy and Society (Foundation Entry)
UCAS Code: P357
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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About this course
Studying Philosophy delivers highly marketable, highly transferable skills. If your ideal career requires clear thinking, talking, or writing, we'll help you prepare. Alongside this you will have the opportunity to further your own understanding of politics through the critical evaluation of political ideas, institutions and policy and decision-making processes in a national and international context. The course will equip you to understand the nature and extent of political theory, history of political thought, and political philosophy, to develop your own perspective and become more aware of traditional and current debates that concern political scientists. Discussion and debate is a distinctive feature of both Politics and Philosophy teaching, and you will be encouraged and supported to discuss and develop your own ideas both inside and outside of formal teaching sessions.
A philosophy degree is particularly suited to careers in advertising, the civil service, education, film and television, information technology, journalism, law, marketing, and management. However, the emphasis we place on transferrable skills means that philosophy graduates are able to apply these skills in differing contexts and have confidence and ability to work effectively in a varied range of occupations. You can learn a language and travel abroad with awards and bursaries through Worldwise, and spend a year or a semester studying overseas. Recent philosophy graduates have gone on to postgraduate study or teaching in primary schools and secondary schools (including A level Philosophy and/or Religious Studies), higher and further education institutes and teaching English abroad. Others have gone into management and administration in a range of public and private sector organisations.
Modules
Year 1: Essential Study Skills for Higher Education, Developing Academic Knowledge, Target Award Extended Study, Learning by Experience.
Year Long Modules, Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice, Introduction to Education, Childhood and Deaf Studies, Introduction to History, Introduction to Philosophy, Introduction to Sociology, Film and Media Theory, Introduction to Literature, Introduction to Creative Writing, Themes in Archaeology, Introduction to Psychology
Year 2
Politics: Power, Politics and the State, Global Politics, British Politics, International Security and Economics, Communities, Cultures and Identities
Philosophy: Reason and Argument, The Value of Knowledge: What is Education For?, Knowledge and Freedom, Problems in Contemporary Applied Ethics
Sociology: Sociological Ways of Thinking, Youth, Identity and Difference, Media and Culture, Doing Social Research
Economics: Introduction to Economics (30 credits)* (Prerequisite for students taking the Economics strand within the Society theme)
Social Policy: Contextualising Welfare 1: The Development of UK Social Policy, Society in Focus: A Sociological Understanding. Contextualising Welfare 2: Theories, Concepts and Issues
Year 3
Politics: Globalisation: History, Theory and Approaches, History of Political Ideas, Research Methods in International Relations and Politics, Radical Political Ideas in Modern Britain
Philosophy: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion, Foundations of Ethics, Phenomenology and Existentialism
Sociology: Contemporary Thinkers, Sociology of Religion, Innovative Research, Sociology of Social Movements
Economics: Methodology and Diversity in Economics, Social Economics, European Economic Development
Social Policy: Power, Oppression and Society, Race, Racism and Ethnicity, Comparative Social Welfare
Year 4
New single and double PPS dissertation modules. Students may be supervised by staff in Politics, Philosophy, Sociology, Economics or Social Policy (or by a suitable combination where the dissertation is significantly interdisciplinary).
Politics: Ethics, War and Society, Continuity and Change in British Politics, Political Islam and Islamic Movements, Contemporary Anglo-American Political Philosophy, Terrorism and Security
Philosophy: Contemporary Ethical Theory, Philosophy and Popular Culture, Modern European Thought, Philosophy of Language, Humanity, Values and the Environment
Sociology: Global Social Divisions, Sex, Violence and Strategies, Sexy Bodies: Gender, Sexuality and the Body, Sociology of Disability
Economics: Philosophical Themes in Economics, Economics of the Public Sector, Economics of Trade, Aid and Development, Economic Policy
Social Policy: Critical Social Policy, Racism and Social Welfare, Social Theory and Contextual Analysis, Disability Studies
The Uni
University of Central Lancashire
School of Humanities, Language and Global Studies
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Top job areas of graduates
The numbers of people taking politics degrees fell sharply last year and we'll keep an eye on this one - it can't really be because of graduates getting poor outcomes as politics grads do about as well as graduates on average. Most politics or international relations graduates don't actually go into politics - although many do, as activists, fundraisers and researchers. Jobs in local and central government are also important. Other popular jobs include marketing and PR, youth and community work, finance roles, HR and academic research (you usually need a postgraduate degree to get into research). Because so many graduates get jobs in the civil service, a lot of graduates find themselves in London after graduating. Politics is a very popular postgraduate subject, and so about one in five politics graduates go on to take another course - usually a one-year Masters - after they finish their degrees.
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Top job areas of graduates
Although there aren't a lot of jobs around for professional philosophers, philosophy degrees are a relatively popular option, with more than 2,000 students graduating in a philosophy-related subject in 2015 - a little down on previous years, but still healthy. Nearly a quarter of philosophy graduates take a postgraduate qualification, and it's a relatively common subject at both Masters and doctorate level — so if you think academic life might be for you, think ahead about how you might fund further study. For those who go into work, philosophy grads tend to go into teaching, accountancy, consulting, journalism, PR, housing, marketing, human resources and the arts while a few go into the computer industry every year, where their logical training is highly rated.
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