Philosophy with Languages and Cultures (French) (with a year abroad)
University of York
UCAS Code: V5R1 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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A level
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About this course
The BA Philosophy with Languages and Cultures (French) is an engaging and challenging programme which nurtures a range of specific skills that have wide applicability and open up exciting opportunities. In Philosophy, you will investigate deep and fascinating questions about reality, thought, language and value and try to find answers, working imaginatively to identify potential solutions and applying systematic logical argument in evaluating alternative possibilities. In French you will get to grips with the history, politics, and culture of the French-speaking world, working in your chosen language to build powerful and flexible plurilingual communication skills grounded in a rich understanding of intercultural norms and practices. The two disciplines complement one another and cross-fertilize in interesting and useful ways. Philosophy increases your sensitivity to fine-grained differences of meaning and equips you to think your way carefully into whole systems of thought. Study of French language and culture broadens your outlook and enhances your awareness of the background to ideas. In addition, investigations into the workings of language through study in linguistics will bring further depth to your understanding and give you sophisticated insight into meaning, reasoning and arguments. Completing the programme successfully will equip you with a powerful range of skills: you will be able to think in a systematic way about new problems—generating solutions, evaluating ideas, and arriving at clear judgements backed by sharp logical arguments—and with cultural awareness and facility in your chosen language that will enable you to thrive as an effective communicator in international and multilingual professional environments. This skill set will open up opportunities in a wide range of careers, including language teaching, the law, translation services, finance, business, government, the public sector, charities, broadcasting and journalism.
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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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