BA (Hons) Joint Honours Politics and Philosophy

at Manchester Metropolitan University

Year 1

In Year 1, you’ll explore a range of key topics to enable you to begin to develop a thorough understanding of politics and philosophy.

Core units
 

• Developments In Politics I
• Existentialism
• Introduction To Classical Philosophy
• Introduction To Methods In Politics And International Relations
• Introduction To Modern Philosophy
• Introduction To Political Ideologies
• Society And Community: An Introduction
• Theoretical Ethics

Year 2

In Year 2, you’ll continue to build on your knowledge and skills developed in Year 1. A range of optional units will be available to you, such as such as ‘Gender, Race and Sexuality’, and ‘The Politics of Protest’.

Core units
 

• Advanced Methods In Politics And International Relations
• Gender, Race, And Sexuality
• Greek Philosophy
• Modern Political Thought I

Year 3

This course may offer a placement year option which can be taken up in Year 3. During the placement year, although you will be supervised directly by the company you are employed by, you will also be allocated an Academic/Placement Tutor. They will provide support and guidance, assess your progress and generally monitor your welfare for the time you are away from the University.

Where a placement is not undertaken you will study the following final year units. Please note, these option units are indicative of what options may be on offer in Year 3 of this programme but may be subject to change.

Core units
 

• Arts & Humanities Project

UK

SPECIFIC GCSE REQUIREMENTS
GCSE grade C/4 in English Language or Level 2 Functional Skills English pass

International

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE POINTS
IB Diploma with minimum 26 points overall or 104-112 UCAS Tariff points from Higher Level. If you plan to meet the Level 2 course requirements through your IB Diploma you will need to achieve Higher Level 4 or Standard Level 5 in English

IELTS SCORE REQUIRED FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
6.0 overall with no individual element below 5.5

UK AND CHANNEL ISLAND STUDENTS
Full-time fee: £9,250 per year. This tuition fee is agreed subject to UK government policy and parliamentary regulation and may increase each academic year in line with inflation or UK government policy for both new and continuing students.

EU AND NON-EU INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Full-time fee: £16,500 per year. Tuition fees will remain the same for each year of your course providing you complete it in the normal timeframe (no repeat years or breaks in study).

Studying a Joint Honours degree gives you the opportunity to improve your employability by developing skills and knowledge in two subjects.

We’ll equip you with the vital tools and techniques to be a critical agent, so that you can positively influence others and play a leading role in driving progressive change – developing key skills in communication, analysis and presentation. These skills are transferable to a wide range of careers including roles in business and management, central and local government, international institutions, voluntary organisations, political parties, the media, publishing, research and teaching.

There is also the opportunity to engage in further study and professional training, for example some of our graduates go on to study MA International Relations and Global Communications and MSc Digital Society (with specialisms in Digital Sociology and Digital Politics), where we have a growing, innovative research cluster focusing on digital society and culture, or MA Philosophy, which focuses on a rich and varied tradition of philosophical theory across Anglo-American and the continental European traditions.