English with Philosophy BA (Hons)
Develop the skills to analyse texts and arguments clearly, and with nuance and precision while studying classic texts from antiquity to the present day, which investigate the nature of the world and how we ought to interact with it.
Courses
In each year of your undergraduate programme, you will study the equivalent of four, 30-credit, courses for your honours degree, plus three non-credit bearing courses for your NCH Diploma.
In your first year
Literature 1830 – 1900
This course aims to give you a knowledge of a range of texts from 1830-1900… Read More
Literature 1700 – 1830
This Course aims to give a knowledge of a range of texts from 1700-1830… Read More
The NCH Diploma
Critical Reasoning
Studied in Michaelmas term, introduces students to formal and informal logic… Read More
LAUNCH: Introductory Capabilities
LAUNCH provides students with an understanding of the world of work… Read More
In your second year
Shakespeare and his Afterlives
Students will study plays and responses to Shakespeare work… Read More
Literature 1550 – 1700
This course aims to give knowledge of a range of texts from the 16th century… Read More
Literature 1900 – the Present
This course aims to give knowledge of a range of texts from the twentieth century… Read More
Early Modern Philosophy (Advanced)
This course will introduce students to developments in European philosophy… Read More
The NCH Diploma
Science Literacy
Physics, Cosmology, Evolutionary Biology and Neuroscience literacy… Read More
LAUNCH: Applied Capabilities
Advanced Capabilities course runs over students’ final two years at the College… Read More
In your third year
North American Literature
This course explores the variety of the huge body of literature written in English… Read More
Cultures of London
This course studies literary representations of London from the Renaissance… Read More
Comparative Literature
Question, and look beyond, linguistic and national barriers to do with English… Read More
One of the following Philosophy courses:
Aesthetics
The aesthetic experience and aesthetic objects, their nature and their value… Read More
Kant & Post-Kantian Philosophy
In this course we study Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason and works of major thinkers.… Read More
Political Philosophy
Study themes of huge interest: authority, liberty, democracy, justice, & the market… Read More
The NCH Diploma
Applied Ethics
A series of lectures on major ethical challenges and alternative responses… Read More
LAUNCH: Applied Capabilities
Advanced Capabilities course runs over students’ final two years at the College… Read More