Philosophy, Politics & History BA (Hons) (Politics major)
Courses
In each year of your undergraduate programme, you will study the equivalent of four, 30-credit, courses for your honours degree, and three non-credit bearing courses for your NCH Diploma.
In your first year
Modern Political Thought
Analyse the central texts in modern political thought… Read More
International Relations: Theory and Practice
This course covers several international mainstream and critical theories… Read More
Britain & the Wider World
The history of Britain from the end of the Roman Empire to the 1980s… 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
Old Powers, New Powers: Imperialism, Colonialism and the Modern State
This course examines the impact of empire on world history… Read More
The European Union in the World
This course focuses on the history, politics, policies and the nature of the European… Read More
Early Modern Philosophy (Advanced)
This course will introduce students to developments in European philosophy… Read More
Plus ONE of the following:
History, Heritage & Memory
This course introduces students to the history of historical writing… Read More
The City in American Political Life
This course examines the role played by cities in American political and social life … Read More
The Long Civil Rights Movement
This course examines civil rights activism in favour of racial equality...… Read More
From the Enlightenment to the Cold War: Political Thought from Rousseau to Arendt
An introduction to ancient, early modern and modern thought… Read More
From the Ancient Greeks to Modern Pluralism: Political Thought from Aristotle to Berlin
An exploration of some of the key writers in the History of Political thought… 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
International Organisations: Global and Local
Has global governance backfired?… Read More
Politics Dissertation
A dissertation is intended to enable a student to deepen his or her understanding… Read More
Plus ONE of the following:
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
Plus ONE of the following:
History Dissertation
A culmination of the undergraduate history degree programme… Read More
Heap of Shot or Pot of Treacle? Social History in Britain, 1870-1914
This course will examine the way in which British society was transformed … Read More
The Crusades and the Expansion of Europe, c. 1000- c. 1200
This course will investigate the history of the crusades… Read More
Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Early Modern World
Cross-Cultural Encounters explores the 16th and 17th Century period of discovery.… Read More
The City in American Political Life Level 6
This third-year special subject analyses the role played by cities in America...… Read More
The Long Civil Rights Movement Level 6
A focus on civil rights activism in favour of racial equality in the modern period.… 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