Course description
Content
French
All the modules presented in French.
Philosophy
Year 1
You will take either or both of the modules Introduction to Philosophy I: Theoretical Philosophy, or Introduction to Philosophy II: Practical Philosophy. Your other modules will be chosen from a wide range of modules in the humanities and social sciences such as English, History, Media and Cultural Studies, Politics, Sociology, provided you are not taking the subject as your other half degree. You will also take two 30 credit modules for French.
Years 2 and 3
You take four 30 credit modules in Philosophy, and four 30 credit modules in French, two modules in each subject, each year.
In Year 2 you take the compulsory module Metaphysics: Being, Appearance and Reality, plus one option from the list: Modern Philosophical Texts, Politics of Enlightenment, Ethical Issues in Politics, Contemporary Political Philosophy, Beliefs and Society, Republican Tradition of Political Thought.
In Year 3 you choose two further option modules from a list which may include Psychoanalysis and Society; French Existentialism; Feminist Theory; Philosophy as Fiction; Contemporary Political Philosophy; Theories of Justice; Philosophy and Social Theory. In place of one of these modules in Year 3 you can write a dissertation, that is, an independent study. You can only do this if you do not write a dissertation in French.