Examine humanity’s most fundamental ideas, challenge assumptions about our world, and develop core academic skills with our BA Philosophy with Foundation course.

This four-year programme includes a foundation year that leads directly into the three-year course. It provides an excellent route into a degree in philosophy if you do not have the typical entry qualifications.

Set your mind to tackling big topics: how one should live, what humans can know, and the nature of reality. We encourage you to confront your deepest beliefs in a philosophical way, engage with intellectual challenges, and enhance your global and multi-cultural awareness.

Experts from the Department of Philosophy will introduce you to central philosophical principles, concepts, problems, texts and figures. Discover the basic rudiments of philosophical argument, and explore topics that interest you — including mind, religion, ethics, language, crime and punishment, morality, and non-Western philosophy.

Studying philosophy allows you to develop wide-ranging, transferable skills. You will:

• think critically and evaluate arguments
• challenge your own ideas and those of others
• enhance your skills in verbal and written argument.

Your learning will be enhanced by teaching from experts, in a department where 96% of research outputs were rated to be of international quality in the Research Excellent Framework 2014.

Recent graduates of our Department have found jobs in a range of sectors, including:

• the Civil Service
• journalism
• consultancy
• finance
• local and central government
• higher education.