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BA Politics and Philosophy (POLU04)     FT

2016 - 2017

 
 

Year 1


units (20 credits)
1A
A student will take

Semester 1
POL113  Introduction to Political Analysis AUT SEM 20 credits

units
1B
Achieve More
A student will take

Semester 1
IPS101  State of Sheffield - Global perspectives on local issues AUT SEM 0 credits

units (40 credits)
1C
A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
POL110  Introduction to Western Political Thought AUT SEM 20 credits
POL111  The Politics of Globalisation AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
POL109  Comparing Modern Polities SPR SEM 20 credits
POL114  Introduction to Security Studies SPR SEM 20 credits
POL115  Consensus, Crisis and Coalition: Introduction to British Politics SPR SEM 20 credits
AND

units (60 credits)
1D
A student will take 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
PHI115  Reason and Argument AUT SEM 10 credits
PHI119  Climate Ethics AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI120  Paradox and Plurality: Zeno to Aristotle AUT SEM 10 credits
PHI121  Knowledge, Justification and Doubt AUT SEM 10 credits
PHI125  Matters of Life and Death AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
PHI107  Philosophy of Religion SPR SEM 10 credits
PHI116  Elementary Logic SPR SEM 10 credits
PHI118  History of Ethics SPR SEM 10 credits
PHI126  Mind, Brain and Personal Identity SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI132  Death SPR SEM 10 credits
PHI133  Film and Philosophy SPR SEM 10 credits
PHI158  Philosophy of Sex SPR SEM 10 credits
a student can take unrestricted units to the value of 20 credits.

Year 2


units (20 credits)
2A
A student will take

Semester 1
POL229  Political Analysis: Research Design and Data Analysis AUT SEM 20 credits

units (60 credits)
2B
A student will take 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
PHI201  Reference and Truth AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI203  Formal Logic AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI204  Ethics: Theoretical and Practical AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI212  Philosophy of the Arts AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI216  Feminism AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI218  The Rationalists AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI220  Political Philosophy AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI223  Topics in Ancient Philosophy AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
PHI202  Philosophy of Mind SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI208  Political Philosophy SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI211  Theory of Knowledge SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI217  Plato SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI219  Ethics: Theoretical and Practical SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI225  Metaphysics SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI226  Philosophy and Education SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI227  Religion and the Good Life SPR SEM 20 credits
a student can take unrestricted units to the value of 20 credits.
AND

units (40 credits)
2C
A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
POL223  International Relations Theory AUT SEM 20 credits
POL226  Comparative Politics: Citizens, States, Power, and Protest AUT SEM 20 credits
POL231  Never Mind the Ballots! State and Society in the UK Today AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
POL206  The Politics and Government of the European Union SPR SEM 20 credits
POL217  The Global Political Economy SPR SEM 20 credits
POL232  Contemporary US Foreign Policy SPR SEM 20 credits
POL234  Political Theory in Practice SPR SEM 20 credits
POL235  Development SPR SEM 20 credits
POL236  Contemporary Chinese Politics SPR SEM 20 credits

Year 3


units (20 credits)
3A
A student will take

Semester 1
POL3100  Explaining Politics AUT SEM 20 credits

units (60 credits)
3B
A student will take 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
PHI302  Metaphysics AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI313  Epistemology AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI324  Feminism: Rationality and Politics AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI330  Philosophical Problems 2 AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI336  Kant AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI369  Collective Action AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI370  Free Will & Religion AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI371  Fiction & Truth AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI374  The Radical Demand in Logstrup's Ethics AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
PHI325  Phenomenology SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI332  Philosophy of Psychology SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI335  Philosophical Problems 1 SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI345  Advanced Logic SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI364  Philosophy of Law SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI366  Plato's Symposium SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI368  Practical Reason SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI372  Pain, Pleasure, and Emotions SPR SEM 20 credits
a student can take unrestricted units to the value of 20 credits.
AND

units (40 credits)
3C
A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
POL3001  The Political Economy of Africa AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3005  Civilisation, Empire and Hegemony AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3019  Terrorism, Violence and the State AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3107  Politics and the Quality of Life AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3119  Party Politics: Competition, Strategies & Campaigns AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3123  Liberalism and its Critics AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3129  Parliamentary Studies AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3137  Peacekeeping, State-building and International Intervention AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3139  Pandemics and Panics: Health, Security and Global Politics AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3145  Gender in the Global Political Economy AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3147  The Politics of Asylum AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3151  Beastly Politics: Animals, Ethics and Public Policy AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3155  German Politics: Domestic Contestation and Global Impact AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3159  Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, and Slavery in the Global Economy AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
POL3006  Civilisation, Empire and Hegemony: Project SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3020  Terrorism, Violence and the State Project SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3108  Politics and the Quality of Life Project SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3120  Party Politics: Competition, Strategies & Campaigns Project SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3130  Parliamentary Studies Project SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3140  Pandemics and Panics: Health, Security and Global Politics Project SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3143  Practical Politics: How to Make Policy and Influence People SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3146  Gender in the Global Political Economy Project SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3152  Beastly Politics: Animals, Ethics and Public Policy Project SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3153  Sex, Race and Death: Feminist Perspectives on War, Violence and (In)Security SPR SEM 20 credits
POL393  Elections and Voting SPR SEM 20 credits

Full academic year
POL3017  Dissertation in Politics ACAD YR 40 credits
POL3103  Dissertation (Work Related) ACAD YR 40 credits
POL3104  Dissertation in Political Analysis ACAD YR 40 credits

 
 
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