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BA Politics and Philosophy with International Experience (Study) (POLU35)     ML

2018 - 2019

 
 

Year 1


units (20 credits)
1A
A student will take

Semester 1
POL120  Analysing Politics AUT SEM 20 credits

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

Semester 1
POL119  Introduction to Global Political Economy AUT SEM 20 credits
POL121  Introduction to Western Political Thought AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
POL109  Introduction to Comparative Politics SPR SEM 20 credits
POL117  Introduction to International Relations SPR SEM 20 credits
POL118  British Politics SPR SEM 20 credits
AND

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

Semester 1
PHI107  Philosophy of Religion AUT SEM 10 credits
PHI115  Reason and Argument AUT SEM 10 credits
PHI121  Knowledge, Justification and Doubt AUT SEM 10 credits
PHI126  Mind, Brain and Personal Identity AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI133  Film and Philosophy AUT SEM 10 credits
PHI134  History of Philosophical Ideas AUT SEM 10 credits

Semester 2
PHI116  Elementary Logic SPR SEM 10 credits
PHI118  History of Ethics SPR SEM 10 credits
PHI125  Matters of Life and Death SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI132  Death 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
PHI202  Philosophy of Mind AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI211  Theory of Knowledge AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI212  Philosophy of the Arts AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI216  Feminism AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI217  Plato AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI227  Religion and the Good Life AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
PHI203  Formal Logic SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI219  Ethics: Theoretical and Practical SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI220  Political Philosophy SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI225  Metaphysics SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI226  Philosophy and Education SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI230  Philosophy of Science SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI278  Philosophy and Revolution 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
POL232  Contemporary US Foreign Policy AUT SEM 20 credits
POL234  Political Theory in Practice AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
POL206  The Politics and Government of the European Union SPR SEM 20 credits
POL217  The Political Economy of Global Capitalism SPR SEM 20 credits
POL230  Contemporary Security Challenges SPR SEM 20 credits
POL231  Never Mind the Ballots! State and Society in the UK Today SPR SEM 20 credits
POL235  Development SPR SEM 20 credits
POL236  Contemporary Chinese Politics SPR SEM 20 credits
a student can take unrestricted units to the value of 20 credits.

Year 3


3A

Before proceeding to the final year a student will spend one session in an appropriate country, in attendance as a full-time student at a university or other approved institution, the arrangements being subject to the approval of the Head of Department. 


3B

During the year overseas, the student will attend courses of study in the host university. Examinations in that university in the subjects studied will carry a value of one hundred and twenty credits (or equivalent) for which no University of Sheffield grades will be awarded. A student who fails to satisfy these requirements will normally be required to become instead a student for the Degree of BA Politics and Philosophy (POLU04).


units (120 credits)
3C
A student will take

Full academic year
POL116  Politics International Experience ACAD YR 120 credits

Year 4


units (60 credits)
4A
A student will take 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
PHI324  Feminism AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI330  Philosophical Problems 2 AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI335  Philosophical Problems 1 AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI345  Advanced Logic AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI355  Philosophical Project 1 AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI364  Philosophy of Law AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI372  Pain, Pleasure, and Emotions AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI374  The Radical Demand in Logstrup's Ethics AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
PHI302  Metaphysics SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI332  Philosophy of Psychology SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI350  Global Justice SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI356  Philosophical Project 2 SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI366  Plato's Symposium SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI370  Free Will & Religion SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI375  Philosophy of Medicine SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI377  Work Place Learning SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI378  Philosophy and Revolution SPR SEM 20 credits
a student can take unrestricted F6 units to the value of 20 credits.
AND

units (20 credits)
4B
A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
POL3005  Civilisation, Empire and Hegemony AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3027  Political Realism AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3030  Marx and Contemporary Marxism AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3032  Anti-Politics and Democratic Crisis AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3033  Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3034  Narcopolitics AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3035  Justice in World Politics AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3107  Politics and the Quality of Life AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3109  Britain and the European Union AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3119  Party Politics: Competition, Strategies & Campaigns AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3129  Parliamentary Studies AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3133  State Failure 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
POL3149  The Ethics of Political Leadership AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3151  Animals, Ethics and Politics AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3155  German Politics: Domestic Contestation and Global Impact AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3161  Political Theory in An Age of Total War AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
POL3001  The Political Economy of Africa SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3019  Terrorism, Violence and the State SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3026  War, Peace and Justice SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3028  Political Ecology: Power, Nature and Society SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3031  The Making of the Modern Middle East SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3123  Liberalism and its Critics SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3147  The Politics of Asylum SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3153  Sex, Race and Death: Feminist Perspectives on War, Violence and (In)Security SPR SEM 20 credits
AND

units (20 credits)
4C
A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 40 credits from this group.

Semester 2
POL3040  Research Project 1 SPR SEM 20 credits

Full academic year
POL3039  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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