BAPhilosophy and Literature

Study location	United Kingdom, Colchester Campus
Type	Bachelor courses, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years
Study language	English
Awards	BA
Course code	QV25

Entry qualification	High school / secondary education (or higher)

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 6.0 TOEFL (IBT): 76 CAE: B2 with 52+ CAE (from Jan 15): 169+

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided.

More information	essex.ac.uk/..tercourse=UG00327&subgroup=1

Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

Year 1

Introduction to Philosophy
Literature: Origins and Transformations
Death, God and the Meaning of Life (optional)
The Enlightenment (optional)
Co-Curricular Employability Module (Year 1)

Year 2

Narrativity, Truth and Flourishing
Knowledge & Reality (optional)
Versions of Modernity (optional)
United States Literature Since 1850 (optional)
Approaches to Text (optional)
Early Modern Literature (optional)
Freud and the Philosophy of the Unconscious (optional)
Ethics (optional)
Co-Curricular Employability Module (Year 2)

Final year

Dreaming and Writing (optional)
Post-War(s) United States Fiction (optional)
Romanticism: Poetry and Prose (optional)
The Victorians: Writers and Society (optional)
Modern Social and Political Thought (optional)
Nietzsche (optional)
Feminism (optional)
Philosophy Dissertation (optional)

Career opportunities

Our students are in demand from a wide range of employers in a host of occupations, including law, PR, project management, journalism and the media, teaching, librarianship, the Civil Service, banking, the police and fashion design.

Our recent graduates have gone on to work for a wide range of high-profile companies.

Philosophy develops your transferable skills, providing you with:

The ability to understand all sides of a dispute objectively and without forming a premature opinion
The ability to work in a team, taking a collaborative approach to problems
The ability to interpret dense text and to communicate effectively
Analytical and problem-solving skills