BA (Honours) dalam bidang Politik, Filsafat dan Ekonomi

Knowledge and Understanding

When you have completed this degree, you will have knowledge and understanding of the following:

• Key concepts, ideas, and theories from the disciplines of politics, philosophy, and economics.
• Key contemporary debates in the disciplines of politics, philosophy, and economics, particularly as they apply to our understanding of the contemporary social world.
• The role of debates in politics, philosophy, and economics in shaping contemporary ethical, political, and social issues.
• How theoretical debates about contemporary society are constructed, developed, and evaluated.

Cognitive Skills

You will be able to:

• Use concepts from politics, philosophy, and economics to develop analyses of social problems and issues.
• Analyze, compare, and evaluate different theoretical approaches, understanding how different approaches work to highlight and explain different aspects of society.
• Understand, evaluate, and manipulate information presented through primary sources, textual analysis, statistical tables, and mathematical representations.
• Recognize the ambiguities inherent in knowledge, recognize the contested and contingent nature of social knowledge, and show awareness and understanding of the grounds for the contingent and contested nature of social knowledge.

Keterampilan Praktis atau Profesional

You will be able to:

• Critically reflect upon the information presented to you.
• Appraise, monitor, and reflect constructively on your own developing understanding of new data and new explanations.
• Plan workload and meet deadlines under increasing levels of pressure.
• Work independently to analyze a research question using quantitative or qualitative data.

Key Skills

You will be able to:

• Construct a logical argument and identify flaws in an argument.
• Select, interpret, and synthesize data from a range of sources, including qualitative and quantitative data, and evaluate its significance.
• Present information (usually in written format) which is coherently organized and effectively communicates complex ideas.
• Search for information independently, often using IT tools, and integrate this information/data within established understandings or show how it challenges them.

This degree has three stages, each comprising 120 credits.

• At Stage 1 you’ll choose among three optional modules before completing the stage with a compulsory module that will introduce you to studying politics.
• Next, in Stage 2, you’ll study two further compulsory modules, one in each of economics and philosophy.
• Finally, in Stage 3, you’ll focus on any two of the three PPE subjects.

Stage 1 (120 credits)

You'll choose 60 credits from the following:

• Global challenges: social science in action (D113)
• Economics in Context (DD126)
• You and your money (DB125)

You'll complete Stage 1 with:

• Understanding politics: ideas and institutions in the modern world (DD211)

Stage 2 (120 credits)

You'll study both of the following:

• Investigating philosophy (DA223)
• Essential economics: macro and micro perspectives (D217)

Stage 3 (120 credits)

You’ll choose two from three PPE subjects:

Politics (choose one of these modules)

• International relations: continuity and change in global politics (DD313)
• Modern political ideas (DD316)

Philosophy

• Key questions in philosophy (A333)

Economics

• Doing economics: people, markets and policy (DD309)

Assessment

Our assessments are all designed to reinforce your learning and help you show your understanding of the topics. The mix of assessment methods will vary between modules.

Computer-Marked Assignments

• Usually, a series of online, multiple-choice questions.

Tutor-Marked Assignments

• You’ll have a number of these throughout each module, each with a submission deadline.
• They can be made up of essays, questions, experiments or something else to test your understanding of what you have learned.
• Your tutor will mark and return them to you with detailed feedback.

End-of-Module Assessments

• The final, marked piece of work on most modules.
• Modules with an end-of-module assessment won’t usually have an exam.

Exams

• Some modules end with an exam. You’ll be given time to revise and prepare.
• You’ll be given your exam date at least 5 months in advance.
• Most exams take place remotely, and you will complete them at home or an alternative location.
• If a module requires you to take a face-to-face exam, this will be made clear in the module description, and you will be required to take your exam in person at one of our exam centres.

Skills for career development

Selain pengetahuan khusus di bidang politik, filsafat dan ekonomi, program gelar ini akan membantu Anda mengembangkan keterampilan berharga yang dapat ditransfer untuk pekerjaan, termasuk:

• Menggunakan berbagai teknologi komunikasi untuk meneliti, memilih, dan menyajikan informasi secara mandiri
• Menganalisis dan mengevaluasi secara kritis informasi dan data
• Menulis dan berkomunikasi secara ringkas dan jelas
• Mengumpulkan argumen yang masuk akal untuk audiens tertentu
• Menggunakan berbagai format: esai, presentasi, laporan, kerja kolaboratif, forum online
• Merefleksikan pembelajaran Anda dan mengembangkan strategi untuk memperbarui pengetahuan Anda
• Menghargai umpan balik penting untuk merefleksikan kemajuan dan meningkatkan pekerjaan Anda
• Bekerja berdasarkan inisiatif Anda dan mengatur waktu Anda.

Career relevance

Gelar dalam bidang filsafat politik dan ekonomi diakui secara internasional karena memberikan seperangkat keterampilan konseptual dan kuantitatif yang sangat relevan untuk banyak bidang pelayanan publik, seperti layanan sipil dan diplomatik serta pemerintahan lokal. Secara khusus, Anda akan mengembangkan keterampilan yang memungkinkan Anda mengekspresikan ide-ide Anda dengan jelas dan logis; memahami dan menganalisis informasi yang kompleks; dan belajar secara mandiri.

Other careers

Program gelar ini juga merupakan persiapan yang baik untuk berbagai karir lainnya, termasuk perbankan dan keuangan, politik, jurnalisme dan penyiaran, hukum, industri, pengajaran, pekerjaan sosial, akuntansi, manajemen bisnis, konsultasi, pemasaran dan periklanan – dan banyak lulusan- pekerjaan tingkat terbuka untuk lulusan dari disiplin ilmu apa pun. Beberapa karir mungkin memerlukan studi lebih lanjut, pelatihan dan/atau pengalaman kerja di luar gelar Anda.