For combinations with Political Science or Economics, Mathematics at GCSE grade C or above is normally required. BTEC, IB and EB are also considered. It enables us to understand what is going on in the world, to think rationally and reasonably and to reflect deeply on fundamental problems. If you are curious about some of the deeper questions of life, enjoy formulating your own ideas and like debating in a logical, reasoned manner, then this three-year programme could be for you. If you have mathematical interest you can apply this to logic and the philosophy of science.
Philosophy also connects with the human sciences such as psychology through the study of mind.
And it reaches into literature and the humanities with moral philosophy and aesthetics. You also undertake close study of philosophical texts in small groups. In your second year core modules develop your ideas in moral philosophy and epistemology. You also study the great philosophers of the empiricist and rationalist traditions. You also choose one from a range of texts, working in seminar groups to develop the ability to understand a work of modern philosophy as a whole.