Program Overview

Philosophy and Psychology BA

Overview

By combining these two unique disciplines, you'll gain an understanding of how our minds develop and function, and how we think about our lives, relationships, and society.

Course Structure

• Year one: You'll take a range of modules that provide a solid foundation in both philosophy and psychology.
• Year two: You'll have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of optional modules in both subjects.
• Year three: You'll continue to take a mix of compulsory and optional modules, and you'll also have the opportunity to write a dissertation on a topic of your choice.

Philosophy Modules

• Reasoning, Argument, and Logic: You'll learn about the nature and structure of arguments, and how to assess the arguments of others.
• Mind, Knowledge, and Ethics: You'll explore philosophical thinking about understanding ourselves and our relationship with the world.
• Metaphysics, Science, and Language: You'll examine questions about the nature of reality, knowledge, and language.
• Philosophy of Religions: You'll explore the philosophical frameworks of different religions and consider the problems of religious diversity.
• History of Philosophy: Ancient to Modern: You'll learn about the development of philosophical ideas from ancient to modern times.

Psychology Modules

• Social Psychology: You'll examine how we define the self, attitudes, attribution, obedience, aggression, pro-social behavior, and formation of friendships.
• Developmental Psychology: You'll learn about cognitive, linguistic, and social development from early to late childhood.
• Cognitive Psychology 1: You'll study the methods used by cognitive psychologists to investigate mental processes in humans.
• Biological Psychology: You'll learn about the neural and biological bases of cognition and behavior.

Assessment

• A combination of essays and exams are the norm for most essay-based modules.
• Weekly reading summaries, presentations, and online quizzes and tests may also be used by individual lecturers.

Careers

• The skills you develop will make you resilient, flexible, and adaptable, with a wide range of career opportunities.
• Our Philosophy and Psychology graduates have gone on to careers in accountancy, law, HR, mental health and therapy, civil service, media, and education.

Entry Requirements

• AAB at A level
• 32 Points overall or 665 in 3 Higher Level Subjects (IB)
• IELTS 6.5 overall (with no less than 6.0 in any element)

Tuition Fees

• £9,535 per year (UK undergraduate students)
• £30,750 per year (International students)

Additional Costs

• All students will need at least one device to approve security access requests via Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).
• We also recommend students have a suitable laptop to work both on and off-campus.
• Essential course materials are supplied.
• You'll be able to access most of the books you'll need through our libraries, though you may wish to buy your own copies of core texts.
• A limited number of modules have compulsory texts which you are required to buy.
• We recommend that you budget £100 per year for books.

Scholarships and Bursaries

• Faculty of Arts Alumni Scholarships: Our Alumni Scholarships provide support with essential living costs to eligible students.
• University of Nottingham bursaries and scholarships: The University offers a wide range of funds that can provide you with an additional source of non-repayable financial help.
• International students: We offer a range of international undergraduate scholarships for high-achieving international scholars who can put their Nottingham degree to great use in their careers.