Philosophy
B.A. (Hons)
Overview
What makes our BA (Hons) Philosophy different?
- Rigorous, in-depth core subject study
- Interdisciplinary degrees, built around real-world problems
- Flexibility to create your own academic pathway with elective courses
- Gain core competencies and develop practical and transferable skills for your future career
- Embedded experiential opportunities to drive real-world change
- Explore the big issues that need agile thinking crossing subject boundaries
- Acquire the knowledge and experience that will empower you to make a meaningful impact in a fast-changing world
- Experience a semester abroad at one of Northeastern University’s campuses in the USA
Your learning experience
You will experience learning at the University through a combination of formats and class sizes. Some of our courses are delivered through a high number of scheduled teaching or ‘contact’ hours, while others focus on smaller, more personalised, guided independent study, or hands-on or community-based projects.
Our academic staff selects the most appropriate pedagogy and contact hours for each individual course in order to support students to develop and succeed in their studies. This means that within your undergraduate Philosophy degree you are likely to experience a combination of scheduled lectures, workshops, seminars and tutorials. The exact balance of these types of learning and number of contact hours will depend on the specific electives and optional courses you choose.
Most lectures and seminars will have a maximum of 40 student participants, while tutorials will typically have five or fewer students, and may sometimes be one-to-one. This personalised approach to teaching allows everyone to participate and thrive.
Structure
Summary
The BA (Hons) Philosophy is concerned with fundamental questions about, among other topics, the nature of reality, what we can know, and how we should act, and engages with some of the most searching, creative and influential thinkers of the past two-and-a-half thousand years.
Students explore central questions, arguments, theories and texts concerning the world and our place within it, developing rigour and clarity in thinking and writing.
This degree programme combines a robust philosophy syllabus with a personalised elective pathway. Students can choose to deepen their focus on philosophy through their elective courses, or they can further contextualise and broaden their studies with courses that match other interests and goals.
This undergraduate degree equips you with a combination of analytical, critical thinking, and research skills, alongside communication and problem solving capabilities that are highly prized in the evolving employment market. These valuable and transferable skills open up a wide array of career possibilities upon graduation.
Electives
Our growing range of Elective courses include the subjects that have in the past been available as minors, plus some new popular subjects and interdisciplinary themes.
Focus on one subject or study multiple subjects.
Flexible Elective Pathway courses will enable students to choose to either:
- Deepen focus in their degree subject
or - Combine their studies with courses in a particular second subject
or - Explore a broad range of subjects, developing agile thinking across disciplinary boundaries
Discipline Pathways
- Art & Design
- Business
- Computer Science
- Creative Writing
- Data Science
- Economics
- English
- History
- Law
- Philosophy
- Politics & International Relations
- Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE)
Thematic Pathways
- Sustainability
- Technology & Ethics
Focus on one subject or study multiple subjects
Elective courses enable students to either deepen their focus on Philosophy, or to combine their studies with courses in a particular second subject, or to explore a broad range of subjects, developing agile thinking across disciplinary boundaries.
Costs
Tuition
HK$216,762.17
(international)
HK$90,114.61
(home)
Funding
Admissions
Qualifications
At Northeastern University London, we look at you as an individual using references and personal statements in addition to exam grades to assess your unique potential to benefit from and contribute to the Northeastern University London community. The below are indicative of our standard offers for popular high school-level qualifications.
A Level
AAB.
Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by Northeastern University London as one of your A-levels.
Students studying the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) alongside three A Levels may be eligible for an alternative offer.
International Baccalaureate Diploma
An overall score of 35 points OR 6, 6, 5 in subjects taken at Higher Level.
Please note, the overall score of 35 points includes TOK and the Extended Essay, and students must achieve a pass in the IB Diploma for entry to our courses.
European Baccalaureate
85%.
Language requirements
IELTS
6.5
(including 6.0 in all four components) or an equivalent qualification.