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BA History and Philosophy

Year 1

Rules:

  • Students take 120 credits: 60 credits in each semester.
  • In S1 students take two x Philosophy CORE modules.
  • In S1 students take one x History option module.
  • In S2 students take two x History CORE modules.
  • In S2 students take one x Philosophy option module.
Semester 1 Semester 2
PHI00015C Philosophical Analysis (CORE) HIS00085C Knowledge and Belief in World History (CORE)
PHI00008C Knowledge and Perception (CORE) HIS00088C Evidence and Methods (CORE)

Choose one of:

HIS00086C Societies and Economies (default option)

or

HIS00084C Political Communities in World History

or

YLE, YIMS or Elective module

Choose one of:

PHI00005C Reason and Argument

or

PHI00017C Free Will

or

PHI00007C Ethics

Year 2

Rules:

Students take 120 credits: 60 credits in each semester.
In S1 students take one x History Explorations optional module.
In S1 students take two x Philosophy option modules.
In S2, ALL students take HIS00125I Historical Thinking (CORE)
In S2 students take one x Philosophy option
In S2 students take one x History Explorations optional module (or York elective)

 

Semester 1 Semester 2
History Explorations option HIS00125I Historical Thinking (CORE)
Philosophy option Philosophy option
Philosophy option Historical Explorations option

Year 2 Philosophy option modules

Year 3 

Structure A rules (with History Dissertation):

  • All students take the History Special Subject option (40 credits taken in two parts, one per semester).
  • All students must take two Philosophy options (one per semester)
  • PHI00041H Philosophy Short Dissertation is optional and may be taken in either S1 or S2.
  • All students take History Dissertation (40 credits) across Semester 1 and 2
Semester 1 Semester 2
History Special Subject 1 (CORE) History Special Subject 2 (CORE)
History Dissertation (40 credits) S1 - S2
Philosophy Option Philosophy Option

Structure B rules (without History Dissertation):

  • All students must take the History Special Subject option (40 credits taken in two parts, one per semester)
  • All students must take one Philosophy option in S1 and S2
  • PHI00041H Philosophy Short Dissertation must be taken at Stage 3 in either S1 or S2.
  • The remaining 20 credits must either be a Comparative History Module, Philosophy Option Module (or Elective).
Semester 1 Semester 2
History Special Subject 1 (CORE) History Special Subject 2 (CORE)
Philosophy Option Philosophy Option
PHI00041H Short Dissertation - S1 *
OR
Comparative History Option
OR
Philosophy Option		 PHI00041H Short Dissertation - S2 *
OR
Comparative History Option
OR
Philosophy Option

Year 3 Philosophy option modules

Students may weight their final year as follows:

  • 80 credits History/40 credits Philosophy, or
  • 40 credits History/80 credits Philosophy, or
  • 60 credits History/60 credits Philosophy