BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PHILOSOPHY  

Introduction

Thank you for your interest in the Knightsbridge University BA Programme in Philosophy. The programme is designed to be completed within twenty months by a student devoting ten to twelve hours a week, working by distance learning.  

The Course currently consists of six modules and an Extended Essay:

A. The History of Western Philosophy

B. Concepts and Problems 1 (Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophical Logic)

C. Concepts and Problems 2 ( Methodology)

D. Concepts and Problems 3 (Ethics)

E. Specialist Option 1 (a particular field of philosophy)

F. Specialist Option 2 (an individual philosopher)

G. Extended Essay.

Aims and objectives

The aims of the Course are to enable the student 1) to acquire a sound understanding of the main concepts and problems investigated by philosophers from Greek times to the present day; and 2) to develop appropriate analytical and critical skills - which the student may well find also to be of value in their daily lives, outside the narrower academic context.

Methods of delivery

The delivery of the teaching for the Course is by distance learning. The material is designed to give you maximum flexibility as to the pace of learning. Course materials consist of topic lists, detailed directed reading from set texts, supplementary reading lists, Progress Assessment Tests, Minor Assignments, and a final Major Assignment (the Extended Essay). 

Entry requirements

At Bachelor's level there are no pre-determined requirements, but candidates must show an acceptable standard of current qualifications and experience to satisfy the requirements of the Admissions Committee.

Candidates will normally have attained the age of twenty-five years. All candidates will be expected to show a proficiency in the English language.

Each application will be considered on its own merits, however, and admission to a Course and all interpretations as to the eligibility for such admission remains at the discretion of the University.

Supervision and cohorts

The University is aware of the need to provide first rate supervision to students, given the fact that they are working in a distance learning mode. Each cohort of students will be allocated a Supervisor who is either an experienced academic or proven practitioner in the field. He or she will be the student's guide through the Course.

Aware of the fact that distance learning can be a difficult and isolating experience, it is proposed that each cohort of students should receive a list of its peers. These will be people who are undergoing the same stresses and strains. They will be facing the same problems and the same assignment difficulties at a similar time. It is the University's hope that students will wish to join with others to share their experience in a fellow feeling of a community. Unless an individual student wishes to maintain anonymity, each cohort of students will be given a list of their peers, in the hope that the overall standard of their work, their performance on the Course and, above all, their experience as a student is enhanced.

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