3-Term Pathway - Foundation Certificate in Humanities - Continue to Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Philosophy and Politics

For students who've finished high school but don’t meet the entry requirements for university, a Foundation Certificate can help them gain entry to an undergraduate degree. After completing this pathway option students qualify for progression to the 1st year of an undergraduate degree at the University of Essex.

A student’s course length is determined mainly by their English language level (UKVI IELTS score). Students on all course lengths take a set of common or similar modules to gain a solid base of skills for university. Students taking a course longer than 2 terms, will take additional modules designed to improve one or more of their English language level, academic skills, and basic knowledge of particular subjects.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Philosophy and Politics

Some of the most fundamental questions about political life, its principles and ideals, are philosophical in character. This University of Essex course brings these disciplines of philosophy and politics together, and provides a sound academic grounding in both. Students are given plenty of opportunities to bring the resources of moral and political philosophy to bear on the issues of political life. The study topics include: ethics, political philosophy, European philosophy, concepts in political science, obligations, freedom, rights and equality. The School's open-minded and enthusiastic philosophy staff have an exceptionally broad range of research interests, so whatever questions in philosophy catch hold of student's imaginations, there is certain to be someone they can approach to find out more. The politics academic staff work on topics ranging from international conflict and violence to British elections, and from the obligations of the younger generation to why authoritarian leaders welcome natural disasters.

Essex's School of Philosophy and Art History has been ranked in the Top 20 in the UK for research excellence. While their Department of Government is one of the most prestigious in Europe, with an outstanding record of teaching, research and publication. They are rated top in the UK for research, and have consistently been the highest-rated politics department in the country since national assessments began.