2.5-Term Pathway - Foundation Certificate in Humanities - Continue to Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Philosophy with Human Rights (Year Abroad)

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 with Human Rights

This course brings philosophy together with one of its most powerful practical ideas: that all human beings have the same rights, which is an idea that dominates the modern world. The School provides a grounding in philosophy and also involves the study of human rights from the perspectives of philosophy, politics, law and sociology.

Students study topics including:

• Ethics • Philosophy of religion • Global distributive justice and human rights • The protection of human rights in the UK • Freedom of thought and expression

The School of Philosophy and Art History has been ranked in the Top 20 in the UK for research excellence (REF 2014, mainstream universities, THE 2014).

At Essex they specialize in business law, public law, criminal justice, health law, law and technology, socio-legal studies and human rights law. They are ranked among the top 200 departments in the QS World University Rankings (2019) and they are top 20 in the UK for research excellence (REF 2014, mainstream universities, THE 2014).