Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

This ba philosophy, ethics and religion degree provides you with the opportunity to explore deep and far-reaching issues. you will engage with questions that have puzzled great thinkers for millennia, and are still relevant today: how should we live? what can we really know? can religious beliefs be justified? and what is their role in society? how can we apply philosophy to real world problems such as global poverty? you will explore these fundamental issues using the philosophical method of reasoned argument and critical scrutiny. you’ll investigate ethical questions and the nature of religion in society, across a wide range of fields including anthropology, history, and politics.

You’ll graduate with a wide range of transferable skills such as research, critical thinking, analysis and team working. career skills are embedded at every stage of our courses and certain modules offer specific teaching in reasoning and communication. your year abroad will also give you valuable experience and in some cases and opportunity to enhance your languages skills. our philosophy graduates have secured roles as diverse as: project manager teacher human resources (hr) coordinator investment analyst digital marketing coordinator tax consultant data analyst our philosophy degrees are also a good foundation for further study at masters or phd level.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. Southampton University has partnerships with the following companies: