- UCAS course code
- LV35
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Arts (BASS)
BASS Sociology and Philosophy
Duration: 3 or 4 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: LV35 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Study abroad
Industrial experience
- Typical A-level offer: ABB including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: BBC including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: BBC including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 34 points overall with 6,5,5 at HL
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £26,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
Scholarships and bursaries, including the Manchester Bursary , are available to eligible home/EU students.
Some undergraduate UK students will receive bursaries of up to £2,000 per year, in addition to the government package of maintenance grants.
You can get information and advice on student finance to help you manage your money.
Course unit details:
Dissertation Semester 1
| Unit code | PHIL30001 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 20 |
| Unit level | Level 3 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | Yes |
Overview
PHIL30001 consists of a Dissertation, on a topic of your own choice, produced to a professional level of presentation, due in before the January examination period.
Aims
This course unit aims to:
- Improve students' research, critical analysis, independent study, time-management and presentation skills.
- Provide students with the opportunity for one-to-one philosophical discussions with an appropriate supervisor.
- Allow students to specialise in a topic that interests them and to develop intellectual independence
Learning outcomes
Teaching and learning methods
One introductory lecture, followed by 1-to-1 supervision (by appointment with supervisor)
Office Hours: students will have access to the course convenor through regular office hours
VLE: learning materials (lecture slides, etc.) available online (asynchronous)
Dissertation Plans: students will be encouraged to submit essay plans for formative feedback
Dissertation Draft Material: students will be encouraged to submit draft material for formative feedback
Knowledge and understanding
- identify the main philosophical questions arising in relation to a major philosophical topic
- clearly articulate the main philosophical questions arising in relation to a major philosophical topic
Intellectual skills
- evaluate the claims and arguments relating to a major philosophical topic
- formulate sustained and cogent arguments for a conclusion
- consider and respond to objections
Practical skills
- produce and professionally present a substantial independent piece of research
- interpret and criticise both primary and secondary texts
Transferable skills and personal qualities
- design their own research question
- undertake independent research
Employability skills
- Analytical skills
- Innovation/creativity
- Project management
- Oral communication
- Problem solving
- Research
- Written communication
Assessment methods
One essay of 6,000 words.
Feedback methods
The School of Social Sciences (SoSS) is committed to providing timely and appropriate feedback to students on their academic progress and achievement, thereby enabling students to reflect on their progress and plan their academic and skills development effectively. Students are reminded that feedback is necessarily responsive: only when a student has done a certain amount of work and approaches us with it at the appropriate for a is it possible for us to feed back on the student's work. Feedback on this course will be by 1-to-1 discussion, and written responses to drafts of parts of the dissertation.
We also draw your attention to the variety of generic forms of feedback available to you on this as on all SoSS courses. These include: meeting the lecturer/tutor during their office hours; e-mailing questions to the lecturer and tutor; asking questions from the lecturer (before and after lecture); and obtaining feedback from your peers during tutorials
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 2 |
| Project supervision | 3 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 195 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Frederique Janssen-Lauret | Unit coordinator |