IELTS 7.0, with no component below 6.0
Develop your independent practice, experience life in another country, and understand the theories and ideas behind contemporary art on our BA Art and Philosophy.
Studying philosophy alongside art allows you to consider the medium from a range of perspectives.
You will join a lively community at Reading School of Art and explore a vast range of media, experiment with emerging art forms, and develop as an artist. The studios are a busy place with events, screenings, performances and exhibitions happening regularly. You will receive a dedicated space, accessible 24 hours a day and seven days a week, and a studio tutor to help develop your individual and professional practice.
Trips to museums and art galleries help prompt thoughts on how art is displayed and received. You will gain professional experience by taking part in your own exhibitions, public art commissions and other events. Your teaching staff are all artists, curators and researchers of international standing and will encourage regular exhibitions and open debate.
Studying philosophy at the University of Reading will equip you with the ability to think logically, to evaluate arguments critically, and to challenge your own ideas and those of other people. We will give you an understanding of the central philosophical principles, concepts, problems, texts and figures. You will be taught by leading experts whose research strengths lie especially in moral philosophy and the philosophy of the mind and language. You will also have the chance to study non-Western philosophies, in particular Indian philosophy.
Your first year will introduce you to the general skills required for all philosophy. In following years you will explore a wide range of subjects and explore the overlap between art and philosophy.
Placements and collaborations are actively encouraged and there is also the option to experience life in another country by studying abroad. Throughout your degree you will receive advice and guidance on your career development.
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Year 1
Core modules include:
Art studio
Reading objects, writing images
Reason and argument
Optional modules include:
Human nature
Radical philosophy
Meaning of life
Philosophy of world religions
Elementary logic
Mental machines
Reality: the big questions
Writing the philosophical essay
Modernisms & mythologies
What is the contemporary?
Visual thinking and material writing
Please note that all modules are subject to change
Year 2
Core modules include:
Art studio, including career management skills
Optional modules include:
Aesthetic, anti-aesthetic
Critical collaborative methods
Visual thinking and material writing
International study visit
Contemporary art and theory
Formations of modernism
Other visions: modern and contemporary art and architecture
Ethical arguments
Meaning and the mind
Global philosophy
Ignorance, doubt and relativism
Oppression, inequality and enemies of democracy
Please note that all modules are subject to change.
Year 3
Core modules include:
Art studio
Optional modules include:
Animal ethics
Chinese philosophy
Image, action, text
Affect, aesthetics and the event
Utopias and other worlds
Landscape and memory
Independent study
Environmental ethics
Paradoxes
Are we free?
Colour
Contemporary consequentialism and contractualism
Early analytic philosophy
Future people and climate ethics
God and religious belief
Speech attacks: bullshit, propaganda, silencing
The scandal of film
Tyranny, rhetoric and lies
Crime and violence
Death
God, time and freedom
Happy good and meaningful lives
Philosophy of literature
The science of consciousness
Wittgenstein's philosophy of mind and action
Worldviews in science
Philosophy independent learning module
Representing Conflict on Stage and Screen
Please note that all modules are subject to change.
Year 4
Core modules include:
Art studio
Philosophy dissertation
Please note that all modules are subject to change.
97% of leavers are in work and/or study 15 months after the end of their course (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2018/19; First Degree responders from Art). Many of our graduates develop successful careers as artists, writers and curators. These include a number of famous alumni, such as Turner Prize-nominated artists, and PhD students who are award-winning artists and curators at influential museums. Other graduates have found employment in galleries, education, art therapy, and film and video production. Recent employers include Tate, Whitechapel Gallery, Christies, Microsoft, the BBC, Victoria & Albert Museum, and Manolo Blahnik.
91% of graduates from the Department of Philosophy are in work or further study 15 months after the end of their course (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2018/19; First Degree responders from Philosophy). Studying philosophy enables you to develop a range of transferable skills in clear thinking, logical analysis, and the critical assessment of argument. Such skills are greatly valued in a variety of professional careers such as law, politics, management and marketing.
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