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BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics
About this course
Philosophy, politics, and economics is one of the most demanding and intellectually rewarding combinations available in higher education. Philosophy develops the capacity for rigorous logical reasoning and careful analysis of concepts and arguments. Politics examines how power is organised and exercised, how institutions are structured, and how collective decisions are made and contested in democratic and non-democratic settings. Economics provides the tools to analyse how individuals, firms, and governments make choices under conditions of scarcity, and how those choices aggregate into the outcomes we observe in markets and societies. The three disciplines are deeply interconnected: economic assumptions are embedded in political decisions, political structures shape economic outcomes, and philosophical arguments underpin them both. At the University of the Highlands and Islands, this four-year programme allows you to develop serious competence in all three disciplines while studying in one of the most distinctive academic environments in Scotland. The programme offers flexibility in how you combine your studies, enabling you to follow your intellectual interests as they develop. You will build skills in quantitative analysis alongside the qualitative reasoning and argumentation that philosophy and politics demand, developing a versatile analytical toolkit that is valued in demanding graduate careers. The typical entry tariff is 120 UCAS points, and the programme is studied full time. Graduates from philosophy, politics, and economics programmes are found across an exceptionally wide range of careers. The civil service, government, journalism, finance, law, management consultancy, international organisations, think tanks, and the voluntary sector all regularly recruit from this discipline combination. The rigorous analytical and communication skills the degree develops make PPE graduates distinctive candidates in competitive graduate markets. Further study options include postgraduate degrees in economics, political science, public policy, philosophy, and law.
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