| English and Philosophy (BA) | | |
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School | Queen's University Belfast | | |
Location | Belfast, NI, United Kingdom | | |
School Type | University | | |
School Size | Full-time Undergraduate: 19,000 Full-time Graduate: 5,000 | | |
Degree | Bachelor | | |
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Length | 3 Year(s) | | |
Entry Grade (%)* | 75% | | |
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Prerequisites Notes | The minimum requirement is usually 75 - 80% overall, although some programmes do require higher grades and may specify exact grade requirements in relevant subjects. | | |
Cost | Cost per year has been converted from British Pounds to Canadian Dollars. The actual cost may vary due to exchange rate. | | |
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Description | Students undertaking English and Philosophy at Queen’s explore literatures in English in the widest possible sense. From the earliest writings in Anglo-Saxon to contemporary Irish, British, and ‘global’ literatures, students study English in its historical, linguistic, cultural, material and ideological circumstances. In Philosophy students can study some of the key thinkers in the history of philosophy, from Plato and Aristotle to Descartes and Marx. Students also hone their skills in reasoning and argumentation by studying formal logic and critical thinking.
English Studies at Queen’s has an extraordinary heritage, as represented by its globally esteemed writers, such as Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney and T.S. Eliot Prize recipients Paul Muldoon and Ciaran Carson, among others. | | |
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