Philosophy (BA)

During Induction Week, make sure you follow your course induction schedule below. This must take priority over any other events. Most of these induction events will be on campus but there may be additional online events that you will need to attend or watch.

While most of these activities won’t change, there could be small changes to timings and locations, so make sure to check back here regularly for any updates.

Don’t forget to complete your online enrolment.

Induction schedule

If you are a student taking a joint honours degree you will need to also look at the induction schedule for your other subject. Joint honours students will need to attend the Welcome and Induction sessions and taster sessions for BOTH of their subjects.

Monday 16 September

Time	Event details	Location
On Demand	Read through the HSS Induction Google site For UG students only	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Induction Google site

Tuesday 17 September

Time	Event details	Location
9:00am - 11:00am	Welcome and Induction	JHB202, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus

Wednesday 18 September

Time	Event details	Location
1:00pm - 4:00pm	Module Registration Helpdesk	G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Welcome to the School of Education, Humanities and Languages	John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus

Thursday 19 September

Time	Event details	Location
10:00am - 11:00am	Philosophy Taster Session	JHB 406, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus
10:00am - 4:00pm	Module Registration Helpdesk	G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus

Friday 20 September

Time	Event details	Location
On Demand	Sexual Consent Education View our consent induction webpage and complete the mandatory course on Moodle	View the Consent matters webpage Complete the Sexual consent education course
10:00am - 4:00pm	Module Registration Helpdesk	G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus
2:30pm - 4:00pm	Faculty Social	CLC G.02, Sir Kenneth Wheare Hall, Clerici Building, Headington Campus

Student Support Co-ordinators

Your Student Support Coordinator (SSC) is: Mandy Archer

How to contact us	Contact details	Availability
In person	G103, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus	Monday - Friday: 11:00am -12:00pm; 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Email	ssc-hss@brookes.ac.uk
Phone	+44 (0) 1865 535250

Other key contacts

Job title	Name	Contact details
Subject Coordinator	Dan O’Brien	dobrien@brookes.ac.uk
Programme Lead	Marc Cain	mcain@brookes.ac.uk
Programme Administrator	Mike Wilson	m.wilson@brookes.ac.uk
Academic Liaison Librarian	Ashley Cushman	acushman@brookes.ac.uk

Reading lists

This is an indicative reading list of the core books used for your course's compulsory modules. There is no expectation for you to purchase any of the books, they are all available in the university library.

Once you have chosen your optional modules, you will be able to contact the module leaders to request their reading lists.

For Joint Honours students, you will find your reading lists for your other subject on their new students web page.

Philosophy Single Honours
Semester 1 Modules	Recommended Core Text
PHIL4001 Introduction to Philosophy	N. Rescher, (2010) Philosophical inquiries an introduction to problems of philosophy: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press.
PHIL4004 Reason and Argument.	T. Williamson, (2018) Doing philosophy: from common curiosity to logical reasoning. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press
PHIL4005 God, Religion and Philosophy	Clack, B. and Clack, B. R. (2019) The philosophy of religion : a critical introduction. Third edn. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
PHIL4007 Human Nature	Haidt, J. (2013) The righteous mind : why good people are divided by politics and religion. London: Penguin.
Semester 2 Modules	Recommended Core Text
PHIL4002 Ethics	Driver, Julia, (2006) Ethics : The Fundamentals, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
PHIL4003 Theory of Knowledge	D. O'Brien, (2016), Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Polity.

Philosophy Joint Honours
Semester 1 Modules	Recommended Core Text
PHIL4001 Introduction to Philosophy	N. Rescher, (2010) Philosophical inquiries an introduction to problems of philosophy: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press.
PHIL4004 Reason and Argument.	T. Williamson, (2018) Doing philosophy: from common curiosity to logical reasoning. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press
Semester 2 Module	Recommended Core Text
PHIL4003 Theory of Knowledge	D. O'Brien, (2016), Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Polity.

Additional information

More information about your induction programme can be found on the Faculty Induction Google Site.

Joint Honours Students

If you are a student taking a Joint honours degree you will need to also look at the induction schedule for your other subject.
Joint honours students will need to attend the Subject Welcome and taster sessions for BOTH of their courses. If your schedules show two different times for the School welcome session you need only attend one of these.