Our priority lies in developing your skills as a global citizen and a thinker in your own right. Throughout the programme, youll be supported in engaging critically and creatively with difficult problems in an open-minded way, including on sensitive and controversial topics.

During your studies, youll have the opportunity to explore a broad range of philosophical and political topics and traditions. Youll develop a solid grounding in moral philosophy, will also study epistemology, philosophy of mind, and political philosophy, and will have the opportunity to study areas such as aesthetics, feminist philosophy, and phenomenology. In Politics, you can explore how parliaments and governments function, investigate how politics works in Wales, the UK, Europe, and across the globe, and evaluate key political ideas such as power, freedom, rights, conflict, accountability, democracy, and legitimacy.

Our modules provide you with opportunities to connect theory with practice in applied modules in both philosophy and politics. In addition to opportunities to explore public policy from a political perspective, in the final year youll take part in a project to apply philosophical research to develop policies or strategies aimed at solving a real-world ethical or social problem.

You will graduate with a range of valuable professional skills, including collaboration, effective communication, and independent critical thinking. Youll have a deep appreciation of the ethical and social challenges that face contemporary society and industry, and have the ideas and confidence required to solve them. From here, youll be ideally placed to progress into a range of exciting careers.

Career prospects

Graduates from this programme possess a range of transferable skills and areas of knowledge that are sought after by many employers.

These include the ability to independently analyse complex problems and identify workable and innovative solutions, to work effectively with others on large projects, to communicate effectively with different audiences, and to use reflection and feedback to further develop your skills. Youll also acquire a broad knowledge base enabling you to understand and respond to a range of contemporary ethical, social, and political problems. During your degree, youll gain experience of professional research, strategy, and policy roles by working on a large collaborative project. This project showcases to employers how not only your philosophical skills but also your philosophical knowledge can be of enormous value in the workplace.

University services and schemes are also available to you, providing additional ways to increase your professional skills and confidence. The Cardiff Award provides a framework through which to develop your employability further, and Student Futures is on hand to provide career advice and support in gaining placements specific to your degree. You can also take advantage of programmes like Languages for All and Welsh for All to improve your language skills, while support from the Enterprise and Start Up team can help to bring your ideas to life.

Due to the depth and breadth of their skills and knowledge, our graduates can be found in a variety of sectors, including the civil service, local government, charitable organisations, small businesses, consultancy firms, and schools and colleges. They work in journalism, law, teaching, finance, marketing, human resources, public relations, and many other professions.

Placements

In Politics, you have the opportunity to take a module that includes a work placement in an organisation that plays a key role in governance and politics. We also encourage you to undertake further placements through Student Futures in order to further enhance your employability.