Study a degree in philosophy and Spanish in the heart of London. Particular teaching strengths are in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and ancient philosophy. The Department of Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies is active in all fields of Hispanic language, literature and cultural history.
KEY BENEFITS
Philosophy:
- One of the largest and most distinguished philosophy departments in the country.
- The Department is ranked in the top six nationally for world-leading and internationally excellent research (Research Assessment Exercise 2008).
- In the most recent NSS, 95% were satisfied with the quality of the teaching on their course, and 98% of our students reported that they find their course intellectually stimulating. Our scores for feedback, provision of learning resources and personal development were also consistently above the sector average (source: National Student Survey 2012)
- King's offers an exceptionally wide range of optional courses, covering all areas of the history of philosophy and contemporary philosophy.
- Our emphasis on small-group teaching ensures students acquire and hone the skills of critical thinking.
Hispanic Studies:
- One of the country's most highly rated Spanish departments for teaching and research.
- The programme is taught by staff who are experts in their field.
- Our central location offers easy access to a wide range of institutes and centres that promote Hispanic culture.
- The opportunity to study abroad for a year offers students the chance to immerse themselves in culture and society and achieve language fluency.
- Lively department social life through the student-run Hispanic Society.
UCAS code
RV45
Programme type
Joint honours
Duration
Four years
Location
Strand Campus
Year of entry 2014
Offered by
School of Arts and Humanities
Department of Philosophy
Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
Closing date
Please refer to the
UCAS website for application deadline dates, or contact the relevant Admissions Office for further advice
Fees & funding
For information on fees and funding for undergraduate programmes at King's go to
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ug/funding/ CONTACTS
Address
Department of Philosophy
King's College London
Strand Campus
Strand
London WC2R 2LS
Email
Tel
020 7848 2350/2374
Fax
020 7848 7200
PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION
Our Department of Philosophy has particular strengths in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and ancient philosophy. We are also able to offer an extremely wide range of modules, including subjects like Indian philosophy and medieval philosophy which are offered by very few other universities in the UK.
The Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies Department is active in all fields of Hispanic language, literature and cultural history. Our particular strengths are in medieval and early modern studies, modern literature and culture, and the modern Spanish language.
Your year abroad will be in a Spanish-speaking country.
For more information about the departments of Philosophy and Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies follow the departmental contact links.
ABOUT THE Department of Philosophy
CAREERS
Graduates have gone on to a wide range of careers after leaving King’s. Among those who have recently graduated, a survey uncovered a merchant banker, a police constable, a barrister, a trainee journalist, a trainee teacher and several who had returned (or were about to return) to university to take higher degrees.
Recent graduates have found employment as….
• Analyst Consultant, Accenture
• Asset Distributor, Universal Music
• English Teacher, Primary School
• Intern (Public Affairs), Science strategy company
• Journalist, a business website
• Operations Manager, Five UK
• Research Assistant (Philosophy), a UK university
• Film Production Assistant, Production company
• Volunteer Development Support Officer, Diabetes uK
TEACHING STYLE
In our undergraduate teaching, we aim to combine a wide range of study options with direct staff-student contact. Our emphasis on small-group teaching in tutorials and seminars makes King’s an excellent place to acquire and hone the skills of critical thinking, and to express your ideas both in writing and in philosophical discussion with your fellow students and instructors.
STRUCTURE OF PROGRAMMES & ASSESSMENT
Our programme offers an unusually wide range of options, such as Philosophy of Psychology and Philosophy in the Islamic World. Study of these options builds upon the solid foundation of core courses in the first and second years, with a lot of choice between modules already in the second year.
Assessment mixes examinations and essays, and all modules offer formative assessment to let you try out and explore your ideas.
LOCATION
The Department is based at the College’s Strand Campus, in the heart of central London. The College’s Maughan Library is a short walk away on Chancery Lane.
ABOUT THE Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
CAREERS
Recent graduates have gone on to gain employment in a variety of areas including business and commerce, finance, marketing, accountancy, law, the Civil Service, the media, charitable and non-governmental organisations, while others have remained in higher education to gain a teaching qualification or continue their studies at postgraduate level. Recent graduates have found employment as…. • Events Intern, Mexican Chamber of Commerce • Operations Support Assistant, an environmental consultancy • Political Researcher • Member Services Executive, Streetcar
TEACHING STYLE
Our department is active in all fields of Hispanic and Lusophone language, literature and cultural history from the earliest times to the present day. Our particular strengths are in medieval and early modern studies, modern literature, history and culture, and the modern Spanish and Portuguese languages. You will be studying with staff who are experts in their fields and whose advanced research is reflected in the optional modules available. Some of our lecturing staff also teach across disciplines in the History, European Studies and Comparative Literature programmes.
STRUCTURE OF PROGRAMMES & ASSESSMENT
Our programmes offer students a flexible yet coherent structure within which to explore the richness of the Hispanic and Lusophone worlds. Each year, you will follow a core language module and take options in literature, culture and history, covering a wide range of historical periods. Our programmes enable you to build incrementally upon your knowledge and develop areas of individual interest which form the basis of your final-year modules (which include a dissertation option). Progression from year to year depends upon passing the required number of credits and the compulsory language module.
LOCATION
We are located in the heart of London, within easy access to a wide range of institutes and centres (eg the Instituto Cervantes, Camoes Institute) that promote Hispanic and Lusophone culture including theatre, music, and art. The Maughan Library contains an extensive collection of material on the Hispanic and Lusophone worlds, including several in the Rare Books collection. Within London there are other important complementary collections in the libraries and research institutes of the University of London and the British Library.
SPECIAL NOTES
The year abroad is an obligatory part of our programmes, with a wide range of options to study (eg under the Socrates-Erasmus programme) or, through the British Council English Language Assistant programme, to teach in a variety of institutions in Spain, Portugal and Latin America.
All students study a combination of compulsory and optional modules to complete their programme of studies.
YEAR 1
You take the core modules outlined plus two options in Hispanic Studies.
YEAR 1 CORE
Philosophy:
Combined honours students choose from among our level 4 modules, which are:
- Greek Philosophy I
- Ethics I
- Elementary Logic
- Metaphysics I
- Modern Philosophy I
- Political Philosophy I
- Epistemology I
- Methodology
In the first year combined honours students must take at least one module in history of philosophy, at least one module in either ethics or political philosophy, and at least one module from among Elementary Logic, Metaphysics I, Epistemology I, and Methodology.
Hispanic Studies:
YEAR 1 OPTIONS
Hispanic Studies:
- Culture & Society in Imperial Spain
- Latin American Visual Arts, 19th & 20th Century
- Introduction to Spanish American Narrative
- Spain in the 19th Century
- Spain in the 20th Century
- Medieval Spain: from Frontier to Empire
- Introduction to Modern Spanish Culture I
- Introduction to Modern Spanish Culture II
YEAR 2
You take the core module plus three optional modules in Hispanic Studies and four in Philosophy.
YEAR 2 CORE
YEAR 2 OPTIONS
Philosophy:
Students take four modules from the following lists, with the requirement to choose from at least two of the three lists:
List A- Greek Philosophy II: Plato
- Greek Philosophy II: Aristotle
- Modern Philosophy II: Locke and Berkeley
- Modern Philosophy II: Spinoza and Leibniz
List B- Ethics II: History of Ethical Philosophy
- Ethics II: Contemporary Ethical Philosophy
- Political Philosophy II: Theories of Justice
- Political Philosophy II: History of Political Philosophy
List C- Epistemology II
- Metaphysics II
- Philosophy of Logic and Language
- Philosophy of Mind
In the second year combined honours students may also take one 15 credit module from among level 6 optional subjects (see year three below).
Hispanic Studies:
- Catalan Language & Culture
- The Spanish Civil War
- The Lyrics of Love & Hate
- Nationalism in Spain
- Culture & Identity in Spanish America
- Cervantes' Don Quijote
- After Franco: Films & Texts of the Transition
- Goya & the Dream of Reason
- Perceptions of Modernity, Spanish America 1800-1920
YEAR 3
Normally spent abroad in a Spanish-speaking country.
YEAR 4
You take the core module outlined plus three options in Hispanic Studies and four in Philosophy.
We review our options on a regular basis, in order to continue to offer innovative and exciting programmes and this list is therefore subject to change.
Please check here for updates, or contact the School/department for further advice.
YEAR 4 CORE
YEAR 4 OPTIONS
Philosophy:
- 19th Century Continental Philosophy
- Advanced Logic modules
- Aesthetics
- Dissertation
- Foundations of Analytic Philosophy
- Greek Philosophical Texts
- Hellenistic Philosophy
- Indian Philosophy
- Kant
- Meaning and Grammar
- Medieval Philosophy
- Moral Normativity
- Neoplatonism
- Philosophy of Mathematics
- Philosophy of Religion
- Philosophy of Science
- Scepticism
- Science, Ethics and Society
- Topics in Ethics
- Topics in Greek Philosophy
- Topics in Modern Philosophy
- Topics in Philosophy of Mind
- Topics in Political Philosophy
- Utilitarianism
Hispanic Studies:
- Religion, Politics & Violence in Modern Spain
- Advanced Topics in Applied Linguistics
- Myth & Archive: 19th & 20th Century Rewritings on Colonial Latin America
- Stereotypes in Modern Spanish Cinema
- Key Terms & Points of View in Latin American Visual Arts
- Journey through Spain: Travel Writing in Modern Spain
- History & Imagination in 19th-century Spanish Narrative
- Real & Ideal in Early Modern Spanish Literature
- Writing Women in Medieval & Early Modern Spain
- Dissertation
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Australia
Tertiary Entrance Ranking
97+ ATAR, or an OP of band 2 for Queensland with high marks in Spanish
Austria
Reifezeugnis (Matura)
Reifezeugnis with 1 including 1 in Spanish
Belgium
Certificat D
Certificat D’Enseignement Secondaire Superieur/Diploma van Secundair Onderwijs with 8/10 or 18/20 including 8 or 18 in Spanish
Brazil
Brazil
High School Leaving Certificate (Certificado de Ensino Médio) with 8 OR B OR Muito Bom PLUS at least one year of Bacharel/Licenciado at a Brazilian University with a GPA of at least 8.0 OR the King’s College London International Foundation Programme OR 3 A-levels with grades of AAA. Including Spanish
Bulgaria
School Leaving Certificate
Diploma za Sredno Obrazovanie with the majority of subject marks of 5.5 including 5.5 in Spanish
Canada
Secondary School Certificate/Diploma
High School Certificate/Diploma with 90% OR Ontario University Preparatory Course with 90% at five grade 12 4U subjects. The sixth subject may be at 4U or 4U/C level. OR the Quebec CEGEP Cote R with an overall R score of 33. Including high marks in Spanish.
Chile
Chile
Licencia de Educación Media with 6 PLUS at least one year of the Licenciatura at a Chilean university with a mark of 5 OR the Kings College London International Foundation Programme OR 3 A-levels with grades of AAA. Including Spanish
China
Gao Kao (University Entrance Examination)
University Entrance Examination with at least a foundation/Access year or one year of undergraduate study at a Chinese university with at least 80%. Including high marks in Spanish
Cyprus
Apolytirion
Apolytirion (School Leaving Certificate) with 19 plus at least an additional foundation/Access year. Including high marks in Spanish
Czech Republic
Maturita
Maturita with 1 including 1 in Spanish
Denmark
Studentereksamen or Hjere Forberedelseseksamen
Studentereksamen or Højere Forberedelseseksamen with 11 including 11 in Spanish
Estonia
Gmnaasiumi lputunnistus (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)
Gümnaasiumi lõputunnistus with majority marks of 5,(including grade 5 in Spanish) and an attestation of success in the state entry examinations (Riigieksamitunnistus)
Finland
Ylioppilastutkinto/Studentexamen (National Matriculation)
Ylioppilastutkinto with 7 including 7 in Spanish
France
Baccalaureat (including the option internationale baccalaureat)
The Baccalaureat with 14/20 overall and 14 in Spanish
Germany
Abitur
Abitur with 1.3 overall including 1.3 in Spanish
Ghana
School Leaving Certificate
the West African Senior School Certificate (WASSC/WASSCE) PLUS 3 international Cambridge-board A levels at AAA. Including Spanish
Greece
Apolytirion
Apolytirion with 19 including 19 in Spanish
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE)
Three elective subjects at minimum Levels 5, 5, 5 plus Level 4 in each of the four core subjects. Applicants must demonstrate fluency in Spanish.
Hungary
Erettsegi
Erettsegi with 5 including 5 in Spanish
India
School Leaving Certificate
School Leaving Certificate with 85% overall OR School Leaving Certificate with 75% with at least a foundation/Access year or year of undergraduate study at an Indian university (Both require high marks in Spanish
Iran
School Leaving Certificate
Pre-University Certificate (Peeshdaneshgahe) OR the National Entrance Exam (Kunkur) with 16 OR 3 Cambridge International A levels at AAA (All require high marks in Spanish)
Ireland
Irish Leaving Certificate (Higher level unless otherwise stated)
A1 A1 A1 A2 B1 B1 with grade A in Spanish
Italy
Esame di Stato
Esame di Stato with 90 with high marks in Spanish
Japan
School Leaving Certificate
Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Kotogakko Sotsugyo Shomeisho) PLUS 3 Cambridge Board International A-levels at AAA OR an Associate degree or Diploma from a Junior College (Jun-Gakushi) with a GPA of 3.3 or B+ or 4 OR a foundation year. Including high marks in Spanish
Latvia
Atestats par visparejo videjo izglitibu (Certificate of General Secondary Education)
Atestats par visparejo videjo izglitibu with 9 with at least a foundation/Access year or one year of undergraduate study at a Latvian university. Including high marks in Spanish
Lithuania
Brandos Atestatas (Maturity Certificate)
Brandos Atestatas with 90 with at least a foundation/Access year or one year of undergraduate study at a Lithuanian university. Including high marks in Spanish
Luxembourg
Diplome de Fin D
Diplome de Fin D’Etudes Secondaires with Tres Bien including Tres Bien in Spanish
Malta
Matriculation Certificate - Advanced level
Matriculation Certificate with AAA including A in Spanish
Mexico
Mexico
The Bachillerato with a mark of 8 PLUS the King’s College London International Foundation Programme OR at least one year of the Licenciado study with an overall average mark of at least 8/10 OR A-levels with grades of AAA. Including Spanish
Moldova
School Leaving Certificate
Diploma de Bacalaureat with 9 including 9 in Spanish
Netherlands
Diploma Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO)
VWO with 8 including 8 in Spanish
New Zealand
National Certificate of Educational Achievement Level 3 (NCEA)
the NCEA level 3 with E in the majority of standards/modules in four subjects,including Excellent in Spanish
Nigeria
School Leaving Certificate
The Senior School Certificate (SSC/SSCE) OR the West African Senior School Certificate (WASSC/WASSCE) PLUS 3 Cambridge International A levels at AAA including A in Spanish
Norway
Vitnemal-videregaende opplaering (Upper Secondary Leaving Certificate)
Vitnemal-videregaende opplaering grade 5 including grade 5 in Spanish
Pakistan
High School Certificate (HSSC)
High School Certificate with A with at least a foundation/Access year or one year of undergraduate study at a Pakistani university. Including high marks in Spanish
Poland
Matura
Matura with 85% in extended level subjects including high marks in Spanish
Portugal
Diploma de Ensino Secundário
Diploma de Ensino Secundário with 18 including high marks in Spanish
Romania
School Leaving Certificate
Diploma de Bacalaureat with 9 including 9 in Spanish
Russia
Attest o (Polnom) Srednem Obrazovanii (Certificate of Secondary Education)
Attest o (Polnom) Srednem Obshchem Obrazovanii with an average of 4.5 including 9 in Spanish with at least a foundation/Access year or one year of undergraduate study at a Russian university.
Saudi Arabia
School Leaving Certificate
College of Technology Diploma OR Higher Technical Institute Diploma OR Junior Health College Diploma OR Undergraduate Diploma with 85% OR 3 Cambridge International A levels at AAA (all require high marks in Spanish)
Singapore
Singapore A Level
AAA in three content-based H2 subjects (including Spanish). Knowledge and Inquiry is not considered as part of the offer
Slovakia
Vysvedcenie Maturitnej Skuska/Maturita
Vysvedcenie Maturitnej Skuske/Maturita with 1 including 1 in Spanish
Slovenia
Maturitetno Spricevalo (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)
Maturitetno Spricevalo with 5 including 5 in Spanish
South Africa
South African Senior Certificate/National Senior Certificate with Matriculation endorsement
The National Senior Certificate with Matriculation endorsement with AAAAB including A in Spanish
Spain
Titulo de Bachiller
Titulo de Bachiller with 9 overall including 9 in Spanish
Sweden
Fullständigt Slutbetyg (School Leaving Certificate)
Fullstandigt Slutbeytg with MVG including MVG in Spanish
Switzerland
Federal Maturity Certificate
Federal Maturity Certificate with an overall mark of 5 including 5 in Spanish
Turkey
Lise Diplomasi (High School Diploma)
Lise Diplomasi with an overall mark of 4 with at least a foundation/Access year or one year of undergraduate study at a Turkish university. Including high marks in Spanish
United Kingdom
A levels
AAA
Compulsory subjects
Grade A at A-level Spanish
12 unit A level in vocational subjects
Considered on an individual basis
General Studies and Critical Thinking - College policy
Please note that AS/A level General Studies and Critical Thinking are not accepted by King's as one of your A or AS levels. However, if offered the grade achieved may be taken into account when considering whether or not to accept a candidate who has just fallen short of the conditions of their offer
Access to HE Diploma
Access to Humanities (or similar) Diploma including study of Spanish at Level 3 with 36 Level 3 credits from units awarded at Distinction, with the remaining credits at Merit. Supplementary information and achievement e.g marks for certain credits/subjects may be required depending on course content.
Cambridge Pre-U
3 Pre-U Principal Subjects with grades of D3 D3 D3 including Spanish
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma
Considered on an individual basis
Scottish Highers & Advanced Highers
AAAAB in Highers and AA at Advanced Higher (including A in Spanish)
International Baccalaureate
35 points and HL 666 including HL6 in Spanish
European Baccalaureate
85% overall with 8.5 in Spanish
USA
Advanced Placement Tests and/or SAT/ACT (SAT/ACT acceptable only where stipulated)
Three AP subjects with 555 including Spanish. Or SAT with a total score of 1900 with at least 600 in each section or the ACT with a score of 28 plus 3 SAT-S including Spanish with a score of 600 in each
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Aptitude testing
No test required
If you are interested in coming to King’s, you should apply through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and apply online via the UCAS website (click on 'apply'). If you are applying through a school or college, you will need to obtain a 'buzzword' from the centre you are applying through. Alternatively, you can apply as an individual, independent of a school or college. Please see the UCAS website for instructions. The UCAS institution code name for King’s is KCL, and the institution code is K60.
There are a few programmes which require direct application to King's, this will be stated above
The Department of Philosophy does not normally interview applicants, other than applicants with relevant life experience. Offers are made from November onwards on the basis of actual and predicted grades at A-level, in the International Baccalaureate or other equivalent examinations, and on other information contained in the UCAS form. Everyone to whom an offer is made is invited to an open day in March when they can meet members of the department.