Do I need to do Philosophy A level

I am currently studying , pe, health and social care and food and nutrition science for A level, I would hopefully like to go down the route of philosophy, psychology or sociology/criminology at uni, would it be beneficial to me if I switched from PE to philosophy or will this make no difference if I want to apply for a philosophy based degree.

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scarlet-paddle

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Original post by psychological-pr

I am currently studying , pe, health and social care and food and nutrition science for A level, I would hopefully like to go down the route of philosophy, psychology or sociology/criminology at uni, would it be beneficial to me if I switched from PE to philosophy or will this make no difference if I want to apply for a philosophy based degree.

Since you’re doing health and social care, PE and food and nutrition, but want to study philosophy, psychology or sociology/criminology, I would recommend taking 2-3 of those subjects instead to gain understanding in them to aid choosing what you want to study, especially if you are aiming for higher tier unis. It is not a requirement to be doing the subject you’re applying for, but it helps, especially with more complex subjects like psychology and philosophy. I would probably take psychology and philosophy a level and then pick a third out of your existing choices, but that is just me.

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martin7

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Original post by psychological-pr

I am currently studying , pe, health and social care and food and nutrition science for A level, I would hopefully like to go down the route of philosophy, psychology or sociology/criminology at uni, would it be beneficial to me if I switched from PE to philosophy or will this make no difference if I want to apply for a philosophy based degree.

It's unlikely that any university would require A-level Philosophy, as it's not a subject that would be offered at every school/college -- it certainly wasn't at my school.

I suspect it would help in an application, as it shows you've got some experience of the subject. And studying it at A-level would help you understand whether it's something you'd want to go on to study at university.

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YoungPoet

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Original post by psychological-pr

I am currently studying , pe, health and social care and food and nutrition science for A level, I would hopefully like to go down the route of philosophy, psychology or sociology/criminology at uni, would it be beneficial to me if I switched from PE to philosophy or will this make no difference if I want to apply for a philosophy based degree.

Philosophy is a subject that is not offered at most schools (many offer a religion and philosophy a-level and call it philosophy, but there are not many that offer the AQA pure philosophy) so, to my knowledge, there are no unis that require it at alevel. That being said, it may help to have an essay subject, and some unis may require this. If this is the case, they will clearly state it on their entry requirements, however. (I do philosophy A-level and it is very essay-based, so it might be the same at uni).

If you wanted to do psychology, then I assume that most unis would want you to do an a-level in this, as it is a very popular subject that almost all schools offer.

So basically, if you want to psychology/sociology/criminology, I would definitely say that you should study psychology, but for philosophy it doesn't matter if you study it or not 🙂

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