Oxford PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) Students and Applicants

Quick question - if I choose to go bipartite after 1st year pursuing politics and economics, will I still be able to do an option (without pre-requisite core courses) in philosophy or better still , take the dissertation option. Further, are there any options focusing specifically on Nietzsche/Schopenhauer ?

Reply 81

Chwadan

La Gioconda

Quick question - if I choose to go bipartite after 1st year pursuing politics and economics, will I still be able to do an option (without pre-requisite core courses) in philosophy or better still , take the dissertation option. Further, are there any options focusing specifically on Nietzsche/Schopenhauer ?

2nd/3rd year is divided into 8 modules: if you go bipartite you do 2 core modules from each subject (2xpol and 2xecon) then 4 optional modules from your two chosen subjects. The only way you can do an option in philosophy is if that option happens to be related to political philosophy and can be counted either as a pol or phil option. You can't do pure philosophy (modules or diss) if you do bipartite pol-econ.

As for Nietzche/Schopenhauer, if you do phil in your 2nd/3rd year, you can take Post-Kantian Philosophy and focus exclusively on these two.

Reply 82

RxB

1

If you do Pol/Econ you can do a Philosophy paper without doing the core ones, so you could do, for example, 4 Politics (2 core/2 optional) 3 Economics (2 core/1 optional) and Post-Kantian Philosophy.

If you want to do the dissertation you have to do at least 3 other Philosophy papers.

(Chwadan - this is exclusive to Philosophy, you can't do this in either of the other two, if this looked wrong to you)

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Reply 87

Queen_A

10

I know that college choice is completely personal, but I really need some help so here it goes (please don't hate me!):
If you were reapplying for a BA in PPE at Ox, and could only choose one of the following three, which would you go for?
Magdalen
Wadham
Univ
Reasons would be appreciated.

Reply 88

tenjon

8

Magdalen or Univ

Why?

I'm applying to Wadham and want as little competition as possible!!! :biggrin:

lol, all three are great colleges etc etc...I didn't have any particular reason for going for Wadham. Just had a look around, sat in the gardens for the best part of an hour and decided "yes...i could be happy here" :smile:

If you really are stuck, just pull one out of a hat or something. You can't really go wrong!

Good luck :smile:

Tom

Reply 89

zxczxc

11

Not that it's at all a factor to consider, but I definitely am, and I think easops is, applying to Univ for PPE. The reason why I picked it is it just seems a good all-rounder. Solid.

Reply 90

RxB

1

Wadham, no question.
(What was wrong with Hertford?)

Reply 91

Cranium

could someone help me out....
(feeling tired, it's late, PS not done..........)
which Uni's offer PPE?
just a quick list would be great.
I know Oxford, York, Warwick, LSE but don't want to miss any others

Reply 92

RxB

1

LSE does?

Manchester, Durham.

Reply 93

Cranium

RxB

LSE does?

Manchester, Durham.

You're correct - not LSE! (Told you I needed help)!

Reply 94

zxczxc

11

LSE only does two of the three in any one course.

Reply 95

Queen_A

10

RxB

Wadham, no question.
(What was wrong with Hertford?)

(It's too small!). And the philosophy/politics tutor with the long hair was really wierd. The one who had done his MPhil or something at Leeds was nice, and the Econ tutor was really quirky, but the other man put me off!

Person who asked about PPE at unis: UEA and Essex also do it

Reply 96

edmundwillis

5

Queen_A: You were at the Hertford open day, too? Which one were you? I agree completely with your analyses of the tutors! Although you couldn't ask for a better stereotype of an Oxbridge philosophy tutor (black jumper, long hair, otherworldly, perfect elocution, darting eyes), I found him quite cool.

Where were you sitting around the table, did you ask any questions of the tutors? I might remember you? I asked the question about philosophy essays as opposed to history essays and whether you are encouraged to argue your own ideas.

I am only a prospective but if I was in your position I would go for Univ or Wadham. The JCR president (a PPEist) did a really good, informative tour of his college. I did not visit either Magdalen or Wadham but out of the two I would probably pick Wadham because I get the impression that it is a much more relaxed environment than Magdalen, but then maybe you are looking for academic stringency. Magdalen is very pretty and does not deserve its reputation for admissions prejudices (Laura Spence, grr), but it did seem to be a little out on a limb and far from the madding crowd.

It is interesting that a number of PPEists who were at the Hertford open day are deciding to apply elsewhere. Perhaps RxB will have something to say about this? I am hoping to go to Corpus Christi College, for example, and je ne sais quoi is looking at Lincoln.

EDIT: RxB: There was nothing wrong with Hertford, by the way. They put on a very useful and welcoming open day. However, I did not get that same tingly feeling I did at Corpus. But then again, I did not get that at any of the other 11 colleges I visited.

Reply 97

je ne sais quoi

And the philosophy/politics tutor with the long hair was really wierd. The one who had done his MPhil or something at Leeds was nice, and the Econ tutor was really quirky, but the other man put me off!

I personally thought that the phil/pol tutor seemed quite cool. He seemed to have some sort of divine quality about him. It was maybe the way that he constantly tilted his head stroking his locks of hair!!! The new phil tutor was pretty nice, but the eco tutor put me off Hertford slightly. He seemed to be in an a bad mood and kept making this annoying jaw action.

Reply 98

RxB

1

which economics tutor was it?

Reply 99

Queen_A

10

Mr Roger Van Noorden (I'm quite sure of that)
How weird is this, je ne sais quoi and edmundwillis, we were all sitting together at lunch (I think, I'm guessing from your profiles). 3 PPEists, and then there was the other one applying for geography? My hairs are standing on end. And you met James, the PPEist who made me absolutely LOVE Wadham??! It's a small world (or it could be, if my suspicions prove to be correct).

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