Social and Public Policy (Ethics and Justice)

About this programme

Understand the diversity of human needs and how social and public policies affect social progress There's plenty of opportunities to explore our campus and meet us. Sign up for email alerts to be the first to know of any upcoming events. By combining your Social and Public Policy degree with Ethics & Justice, you can also explore related foundational issues in moral, legal, and political philosophy, which includes challenging your thinking on life’s biggest questions in relation to ethics, politics, and law, as well as the nature of knowledge in relation to social sciences. As part of undertaking this degree, you can also apply to study abroad for a year at a partner university overseas, which would take your degree to four years of study. Current opportunities include at universities across the world including in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. You'll start your study of social and public policy and ethics and justice by undertaking core modules that give you a thorough grounding in key issues surrounding social and public policy as well as philosophy. As you progress, you'll tailor your degree with option modules that allow you to focus on issues and policies that interest you. Throughout your studies, you will consider the diversity of human needs and sources of inequality at local, national and global levels; analyse the social, political and economic context in which they exist; and engage with broader philosophical questions about value, politics, power, ethics and the nature of knowledge in the social sciences.