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Head of Department:
Jane Chamberlain

Departmental Administrator
Mandy Yu
Tel: 020 7269 6023
Student Absences: 020 7269 6086
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  • All fees shown are the subsidised standard and concessionary fees.
  • If your employer is paying for you, please note that the invoiced fee is 50% more than the subsidised standard fee.
  • Explore the ideas of some of the greatest philosophers the world has known. Learn the skills of a historian, and discover more about the development of human ideas and beliefs over the centuries. Explore contemporary social, political and economic issues, and scrutinise the clichés that crowd our minds. Or start teacher-training, making possible a new career. Whatever the subject, these courses will enable you to become a more rigorous thinker, and strengthen or test your beliefs through discussion and debate with others.
    If you require advice about the right course for your particular needs, please ask to see a course description available in Reception or on this website.
    If you are still in doubt, ask to speak to Jane Chamberlain or Mandy Yu on 020 7269 6023. Please note, you may need to seek guidance for certain courses before enrolling.

    Please Note: Enrolment for Birkbeck courses is only through Birkbeck College: call 020 7631 6651, or enrol online at www.bbk.ac.uk/ce

    Humanities & Social Sciences Courses

    Teacher Training
    PREPARING TO TEACH IN THE LIFELONG LEARNING SECTOR ©
    PTLLS 7
    PTLLS 8
    Intro to Teaching and Learning

    Anthropology
    INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY
    INDIGENOUS PEOPLES - POLITICS, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CONFLICTS
    INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN VOLUNTARY ISOLATION

    Archaeology
    INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY
    WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY
    INTRODUCTION TO WORLD PRE-HISTORY

    Philosophy
    PHILOSOPHY FOR BEGINNERS
    LOGIC
    EXISTENTIALISM TO POSTMODERNISM
    CONTEMPORARY ART AND PHILOSOPHY
    GREEK PHILOSOPHY INTO THE PRESENT DAY
    TECHNIQUES OF THE SELF:MICHEL FOUCAULT
    THE POETRY OF THE WORLD: THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF MERLEAU-PONTY
    MATHEMATICS FOR PHILOSOPHY
    SEMINARS ON CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY
    ADVANCED EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY

    Economics
    HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
    A SIMPLE INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC FACTS AND THEORIES
    ON POVERTY: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE IN PHILOSOPHY AND ECONOMICS
    LITERATURE AND ECONOMICS

    Contemporary History and Human Rights
    UNDERSTANDING THE HOLOCAUST
    UNDERSTANDING GENOCIDE AFTER THE HOLOCAUST
    WHEN SHOULD WE GO TO WAR? HOW SHOULD WE FIGHT WARS

    History of Ideas
    THE MAGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS
    THE LEGACY OF THE CELTS
    THE MYSTERY TRADITIONS - PAST AND PRESENT: PART 1
    THE MYSTERY TRADITIONS - PAST AND PRESENT: PART 2

    Film Studies
    FILM APPRECIATION FOR BEGINNERS
    INTRODUCTION TO DOCUMENTARY CINEMA
    FILM CRITICISM
    LATIN AMERCAN CINEMA

    Thinking & Communication Skills
    CREATIVE THINKING
    DEVELOP LATERAL THINKING
    SPEAK UP!

    History
    THE ANGRY ANGEVINS
    THE BLACK DEATH
    EVERYDAY LIFE IN MEDIEVAL LONDON
    THE SMASHING SAXONS 600-1066
    THE NASTY NORMANS 1066-1154
    THE CROSS AND THE CRESCENT:WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE