Module Choices

Finally my module choices for this academic year have been sorted. On my PR course everybody gets a choice of two optional modules in their second year. It is then our mission to find a module that actually fits in with our timetable and is classed as ‘level 2’. The last hurdle is to make sure that we have the necessary pre-requisites for the module we chose. For example, I might want to take an English Language module but it might be necessary for me have studied an English module from last year first.

After having studied Philosophy and Ethics for A level the course has fascinated me. What could be more foundational to the human condition than the summary of human thought? Philosophy in the pre-Socratic period really was man’s first real attempt to do science. In the post-Socratic period we have figures such as Plato and, to a lesser extent, Aristotle, who gave birth to ideas which would influence religions and thought to this very day. I can’t say I always understand what certain philosophy books/essays aim to explain, but delving into rambles of thought give me pleasure. So imagine my elated glee when the Philosophy lecturer said I could study the “Ethical Traditions” module despite having not studied Philosophy at degree standard.

The news of confirmation to study the Philosophy module also came as an Advertising module was also accepted. It is strange that to fully explain Public Relations to new students that it is necessary to compare PR against Advertising. This comparison comes at a time when Advertising is struggling in a tough economic climate and PR is still slowly on the increase. Probably to boom and bloom once money becomes available again in greedy quantities.

So here endith my latest news concerning my degree.

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