Degrees cover five subject areas - law, economics, history, English literature and philosophy.

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Oxford came top for English language and literature, philosophy, modern languages and geography in the QS World University Rankings by subject.

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The social sciences such as English, philosophy, and anthropology are areas of study that will remain relevant in our changing world.

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For the last two cycles there is also physics, chemistry, philosophy and English.

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L.V. requires you to take two courses in English (Composition and World Literature), one course in philosophy, one course in either history or political science, courses in chemistry, mathematics, and economics, and two electives in the arts and humanities.

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These challenges have contributed to a rebirth of the profoundly misguided philosophy espoused by Thomas Malthus, an English priest and economist who lived during the late 18th Century.

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Undaunted, Ayer turned UCL into one of the liveliest centres of English-language philosophy, hiring men who later became public intellectuals, including Sir Stuart Hampshire, Richard Wollheim and Sir Bernard Williams.

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Pansieri, a fluent speaker of English, German, French, Spanish and Chinese, in addition to her native Italian, holds doctorate degrees in philosophy from Milan University and in Chinese language and literature from Venice University.

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