BA (Hons) Liberal Arts

The program’s interdisciplinary approach to understanding some of the world’s most pressing problems means you’ll study a wide range of subjects, including the social sciences, arts, humanities, and the natural sciences. We adopt an innovative approach to teaching, for example, previous students have engaged in ‘living labs’ where students have explored local issues and their potential solutions through field trips.  You will have the opportunity to apply knowledge and generate evidence and understanding by engaging with living communities and landscapes. Students will pursue hands-on research into Britain’s industrial, social, economic, and cultural history as well as current/future-oriented issues which may include economic regeneration, social and political challenges, and environmental sustainability, citizenship, and creativity with opportunities for learning analytical, communication, presentational, writing and research skills.

Year 1

• Liberal Arts and Society’s Grand Challenges
• Introduction to the Liberal Arts

OPTIONAL MODULES

• The American Past: Explorations in U.S. History
• British Sign Language 1
• British Sign Language 3
• Chinese (Mandarin) 1
• Chinese 3
• Chinese 5
• Understanding Crime
• Murder
• Psychology and Crime
• Quantitative Methods I
• Introductory Microeconomics
• Childhood, Policy, and Education
• Understanding Learning
• Back to the Future: issues in the history of schooling

Year 2

• Creative Arts and Humanities in Society
• Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Wicked Problems
• Research Methods

OPTIONAL MODULES

• Rebels, Bandits, and Outcasts in Colonial American History (1607-1776)
• Crime and Justice in a Global Context
• Policing and the Police
• Mental Health and Offending
• Finance I
• Banking
• Intermediate Microeconomics
• Statistics with Bloomberg
• Play, Power and Pedagogy

Year 3

• Grand Challenges in Society

OPTIONAL MODULES

• High Culture: Drink, Drugs, and the American Dream
• Violence and Power in Antebellum America
• State crimes and crimes against humanity
• Youth Justice and Crime
• International Finance
• Applied Financial Analysis
• Advanced Topics in Microeconomics
• Investment Management
• The making of professionals: Education, Health and Social Work
• Inclusive Education
• Writingscapes
• Gender and Power in Restoration Literature
• Race and Sexuality on Screen
• Approaches to Screenwriting

Employability

When you graduate, you’ll have a wide range of transferable skills including the ability to communicate effectively, think critically and creatively, problem-solve, and demonstrate empathy towards others in local and global communities. These are all highly valued by employers and can lead to a range of career choices. You might go into the arts, the culture and media industries, education, advertising, marketing, tourism, leisure, local and national government, humanitarian work, health, and social care, or many other professions in the private or public sectors.