Liberal Arts University of Warwick

Overview

On this interdisciplinary degree in Liberal Arts (BA) at the University of Warwick we will encourage you to think independently as you work closely with experts from the Liberal Arts department and from across the University. In small groups you will explore challenging problems from different times and places, using a toolkit of emergent skills to create your own responses. This course is ideal for passionate students who want to learn across disciplines and build their degree around their own interests and unique ambitions.

Key Facts

Dedicated expert tutors with a passion for liberal education lead the Liberal Arts modules. These modules focus on investigating key issues from multiple disciplinary perspectives and developing your critical thinking skills. You will learn how to analyse cutting-edge problems and to think outside the box as you evaluate evidence and interpretations. These modules will also help you to build your primary and secondary research skills. We will ensure that you have the intellectual tools needed to undertake advanced interdisciplinary undergraduate research by your final year. We will also prepare you to engage in different modules as you explore what Warwick has to offer across the humanities, arts, sciences, and social sciences, while discovering where you wish to develop your expertise.

Within the first year, you will choose either a disciplinary route or a bespoke pathway, bringing together modules most suited to your interests and strengths. You will spend 25-50% of your degree studying modules relating to your chosen route/pathway. These modules will give you the knowledge, skills, and expertise to become a leader in an area you are passionate about. Our tutors will guide your decision about which route or pathway to choose and will provide support to you throughout the degree. As your interests may develop over time, a unique feature of this degree is the ability to adapt your route/pathway further down the line. Students on routes who complete 90 credits (CATS) in the route over the course of their degree will graduate with a “B.A. (Hons.) Liberal Arts With…..” featuring their route title on their degree.

We currently have routes available with the following departments: Classics, Design Studies, Economics, Education, English, Film and Television Studies, Global Sustainable Development, History, Law, Life Sciences, Modern Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, and Theatre and Performance Studies. Students on a bespoke pathway will graduate with a “B.A. (Hons.) Liberal Arts” and will have their pathway title reflected on their Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) form.

Liberal Arts at Warwick aims to develop innovative critical thinkers who will be able to confront the global challenges of the past, present, and future. We also offer the opportunity of extending your degree by a year either to study abroad or to complete a work placement. To give you the time to consider whether these opportunities are right for you, we automatically enrol all our new students on the three-year course. Once you join us, you will have the option to change to a four-year course with an intercalated year of study abroad or a work placement in the third year. The year spent studying abroad or on a work placement is subject to departmental academic requirements.

The skills you develop during your degree are as important as the course content. You will also have the opportunity to complete co-curricular certificates and short work placements. These will help you develop your professional skills, giving you the edge when it comes to your employability. You will have the support of our dedicated Employability and Placement Manager who provides one-to-one careers guidance.