Liberal Arts BA

Course

In Exeter

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    Course

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    Exeter

The University of Exeter featured in the UK’s top 10 in the past 3 years (The Times Good University Guide) and ranks in the top one per cent of universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education international rankings. We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research intensive universities; the UK’s equivalent to the Ivy League.

The quality of education and experience received at the University of Exeter means we have never been out of the top 10 for overall student satisfaction in the National Student Survey.

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Exeter (Devon)
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Prince Of Wales Road, EX4 4SB

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Course programme

Programme structure

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

We anticipate that the majority of students choosing Liberal Arts will study the 4-year integrated Masters option, although this isn’t mandatory.

The first year of the programme will introduce you to the central ideas and methods of the Liberal Arts; you will also begin your training in your chosen language and quantitative fields. You will explore possible Majors, choosing from the subject-areas across the University. In your second year, you will focus your Major and also take the opportunity to apply your academic knowledge and skills to workplace situations in our grounding breaking modules run with employer partners. Year three offers further specialisation in your chosen Major and opportunities for study abroad. Year four gives you entry to Master’s level study in your chosen subject.

The Liberal Arts degree programme is made up of compulsory (core) and optional modules, which are worth 15 or 30 credits each. Full-time undergraduate students need to complete modules worth a total of 120 credits each year.

Year 1

Introductory core modules will give you a grounding in the central ideas, core methodologies and current debates that connect the Humanities, Social Sciences, Life Sciences and even the world of Business and Management. From the outset you also be able to extend your understanding of languages (e.g. Arabic, French, Mandarin Chinese, Latin) and of quantitative methods. At the same time, by following subject studies of your choice, you will begin to focus your field of specialisation, your Major.

You will take 30 credits of the required skills modules and the remaining credits can be taken from the subject of your envisaged major.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits LIB1101The Art of Reading and Writing 15 LIB1104Food, Famine and Feast15 LIB1103Body and Culture 15 Year 2

Your second year of study consolidates work done in the first while allowing you to begin exploring your Major. You will study a substantial, practice-based core module, which will build directly on the previous year’s work and develop your research, teamwork and problem-solving skills.

You will also study further modules in a language or quantitative method (whichever you didn’t choose during your first year), as well as optional modules selected from a diverse range of humanities and social science subjects.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits Take LIB2000 or HUM2001 LIB2000Liberal Arts Think Tank 15 HUM2001Humanities in the Workplace 15 Year 3

You will study modules worth 120 credits this year, of which at least half will be modules in your chosen Major. If you choose to study the 3-year BA route, 30 of the remaining credits will comprise a research project or a dissertation.

Alternatively, you might decide to work towards converting your degree into a Masters, in which case you will spend the fourth year of your degree taking modules in your nominated major, before moving on to the fifth year of the programme.

Liberal Arts BA

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