Liberal Arts BA at Royal Holloway, University of London

BA Liberal Arts is a degree for curious minds. If you’re passionate about several subjects, want to try new directions or don’t want to specialise, this flexible course lets you build a degree as individual as you are. How can working across disciplines like the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences help us understand and thrive in a fast-changing world?

Department: Liberal Arts  |  Duration: 3 years full time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Egham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Year 1: Critical and Cultural Encounters; French Ab Initio Written I, French Ab Initio Oral I, French Advanced Written I, French Advanced Oral I, German Ab Initio Written I and others; Year 2: Power, Society and Cultural Practice; Year 3: LAXXX Individual Interdisciplinary Project. Optional modules: Year 1: Introduction to Greek Literature, Roman Literature of the Empire, Greek History and the City State, Key Themes in Roman History, Introduction to Greek Archaeology and others; Introduction to Criminology, Theatre and Text 1, Theatre and Culture 1, Theatre and Ideas 1, Principles of Economics and others; Year 2: Body and Soul in Ancient Philosophy, The British and the World: 1763-1900, The Decline and Fall of Britain’s Global Empire, 1899-1997, The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic, Rome and its Empire from Augustus to Commodus and others; Year 3: Aspects of Modern Greek Language and Culture, Further Aspects of Modern Greek Language and Culture.

Career pathways

Employers increasingly seek to recruit people who are able to respond quickly and effectively to shifting business needs and market conditions, an ability that studying Liberal Arts can give you.

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