Liberal Arts study guide 2023/24
Liberal Arts at Bristol
Our rich and challenging liberal arts programme allows you to explore the Arts and Humanities while building crucial skills in analysis and communication that will be valuable to you throughout your degree and beyond. Liberal Arts students have the unique advantage of being able to choose units from throughout the Faculty of Arts, which is home to the School of Humanities, the School of Arts, and the School of Modern Languages.
Study Abroad (Subject pathway)
Liberal Arts subject pathway students can take units from across the Faculty of Arts. Please see each subject guides for information on the units available on your programme:
- Anthropology and Archaeology
- Centre for Academic Language and Development
- Classics and Ancient History
- Cultural Studies
- English Literature
- Film and Television
- French
- German
- Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American studies
- History
- History of Art
- Italian
- Languages and Linguistics
- Music
- Philosophy
- Religion and Theology
- Russian and Czech
- Theatre
As a Liberal Arts exchange student, you are expected to take units from across more than one department/discipline within the Faculty of Arts.
If you are coming to Bristol through a Liberal Arts exchange, we recommend taking one or two interdisciplinary units within the Liberal Arts programme so that you can become more embedded within our community. You can find these units in the box below.
Liberal Arts subject pathway students can take units from the Bristol Liberal Arts programme. These units will be most suitable for students on the Liberal Arts exchange programme:
Year 1 (level C/4)
TB1
- The Art of Writing (TB1) - AFAC10016
TB2
- History of the Present (TB2) - AFAC10011
Year 2 (level I/5)
TB1
- Arts in the Age of Data (TB1) - AFAC20007
- Ideas and Society (TB1) - AFAC20002
TB2
- Experiencing the Aesthetic (TB2) - AFAC20003
Year 3 (level H/6)
There are no Year 3 units that begin in TB1
- The Public Role of the Humanities (TB2) - HUMS30001
Year 4 (level M/7)
There are no Year 4 units that begin in TB1
- The Public Role of the Humanities (TB2) - HUMSM0002
Auditing
Students cannot audit units. Study abroad students are fully registered on units for credit purposes and must attend teaching only for classes that they are registered on.
Application queries
Contact the Global Opportunities Team if you have any queries about the application process for the study abroad programmes:
Phone: +44 117 39 40207
Email: global-opportunities@bristol.ac.uk