Liberal Arts Study Guide 2025/26
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 studies. Study Abroad (Liberal Arts pathway) students have the unique advantage of being able to choose units from across the School of Arts, the School of Humanities, and the School of Modern Languages.
Pre-requisites
At UK universities, students specialise from their first year and rarely take units outside their degree subject. This means that:
- Year 1 units are suitable for all students.
- Year 2 units require some university study in the discipline.
- Year 3 units require a strong background in the discipline.
- Masters-level units require three years of study in the discipline.
Subject pathway students
Students nominated on the Liberal Arts Subject Pathway are strongly encouraged to take at least one unit from this study guide. These are units designed specifically for Liberal Arts students, and will give you the opportunity to hone your interdisciplinary skills, and meet and integrate with Bristol Liberal Arts students.
You can also select units from Arts, Humanities and Modern Languages subjects. Please review the following study guides for information on the units you can request:
Year 1
Pre-requisites: suitable for all students
Teaching Block 1
Teaching Block 2
Year 2
Pre-requisites: some university study in an arts or humanities discipline.
Teaching Block 1
- Arts in the Age of Data - AFAC20007
- Ideas and Society: Approaching Gender and Sexuality - AFAC20010. Please note that students cannot take both AFAC20009 and AFAC20010
- Ideas and Society: Rethinking Nature - AFAC20009. Please note that students cannot take both AFAC20009 and AFAC20010
Teaching Block 2
Year 3
Pre-requisites: strong background of study in an arts or humanities discipline.
Teaching Block 2
MA-level units
Pre-requisites: at least 3 years of study in an arts or humanities discipline.
Teaching Block 2
Application queries
Contact the Centre for Study Abroad inbound team if you have any queries about the application process for the study abroad programmes:
Phone: +44 117 39 40207
Email: cfsa-inbound@bristol.ac.uk
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