University of Roehampton London

BA in Liberal Arts

Year 1

Optional modules

• Art and Life in the Ancient World
• Introduction to Criminal Justice
• Discovering Literature
• History of Political Thought
• Journalists and the World 1
• Being Human: Global Religious Perspectives

Year 2

Pathway 1: Social Justice and Identity

• Race, Ethnicity and Criminal Justice
• Crimes of the Powerful
• Sociology and Anthropology of Human Rights
• The Sociolinguistics of Gender

Pathway 2: Politics and International Relations

• Journalism, Media and Politics
• Living and Dying under the Third Reich
• The Global Economic Order
• Freedom, Power and Politics

Pathway 3: Literature and Language

• Homer and the Epic Cycle
• Media Language
• Popular Literature and Culture
• Romantic and Victorian Bodies

Pathway 4: Religions and Philosophy

• Literature, Ethics and the Environment
• Asian Religions, Cultures and Ethics
• Christian Traditions and Practices
• Religion, Ecology and Politics

Pathway 5: History and Heritage

• Applied Humanities: Professional Practice and Placement
• Childhood: Histories, Lives and Stories
• Culture, Society, and the State in Early Medieval Britain and China
• Classical Antiquity in Modern Museums

Pathway 6: Media and Creative Industries

• Digital Gaming: Cultures, Industries, Impacts
• Media in Contemporary Society
• Visual Storytelling
• Digital Humanities: Concept, Code and Creativity

Work Placement Year

• Work Placement Year

Year 3

Compulsory module

• Liberal Arts Dissertation

Pathway 1: Social Justice and Identity

• Global Disorder
• Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights
• Active Citizenship
• Gender and Sexuality in Europe, 1850-1920

Pathway 2: Politics and International Relations

• Political Philosophy
• Executive Leadership in Historical Perspective
• Red Globalisation: Russia, China, and the Modern World
• Treason, Loyalty, and State Power in the 20th Century

Pathway 3: Literature and Language

• Tragedy: Classical, Shakespearean, Cinematic
• Cicero and Rome in the Late Republic
• Multilingualism
• Black British & American Writing

Pathway 4: Religions and Philosophy

• Religion, Gender and Power in Ancient Greece
• Love, Sex, Death and God
• Contemporary Issues in Global Religions
• Animal Rights and Environmental Ethics

Pathway 5: History and Heritage

• Bodies and Identities in Ancient Art
• Representations of the Holocaust
• Race and Empire
• Empires and Geographies of Power in the Pre-Modern Age

Pathway 6: Media and Creative Industries

• Digital Society
• International Challenges and the Media
• Digital Storytelling
• Literature and Media

These modules are those we currently offer and may be subject to change each year.

Placement Year

This course offers all students the option of a one-year paid work placement, to boost their employability even further. If you choose this route, you will take the placement following year two of your course, and then return to complete your degree.

Why take a placement?

A placement year is a perfect opportunity to gain valuable work experience, to build on the career skills we will teach you on this degree. The connections you make on the placement will improve your career prospects further, and equip you with the skills you need to secure graduate-level employment.

How we support you

The University’s Placement and Work Experience Team are experts at helping you to secure a placement. They will work closely with you from the start, helping you research potential employers, discover placement opportunities, create and pitch your CV, and will coach you to perform well in interviews. We aren't able to guarantee placement, but our sector-leading advisors will give you the best possible chance of securing one.

We understand that your plans might change once you start your programme. If you decide not to do a placement, you will have the option of completing the three-year version of your programme.

Whatever your choice, you will have access to many opportunities for work experience through our Placement and Work Experience Team, and access to face-to-face and 24/7 online careers support.

The Liberal Arts graduate will be highly employable in any sector from the government and public sectors to education, media, volunteering/NGO sector, and the corporate sector.

Employability skills are embedded in the programme. It offers the opportunity for a year-long work placement, the opportunity to spend a term abroad, and the opportunity to undertake a final-year project module which builds from the previous year's placement. Our 'authentic assessment' approach allows students to graduate with a portfolio which may include websites, blogs, video essays, policy reports, and reviews – all of which will display critical thinking, communication skills and analytical argument. The portfolio will be a valuable item in a graduate's job-hunting toolkit.