Liberal Arts and Sciences

On this interdisciplinary degree we will encourage you to think independently as you work closely with experts from the Liberal Arts department and from across the University. In small groups you will explore challenging problems from different times and places, using a toolkit of emergent skills to create your own responses. This course is ideal for passionate students who want to combine a greater focus on the sciences and social science while still learning across disciplines and build their degree around their own interests and unique ambitions.

Dedicated expert tutors with a passion for liberal education lead the Liberal Arts and Sciences modules. These modules focus on investigating key issues from multiple disciplinary perspectives and developing your critical thinking skills. You will learn how to analyse cutting-edge problems and to think outside the box as you evaluate evidence and interpretations. These modules will also help you to build your primary and secondary research skills. We will ensure that you have the intellectual tools needed to undertake advanced interdisciplinary undergraduate research by your final year. We will also prepare you to engage in different disciplines as you explore what Warwick has to offer across the sciences, and social sciences as well as optional modules in the arts and humanities, while discovering where you wish to develop your expertise.

Within the first year, you will choose a science or social science stream with one of our partner departments, bringing together modules most suited to your interests and strengths. You will spend at least one third of your degree studying modules relating to your chosen stream. These modules will give you the knowledge, skills, and expertise to become a leader in an area you are passionate about. Our tutors will guide your decision about which stream to choose and will provide support to you throughout the degree. As your interests may develop over time, a unique feature of this degree is the ability to adapt further down the line.

We currently have streams with the School of Life Sciences and Warwick Business School.

The Liberal Arts department at Warwick, and specifically the BASc in Liberal Arts and Sciences, aims to develop innovative critical thinkers who will be able to confront the global challenges of the past, present, and future. To further enable this, we also offer the opportunity of extending your degree by a year either to study abroad or to complete a work placement. To give you the time to consider whether these opportunities are right for you, we automatically enrol all our new students on the three-year course. Once you join us, you will have the option to change to a four-year course with an intercalated year of study abroad or a work placement in the third year. The year spent studying abroad or on a work placement is subject to departmental academic requirements.

The skills you develop during your degree are as important as the course content. You will also have the opportunity to complete co-curricular certificates and short work placements. These will help you develop your professional skills, giving you the edge when it comes to your employability. You will have the support of our dedicated Employability and Placement Manager who provides one-to-one careers guidance.