Liberal Arts

Defy traditional subject boundaries with our vibrant Liberal Arts degree

Explore countless connections across the humanities with our hands-on Liberal Arts degree. You will inspect various disciplinary approaches while covering topics like:

• Revolutions and rebellions

• World religions

• Digital production

• Creative writing

• Journalism and the media

• Political communication

Our BA Liberal Arts degree gives you a broad, interdisciplinary foundation while allowing you to specialise in the areas that excite you most. Major pathways on our BA Liberal Arts degree include:

• Creative writing

• English

• Film and screen media

• History

• Political science

• Theology

Our liberal arts programme is also available as an accelerated two-year degree.

Real-world experience

During your Liberal Arts degree, you can engage in real-world public presentations and creative projects through mediums like:

• Film and tv

• Magazines

• Podcasts.

Learn in the capital

Our campus is located in the green and picturesque London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, so as a BA Liberal Arts student, you’ll have access to the capital's diverse creative, cultural, historical, and political scenes. You could explore places like:

• The British Library

• Shakespeare’s Globe

• The Tate Modern

• Houses of Parliament

We’ll also take you on exciting field trips to several cultural institutions as part of your degree, including:

• National Theatre

• Museum of London

• The Imperial War Museum

A campus with a unique creative history

Our campus is attached to Strawberry Hill House. Here, renowned gothic writer, Horace Walpole, designed and lived to inspire his work. As a result, your degree will be a fully immersive and geographically distinct learning experience.

Hear from our students

Shekinah, Liberal Arts student – “As a liberal arts student at St Mary’s, I can study and choose to major in, history, English, film, creative writing, and theology — all subjects that I love.”

Paid work placements

You can complete a paid work placement to build your skills and network. You can work in:

• Theatres

• Concert halls

• Museums

• Heritage sites

• Publishing houses

• Charities

Modules

In the first year of your BA Liberal Arts degree, you will study two core modules and four modules of your own choosing from across a minimum of two subject study areas.

In the second year you will study two core Liberal Arts modules and select four optional modules. If you wish to follow a major pathway you will need to choose a minimum of three modules from that subject study area.

There is one Liberal Arts core module in the third year, the Independent Study, and you will need to select an additional four optional modules. If you wish to follow a major pathway you will need to choose a minimum of three modules from that subject study area.

Why St Mary’s?

You will gain skills and support to make a positive impact – for yourself and for others – through high-quality teaching, real-world experience, and a community that lifts each other up. Our campus is a London oasis – blending city energy with open green spaces to think, connect, and grow.

There are a large range of assessment strategies available to the students who will be expected not just to develop their skills as academic writers through formal essay, but as charismatic communicators through public presentation, group problem solvers through project work and creative artists through media outputs, film, podcast and/or performance.