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Liberal Arts BA

UCAS code: LP99

Key information

Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
AAA
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Three years full-time (a modern languages major is four years, with the third year spent abroad)
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2025
Application deadline:
31 January 2024
Apply via UCAS

This Liberal Arts degree is flexible, allowing you to choose one of 13 majors from across the arts, social sciences and humanities. You’ll get to chart your own pathway but will be supported by your personal tutor to make the best choice. You’ll choose from a wide range of topics across our Arts & Humanities Faculty and from selected subjects in the Social Science & Public Policy Faculty. You’ll graduate from this liberal arts degree with skills that are highly desired by employers, including critical thinking and analytical reasoning, which are essential for evaluating complex issues from multiple perspectives. You’ll develop advanced communication skills, both written and verbal, enabling you to articulate ideas clearly and persuasively. This Liberal Arts BA also fosters your interdisciplinary research abilities, allowing you to integrate knowledge across various fields. You’ll cultivate your cultural competency and ethical awareness, preparing you to engage thoughtfully with global and societal challenges.

Key benefits

  • Study a flexible and tailored degree with a wide range of options within your major and beyond.
  • Benefit from a strong focus on developing your skills and making you highly employable.
  • Develop an interdisciplinary focus on the arts, humanities, and social sciences, with no mathematics or science requirements.
  • Use the streets and spaces of the city as a laboratory for interdisciplinary learning during the unique ‘Lives of London’ module.
  • Learn from a truly international staff with a wealth of experience in Liberal Arts teaching at the Strand Campus, within easy reach of numerous cultural and political institutions.
  • Course delivered at The Strand Campus in the heart of London, within easy reach of numerous cultural and political institutions.
  • Unique ‘Lives of London’ module which uses the streets and spaces of the city as a laboratory for learning.
Ginny

From politics to theology to music to film studies, you can try pretty much anything in your first year which is great for students who aren’t sure what they want to choose yet! It’s a real challenge to choose one subject to study for the next 3 years after doing so many at school, and Liberal Arts gives you the opportunity to carry on subjects, or even try new ones for a semester to see how you go.

Ginny, Liberal Arts BA

Employability

A Liberal Arts BA opens up career opportunities in a wide range of fields, including government, journalism and law. It will also provide you with an ideal grounding for graduate work in the wide range of Liberal Arts major subjects. King’s careers service offers an extensive programme of support to enhance your employability.

Destinations

Recent graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:

  • Music Composition
  • Teaching
  • Government
  • Arts
  • Charity Sector
  • Journalism

Employability

A Liberal Arts BA opens up career opportunities in a wide range of fields, including government, journalism and law. It will also provide you with an ideal grounding for graduate work in the wide range of Liberal Arts major subjects. King’s careers service offers an extensive programme of support to enhance your employability.

Destinations

Recent graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:

  • Music Composition
  • Teaching
  • Government
  • Arts
  • Charity Sector
  • Journalism

Key information

Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
AAA
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Three years full-time (a modern languages major is four years, with the third year spent abroad)
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2025
Application deadline:
31 January 2024
Apply via UCAS

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