Arts and Sciences BASc (Hons)

UCL (University College London)

This exciting three-year interdisciplinary programme provides great flexibility and choice across the breadth of UCL's teaching expertise, offering the range and depth of knowledge needed to thrive in our global society. Students create a bespoke programme incorporating both arts and sciences subjects, and study innovative modules to enhance the link between disciplines.

What this course will give you

• UCL's Arts and Sciences programmes allow you to create a programme, incorporating arts, social sciences and science specialisms.

• The degree responds to increased demand from employers for outstanding graduates with cross-disciplinary experience, these degrees will equip you with knowledge, skills and insight across arts, social sciences and sciences subjects.

• Core modules will enhance your understanding of how different branches of knowledge interrelate. You may also undertake an internship, giving you the chance to explore future employment options.

Your learning

You will be exposed to a wide range of learning opportunities, including lectures, seminars, tutorials, interactive groups and multimedia projects. Core modules will be taken alongside your fellow BASc students. Modules relating to your pathway subjects will be taught by specialist staff from across UCL and will provide you with an opportunity to learn alongside students on other programmes.

Assessment

Both your pathway subjects and the language component will be assessed by written examinations and essays. Project work and a dissertation will contribute to your overall assessment. You will be required to give presentations, work on group projects and multimedia projects and participate in assessed debates.

Careers

On graduation, you will have at least two academic specialisms, strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to work flexibly and creatively across a range of fields.

The Arts and Sciences programmes are designed to prepare students for a wide variety of contemporary careers and research. Arts and Sciences graduates have become employed in investment banking (American Express, Goldman Sachs), the civil service (Treasury), law (Norton Rose), actuarial work (Towers Watson) and gone on to further Master's and PhD study in subjects including environmental techonology, global politics, law, management science, modern culture (literature), paelaeobiology and sociology.