Our rich and challenging liberal arts programme allows you to explore the Arts and Humanities while building crucial skills in analysis and communication that will be valuable to you throughout your studies. Study Abroad (Liberal Arts pathway) students have the unique advantage of being able to choose units from across the School of Arts, the School of Humanities, and the School of Modern Languages.

Pre-requisites

At UK universities, students specialise from their first year and rarely take units outside their degree subject. This means that:

• Year 1 units are suitable for all students.
• Year 2 units require some university study in the discipline.
• Year 3 units require a strong background in the discipline.
• Masters-level units require three years of study in the discipline.

Subject pathway students

If you have been nominated to Bristol on the Study Abroad (Liberal Arts pathway), you can take units from across Arts and Humanities subjects. Please review the following study guides for information on the units you can request:

• Anthropology and Archaeology
• Classics and Ancient History
• Cultural Studies
• English Literature
• Film and Television
• French
• German
• Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American studies
• History
• History of Art
• Italian
• Languages and Linguistics
• Music
• Philosophy
• Religion and Theology
• Russian
• Theatre

This study guide contains information on the units that are designed specifically for Liberal Arts students (the unit codes begin 'AFAC'). We encourage Study Abroad (Liberal Arts pathway) students to take at least one of these during their Study Abroad placement. Study Abroad (Liberal Arts pathway) students are expected to take units from across more than one Arts/Humanities subject. 

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 MA-level