Liberal Arts

UCAS code: HU01

Here's what University of Wales Trinity Saint David says about its Liberal Arts course.

The Liberal Arts degree at UWTSD is designed for students seeking a flexible degree that puts their own personal interests at the heart of their studies. This unique programme encourages you to explore and combine ideas across subjects, building a degree that’s as distinctive as you are. From day one, you’ll have guidance from a personal tutor who helps you choose the right modules to reflect your ambitions and curiosity.

Liberal Arts is based on interdisciplinary learning, which means you’re not limited to one field. You can select from a broad range of topics across Humanities, Arts and Humanities, and Social Sciences. This bespoke degree approach allows you to cross traditional subject boundaries, so whether you’re interested in history, literature, philosophy, or more, you can create a programme that fits your academic goals. By studying these diverse subjects, you’ll gain global perspectives and develop skills that will be valuable wherever your career takes you.

The degree focuses on building employability skills and real-world impact. Through coursework, projects, and assessments, you’ll strengthen your communication skills and critical thinking. The course encourages creative thinking, so you’re not only learning facts but are also learning how to see and solve complex issues from new angles. Employers in today’s world value graduates who can think across disciplines and bring fresh insights to their work.

At UWTSD, every year of your degree can look different, with options to adapt your module choices as your interests evolve. With a curriculum that offers extensive choice across all humanities subjects, you’ll have the freedom to shape a degree that prepares you for a variety of paths, whether in further study, professional roles, or creative industries.

This programme is ideal if you want the freedom to explore a range of topics while developing the essential skills you’ll need for future success.

Year One

Compulsory Exploring the Humanities (20 credits)

Optional - Any 5 x 20 credit modules from across the offer

The Modern World (20 credits) Hieroglyphs 1 (20 credits) Into the Field (20 credits) Death, Burial and the Afterlife (20 credits) Myths and Mythology: How Stories Shape the World (20 credits) From Egypt to the Near East: phenomena of the Mediterranean (20 credits) An Introduction to Ethics (20 credits) Ancient Philosophy (20 credits) Crusading in the Middle Ages (20 credits) Doing History: Past in Practice (20 credits) Everyday Life in Athens and Rome (20 credits) Historicising Texts (20 credits) Introduction to the Craft of Writing (20 credits) Popular Fiction (20 credits) The Medieval World (20 credits) The Study of Literature: Text and Theory (20 credits) What makes civilisation? (20 credits) Introduction to Archaeology (20 credits) Anthropology Today (20 credits) Approaches to form (20 credits) Doing Archaeology: The Past in Practice (20 credits) People's Worlds: Interaction with the Environment (20 credits) Hieroglyphs 2 (20 credits)

Year 2

Optional - Any 6 x 20 credit modules from across the offer Ancestors, Death and Burial (20 credits) Armies and Navies: Studies in Ancient Warfare (20 credits) The Life and Times of Caesar and Cicero (20 credits) Hieroglyphs 1 (20 credits) Thinking With Things (20 credits) Activism, Protest and Campaigning for Global Justice (20 credits) Family, Gender and Sexuality (20 credits) Animals in Archaeology (20 credits) Excavation and Fieldwork (20 credits) (Re)presenting and (Re)constructing the Past (20 credits) Celtic Sanctity and Spirituality: Hagiography and Saints' Cults (20 credits) Error and Sweet Violence: Shakespeare and Renaissance Comedy and Tragedy (20 credits) Please see the course webpage for a complete list of module options

Year 3

Compulsory Independent Project (40 credits)

Optional - Any 4 x 20 credit modules from across the offer Difficult Heritage/ Dark Tourism (20 credits) Identity and Myth: The Normans and their World (20 credits) Medicine and Miracles: Health, Illness, and Cure (20 credits) The Irish Question 1886-1998: from Charles Parnell to the Good Friday Agreement (20 credits) From Desert Myths to Sheep Tales: The Cistercians in the Middle Ages (20 credits) Free-Market Environmentalism, Big Business and Global Politics (20 credits) Confessing with Saint Augustine: God and Religion in the Twilight of the Roman Empire (20 credits) Ancient Lives in Death (20 credits) Britain and the Great War (20 credits) Classical Mythology and Legends in Roman and Medieval Times (20 credits) Cold war, hot wars. Global perspectives on post-war history (20 credits) Entanglements: Exploring Interactions between the Aegean and the Near East (20 credits) Please refer to the UWTSD course webpage for a complete list of module options

The programme is assessed in a variety of ways and will include several of the following type of assessment: essays of 1,000 to 4,000 words in length, document analysis, book/ journal reviews, short reports and reflective journals, time tests, seen and unseen exams, field journals, posters, group and individual presentations, dissertations of 10,000 words, wikis, commentaries and film evaluations.