BASc Arts and Sciences (Cultures)
Entry requirements
A level: A*AA (An essay-based Arts/Humanities subject required.) IB: 39 points (A total of 19 points in three higher level subjects, to include an essay-based Arts/Humanities subject, with no higher level score below 5.)
About this course
BASc in Arts and Sciences (Cultures), an UCL Arts and Sciences degree centred on cross-disciplinary study and broad academic inquiry. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Design & Creative Practice, and Social & Cultural Analysis. The curriculum includes language study and an internship opportunity, alongside a study abroad variant. The first year covers the foundations through Approaches to Knowledge: Introduction to Interdisciplinarity, Interdisciplinary Research Methods, and Quantitative Methods and Mathematical Thinking. Optional modules in the first year allow students to explore subjects such as Introduction to Material and Visual Culture A, Introduction to Social Anthropology 1 A, and Design and Creative Practice 1. The second year continues with Framing Interdisciplinary Knowledge: Concepts, Contexts, and Enquiry, alongside optional modules like Quantitative Methods 2: Data Science and Visualisation and Qualitative Thinking: Research Methods in Cultural Analysis. The third year includes the compulsory module The Knowledge Economy: Consultancy Project. Optional modules in the final year comprise the BASc Final Year Dissertation and the Creative Practice Dissertation.
Modules
- Approaches to Knowledge: Introduction to Interdisciplinarity
- Interdisciplinary Research Methods
- Quantitative Methods and Mathematical Thinking
- Introduction to Anatomy and Development
- Introduction to Material and Visual Culture A
- Introduction to Social Anthropology 1 A
- Introduction to Biological Anthropology I A
- Documentary Film-Making
- Design and Creative Practice 1
- Architectural Research 1
- Architectural Investigation and Representation
- Creative Writing
- Algorithms: Logic and Structures
- Framing Interdisciplinary Knowledge: Concepts, Contexts, and Enquiry
- Object Lessons: Communicating Knowledge Through Collections
- Quantitative Methods 2: Data Science and Visualisation
- Qualitative Thinking: Research Methods in Cultural Analysis
- Arabic Level 2
- Arabic Level 3
- Arabic Level 4
- Arabic Level 5: Business and Current Affairs
- Arabic Level 6: Current Affairs and Culture
- Arabic Level 7: Professional Purposes
- Dutch Level 2
- The Knowledge Economy: Consultancy Project
- BASc Final Year Dissertation
- Creative Practice Dissertation