BASc Arts and Sciences (Cultures) with Study Abroad
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) with Study Abroad, a UCL Arts and Sciences degree focused on interdisciplinary study across diverse academic fields over four academic years. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Design & Creative Practice, and Social & Cultural Analysis. Students spend the third year abroad to study or complete a traineeship, and conclude the final year with consultancy work. The first year covers core foundations through compulsory modules such as Approaches to Knowledge: Introduction to Interdisciplinarity, Interdisciplinary Research Methods, and Quantitative Methods and Mathematical Thinking, alongside optional choices including Introduction to Social Anthropology 1 A and Documentary Film-Making. The second year continues with Framing Interdisciplinary Knowledge: Concepts, Contexts, and Enquiry, plus optional modules such as Quantitative Methods 2: Data Science and Visualisation and Qualitative Thinking: Research Methods in Cultural Analysis. The third year involves compulsory study abroad assessment and project work. The final year centers on the compulsory consultancy project titled The Knowledge Economy: Consultancy Project, with options including the BASc Final Year Dissertation and 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
- BASc Study Abroad Assessment
- BASc Study Abroad Project
- The Knowledge Economy: Consultancy Project
- BASc Final Year Dissertation
- Creative Practice Dissertation
- Arabic Level 3
- Arabic Level 4
- Arabic Level 5: Business and Current Affairs
- Dutch Level 3
- Dutch Level 4
- French Level 3
- French Level 4
- French Level 5: Business and Current Affairs