Liberal Arts at UEA

I am a year 12 student studying English lit, law and drama and I have been trying to decide what i want to pursue in university. I picked these three subjects because i enjoyed them, not because i was concerned about career paths. I've been in between applying to a drama school or doing law for a while until a friend brought up the idea of a Liberal Arts degree. Now i am almost certain this is what i need to do in uni.

I've had my heart set on UEA for a while. Logistically, it fits within all my concerns, far enough from London, close enough to home, large student population, green spaces, good community etc. Also, the school seems to take arts and sports very seriously and even though i want to put perusing performing arts on the backburner, i still want to keep in shape and stay involved in that community through drama societies, music societies and dance clubs.

That leads me here. I have a couple questions i would love to have answered regarding this degree.
1.) How many people are taking this degree?
2.) To add on to the first question, how many people are there in each major?
3.) What is the workload like?
4.) Are elective courses dependent on majors and minors?
5.) Is a Liberal Arts degree actually worth it? (in terms of jobs, i know this degree would be beneficial to me as a person!)
6.) How diverse is UEA, and specifically this course?

Thank you!!!!!

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Original post by bhhcjd

I am a year 12 student studying English lit, law and drama and I have been trying to decide what i want to pursue in university. I picked these three subjects because i enjoyed them, not because i was concerned about career paths. I've been in between applying to a drama school or doing law for a while until a friend brought up the idea of a Liberal Arts degree. Now i am almost certain this is what i need to do in uni.
I've had my heart set on UEA for a while. Logistically, it fits within all my concerns, far enough from London, close enough to home, large student population, green spaces, good community etc. Also, the school seems to take arts and sports very seriously and even though i want to put perusing performing arts on the backburner, i still want to keep in shape and stay involved in that community through drama societies, music societies and dance clubs.
That leads me here. I have a couple questions i would love to have answered regarding this degree.
1.) How many people are taking this degree?
2.) To add on to the first question, how many people are there in each major?
3.) What is the workload like?
4.) Are elective courses dependent on majors and minors?
5.) Is a Liberal Arts degree actually worth it? (in terms of jobs, i know this degree would be beneficial to me as a person!)
6.) How diverse is UEA, and specifically this course?
Thank you!!!!!

Hello! @bhhcjd 🙂
It's great that you're considering applying for UEA, sorry you haven't got an answer until now but I hope it's still beneficial!
I'm a second year student at UEA studying natural sciences, so basically the science version of liberal arts, so I can understand how the interdisciplinary aspect of the course interests you.
To answer your questions;

I'm not sure what the exact number of students who take liberal arts is, but I'd expect it to be smaller than most 'major and well-known' courses. Whilst this may seem like you might not get the opportunity to make many friends on your course, I can assure you this is not the case. As you'll be taking modules from different courses you actually get to know more people than if you did one course.

This links in from question one, each module will have a different number of students. Generally, your first years will have more students than final years, as people start to specialise.

The workload is different for each module. I believe most humanities modules will have coursework as the summative assessment, with some having exams. Usually, leading up to the summative assessments, you will have formative ones to see where you're at and what you need to improve on.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean for this question? I'm going to assume you mean you want to take extra modules (please do correct me if I'm wrong!) in which case, I'm sure if you discuss it with the course lead, they'd allow you. If it is just extra, unexamined modules, it shouldn't be dependent on the modules you've already taken.

Yes! Liberal Arts degree has the interdisciplinary aspect, which most jobs look for. This means, you will often be suitable for a variety of careers. As well as this, you get to pick your own modules throughout your degree so you can shape it into whatever interests you, and you can try new combinations that aren't as readily available to students on other courses. It's a great course for people who have their heart set on two subjects that aren't usually combined into one course, or for people who want to do what they enjoy but not limit themself to one field only.

UEA is very diverse, and it has such a welcoming atmosphere. There are many international students, and there are multiple cultural and country specific societies.

I hope this helps, please feel free to ask any questions should you have any!
Fatma
Natural Sciences student.

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