Liberal Arts vs Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Do any of the Warwick reps know if there are significant differences between the content of BA liberal arts, following a life sciences stream, and the BASc liberal arts and sciences, again choosing life sciences/biological science. I’m struggling to find much detail on the BASc beyond the basic summary of the course.
Any info much appreciated.
Any info much appreciated.
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by KRA2Do any of the Warwick reps know if there are significant differences between the content of BA liberal arts, following a life sciences stream, and the BASc liberal arts and sciences, again choosing life sciences/biological science. I’m struggling to find much detail on the BASc beyond the basic summary of the course.
Any info much appreciated.
Any info much appreciated.
Hi,
I’m the President of the Liberal Arts student society at Warwick, so I’m happy to clarify this. I’ve also checked your question with the department and included their response below.
The main difference between the BA Liberal Arts (Life Sciences route) and the BASc Liberal Arts and Sciences is the amount of science you are required to take and how it is reflected in the degree title. The BA Liberal Arts allows more flexibility to balance Life Sciences with study in other departments (e.g. languages, law, philosophy, history), while the BASc Liberal Arts and Sciences requires a larger commitment to Life Sciences and leaves less space for non-science modules.
If you want to hear more student persectives, feel free to check out or message @warwickliberalartssoc on Instagram.
Best wishes,
Esme
The departmental message:
"The Liberal Arts department at the University of Warwick thanks you for your query about Liberal Arts BA and Liberal Arts and Sciences BASc. There are some differences between the programmes, the BA has been running for several years and is a flexible, interdisciplinary programme based around a core of Liberal Arts modules. The new BASc is designed to allow students interested in our partner science departments (Currently Life Sciences and Warwick Business School) to take more science CATs and earn a degree title (BASc) which recognises the science component of study. On your core modules (those that you study in the Liberal Arts department) some of your modules will be the same as BA students and some will be slightly different. On the BASc you will study 120 CATs (1/3 of your degree minimum) in the life sciences compared to 90 CATs on the BA version. Both degrees are designed to be highly flexible to meet student interests while providing structure to ensure core academic skills and expertise are developed. More details will be available on our website in the new year and you are welcome to get in touch by emailing [email protected] "
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Thank you, that is really helpful.
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