STA Programme Requirements 2025/26

5. Liberal Arts

Programme Name	First Year 2025-26	Second Year 2025-26	Final Year 2025-26
Liberal Arts Liberal Arts with Integrated Foundation Year Liberal Arts with Integrated Foundation Year and Year Abroad Liberal Arts with Integrated Foundation Year and Year in Industry Liberal Arts with Year Abroad Liberal Arts with Year in Industry	SML4006 Culture and Language (30 credits) 30 credits from an L1 or L2 Language (French, Russian, German, Spanish, Portuguese or Chinese) DRA114 London/Culture/Performance (15 credits) SML4205 History and/as Fiction (15 credits) 30 credits at Level 4 from guided electives list or HSS Faculty	LIB5202 Thinking, Writing and Research across Disciplines (15 credits) EITHER: LIB5203 Digital Culture and Society (15 credits) OR LIB5054 Cultural Encounters in Theory and Practice (15 credits) 90 credits of Level 5 modules from guided module electives list or modules offered across the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences	LIB6200 Liberal Arts Research Project (30 credits) 90 credits of Level 6 modules from guided module electives list

- All students are required to take 120 credits in each academic year. It is not possible to take less, or more than 120 credits.
- Students should normally take a balance of 60-60 credits worth of modules in each semester. A 75-45 split might be accepted as an exception, but it will mean a workload-heavy Semester 1 that students may find challenging. A 45-75 split is not permitted.
- Some programmes allow modules to be taken at a different level of the student’s programme of study (first year = Level 4, second year = Level 5, final year = Level 6), but we strongly recommend that students going into their second year choose all their credits to be at Level 5, and students going into their final year choose all their credits to be at Level 6. This is to ensure that students meet their progression and/or degree classification requirements as explained in the Academic Regulations.