About

Course overview

The programme offers a wide combination of specialist modules from across UCL and an interdisciplinary Core taught by the Arts and Sciences Department. The Core modules enable you to acquire the skills and concepts you will need to work effectively across multiple disciplines. The programme links traditional UCL subjects in new ways and explores the conceptual and methodological differences between arts, social sciences and science subjects.

You will study a modern foreign language throughout your degree and may gain work experience through an internship chosen to integrate your studies with your future employment aspirations. Possible internships include businesses, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and charities. Our students have had internships with a wide range of employers, including: Accenture, Disney, Goldman Sachs, The Met Office, Google, The Victoria and Albert Museum, Norton Rose Fulbright, HSBC, the United Nations, the Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK and many other organisations and businesses.

During your third year of study, you can choose to spend the year studying at one of our partner institutions, undertake a full year Traineeship in the country in which your Core language is spoken or split the year between studying and a Traineeship.

You will choose a major and a minor pathway on application. Your pathways determine the subjects in which you will specialise. We offer an arts pathway, a social science pathway and two sciences pathways:

Cultures (Humanities and Arts): Anthropology, Creative Writing, Cultural Studies, Design and Visualisation, Drawing Methodology, Film and Documentary Film-Making, History, History of Art, Languages, Literature, Philosophy

Societies (Social Sciences): Archaeology, Economics, Geography, History, International Relations, Law, Management, Philosophy, Political Economy, Politics, Sociology

Health and Environment (Sciences): Anthropology, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biomedicine, Environmental Sciences, Geography, Geology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Psychology

Sciences and Engineering (Sciences): Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics

What this course will give you

UCL's Arts and Sciences with Study Abroad programme allow you to create a programme, incorporating both arts, social sciences and science specialisms.

The degree responds to increased demand from employers for outstanding graduates with interdisciplinary skills and experience, and will equip you with knowledge, skills and insight across arts, social sciences and sciences subjects. Core modules will enhance your understanding of how different branches of knowledge interrelate.

You will also develop your language skills and may undertake an internship, giving you the chance to explore future employment options.

You will spend your third year of study abroad at an approved university, either in an English-speaking country or in a country where your chosen foreign language is spoken. Alternatively, you may undertake a Traineeship in a country in which your chosen foreign language is spoken, or split the year between study at a European partner and a Traineeship.

This exciting four-year programme linking the arts, social sciences and sciences provides great flexibility and choice, offering an interdisciplinary approach incorporating both arts and sciences specialisms with the opportunity to learn a foreign language and spend a year at a university abroad. Students create a programme and study innovative modules to enhance the link between disciplines.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

A levels IB Diploma Other qualifications

Grades: A*AA
Subjects: Major pathway requirements: Cultures: at least one essay-based arts/humanities subject Societies: at least one social sciences subject; Sciences and Engineering: Mathematics and one other science. Health and Environment: Chemistry or Biology, and one other science or social science.
: For more information about A level subject classification, see the BASc website at: Preferred A levels
GCSEs: English Language and Mathematics at grade B or 6.

Contextual offer information

Grades: AAB more about contextual offers
Subjects: Major pathway requirements: Cultures: at least one essay-based arts/humanities subject Societies: at least one social sciences subject; Sciences and Engineering: Mathematics and one other science; Health and Environment: Chemistry or Biology, and one other science or social science.
GCSEs: English Language and Mathematics at grade B or 6.

Points: 39
Subjects: A total of 19 points in three higher level subjects, with no higher level score below 5. Major pathway requirements: Cultures at least one higher level from groups 1, 2 or 6; Societies: at least one higher level from group 3; Sciences and Engineering: to include higher level Mathematics at grade 6 and a further higher level subject from groups 4 or 5. The programme will accept either 'Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches' or 'Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation' at higher level; Health and Environment: to include higher level Chemistry or Biology at grade 6 and a further higher level subject from groups 3, 4 or 5.

Contextual offer

Points: 36 more about contextual offers
Subjects: A total of 17 points in three higher level subjects, with no higher level score below 5. Major pathway requirements: Cultures at least one higher level from groups 1, 2 or 6; Societies: at least one higher level from group 3; Sciences and Engineering: to include higher level Mathematics at grade 6 and a further higher level subject from groups 4 or 5. The programme will accept either 'Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches' or 'Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation' at higher level; Health and Environment: to include higher level Chemistry or Biology at grade 6 and a further higher level subject from groups 3, 4 or 5.

UK applicants qualifications

For entry requirements with other UK qualifications accepted by UCL, choose your qualification from the list below:

Equivalent qualification

Pass in Access to HE Diploma, with a minimum of 36 credits at Distinction and 9 credits at Merit, all from Level 3 units. Please note, where subject specific requirements are stipulated at A level we may review your Access to HE syllabus to ensure you meet the subject specific requirements prior to a final decision being communicated.

Not acceptable for entrance to this programme.

D2,D3,D3 in three Cambridge Pre-U Principal Subjects. Please see A levels for subject requirements.

A1,A,A at Advanced Highers (or A1,A at Advanced Higher and A,A,A at Higher). Please see A levels for subject requirements.

Not acceptable for entrance to this programme.

Successful completion of the WBQ Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate plus 2 GCE A levels at grades A*AA. Please see A levels for subject requirements.

International applications

Country-specific information, including details of when UCL representatives are visiting your part of the world, can be obtained from the International Students website.

English Program Requirements

The English language level for this programme is: Level 4

Information about the evidence required, acceptable qualifications and test providers can be found on our English language requirements page.

A variety of English language programmes are offered at the UCL Centre for Languages & International Education.

Career

The foundation of your career

The Arts and Sciences programmes are designed to prepare students for a wide variety of contemporary careers and research.

Arts and Sciences graduates have become employed in a range of industries including IT, technology and communications, accountancy and financial services and health and social care. Employers include PwC, Goldman Sachs, the NHS and Amazon Web Services.*

*Graduate Outcomes survey carried out by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at the destinations of UK and EU graduates in the 2017 - 2021 cohorts.

Employability

On graduation, you will have at least two academic specialisms, strong leadership and communication skills, and the ability to work flexibly and creatively across a range of fields. Over 91% of BASc graduates were in work, further study or had just completed a course of study, 15 months after graduation.*

*Graduate Outcomes survey carried out by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at the destinations of UK and EU graduates in the 2017 - 2021 cohorts.

Fee Information

Tuition Fee

47,040 / year

Arts and Sciences with Study Abroad BASc