Liberal Arts with Foundation Year (Full-time) (Foundation, BA Hons)
The Liberal Arts with Foundation Year degree at UWTSD is designed for students seeking a flexible degree that puts their own personal interests at the heart of their studies. This unique programme encourages you to explore and combine ideas across subjects, building a degree that’s as distinctive as you are. From day one, you’ll have guidance from a personal tutor who helps you choose the right modules to reflect your ambitions and curiosity.
The Foundation Year provides essential skills and foundational knowledge, setting students up for success in the Liberal Arts degree. Through modules covering academic writing, university skills, and humanities essentials, students build confidence in critical areas, ensuring a smooth transition into university life and a strong academic foundation for their degree.
Liberal Arts is based on interdisciplinary learning, which means you’re not limited to one field. You can select from a broad range of topics across Humanities, Arts and Humanities, and Social Sciences. This bespoke degree approach allows you to cross traditional subject boundaries, so whether you’re interested in history, literature, philosophy, or more, you can create a programme that fits your academic goals. By studying these diverse subjects, you’ll gain global perspectives and develop skills that will be valuable wherever your career takes you.
The degree focuses on building employability skills and real-world impact. Through coursework, projects, and assessments, you’ll strengthen your communication skills and critical thinking. The course encourages creative thinking, so you’re not only learning facts but are also learning how to see and solve complex issues from new angles. Employers in today’s world value graduates who can think across disciplines and bring fresh insights to their work.
At UWTSD, every year of your degree can look different, with options to adapt your module choices as your interests evolve. With a curriculum that offers extensive choice across all humanities subjects, you’ll have the freedom to shape a degree that prepares you for a variety of paths, whether in further study, professional roles, or creative industries.
This programme is ideal if you want the freedom to explore a range of topics while developing the essential skills you’ll need for future success.
Manylion y cwrs
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Ffioedd Israddedig
Cartref (Llawn amser): £9,535 y flwyddyn
Tramor (Llawn amser): £15,525 y flwyddyn
Why choose this course?
What you will learn
The BA in Liberal Arts offers a rich, broad-based programme for students with an interest in Humanities subjects. Our approach combines structure with flexibility, encouraging exploration while building strong foundations in historical inquiry, cultural engagement, practical humanities, and the human mind.
In the Residential Foundation Year, students benefit from a structured block system comprising seven modules spread across the academic year. This format allows for an immersive learning experience, with modules running consecutively to reinforce knowledge and skills in areas such as academic writing, literature, and independent investigation. This approach not only fosters a strong academic foundation but also encourages collaboration and engagement with peers, enhancing the overall university experience.
In the second and third year, you’ll engage in Basic Studies, an innovative model that introduces a wide range of subjects, helping you discover and refine your interests across interdisciplinary fields. You’ll make meaningful choices about your areas of focus, selecting modules from various schools within the faculty to build a degree that suits your personal and academic interests.
In the fourth year, you’ll choose two strands for in-depth study, diving into areas that align with your developing profile and career ambitions. This approach enables a bespoke degree that combines both breadth and depth, ensuring you gain relevant knowledge and practical skills for the real world.
Our teaching philosophy prioritises your autonomy, fostering critical and creative thinking while supporting you in forming connections across disciplines. Each choice you make throughout this degree shapes a personalised and relevant academic experience, equipping you for various paths post-graduation.
Prospective students should be aware of the following:
- Not all optional modules are offered every year
- Optional modules are delivered subject to sufficient student numbers
- Language modules are optional/compulsory/core according to linguistic ability
- There are many Level 5 and Level 6 versions of the same module. Students can only take this module once; this depends on which year the modules are offered in.
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Course Disclaimer
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Mae’r modylau a amlinellir uchod yn enghreifftiau o’r hyn y gallwch ddisgwyl ei ddysgu ar y cwrs hwn yn seiliedig ar addysgu academaidd diweddar. Rydym yn adolygu ein cyrsiau yn barhaus i sicrhau bod yr ansawdd yn cael ei wella ac er mwyn rheoli ein hadnoddau. Gall yr union fodylau sydd ar gael i chi yn y dyfodol amrywio yn amodol ar argaeledd a diddordebau ymchwil staff, pynciau astudio newydd, amserlennu a galw myfyrwyr. Os yw eich cwrs yn cynnwys modylau dewisol, diben rhain yw darparu elfen o ddewis o fewn y cwrs. Gall argaeledd modylau dewisol amrywio o flwyddyn i flwyddyn a byddant yn amodol ar gyflawni isafswm niferoedd myfyrwyr. Golyga hyn na ellir gwarantu argaeledd modylau dewisol penodol.
Fel arfer, byddwch yn cwblhau 120 credyd y flwyddyn astudio ar gwrs llawn amser. I gael rhagor o wybodaeth ewch i’n Cytundeb Myfyrwyr.
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Dewch i’n hadnabod ni, a’r lle y byddwch yn ei alw’n gartref tra byddwch yn astudio gyda ni, a chwrdd â’r arbenigwyr sy’n arwain ein cyrsiau a chlywed gan ein myfyrwyr presennol ynglŷn â’r hyn maen nhw’n ei garu am astudio gyda ni.
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Ein Pobl
Cewch chi eich dysgu a’ch cefnogi gan ystod eang o staff a thimau proffesiynol yma i’ch helpu i gael y profiad prifysgol rydych chi’n chwilio amdano. Roedd ein staff addysgu yn 2il yng Nghymru am Addysgu, Asesu ac Adborth a Chymorth Academaidd (ACF 2024) sy’n golygu y bydd y cymorth a’r adborth a gewch chi yn eich helpu chi i ddysgu a datblygu sgiliau academaidd cryf. Mae ein myfyrwyr wedi ein rhoi ni yn 1af yng Nghymru am Gyfleoedd Dysgu a Llais Myfyrwyr (ACF 2024) sy’n golygu bod ystod eang o gyfleoedd ar gael i wella eich astudiaethau a bod myfyrwyr yn chwarae rhan weithredol wrth lunio eu profiadau dysgu. Mae ein hymrwymiad i’ch dysgu chi wedi golygu bod ein myfyrwyr yn ein rhoi ni yn 1af yng Nghymru ac yn gydradd 3ydd yn y DU am foddhad myfyrwyr (Times Higher Education, 2024, mesur ‘Positifrwydd Cyffredinol’). Dysgwch ragor am ein staff academaidd sy’n addysgu ar draws ein cyrsiau.
Further information
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0-32 UCAS Tariff Points
The UCAS tariff score is applicable to you if you have recently studied a qualification that has a UCAS tariff equivalence. UCAS provides a tariff calculator for you to work out what your qualification is worth within the UCAS tariff.
Alternative entry routes
Once you have successfully completed your CertHE or Foundation Year studies, you will be eligible to progress for the remaining years of the bachelor’s degree.
These are ideal routes if you are returning to study after a gap, or if you have not previously studied this subject, or if you did not achieve the grades you need for a place on this degree.
Admissions Advice and Support
We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, such as your background, experiences and individual circumstances. This is known as ‘Contextual Admissions’. For specific advice and support you can contact our enquiries team for more information about entry requirements.
English language requirements
If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.0, with not less than 5.5 in each of the sub-tests. We also accept other English language tests.
Visit the International Applications section of our website to find out more about our English Language Requirements and pre-sessional English Language Courses.
Visa and funding requirements
If you are not from the UK and you do not already have residency here, you may need to apply for a visa.
For courses of more than six months’ duration you will require a Student visa.
International students who require a Student visa should apply for our full-time courses as these qualify for Student visa sponsorship.
For full information read our visa application and guides.
Please note students receiving US Federal Aid are only able to apply for in-person, on-campus programmes which will have no elements of online study.
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The programme is assessed in a variety of ways and will include several of the following type of assessment: essays of 1,000 to 4,000 words in length, document analysis, book/ journal reviews, short reports and reflective journals, time tests, seen and unseen exams, field journals, posters, group and individual presentations, dissertations of 10,000 words, wikis, commentaries and film evaluations.
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UWTSD prides itself on being a bilingual University and although there aren’t currently any modules available through the medium of Welsh on this course, in all cases students can submit written assessments through the medium of Welsh.
Welsh Opportunities
As a leading Welsh university, we are proud to offer dedicated support services and halls of residence for Welsh-speaking students, encouraging the sense of community and the feeling of a home away from home, including joining clubs and societies for Welsh speakers and becoming a member of our vibrant Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol branch.
Opportunities to Learn Welsh
We also provide a variety of opportunities to learn and develop your Welsh language skills.
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The Faculty has estimated on the assumption that students buy new copies of the books. Students may also choose to spend money on printing drafts of work.
Students may spend up to £300 per year on books and additional related materials.
Students are expected to submit two hard copies of their final project, the estimated cost for binding these is £20.
Optional Field trip:
The faculty works to ensure that there are a range of fieldwork and field trip options available both locally and internationally. Thus students can opt to take either more expensive or less expensive placements. The Faculty subsidises these but the cost each year is dependent on airfare, location, and currency exchange rates. Below are the upper end of expected costs based on where students have currently done placements.
Fieldwork (depending on where a student decides to do fieldwork): c. £500 - £1,500
Individual trips: c. £5 - £50
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You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available, please visit our Bursaries and Scholarships section.
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Graduates go on to careers in a variety of fields including:
- Communication, business
- Cultural and social advocacy
- Film and media
- Fundraising, management consultancy, research
- Health, food and lifestyle
- Human, animal and land rights
- International development, aid and charity organisations
- Museums, heritage, tourism
- Publishing
- Race relations, community, social work, caring professions
- Teaching