BA Liberal Arts with a Foundation Year
About this course
BA (Hons) Liberal Arts with a Foundation Year, an undergraduate liberal arts degree providing foundational preparation for degree-level humanities study. The course begins with a compulsory foundation year designed to build academic skills through modules such as The Arts and Humanities Toolkit, Arts and Humanities in a Changing World, Encountering Texts: Analysis, Controversy and Debate, and Designing Humanities Projects. Students then progress to combine diverse disciplinary study, drawing on optional modules spanning Political Philosophies, Visual Cultures, History and Society, Literature and the Humanities, alongside a range of beginner language options including French, Russian, German, Arabic, Japanese, Spanish, and British Sign Language.
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What students say
Based on about 11 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 81%
- Learning opportunities: 75%
- Assessment and feedback: 72%
- Academic support: 85%
- Organisation and management: 54%
- Learning resources: 82%
- Student voice: 72%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 80%
- Left higher education: 20%
Who gets in
Based on about 20 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 90%
- Baccalaureate: 10%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES TOOLKIT
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES IN A CHANGING WORLD
- ENCOUNTERING TEXTS: ANALYSIS, CONTROVERSY AND DEBATE
- DESIGNING HUMANITIES PROJECTS
- POLITICAL PHILOSOPHIES
- VISUAL CULTURES
- HISTORY AND SOCIETY
- LITERATURE AND THE HUMANITIES
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS RUSSIAN I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I (SPRING START) - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I (SPRING START)
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
Questions about this course
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Liberal Arts with a Foundation Year at University of East Anglia?
81% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Liberal Arts with a Foundation Year at University of East Anglia?
The average entrant had 146 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Liberal Arts with a Foundation Year at University of East Anglia?
80% of students continued into their second year, and 20% left higher education.