BA Liberal Arts with a Placement Year

About this course

BA (Hons) in Liberal Arts, combining interdisciplinary study across arts, humanities, and sciences. Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Marketing, Research Methods, and Fieldwork. Students select a major from Arts and Humanities and a minor from a range of subjects including sciences and social sciences. A work placement is undertaken in the third year.

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Institution: University of East Anglia
Level: undergraduate
Subject: Liberal Arts with a Placement Year
Duration: 4 years
UCAS code: Y00P
Typical offer: A-level ABB

Entry requirements

A level: ABB

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

HUM PLACEMENT YEAR
WAYS TO KNOWLEDGE: DISCIPLINES AND PRACTICES
BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I
FILMMAKING 2
INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY
REASONING AND LOGIC
POWER, (DIS)ORDER & SECURITY: UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL POLITICS 1
BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
CREATIVE WRITING: EXPERIMENTS IN GENRE
DIGITAL MEDIA: CONCEPTS, TECHNOLOGIES & CULTURES
BEGINNERS' GERMAN I (SPRING START) - A1 CEFR
NEW FORMS: WRITING AND COLLABORATION IN THE AGE OF AI
BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR
LEARNING ON SITE: THE SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR VISUAL ARTS
INTRODUCTION TO EARLY MODERN HISTORY
INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN STUDIES I
UNDERSTANDING POLITICS TODAY: APPROACHES, ISSUES AND CASE STUDIES
RIGHTS & WRONGS: AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
THEORISING MEDIA AND DIGITAL CULTURE
BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN I - A1 CEFR
ENVIRONMENT, ART AND CULTURE
MAKING MEDIA HISTORY
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL HISTORY
ETHICS OF TECHNOLOGY
TELEVISION HISTORY
WORLD CINEMAS
INTRODUCTION TO TELEVISION STUDIO PRODUCTION
VISUAL(ISING) HISTORY
THE AGE OF EXTREMES: WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1914
BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN HISTORY AND POLITICS
GALLERIES & MUSEUMS: HISTORIES/POLITICS/ETHICS
LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND IDENTITY
MEDIA INDUSTRIES
BEGINNERS' ARABIC II
SPANISH YEAR 1 HONOURS (SPRING SEMESTER)
WORKING IN THE THEATRE 1: INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL THEATRE
PEOPLE AND CULTURES
INTRODUCTION TO MODERN HISTORY
INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LITERATURE
FRENCH YEAR 1 HONOURS (SPRING SEMESTER)
EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY
INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES
WORKING IN THE THEATRE 2: DEVELOPING PRODUCTION SKILLS
JAPANESE YEAR 1 (SPRING SEMESTER)
BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I (SPRING START)
BECOMING A CRITIC
WRITING ACROSS BORDERS
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY
FILMMAKING 1
BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN II - A2 CEFR
CREATIVE WRITING: BEGINNINGS
BEGINNERS' ARABIC I
BEGINNERS' SPANISH II - A2 CEFR
GLOBALISATION, GOVERNANCE AND JUSTICE: UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL POLITICS 2
BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY AS A WAY OF LIFE
MEDIA REPRESENTATION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
DOING HISTORY
INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I
DOING FILM HISTORY
ANALYSING TELEVISION
THE ACTOR'S CRAFT
THE MEANING OF LIFE
GLOBAL THEATRES
INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN STUDIES II
JAPANESE YEAR 1 (AUTUMN SEMESTER)
INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I (SPRING START)
WITCHCRAFT, MAGIC AND BELIEF IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
BEGINNERS' ARABIC I (SPRING START)
THE CATASTROPHIC FOURTEENTH CENTURY
BEGINNERS' GERMAN II - A1.2 CEFR
INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE II
EPIC STORYTELLING AND ANCIENT MYTH
SPANISH YEAR 1 HONOURS (AUTUMN SEMESTER)
PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
BEGINNERS' JAPANESE II
FRENCH YEAR 1 HONOURS (AUTUMN SEMESTER)
COLLABORATIVE THEATRE-MAKING
BEGINNERS' GERMAN I - A1.1 CEFR
BEGINNERS' FRENCH II - A2 CEFR
ENGLISH LITERATURE: BEGINNINGS
READING NOW
WORLDBUILDING: INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT HISTORY
EXPLORING PERFORMANCE
ANALYSING FILM
PORTRAITURE AND IDENTITY
MAKERS AND MAKING
UNDERSTANDING THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
APPLIED BUSINESS PROJECT
APPLIED SOCIAL THEORY
THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT: THE INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY
PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
DIVERSITY OF LIFE
LIVING PLANET
DATABASE SYSTEMS
CHEMISTRY OF THE CARBON-BASED COMPOUNDS
EVOLUTION, BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY
PROGRAMMING 1
SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
RESEARCH SKILLS IN BIOCHEMISTRY
BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE: INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN PRACTICE
FILM GENRES: THEORY AND PRACTICE
SCREENWRITING
FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTION
FACTUAL VIDEO PRODUCTION
THE POLITICS OF STORYTELLING
LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY
MEDIEVAL WRITING: QUEST, FABLE AND ROMANCE (PRE-1789)
DISEASES, EPIDEMICS AND HISTORY
BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: INTERNATIONAL HISTORY SINCE 1890
THE FIRST BRITISH EMPIRE
TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR SUBTITLING AND DUBBING (LEVEL 5)
CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY (AUT)
LIBERAL ARTS SEMESTER ABROAD
SCRIPTWRITING: STAGE/AUDIO
STUDYING MEDIA AUDIENCES
CREATIVE WRITING: INTRODUCTION (SPR)
CONTEMPORARY FICTION
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
HERITAGE AND PUBLIC HISTORY
POWER, WEALTH AND NATIONS: GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
LOVE, DESIRE AND SEXUALITY IN HISTORY
PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND POLITICS FOR SECOND YEARS
DIGITAL MEDIA, YOUTH AND SUBCULTURE
EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHIES (SECOND YEAR MODULE)
THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 1066 TO 1600
MODERNISM: THE ART OF EXPERIMENT
PIRATES, SEAFARERS, SHIPWRECK C. 1500-1750: THE PERILS OF THE SEA
ETHICS FOR SECOND YEARS
FRANCE FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO THE BELLE ÉPOQUE
TRANSLATION AND MEDIA IN A GLOBALISED WORLD (LEVEL 5)
CRITICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE
MAKING IT PUBLIC: PUBLISHING, AUDIENCE, & CREATIVE ENTERPRISE
PROPAGANDA
THE ACTOR'S WORK
CREATIVE WRITING: PROSE FICTION (SPR)
CREATIVE WRITING: PROSE FICTION (AUT)
MEDIA, COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE
STUART ENGLAND
HISTORY'S STORIES
THE WRITING OF JOURNALISM (AUT)
ADVANCED ENGLISH II
SCENOGRAPHY, DESIGN AND TECHNICAL THEATRE
LGBT AND BEYOND: SEXUAL CULTURES, QUEER IDENTITIES, AND THE POLITICS OF DESIRE
SCRIPT EDITING
THEATRE DIRECTING
JAPANESE YEAR 2 (AUTUMN SEMESTER)
BRITISH INDIA: EMPIRE, NATION AND THE PEOPLE IN SOUTH ASIA
HISTORY OF MODERN ITALY
JAPANESE POPULAR CULTURE AND MEDIA
FRENCH YEAR 2 HONOURS (AUTUMN SEMESTER)
COOPERATION AND CRISIS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
READING AND WRITING CONTEMPORARY POETRY
VICTORIAN BRITAIN
FRENCH YEAR 2 HONOURS (SPRING SEMESTER)
GLOBAL SUPERPOWER: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY SINCE 1898
APPROACHES AND PRACTICE IN DIGITAL MEDIA
POPULAR MUSIC AND MEDIA
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II B1 CEFR
MATERIAL WORLDS
DEVISED THEATRE
NAPOLEON TO STALIN (AND BEYOND): THE STRUGGLE FOR MASTERY IN EUROPE
ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND, C. 400-1066
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I - A2+ CEFR
SPANISH YEAR 2 HONOURS (AUTUMN SEMESTER)
GENDER AND POWER
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
VICTORIAN WRITING
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION FOR SECOND YEARS
POPULAR THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE
ROMANTIC TRANSFORMATIONS: 1740-1830
U.S. EMPIRE
FILMMAKING AND MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE
ANALYSING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: FROM REALISM TO POSTCOLONIALISM
POLITICS IN THE USA
THEORISING TELEVISION: FROM BROADCASTING TO STREAMING
APPLIED DRAMA AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
THE POWER PARADOX: AUTHORITY, FREEDOM, AND CONFLICT IN MODERN SOCIETY
DIGITAL MEDIASCAPES
ADVANCED ENGLISH I
FROM STALIN TO PUTIN: THE LONG SHADOW OF THE WAR
SHAKESPEARE (PRE-1789)
PHILOSOPHY MEETS THE ARTS (SECOND YEAR MODULE)
SLAVERY IN THE USA, 1619-1865
EARLY MODERN WRITING 1600-1740: THE MAKING OF ENGLISH LITERATURE (PRE-1789)
THE SHORT STORY (AUT)
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I - A2 CEFR
WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I - A2+ CEFR
THE ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 4000BC TO 1066AD
TUDOR ENGLAND
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY MAKING
SCRIPTWRITING: SCREEN AND STAGE
INTRODUCTION TO DATA ANALYSIS FOR POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
JAPAN IN MODERN TIMES
ART IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
KEY CONCEPTS IN FILM THEORY
DIGITAL MEDIA AND SOCIETY
GENDER, VICTIMISATION AND OFFENDING
CHILDHOOD, YOUTH AND TRANSITIONS
PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING
21ST CENTURY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
GENDER AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONS
CRIMINOLOGY
QUALITATIVE AND PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH METHODS
CRIME AND SOCIETY
FAMILY LAW: CHILD LAW
SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
ENVIRONMENT, HARM AND SOCIETY
FAMILIES AND THE LIFE COURSE
STATES, INSTITUTIONS AND CITIZENS
INCLUSIVE CHILDHOOD; SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
THE MEDIA AND IDENTITY
FIELD ECOLOGY
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENCE AND POLICY
MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
PROGRAMMING 2
BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS
COMMUNITY, ECOSYSTEM AND MACRO-ECOLOGY
BIOCHEMISTRY
LIBERAL ARTS CAPSTONE
POLITICS AND POPULAR CULTURE
WEAPONS OF WAR
MODERNISM AND GENDER: FRANCE AND GERMANY 1900-1939
SCIENCE FICTION
SOCIAL ACTION IN PRACTICE
CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED PROSE (AUT)
SPECIALISED TRANSLATION (SPANISH)
FIELDWORK IN LANDSCAPE HISTORY
MUSEUM WORK: THEORY & PRACTICE
FRENCH YEAR 3 HONOURS (SPRING SEMESTER)
THE ART OF MURDER
THE REIGN OF LOUIS THE FAT: WAR, MURDER, & THE WRITING OF HISTORY IN EARLY TWELFTH-CENTURY FRANCE
CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED POETRY (AUT)
ETHICS FOR THIRD YEARS
BETTER WORLDS? UTOPIAS AND DYSTOPIAS
DIGITAL STORYTELLING
MAKING YOUR SHOWREEL
CRITICAL APPROACHES TO DIGITAL MEDIA IN THE AI AGE
PRODUCTION EFFECTS
STORYTELLING, MEDIA AND CRISIS
THE ART OF EMOTION: READING AND WRITING FEELING
PRODUCTION
ADVANCED TRANSLATION (FRENCH TO ENGLISH)
MODERN ART AND STATES OF MIND
MIND AND LANGUAGE FOR THIRD YEARS
SCRIPTWRITING: ADAPTATION
ADVANCED TRANSLATION IN JAPANESE
INTERCULTURAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
MYTHOS: REWRITING THE CLASSICS (PRE-1789)
DATA, POLITICS AND SOCIETY
JAPANESE YEAR 3 HONOURS (SPRING SEMESTER)
BLOOD AND BRUTALITY: VIOLENCE, THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY IN THE EARLY MODERN WORLD
RESEARCHING MEDIA INDUSTRIES AND CREATIVE SECTORS IN CONTEXT
WRITING TELEVISION DRAMA
THE CULT OF VIOLENCE: THE FASCIST REGIMES OF ITALY, GERMANY AND JAPAN, 1922-1945
APPEASEMENT AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR
TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR SUBTITLING AND DUBBING (LEVEL 6)
DIGITAL POLITICS
TEACHING HISTORY
A NEW ORDER? THE 1980s BEYOND THATCHER
THE BIRTH OF THE GOTHIC: ROMANCE, REVOLUTION, EMPIRE
THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 1450 TO 1950
THE ACTOR'S ART
SPANISH YEAR 3 HONOURS (SPRING SEMESTER)
CONTESTING THE PAST: REPRESENTATION AND MEMORY
PARLIAMENTARY STUDIES
IN THE MINDS OF SAMURAI, RULERS, REBELS, AND POETS: JAPAN, 1830-1960
SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORLDS (PRE-1789)
GLOBAL INTERCULTURAL LEADERSHIP
CONTEMPORARY SCREEN DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION
WE'RE HERE, WE'RE QUEER: GLOBAL SEXUALITIES AND CONTEMPORARY QUEER CULTURES
INTRODUCTION TO CONFERENCE INTERPRETING
PITCH, PUBLISH, PERFORM
CAPITALISM AND ITS CRITICS
PHILOSOPHY MEETS THE ARTS (THIRD YEAR MODULE)
THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
TRANSLATION AND MEDIA IN A GLOBALISED WORLD (LEVEL 6)
RADICAL PERFORMANCE
MAKING DIGITAL MEDIA
THE ENLIGHTENMENT
CELEBRITY: FROM STARS TO INFLUENCERS
FRENCH YEAR 3 HONOURS (AUTUMN SEMESTER)
WOMEN'S WRITING IN EARLY-MODERN BRITAIN: THE EMERGENCE OF FEMALE AUTHORSHIP (PRE-1789)
BANNED BOOKS
MONSTERS, MARVELS AND CREATIVE MEDIEVAL HERITAGE (PRE-1789)
IMAGINARY ENDINGS: BRITISH FICTION AND THE APOCALYPSE
THE MEDIEVAL CASTLE: ROMANCE AND REALITY
US INTERVENTIONISM, THE CIA AND COVERT ACTION
IRELAND: A LONG HISTORY OF THE TROUBLES
POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY OF THE INDO-PACIFIC
SELVES, IDENTITIES AND PERFORMANCE
THE FIRST WORLD WAR: A NEW HISTORY
SOUND ON SCREEN
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1789-1804
ENVIRONMENTAL THINKING FOR THIRD YEARS
TRANSLATION WORK EXPERIENCE (LEVEL 6)
SPANISH YEAR 3 HONOURS (AUTUMN SEMESTER)
THE POLITICS AND HISTORY OF AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
COMMUNISM AND NATIONALISM IN YUGOSLAVIA
EXPERIMENTAL FILM AND VIDEO ART
JAPANESE YEAR 3 HONOURS (AUTUMN SEMESTER)
INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SERVICE INTERPRETING
MEDIA, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED PROSE
EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHIES (THIRD YEAR MODULE)
POLITICAL JOURNALISM
TWENTIETH-CENTURY SPORT HISTORY
BUSINESS ETHICS
MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
RISK AND RESILIENCE: YOUNG PEOPLE AS VICTIMS OF EXPLOITATION, OFFENDERS AND SURVIVORS
WARS AND HUMANITARIAN CRISES
FAMILY LAW: ADULT RELATIONSHIPS
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
THE 21ST CENTURY FAMILY
UNDERSTANDING CHILDHOODS: CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS
JURISPRUDENCE
MEDIA, CULTURE AND LEARNING
EMPLOYABILITY, CREATIVITY AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIC BRAND MANAGEMENT
THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE BODY
CRITICAL VEGAN STUDIES
PRINCIPLES IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
THE MILITARY, SECURITY AND SOCIETY
THE CARBON CYCLE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS: SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES
SOCIAL EVOLUTION
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
EVOLUTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
TOPICS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
FOUNDATIONS OF DATA SCIENCE
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND HUMAN SOCIETY

Questions about this course

Are students happy with the teaching on BA Liberal Arts with a Placement 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 Placement Year at University of East Anglia?

The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 146 UCAS points.

Does BA Liberal Arts with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia include a placement year or year abroad?

The course has a compulsory placement year.

How many students continue on BA Liberal Arts with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia?

80% of students continued into their second year, and 20% left higher education.