BA in Liberal Arts

at King's College London

Structure

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

This is a three-year degree course in which you will take a combination of required and optional modules to total 360 credits.

Year 1

Required modules

You are required to take the following modules:

• Lives of London (15 credits)
• Writing Liberal Arts (15 credits)
• A language module, eg in Mandarin, from the Modern Language Centre (15 credits)

Year 2

Required modules

You are required to take the following module:

• Space, Power, Agency (15 credits)

Year 3

Required modules

You are required to take the following module:

• Translation Across Disciplines (15 credits)

Standard requirements
The Access to Higher Education Diploma must be 60 credits in total.

Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall: 36 credits must be from units awarded at Distinction, with 9 at Merit.

The Access to Higher Education Diploma must include at least 15 Level 3 credits in Music at Distinction for applicants wishing to pursue a Music major. See 'Required subjects'.

The Access to Higher Education Diploma should be in a relevant subject - Humanities or similar - to be considered.

Subject requirements
Required subjects:
For the Music major, A Level Music or Grade 6 Music Theory (through ABRSM examinations or equivalent). In addition, students with these qualifications wishing to pursue Music performance as a formal part of their studies and to receive individual tuition at the Royal Academy of Music will need to hold Grade 8 (ABRSM or equivalent) on their main instrument/voice by the end of their first year of study. There are no subject requirements for all other majors. Second year major subjects are selected after enrolment onto the programme.

Preferred subjects:
None

Full time tuition fees UK:
The UK tuition fee for the 2022-2023 academic year is currently £9,250 per year. This is based on the UK Government’s cap.

Full time tuition fees International:
The International tuition fee for the 2022-2023 academic year is £21,840 per year.

A Liberal Arts BA opens up career opportunities in a wide range of fields, including government, journalism and law. It will also provide you with an ideal grounding for graduate work in the wide range of Liberal Arts major subjects. King’s careers service offers an extensive programme of support to enhance your employability.