Our Liberal Arts course
Tackle global challenges by developing complex critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Why choose Liberal Arts at Loughborough?
There are so many great reasons to choose us, but here are just a few reasons why Loughborough is an excellent place to study Liberal Arts.
Study what you love
BA Liberal Arts offers the chance to study core and optional modules across the social sciences and humanities.
It offers the flexibility to choose to study the topics you love and follow your interests.
Broaden your horizens
You can choose to study topics you're already familiar with or sample new and exciting ones.
Modules are offered in: Art History, Communication and Media, Criminology, English, History, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology and Visual Culture.
Truly interdisciplinary
Take core Liberal Arts modules in every year.
Combine the knowledge and skills gained through your different subjects, and apply them to produce nuanced, interdisciplinary analyses.
Build skills
Equip yourself with key skills highly sought after by employers
Complex problem solving, creativity, emotional intelligence, and cognitive flexibility are all in the World Economic Forum’s top 10 abilities desired by employers.
Add to your degree
Make yourself even more attractive to future employers.
Take a professional placement year as part of your degree, choose to study or work abroad, or study a modern language.
Highly ranked
We are highly ranked across all of our social sciences and humanities subjects.
We are currently ranked 1st in the UK for Communication and Media, 3rd in the UK for Sociology, 6th in the UK for Criminology, 7th in the UK for English, and 7th in the UK for Geography and Environment. These rankings mean that our students really love it here, our teaching is excellent, our graduates are successful, and our research is internationally renowned.