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School for Cross-faculty Studies Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts With Life Sciences


Liberal Arts With Life Sciences is ideal for students who are passionate about both the arts and the sciences.

Through teaching and learning in the Department of Life Sciences, you will be introduced to key academic principles and techniques that enable the fantastic diversity of life on our planet to be understood.

Why study the Life Sciences route?

Modules range from subcellular to the population, from experimental chemistry to theoretical modelling, physiology, disease and the environment.

In your Liberal Arts modules, you will consider big questions concerning truth and knowledge, the communication of science, and health and medicine as public and social issues.

Liberal Arts With Life Sciences offers the opportunity to consider such questions from a scientific perspective, while developing specialised subject knowledge.

Modules

You may be interested in the following Life Sciences modules:

Please note:


Liberal Arts With Life Sciences

Course Overview

In your first year, you will take 129 CATS of 100-level modules. These will be composed by a combination of your:
Core Modules (30 CATS) + Optional Core Modules (30 CATS) + Route Modules (24 CATS) + Optional Modules (45 CATS). Click on the sections below for more information.

IP101

Liberal Arts: Principles and Praxis

 0 CATS Terms 1-2

IP121

Truth and Misinformation

 30 CATS Terms 1-2-3
CHOOSE AT LEAST ONE RESEARCH METHODS MODULE:

IP110

Quantitative Methods for Interdisciplinary Research

 15 CATS Term 2

IP108

Qualitative Methods for Undergraduate Research

 15 CATS Term 1
CHOOSE AT LEAST ONE CRITICAL ISSUE MODULE:

IP120

Beauty

 15 CATS Term 2

IP122

Revolution

 15 CATS Term 1
You must take:

LF104

Molecules, Cells, and OrganismsLink opens in a new window

 24 CATS Terms 1-2-3
CHOOSE 45 CATS OF ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL MODULES

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Choose 45 CATS from any available and approved 100-level modules that interest you from across the University. These can be from Life Sciences as well, or you might wish to explore another area.

 1 x 30 CATS
+ 1 x 15 CATS
or
3 x 15 CATS		 Terms 1-2-3

In your second and final years, you will take 120 CATS per year for a total of
240 CATS of 200 and 300-level modules (120 CATS each).

These will be composed by a combination of:
Core Modules (60 CATS) + Optional Core Modules (45 CATS) + Route Modules (60 CATS) + Optional Modules (75 CATS).
Click on the sections below for more information.

IP205

Consuming Cultures

 30 CATS

Year 2 – Terms 1-3

IP302

 Dissertation 30 CATS Year 3 – Terms 1-3

You must take at least THREE (3) optional core modules between your second and final year (45 CATS total). If you take one of the SCFS Venice Modules, it will count towards this requirement.

NB: Not all modules will run in all years and modules offered are subject to change. The optional modules that we have offered in the past have included the following list:

IP204

 The Apocalyptic Imaginary 15 CATS

IP226/IP326

The Liquid Continent

 15 CATS

IP304

Posthumous Geographies I: Underworlds

 15 CATS

IP305

Posthumous Geographies II: Paradises

 15 CATS

IP306

Quantitative Methods: Research Project

 15 CATS

IP309

Quantitative Research Methods: Understanding Relationships in Data

 15 CATS

IP312

The Quest I: Departures and Heroic Journeys

 15 CATS

IP313

The Quest II: Exile and Homecoming

 15 CATS

IP315

(Taught in Venice)

A Sustainable Serenissima: Water and the Future of Venice

This module is offered through the Alliance Intensive Study Programme

Hear about what the 2022-23 module cohort got up to in Venice in July 2022.

 15 CATS

IP317

(Taught in Venice)

Venice: Resistance and Representation

This module is offered through the Alliance Intensive Study Programme

Hear about what the 2022-23 module cohort got up to in Venice in July 2022.

 15 CATS


You can see a list of our current offering of optional modules by clicking on this link: Honours-Level Optional Core Modules in Liberal Arts

CHOOSE AT LEAST 60 CATS OF 200– and 300-Level Life Sciences Modules.

LF2**/3**

Click here for a list of modules offered in Life Sciences

60 CATS Terms 1-2-3
NB: 200-Level Modules cannot be taken in your final year of study.
NB: 200-Level Modules cannot be taken in your final year of study.
CHOOSE 75 CATS OF ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL MODULES

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Choose 75 CATS from any available and approved 200- and 300-level modules that interest you from across the University. These can be from Life Sciences as well, or you might wish to explore another area.

 75 CATS total Terms 1-2-3

Intercalated Year (optional)

Are you interested in extending your degree by a year? You can do so either via an additional year of study abroad or work placement:

Study Abroad Year

An optional intercalated year abroad is available between your second year and final year. Click here for more information on our Year Abroad partnerships: Liberal Arts Year Abroad Options.

Dr. Bryan Brazeau is the Department's Study Abroad Coordinator. Click here to contact him and find out more.

Work Placement Year

An optional intercalated work placement is available between your second year and final year. Click here for more information on the Intercalated Work Year option: Liberal Arts Intercalated Work Placements.

Bodrun Nahar is the Department's Employability and Placement Manager. Click here to contact her and find out more.

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