Liberal Arts (Humanities) (Dumfries Campus)

Degree and UCAS code

The Liberal Arts (Humanities) programme delivers an exciting, flexible degree with a structure that enables you to study a broad mix of different courses across the areas of History, Literature and Philosophy. This degree programme is based at the University of Glasgow’s Dumfries Campus in the south-west of Scotland.

What will I study?

In the first year you will take two core courses:

• Text and communication
• Science: history and culture.

In addition you will be able to choose from a range of modules from the areas of History, Literature and Philosophy. Your course options can be further enriched by studies in Modern Languages and Science & Technology.

In the second year you will take two core courses:

• Issues in contemporary society
• Argumentation-rhetoric-theory.

You will then take a further selection of four courses. This will enable you both to deepen your knowledge in a given area of specialism and/or, if you wish, to embark on study in another area.

In the third year a further selection of taught courses is provided and you will have the opportunity to undertake either a dissertation or a work placement option.

Upon successful completion of your first three years of study, you can apply for the Honours year. Humanities courses at Honours level offer you a flexible framework. You will also have independent reading course and dissertation and creative enquiry project opportunities that enable more extensive study of a range of topics.

How will I learn?

Teaching is delivered through a combination of lectures, small group tutorials and seminars. Some lectures are delivered in Dumfries, and some are delivered via video link from Glasgow, enabling you to benefit from the expertise of academic staff at both campuses.

Entry requirements

Typical offer

• Highers: BBBB/ABB
• A-levels: BBB
• IB: 30 points

Entry requirements: Dumfries Campus

What are my career prospects?

The occupations entered by arts graduates are probably as varied as the subjects which they have studied. Although you may not have trained directly for any particular career, employers are interested in the many skills you have developed while at University, and these are usually more important than your degree discipline.

Common starting points for arts graduates are positions in administration and management in a wide range of occupational settings, such as the civil service. However, you may move into an enormous variety of occupations: from police officer to customer service employee; journalist to recruitment consultant; accountant to advertising executive. These are just a few of the many careers open to graduates of any discipline. How many of these will be viable options for you will depend less on the subjects you have studied than on how well you can convince employers that you have the skills, enthusiasm, personal attributes and experience that they are seeking.

When you have successfully completed an arts degree programme, you will have demonstrated that you have:

• a flexible and adaptable approach to learning
• research skills
• analytical and critical ability
• the ability to work to deadlines
• creativity
• the ability to think logically
• the ability to organise yourself
• communication skills.
  

You can develop additional skills by participating in student life, vacation courses, work experience, summer internships, voluntary work and other outside interests. An arts degree will allow you to present yourself as a rounded, well-balanced and employable individual.

Even more occupations may be open to you if you proceed to postgraduate vocational study after your MA and around one-third of arts graduates choose this option. Just a few examples are teaching, law, accountancy, social work, careers guidance, IT, librarianship, archive management, media management and film journalism.

Be sure to visit the Careers Service to make the most of your opportunities.

Find out more

• We are happy to answer queries about this and other Dumfries Campus programmes and study opportunities. In the first instance you should contact: admissions@crichton.gla.ac.uk

How to apply

If you are seeking full-time entry, you must apply through the Universities & Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). There is an application fee for this service.

• Apply at www.ucas.com or through your school or college.
• Contact UCAS on 0870 112 2200.

For further details, see: Undergraduate study: How to apply