UCL Arts and Sciences

The UCL Arts & Sciences degree is an interdisciplinary, undergraduate degree at University College London, United Kingdom. It is part of the UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities for administrative purposes, but it engages fully with all science, social science and humanities faculties across UCL. The degree offers a bespoke programme incorporating both arts and sciences (including social sciences) specialisms with students graduating with a Bachelors in Arts & Sciences (abbreviated "BASc"). The programme offers material from almost all UCL departments, including new modules specifically designed for the course by leading UCL academics.

The first intake began in September 2012 with 87 students. In September 2013 the course welcomed over 110 students.

The course offers a choice of both a major and minor pathway from the outset with half of the degree devoted to the pathways: Cultures, Health and Environment, Sciences and Engineering, and Societies. Students are required to study a mix of arts and sciences throughout the degree programme and are also offered the opportunity to study abroad for a year. Half of their programme consists of core courses, including modules on quantitative methods, research projects, philosophy of knowledge, qualitative thinking and a language.

A language module forms a significant part of the course (one-eighth of teaching time) with students having a selection of nineteen languages. Furthermore, students are encouraged and supported to take an internship at the end of Year 2.

The Arts & Sciences Common Room is located in Malet Place, parallel to Gower Street on the main UCL campus. Otherwise students use the usual departmental facilities where they study their courses.

Carl Gombrich was the Principal of UCL’s international preparatory certificates before being appointed as Programme Director, Arts and Sciences (BASc) in September 2010. He has degrees in mathematics, physics and philosophy and was also an opera singer before joining UCL in 2002. He is the grandson of Ernst Gombrich, the art historian whose work he cites as the inspiration for his efforts to reach across disciplines.

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