Changes to Liberal Arts BA

We’ve listened to feedback and we have updated the curriculum for the academic year 2025/26 for Liberal Arts BA.

You can review the changes below. By accepting your offer to study at Â鶹ӳ»­, we will infer that you are happy with these changes but if you would like to discuss them please feel free to contact us at studyinmah@sussex.ac.uk.

Course changes for the BA in Liberal Arts

Take a look at how the new modules compare to the old structure of the course in the table below. There are no changes to Years 2 and 3.

Year 1

SemesterOld structureNew structureComment
1

Global Humanities 1 (core)

Global Humanities 1 (core)

No change
Practicing Humanities 1 (core)

Practicing Humanities 1 (core)

No change
Creative Video (option)

Creative Video (option)

No change

Acts of Writing 1 (option)

Acts of Writing 1 (option)

No change

Researching, Creating and Communicating in the Humanities 1 (option)

Researching, Creating and Communicating in the Humanities 1 (option)

No change

Colonialism and After (option)  

Module withdrawn

Stage 1 Elective Autumn (option)

Stage 1 Elective Autumn (option)

No change

2

Global Humanities 2 (core)

Global Humanities 2 (core) No change

Practicing Humanities 2 (core)

Practicing Humanities 2 (core)

No change

Photography: Practice and Theory (option)

Photography: Practice and Theory (option)

No change

Radical Theory (option)

Radical Theory (option) No change

Debates in Media Studies B (option)

  Module removed
  Acts of Writing 2 (option) New module
  Researching, Creating and Communicating in the Humanities 2 (option) New module

Stage 1 Elective Spring (option)

Stage 1 Elective Spring (option) No change

Year 1, Semester 1

Old structureNew structureComment

Global Humanities 1 (core)

Global Humanities 1 (core)

No change
Practicing Humanities 1 (core)

Practicing Humanities 1 (core)

No change
Creative Video (option)

Creative Video (option)

No change

Acts of Writing 1 (option)

Acts of Writing 1 (option)

No change

Researching, Creating and Communicating in the Humanities 1 (option)

Researching, Creating and Communicating in the Humanities 1 (option)

No change

Colonialism and After (option)  

Module withdrawn

Stage 1 Elective Autumn (option)

Stage 1 Elective Autumn (option)

No change

Year 1, Semester 2

Old structureNew structureComment

Global Humanities 2 (core)

Global Humanities 2 (core) No change

Practicing Humanities 2 (core)

Practicing Humanities 2 (core)

No change

Photography: Practice and Theory (option)

Photography: Practice and Theory (option)

No change

Radical Theory (option)

Radical Theory (option) No change

Debates in Media Studies B (option)

  Module removed
  Acts of Writing 2 (option) New module
  Researching, Creating and Communicating in the Humanities 2 (option) New module

Stage 1 Elective Spring (option)

Stage 1 Elective Spring (option) No change