I've been thinking about doing a liberal arts degree for ages, but there weren't many personal experiences online to refer to. Thank you so much for making this video! I'd love to see more about your experience and maybe a week in the life or something!
& about personal statement/ applying please! It's kinda different writing a personal statement for a liberal arts degree, when compared to a one-subject degree
I’m glad it was helpful! Hopefully when I’m back in Exeter I’ll be able to do more videos :) thanks for the idea about applying, though - I’ll get on that!
I’m planning to apply to liberal arts but there isn’t much info on it except Americans saying it’s useless I’m just worried if I’m just gonna regret it
Hi Nerissa! I want to study philosophy and english at uni of exeter but they don't offer that course unless in chose liberal arts, I am a bit worried about having different core lectures every week that could be on economics for example which i'm not that interested in, it sounds great you are doing all these different topics in lectures but are you going into a lot of depth if it changes every week to something else? Thank you!!
Hi Sophie! just want to double check that you’ve looked into Exeter’s flexible combined honours? bc i believe you can choose to do english and philosophy that way if you look into their subject combinations. however, if i’m wrong (which is v likely), then to address your point: you don’t go into depth on every subject you get a lecture on so it can be quite superficial. however, in your assessments, you can choose which subjects you want to go into detail on. for example, i chose to do my final essay on technology and politics in the 21st century - you just need to prove you’re comfortable using different frameworks in your degree (eg philosophical, political, geographical etc.) as that’s the point of liberal arts. even if you’re not as interested in one of the lectures (which is inevitable) you might find you’ll be able to use the things you learn anyway. for example, the economics lecture i had was actually one of the most fun lectures id been to! hope this helps somewhat! feel free to ask any other questions :)
@@nerissaaa Thank you so much for taking the time to write to me with such a detailed response! I will def look into it more, thank you so so much I really appreciate it! :)
Hey! In terms of offer grades for Liberal Arts at Exeter specifically, do they fluctuate depending on what major you want to do? It's asking for AAA but that's not specific to individual majors, and I was thinking that surely some are in higher demand than others? Or do they just see it as an application for 'Liberal Arts' and treat everyone the same, from more popular ones like English, to less popular ones like Drama? Hope this question makes sense xx
Hi - so the grades definitely fluctuate between majors as different departments have different requirements. However, I’m pretty sure that they treat Liberal Arts as one cohort with which they need to fill individual quotas for majors (if that makes sense?) so I’m not fully sure how to answer your question but i think it’s basically the same as applying for other places on non liberal arts courses ! x
Hi Nerissa, I am applying to university this year for a liberal arts degree! I just have a question.. When do you have to decide what subject you are going to major in? For example, can you take modules in sociology, politics etc to begin with, and see which one you enjoy the most, and then choose later on which you major in? Or do you have to have decided right from the beginning of first year? Thankyou, Amber.
Hi Amber ! At Exeter, you need to declare your major before you start and that happens via email in august/september (as far as I can remember), although this might be different at different unis. However, there’s a lot of freedom and flexibility and I know quite a few people who changed their major or hadn’t declared one in the first few weeks :) if you’re curious, I’d recommend checking out the module descriptions, potential readings and topics, and assessment types on the website and see which ones you find the most interesting. Hope this helps! 🤍
Yasmine Savage Hiya! You can pick minors from any faculty in the university! The only limits are the number of credits you have, timetable issues, or how popular the class is, but other than that you can choose any other subject you want. (This might be different at other unis - Exeter has a reputation for being very flexible with module choices)
I've been thinking about doing a liberal arts degree for ages, but there weren't many personal experiences online to refer to. Thank you so much for making this video! I'd love to see more about your experience and maybe a week in the life or something!
& about personal statement/ applying please! It's kinda different writing a personal statement for a liberal arts degree, when compared to a one-subject degree
I’m glad it was helpful! Hopefully when I’m back in Exeter I’ll be able to do more videos :) thanks for the idea about applying, though - I’ll get on that!
Looking at Liberal Arts at Exeter right now! Thank you for this video!! ❤️
np :) if you have any other questions let me know!
I’m planning to apply to liberal arts but there isn’t much info on it except Americans saying it’s useless I’m just worried if I’m just gonna regret it
Hi Nerissa! I want to study philosophy and english at uni of exeter but they don't offer that course unless in chose liberal arts, I am a bit worried about having different core lectures every week that could be on economics for example which i'm not that interested in, it sounds great you are doing all these different topics in lectures but are you going into a lot of depth if it changes every week to something else? Thank you!!
Hi Sophie! just want to double check that you’ve looked into Exeter’s flexible combined honours? bc i believe you can choose to do english and philosophy that way if you look into their subject combinations. however, if i’m wrong (which is v likely), then to address your point: you don’t go into depth on every subject you get a lecture on so it can be quite superficial. however, in your assessments, you can choose which subjects you want to go into detail on. for example, i chose to do my final essay on technology and politics in the 21st century - you just need to prove you’re comfortable using different frameworks in your degree (eg philosophical, political, geographical etc.) as that’s the point of liberal arts. even if you’re not as interested in one of the lectures (which is inevitable) you might find you’ll be able to use the things you learn anyway. for example, the economics lecture i had was actually one of the most fun lectures id been to! hope this helps somewhat! feel free to ask any other questions :)
@@nerissaaa Thank you so much for taking the time to write to me with such a detailed response! I will def look into it more, thank you so so much I really appreciate it! :)
Hey! In terms of offer grades for Liberal Arts at Exeter specifically, do they fluctuate depending on what major you want to do? It's asking for AAA but that's not specific to individual majors, and I was thinking that surely some are in higher demand than others? Or do they just see it as an application for 'Liberal Arts' and treat everyone the same, from more popular ones like English, to less popular ones like Drama? Hope this question makes sense xx
Hi - so the grades definitely fluctuate between majors as different departments have different requirements. However, I’m pretty sure that they treat Liberal Arts as one cohort with which they need to fill individual quotas for majors (if that makes sense?) so I’m not fully sure how to answer your question but i think it’s basically the same as applying for other places on non liberal arts courses ! x
Hi Nerissa,
I am applying to university this year for a liberal arts degree! I just have a question..
When do you have to decide what subject you are going to major in? For example, can you take modules in sociology, politics etc to begin with, and see which one you enjoy the most, and then choose later on which you major in? Or do you have to have decided right from the beginning of first year?
Thankyou, Amber.
Hi Amber ! At Exeter, you need to declare your major before you start and that happens via email in august/september (as far as I can remember), although this might be different at different unis. However, there’s a lot of freedom and flexibility and I know quite a few people who changed their major or hadn’t declared one in the first few weeks :) if you’re curious, I’d recommend checking out the module descriptions, potential readings and topics, and assessment types on the website and see which ones you find the most interesting. Hope this helps! 🤍
Thanks
Can you do minors from any subject (e.g Law) or do you have to also choose your minors from that list?
Yasmine Savage Hiya! You can pick minors from any faculty in the university! The only limits are the number of credits you have, timetable issues, or how popular the class is, but other than that you can choose any other subject you want. (This might be different at other unis - Exeter has a reputation for being very flexible with module choices)
Nerissa thank you so much!
This isn’t really the traditional liberal arts tho😕
Aww snap, the fiery hair was replaced! What's happening 🤯
aha lockdown fever hit but dw it’s back now😂