What is Humanities?

With the creation of new universities and with new areas of study being opened up student numbers within humanities programs have doubled in the last ten years.

Traditionally disciplines such as English, linguistics, history, modern foreign languages, classical studies, music, philosophy, theology, philosophy, archaeology, political science and sociology were the main staple of humanities courses in the older universities. More recently the combined or joint degree, interdisciplinary or cross-disciplinary degree has gained ground. Degrees such as the American Studies, Women's Studies, Media Studies, Cultural Studies and European Studies would all fall into this category.

Choosing an Art & Design programme

Design based courses are offered in a huge range of disciplines from craft based areas such as Furniture Design, Ceramics, Textile Design, Silversmithing and Jewellery, Fashion, Graphic Design and Product and Automotive Design, to areas such as design for Multi Media and the electronic environment, including digital graphics and animation. Fine Art provides courses ranging from those in traditional disciplines such as Painting, Sculpture and Printing, through courses concerned with Performance and Installation, and those which relate to lens-based and electronic media.