Liberal Arts and Sciences
In the interdisciplinary Bachelor’s program Liberal Arts and Sciences you approach societal challenges from multiple perspectives. By combining insights from a range of scientific disciplines, you discover creative solutions for, and gain an in-depth understanding of complex global issues. You will attend lectures by experts from professional fields such as law, economics, philosophy, sociology, psychology and cognitive neurosciences.
University College Tilburg offers a Liberal Arts and Sciences program that combines different scientific disciplines such as: law, economics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. The intensive program enables you to develop into a critical thinker, a committed citizen and an academically trained professional. You will acquire in-depth insights into complex global issues and learn to develop creative solutions based on an interdisciplinary perspective.
Program structure and content
In the first year you follow a core curriculum that introduces you to the various scientific disciplines. That way, you can discover which discipline appeals to you the most.
In the second year, you specialize by choosing one of the following majors:
- Business and Economics
- Law in an International Context
- Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Arts and Humanities
- Cognitive Neuroscience: Brain and Cognition
The first two years provide a solid foundation.
In the third year you will have the opportunity to follow different electives during a minor program, take online courses, or study abroad. The diverse program allows you to set up your unique and personal profile. You will conclude your study program by writing a Bachelor thesis. Depending on your major, you will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science.
Why UCT: Liberal Arts and Sciences in Tilburg?
- You follow courses in an international environment with students from all over the world. You can learn from each other’s experiences and points of view and become skilled in collaborating in teams that are characterized by diversity.
- You learn to fathom complex societal issues by approaching them from multiple perspectives.
- The program is officially recognized as small-scale and intensive education. There is room for studying the material in depth, leading to a lot of interaction with your fellow students and your lecturers.
- Several courses are team-taught, meaning two lecturers from different fields of expertise jointly teach the course to demonstrate how you can approach a question or issue from different angles, right in front of the classroom.
- Focus on the development of relevant skills. For example, entrepreneurial skills, debating skills or skills in handling success and setbacks.
What can you do with a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree?
- A policy advisor is responsible for creating policy relating to culture or science for example, and making sure it's carried out in the organization. You analyze problems, create a plan to improve and propose that plan to management. You are also responsible for the implementation of new policy, and advising others on the application of policy.
- As a business consultant, you advise businesses and organizations on how to improvement their processes. Think, for example, of improving company culture in the business, or finding the right visual representation of an organization's values. You analyse a problem, often from an outsider perspective, and provide possible solutions. Sometimes you help an organization implement these solutions as well.
- A researcher is always looking for answers to questions raised in society, science, businesses, or government. You spot a problem and start looking for solutions to that problem. With your insight and findings, you are always working on improving society.
Graduates go on to work, for example, at the European Commission, Plan International, ASML or PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
