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Interdisciplinary Studies Centre

Impatient for change? Get an alternative education for alternative thinkers

How would you like to customise your degree? Our courses are interdisciplinary and have a global focus. You study across our University's subject areas, including politics, sociology, history, philosophy, literature, art history, and languages, according to your interests.

The flexibility and range of our courses enable you to develop a unique and wide-ranging perspective on your studies. All of our courses feature interdisciplinary core modules taught by multiple lecturers from different departments. Optional modules allow you to customise your degree by selecting from different subject areas from across the University.

If you're eager to explore the challenges facing our world from a global perspective and make a valuable change to society, check out our BA Social Change and BA Global Studies. American (US) Studies, European Studies and Latin American Studies allow you to learn about a particular region from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Liberal Arts, our most flexible course, lets you curate a degree tailor-made to your interests and strengths.

You can also enhance your educational experience with a period of study abroad. Here you gain new insights into different cultures and have the chance to hone your language skills.

 

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Study abroad for a term or a year with options across Europe, the United States, Canada, China and Latin America
Courses allow you to study a wide range of subjects according to your interests from across the social sciences and humanities
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Our subjects

The Interdisciplinary Studies Centre, offers courses in American (US) studies, European studies, Global studies, Latin American studies and Liberal arts.

American (US) studies

Discover the history, politics and sociology of one of the most influential countries in contemporary history.

 

Explore our American (US) Studies courses

European studies

Impatient to delve into debates of Europe's future? Study Europe with a mix of history, politics, sociology and literature, and satisfy your travel bug with a year studying abroad.

 

Explore our European Studies courses

Global studies

Impatient to be a future change-maker of the modern world? Our global studies degrees are global in focus and take an interdisciplinary approach to international issues and regional study.

 

Explore our Global Studies courses

Latin American studies

Impatient to learn about the complexity of Latin America? Latin America is a fascinating region. Become part of a community that has played a leading role in Latin American teaching and research since our University was founded.

 

Explore our Latin American Studies courses

Liberal arts

Impatient to reach a deeper understanding of the world? You can study a combination of humanities, arts and social science subjects, building your own degree as your interests develop.

 

Explore our Liberal Arts courses
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American (US) studies
European studies
Global studies
Latin American studies
Liberal arts
Why study here?
  • Study abroad for a term or a year with options across Europe, the United States, Canada, China and Latin America
  • Courses allow you to study a wide range of subjects according to your interests from across the humanities and social sciences
  • Our staff are drawn from across our University departments and have an extraordinary range of teaching and research expertise
Interdisciplinary Studies Centre graduate in Rome
“I love the fact that ISC courses like European and Global Studies are so flexible and you can pick modules from across so many departments so I was able to take Government and History ones and really customize my course to focus on what I’m interested in!”
Jonathan Hendry BA European Studies with YEar Abroad graduate
Subject areas
American (US) studies
European studies
Global studies
Latin American studies
Liberal arts
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