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LICA offers combined honours degrees in the following areas:
Do you enjoy more than one type of creative expression? Are you unsure which you most enjoy? Do you want to study more than one art discipline to a high level? Then the Bachelors degree in Creative Arts at Lancaster is perfect for you.
This degree offers you the chance to study two art disciplines combining both artistic practice and theory, giving you both creative and analytical skills. This degree will also give you a conceptual understanding of the social and cultural context, in which artistic expression is appreciated and valued. This type of study will develop your creative talent and confidence, which will help in any career path you may wish to take.
At Lancaster University we pride ourselves in providing modern spaces for our Art, Music, and Theatre Studies students within the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA). This purpose built space allows contemporary, interdisciplinary and cross-arts practice in an inspiring and stimulating environment.
A-levels: ABB. Depending on your specialisations you will need to satisfy requirements for two of the art forms, as below.
Give details of all of your arts activities in Section 8 of your UCAS application and indicate your first and second subject for study in Section 3 (as indicated in the UCAS Handbook.
Combined honours degrees in music are designed for students who have strengths in two subjects which they wish to continue to study in depth throughout their degree. At Lancaster University, Music forms part of established combined honours courses with English Literature, History, French Studies, German Studies, Italian Studies, Spanish Studies, and Computer Science. Other combinations can be created for you individually, as long as timetables do not clash. If you opt for a combined honours degree involving a foreign language, your degree will cover four years, involving a year abroad. This year abroad may be at a conservatoire: links have been established with the Conservatorio G.B. Martini (Bologna, Italy) and Lyon (France). Please contact the admissions tutor for further information.
Combined honours schemes involving Music are often particularly attractive to people considering a career in teaching, either at primary or secondary level, but they also provide a foundation for many other careers, such as music journalism, music librarianship, publishing, media, arts administration, communications, business and professional services.
Combined honours students take one module of Music in the first year. In the second and final year, you take four units in Music and four in your other subject. Your Music units can be chosen from a variety of options; they involve a core element of creative, analytical or historical topics, and may also include courses such as music psychology, sound and space, and the enterprise unit.
UCAS code: WQ33
Typical entrance requirement: AAB including English Literature or English Language and Literature at Grade A. A-level Music preferred but not required. GCSE in a foreign language is also usually required.
UCAS code: WV31
Typical entrance requirement: ABB including History. A-level Music preferred but not required.
UCAS code: WR31
Typical entrance requirement: ABB including French. French may also be studied from a beginners' level in which case GCSE (grade A) in a foreign language is required. A-level Music preferred but not required.
UCAS code: WR32
Typical entrance requirement: ABB including German. German may also be studied from beginners' level in which case GCSE (grade A) in a foreign language is required. A-level Music preferred but not required.
UCAS code: WR34
Typical entrance requirement: ABB including Spanish. Spanish may also be studied from beginners' level in which case GCSE (grade A) in a foreign language is required. A-level Music preferred but not required.
UCAS code: GW43
Typical entrance requirement: ABB. A-level Music preferred but not required. GCSE Maths and English Language are also required.
How the combined degree courses are put together:
UCAS Code: WQ43
Typical Entry Requirements: AAB at A Level including English Literature or English Language and Literature (A); normally GCSE foreign language.
UCAS Code: WR41
Typical Entry Requirements: ABB at A Level including French (or AS Level French, grade B).
UCAS Code: WR44
Typical Entry Requirements: ABB at A Level including Spanish (or AS Level Spanish, grade B). Spanish may also be taken as a beginners' language, in which case applicants must have at least a GCSE (grade A) in a foreign language.
NOTE: BA (Hons) French Studies and Theatre Studies and BA (Hons) Spanish Studies and Theatre Studies are of four years' duration, with the third year spent abroad (see under the relevant language section). You need to be able to show experience and interest in practical theatre. Please give details of your activities in section 10 of your UCAS form.
Combined honours degrees in film studies are designed for students who have strengths in two subjects which they wish to continue to study in depth throughout their degree. At Lancaster, Film Studies forms part of established combined honours courses with Sociology, Philosophy, and English Literature.
UCAS Code: PL33
Typical Entry Requirements: ABB. BA (Hons) Film Studies and Sociology is a combined degree that enables you to study two interlinked subjects. Sociology is the study of the social lives of people, groups and societies. Film Studies combines well with Sociology because it examines cinema's role as a major cultural form. Film Studies and Sociology will enable you to investigate the medium employing sociological theories, exploring cinema's importance in the context of contemporary society.
UCAS Code: PV35
Typical Entry Requirements: ABB. BA (Hons) Film Studies and Philosophy is a combined degree designed to give students a broad knowledge of philosophy within the analytical tradition. Philosophy combines well with a range of degree level subjects, but works particularly well with Film Studies, as both subjects are concerned with the close analysis of everyday life and with asking searching and in-depth questions about contemporary culture.
UCAS Code: PQ33
Typical Entry Requirements: AAB. BA (Hons) Film Studies and English Literature offers students the opportunity to study two major forms of artistic expression side by side. The degree allows students to investigate some of the intersections between writing and cinema, while also taking into account the significant differences between the two forms.
UCAS Code: RP93
Typical Entry Requirements: ABB. BA (Hons) European Languages and Film Studies offers students the opportunity to study up to two European languages - one of which you can start with no previous knowledge - with study of cinema. You will gain a detailed theoretical and practical knowledge of film and develop your critical skills. This course is offered by the Department of European Languages and Cultures. For admissions enquiries please contact +44 (0)1524 592468.
