Our courses will get you workplace-ready, regardless of if you have a specific career in mind, or are keeping your options open.
The faculty includes the following schools and departments:
- American and Canadian Studies
- Classics and Archaeology
- Cultural, Media and Visual Studies
- English
- History
- Liberal Arts
- Modern Languages and Cultures
- Music
- Philosophy
- Theology and Religious Studies
- Foundation Studies
What our students say
Get a feel for life as an Arts and Humanities student. See what a typical day in the life of a student looks like, get tips and advice on studying at Nottingham and hear what our graduates went on to do in their careers.
A day in the life of our students
Day in the life
A day in the life of a Foundation Arts student
Sian shares her typical day...
modern languages and cultures
A day in the life of a Modern Languages student
Second-year student Isabelle shares a typical day...
Theology and Religious Studies
A day in the life of a Theology and Religious Studies student
Maggie shares her typical day...
Day in the life
A day in the life of an International Media and Communications student
Sarah, an exchange student from the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, shares her typical day...
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A day in the life of a classics student
First-year student Dan shares a typical day...
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A day in the life of a Film and Television Studies student
Second-year student Max shares a typical day...
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A day in the life of a history of art student
Second-year student Jasmine shares a typical day...
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A day in the life of a history student
First-year student Dan shares a typical day...
A day in the life of a Liberal Arts student
Second-year student Grace shares a typical day...
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A day in the life of a music student
Third-year student Chloe shares a typical day...
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A day in the life of an American and Canadian Studies student
Third-year student Amaia shares a typical day...
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A day in the life of an archaeology student
Third-year student Emily shares a typical day...
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A day in the life of an English and Philosophy student
Second-year student Sephora shares a typical day...
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A day in the life of an English student
First-year student Aurora shares a typical day...
Student hints, tips and advice
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Top tips for studying English
Nina is an English Language and Literature BA student. She shares her top 3 tips for getting the most from your degree.
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Emily, Archaeology BSc
"Give archaeology a go and don’t be put off if you don’t know anything. It’s kind of like seeing how history was made!"
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Ciara, MRes Archaeology
Ciara graduated in Classical Civilisation at Nottingham, and decided to stay on for an MRes in Archaeology. Below, she tells us why...
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Daniel, American Studies and History BA
Daniel explains what made him choose his course, and what he's enjoying so far.
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Hannah, American and Canadian Studies (Study Abroad) BA
Second-year student Hannah discusses why she loves her course, and how it's so relevant to today's world.
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Liberty, American and Canadian Studies (Study Abroad) BA
Fourth-year student Liberty discusses her experience studying American and Canadian Studies at Nottingham.
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Harriet, MA Translation Studies
Harriet discusses the benefits of studying part-time as a postgraduate student.
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Faculty of Arts foundation students
Find out what it's like to study a foundation degree.
What our graduates say
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Aodhbha, American and Canadian Studies graduate
American and Canadian Studies (Study Abroad) BA graduate Aodhbha explains how her course led her to a career that helps others.
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Dot, Modern Languages BA graduate
2017 graduate Dot is now working as a Freelance Translator. She explains why she puts enjoying what she does at the forefront of her career choices.
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Emily, Theology and Religious Studies BA
2018 graduate Emily is now working as Product Manager for The Sun at News UK.
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Johnathan, Modern Language Studies graduate
2004 graduate Jonathan is now working as United Nations editor & précis-writer.
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Natalie, American and Canadian Studies
2018 graduate Natalie explains how the freedom to explore on her course honed her interests.
Foundation Year
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Arts and Humanities Courses with Foundation Year
Who is the foundation year for and what is it like?
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Faculty of Arts foundation students
Find out what it's like to study a foundation degree.
Day in the life
A day in the life of a Foundation Arts student
Sian shares her typical day...
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Your Foundation Arts staff
Meet the team and find out what some of our current students have to say.
Arts and Humanities facilities
Take a look around our music and archaeology labs and facilities.
Our facilities
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Department of Music facilities
With our professional facilities right here on campus, we bring the music to you.
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Our music facilities: Chloe's experience
Chloe is a third-year Music and Music Technology student. She discusses what she loves most about our facilities, learning new skills, and the sense of community in the department...
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Explore our archaeology labs
As an archaeology student, you might be particularly excited about our practical facilities. Well, we don’t just have one laboratory. We have five!
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Our archaeology facilities: Emily's experience
Emily discusses how using the labs brought her modules to life, handling material remains, and discovering an interest in archaeobotany...
Inspirational academics
Meet some of our inspiring academics and hear what our students think of their teaching and support.
Our staff
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Steph Lewthwaite, Associate Professor in American History
Steph joined the Department of American and Canadian Studies in 2004. She teaches modules on histories of immigration and ethnicity in the United States, the US-Mexico border and Latinx cultures.
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Our inspirational staff
Faculty of Arts students share their thoughts on staff who have inspired and supported them.
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Your Foundation Arts staff
Meet the team and find out what some of our current students have to say.
