School of Communications, Arts & Social Sciences @ Richmond University

Richmond is a particularly interesting university in which to study communications, arts and social science. Virtually every student is from a different country, often far from home and wondering – perhaps for the first time – what it really means to be alive in an era of accelerating globalisation. When our students arrive in London, they have many questions which relate to issues of identity, culture, language, religion, society, citizenship, history and consumption – all of which are addressed in the study of the undergraduate programmes taught by the School. Our students often comment on the ready availability of our faculty.

Average classes at Richmond are both much smaller and much more ethnically diverse than at most other universities. With a typical Junior or Senior level class size of between ten to twenty students, we emphasise individual attention, small group work, student participation, personal research paper writing and seminar-style discussion, rather than large, impersonal lectures and ‘multiple-choice’ styles of testing.

Our aim as faculty is to ensure that, by the time you graduate, you have a solid theoretical and methodological grounding in your chosen course of study, ending with a substantial piece of individual research. Our success here is one of the main reasons why Richmond’s alumni have gained entry to leading graduate schools all over the world.

We invite you to join us and to add your own creativity to the exploration of these rich and diverse disciplines.

School of Communications, Arts & Social Sciences Programmes

BA Degree in American Studies

As the UK’s only American Studies programme based in an American Liberal Arts university, Richmond’s BA in American Studies aims to develop an understanding of the United States of America from an international perspective.

BA Degree in Art History & Visual Culture

The BA degree in Art History & Visual Culture has three key aims, firstly, to introduce students to the key thinkers, theories, methods and contemporary issues and problems facing art history.

BA Degree in Communications: Advertising & PR

The over arching aim of the Communications programme is to prepare students to work within the technologically driven, global, communication revolution of the 21st Century.

BA Degree in Communications: Media Studies

The aim of the Communications programme is to prepare students to work within the technologically driven, global, communication revolution of the 21st Century.

BA Degree in Film & Photography

If you have always had a passion for film and photography, here is your chance to develop it even further with a BA which will both challenge and inspire you.

BA Degree in Film Studies

The BA degree in Film Studies aims to be a vibrant, cross-disciplinary programme that focuses upon historical, critical, theoretical, and practical approaches to the study of film.

BA Degree in International History

The BA in International History provides a broad base of historical knowledge in the first year, upon which is built a gradually more complex and more specific understanding of key historical themes and periods.

BA Degree in International Relations

The BA degree in International Relations (IR) prepares the student for work in international organisations, business, finance, the media and government agencies, which require articulate, clear thinking individuals.

BA Degree in Political Science

The BA degree in Political Science prepares students for work in government, international organisations, business, finance and the media, which require articulate, clear thinking individuals

BA Degree in Psychology

The BA degree in Psychology promotes the acquisition and demonstration of conceptual knowledge in the core areas of the Psychology discipline such as social psychology, cognitive science, and research methods.