The B.A. in Liberal Arts at Tel Aviv University is designed to be completed as a full degree undergraduate program. 

To graduate, students are required to complete 120 credits.

 

A full degree is composed of the following:

• General Studies module (core curriculum) (24 or 26 credits). A series of introductory courses intended to acquaint students with major academic fields and approaches. Taken during the first year, these courses introduce students to history, philosophy, the social sciences, literature, science and academic writing. (Note that students study either two or four credits of academic writing depending on prior experience.)

• Elective tracks. Students choose four of the following tracks:

  • Psychology

  • Middle Eastern Studies

  • Modern Jewish and Israel Studies

  • Digital Culture and Communications

  • Philosophy

  • Literature

  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation​ (cannot be taken as a major)

  • Data Science (is not available as a major and is expected to open in Fall 2025)

    • Major (36 credits). Students choose one of the four elective tracks to pursue in the greatest depth. In this track the students will also participate in a senior seminar in their final year of studies. Students will declare their major at the end of the first year.

    • Minor (24 credits). This track will also involve a senior seminar.

    • Two basic tracks (18 credits each, or 18 and 16 credits depending on the number of general studies credits completed).

 

Students are encouraged to take advantage of TAU’s Centre for Language Excellence which offers a wide variety of foreign language courses at no extra cost. Students who wish to use Hebrew for their exemption are welcomed to do so, however, courses are not included in the tuition fee and incur an extra cost.
 

The program structure is summarized below:

	Credits
General studies	24/26
Major track	36
Minor track	24
Basic track	18
Basic track	18/16
	120

 

 

Students who complete the requirements for graduation will receive an International BA in Liberal Arts from the Faculty of Humanities at Tel Aviv University, which offers top BA programs in Israel.

 

Click here to learn more about the B.A. in Liberal Arts program. 

 

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Faculty

 

The instructors for the B.A. program in Liberal Arts are drawn from among the dozens of professors in Tel Aviv University's highly respected Humanities Faculty. The international standing of members of the faculty is reflected in their positions of leadership in the academic, cultural and political life of Israel.

 

Several of our faculty members have been elected to the Israel Academy of Science and the Humanities. Six have been award the Israel Prize, the nation's highest recognition for scholarly achievement. In addition, our professors have served as Ambassadors to Spain, Egypt, Jordan, and the United States.

 

Prizes and honors bestowed to faculty in the B.A. program in Liberal Arts include the Dan David Prize, the EMET Prize, the Wolf  Foundation Prize, The Israel Prize, the Rothschild Foundation Prize, and the Michael Bruno Memorial Award.