The UCD Liberal Arts & Sciences Programme offers students the time and space to explore different areas of study and interest before progressing into their degree pathway of choice in year two or three. The opportunity to study in different subject areas gives students a broad intellectual perspective on their undergraduate education and challenges them to understand that there are many ways to research and ultimately understand the world around them. This breadth of study in the natural and social sciences, arts, and business is intended to enrich the undergraduate experience and complement intensive study in the selected degree major. Through this process, students have the opportunity to discover subjects and ideas that may become lifetime interests, or that offer the creative stimulus to view their chosen degree from different perspectives.