Arts Dalhousie University

Overview

Dalhousie’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) offers the most academic choices of any such faculty in Atlantic Canada, combining the opportunities of a big research-intensive university with the friendly atmosphere of a smaller college.

Programme options

With Dalhousie University 's Bachelor of Arts, you'll be challenged to reach far beyond the boundaries of your field of study, whether your focus is on languages, the performing arts, the humanities or the social sciences. You'll even have the option to combine FASS courses with those of other faculties.

FASS students in certain programmes are eligible for co-op and other formal work placement programmes.

The following Bachelor of Arts, programme options are offered by Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Connect with an academic advisor after you start your studies to explore options such as:  

• Bachelor of Arts (for degrees only)

• Bachelor of Arts with Major

• Bachelor of Arts with Honours 

• Certificates in many subjects, including Computing in Arts and Social Sciences, Indigenous Studies, Intercultural Communication, Art History and Visual Culture, Dance and Movement, Medical Humanities and Heritage Studies, and Intercultural Communication

What you will learn

Within the Faculty’s departments and interdisciplinary programmes, you can get involved in music and theatre at a professional level, or you can find out how to do social surveys or archival research. Learn new languages including French, Arabic, and Mandarin, and sharpen your reasoning powers and writing skills by taking literature and philosophy courses that teach advanced levels of reading and analysis.

By exploring various academic disciplines, you’ll find that your curiosity about the world and your hopes of a career can be fulfilled in many different ways. Delve into languages, history, creative writing, social sciences, and performing arts, combining them in ways that let you blaze your own path.

Careers

The course gives you skills you can take anywhere: the power to think critically about the world, to express yourself creatively and effectively, and to collaborate well with others. Many of our graduates go straight into careers in such areas as the creative industries, education, government, the military, and NGOs.

Possible careers include:

• Translator 

• Community activist 

• Video game designer 

• Editor  

• Actor 

Some of its graduates go on to professional programmes such as law, medicine, and public administration; others go on to graduate degrees including PhDs and MAs.