Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Welcome
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences encompases the arts, humanities and social sciences. As the oldest and one of the largest faculties at Dalhousie, we offer thousands of courses within our 35 academic programs!
The Academic Experience
Learn about everything your Faculty has to offer. Groundbreaking research, inspiring instructors, academic options and more!
- Video: Program Introduction
- Explore the Human Experience in FASS
- FASS academic offerings (Majors/Honours,Minors,Certificates)
- 5 things to know about your program
- Video Interviews - FASS professors introduce departments and programs
- Examples of teaching in FASS (video and audio recordings of sample lectures, podcasts, articles, interviews)
- DalCAP: The Coordinated Arts Program
- Language learning in FASS
- FASS-Ex-Experiential Learning opportunities
- Video : An Introduction to FASS-Ex at Dal
- International opportunities
- First-Year Interest Groups (FIGs) (flyer)
More about Arts and Social Sciences at Dalhousie
- Faculty lecture series and seminars
- Research in Progress
- Scholarships, bursaries, and awards
- What can I do with a FASS degree? (alumni profiles)
- FASS in Dal News and the media
- FASS professor leading major research project - A Black People's History of Canada
- Artificial Intelligence in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
The Student Experience
Take a peek at what some of our current students are up to and the opportunities they're taking advantage of.
- Our students and grads in the news
- Student experiential learning stories
- Practicum placement experiences in FASS
- An innovative and inclusive approach to education (feature in Halifax publication The Coast)
- Department level student societies
Current student spotlight
The Fountain School of Performing Arts
The Fountain School of Performing Arts is the only university performing arts school east of Montreal and brings a range of new opportunities to students of Music, Theatre and Cinema and Media Studies.
Download the presentation slides [PDF- 1.3MB]
- Video: Preview the Fountain School of Performing Arts
- Scholarships and Awards at the Fountain School
- Video: Jazz Ensemble Spring Recital - 2021
Five Things to know about the programs at the Fountain School of Performing Arts