Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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Lecture & Seminar Series

Learn about upcoming series and watch videos of some of past lectures

Gain a new perspective and learn new insights by attending one of our many lecture, seminar or speaker series events.

Experiential Learning stories

Learn about some of our students' academic experiences that went beyond the classroom

Video - FASS Faculty Panel

Fail Forward: Falling Short and Climbing Up

Several FASS faculty members and a Dal Tigers coach share stories about the failures and experiences that led to their own successes

Nominate someone for a Dalhousie Honorary Degree

Forms, Deadlines & Information on FASS Honorary Degrees Ctte here

FASS-EX - The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Experiential Learning

Take a look through the opportunities that will allow you to build on what you're learning in the classroom.

Explore what it means to be human with the Arts and Social Sciences

Dalhousie's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) offers a world of choices. We are the oldest and one of the largest faculties on campus with many majors, minors. certificates and more to choose from. There are so many ways to customize your degree and stand out in the job market!

First-Year Interest Groups

Starting your first year in Arts and Social Sciences? Are you undeclared but love things like pop culture, history, international politics, literature or the performing arts? Register for a FIG (First-Year Interest Group) and you'll really get to delve into what interests you.

Let your degree take you around the world

Learn more about our travel, study abroad, and exchange opportunities

FASS alumni - Where are they now?

Our alumni are making huge impacts in all corners of the globe. Learn about where their FASS degrees have taken some of them!

DALCAP: The Coordinated Arts Program

This coordinated, structured set of courses will give you the foundation for engaging with the challenges facing our world, even as it provides an excellent entry point for most majors in the arts and social sciences.

Certificate in Indigenous Studies

Enhance your familiarity with Indigenous knowledge and knowledge of Indigenous issues with this certificate program that is open to all.

Certificate in Computing in Arts & Social Sciences

Designed for students in the arts, social sciences, and humanities, this certificate program is intended to develop participants’ digital literacy. Students will develop and apply technical computing skills and also explore key social and intellectual issues in an increasingly digital world.

Certificate in Art History and Visual Culture

In today's image-based world, the importance of developing visual literacy is being recognized much more broadly. This certificate program will provide students with solid training in visual analysis, art history, methodologies, research, and communication.

Certificate in Intercultural Communication

Curious about other cultures and different ways of thinking and being in the world? The Certificate in Intercultural Communication recognizes academic learning, volunteer and work experience, and language skills specifically related to the effective use of communication in diverse cultural contexts.

About FASS

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences students

Dalhousie's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers a world of choices: thousands of courses, two hundred professors, thirty-five academic programs. Learn more about the Faculty.

Research & Researchers

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences student researching

How can the study of humanities and social sciences inform policy, improve health and restore the environment? Find out how FASS research and researchers are changing the world.

FASS in Dal News

How Canada’s new election law has silenced political debate
Canada’s new Elections Act may have prevented the type of mammoth election spending seen in the United States via super-PACs, but it's been at the expense of public debate, writes IDS prof John Cameron.
Representation matters: Dal students working on book about Nova Scotia’s 50 female MLAs
Sarah Dobson and Grace Evans are helping capture the experiences of Nova Scotia's female MLAs in a new book targeted for release in early 2020.
Canada’s backyard: The future of the Arctic region
This week's Dal-hosted Arctic Research Symposium brought together experts from different fields to share their thoughts on the Arctic and to discuss major issues surrounding the region.
Pulling back the curtain on the Dalhousie Arts Centre expansion
Members of the Dal community dropped by the Arts Centre last week for a look at its expansion and renewal project set for completion in fall 2021.

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News from FASS

The Cuban Revolution at 60 conference
Forty internationally renowned Cuba scholars, policy-makers and policy analysts gathered at Dalhousie University in Halifax to take the measure of “The Cuban Revolution at 60.”
FASS women in research featured on Dal YouTube
FASS researchers featured in YouTube videos celebrating Women's History Month
Response to the Scholarly Panel to Examine Lord Dalhousie’s History on Slavery and Race
Dalhousie University’s response to the report of the Scholarly Panel to Examine Lord Dalhousie’s History on Slavery and Race is now available online. You can find it alongside the full report at the Lord Dalhousie Panel’s website: dal.ca/LordDalPanel.
Edward Snowden to discuss global privacy at Dal Alumni Days event ‑ May 30
FASS Dean Frank Harvey to moderate the talk

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FASS Events

Stokes Seminar - "Women's Rights and the 17th Century High Commission for Ecclesiastical Causes"
January 24, 2020 3:30 PM
Stokes Seminar - "The Portuguese Immigrants of British Guiana and the wider Caribbean in the 19th Century"
January 31, 2020 3:30 PM
Stokes Seminar - "Report on Lord Dalhousie's History on Slavery and Race: A University Engages with its History of Exclusion"
February 14, 2020 3:30 PM

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