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

Grad profile: Mastering her creativity
For her master’s thesis, Emily Fraser conducted research on the craft economy on Cape Breton Island, investigating how craft practice and production is bound up in place and purpose.
Love in a time of too much information: Fountain School season kicks off
Love and Information, which opens this week in the David Mack. Murray Studio, explores love in the modern age through a unique production featuring interchangeable scenes, compelling settings and stellar performances.
Students get hands‑on with the federal election
Students in a third-year Political Science class will get to make the most of this month’s federal election, operating the voting office on campus for an educational election experience.
Point and counterpoint: Exchanging views on the future of Atlantic Canada
Prominent former politicians of different political stripes gathered at Dalhousie last Monday to discuss the big policy challenges that lie ahead for Atlantic Canada.

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News from FASS

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
Winners of the 2019 FASS Essay Competition
This year's winners are students from the departments of History and Sociology & Social Anthropology
FASS celebrates award recipients and retirees
Several FASS faculty members honoured at awards reception

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FASS Events

The 2019-20 Shaar Shalom Lecture at Dalhousie featuring the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean
October 16, 2019 7:00 PM
Stokes Seminar: "Mid Way Betwixt Slaves and Men": Mary Ann Shadd Cry and the Race Politics of Becoming Provincial Freeman in 1950s Canada West"
October 18, 2019 3:30 PM
7th Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Medieval and Early Modern Group
October 25, 2019 3:30 PM
The Cuban Revolution at 60 - International Conference
October 31, 2019 7:00 PM

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