Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Study Areas Chart

Undergraduate Areas of Study
(with links to details in 2025-2026 academic calendar)

Academic Unit
(with links to Program Detail pages)		 90-credit BA 120-credit BA with Major 120-
credit BA
Double 
Major 
and 
another
subject		 Honours BA Combined Honours BA Minors, Other Programs
& Notes
American Studies           minor offered
Arabic Studies           minor offered
Black and African Diaspora Studies offered offered  offered offered offered

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minor offered 

certificate
Chinese (Mandarin) Studies          

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minor offered
Cinema and Media Studies   offered offered   offered

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minor offered in Film Studies
Classics offered offered offered offered offered

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minors offered: Classics; Ancient History; Classical Literature; Ancient Philosophy; Medieval Philosophy
Contemporary Studies         offered

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minor offered
Costume Studies       offered  

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diploma offered
Creative Writing     offered   offered

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minor offered

offered as 2nd subject in double major or combined honours
Early Modern Studies         offered

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minor offered
English offered offered offered offered offered

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minor offered
Entrepreneurship and Innovation           minor offered
Environmental Studies          

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minor offered
Environment, Sustainability, and Society offered   offered   offered

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offered: minor; 2nd subject in double major or combined honours
Esoteric and Occult Traditions           minor offered
European Studies   offered   offered  

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minor offered
Film Studies           minor offered
French offered offered offered offered offered

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minors offered: French; Linguistics and Translation; Literature and Culture
Gender & Women's Studies   offered offered   offered academic calendar info

minor offered
German offered offered offered offered offered

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minors offered: German; German Studies; German Philosophy
Health Studies           minor offered
History offered offered offered offered offered

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minor offered
History of Science & Technology         offered

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minor offered
Indigenous Studies          

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minor offered

certificate offered
 
International Development Studies offered offered offered offered offered

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minor offered
Italian Studies          

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minor offered
Journalism Studies           minor offered
Law, Justice and Society   offered offered offered offered

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minor offered
Medieval Studies           minor offered
Middle East & South Asian Studies           minor offered
Music   offered offered offered offered

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Bachelor of Music (BMus)

minors offered: Music; Musicology
Philosophy offered offered offered offered offered

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minors offered: Philosophy; Applied Ethics; Bioethics
Political Science offered offered offered offered offered

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minors offered: Political Science; Security Studies
Popular Culture Studies
           minor offered
Religious Studies offered offered offered   offered

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minors offered: Religious Studies, Abrahamic Religions; Middle East & South Asian Studies

Certificate in Jewish Studies *note - will be added to 2026-2027 academic calendar
Security Studies           minor offered
Sociology & Social Anthropology
(SOSA)		 offered offered offered    

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minors offered: SOSA; SOSA of Critical Health Studies; SOSA of Social Justice & Inequality; SOSA of Economy, Work and Development
Sociology       offered offered  
Social Anthropology       offered offered  
Spanish & Latin American Studies offered offered offered offered offered

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minors offered: Spanish; Hispanic Literature; Hispanic Cultures; Latin American Studies

certificate
*note - will be added to 2026-2027 academic calendar
Theatre offered offered offered

offered:

Acting

Costume Studies

Stage Design and Technical Theatre

Theatre Studies

 offered

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minor offered

See details about all of the Theatre Programs (Acting, Costume Studies, Stage Design & Technical Theatre, and Theatre Studies) here.

Certificates offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

The following certificates are open to students registered at Dalhousie and King's. See links for specific eligibility details for each certfificate program as requirements may differ. 

  • Certificate in Art History and Visual Culture
  • Certificate in Black and African Diaspora Studies (also offered as stand-alone certificate)
  • Certificate in Computing in Arts and Social Sciences
  • Certificate in Dance and Movement
  • Certificate in Heritage Studies
  • Certificate in Indigenous Studies
  • Certificate in Intercultural Communication
  • *NEW - Certificate in Jewish Studies
  • Certificate in Medical Humanities
  • Certificate in Theatre Creation
  • *NEW - Certificate in Spanish Language and Culture (also offered as stand-alone certificate)


    • Please note, the Certificate in Black and African Diaspora Studies and the Certificate in Spanish Language and Culture are open to current students in any undergraduate degree program and to non-degree students who meet the standard undergraduate admission requirements for Dalhousie as an undergraduate Non-Degree or Special Student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (both embedded and stand-alone).  

    Minors based in other Faculties open to students registered in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

  • Minor in Business
  • Minor in Community Design
  • Minor in Computer Science
  • Minor in Geography
  • Minor in Informatics