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Arts and Social Sciences Subject Areas
Here, you’ll find just the right fit for your interests—with the largest selection of arts and social sciences programs in Atlantic Canada.
Explore culture, society, and ideas that shape our world. You’ll gain critical thinking and creative skills that open doors far beyond the classroom.
From campus to community, you’ll learn by doing—turning ideas into action and experiences into what comes next.
Learn more about the programs and subject areas offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
FAQs for future undergraduate students
We've compiled a list of FAQs for future FASS undergraduate students! Hopefully the information found on this page will help answer some of your questions about the FASS student journey.
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HÂþ» the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at HÂþ»
HÂþ»'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 hundreds of courses being taught by professors across more than thirty-five academic programs that encompass the humanities, social sciences, and performing arts. Learn more about the Faculty.
Research in FASS
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.
Graduate studies programs
The Fountain School of Performing Arts
The Fountain School of Performing Arts offers various programs in Music, Theatre and Cinema and Media Studies. Learn more about their programs, productions and performances.
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FASS in Dal News
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‘I have to talk about it so that the world can know what happened to women and girls in Sudan’ — terror sparks mass migration
Hundreds of returnees and forced migrants reported being terrorised by soldiers and armed militias on both sides of the Sudan civil war, write Heather Tasker, Sabine Lee, and Susan Bartels.
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DalOpera production sees friendships grow onstage and off
DalOpera brings Louisa May Alcott’s classic Little Women to life at the Fountain School this week in Mark Adamo’s moving adaptation, exploring love, loss, and growth through a coming-of-age story following four sisters.
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Fall Convocation 2025 at HÂþ»: Stories from the stage
It's Convocation season at HÂþ», with hundreds of graduates crossing the stage Oct. 28 and 29 in Halifax. Get to know some of them with our grad profile series.
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Grad profile: The page‑turner
Nora Riemersma's passion for the English language has shaped their academic journey. Currently serving as liaison and event manager at a local café and bookstore, Nora is pursuing their creative ambitions in fiction and poetry.
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CBC’s Mary Lynk on democracy’s crossroads: 'Lines are being crossed that once seemed unimaginable'
Journalist and Dal alum Mary Lynk returns to her alma mater to moderate the 2025 Stanfield Conversation on challenges to the rule of law and the future of liberal democracy.
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Art meets academia: HÂþ» represents at Nocturne 2025
HÂþ» artists and innovators dig deep, showing the university's creative footprint in Halifax’s largest public art festival.
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Life, death, and everything in between: Everybody comes to HÂþ»â€™s stage
Everybody, the sold-out DalTheatre production running from Wednesday to Saturday this week, invites audiences on an unpredictable journey through life, death, and meaning.
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Walking with voices: The Mi’kmaw SoundWalk brings Halifax’s past into the present
Explore Mi’kmaw history with an immersive, GPS-guided journey through Halifax that brings stories, music, and memory to life through your mobile device.
News from FASS
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Dean's Message to the FASS community and friends ‑ Spring 2025
FASS Dean Dr. Jennifer Andrews shares a message with the FASS community.
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FASS faculty highlights and announcements ‑ Spring 2025
Please find several faculty highlights and announcements
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Celebrating the spring FASS Class of 2025
On June 10, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences celebrated the Spring 2025 graduates at two convocation ceremonies and at a reception.
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"No, you shouldn't worry about what you'll do with your Arts degree" By Phoebe Knight (BA’21)
Dal alum Phoebe Knight shares her story with current and future Arts students about the value and importance of studying in the Arts and Social Sciences
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2024 Stanfield Conversation broadcast on CBC's The Sunday Magazine
Piya Chattopadhyay moderated the annual HÂþ» University event with featured speakers: Doug Saunders and Debra Thompson
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FASS grads celebrate at the 2024 spring convocation
More than 300 FASS students received their degrees as part of the 2024 HÂþ» Spring convocation activities.