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Established in 1843, the Faculty of Arts is one of the oldest in Canada and remains the largest at McGill. The Faculty is home to 15 departments, 4 schools, 4 institutes, and 12 research centres. It has more than 350 full-time academic staff teach approximately 8,000 undergraduates and over 1,100 graduate students.
The Bachelor of Arts degree integrates the Humanities, Social Sciences, Languages and Literatures, and a wide range of Interdisciplinary Studies into a coherent academic program. Students have considerable program flexibility. They may concentrate on one or more Arts disciplines while obtaining minor concentrations in other disciplines or faculties.
The Faculty also offers programs leading to a Bachelor of Social Work (B.S.W.), a Bachelor of Theology (B.Th.), and a Diploma in Environment from the Bieler School of Environment.
- First-Year Seminars
- Faculty of Arts Internship Program
- Anthropology
- Art History and Communication Studies
- Cognitive Science
- Computer Science
- East Asian Studies
- East Asian Language and Literature Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- East Asian Cultural Studies Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- East Asian Language Supplementary Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- East Asian Studies Major Concentration (B.A.)
- East Asian Studies Honours (B.A.)
- East Asian Studies Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- Economics
- Education for Arts Students
- Educational Psychology
- English
- English - Literature Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- English - Drama and Theatre Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- English - Cultural Studies Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- English - Literature Major Concentration (B.A.)
- English - Cultural Studies Major Concentration (B.A.)
- English - Drama and Theatre Major Concentration (B.A.)
- English - Literature Honours (B.A.)
- English - Drama and Theatre Honours (B.A.)
- English - Cultural Studies Honours (B.A.)
- English - Literature Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- English - Drama and Theatre Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- English - Cultural Studies Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- Medieval Studies Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- World Cinemas Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Environment
- French Language Centre
- Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
- Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies Major Concentration (B.A.)
- Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies Honours (B.A.)
- Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies Jt Honours Component (B.A.)
- Geography
- Geography Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Geography (Urban Studies) Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- GIS and Remote Sensing Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Health Geography Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Geography Major Concentration (B.A.)
- Geography (Urban Studies) Major Concentration (B.A.)
- Geography Honours (B.A.)
- Urban Studies Honours (B.A.)
- Geography Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- History and Classical Studies
- History Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- History Major Concentration (B.A.)
- History Honours (B.A.)
- History Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- Classics Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Classics Major Concentration (B.A.)
- Classics Honours (B.A.)
- Classics Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- South Asian Studies Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Information Studies
- Institute for the Study of Canada
- Canadian Studies Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Canadian Studies Major Concentration (B.A.)
- Canadian Studies Honours (B.A.)
- Canadian Studies Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- Indigenous Studies Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Quebec Studies & Community-Engaged Learning Minor Concentration (B.A.) / La concentration Mineure en Études sur le Québec et apprentissage par engagement communautaire (B.A.)
- International Development
- Islamic Studies
- African Studies Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- African Studies Major Concentration (B.A.)
- African Studies Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- Arabic Language Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Persian Language Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Turkish Language Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Urdu Language Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- World Islamic and Middle East Studies Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- World Islamic and Middle East Studies Major Concentration (B.A.)
- World Islamic and Middle East Studies Honours (B.A.)
- World Islamic and Middle East Studies Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- Jewish Studies
- Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- European Literature and Culture Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- German Language Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- German Studies Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- German Studies Major Concentration (B.A.)
- German Studies Honours (B.A.)
- German Studies Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- Hispanic Studies Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Hispanic Studies Major Concentration (B.A.)
- Hispanic Studies Honours (B.A.)
- Hispanic Studies Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- Italian Studies Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Italian Studies Major Concentration (B.A.)
- Italian Studies Honours (B.A.)
- Italian Studies Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies Major Concentration (B.A.)
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies Honours (B.A.)
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- Liberal Arts Major Concentration (B.A.)
- Liberal Arts Honours (B.A.)
- Russian Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Russian Culture Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Russian Major Concentration (B.A.)
- Russian Honours (B.A.)
- Russian Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- Linguistics
- Littératures de langue française, de traduction et de création
- Études et pratiques littéraires Concentration Mineure (B.A.)
- Études et pratiques littéraires Concentration (B.A.)
- Études et pratiques littéraires Spécialisation enrichie (B.A.)
- Études et pratiques littéraires Double Spécialisation (B.A.)
- Langue française Concentration Mineure (B.A.)
- Traduction Concentration Mineure (B.A.)
- Traduction Concentration (B.A.)
- Management for Arts Students
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Mathematics Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Mathematics Concentration (Supplementary Minor)
- Statistics Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- Statistics Concentration (Supplementary Minor)
- Statistics Major Concentration (B.A.)
- Mathematics Major Concentration (B.A.)
- Mathematics Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- Applied Mathematics Honours (B.Sc.)
- Mathematics Honours (B.Sc.)
- Mathematics and Computer Science Honours (B.Sc.)
- McGill Writing Centre
- Music
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Science for Arts Students
- Social Studies of Medicine
- Social Work
- Sociology