Start your future with the Faculty of Arts
Are you curious? Creative? Want to make a difference?
Why Arts?
Collaborate, innovate, inspire
Learn new skills and ways of thinking that apply to dozens of incredible career paths. Whether you’re interested in complex issues like climate change, homelessness or the global economy; or you want to start creating legendary works of art, we have a program to kickstart your journey.
With 15 department, schools and academic centres and over 100 degree options, UCalgary Arts is the place to grow your potential. Discover the programs the Faculty of Arts offers and start building the future you want, right here in Calgary, the Blue Sky city.
Your choices are diverse!
More than 40 undergraduate programs await
It is difficult to imagine any aspect of life that is not affected by scholarship in the arts. Arts research contributes to the public good!
We identify complex contexts for problems with cultural, historical, philosophical, social, economic and political significance.
As a student and graduate of the Faculty of Arts you will become an engaged citizen. Be prepared to understand the complexities of this world. Use your understanding to become an active contributing member of modern society.
Explore majors and minors
Your undergraduate arts degree provides a solid foundation to apply to graduate studies in your field. Or chart your path towards law, medicine, veterinary medicine, education, or architecture.
At UCalgary Arts, you don't just study, you start something meaningful. You start change. You start your future. So, dive in and start something today.
Turning passion for food and city exploration into business
Joanna Pariseau’s mandate of making every project matter helped her launch Taste the City
Helping people with cancer ‘dance for health’
Combined degrees in dance and kinesiology fuel Jolie Che’s passion to understand the experiences of people living with and beyond cancer
Syntax and coding and singing — oh my!
Lauryn Anderson merged a love of computer science and linguistics into a combined degree in the faculties of science and art
Ready to challenge yourself with a research project?
At UCalgary’s Faculty of Arts, all students can dive into independent projects and contribute impactful findings to their fields.
With access to free resources and expert faculty mentors, you'll gain valuable hands-on experience while taking part in a community that values curiosity and innovation.
As an Arts student, you have access to the largest number of study abroad opportunities. Take on campus courses with an international focus.
Majors in Anthropology, Archaeology, and Geography have the chance to participate in field schools.
Become a human rights advocate, intelligence officer, or environmental consultant. Shape communications strategy. Become an actor, novelist, or archaeologist.
The Faculty of Arts at UCalgary equips you with skills and knowledge to succeed in diverse and exciting fields. Arts alumni continue to grow and impact their communities. They make significant contributions in their professions. And they prove the versatility and value of an arts degree.
Join a faculty that fosters critical thinking, inquisitiveness and problem-solving. These skills are highly sought after in today’s job market.