Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Important Notice:

Following the advice of Ottawa Public Health, the Ontario Ministry of Health, Public Health Ontario and the Public Health Agency of Canada, Carleton University has closed all non-essential services. During this time, The Office of the Dean Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences will be operating online, and staff will be working remotely.

For support, please contact fassod@carleton.ca, and your email will be relayed to the appropriate contact.

For more information, please visit Carleton’s Coronavirus page.

If you need computer or technology support, please email FASS CSU at fass.csu@carleton.ca

Thank you.

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Welcome to Carleton University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS).

FASS offers 38 areas of study at the undergraduate and graduate level in the arts and social sciences and is comprised of over 9,000 students and 300 faculty members.

Home to world-class innovative and rigorous faculty research, FASS provides students with a collaborative learning environment which promotes inspired thought, creative ingenuity, and academic excellence. In short, at FASS, we excel at training future leaders and inspirational citizens of the world.

Our BA Degrees

Learn more about our BA options:

BA General (Undeclared)
BA General and Honours
BA Combined Honours

Why a Carleton BA?

As a student in the Bachelor of Arts (BA) program, you can choose your major discipline from a diverse range of areas of study. You can explore one area of interest in depth, combine two areas, or earn a specialization in one aspect of your major discipline.

Your Future

Upon graduation, as one of the one of over 130,000 Carleton University alumni (nearly 50,000 of whom who graduated from FASS), you will be equipped with the knowledge and experience cultivated through your B.A. degree to effectively pursue your professional and academic ambitions.

News

April 7, 2020

FASS Undergraduate Summer Research 2020 Interns Selected!

About The FASS Undergraduate Summer Research Internship program invited students to submit a research project that they will work on during the summer of 2020 in collaboration with a faculty... More

March 26, 2020

The Institute of African Studies at 10

On Thursday, March 12, 2020, affiliated scholars, friends and supporters of Carleton's Institute of African Studies (IAS) gathered to celebrate its anniversary and reflect on a decade's worth of achievements... More

March 25, 2020

Out of the Classroom: Carleton Transitions With Flexibility and Compassion

March 25, 2020

Coronavirus: Racism and the long-term impacts of emergency measures in Canada

March 23, 2020

Strange Weather, Shy Elitism and Resistance Art

March 23, 2020

Housing in the City Recap, Samphe Ballamingie

About the Author Samphe Ballamingie A senior undergraduate student, Samphe Ballamingie is completing a directed studies credit in Sociology, working with Dr. Tonya Davidson. After each Healthy Cities panel, she... More

March 10, 2020

FASS Faculty Peer Mentorship — Mental Health Resource and Support Peer Connectors

Creating a work environment that is conducive to good mental health is necessarily a collective endeavor — it requires communities to come together in support of one another’s wellbeing, become... More