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Undergraduate Programs

Shape Your Future Through Our Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Programs

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers a diverse array of 27 majors and 16 minors. Our programs empower students to tailor their academic paths to suit their passions and future career pursuits.

With a focus on interdisciplinary learning, students can explore themes such as social justice, mental health, sustainable futures, and the power of creative expression by taking courses across various disciplines.

Our students acquire essential knowledge and connect classroom learning to real-world challenges preparing them to become leaders, team players and advocates for positive change. With access to a wealth of resources and experiential learning opportunities, students are encouraged to collaborate with peers and engage with the broader community.

Program Overviews

Person of color drumming with a sunset background

African Studies (BA)

Offers practicum

puzzle pieces, Anthropology program

Anthropology (BA)

offers co-op option and practicum

students presenting in a classroom

Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies (BA)

offers practicum

a young man looking at a painting

Art History (BA)

offers practicum

butterfly on a flower

Biology (BA)

student looking at a sample in a museum in Quebec City

Canadian Studies (BA)

offers practicum

Kegan Rumig

I’ve greatly enjoyed my double major in History and Greek & Roman Studies. It’s allowed me to spend time exploring different time periods and ways of thinking about the past that have, ultimately, enabled me to find my passion. The opportunity to learn new languages and new styles of writing has also given me a wide range of skills I can use going forward in my academic career.

– Kegan Rumig, Greek and Roman Studies and History double major

Dilara Erver (right) began her storytelling by reading the story in a linear, “front to back” way. However, as the children became more engaged in the activity, they began to interact directly, with the story to find its meaning for themselves. Dilara changed her reading strategy by relying more on sound effects and images than the context of the book to connect with the children. Photo by Ainslie Coghill.

Childhood and Youth Studies (BA)

offers service-learning opportunity

Cognitive Science (BCogSc)

offers Co-op option

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English (BA)

offers Co-op option and performance-based

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Environmental and Climate Change Studies

offers field work, Co-op option, practicum

young woman of color looking at film reel

Film Studies (BA)

offers practicum

students visiting Quebec City

French (BA)

offers Co-op option

Anders Modeen

I am glad to have chosen History and Theory of Architecture for my studies because of the enriched architecture courses both technically and historically. As someone who aspires to be an architect, I’m thankful to my professors who have taught me the historical importance of communities. I am also glad to have chosen Carleton because of its vibrant student community, and I’m actively involved with Carleton’s Art and Architectural History Undergraduate Society.

– Anders Modeen, History and Theory of Architecture student

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General Studies (Online BA)

students looking at a sample, holding a clipboard

Geography (BA and BSc)

offers co-op option and practicum

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Geomatics (BA and BSc)

offers co-op option and practicum

students outside the college of humanities

Greek and Roman Studies (BA)

offers field work option

History faculty looking at old tomes

History (BA)

offers co-op option and practicum

a female person looking at architecture inside a church

History and Theory of Architecture (BA)

offers practicum

students walking on top of the pride crosswalk on Carleton's campus

Human Rights and Social Justice (BA)

offers practicum

students in discussion with prof

Humanities (BHum)

offers field work option

Ojigkwanong space in Paterson Hall

Indigenous Studies (BA)

a young woman of color and a young white woman, students looking at an iPad

Linguistics (BA and BSc)

offers practicum

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Music (BA and BMus)

offers practicum

students of color looking at a book by Aristotle

Philosophy (BA)

Students at the MacOdrum library

Psychology (BA and BSc)

offers co-op option and practicum

Religion (BA)

students in the Quad on the Carleton University campus

Sociology (BA)

offers co-op option and practicum

three students walking in the quad, on the Carleton University campus

Undeclared BA

a white female student, a woman of color student, and another student

Women’s and Gender Studies (BA)

offers practicum

Anastasia Wasylinko

There’s a saying that goes, ‘If you do what you love, you’ll never have to work a day in your life.’ Everyone in the music program, from professors to students, takes so much joy in their music that it’s contagious! I’ve had so many amazing experiences with these people, from performing with classmates to a course abroad in Africa.

– Anastasia Wasylinko, Bachelor of Music student

Minors

Archaeology

Community Engagement

Critical Race Studies

Digital Humanities

Disability Studies

Drama Studies

Environment and Climate Humanities

Heritage and Conservation

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Modern Languages

Sexuality Studies

Technology, Society, Environment Studies

Urban Studies

Caroline MacDonald

The Bachelor of Humanities has given me the opportunity to learn about various cultures and time periods within a welcoming environment. The professors care about their students and want them to succeed.

– Caroline MacDonald, Bachelor of Humanities student

Other BA Programs at Carleton

For more information about minors and additional programs at Carleton University, visit Undergraduate Admissions.