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Designing Your Degree
King’s and neighbouring Dalhousie University share a Faculty of Arts and Social Science. Drawing from this partnership, you can build a combined and customized Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree that reflects your individual interests. You can begin any arts degree program with the Foundation Year Program (FYP), a unique curated first-year experience that inspires your choices of what to study in second, third and fourth year. You will have FYP lectures 4 days a week with Tuesdays free for your elective. FYP counts for four of your five first-year credits; typically, you would take one elective either through King’s or Dalhousie. Alternately, you can begin your degree under the Undeclared option and work towards your first year general requirements through 5 individual courses per term.
Majors and Honours
After your first year, you can pursue a major or honours Bachelor of Arts degree in any of the programs offered by King’s and Dalhousie’s shared Faculty of Arts and Social Science and King’s Honours Programs. King’s and Dalhousie together deliver unmatched depth and variety. You can pursue programs in the following subjects below. Additionally, you may take some programs that are offered by the Faculty of Science as a BA. You may also combine studies across arts disciplines, or with some programs offered by the Faculty of Science, through a double major or combined honours degree. The subjects available include:
Actuarial Sciences* |
Program options: Minor, Double Major, Combined Honours |
Biology* |
Program options: Minor, Major, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Canadian Studies |
Program options: Minor, Double Major, Combined Honours |
Chemistry* |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Cinema & Media Studies |
Program options: Major, Double Major, Combined Honours |
Classics |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Contemporary Studies (K) |
Program options: Minor, Combined Honours |
Costume Studies |
Program options: Concentrated Honours, Diploma |
Creative Writing |
Program options: Minor, Double Major (second subject only), Combined Honours (second subject only) |
Early Modern Studies (K) |
Program options: Minor, Combined Honours |
Earth Sciences* |
Program options: Minor, Major, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Economics* |
Program options: Minor, Major, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
English |
Program options: Minor, Major, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Environment, Sustainability and Society |
Program options: Minor, Double Major, Combined Honours, Co-Op |
Environmental Science* |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
European Studies |
Program options: Major, Concentrated Honours |
French |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Gender and Women’s Studies |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
German |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
History |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
History of Science and Technology (K) |
Program options: Minor, Combined Honours |
International Development Studies |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Law, Justice and Society |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Marine Biology* |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Music |
Program options: Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Mathematics* |
Program options: Minor, Double Major |
Ocean Sciences* |
Program options: Minor, Double Major |
Philosophy |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Physics & Atmospheric Sciences* |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Political Science |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Psychology* |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Religious Studies |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Combined Honours |
Russian Studies |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Sociology and Social Anthropology |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Spanish |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Statistics* |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Concentrated Honours, Combined Honours |
Theatre – Costume Studies |
Program options: Concentrated Honours |
Theatre — Stage Design & Technical Theatre |
Program options: Concentrated Honours |
Theatre |
Program options: Major, Minor, Double Major, Combined Honours |
Theatre – Acting |
Program options: Concentrated Honours |
Theatre — Theatre Studies |
Program options: Concentrated Honours |
*Science subject area available in a BA.
Make sure to consult the Academic Calendar for the year you started your program for specific requirements and subject availability within your particular program combination. If you have any questions or require guidance or further information on program options and requirements, please contact the Registrar’s Office at registrar@ukings.ca or consult the department advisor for your subject area(s) of interest.
Minors
You can choose from more than 75 minors to complement your degree.
King’s offers minors in each of its honours subjects:
Minor in Journalism Studies
Curiosity, a willingness to ask questions, and a desire to find and tell stories–these are the building blocks for those who want to study journalism.
Minor in Contemporary Studies
Understand the contemporary world by choosing from a wide range of courses in the areas of social and political thought, science and culture, and aesthetics, literature and literary theory, and film.
Minor in Early Modern Studies
Engage in an interdisciplinary exploration of the birth of the modern world.
Minor in History of Science and Technology
Studying science through this humanities-based approach demonstrates your seriousness to engage with one of the dominant paradigms of our time.
Certificates
Build skills in a specialized area of study by adding a certificate to your degree. You can take King’s courses as part of a certificate in Medical Humanities or Art History & Visual Culture, or choose from many more certificates offered through our partnership with Dalhousie.
Find out more about certificate programs
