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Faculty of Arts

Our mission is to reflect on the world and our place in it through critical inquiry, creative practices and collaborative exploration.

Engage, Inspire and Discover

Critical and creative research

Our research engages communities and fosters innovation, leadership and creative practice.

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Teaching excellence and expertise

We promote, celebrate and reward innovations in teaching practices. We prepare our students for a variety of academic and non-academic careers.

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Internationalize your degree

Study at a partner university or take part in an international field school organized by the University of Calgary. Work for a vetted international organization. Or take part in a research placement at a partner institution.

Discover the world as part of your Arts education

Embracing diversity

We are committed to understanding cultural and social differences both locally and globally, and to promoting equal rights and opportunities across our constituencies.

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Arts News


Climate change to impact grizzly bears in the Rocky Mountains by century's end

UCalgary geographers predict a shortage of bears' food source in the months before hibernation...

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Majority of supermarket foods targeted to Canadian kids aren't healthy, UCalgary research finds

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Arts Psychology prof one of five awarded Killam Annual Professorships

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Arts in the Media


Alberta: spending more than we really earn, since 1970

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Who said Alberta was a bastion of conservatism?

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Social media paints negative picture of Alberta Election

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Opinion: How rural, religious and other identities affect the way Albertans vote

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Explore our academic units


Anthropology and Archaeology

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Classics and Religion

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Communication, Media and Film

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Creative and Performing Arts (School of)

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Economics

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Geography

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Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures (School of)

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Philosophy

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Political Science

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Psychology

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Sociology

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