Welcome

The Faculty of Arts offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in the social sciences and the humanities, offering excellence in both teaching and research.

These degree programs examine culture, thought, prehistory and history, human interactions and the social and natural forces that constantly transform our society.

An Arts education can provide incomparable advantages. Our students gain the critical-thinking, analytical and communication skills needed to succeed and adapt in a changing world. An Arts education orders your intellect, improves your strength of mind, enhances your creativity and helps you gain a greater understanding of the world.

By enhancing the ability to reason wisely and well, an Arts education truly prepares students to navigate the professional and personal changes that the future will bring.

Arts in the Real World

The Occupy Movement has been dominating headlines since mid-September when protestors moved into New York City’s Zuccotti Park. One of the common messages of the movement is the protest of corporate influence on democracy.

Political Science 4370 – Democracy and Democratization: A comparative study of the conditions necessary to develop and sustain democractic regimes and the circumstances under which transitions to democracy succeed or fail. The course will examine theoretical materials and apply them to recent and historical transitions to democractic rule.