The Faculty of Arts, the largest academic unit at the University of British Columbia accommodating more than 11,000 students, is a research-intensive Faculty encompassing a full range of the social sciences, humanities and visual and performing arts.
Our tremendous breadth and depth is built in – and across – our 16 departments, four professional schools, approximately 60 programs, the Museum of Anthropology, the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, and the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.
We educate students to be lifelong learners; to question conventional wisdom; to apply imaginative critical thinking to complex issues; to seek out facts; to analyze and synthesize; to communicate; to be open to criticism; and to have an understanding of social and cultural diversity.
The Faculty of Arts is extremely proud of our students and the tremendous achievements they make, personally, intellectually and as global citizens.
Arts educates.
Supporting the Faculty of Arts
We are committed to engaging our students in a dynamic learning community and providing an education that will equip them to lead and contribute in meaningful ways to our global society.
A gift to the Faculty of Arts supports this vision.
Top five Faculty priorities:
- Transforming the student experience
- The Museum of Anthropology
- The Old Auditorium
- The Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions
- Asian Studies
Other Faculty projects requiring ongoing support:
- Humanities 101 (Downtown Eastside Community Program and Outreach)
- Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
- Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
- School of Music
- School of Social Work
- Canadian Literature
Contact Us
Please contact us or call 604.822.4339 to find out more information on supporting the Faculty of Arts and its students.
Departments, Schools, Galleries and Museums in the Faculty of Arts
Departments
- Anthropology
- Art History, Visual Art and Theory
- Asian Studies
- Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies
- Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies
- Economics
- English
- French, Hispanic and Italian Studies
- Geography
- History
- Linguistics
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Theatre and Film
Schools
- Journalism
- Library, Archival and Information Studies
- Music
- Social Work
Galleries and Museums
- Museum of Anthropology
- The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
- Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Programs
A full listing of programs in the Faculty of Arts is available on our Centre for Arts Student Services (CASS) website.
