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Arts undergraduate and graduate programs listed by area of study
Area of study	Bachelor's*	Master's	PhD
Accounting	Accounting and Financial Management (BAFM) Sustainability and Financial Management (BSFM)	Master of Accounting (MAcc) Master of Taxation (MTax)	PhD in Accounting
Anthropology	Anthropology (BA)	Public Issues in Anthropology (MA)	Not applicable
Classical Studies	Classical Studies offers two options: Classical Studies (BA) Classics (BA)	Classical Studies (MA)	Not applicable
Communication Arts	Communication Arts (BA) offers two options: Communication Arts and Design Practice Communication Studies	Not applicable	Not applicable
Digital Experience Innovation	Not applicable	Master of Digital Experience Innovation (MDEI)	Not applicable
Economics	Economics (BA)	Economics (MA) Economics Co-op (MA) Economics - Water (MA) Economics - Water Co-op (MA)	PhD in Economics PhD in Economics - Water
English	English (BA) offers four major options: Creative and Professional Writing Literature Literature and Rhetoric Rhetoric, Media and Professional Communication	English (MA) has three options: Literary Studies (MA) and (MA, Co-op) Rhetoric and Communication Design (MA) and (MA, Co-op) Experimental Digital Media (MA) and (MA, Co-op)	PhD in English
Fine Arts	Fine Arts (BA) has two options in Studio Practice and Visual Culture	Master of Fine Arts in studio art (MFA)	Not applicable
French	French (BA)	French (MA)	PhD in French Studies
Gender and Social Justice	Gender and Social justice (BA)	Not applicable	Not applicable
German	Not applicable	German (MA) Joint MA in International German Studies	PhD in German
Global Business & Digital Arts	Bachelor of Global Business and Digital Arts (BGBDA)	Not applicable	Not applicable
Global Governance	Not applicable	Global Governance (MAGG)	PhD In Global Governance
History	History (BA)	History (MA)	PhD in History
Legal Studies	Legal Studies (BA)	Not applicable	Not applicable
Liberal Studies	Liberal Studies (BA)	Not applicable	Not applicable
Medieval Studies	Medieval Studies (BA)	Not applicable	Not applicable
Music	Music (BA)	Not applicable	Not applicable
Peace and Conflict Studies	Peace and Conflict Studies (BA)	Master of Peace and Conflict Studies (MPACS)	Not applicable
Philosophy	Philosophy (BA)	MA in Philosophy	PhD in Philosophy PhD in Applied Philosophy
Political Science	Political Science (BA)	Political Science (MA) Political Science (MA, Co-op)	PhD in Political Science PhD in Political Science (Co-op)
Psychology	Psychology (BA)	Psychology (MA) Development and Communication Science (MASc) Industrial and Organizational Psychology (MASc) Psychology and Aeronautics (MA)	PhD in Psychology
Public Service	Not applicable	Master of Public Service (MPS) Master of Public Service (MPS, Co-op)	Not applicable
Religious Studies	Religious Studies (BA)	Not applicable	Religious Studies (PhD)
Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies	Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies (BA)	Not applicable	Not applicable
Social Development Studies**	Social Development Studies (BA)	Not applicable	Not applicable
Sociology	Sociology (BA)	Sociology (MA) Sociology (MA, Co-op) Sociology and Legal Studies (MA) Sociology and Legal Studies (MA, Co-op)	Sociology (PhD) Sociology (PhD, Co-op)
Theatre and Performance	Theatre and Performance (BA)	Not applicable	Not applicable

*Bachelor of Arts: Apply through Honours Arts or Honours Arts and Business, co-op available.

**Social Development Studies: Apply directly to SDS or through Honours Arts or Honours Arts and Business.