Faculty of Arts

Develop human-centred skills at Waterloo. Find out how to persuade and communicate, and harness your imagination and empathy to become a good leader and valued team member. And most importantly, you’ll learn how to learn.

Get motivated and start carving out a meaningful and productive career by leveraging the power of co-op. You’ll test out different industries and types of work, all the while earning money to help pay for your education.

Personal attention in a class of 25 students Make a seamless move from high school to university with the Arts First program. These unique, super small classes help you ramp up your communication and analysis skills – and they’re available for most Faculty of Arts programs.

Learn more about the Arts First program →

Entry programs

Apply directly to one of these programs on your application. For Honours Arts and Honours Arts and Business, you choose your major at the end of first year.

Accounting and Financial Management
Computing and Financial Management
Global Business and Digital Arts
Honours Arts (choose one of 28 majors*)
Honours Arts and Business (choose one of 28 majors*)
Social Development Studies
Sustainability and Financial Management

Majors*

In Honours Arts and Honours Arts and Business, 40% of your courses are in your major. You can even do a double major or add a minor!

Anthropology
Classical Studies (or Classics)
Communication Studies (or Communication Arts and Design Practice)
Economics
English (choose Creative and Professional Writing; Literature; Literature and Rhetoric; or Rhetoric, Media, and Professional Communication)
Fine Arts (choose Studio Practice or Visual Culture)

How to choose a program or major in the Faculty of Arts →

Co-op and careers

In the Faculty of Arts, Honours Arts and Honours Arts and Business have both co-op and non-co-op streams, the direct entry program for Social Development Studies is non-co-op only, and the remainder of the entry programs are co-op-only programs.

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Get paid. You’ll grow from up to 20 months of meaningful work and help offset the cost of your education.

Learn more about co-op at Waterloo →

Be ready. Your courses help prepare you for that first co-op job by developing core competencies.

Learn more about careers for Arts students →

Build skills. Gain knowledge with each work term and strengthen your résumé.

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