An Arts degree opens the door to a world of possibilities, and our Arts graduates become leading professionals in many areas of society. The Faculty of Arts has 30 different major, minor, and honours combinations from which to choose, so that personalized selection of courses with the guidance of our faculty tailors your educational experience to reach your goals. Faculty of Arts professors are known for their dedicated one-on-one teaching, and for their enthusiastic engagement with students.

Dean’s Welcome

Altogether, I think we ought to read only books that bite and sting us.  If the book we are reading doesn't shake us awake like a blow on the skull, why bother reading it in the first place….A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.
                                                             - Franz Kafka

The Faculty of Arts at StFX is dedicated to preparing its students to engage with, contribute to, and challenge the world.  The development of an analytical and critical approach to the rapidly shifting realities of a contemporary global society requires the kind of flexibility learned through encountering the complexities of history and art, politics and literature, economics and philosophy, psychology and music, anthropology and religion - and their countless interactions.  If your goal is to understand yourself and your culture more deeply, and to learn how to powerfully express the insights you have gained, then the Faculty of Arts provides all the opportunities you'll need.  Join us, and receive an education that will enhance both your career and life.

Dr. Richard Nemesvari
Dean of Arts, St. Francis Xavier University