Faculty of Arts

Page Description:This four-year degree in Arts and Contemporary Studies prepares graduates to think, work, and actively participate in the changing environments of the 21st century. It is an innovative interdisciplinary degree that also provides students with insight into the nature of contemporary society and the skills and competencies necessary for career mobility.

Page Description:The four-year baccalaureate degree program in Criminology has as its major focus a critical understanding of the structural, administrative, political and professional context of the criminal justice system and broader agencies associated with social and legal regulation.

Page Description:Students of Criminology and History will gain a greater appreciation of the structural, administrative, political and professional context of the criminal justice system and agencies associated it while exploring the complex relationships among cultures and peoples, political and legal systems, ideas and issues, over time and place.

Page Description:Students in the Criminology and Politics and Governance double major will learn how key players and institutions affect, and are affected by, the justice system and other social and political institutions of regulation.

Page Description:Students in the Criminology and Sociology double major will have the opportunity to develop proficiency with a range of theoretical and methodological tools used within both Criminology and Sociology, allowing them to think critically about the complexities and structural nature of social inequality and justice.

Page Description:Through scholarly research and thoughtful analysis of literary texts, material culture, audio-visual productions, and other sources, students explore the important roles that narrative and language play in shaping the world around them and enhancing the quality of their lives, their careers and their understanding of the cultural texts that they produce and consume on a daily basis.

Page Description:Through scholarly research and thoughtful analysis of historical documents, literary texts, material culture, audio-visual productions, and other sources, students in the English and History Double Major program explore the complexities of human experience by recognizing the important roles that narrative and language play in shaping the world around them.

Page Description:Newly approved for Fall 2016, students in one of the ten BA programs, and Undeclared Arts, can develop a secondary area of study by opting to pursue a Double Major in English and Philosophy.

Page Description:The program in Environment and Urban Sustainability is designed for students interested in environmental and conservation issues. Students learn to evaluate effects of development on urban settlements and to assess and facilitate conservation and the development of sustainable responses.

Page Description:Exploring and analyzing the complex interconnections between people and their natural and built environments is the focus of geographic inquiry. Toronto Met's Geographic Analysis program is uniquely positioned to prepare students for the professional workplace using state-of-the-art technology in geographic information systems (GIS). Through a combination of classroom lectures, geotechnology training, field study, and a mandatory work placement, students develop the ability to provide real-world solutions in areas including business location, real-estate development, urban poverty, public health, crime prevention, as well as environment and pollution.

Page Description:Historians enrich our awareness through scholarly research and thoughtful analysis. Using documents, oral traditions, material culture, audio-visual productions, and other sources, they ask questions that probe beyond simple answers. In the process, they help to explain cultures and peoples, political and economic systems, ideas and issues, and conflict and change in order to understand the complexities of the human experience, both in the past and the present.

Page Description:Newly approved for Fall 2016, students in one of the ten BA programs, and Undeclared Arts, can develop a secondary area of study by opting to pursue a Double Major in History and Philosophy.

Page Description:Students in the History and Politics and Governance double major will learn to evaluate and analyze political decisions, administrative practice, and policies that emerge from a variety of sources, and to consider these in historical perspective.

Page Description:Students in the History and Sociology double major will have the opportunity to develop proficiency in critical thinking, and enhance their ability to question, research, argue, understand, and communicate. Combining their studies in these two disciplines will allow them a unique set of skills to situate complex issues within a broader historical and structural context.

Page Description:The International Economics and Finance program combines the theoretical aspects of economics and quantitative methods with the practical skills and social awareness needed to apply this knowledge in an effective manner. It is the only economics degree of its kind in Canada - combining a formal internship with an international focus.

Page Description:The Language and Intercultural Relations program gives students advanced linguistic and cultural competence as well as the required transformational leadership skills to navigate, and to help organizations navigate, culturally diverse business and working environments.

Page Description:Philosophy explores some of the most fundamental and perennial questions such as: How should we act? What is truth? What is beauty? What can we know? Are we free? In this program students examine attempts to answer these and other basic questions by considering the contributions of some of history's most inventive and critical minds.

Page Description:The four-year baccalaureate degree program in Politics and Governance has as its major focus a critical understanding of how decisions are made – at the international, national, provincial, and local levels – by both governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Page Description:Students in the Politics and Governance and Sociology double major will learn how we shape and are shaped by formal and informal social and political institutions, norms, and practices from the local to the global level.

Page Description:Psychology addresses questions about the nature of human behaviour and our ability to process information. In Toronto Met's Psychology program, students learn about the evolution of psychology as a thriving academic discipline, as well as cutting-edge research findings on a wide variety of current issues, as well as how research is conducted.

Page Description:Ryerson offers the only part-time undergraduate degree program in public administration in Ontario. The program is specifically designed for those working in the public and para-public sectors and in non-governmental organizations and advocacy groups, those aspiring to careers in the broader public service, private-sector employees who are in regular contact with government, and those interested in gaining knowledge about public administration and public policy in Canada.

Page Description:The degree in Sociology is a four-year program of study, with a focus that is unique to Toronto Metropolitan University. Students will graduate with practical research skills, in addition to critical analytical skills, communication skills, and a mature, reflective understanding of their social world. In this career-oriented degree program, students will learn to critically assess their social world and conduct original research to investigate social issues.

Page Description:Undeclared Arts is a first-year studies option that allows students time to explore program areas in the social sciences and humanities before choosing the program they wish to pursue over the next three years. Undeclared Arts students may choose to either major in an area or to double major.