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The Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen’s provides a challenging and innovative education within the context of a mid-sized, residential University and a research-intensive environment. Research and learning are closely tied in a wide range of graduate and undergraduate programs designed to foster analytical, critical and creative thought as regular habits of mind and to transform students into informed, responsible and educated global citizens.

Currently, approximately 450 faculty members offer courses to approximately 8500 full-time undergraduates and 1600 graduate students.

At the undergraduate level, the Faculty includes a range of different academic structures that make possible a variety of degree possibilities for students. Four-year degree programs such as the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science are provided through 27 departments. The Bachelor of Arts is available in the form of a Major, Major-Minor, Medial or Special Field Program type; the Bachelor of Science offers a Major, Major-General, Medial and Subject of Specialization type. Three-year degrees are also available in the Arts or Sciences. Since Arts and Science incorporates Languages, Social Sciences, Natural and Physical Sciences, Creative Arts and Humanities in one Faculty, students may move between and among an array of disciplines and choose from a wide range of degree combinations.