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• Interdisciplinary Programs Office
• 688 Sherbrooke Street West, Suite 431
• Montreal QC H3A 3R1

• Telephone: 514-398-4400, ext. 09557
• Email: interdisciplinary.arts [at] mcgill.ca
• Website: www.mcgill.ca/langlitcultures/liberal-arts-program

• Adviser: Effie Poulis; effie.poulis [at] mcgill.ca

The Liberal Arts program represents a contemporary approach to the traditional concept of a broad, non-specialist undergraduate education in the humanities that is tailored to the environment of a research-intensive university. The program recognizes the value of a classical liberal arts education, yet approaches the liberal arts from a global perspective, emphasizing diversity and difference, and providing new ways of engaging the liberal arts.

The program exposes students to texts from, and histories of, a wide range of cultures and societies. Students will be able to choose from three intellectual streams: literature and the arts (including theatre and architecture); history, culture and society; and philosophy and religion. Students will be expected to satisfy distribution requirements across geographical regions of the world and historical periods.

Students in the program will also be required to develop a working knowledge of, and take courses in, a language other than English. Students who are native speakers of a language other than English will be strongly encouraged to develop a working knowledge of, and take courses in, a third language.

The Liberal Arts program is designed to provide students with tools for critical inquiry and effective communication skills. It affirms in an innovative way the Faculty of Arts' commitment to the humanities and its core mission to foster cross-disciplinary perspectives; diverse and engaged communities; and critical thinking.