Career Services

Arts

The Faculty of Arts programs at Saint Mary's educates students not only in their chosen subject matter, but also emphasizes and develops the skills needed for today's professional and the workforce of tomorrow.

Current Students

To make an appointment with Career Services please contact 420-5761 or email us at career.services@smu.ca.  You can also drop by and visit us on the 4th floor of the Student Centre.  All services within Career Services are free of charge, except some formal assessments, as administered by the Career Counsellor.

Arts degrees allow you to get research roles, policy and planning positions and match your interests to your careers.  The degrees teach the topics in a holistic fashion and leave you in the driver's seat when planning your future directions. 

Regardless of the degree area, employers look for Arts graduates because of their ability to:

  • have a comprehensive view of the issues involved in the social impact of change in society
  • repackage information to match various audiences
  • do comprehensive research
  • formulate and substantiate arguments
  • have an open-ended mind set about how to solve problems
  • use creativity to improve procedures and methods
  • transfer experiences in other areas to their jobs regardless of some of the many differences

Introduction to occupations and career paths through our 101 series

  • An introduction to the subject matter: what it does, and how that knowledge is used in career development.
  • Job titles that can be gained thorough the successful completion of that major and others that are possible with graduate work or other certification
  • Associations related to that discipline
  • Some graduate school background

 

ANTHROPOLOGY 101 ASIAN STUDIES 101 ATLANTIC CANADA STUDIES 101 CLASSICS 101
CRIMINOLOGY 101 ENGLISH 101 FRENCH 101 GEOGRAPHY 101
- also available as a BSc
GERMAN STUDIES 101 HISTORY 101 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES 101 IRISH STUDIES 101
LINGUISTICS 101 PHILOSOPHY 101 POLITICAL SCIENCE 101 PSYCHOLOGY 101
- also available as a BSc
RELIGIOUS STUDIES 101 SOCIOLOGY 101 SPANISH. HISPANIC STUDIES 101 WOMANS STUDIES 101

 

Due to popular demand we have producing more occupationally-based 101s. 

TEACHING 101: This includes various types of teaching occupations

SOCIAL WORK 101: An overview of the process of education and certification as well as career options

Transferable skills typically gained through work in an Arts program are:

  • Communication skills with the focus on expressing ideas, listening and relating to others and writing skills
  • Research skills
  • Computer abilities
  • Creative and exploratory skills
  • Background knowledge for a range of jobs and careers

Having a university degree is one ingredient toward gaining many of the professional jobs people desire.  The ability to follow through on long range goals, use discretion and develop confidence in decision making are skills employers wish to have among the people they recruit, and university degrees show the ability to follow through with goals and develop professional skills. 



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