Program Overview

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers a wide range of programs, including:

• Accelerated Law (SFU-Exeter)
• Anthropology
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• Criminology
• Economics
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• French
• French Cohort Program
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• Graduate Liberal Studies
• Hellenic Studies
• History
• Indigenous Languages
• Indigenous Studies
• International Studies
• Labour Studies
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• Medical Humanities and Social Sciences
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• Psychology
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• Social Data Analytics
• Sociology
• Urban Studies
• World Languages & Literatures

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Social Data Analytics

The Social Data Analytics Minor is a unique program that provides students with the skills to effectively navigate, analyze, and communicate "big data" in the social science context.

• Students learn to collect, analyze, and critically evaluate large volumes of digitized, real-world data derived from and related to human behavior.
• They will learn to communicate data-driven insights to the public, scholarly community, and policymakers, while respecting and upholding the privacy and ethical concerns that have emerged in the big data era.
• The program culminates in a Capstone Project Seminar, where students work in teams to apply their skills to a real-world social or policy problem.

Career Pathways

Graduates of the Social Data Analytics program will gain strong analytical thinking, communication, and project management skills, as well as area-specific knowledge and familiarity.

• They will be in a strong position to begin or advance their careers in the public and private sectors or to complete advanced degrees in the arts and social sciences.
• Social data analytics skills and general data literacy are gaining importance across a wide range of fields.