Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies

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The following regulations apply to students taking courses in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. Applicants seeking admission are referred to the Regulations Governing Admission to the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University.

All students are required to:

  • observe the regulations of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies and the University;
  • maintain a satisfactory standard of work;
  • have discharged all financial liability to the University prior to graduation.

Office of the Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies

Programs Offered

  • Advocacy and Public Engagement Training Minor
  • African Studies
  • American Sign Language
  • Anthropology
  • Arabic
  • Business and Society
  • Business Economics
  • Business Minor
  • Children, Childhood and Youth
  • Chinese
  • Classical Studies
  • Classics
  • Cognitive Science
  • Commerce
  • Communication and Media Studies
  • Communication Arts
  • Creative Writing
  • Criminology
  • Culture and Expression
  • Disaster and Emergency Management
  • East Asian Studies
  • Economics
  • English
  • English and Professional Writing
  • English as a Second Language
  • Financial and Business Economics
  • French Studies
  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • German Studies
  • Global Political Studies
  • Health and Society
  • Hellenic Studies
  • Hindi-Urdu
  • History
  • Honours Minor in English Language Studies
  • Human Resources Management
  • Human Rights and Equity Studies
  • Humanities
  • Indigenous Studies
  • Individualized Studies
  • Information Technology
  • Interdisciplinary Social Science
  • International Development Studies
  • Italian Studies
  • Jamaican Creole
  • Japanese Studies
  • Jewish Studies
  • Korean
  • Languages, Literatures and Linguistics
  • Latin
  • Law and Society
  • Linguistics
  • Marketing
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Modes of Reasoning
  • Persian
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies
  • Professional Writing
  • Public Administration
  • Religious Studies
  • Russian
  • Sexuality Studies
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Speech and Language Sciences
  • Swahili
  • Urban Studies
  • Work and Labour Studies
  • Writing Department
  • Yiddish

Certificates Offered

  • Advanced Certificate in Hebrew and Jewish Studies
  • Certificate in Advocacy and Public Engagement Training
  • Certificate in Black Canadian Studies
  • Certificate in Culture, Medicine and Health
  • Certificate in Gender and Women's Studies
  • Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
  • Certificate of Advanced French Language Proficiency
  • Certificate of Advanced French Language Proficiency for Business
  • Certificate of Basic French Language Proficiency
  • Certificate of Basic French Language Proficiency for Business
  • Certificate of Intermediate French Language Proficiency
  • Certificate of Intermediate French Language Proficiency for Business
  • Certificate of Proficiency in Chinese Language
  • Certificate of Proficiency in German Language
  • Certificate of Proficiency in Italian Language
  • Certificate of Proficiency in Japanese Language
  • Certificate of Proficiency in Modern Greek Language
  • Certificate of Proficiency in Modern Hebrew Language
  • Certificate of Proficiency in Portuguese Language
  • Certificate of Proficiency in Spanish Language
  • Classical Greek
  • Cross-Disciplinary Certificate in Anti-Racist Research and Practice (CARRP)
  • Cross-Disciplinary Certificate in Indigenous Studies
  • Cross-Disciplinary Certificate in Public History
  • Cross-Disciplinary Certificate in Sexuality Studies
  • French Studies Certificates
  • General Certificate in Law and Society
  • General Certificate in Practical Ethics
  • General Certificate in Refugee and Migration Studies
  • General Certificate in Urban Studies
  • Human Resources Management Certificates
  • Professional Certificate in Accounting
  • Professional Certificate in Canadian Business for Internationally Educated Professionals
  • Professional Certificate in Emergency Management
  • Professional Certificate in Financial Planning
  • Professional Certificate in Health Services Financial Management
  • Professional Certificate in Human Resources Management
  • Professional Certificate in Human Resources Management for Internationally Educated

Professionals (IEP-HRM)

  • Professional Certificate in Information Technology Auditing and Assurance
  • Professional Certificate In Information Technology For Internationally Educated Professionals
  • Professional Certificate in Investment Management
  • Professional Certificate in Logistics
  • Professional Certificate in Management
  • Professional Certificate in Marketing
  • Professional Certificate in Public Administration and Law
  • Professional Certificate in Public Policy Analysis
  • Professional Certificate in Real Estate

Office of the Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies

  • School of Administrative Studies
  • Department of Anthropology
  • Department of Communication & Media Studies
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of English
  • Department of Equity Studies
  • Department of French Studies
  • School Gender, Sexuality, Women's Studies
  • Department of History
  • Department of Humanities
  • School of Human Resources Management
  • School of Information Technology
  • Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of Politics
  • School of Public Policy & Administration
  • Department of Social Science
  • Department of Sociology
  • School of Social Work
  • Writing Department

 – School of Administrative Studies: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/sas/
 – Department of Anthropology: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/anth/
 – Department of Communication & Media Studies: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/comn/
 – Department of Economics: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/econ/
 – Department of English: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/en/
 – Department of Equity Studies: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/des/
 – Department of French Studies: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/fr/
 – School Gender, Sexuality, Women's Studies: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/gsws/
 – Department of History: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/hist/
 – Department of Humanities: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/huma/
 – School of Human Resources Management: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/shrm/
 – School of Information Technology: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/itec/
 – Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/dlll/
 – Department of Philosophy: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/phil/
 – Department of Politics: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/pols/
 – School of Public Policy & Administration: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/sppa/
 – Department of Social Science: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/sosc/
 – Department of Sociology: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/soci/
 – School of Social Work: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/sowk/
 – Writing Department: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/writ/

Office of the Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies

Undergraduate program link for LA&PS: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/programs/undergraduate/