Enhance Your Degree

Students in the Faculty of Arts graduate with real-world experience, becoming well prepared for future roles in leadership and global citizenship. Along with our added-value academic certificates, Saint Mary’s offers many other options to enhance your degree.

Gain valuable work experience through the Co-operative Education program, open to students in all programs. Saint Mary’s also has paid summer research opportunities for undergraduate students, plus opportunities to practise research presentation skills through events such as the annual Faculty of Arts Student Conference.

Community-based experience is also a great way to build skills, contacts and knowledge. Students can get involved in our Outreach initiatives through the Faculty of Arts.

Some courses offer a Service Learning component, and the Co-Curricular Record (CCR) is another way to include volunteer work on your academic record. For more details, see Career, Co-op & Experiences.  

Our field schools generate learning far beyond the classroom, with archaeological excavations at sites in Nova Scotia and as far away as Italy. Travel with your class to France, Germany, The Gambia or Colombia, or flex your research and debating skills at the National Model United Nations conference in New York.  

Students can also gain global perspectives through other international experiences available at Saint Mary’s. See Global Learning & Intercultural Support for more details about study abroad exchanges, international internships and research opportunities.