The University of Guelph's Scottish Studies Collection holds thousands of items and is the largest collection of Scottish historical materials in the world outside the UK.
Work with rare original manuscripts, learn about Scottish law and society, and curate a public exhibit.
Calling all future medievalists and museum curators! Take a course that explores one of the University of Guelph’s most treasured collections: the Scottish Land Charters. Dating from the 1300s, these charters provide a window into the history of medieval and early modern Scotland. Who knew that property law could be so interesting!
Analyze plays, attend professional productions, study theatre history, and act and participate in technical work.
You'll have the opportunity to participate in productions as an actor or as someone working behind the scenes. Students also have the opportunity to attend productions and meet professionals working in film and theatre. Auditions are not required for entry.
Pursue questions that have stimulated thinkers in different eras and cultures.
How should we live? What is it to be a person? Explore these and other questions through modern issues in artificial intelligence, politics, sexuality, and the environment in small seminars and field courses. Philosophy is recognized for developing essential skills for any pathway after graduating including skills in reasoning and communication, critical thinking, intellectual independence, and the ability to understand others’ viewpoints and assumptions.
More and more, professions and professional schools look for young people with broad training, adaptable skills and clear judgment. Our students study a wide range of thematic courses, including: Food History, War and Society, Gender and Sexuality, and Rural History. Our graduates are flexible, intelligent, polished communicators, researchers and problem solvers who follow their passions in business, law, education, civil service, journalism and the arts.
Explore how writing across genres and media, helps us to understand each other and the world in which we live.
Hone your skills in thinking analytically about literature, media and film. Writing clearly and effectively is a skill that opens opportunities across different sectors. Range of historical periods and study the use of English around the world.
Combine a passion for arts and culture with curiosity about technology.
Exploring digital methods including storytelling, visualization, gaming, and publishing. Learn to use digital tools to think ethically, creatively, and critically about topics from across the arts. Understand how the web works and how we can use it to make a difference in our world.
Immerse yourself in historical perspectives of the visual arts.
You will study methodologies and critical theory spanning Greek art to contemporary Canadian art, the interaction of past and present in a historical and social context. You will benefit from Art History’s interdisciplinary nature; it brings together the insights of other humanities and the sciences and links to contemporary studio practise.
