Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

The French & Canadian Studies degree invites you to challenge and question what it means to be Canadian. Learn alongside leading scholars, including a Governor General’s Literary Award winner, to deepen your understanding of Canada’s diverse cultures, histories, and languages while benefiting from a multicultural, bilingual education. Offering courses in both French and English, this program allows you to explore literature, politics, culture, and identity in Canada and develop advanced bilingual skills that set you apart in today’s global world.   

Trent’s groundbreaking Indigenous Environmental Studies/Science (IESS) degree program, offered jointly with the School of the Environment, is the first program of its kind in North America. This degree focuses on the interaction and collaboration of Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Euro-centric Knowledge Systems and offers two study pathways.

Explore the interactions between people and the physical environment through either the B.A. or B.Sc. pathways of this popular degree program. 

B.A. students focus their studies on how people encounter and shape their environments, while B.Sc. students examine the human and natural forces that shape the physical world, investigating topics in climate, hydrology, natural hazards, soils, and earth materials.

Communications at Trent Durham GTA is a program that emphasizes personal support and a strong sense of community, providing you with in-demand skills and a strong knowledge base. In this program you'll be empowered to identify your interests and goals as you experience opportunities to develop the skills and abilities required to pursue them.

Grow your expertise in relevant field of study, pursuing either a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.

You’ll learn the methodology and tools required to analyze complex economic issues such as unemployment, inflation, economic growth, and market regulation. In small group settings, you’ll benefit from meaningful interactions with expert faculty who are thought leaders in fields such as macroeconomics, microeconomics, and international trade.

Join one of the most highly-regarded Anthropology programs in Canada to explore the evolution of our species form our beginnings to today’s global societies. 

Through this hands-on and diverse program, you can choose to study from all primary fields of anthropology--archaeological, biological, cultural, and linguistic—learning first-hand from renowned experts and researchers. 

As a student of philosophy at Trent, you will be challenged to think critically and creatively by exploring questions about the nature of reality, the meaning of human existence, ethics, and the limits of knowledge.

In small class settings, you’ll workshop ideas, perspectives, prejudices, beliefs, facts, and other ways of forming opinions and arguments. This interactive academic environment alongside experiential learning opportunities, such as co-op, will push you to apply your knowledge and develop advanced, highly valued skills in critical thinking, writing, and communication.

One of the most established and versatile university majors, History at Trent immerses you in a variety of political, social, and cultural themes to develop valuable research, analytical, and communication skills.

Expand what you know about Indigenous peoples in Canada and around the world, in this leading degree program – the first of its kind in Canada.

Trent’s Indigenous Studies B.A. incorporates both Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Euro-centric Knowledge Systems to immerse students in a multicultural and multidisciplinary exploration of historical and contemporary challenges shaping relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. 

As a Trent Ancient Greek & Roman Studies student, you’ll explore literature pioneers and make connections between ancient ideas and modern challenges both within and beyond the classroom.

Immerse yourself in the Classics, with coursework based on the active research of accomplished Trent faculty and scholars, and apply your passion for antiquity with paid co-op placements and international fieldwork opportunities.