Society of Arts and Science Students

Over its 40 years as one of Canada’s most innovative programs, Arts & Science at McMaster has established an enviable reputation for providing an educational environment that equips its graduates to excel in work and/or further study in a wide range of fields. The Arts & Science Program is designed to provide students with a broad-based, interdisciplinary education. Its curriculum has been planned with three major objectives in mind: - to enable substantial work in both the arts and the sciences - to develop skills in writing, speaking, and critical reasoning - to foster the art of scholarly inquiry into issues of public concern The Arts & Science Program stresses active, self-directed, and cooperative learning, with emphasis on social awareness and on the development of a wide range of transferable skills. Our Program, which has an enrolment target of 70 first-year students, remains small by design. Its limited size facilitates close relationships between students both academically and personally, while small class and tutorial sizes promote lively interaction between professors and students. The Society of Arts & Science Students — better known as SASS — is made up of all students currently enrolled in the Arts & Science Program at McMaster University. The SASS Executive runs numerous socials throughout the year for SASS, ranging from the casual Milk n’ Cookies to bigger blowouts like Progressive Dinner, Kaffeehaus, and Formal. We've also got plenty of wholesome programming and academic support, including the famous 'Big Sib' mentoring program. The SASS Executive are elected or appointed from within SASS every year, and these individuals do everything from planning events to liaising with other student groups. To find out more about us and what we do, take a look at the Executive page and feel free to get in touch with us anytime. Also, be sure to check out the different SASS committees for ways to get involved in SASS.