The Faculty of Arts and Applied Arts at UCFV provides the community with a broad range of educational opportunities that prepare students to be active, successful citizens of the 21st century. Our goal is to help students realize their potential as members of local and global communities, as inheritors of traditions, and as creators of possible futures. Maintaining high academic standards, we offer innovative disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and applied degrees and diplomas, which prepare students for both continued scholarship and employment. The division meets the intellectual, artistic, and vocational needs of students through an emphasis on pedagogical excellence, flexible programming, and respect for diversity.