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Located in Fleming Hall, the Department of Marketing and Communications has a mandate of supporting the University in building and enhancing the image and reputation, in support of the latter's vision. The Department assumes responsibility for the overall stewardship for the Queen's "brand", develops targeted marketing communications for campus stakeholders, develops strategic relations with the media to serve the advancement of the University, and acts as the main source of internal University communications. It is responsible for publishing the "Queen's Gazette" (established January 20 1969) and "Queen's Today".

Queen's University established its Department of History in the early twentieth century. History was first taught at Queen's only as a small part of courses in Latin and Greek, the heart of the university's arts curriculum in its early years. Students in these courses spent some of their time studying the history of ancient Greece and Rome. The first professor of history as a separate subject was John Machar, Jr (son of Queen's second principal), who was appointed part-time lecturer in English History, without salary, in 1864. Professor George Ferguson was the most significant early appointment in the subject, however, serving as professor of History and English Literature from 1869 to 1907. The first full-time professor to teach history exclusively was the Rev. George Harrison, appointed in 1891. In 1890, Queen's became the first English-speaking university to establish examinations in Canadian history, a subject which has ever since been a major component of both the graduate and undergraduate programs. The Department was expanded significantly in the 1960s with the development of a graduate programme.

Undergraduate courses in German were offered at Queen's as early as 1870 and were taught on a regular basis after 1888 by John Macgillivray, who founded the Department of German in 1902.

In 1950, the department became the first academic unit at the University, apart from the School of Nursing, to be led by a woman, when Hilda Laird, a former Dean of Women and long-time German professor, was appointed Department Head.

The department offered a comprehensive range of undergraduate courses in German language and literature and, in conjunction with the Departments of art, history, philosophy, and political studies, also offered an interdisciplinary degree program in German Studies. It engaged in research in a variety of fields and had a lively graduate program, offering both MA and PhD degrees that prospered for 40 years.

The Department was also home to the Russian program until 2001.

The implementation of a new Department of Languages Literature and Cultures on July 1, 2011, saw the integration of the administrative structure of six disciplines - Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Linguistics, and Spanish- with each maintaining its own disciplinary integrity.

Geology was first taught at Queen's University at Kingston in 1858, by Dr George Lawson, Professor of Chemistry and Natural History. The first specialist in geology at the University was Robert Bell, who arrived at Queen's in 1861. When the Ontario School of Mining and Agriculture was established in 1893, it included separate departments of Geology and Mineralogy, headed by Professors Willet Miller and William Nicol, both of whom have major buildings at Queen's named in their honour. The two departments moved from Carruthers Hall to Ontario Hall in 1903, and subsequently to Miller Hall in 1930. The large Bruce Wing was added to Miller Hall in 1972. The Department of Geological Sciences was formed in 1950, when Geology and Mineralogy amalgamated. The Department has a long tradition of research in the fields of mineralogy-petrology, structural geology, and the geology of mineral deposits, along with research in sedimentary geology and geophysics. It is administered by the Faculty of Arts and Science, but offers undergraduate programs in both Arts and Science and the Faculty of Applied Science; in the latter, it offers a program in Geological Engineering with options in mineral exploration, geotechnical engineering, and geophysics. The Department also has one of the largest graduate programs at Queen's, as well as being one of the biggest geology departments in Canada.

Courses in Geography have been offered at Queen's University at Kingston since 1954, when Professor D.Q. Innis began teaching courses within the Department of Political and Economic Science.
Commencing in 1960, Geography became a separate department under the headship of Richard Ruggles. It accepted its first graduate students in 1965.

Courses in French have been offered at Queen's University since the late 1860s, and were first taught on a regular basis in the late 1880s by John Macgillivray, Professor of Modern Languages. French became a separate department in 1902, under Professor P.G.C. Campbell.

Le Département d'Études françaises offre des plans d'étude au niveau du 1er cycle (du baccalauréat spécialisé à la mineure) jusqu'aux 2e et 3e cycles universitaires. Nos cours sont diversifiés et adaptés à vos besoins. Nos professeurs, engagés dans de multiples activités de recherche, vous guideront dans vos apprentissages, qu'il s'agisse d'améliorer votre compétence du français, de vous familiariser avec les littératures et les cultures de langue française, d'étudier la linguistique française ou d'entreprendre une recherche plus approfondie au niveau de la maîtrise ou du doctorat.

The Department of Film Studies at Queen's began in the 1960s when Dr. George Whalley, Head of the Department of English, saw a need to give academic attention to the important place that cinema had come to take in modern life. He appointed the Canadian film critic and scholar, Peter Harcourt to teach film classes in the English Department. A separate Department of Film Studies was established in 1969, and by the mid-1970s, offered students a BA (Honours) program in film. The Department combines historical and critical studies with production courses in film and video, on the premise that graduates should be well-versed in both the contexts and the techniques of the art. The two converted Victorian houses at 154/160 Stuart Street that house the Department contain classrooms and offices, cinemas, workshops, and viewing rooms packed with editing machines, advanced computing technology, laserdisc hardware, digital editing technology, and video cameras. A growing archive of films, video cassettes, video discs, and DVDs that includes significant collections of work by Canadian filmmakers such as Michael Snow, Allan King, and Atom Egoyan, provides material for instruction and research. At its 26 April 2007 meeting, the University Senate approved the proposal to change the name of the Department of Film Studies to the Department of Film and Media, effective 1 May 2007.