Associate of Arts - General Arts

Program Delivery Location
Merritt campus
Vancouver campus

Department Coordinator
Nedra McKay, MSW

Faculty
Mandy Jimmie
Sharon McIvor
Kathleen Wasacase
Lara-Lisa Condello
Catharine Crow
Dr. Eric Ostrowidzki
Don Vincent

Programs in this department
Associate of Arts - Criminology
Associate of Arts - First Nation Studies
Associate of Arts - General Arts
Indigenous Language Certificate/Diploma Program

Associate of Arts - General Arts is a combination of social science, humanities, science and academic elective courses. The program gives the learner general knowledge in a variety of areas and develops the learners critical and analytical thinking skills. The program gives the learner the foundation to develop reasoned thoughts and opinions and to support their ideas. In addition, the program gives the students required, transferrable credits to enter a variety of disciplines at the third year level.

Admission Requirements

Grade 12 graduation with a C+ minimum in the following:

English 12/English First Peoples (ENGL 060)
Principals of Math 11 (or MATH 051)

Year 1
Successful completion of 30 credits as prescribed below:

	Credits
6 credits of Social Science (CRIM, ECON, FNSS, POLI, PSYC, SOCI)	6
6 credits* of Humanities (FNED, FNST, HIST, PHIL)	6
3 credits* of Science	3
3 elective credits*	3
CMSC 109 - Computer Applications	3
ENGL 110 - College Composition	3
ENGL 111 - Introduction to Modern Fiction	3
STAT 203 - Intro. to Statistics for the Social Sciences	3

Year 2
Successful completion of Year 1, students are required to successfully complete 18 credits at the 200 level, 12 credits at the 100/200 level for a total of 30 credits*.
*credits must be transferable.

Estimated Cost
Estimated Tuition for year 1: $2239 based on 30 credits at $74.63/credit
Student activity fee: $120. $20/course (max. $60/term and is non-refundable)