| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-01 | - |
| 2024-03-01 | - |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
| 2025-03-01 | - |
| 2025-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
The Associate of Arts General Studies program provides a flexible pathway to university studies, allowing students to explore diverse interests in arts, humanities, and social sciences. It includes core courses in English, arts, sciences, and electives, with preferential admission to public universities in British Columbia upon completion.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Associate of Arts General Studies is a dynamic way to earn credits that can be put toward a university degree while exploring interests and gaining a broad foundation of knowledge. Courses in this program include English, arts, science, social science, humanities, and a wide range of electives. This program is ideal for people with diverse interests who want flexibility to sample courses from several subjects in arts, humanities, and social science. Associate degrees from CNC transfer into university programs and give you preferential admission at public universities and university-colleges in BC.
Outline:
- English:
- 6 credits first year level English
- Arts Requirements:
- 36 credits in arts, which must include
- 6 credits in Social Sciences
- 6 credits in Humanities (including creative, performing, or fine arts) other than English
- 24 additional credits in arts
- Sciences:
- 9 credits in science, which shall include at least
- 3 credits in mathematics or computing science or statistics (statistics courses taught in subject areas such as business, commerce, economics, psychology, etc. may also be used to meet this requirement);
- 3 credits in a laboratory science
- Electives in Arts, Science or other areas:
