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LENGTH OF STUDY:
2 years

ACCREDITATION:
Associate of Arts Degree

CAMPUS:
Castlegar Campus

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resume. With today’s job market becoming ever
more competitive, employers are looking for viable
candidates who show dedication and determination,
especially to their academic background. Getting
started on your associate or bachelor’s degree today,
sets you up for future career—and life—success.

If you are not quite sure what you want to major in
yet, but know you want to get your bachelor’s degree
eventually, the associate of arts general degree is
right for you. It gives you a well-rounded blend of
arts courses designed to let you see some of the
options you will have later, once you decide on a
specialty to focus on.

Giving you a full two years of study, the general
associate of arts degree fulfills most, if not all, course
requirements for third-year entry into BC approved
bachelor of arts university degree programs. Mix and
match your courses to suit your needs and interests,
as long as they fulfill the specified requirements.

Admission Requirements

Admission to an Associate of Arts degree program
requires the completion of English Studies 12 with a
grade of “C” or higher. Other prerequisites depend
on the courses chosen to make up the degree, and
should be determined with the advice of a Selkirk
College counsellor. [f you are a student who lacks
the admission requirements, you may still gain entry
to the program by taking a combination of academic
upgrading and university courses in your first year.
This may extend the length of your program.

Contacts

UNIVERSITY ARTS & SCIENCES ADMISSIONS
Phone: 1.888.953.1133 ext 21233

Direct: 250.365.1233

Email: admissions@selkirk.ca

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General Associate of Arts Degree

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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

60 semester credits of first and second year courses. These must include a minimum of 18 credits in
Arts at the second-year level taken in two or more subject areas.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
A. 6 credits in first-year English; and

B. 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, and
C. 36 credits in Arts which shall include:
6 credits in the Social Sciences;
6 credits in Humanities (including the Creative and Performing Arts) other than English;
24 additional credits in Arts, and

D. 9 credits in Arts, Science, or other areas.

GENERAL COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE

Course/Programs Credits Conditions

English 6 100-level
Arts Courses 18 100-level of which six must be humanities, six must be
social sciences
Arts Courses 18 200-level or higher; credits must be in at least two subject areas
Science Courses 9 100-level or higher; three credits of mathematics, computing

science, or statistics; three credits of a laboratory science:
requires a minimum two-hour lab and excludes any course in
engineering (applied science), computing science, mathematics, or
statistics. Three additional science credits at the 100 level or higher

University Transfers 9 100- or 200-level; arts, sciences or university transferable courses

in other program areas

Total 60

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