Arts (General)

CURRICULUM

The Associate of Arts Degree requires the successful completion of a minimum 60 credits that have assigned or unassigned credit at Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Victoria, or the University of Northern British Columbia.

Within the minimum 60 credits, students must complete:

1. Six credits in first-year English;
2. 36 credits in arts (including a minimum of 18 credits in arts at the second-year level taken in two or more subject areas) which must include:
   1. Six credits in the social sciences;
   2. Six credits in humanities (including the creative and performing arts) other than English;
   3. 24 additional credits in arts;
3. Nine credits in science which shall include at least:
   1. Three credits in mathematics or computing science or statistics;
   2. Three credits in a laboratory science;
4. Nine credits of first- or second-year courses (Students may include university-transfer credit from career program and kinesiology and recreation courses); and
5. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.

No course may be used to meet more than one of the specific requirements.

In addition to the regular Associate of Arts Degree (Arts - General), Langara College offers Associate of Arts Degrees in the following concentrations:

• Aboriginal Studies
• Asian Studies
• Canadian Studies
• Classical Studies
• Commerce and Business Studies
• Creative Writing
• English
• Environmental Studies
• Family Studies
• Geography
• Health Sciences
• History
• Latin American Studies
• Mathematics
• Peace and Conflict Studies
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Women's Studies

Associate Degree Definitions

First-Year and Second-Year Courses

• A first-year course is defined as a course which has assigned or unassigned transfer credit at the 100-level at UBC, SFU, UVic, or UNBC.
• A second-year course is defined as a course which has assigned or unassigned transfer credit at the 200 level or higher at UBC, SFU, UVic, or UNBC.
• An arts course is defined to be any first- or second-year course in a subject area for which there is a baccalaureate of arts degree at UBC, SFU, UVic, or UNBC.
• A science course is defined as any first- or second-year course in a subject area for which there is a baccalaureate of science degree or baccalaureate of applied science degree at UBC, SFU, UVic, or UNBC.
• A laboratory science is one in which a substantial component of student instruction involves the study of natural phenomena.