Advanced Certificate in Liberal Arts

Certificate requirements

30 credits total of third- and fourth-year (upper-level) courses, with a GPA of 2.00 or higher over all courses required for this credential, as follows:

• Six upper-level credits in humanities (including English)
• Six upper-level credits in social science
• Three upper-level credits in science
• Fifteen credits of liberal arts electives, of which six credits may be first- and second-year (lower-level) courses and the remaining nine credits chosen from the following:

1. BIOL 3431, Plants and People (3)
2. ENVS 3991, Environmental Studies: Sustainability (3)
3. GEOG 3991, Global Climate Change and Regional Impacts (3)
4. HIST 3991, Environmental History (3)
5. HUMN 3981, Issues in Latin American Studies (3)
6. HUMN 3991, Issues in Science and Society (3)
7. POLI 3991, Globalization and Its Discontents: The Politics of Economic Change (3)
8. PSYC 3991, Psychology of Human Resilience (3)
9. SOCI 3991, Sociology of Diversity: Issues for Canadians (3)
10. VISA 3991, Cultural Theory and Images (3)

Student responsibility

Consult with your program advisor to ensure that the courses you select can be applied toward the program requirements of your chosen credential.

Before you register in a course not listed on the OL website, you must apply for a letter of permission. Otherwise, you may find that either course credits cannot be applied to your program or you must pay a transcript reassessment fee.