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This program is designed to offer transfer pathways to additional college and university programs.

Program Highlights

Develop essential employability skills such as strong communication, critical thinking, and socio-cultural awareness.

Customize your schedule with a wide range of electives chosen from your areas of interest delivered in blended and online learning environments.

Cost-effective and efficient pathway into university studies with up to two years of direct and non-specified university transfer credit into a humanities and social sciences field of study.

What you'll learn

Introduction to a wide variety of course options in the humanities and social science disciplines to broaden your understanding of the world around you.

Critically evaluate global and social issues and topics by demonstrating an understanding of interdisciplinary connections between society, culture, environment, politics, history, etc.

Gain essential employability skills that will be applicable in both your future career and post-secondary educational aspirations.

Develop communications competence to a level required by business and a wide variety of other careers/employment.

Program Length

2 academic years (periods of 8 months)

Fast Track - allows students to complete a two-year Diploma program (non co-op) in 16 months. Students will start in January and be in school for four continuous semesters: Winter, Spring/Summer, Fall and Winter. Students will not be off during the summer.

Your future career options

Obtaining a postsecondary certificate in General Arts and Science equips you with the essential employability skills that employers are seeking and offers a postsecondary credential that is often a requirement for various fields of employment.

Where you could work includes:

Humanities

Social Sciences

Business Administration

Environmental Studies

Health Sciences

Computer Sciences

Educational Pathways

Pathways to Mohawk

If you've successfully taken a course at another post-secondary institution, you may be able to earn course exemptions toward your credential here at Mohawk.

Pathways within Mohawk

If you have successfully completed one of the following programs at Mohawk, you may be eligible to receive transfer credit in this program.

General Arts and Science Certificate (College Transfer)

We offer a diverse range of programs to further your studies within Mohawk following completion of this program.

Early Childhood Education

Health, Wellness and Fitness

Office Administration - Executive

Office Administration - General

Office Administration - Health Services

Office Administration - Legal

Police Foundations

Recreation Therapy

Social Service Worker

Advertising and Marketing Communications Management

Child and Youth Care

Graphic Design

Massage Therapy

Pathways beyond Mohawk

Earn a degree:

Athabasca University - Bachelor of Professional Arts in Human Services

Brock University - Bachelor of Arts in Humanities or Social Sciences

Laurier Brantford - Honours Bachelor of Arts in Indigenous Studies

McMaster University - Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences or Humanities

McMaster University - Honours Bachelor of Arts in Indigenous Studies

Discover more degree completion pathways with Multi-College Pathways (within Ontario)