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Bachelor of Arts, General Studies

Canada

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What will I learn?

With the Bachelor of Arts, General Studies program, you get a broad education in arts.

Residency requirements:

A minimum of 15 TRU credits (distance or on-campus)

Degree requirements:

120 credits, including 45 upper-level credits, with a grade point average (GPA) of 2.00 or higher over all courses required for this credential, as follows:

General education requirements (24 credits):

These may be met with lower- or upper-level university courses; refer to General Education requirements for arts and science degree programs.

6 credits in English (university-level composition and literature), excluding technical- and business-writing courses

6 credits in humanities, other than English

6 credits in mathematics (including statistics) and/or science

6 credits in social science

Upper-level requirements (45 credits):

30 credits in humanities, sciences, social sciences or related interdisciplinary fields

15 upper-level elective credits

Elective requirements (51 credits):

May be lower-level or upper-level credits. Approval of education, business and administrative studies courses are is on a case-by-case basis. Applied credit may not be used to meet arts requirements.

Which department am I in?

Faculty of Arts

Study options

Online/Distance (120 Hours)

Tuition fees
CAN $462.02 per credit

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

September 2025

Entry requirements

For international students

TRU programs generally require BC high school graduation or equivalent.

English Language Proficiency Requirements: TOEFL iBT - 88+ with no section below 20; TOEFL paper-based - 570+ TWE 4.5+; TOEFL Computer-Based - 230+ Essay 4.5+; IELTS - 6.5+ with no bands below 6.0; MELAB - 81+; CanTEST - 4.5+ with no component score below 4.0; CAEL - Overall 70+ No subtest below 60.

Deadlines for students of pre-assessment eligible nationalities (Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Iran and Nigeria): Fall: February 15, 2024. Deadlines for students of all other nationalities: Fall: March 1, 2024; Winter 2025: September 1, 2024.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About Thompson Rivers University

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