Two-year Arts Diploma Programs

Each of our two-year diploma programs provides a focused course of study and allows students to transfer to BC universities for further education or to graduate directly to employment opportunities in a variety of fields.

Diploma in Criminal and Social Justice

This program provides students with an Arts-based criminal and social justice education. Students take a variety of courses in Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, and Criminology, as well as elective Arts courses of personal interest. Some fields of inquiry may include indigenous studies, gender studies, race and ethnicity, globalization, and poverty.

Graduates of the program will leave with a solid, practical understanding of criminal and social justice issues in Canada and the world, and can transfer into degree opportunities at other institutions in BC and elsewhere, or they can move directly into the workforce, as there is growing labour demand in the field of criminal and social justice.

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Diploma in Environmental Studies

This two-year diploma has two options, one in interdisciplinary environmental arts, the other in environmental management. This diploma program allows students to understand the physical principles governing the environment and the social and cultural aspects that influence human behaviour towards the environment. Students have the option of further education in environmental studies or other disciplines, or may move directly into he workplace in the growing environmental sector.

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Diploma in Media and Cultural Studies

This interdisciplinary program offers students a range of courses from a number of departments, including Communications, English, Sociology, Anthropology, Women’s Studies, and Geography. Students examine the rich interrelationship between media and culture in contemporary society and explore how culture is produced, commodified, communicated, regulated, and consumed.

Completion of this diploma can lead to advanced study in Arts, Communications, or Media at universities in BC or other provinces, or it can act as a foundation for the workplace and for potential careers in public relations, marketing, journalism, advertising, research, writing, publishing, consulting, or communications.

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Diploma in Writing and Publishing

This program provides students with a solid grounding in four areas: creative and literary writing, publishing, communications, and business. Students receive applied training in print and web-based publishing, accounting, marketing, and management, as well as in creative, cultural, and professional communications.

The culture industry is a burgeoning one that requires qualified professionals with a broad skills set and proof of application of those skills. This diploma addresses these needs for students entering the workforce at the program’s completion. Graduates of the program may pursue careers in book, magazine, newspaper or internet publishing. They may also pursue further study [or work] in journalism, creative writing, business administration, marketing, media studies, or graphic design.

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