Liberal Arts
How To Apply
Program Details
- Program Code6701
- Credential TypeOntario College Diploma
- SchoolSchool of English and Liberal Studies
- Program TypePost-secondary program
- Program Length2 years/ 4 semesters
- LocationMorningside Campus
- Emailliberalarts@centennialcollege.ca
- Telephone416-289-5000, ext. 57018
Program Availability
- Program Overview
- Courses
- Career Options and Education Pathways
- Admission Requirements
- How to Apply
- Tuition and Fees
- Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
- Advising
The Liberal Arts program will cover a range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences as well as communications and research methods.
This arts diploma program is for you if you're:
- Interested in applying to a Bachelor of Arts program at a recognized university;
- Considering college programs in areas such as business administration, child studies and community services, hospitality and tourism, journalism, and media and design;
- Exploring your ultimate career goals and various educational opportunities.
Centennial’s Liberal Arts program runs four semesters in length, depending on your future goals.
Program Overview
The Liberal Arts program will cover a range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences as well as communications and research methods.
This arts diploma program is for you if you're:
- Interested in applying to a Bachelor of Arts program at a recognized university;
- Considering college programs in areas such as business administration, child studies and community services, hospitality and tourism, journalism, and media and design;
- Exploring your ultimate career goals and various educational opportunities.
Centennial’s Liberal Arts program runs four semesters in length, depending on your future goals.
Courses
Career Options and Education Pathways
Program Highlights
After two years (with at least a 3.0 GPA) you:
- May apply for consideration for an undergraduate arts program at university.
- Will have gained experience in actual university-level courses.
Career Outlook
- Undergraduate Arts program preparation
- Gain university-level credits
- Earn a college diploma
Education Pathways
Graduates of this Liberal Arts diploma program have the opportunity to apply learning achieved at Centennial for credits toward further study at the degree level. Listed below are institutions offering pathways for this program.
Please note that each receiving institution has minimum admission requirements in order to qualify for transfer credits, which are assessed by the receiving institution.
| Region | Institution |
|---|---|
| Toronto GTA | Seneca Polytechnic |
| York University | |
| Ontario | Algoma University |
| Lakehead University | |
| Nipissing University | |
| Ontario Tech University | |
| Trent University | |
| Wilfrid Laurier University | |
| Windsor, University of | |
For more detailed pathways information, visit our website at //centennial.adv-pub.moveonca.com/outgoing-home/.
Use the following Education Pathways Checklist as a guide as you explore your options.
For pathways to other Ontario post-secondary institutions, please visit ONTransfer.
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or mature student status (19 years or older)
- Grade 12 English (C or U), or equivalent (minimum grade required), or take the Centennial English Admission Test
Additional Requirements
How to Apply
1. Apply Online
Domestic Students
If you are applying through the Better Jobs Ontario Program, please apply at the Employment Training Centre (Progress Campus). The Better Jobs Ontario Program is a funding initiative for those who have been laid-off and are in need of training. For more information go to Better Jobs Ontario Program.
If you have previously attended a full-time program at Centennial College, you may be eligible for a Program Transfer. Visit Enrolment Services at any Campus for information.
All other applicants must apply online at Ontariocolleges.ca. A non-refundable application fee of $150 must accompany applications. The fee is payable online, by telephone, online banking, by mail, or in-person to Ontariocolleges.ca. For more information go to Ontariocolleges.ca Application Fees.
International Students
Apply directly to Centennial College here.
2. Submit Documents
Domestic Applicants
Current Ontario high school students and graduates from Ontario high schools: Notify your guidance counsellor that you have applied to college and your school will forward transcripts to Centennial College via Ontariocolleges.ca.
Graduates of college/university, or high school outside Ontario but within Canada: You are responsible for requesting that your educational institute sends any required documents and transcripts to Ontariocolleges.ca.
Domestic applicants who attended school outside of Canada: If you are submitting transcripts to meet admission requirements, you must have the transcripts assessed by an independent credential assessment agency such as World Education Services (WES) or International Credential Assessment Service (ICAS). For more information go to Submitting your Transcripts.
International Applicants
Please refer to the International Education Application Guide.
3. Confirm Your Offer of Admission
Offers of Admission are sent by mail to eligible applicants. When you receive your offer, you must login to your account at Ontariocolleges.ca and confirm before the Deadline to Confirm noted in your offer letter.
You may confirm only one college and one program offer at a time.
You must confirm your offer by the Deadline to Confirm noted in your Offer of Admission letter or your seat may be given to another applicant.
When you confirm your Offer of Admission at Centennial College you are given access to your personal myCentennial account where you can check your email, grades, register for courses, pay tuition fees, and see your class timetable.
4. Pay Fees
Centennial fees statements are sent by email to your personal email account and to your myCentennial email account. Fees statements are not mailed.
You must make a minimum payment by the Fees Deadline noted in your Fees Statement or your seat may be given to another applicant.
5. Build Your Timetable (Register for Courses)
Build your timetable (web-register for courses) at my.centennialcollege.ca.
Fall registration begins mid-July
January registration begins mid-December
May registration begins mid-April
Your web-registration will not open if:
You have not submitted your minimum fee payment by the deadline
You received a Conditional Offer of Admission and you have not met the conditions of your offer.
Once you have paid your fees or have made appropriate arrangements, register for your courses online through myCentennial.
Tuition and Fees
Fees noted below are estimates only. Tuition is based on two semesters, beginning Fall 2025.
| Student | Tuition (2 Semesters) | Ancillary Fees | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | $2,697.00 | $1,355.33 | $4,052.33 |
| International | $17,148.00 | $1,853.28 | $19,001.28 |
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes describe what graduates of the program have demonstrated they can do with the knowledge and skills they have achieved during their studies. The outcomes are closely tied to the needs of the workplace. Through assessment (e.g., assignments and tests), students verify their ability to reliably perform these outcomes before graduating.
- Develop, through self-reflection and academic engagement, insight into both self and society.
- Develop personal management skills necessary for academic life and success.
- Apply critical thinking processes and problem solving techniques.
- Develop global citizenship and equity knowledge, skills, and experiences as it relates to sustainability of resources, individual and community identities, critical social analysis, and enhanced personal and social responsibility.
- Investigate options and set goals in relation to academic, career and personal pathways.
- Examine the theoretical background, history and methodologies related to the fields of: Humanities and social science; Science.
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Kathleen Conroy, Liberal Arts, Instructor and GraduateMany of our students, when I speak to them during first semester, I ask them, before all of this, did you even know anything like this program existed? And most of them say they had no idea, but when they get there, they love it and see all of the different pathways that have opened up for them.
So many of them are looking at all of the things they wanted to do, but feel they can't do for whatever reason. I tell them once you're here, you need to get rid of that and focus on possibility thinking, instead of all the things that are impossible. This program creates ways for them to get there.
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