What can you do with an Arts degree? 

What can’t you do with an Arts degree?

Skeptical ever?

Studying Business or taking up a trade are not the only ways to find employment.

An Arts education leads to a meaningful career.

Is it all poetry?

You won’t end up working at Starbucks.

 An Arts education

leads to interesting areas of employment.

Ask questions like…

What is ideolog

y?

What can history tell us?

 Most of you will change careers

several times in your lifetime.

An Arts education ensures you won’t get stuck in one job,

especially a job that might be obsolete by the time you start

working.

Why sweatshops?

By focusing on essential skills such as those identified by Human Resources & Skills

Development Canada, an Arts education allows you to

change careers as labour markets or your own interests

change.

The nine Essential Skills

1. Reading Text 2. Document Use

3. Numeracy4. Writing

5. Oral Communication6. Working With Others7. Continuous Learning

8. Thinking Skills9. Computer Use

Why?

Changing careers? What if you’re not even sure which career you

want to start with first? 

There are more Arts students at Okanagan College than there are enrolled in any other program—more than Business, more than trades, technology, or health.

Fight the Power?

Most of our students are just like you.

They’re taking the time to explore their options before they

make a choice for life.   

They’re finding out that an Arts education gives them

more opportunities than any other program.

If our country is so rich, why are so many people so poor?

An Arts education at Okanagan College allows you to complete

the first two years of a four-year Bachelor of Arts degree

close to home, for affordable tuition,

in small classes.

Why is a comedy show the only source of reliable news on TV?

How small are our classes? 

A first year academic English course at Okanagan College is limited

to 20 students. 

At UBCO, the same course has 140 students.

The Associate Degree of Arts

is a provincial credential that allows you to complete

60 credits of study at Okanagan College

and transfer these credits fully to any BC university

where you can begin the third year of study.

Racism? Today?

The credits earned in courses taken at the college

count as equal to courses you would otherwise take

at the university you transfer to for the completion of your BA.

Sexism? Today?

You can choose a discipline emphasis for the Associate Degree of Arts

•  Communications• Crosscultural Studies

• Economics• English

• Geography and Earth Science• History

• Modern Languages• Philosophy

• Philosophy, Politics, and Economics• Political Science• Psychology• Sociology

• Women’s Studies

Philosophy?

Diplomas

If you already have some idea of where your interests lie,

try one of our two-year diplomas. Each allows you to transfer to BC universities for further education,

or to graduate directly to employment opportunities in a

variety of fields.

What’s wrong with the economy?

Diploma in Criminal & Social Justice

This program provides students with an Arts-based criminal and social justice education. Students take courses in Sociology, Psychology,

Political Science, and Criminology, as well as elective Arts courses. Fields of inquiry may include indigenous studies, gender studies, race and

ethnicity, globalization, and poverty.

Tasers: yes or no?

Diploma in Environmental Studies

This program offers students the opportunity to obtain an understanding of

the physical principles governing the environment and the social and cultural aspects that influence human behaviour

towards the environment.  An interdisciplinary model equips students with the critical and analytical skills to think through the complex factors that

influence our understanding of the environment. 

Who did this?

Diploma in Media & Cultural Studies This interdisciplinary program offers

students a range of courses from 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.

What’s the difference?

Diploma in Writing & 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.

Write. Design. Promote.

¿ Habla Español ?

Learn to read people…

and then…

Take your two years here and go

just about anywhere.

Or why go anywhere else at all? 

Get the best of both worlds right here at Okanagan College.

 

Use your Associate Degree of Arts to

bridge in to the 3rd year of the college’s

Bachelor of Business Administration degree.

 

Who’s worse for society?

Choose an Arts education at Okanagan College for the choice

it gives you.  

Choose from over 200 different university transfer

courses, in 20 different subject areas,

from 11 different departments.

What ABOUT Papua New Guinea?

What can you do with an Arts degree?

 

What can’t

you do?

Author Advertising Specialist

Administrative Manager Anthropologist Art Conservator

Archaeological Technician Archivist

Archaeologist Arts Commentator

Airport Security Officer Alumni Programs Manager

Aerial Photo Interpreter Agricultural Planner

Advisor Audit Representative

Activist Addictions Counsellor Admissions Counsellor

Advocate

Broadcast Journalist Business Manager Business Analyst

Broadcaster Banker

Budget Analyst Benefits Administrator

Child and Youth Worker Constable

Correctional Worker Court Clerk

Court Reporter Criminal Investigator

Community Relations Worker Community Development Officer

Conservation Restoration Technician Consumer Researcher

Cultural Resource Manager Classifications Officer

Communications Consultant Community Affairs Coordinator

Copywriter Curator

Cartographer Census Geographer

City Planner Climatologist

Community Developer Conservation Analyst

Career Counsellor Campaign Worker Career Counsellor

City Counsellor Census Officer

Counsellor Community Worker

Crisis Worker Child Welfare Worker

 

Development Worker Demographer

DetectiveEvents and Fundraising Specialist

Editor Employment Counsellor

Evidence Technician Economic Statistician

Economist Editorial Assistant

Ecologist Economic Developer

Environmental Impact Analyst Educational Consultant

Event Planner Exhibit Designer

Economic Development Officer Educational Assistant

Employment Services Worker Equity Officer

Financial Advisor Foreign Service Officer

Foreign Language Teacher Forensic Investigator Financial Consultant Financial Researcher

Fund Manager Freelance Columnist

Facilities Planner Field Researcher

Foreign Area Analyst Financial Analyst

Fundraiser Finance Officer Group Benefits Consultant

Government Policy Analyst Geographer

Geology Laboratory Assistant GIS Analyst/Technician

Gerontologist Grievance Officer  Health Promotion

Home Care Worker Historian

Human Resources Manager Health Services Planner

Historic Preservations Specialist Historical Projects Coordinator

Historical Writer Health Consultant Health Researcher

Human Resources Coordinator Health Policy PlannerInformation Specialist

Insurance Broker Immigration Officer

Impact Assessment Officer International Development

Insurance Investigator

Internal Auditor Inventory Specialist Investment Advisor

Interpreter/Translator Industrial Developer

Industrial Planner Intelligence Agent

International Business Representative Human Resources Consultant

Human Rights Officer  Industry Affairs Analyst

Investment BankerJournalist

Job Analyst Judge  

Language Consultant Language Teacher

Librarian

Literary Agent Lawyer

Land Developer Land Economist

Landscape Consultant Location Analyst

Library Media Specialist Learning Strategist Legal Researcher

LobbyistLegislative Analyst

Lab Technician Linguist

Mental Health Worker Market Analyst

Multiculturalism Educator Museum Technician

Manufacturing Planner Marketing Analyst

Magazine Writer Manuscript Reader Market Researcher

Media Relations Executive Map Librarian/Curator

Museum Educator Management Consultant

Marriage and Family Therapist  Office Manager

Policy Consultant Preservation Assistant

ProfessorPolicy Consultant

Preservation Assistant Policy Consultant

Preservation Assistant ProfessorPrincipal

Product Marketing Project Manager

Public Affairs Officer Public Relations Specialist

Paralegal Assistant Police Officer Policy Analyst

Probation/Parole Officer Product Manager Property Manager

Program Coordinator Public Policy/Political Analyst

Publishing Sales Publisher

Public Policy/Political Analyst Publishing Sales

Public Policy/Political Analyst Publishing Sales

PublisherParalegal Assistant Planning Supervisor Program Consultant

Psychologist Political Analyst

Probation & Parole Officer Politician

Promotions Coordinator Publicist

Planned Parenthood Counsellor Psychotherapist

Rehabilitation Counsellor Research Analyst

Rural Development Officer Records Officer

Recruiting Officer Realtor

Risk Analyst Reporter

Research Assistant Regional Planner

Radio/TV Producer

Recruiting Officer Research Director Real Estate Agent

Researcher Reference Librarian Restoration Assistant

Student Services Manager Special Education Teacher

Social Science Analyst Survey Researcher

Statistical Research Analyst Statistician Stock BrokerSports Writer

Sales Representative Social Services Worker Statistical Consultant

Social Worker Special Investigator

School Counsellor Sexual Assault Consultant

Therapist Teacher

TranslatorTechnical Writer

Television and Radio Journalist Trade Development Advisor  

Underwriting SpecialistUser Interface Designer

Urban AnalystUnion RepresentativeVolunteer Coordinator

Victim Services Specialist  Web Page Designer

Writer Women’s Shelter Director

Women’s Rights Advocate  Youth Worker

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