Academic Foundations (Certificate)

About this programme

Please visit the International application deadline page to find out when applications may be available. Not sure what you want to study? Explore your options while accumulating credits – and without wasting time or money – with the Certificate in Academic Foundations. With this flexible, one-year credential, you can (with our help) build your own program while exploring your interests in the arts and sciences. This certificate is designed for maximum transferability to degree programs at Douglas College or other institutions. To ensure your courses transfer, see the BC Transfer Guide. You'll take part in classroom discussions and give presentations, experiment in the lab and write papers to develop and enhance your critical-thinking, writing, research and presentation skills, competencies that are crucial to success in your future career or further education. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that you check each individual course prerequisite and ensure that you have completed requirements prior to registration. Calculate your tuition and see the approximate cost of taking your program at Douglas College with the tuition and fee estimator . See costs broken down into categories including tuition fees, textbooks, student activity fees, U-Pass and more. Select any university transferable** ENGL course (CMNS or CRWR can be used if the course transfers as an English course to one of UBC/UBCO, SFU, UNBC, or UVic.) Select any university transferable** Mathematics, Statistics ( MATH 1160 , PSYC 2300 , BUSN 2429 , etc.), or Computing Science (CMPT/CSIS/CISY) course