10.  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.
12. 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.
13. The nine Essential Skills Reading Text Document Use Numeracy Writing Oral Communication Working With Others Continuous Learning Thinking Skills Computer Use
15. 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.
17. 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.
18. If our country is so rich, why are so many people so poor?
19. 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.
20. Why is a comedy show the only source of reliable news on TV?
21. How small are our classes? Â A first year academic English course at Okanagan College is limited to 20 students. Â At UBCO, the same course has 140 students.
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23. 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.
25. 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.
27. 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
29. 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.
31. 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.
33. 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.Â
35. 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.
37. 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.
43. 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. Â
45. Choose an Arts education at Okanagan College for the choice it gives you. Â Choose from over 200 different university transfer courses, in 20 different subject areas, from 11 different departments.
49. 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
50. 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 Â
52. 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
53. 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
54. 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 Banker Journalist Job Analyst Judge  Language Consultant Language Teacher Librarian
55. Literary Agent Lawyer Land Developer Land Economist Landscape Consultant Location Analyst Library Media Specialist Learning Strategist Legal Researcher Lobbyist Legislative Analyst Lab Technician Linguist Mental Health Worker Market Analyst Multiculturalism Educator Museum Technician Manufacturing Planner Marketing Analyst
56. 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 Professor Policy Consultant Preservation Assistant Policy Consultant Preservation Assistant Professor Principal Product Marketing Project Manager
57. 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 Publisher Paralegal Assistant Planning Supervisor Program Consultant
58. 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
59. 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 Broker Sports Writer Sales Representative Social Services Worker Statistical Consultant Social Worker Special Investigator
60. School Counsellor Sexual Assault Consultant Therapist Teacher Translator Technical Writer Television and Radio Journalist Trade Development Advisor  Underwriting Specialist User Interface Designer Urban Analyst Union Representative Volunteer Coordinator Victim Services Specialist  Web Page Designer Writer Women’s Shelter Director Women’s Rights Advocate  Youth Worker
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62. BY Marlo Edwards Sharon Josephson Colin Snowsell SONG CREDITS Longwave, “I Don’t Care” The French Kicks, “So Far We Are”