Diploma in Arts and Sciences is a diploma in Liberal Arts programme offered by NorQuest College in Edmonton, Canada. The programme runs for 4 semesters, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 38,382 per total (CAD 12,906 per total for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Liberal Arts
Duration: 4 semesters
Delivery: On Campus
Local tuition: CAD 12,906 / total
International tuition: CAD 38,382 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This diploma program at NorQuest College offers a minimum of 60 transferable credits, roughly equivalent to two years of full-time study, intended as a pathway toward a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree at a receiving institution. The curriculum develops critical thinking, reading, and writing skills, the ability to analyze digital information and media for source evaluation, literacy across arts and science disciplines, and research skills using academic databases. Students customize their course of study by selecting electives from the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and other subject areas. The diploma is completed over four terms and can be pursued full-time or part-time; delivery is primarily in-person with some courses offered online or in hyflex format. The program is based at the Edmonton campus, uses first-qualified entry with small class sizes, and includes personalized academic advising. It suits students who want to complete general transfer-level coursework before continuing into a specific bachelor's degree program elsewhere.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry requires English Language Arts 30-1 at 60%, 30-2 at 70%, or the equivalent ESLG 1860 (65%) or ESLG 1898 (75%), with recognised equivalencies available for applicants missing the subject. Non-native English speakers must submit proof no more than two years old: IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band below 6, TOEFL iBT 84 with no section below 21, Cambridge English 180 with no section below 165, CAEL 70 with no section below 70, PTE Academic 59 with no section below 56, Duolingo English Test 115, or CLBA/CLBPA with no section below 8, plus ILAC Pathway 3.3 or ILSC Advanced 1; NorQuest ESL courses at 80% or EAP II at 50% are also accepted. Students need only a 1.00 term and cumulative GPA to remain in good standing and graduate, though transferring credit to the University of Alberta or MacEwan University requires a 2.0 GPA. No portfolio, interview, work-experience or criminal-record requirement applies, and the programme is not currently open to international students.
Application Details
Start Date:January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or refugees) apply to NorQuest College through ApplyAlberta: applications open October 1 of the prior year for the Fall intake, February 1 for Winter, and June 1 for Spring/Summer, with the domestic deadline set as the first Friday of the term itself and offers made on a first-qualified, first-admitted basis subject to seat availability. International applicants apply through NorQuest's own virtual admissions system and face earlier fixed deadlines: June 9 for Fall, October 15 for Winter, and February 9 for Spring/Summer entry. NorQuest publishes this schedule as a recurring policy rather than year-specific dates, and does not describe admission as fully rolling, since seats are limited by program. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
