At Sault College in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, Cert in General Arts and Science - One Year is offered as a certificate in Liberal Arts programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,551 per year (CAD 2,701 per year for local students).
The one-year certificate builds workforce skills such as communication, critical thinking and interpersonal relations while giving students flexibility to study across math and science, humanities, communications, and social science. Students work with faculty to choose electives and set a full- or part-time schedule, and on completion can move into a Sault College diploma program of their choice or progress into year two of the University Transfer stream within General Arts and Science.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma with Grade 12 English (College Preparation, ENG4C), or mature student status. International applicants and those whose prior study was not in English must meet the college's general Diploma and College Certificate standard: IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 79-80 with no test score below 20, PTE Academic 60 with no communicative skill below 52, or Duolingo English Test 110 with no band below 105. No portfolio, interview or other condition is stated. The one-year Ontario College Certificate is offered with intakes in January and September.
Application Details
Start Date:January and September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting in September 2027, the application system opens on 26 September 2026 and the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, after which qualified applications are assessed first-come, first-served until seats are full; Sault College publishes no equal-consideration date of its own, and neither OCAS nor the college states a separate date for the January 2027 intake. International applicants apply directly to Sault College rather than through ontariocolleges.ca; the college states only that applications are reviewed within five business days of submission and publishes no fixed opening or closing date for international admission. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
