VIU的通识教育课程是为那些想要探索这一切的人–历史，人文科学，文理科学，文学，音乐，哲学等等。在通识教育中，学生努力加深对我们是谁以及某些文化遗产如何塑造我们的价值观和观点的了解。这个独特的文科计划课程在小型研讨会上讲授，学生可以参与其中并成为批判性思维，交流以及如何创造性地适应新挑战，非常重要的技能并能很好地延续到未来的职业和研究生院的专家。毕业生从事法律，建筑，公共管理，教育，海洋考古学和传播学等一系列职业。通识教育在一门学科中提供了传统学位的重要替代。它从人文，艺术和科学中汲取了丰富的内容，并对它
VIU’s Liberal Studies program is for those who want to explore it all – history, humanities, liberal arts and sciences, literature, music, philosophy and more. In liberal studies, students strive to gain a deeper understanding of who we are and how our values and perspectives have been shaped by certain cultural legacies.This unique liberal arts program program is taught in small seminars where students engage in and become experts in critical thinking, communication and how to creatively adapt to new challenges, skills that are of high importance and carry over well to future careers and graduate school.Graduates have gone on to a range of careers in law, architecture, public administration, education, marine archaeology and communications.