General Studies may refer to:
- Bachelor of General Studies, a degree offered by some universities in North America
- A GCSE and A-level examination offered to 16-18 year olds in the United Kingdom (although rarely taken in Northern Ireland and Wales) and some other countries. It assesses essay-writing skills, comprehension, languages, awareness of current affairs and such, and is often taken as a complement to a set of subject-based A-levels in conventional academic subjects such as biology or history.
- Columbia University School of General Studies, an undergraduate liberal arts college at Columbia University for non-traditional students.
- A knowledge-oriented school subject taught in primary schools of Hong Kong.
- A subject offered in Malaysia STPM examination, which is better known as its Malay name, Pengajian Am.
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“The esteem of good men is the reward of our worth, but the reputation of the world in general is the gift of our fate.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (16131680)
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—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
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