General Studies

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.

Famous quotes containing the words general and/or studies:

    Suppose we think while we talk or write—I mean, as we normally do—we shall not in general say that we think quicker than we talk, but the thought seems not to be separate from the expression.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)

    The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections.
    Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)