GCAS Bachelor’s Programme
GCAS College Dublin is actively recruiting the best minds of the next generation. We are delighted to welcome applications for the inaugural cohort of our EU-accredited BA programme in Interdisciplinary Studies. Our aim is to nurture and support students through access to world-class educational resources and an innovative learning model.
About the Undergraduate Programme
This undergraduate programme is designed for students seeking a challenge and who wish to pursue a high-quality education without incurring significant debt. You will study with some of the foremost thinkers and public intellectuals in the world today.
The GCAS undergraduate programme places student empowerment at its core, emphasising critical and creative approaches to learning. This programme offers a variety of social and personal learning opportunities, including coursework, mentorship, group work, travel opportunities, guest lectures and hands-on interactions with world-leading experts, visionaries and innovators. Students at GCAS experience a unique education that helps to develop healthy learning and life habits. Our objective is to support students in their lifelong pursuit of learning by providing lasting tools in communication and media, self-confidence, and the creation of global networks.
The programme follows our mission of providing rigorous, accessible, affordable and cooperative education for the betterment of our world.
Undergraduate Programme in Interdisciplinary Studies
GCAS College Dublin’s BA degree programme in interdisciplinary studies is designed for understanding and innovating new ways of being in the world. This degree was designed by some of the world’s leading experts to provide our students with the highest quality learning experience.
BA Programme Schedule
The programme is three years in length and is designed to follow three interdependent stages:
Acquire Knowledge (Tier 1)
Apply Knowledge (Tier 2)
Create Knowledge (Tier 3)
Courses in the first tier encourage the acquisition of knowledge through the interdisciplinary study of history, ideas, inventions, and discoveries from fields technological, social, religious, philosophical, and scientific. The second year applies this knowledge to our present time with the aim of addressing and providing solutions to the most vexing challenges confronting our common existence today such as: clear air and water, clean energies and environmental healing, shelter and peacemaking. The third and final year engages the creative powers of the student by drawing on acquired and applied knowledge to offer the world their research findings.
Each academic year comprises four terms (Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring), with each term lasting eight weeks. Full-time students complete 15 credit hours per term, totalling 60 credit hours per year and 180 credit hours over the three-year programme.
Much of the BA programme design is inspired by the Oxford style programme, where students take personal initiative in their learning while being supported by regular mentorship.
The GCAS College student is required to meet with their mentor (academic supervisor) once per month.
At the conclusion of three years of course and seminar work, the student must successfully complete the Bachelor Comprehensive Examinations (BCE). The student must successfully pass the Bachelor Comprehensive Examinations in order to graduate from GCAS College Dublin. These examinations must be taken in person or by an authorized proctor arranged by GCAS College in consultation with the student.
In addition to completing the Bachelor Comprehensive Examinations, the student must successfully defend their Bachelor’s thesis in the Bachelor’s Thesis Defense Examination. This defense is designed to demonstrate the student’s unique academic contribution.
Programme Requirements or Courses
Please consult our full course chart to view all required courses, credit allocations, and elective/specialisation options across the three-year programme.
The chart displays the entire 3 year curriculum of required courses and examinations, including Specialisations or Electives.
Application Information
While we take applicants’ academic history into account, we also recognise that traditional educational systems do not capture a student’s full potential. It’s worth noting that the Chancellor of GCAS College Dublin, Professor Dr Creston Davis, nearly failed High School, graduating with a 1.8 GPA. Barred from college admission, he joined the US Army before eventually studying at Oxford, Duke, and Yale, completing his PhD at the University of Virginia in 2006. Dr Davis’ story is important because although he nearly failed High School, he had academic gifts that his High School and the ‘standardised system’ neither understood nor appreciated.
We welcome applicants who, like Dr Davis, may not have succeeded in traditional systems, but nevertheless have promise – both academically and in terms of the will to think and succeed. This is why we do not accept SAT or ACT examinations scores.
If you think you have what it takes to join GCAS College, then we encourage you to apply.
Perhaps this is your moment to become who you are and not what the standardized system tried to make you believe about yourself.
*Please be advised there are English Language Requirements that each applicant must meet or exceed in order to be offered acceptance. Please familiarise yourself with our language requirements in section 1 of the Undergraduate College Student Handbook.
Student Visas
At GCAS, all of our programs are designed to be completed entirely online. No relocation or student visa is required. You can pursue your academic goals from anywhere in the world, ensuring flexibility and convenience as you advance your education with GCAS.
BA Degree Info
Length: 3 Years
Tuition Costs: 3,500€
Requirements: 180 Credits, Courses, BA Thesis, Defence
Prerequisites: Secondary School (High School) Diploma
Program Location: Fully Online
Financial Aid Available to all accepted applicants.
There is no application deadline. Apply at any time. Start the programme when you are ready.
Apply at anytime. Start your journey today.