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Glendon College

Glendon is York's bilingual liberal arts Faculty. It is the only institution in southern Ontario where university programs are offered in both French and English. Glendon offers a superior environment for pursuing undergraduate studies. Situated in a park-like setting, bordering the glen of the Don Valley river, Glendon campus is an oasis of peace and beauty. Considering its small size, the student/teacher ratio is one of the best.

Glendon is also dedicated to the proposition that an undergraduate liberal arts education is more relevant today than ever. Upon graduation, students must be prepared to evolve in society and understand its workings in order to get involved and contribute in a constructive and positive manner. A good liberal arts curriculum imparts basic skills of study, thought and expression, and stimulates individual curiosity and exploration, both of the inner personality and of the external environment. Glendon is proud of its quality programs that prepare for interesting careers in fields as diverse as business, commerce, finance, public administration, education, computer science and translation. Glendon offers 20 programs leading to a Bachelor's degree, a Master degree in Translation and a Master degree in Études françaises. Prerequisite courses are offered for the BBA, MBA and LLB programs.

Glendon is unique because students may take university-level courses in both Canada's official languages which are integrated into bilingual programs. Students do not have to be bilingual to be admitted to Glendon. However, they can of course choose the number of courses they take in their second language according to their own linguistic goal. Anglophones and francophones from Canada and other parts of the world all find what they are looking for a home at Glendon: a solid, liberal arts education and a thorough knowledge of Canadian French and English language and culture.

With its small size and ideal location in the heart of Toronto, Glendon College, operating within the ambit of a big university, can offer students the best of both worlds. The size and cohesiveness of the college mean that students have direct and ready access to professors, fellow students and administrators. In a college of about 2,000 students, relations can be more personal and informal - less bureaucratic. The quality of education is enhanced as well as professional scholarship and research, which in turn contributes to enriching teaching. Glendon students also have the opportunity to study abroad in their third year of an Honours program, at French Canadian universities or universities around the world, thanks to an exchange program at Glendon as well as York. Glendon has negotiated formal exchange agreements with l'Université libre de Bruxelles in Belgium, l'Université de Rouen in France, l'Université de Montréal in Québec and all French Canadian universities outside Québec. York University's program, in which Glendon also participates, is even larger and includes agreements with more than 20 countries such as Mexico, Sweden, Israel, Japan or Hong Kong, for example.

At Glendon students may study part-time or full-time, primarily during the day. Students who are interested in education may coregister with the Faculty of Education to complete concurrent degrees in Arts and Education. Glendon has also negotiated an agreement with the Faculty of Education of the University of Ottawa and students from the Centre-South-West region may now be registered at the University of Ottawa and attend their BEd program on the Glendon campus.

Student life at Glendon is full of extracurricular activities organized by and for students on campus, e.g. Theatre Glendon productions, the winter Carnival, the Musical Ensemble, poetry nights etc. Students come from all parts of the world to benefit from Glendon's academic excellence, reputation and bilingual culture, and in turn offer us the cultural richness and different viewpoints of more than 50 countries.