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<York Calendars<Undergraduate
Calendar 2001-2002<Glendon College
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.
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