Algoma University College

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Algoma University College
Motto: "Truth, Knowledge and Wisdom"
Established: 1967
Type: federated college, charter as independent university pending
President: Dr. Celia Ross
Faculty: 38
Undergraduates: 1200
Postgraduates: 07
Location: Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
Campus: urban
Mascot: Thunderbirds
Website: www.algomau.ca

Algoma University College (AUC) is a postsecondary institution in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, offering undergraduate university degrees in more than 25 academic programs. The student population has increased substantially in recent years and Algoma now has about 1200 students.

Algoma is currently an affiliated college of Laurentian University in Sudbury. On May 31, 2007, the government of Ontario announced that it would introduce legislation to charter Algoma as a fully independent university. Nipissing University in North Bay (also formerly an affiliated college of Laurentian) received status as an independent university in 1992. On May 29, 2008 the Algoma University Act was passed by the Ontario Legislature granting independent university status to Algoma. The Act awaits royal assent at which point it will become law[1].

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[edit] History

On the site of a former Anishnabek residential school, Algoma College officially opened in September of 1967. Initially its program was limited to the first year of studies for both the Bachelor of Arts, and the Bachelor of Science degree programs. It wasn't until 1972 that the College offered the entire three-year program.

Algoma's independence from Laurentian University was first proposed in 1994. The original proposal would have seen the school renamed Shingwauk University, but was not ultimately pursued by the MTCU. As noted, in the university's new independence plan, Shingwauk will be the name of a new federated institution dedicated to Anishnaabe education.

[edit] Programs

Algoma provides three and four year Bachelor's degrees in disciplines such as English, history, psychology, biology, business, computer science and fine arts. A new integrated technologies building recently opened in 2005, which plays host to the newly added Master of Computer Games Technology program in conjunction with the University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland. It also houses a new cafeteria, student centre, and student pub named 'The Speak Easy'.

[edit] Partnerships

It is also affiliated with the Algoma Conservatory of Music, which offers music lessons to about 1000 students in the community.

Concurrently with AUC's charter as an independent university, the school will also launch Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig (University), an Anishinaabe cultural and linguistic federated school poised to open in the fall of 2008.[2]

[edit] Buildings & Features

The university has a sports centre, the George Leach Centre, which has a 200 metre indoor track as well as numerous basketball, volleyball and tennis courts, and exercise facilities.

In 1975 the college purchased Shingwauk Hall, the building that housed the aforementioned residential school, and 37 acres of land including property along the St. Mary's River front. In 1989 the Arthur A. Wishart library opened, followed by expansion in 1992 with the opening of the George Leach Centre. Student residence buildings were constructed in 1995 and later expanded in 2001.

2005 was a significant year for the school, as a $6 million technology wing saw expansion unprecedented in the school's young past. Included in the wing are state-of-the-art technology and computer labs, the 'Great West Life Amphitheatre' (a 250+ seat lecture hall), a new student centre, cafeteria, faculty offices, bookstore/campus shop, and a new pub.[3]

[edit] Undergraduate Programs

[edit] Bachelor of Arts

[edit] Bachelor of Computer Science

[edit] Bachelor of Science

[edit] Bachelor of Business Administration

[edit] Certificate Programs (1-year)

[edit] Graduate Programs

  • Computer Gaming Technology(MSc. CGT)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_detail.do?locale=en&BillID=2021
  2. ^ "New Anishinaabe university starts this fall at Algoma U", sootoday.com, February 21, 2008.
  3. ^ intro

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