Champlain College St. Lawrence

Champlain St. Lawrence

Motto	"We Open the World to You"
Type	public CEGEP
Established	1972
Affiliation	non-denominational
Dean	Gordon Brown
Students	1,024 (Fall 2010)
Undergraduates	pre-university students; technical
Postgraduates	not available
Location	Quebec City , QC , Canada
Campus	urban
Sports teams	Lions
Affiliations	ACCC, CCAA, QSSF, AUCC,
Mascot	Lions
Website	www.slc.qc.ca

St. Lawrence College is a campus belonging to Champlain Regional College. The campus is located in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, and is the only English-language Cégep to serve the region.

History

Champlain Regional College, St. Lawrence Campus was founded as a private boys' school in Sainte-Foy in 1958 by Cardinal Maurice Roy. As a classical college affiliated to Université Laval, St. Lawrence offered an eight-year program - High School and College - leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree.

In 1965, St. Lawrence College became a coeducational institution when it accepted the students of the neighbouring Marymount College which was closing.

St. Lawrence has been located in various places during its evolution. In 1958, it started in the Grand Séminaire of Laval University; in 1964, it moved to its own facilities on Wolfe Avenue, which were sold to the Régionale de Tilly seven years later; then, in 1972, to the "old bowling alley" on Jean-Dequen; and finally, in 1977, to its present new facilities at 790 Nérée-Tremblay.

The college traces its origins to the merger of several institutions which became public ones in 1967, when the Quebec system of CEGEPs was created. As St. Lawrence changed its location, it also changed as an educational institution. After the Parent Report and the emergence of the present collegial system, the High School and B. A. programs were phased out, and St. Lawrence, now a CEGEP, was first affiliated with Cégep de Sainte-Foy and then, with Vanier College of Montreal. On July 1, 1972, St. Lawrence became a constituent of Champlain Regional College. In 2013, questions about the multi-regional structure and how it compares to other cegeps led to structural analysis. There is now a movement to make St. Lawrence an autonomous cégep. A similar movement is taking place at St. Lambert College.

Programmes

Pre-University Programmes

Sciences

• Pure and Applied Science
• Health Science

Social Sciences

• Social Science (General)
• Psychology
• Commerce
• Mathematics

Creative Arts, Literature and Languages

• Spanish-French Stream
• German-French Stream
• Spanish-German Stream

Career Programmes

• Accounting and Management Technology (PW Sims Business Program)
• Tourism Technology

Programs

The CEGEP offers two types of programs: pre-university and technical. The pre-university programs, which take two years to complete, cover the subject matters which roughly correspond to the additional year of high school given elsewhere in Canada in preparation for a chosen field in university. The technical programs, which take three-years to complete, applies to students who wish to pursue a skill trade.

See also

• List of colleges in Quebec
• Higher education in Quebec

External links

• Champlain Regional College Website
• Cégep St. Lawrence Website
• St. Lawrence Lions Website