Heritage College (Gatineau)

Infobox_University
name = Heritage College (Gatineau)


motto = Get ready to succeed
established = 1988
type = public CEGEP
affiliation = non-denominational
endowment =
chancellor =
Dean = Jo Anne Werner
city = Gatineau
state = Quebec
country = Canada
students =
undergrad = pre-university students; technical
postgrad = not available
faculty =
staff =
alumni =
campus = Urban
publictransit = On a bus route
free_label = Sports teams
free = Heritage Hurricane
colours = gold color box|#FDD017 & brown color box|#964B00
nickname =
address = 325, boul. Cité des Jeunes, Gatineau, QC,
affiliations = ACCC, CCAA,
website= [http://www.cegep-heritage.qc.ca www.cegep-heritage.qc.ca/] |

Heritage College in Gatineau is the only English-language CEGEP in western Quebec.

Mission

The mission of Heritage College, an English cégep, is to be proudly committed to your success through a diverse and innovative, community-driven learning experience.

History

What began as an offshoot of the much larger Collège de l'Outaouais, with an initial enrollment of 7 students, evolved into an official campus and eventually a college. With an ever increasing population and a few stays in renovated buildings (including a bowling alley, a brothel and a couple of French high schools), it finally achieved fully-autonomous status in 1988 as Heritage College. In 1994, it opened the doors on its newly constructed, more permanent facility; just down the street from its larger sister francophone CEGEP. In 1977, when students were housed in the newly renovated École Ste-Marie, a heritage building on Maisonneuve Boulevard, this branch of the French CEGEP was officially recognized as Heritage Campus. On October 16, 1994, the new Heritage College, with a student population of 900, opened.

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. In addition Continuing education and services to business are provided. Heritage offers the following programs leading to a DEC:

Career programs:
*Accounting and Management Technology
*Computer Science
*Early Childhood Care and Education
*Electronics Technology
*New Media and Publication Design
*Nursing

Pre-University programs:
*Commerce¹
*Liberal Arts
*Science
*Social Science
*Visual Arts

¹Although Commerce is listed as a separate program, it is technically a profile of Social Science and thus, Graduates of Commerce receive a DEC in Social Science, not Commerce.

Heritage also offers several continuing education courses, some of which lead to an AEC.Continuing Education offers various intensive day programs for adults such as Microsoft Network specialist and Bilingual Office System Administration.

Night courses also are offered.

tudent life

The Heritage College Drama Club is called The Krispy Kreme Klub from its weekly Friday afternoon donut runs.

The top activities for students during or after school are Foosball and Ping Pong.

Admission

Application to this CEGEP is handled through Le Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain, although Heritage has no campus or facilities in Montreal itself.

Enrollment fees per semester are $125 per student.

ee also

English-language CEGEPs:
* Champlain
* Dawson College
* Heritage College
* John Abbott College
* Marianopolis College
* Vanier College
* List of colleges in Quebec
* Higher education in Quebec

References

External links

* [http://www.college-em.qc.ca Collège Édouard-Montpetit Website] fr icon