It’s all here. Admissions 2018 - Undergraduate Programs @sahirnagi 1,325 8 @kbowerss @chelsnykilchyk @janikguy @laurentianrecreation @thomas_rowan @laurentianrecreation @luvoyageurs @courtneyprimeau 2,185 9 @daviau_rena18 755 6 165 4 @laurentianu @luvoyageurs @heatherwilson @luvoyageurs @lurowing 374 7 @d.yasko @janikguy @st3phb3ll @laurentianu @voyageurssaac @laurentianu 234 3 902 5 @lulmoments @icharliecharlenec @beccarapp8 @laurentianu 3 | WELCOME 4 | OUR CITY 6 | OUR CAMPUS 10 | STUDENT LIFE 14 | RESIDENCE LIFE Your future Welcome 20 | ATHLETICS 24 | RECREATION begins at Laurentian. 27 | SUPPORT 30 | ADMISSIONS Bonjour, Aanii, and Welcome to Laurentian University! 31 | PROGRAM INDEX More students are choosing Laurentian and we are excited to let you know why. Aanii 45 | MONEY MATTERS We have award winning programs, a 50 | ARTS PROGRAMS multiple national and international awards, multi-cultural learning atmosphere, and our students take pride in discovering 70 | EDUCATION PROGRAMS a breath-taking campus. We have a proven innovative and eco-friendly mining solutions Welcome, track record in preparing graduates for that will help industry and revitalize the planet. 74 | HEALTH PROGRAMS a bright and rewarding future. In the Maclean’s Innovation is a word you will hear a lot at University Ranking, Laurentian is positioned 84 | MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS Laurentian. We are on the look-out for new Bonjour in the top 10 for primarily undergraduate projects and programs to bolster our students’ universities. 88 | SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND educational opportunities. Next year we will ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMS 92% of our graduates find a good job within open the $30 million Cliff Fielding Research Aanii, 6-months of receiving their diplomas. We have Innovation and Engineering building. This 108 | MEDICINE - NOSM been #1 in Ontario in this category for the last facility will contain state of the art labs, a 6 years. Laurentian graduates also earn among space for researchers, students, and industrial 110 | CUSTOMIZE YOUR PROGRAM the highest salaries of any Ontario graduates. partners to collaborate and build important 112 | GRADUATE STUDIES INDEX Our success is rooted in a dedication to networks, as well as a space to develop and providing personalized education. With one market new ideas. Bonjour. of the lowest student-faculty ratios in Ontario, In 2012, we opened the McEwen School our students have the opportunity to connect of Architecture, making it the first new with professors, getting to know each other architecture school to open in Canada in on a first-name basis. 45 years. Its focus on the environment and Laurentian offers a wide variety of programs to Indigenous perspectives in design make the satisfy a range of interests, including a strong McEwen School a unique place to study focus on Indigenous culture and research. architecture. This year we opened McEwen’s We are also a bilingual university, offering 40 new state-of-the-art building in downtown French-language undergraduate and graduate Sudbury, announced a brand new master’s programs, serving a Francophone student body program in architecture, and awarded of 1500 and counting. diplomas to our first graduating class. Laurentian’s Business Administration Program The Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre, provides hands-on education and experience featuring a spectacular multipurpose round- to develop the skills needed for a successful business career. This BBA program room, is designed to bring people of all backgrounds together in a common received its international accreditation in 2016 – preparing students to be space, and to be a home away from home for Indigenous students. It opened successful, socially-conscious business leaders who will go on to serve and to this June and has already become the centre piece of our magnificent campus. improve their communities. If sports is more your game, Laurentien also offers a But it’s not all work at Laurentian. You will also get to enjoy our spectacular Bachelor of Commerce in Sports Administration, Canada’s only business degree 765-acre campus surrounded by five of Sudbury’s 330 freshwater lakes including in sports administration. an on-campus beach, a mixed Boreal forest and breath-taking year-round Laurentian University is rooted in nature. We believe that education, nature trails. environmental protection, and economic development go hand in hand. Our Your future begins at Laurentian. I look forward to meeting you this fall! award-winning waterfront research facility, the Vale Living With Lakes Centre combined with our environmental studies program are magnets for international scholars in freshwater eco-system and environmental restoration. Laurentian’s Bharti School of Engineering and the Harquail School of Earth Sciences are world renowned for their mining and mineral exploration research DR. PIERRE ZUNDEL, Interim President and Vice-Chancellor and education, including a bilingual engineering program. Besides winning [email protected] Twitter: @PierreZundel WELCOME | 3 9 1,300km 330 2,415 provincial parks of groomed freshwater acres of within a 90-minute multi-use trails lakes conservation area Our drive The City of Greater Sudbury 160,000 population Find your home away from home at the heart of a beautiful city and a magnificent campus. City As the Northern Ontario hub for health, education, government, mining and retail, the City of Greater Sudbury offers the unique advantages of a metropolitan area while remaining a truly tight-knit community. Combined with its enviable natural setting of freshwater lakes and boreal forests, it offers outstanding quality of life. ENJOY A BLEND OF CULTURE AMIDST NATURE. By land area, Greater Sudbury is the largest city in Ontario and as such, the great outdoors beckons with expansive lakes and waterways, lush forests and varied terrain, a comprehensive network of groomed hiking, skiing, biking and snowmobile trails, and nine provincial parks within a 90-minute drive of the Laurentian campus. Beyond the busy life on campus, you’ll find plenty to do and enjoy in your host city. From festivals, outdoor recreation and sports, to live theatre, museums, shopping, dining, and socializing, it’s all within easy reach. Leisure activities run the full gamut from adventure and arts, all the way to yoga and paddle boarding. There’s something here for every aspect of your Toronto to Sudbury personality, interest, and energy level. 387 km Greater Sudbury has efficient and economical Ottawa to Sudbury public transit and is relatively easy to navigate 484 km by car or on foot. DID YOU KNOW? Greater Sudbury is considered a city of lakes as its landscape is dotted with over 330 lakes, covering 601 kilometres of terrain. OUR CITY | 5 60 9,600 450 765 classrooms and students new acres teaching labs enrolled study spaces of land Located in the traditional territory of the Atikameksheng Anishnabek, our campus is nestled among five freshwater lakes in the heart of the city, surrounded by lush green spaces. It stands to reason that pristine nature can be enjoyed from every vantage point on campus. STUDENT TOP PICKS Brenda Wallace Reading Room for the view Vale Living with Lakes Patio for the sunsets Laurentian’s Trails for the fresh air Starbucks for the coffee Pub Downunder for the vibe Boasting our own private beach, our natural setting is minutes from the downtown core, Café Bistro and comprises more than 765 acres of land owned by the university, that adjoins the vast for the ambiance Lake Laurentian Conservation Area. Nature is at the core of the university’s identity, and Alphonse Raymond learning here, in this awe-inspiring natural environment, is a true pleasure for the senses. Student Study Space Laurentian is attended by 9,600 students, is moderate in size, and features amenities within close proximity. for its French ‘je-ne-sais-quoi’ There is no need to arrange for transportation, and getting that extra sleep in the morning is a real advantage for Our Indigenous Sharing and Learning many students. Forgot something in residence? Not a problem as it is only a minute or two away, at break time. Centre Study Lounge The downtown area, which is the site of the University’s new McEwen School of Architecture, can be accessed within for its friendly faces minutes by hopping on one of the many transit buses that commute back and forth to the main campus. The School and warm welcome is located in the downtown core at the intersection of Elm and Elgin streets. 10 SPOTS TO McEwen School of Architecture / Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre Campus Parker rooftop view / Founders Square / Private beach / Indoor and outdoor tracks CHECK OUT! Climbing wall / Olympic-size pool / Tango Tower / Welcome Centre OUR CAMPUS | 7 Campus map 1 Vale Living with Lakes Centre 2 Willet Green Miller Centre 3 Security SECONDARY ENTRANCE 4 Fraser Building and Auditorium 1 5 Cliff Fielding Research, Innovation P16 and Engineering Building The Laurentian Federation ad 6 Science II Building and Lake Ro sey MAIN ENTRANCE Ram Doran Planetarium Huntington University, Thorneloe University and the University of Sudbury 7 Science I Building form the Laurentian Federation. S o P u 8 J.N. Desmarais Library t h Bus Parking Private Each individual university contributes unique academic programs, distinct learning and residential B Stop Beach 2 a 9 Classroom Building y accommodations, and other diverse attributes to Laurentian’s offerings. Students at University of Sudbury, R o 10 Arts Building Thorneloe and Huntington are all Laurentian University students who share classrooms, services, activities and are an integral a d 11 Dining Hall part of the Laurentian community. All students on campus receive a Laurentian University diploma upon graduation. 12 R.D. Parker Building / Welcome P1 Centre / myLaurentian Hub P2 13 Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre A 3 ARBORETUM PAVILLION 4 P15 14 West Residence P3 5 15 Mature Student Residence 6 16 Single Student Residence 7 12 17 University College Residence 8 TIPI 15 9 10 18 East Residence F 13 14 19 University of Sudbury P4 19a Lucien Matte Residence P5 16 20 Huntington University 11 B P10 C and Residence E 17 18 21 Thorneloe University Elm Street Kingsway P7 P9 and Residence 85 Elm St.