Brantford Campus

Introduction

Laurier's Brantford campus offers a unique core curriculum in Contemporary Studies that can be combined with many other programs. All full-time students on the Brantford campus take courses in Contemporary Studies.

The Honours BA Contemporary Studies program is a four-year, 20.0-credit program that allows for advanced and in depth interdisciplinary study. The General BA Contemporary Studies program is a three-year, 15.0-credit program that is designed to promote a broad understanding of the skills and knowledge needed to understand contemporary issues and concerns.

The Brantford campus has developed a broad, comprehensive Honours BA Criminology program, which will suit students who wish to use criminology as a basis for a variety of different career paths. Especially as students must combine criminology with the Contemporary Studies program, they will emerge with solid critical thinking, communication and writing skills, and with significant credentials for advanced careers in criminology in Canada and beyond.

The Honours BA Organizational Leadership program focuses on the interdisciplinary problems facing our leaders and our organizations. It explores, from a liberal arts perspective, a range of historical and emerging contemporary resources relevant to these challenges. Graduates will find themselves well equipped to understand organizations and leadership, and well-prepared for leadership positions in a wide range of organizations.

A concurrent BA/BEd degree is offered on the Brantford Campus, through a partnership with Nipissing University's Faculty of Education. In four years, students can complete the requirements for both a Laurier BA and a Nipissing BEd. The BEd provides students with the necessary requirements for teacher certification. The program is intended for graduating high school students.

The Brantford Children's Education and Development Option is a program designed for students who wish to apply to teacher's college after completing their BA. The program is open to adult and transfer students.

Brantford's core program can also be combined with the Indigenous Studies minor, and with the arts and science majors, minors and options listed below. Some of these programs are available only at the Brantford campus.

Brantford students may pursue other programs by taking advantage of articulation agreements, which allow students to combine their studies with college programs available at Mohawk College. A variety of programs are available. They include human resources, small business management, police foundations, graphic design and instructor for the blind and visually impaired.

Brantford Campus

Official electronic version updated at 10:33 a.m. March 31, 2005