Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert
Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert
Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert
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International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (200.10)<br />
The IB Diploma program is designed for students who are<br />
interested in a well-rounded, enriched and challenging<br />
college education. It provides students with a broad and<br />
comprehensive education in Languages and Literature,<br />
Mathematics, Experimental Sciences, Social Sciences and<br />
the Humanities. The IB diploma, recognized by all Quebec<br />
universities as well as universities in Canada, the U.S. and<br />
countries around the world, is an excellent preparation for<br />
students intending to pursue university studies in Law,<br />
International Relations, Literature, Engineering, Physical<br />
Sciences, Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Medicine, Social<br />
Sciences and Commerce either at home or abroad. In May<br />
of their final semester in the program IB students write a<br />
total of six (6) IB examinations - three (3) at the Higher level<br />
and three (3) at the Standard level. The subjects and level<br />
of examinations students will write is determined by the<br />
specific IB Diploma program option for which they register.<br />
Cote de rendement (cote R)<br />
Québec universities admit students on the basis of the<br />
“cote de rendement collégiale”, otherwise known as the<br />
cote R. For students in the IB program Quebec universities<br />
assign a bonus to all IB students upon successful<br />
completion of the IB program. McGill University and many<br />
others actively recruit IB graduates.<br />
Admission Requirements<br />
All applicants to the IB diploma program should have a<br />
Québec Diploma of Secondary Studies or its equivalent with<br />
a good grounding in both English and French. Students<br />
applying to the IB Sciences option should have completed<br />
Mathematics TS 5 or SN 5, Secondary 5 Physics and<br />
Secondary 5 Chemistry. Due to limited space in the<br />
program, and based on the overall average of previous<br />
<strong>Champlain</strong> IB students, it is suggested that students<br />
applying to the IB program have an 80% average as well<br />
as a minimum of 80% in Chemistry, Physics and<br />
Mathematics. Even if candidates to programs meet the<br />
requirements of the Règlement sur le régime des études<br />
collégiales, they may be refused due to lack of spaces.<br />
For more information, please refer to our website at<br />
www.champlainonline.com under Admissions.<br />
Second Language Curriculum<br />
All IB students are required to follow a second language<br />
curriculum. The two language options at <strong>Champlain</strong> are<br />
French and Spanish. In most cases, students will be<br />
required to take French as a second language. However,<br />
students with a sufficiently high level of ability in French as<br />
a mother tongue, will be offered the possibility of taking<br />
beginners Spanish instead of French. Please note that the<br />
Spanish option is not available to students who have taken<br />
Spanish in high school.<br />
Fees<br />
Students pay IB examination fees and administrative fees of<br />
$400 per term ($800 per year) as well as the Student Fee<br />
(see fee section of this calendar). Financial assistance is<br />
available through the Quebec Loans and Bursaries Program.<br />
Application forms are available at the <strong>College</strong>.