2012-2013 Academic Year Calendar - Marianopolis

CertificatesSpecial InterestCertificates:– Honours Science– International Studies– Law and Social Justice– Third World StudiesThe certificates provide an additionalopportunity for an integrative approachto studies for a DEC.Certificates allow motivated students tointegrate their knowledge and enrichtheir understanding of certain themeswhile completing the requirements forthe DEC. At present, such certificatesfocus on Honours Science; InternationalStudies; Law and Social Justiceand Third World Studies.In some cases, the requirements for acertificate call for students to be in aparticular program; in other cases, therequirements may enable students fromdifferent programs to be eligible. Thecompletion of the program leads to theDEC (Diplôme d’études collégiales).The certificate is an attestation awardedby the College upon graduation anddoes not lead to a DEC.Honours ScienceCertificateThe Honours Science Certificateprovides students with a wide interdisciplinaryperspective on science ingeneral, as well as excellent preparationfor university study in engineering,medicine, biological sciences, physicalsciences and mathematics. Each studentmay design a personalized program,within guidelines set by the Certificate,suited to that student’s particular interests.This includes enriched andadvanced courses as well as a numberof integrated activities such as lectures,industrial visits, environmental activities;Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry,or Computer Science competitions; andprojects (special course projects, ScienceFair projects, etc.). Collectively, theseprovide students with a strong interdisciplinarybackground for futurestudies.Admission into the Honours ScienceCertificate is limited and selective. Ittakes place at the beginning of the firstterm at Marianopolis and is based on aletter of intent and high school grades.Students with a first-semester averageof 87% or more in the sciences and82% overall will be considered eligibleto apply for second-semester entranceinto the Certificate.International StudiesCertificateThe International Studies Certificate iscomposed of a set of courses and activitiesdesigned to enhance the student'sunderstanding of:• contemporary world problems(political, economic, social,cultural, ideological, military,etc.);• relationships between nationsand between cultures;• various contemporary nations,societies and cultures.The International Studies Certificategroups together all the courses whichfocus on these topics, spanning thedisciplines of Social Science, Humanities,English and Modern Languages.A complete list of eligible coursesappears in the International Studies brochure.Through these specific courses,students will develop a feeling forvarious peoples and learn approachesand techniques of the social sciencesfor analyzing relations between nations,world problems and various societies.Participation in extracurricular activitieswill enable the student to gainexperience in the application of theseapproaches, techniques and knowledge.Certificate requirements:1. complete successfully a minimumof 5 eligible courses (including atleast one from the Social Scienceslist)2. participate in various extracurricularactivities of an international theme(lectures, conferences, committeework, Model UN, excursions, etc.)22