Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:14 am
ahoteinrun wrote:SpiraLethe wrote:(In North America) A college specialises in one type of learning. A unversity is made up of colleges. For example, I go to Binghamton University. Within Binghamton, I belong to Harpur College of Science and Art. I know people who are in the Watson School of Engineering, the School of Management, and Decker Nursing School (all colleges within the larger university).
For those of you outside of North America:
Freshman - 1st year
Sophomore - 2nd year
Junior - 3rd year
Senior - 4th and final year
Actually thats an "american" thing not a north american thing.
Colleges in Canada are not able to supply full degrees (unless they are a specialized school such as ACAD (which would be Alberta College of Art and Design). The vast majority of colleges however offer the first, second or third year of schooling towards ones degree at a decreased cost. Classes are quite a bit smaller, there is more one on one time available, and the colleges are generally smaller in size then any university.
Very few colleges here offer full degrees, but they're trying to change that (and I do believe a few colleges in alberta are starting to offer full degrees, but as of yet, only the big ones).
Oops, sorry about that. But the college thing also holds true in the States. The colleges that I know of that do give full degrees only give out one type of degree (eg. liberal arts degree as opposed to an engineering degree).
Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:11 pm
SpiraLethe wrote:(In North America) A college specialises in one type of learning. A unversity is made up of colleges. For example, I go to Binghamton University. Within Binghamton, I belong to Harpur College of Science and Art. I know people who are in the Watson School of Engineering, the School of Management, and Decker Nursing School (all colleges within the larger university).
For those of you outside of North America:
Freshman - 1st year
Sophomore - 2nd year
Junior - 3rd year
Senior - 4th and final year
In that case the vast majority of where I am is Universities made up of numerous courses/subjects but the seperate courses/schools aren't usually referred to as Colleges. Its usually just "University name" Business School, "University name" School of Information Technology, etc.
Well, I just finished my 3rd year and I'm going into my 4th so I suppose based on those divisions I'm no longer a Junior. That being said I'm stuck at University for five years so I suppose I'm not a Senior either
I'm splitting hairs, don't mind me.
Thank you for the clarification
Much appreciated!