University of Guelph 2001-2002 Diploma Program Calendar

II--The University

The University of Guelph combines a tradition dating back 125 years with a progressive outlook that has made it one of Canada's leading research institutions. Our roots go back to the Ontario Agricultural College, Ontario Veterinary College and Macdonald Institute. These three colleges were the basis of the new university, established in 1964, and remain essential components of a much expanded and diversified institution that now includes programs in the physical and biological sciences, the arts, the social sciences, and family and social relations.

In 1997 Ontario's three agricultural colleges at Alfred, Kemptville and Ridgetown became part of the University under an enhanced partnership between the University and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) and began to offer diploma courses for the University of Guelph Associate Diploma Program. The University of Guelph is co-educational, non-denominational and provincially supported.

With an estimated $79 million in research funding, the University of Guelph is one of the country's top research institutions. Among its researchers, Guelph numbers 15 Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada. A 30-acre research park adjacent to the campus is home to a growing number of research-intensive industries.

In the University's aims document, Toward 2000: Challenges and Responses, a commitment is made to teaching, research and service in the community. The university must exercise a moral concern for all its members, the document says "...and for the effects of the institution's actions on society and the environment." It must also "...maintain a collegial atmosphere in which free and open debate on major issues can contribute to their resolution."

Academic Organization

Enrolment Statistics (November 1, 2000)

Enrolment at the University of Guelph

Associate Diploma Programs (O.A.C.)

382

Undergraduate Degree Programs

13,256

Graduate Degree Programs

1,685

Total Enrolment (full- and part-time)

15,323

Enrolment in Associate Diploma and Certificate Programs

Collège d'Alfred

127

Ontario Agricultural College

382

Kemptville College

306

Ridgetown College

323

Total Enrolment (full- and part-time)

1,138

The University of Guelph is a highly residential community, with approximately 4,600 students living in campus residences (with an additional 660 in the 2001-2002 academic year).

Learning Objectives

Arising from the Aims and Objectives Report, the following Objectives were approved by the Senate of the University in 1987. They are a set of objectives described in terms of the desired characteristics of educated graduates, and are used in part to guide educators in their development of courses and programs.

Mission Statement

The University of Guelph is a research-intensive, learner-centered university. Its core value is the pursuit of truth. Its aim is to serve society and to enhance the quality of life through scholarship. Both in its research and in its teaching programs, the University is committed to a global perspective.

The University offers a wide range of excellent programs, both in theoretical and applied, disciplinary and interdisciplinary, undergraduate and graduate, in the arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, as well as professional fields. Among these, it recognizes agriculture and veterinary medicine as areas of special responsibility.

The University attracts students, faculty, and staff of the highest quality. It is animated by a spirit of free and open enquiry, collaboration, and mutual respect. It asserts the fundamental equality of all human beings and is committed to creating for all members of its community, an environment that is hospitable, safe, supportive, equitable, pleasurable, and above all, intellectually challenging.

The University of Guelph is determined to put the learner at the centre of all it does, recognizing that research and teaching are intimately linked and that learning is a life-long commitment. The University eagerly promotes collaboration among undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as with our local and international community, other educational institutions, government and business.

The University of Guelph is committed to the highest standards of pedagogy, to the education and well-being of the whole person, to meeting the needs of all learners in a purposefully diverse community, to the pursuit of its articulated learning objectives, to rigorous self-assessment, critical inquiry, and active learning. The University of Guelph educates students for life and work in a rapidly changing world.

The University of Guelph invites public scrutiny of the fulfillment of its mission, especially by the people of Ontario, to whom it is accountable.




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Last revised: October 11, 2001.

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