Heritage College is a public English-language

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located on Cité des Jeunes Boulevard in

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, Canada. It is the only English-language college in western Quebec.

History

What began as an offshoot of the much larger Collège de l'Outaouais, with an initial enrollment of 7 students, evolved into an official campus and eventually a college. With an ever-increasing population and a few stays in renovated buildings (including a bowling alley and a couple of French high schools), it finally achieved fully autonomous status in 1988 as Heritage College. In 1994, it opened the doors on its newly constructed, more permanent facility; just down the street from its larger sister francophone college. In 1977, when students were housed in the newly renovated École Ste-Marie, a heritage building on Maisonneuve Boulevard, this branch of the French college was officially recognized as Heritage Campus. On October 16, 1994, the new Heritage College, with a student population of 900, opened.

Programs

The college offers two types of programs: pre-university and technical. The pre-university programs, which take two years to complete, cover the subject matters which roughly corresponds to an additional year of high school and what is considered the first year of university elsewhere in Canada, in preparation for a chosen field in university. Students who complete pre-university programs typically complete undergraduate degrees in three years. The technical programs, which take three-years to complete, applies to students who wish to pursue a skill trade. In addition Continuing education and services to business are provided. Heritage offers the following programs leading to a DEC: Career programs: *Accounting and Management Technology *

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*Early Childhood Care and Education *Electronics Technology *New Media and Publication Design *

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*Hospitality and Hotel Management *Tourism Pre-university programs: *

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¹ *

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¹Although Commerce is listed as a separate program, it is technically a profile of Social Science and thus, Graduates of Commerce receive a DEC in Social Science, not Commerce. Heritage also offers several

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courses, some of which lead to an AEC. Continuing Education offers various intensive day programs for adults such as Microsoft Network specialist and Bilingual Office System Administration. Night courses also are offered.

Student life

The Heritage College Drama Club is the Bacchus Players. S.Q.U.A.D. - Students Questing for Unity, Awareness and Diversity. Through activism, S.Q.U.A.D. is a club that wants to raise awareness for social, animal, environmental, human and political rights.

Admission

Applications are handled through Le Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain, although Heritage has no campus or facilities in Montreal itself.

English-language colleges

* Champlain *

Dawson College Dawson College (French: ''Collège Dawson)'' is an English-language public general and vocational college in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The college is situated near the heart of Downtown Montreal in a former nunnery on approximately 12 acres ...

* Heritage College *

John Abbott College John Abbott College (French: ''Collège John Abbott)'' is an English-language public college located in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, near the western tip of the Island of Montreal. John Abbott College is one of eight English publ ...

* Marianopolis College * Vanier College * List of colleges in Quebec *

References

External links

* {{Authority control Quebec CEGEP Education in Gatineau English-language universities and colleges in Quebec Buildings and structures in Gatineau