MRC turning into a University

[daaznfob]

Well ive been told that Mount Royal College will be a University soon, and my friend says that if your in the middle of attending MRC and it switches over to a university you would have to start over ?? is this really fair...
and does anyone know when it is suppose switch, thx

[Frank the Tank]

I really can't see them saying you'd have to start over. That doesn't make any sense to me.

[moon]

I would have to agree with Frank. I can't imagine telling people that they would have to start all over again.

[Bertuzzied]

I'm sure they will grandfather the existing students. Mount Royal University sounds very prestigous though! hehe

[the_only_turek_fan]

How can you just "switch" to a university?

Does the difficulty of classes increase to uni standards, get new profs, etc......


Also the Dinos/Cougers rivalry would be huge.

[RedHot25]

Originally posted by the_only_turek_fan@Nov 16 2004, 09:11 PM
How can you just "switch" to a university?

Does the difficulty of classes increase to uni standards, get new profs, etc......


Also the Dinos/Cougers rivalry would be huge.

I don't know if I agree with the original poster (i.e. mt royal becoming a university), but that said...

....haven't they slowly been "creeping" towards university status via degree granting etc? Something along those lines?

[calf]

Originally posted by the_only_turek_fan@Nov 16 2004, 03:11 PM
How can you just "switch" to a university?

Does the difficulty of classes increase to uni standards, get new profs, etc......


Also the Dinos/Cougers rivalry would be huge.

It's a change in the programs offered. Instead of offering diplomas or certificates or whatever, they'll offer Bachelors degrees (which the already offer some, and likely only those, as I would imagine it would be a primarily undergrad university).

As has been said, it's probably going to be grandfathered in, where those who've started their diploma programs will finish them, but those going into new programs will begin a degree. Probably some differences between UofC and MRC programs too, like instead of a BComm it would be a BBA and the like.

It'll probably take a while to go through and get all the logistics sorted out as to profs, what programs will stay and go, etc.

There's been some talk of this for a while too (my mom is the chair of a program there), and it appears that progress is really slow.

A Dinos/Cougars rivalry? Does anyone even go to either team's games?

[Table 5]

Rumor has it the that MRC will become an undergrad university, while the UofC will become much more of a graduate school.

[peter12]

Originally posted by Table 5@Nov 16 2004, 03:51 PM
Rumor has it the that MRC will become an undergrad university, while the UofC will become much more of a graduate school.

I think that would work quite well as U of C's graduate program reputedly sucks.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally posted by the_only_turek_fan@Nov 16 2004, 03:11 PM
How can you just "switch" to a university?

You can't just switch like that, you do it gradually over time.. like Mount Royal has been doing the past couple of years, and is continuing to do.

[RedHot25]

Originally posted by peter12+Nov 16 2004, 09:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (peter12 @ Nov 16 2004, 09:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Table 5@Nov 16 2004, 03:51 PM
Rumor has it the that MRC will become an undergrad university, while the UofC will become much more of a graduate school.

I think that would work quite well as U of C's graduate program reputedly sucks. [/b][/quote]
They have one of the top 3 or so Masters of Social Work programs in the country...don't know about other ones though.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally posted by RedHot25@Nov 17 2004, 12:20 AM
They have one of the top 3 or so Masters of Social Work programs in the country...don't know about other ones though.

There's alot more to a University than just basing it on the Social Work education. They're lacking in just about everything else except an above-average Medical Doctoral program. I guess that's what happens though when repeated cutbacks continually choke the University out of any good reputation.

[peter12]

Good Medicine and Law. Two very important grad programs. Everything else needs a bit of a boost though.

[RedHot25]

Originally posted by Ozy_Flame+Nov 17 2004, 12:42 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Ozy_Flame @ Nov 17 2004, 12:42 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-RedHot25@Nov 17 2004, 12:20 AM
They have one of the top 3 or so Masters of Social Work programs in the country...don't know about other ones though.

There's alot more to a University than just basing it on the Social Work education. They're lacking in just about everything else except an above-average Medical Doctoral program. I guess that's what happens though when repeated cutbacks continually choke the University out of any good reputation. [/b][/quote]
I didn't say that I was just basing it on a social work education . Also have a good law and medicine programs....

I do agree that the u of c needs a lot of work (I was on the SU for the last year of my schooling).

[browna]

10 years ago I was taking the University transfer program my first two years at Mount Royal. ..so I can't seeing it being much of a stretch to have a fuller compliment of cirriculum for a degree.

Just drop most of the lower end certificate programs/courses and leave them to SAIT, but keep those professors, and its not a big leap. Plus, the place has expanded 10x since 1996, so its got the space.

Better profs, smaller classes (at that time), more class hours...I really wish I couldve' taken all 4 years there. U of C was a lukewarm experience all around for the final 2 years....they try too hard to keep up with the eastern schools, while MRC doesn't try to keep up with anyone and thus is more flexible with the way its run and the manner in which department heads and profs draw up and carry on the ciriculum.

Then again, it was 20$ to park at MRC for the SEMESTER!

Good times.

[Reaper]

Originally posted by the_only_turek_fan@Nov 16 2004, 03:11 PM
Also the Dinos/Cougars rivalry would be huge.

The University of Calgary already has two sports in the Alberta Collegiate Athletics Conference (same one as MRC) as opposed to Canadian Intervarsity Sports.

Women's Hockey and Golf.

[Andrew]

Originally posted by RedHot25+Nov 16 2004, 10:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (RedHot25 @ Nov 16 2004, 10:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

There's alot more to a University than just basing it on the Social Work education. They're lacking in just about everything else except an above-average Medical Doctoral program. I guess that's what happens though when repeated cutbacks continually choke the University out of any good reputation. [/b]

I didn't say that I was just basing it on a social work education . Also have a good law and medicine programs....

I do agree that the u of c needs a lot of work (I was on the SU for the last year of my schooling). [/b][/quote]
<!--QuoteBegin-Peter12

Good Medicine and Law. Two very important grad programs. Everything else needs a bit of a boost though.[/quote]
What medicine program are you talking about? It definitely is a last resort for a lot of students i know. McLeans definitely didn't give it a good rating as well. Maybe cause it is the ONLY medical program in calgary. But it isn't good country wide that is for sure.

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Originally posted by peter12@Nov 17 2004, 03:30 AM
Good Medicine and Law. Two very important grad programs. Everything else needs a bit of a boost though.

Are you sure about the law program, everyone I have talked to says Calgary is the program that one should avoid.

[RedHot25]

Originally posted by Mean Mr. Mustard+Nov 17 2004, 02:51 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mean Mr. Mustard @ Nov 17 2004, 02:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-peter12@Nov 17 2004, 03:30 AM
Good Medicine and Law. Two very important grad programs. Everything else needs a bit of a boost though.

Are you sure about the law program, everyone I have talked to says Calgary is the program that one should avoid. [/b][/quote]
Hmm, interesting. Only a couple of years ago, it wa my understanding that the U of C had very good medicine and law - especially the law - programs. Maybe things have changed that much, I guess.

Cheers.

[Table 5]

I was under the impression that the law program at the UofC was above par as well....