Wilfrid Laurier University
Wilfrid Laurier University
Wilfrid Laurier University or simply Laurier was established at the beginning of the twentieth century in 1911 as a seminary in Waterloo. Nowadays it is a large public university with its campuses in the cities of Waterloo, Milton and Brantford - all in the province of Ontario, where more than seventeen thousand full-time students obtain their degrees and diplomas. The famous university was named after one of the Canadian Prime Ministers - Wilfrid Laurier and its slogan is «Truth conquers all» which sets very high standards for the quality of education and students' lives.
Programs
International students can pursue various programs at Wilfrid University from undergraduate to graduate ones. Therefore on the undergraduate level, international students may obtain a Bachelor's degree in the following areas: Arts, Kinesiology, Music, Arts and Science, Music Therapy, Laws, Design, Business Administration, Computer Science and a number of others. An international student can obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree in the area of Communication Studies at Waterloo Campus. It's good to know that, you may be eligible to study the program at Wilfrid Laurier University if you already have a diploma in Arts and Sciences or meet other requirements for international students. During your four-year studies in this program at Wilfrid University, you may choose up to two of the following specializations in Communication Studies: media and cultural theory or media and communication history, global or visual communication, digital media studies and cultural and creative industries. Moreover, in addition to these majors, you may choose your minors in management or community engagement. During the first year, students enrolled on this program study Media History, Communication in context, internet studies and other disciplines which aim at gaining a better understanding of how the process of communication works and finding the possible solutions for making the act of communication more effective. Graduates of the program can work in politics, public relations and corporate communications as copywriters, reporters, social media directors and even advertising planners, so basically everywhere which demands a profound understanding of communication and knowledge of different techniques and methods of conducting it. You may also have a chance to further your studies for the degree of Master’s of Arts in Communication at Carleton University, which last for two years.
If your prime interests are history and cultural heritage, then maybe you will find the program in Archaeology and Heritage Studies very interesting. Wilfrid University offers to learn the disciplines of Archaeology of Religion, Osteology, Stonehenge Era, Health and Diseases in the past and such electives as Great Battles in History, Greece and Ancient Rome among a big list of other disciplines. On the whole, this program at Wilfrid Laurier University focuses on teaching students modern technologies of excavation and research, field archaeology and analytical techniques essential to becoming an archaeologist. Students will have a chance to participate in a number of funded overseas excavations and field schools, gladly organized by Wilfrid Laurier University.
The Waterloo campus of Wilfrid Laurier University also offers to pursue a Bachelor's program in the English language. During the period of their studies, students learn the following disciplines: Reading Fiction, Academic Writing, Critical Reading and Writing, Narrative Story and literature through the prism of crime, love, catastrophe and environment. During the first year at Wilfrid Laurier University, you may choose between studying Garry Potter and Medieval Culture, Mediterranean Culture and Modern Standard Arabis as your electives. Wilfrid Laurier University also provides students with an opportunity to choose creative writing as their concentration, if they want to practice and learn not only academic writing but far beyond that, obtaining the necessary editorial and creative skills. After graduation from Wilfrid Laurier University, former students can work as journalists, scriptwriters, technical writers, teachers and instructors of English as a second language. You may enrich your knowledge in this field and go for graduate-level studies. Among many various options, you can choose to go to the University of British Columbia and achieve the degree of Master of Arts in English, which costs around $9300 per academic year.
As for the Master's degrees that are offered at Wilfrid Laurier University, there are programs in Chemistry, Business Administration, Criminology, English and Film Studies, Environmental Studies, Music Therapy, Psychology, Theology and Divinity, Business Administration and a number of other. For instance, if you already achieved an undergraduate degree in Psychology or in other related areas, you can be eligible for the program of Master of Arts in Psychology. After graduation from the program, Wilfrid Laurier University former students are placed in schools and government departments, some of them even work at Canadian Carleton University and as researchers in non-profit organizations. Besides studying General Psychology, students can study Developmental Psychology as their major at Wilfrid Laurier University. This one is based on learning through apprenticeship, that’s why students collaborate with researchers and with different faculty members conducting their own research and learning different innovative and conventional methods of developmental psychology.
Another one is the Master's program in English and Film Studies which focuses on learning English literature, media studies and global culture, together with acquiring a set of soft skills such as critical thinking, analytical and communication skills which students study to apply in practice. The practice includes organized debates, conferences, and class colloquia. Moreover, students of Laurier University can practice their professional skills working as teaching assistants or complete one term of professional skills placement program.
A single certificate program offered by Laurier University is Global Crime and Justice. This program was devised in collaboration of the university with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to encourage and give a start to the new world leaders and future lawmakers, who are perfectly aware of the current problems of the society and breaches of justice which are perpetuated to exist. The program of Wilfrid Laurier University is online and can be taken simultaneously with the main undergraduate course and as an elective course so the completion of it will award you with two credits. During the program, students learn various disciplines such as Emergency Management, Public Safety, Law and Society and Legal Studies. The program involves a lot of communication, bonding and engagement, as it also aims at developing lots of soft skills important for the leaders of the future.
International students at Wilfrid Laurier University are to pay a fee for their studies. On average, students are to pay from $29253 to $35123 for a year of studying and up to one thousand dollars for textbooks and supplies also annually. If you need Wilfrid Laurier University to support your post-secondary studies and partially fund them, then there are some awards and scholarships offered on the basis of need or merit, which you can find yourself eligible for. One of the scholarships is offered to international students for the leadership and extracurricular activities they pursue.
Accommodation
International students are offered to live in the Wilfrid Laurier University Residence to experience the beauty and excitement of studenthood to the full. Wilfrid Laurier University offers a number of different buildings allocated to students’ residence, which have different characteristics. Some of them are mixed-gender, where students of all genders can live together in private or semi-private apartments. One Waterloo building is single gender for the students, who wish to live with the people of the same gender if it's ruled so by their religious or cultural ideas. Still, most of the buildings of Wilfrid Laurier University are co-ed, where rooms or apartments are shared by students who identify themselves as the same gender. As for the type of suites, there are apartment-style rooms where from two to seven students live together and share up to three washrooms, which number depends on the number of residents of one apartment. There are also dormitory-style traditional rooms and apartments, with five students having a private locked bedroom and sharing a kitchen and a washing room. The cost of living in the residence ranges from five to nine thousand dollars in Waterloo and around seven thousand dollars in Brantford, the precise cost will be known, once you choose the type of room and building you would like to live in. Buying a meal plan is obligatory for the Wilfrid Laurier University buildings residents and it costs up to six thousand dollars for Waterloo students and up to $1200 for the Brantford students.
Future Prospects
Graduation from Wilfrid Laurier University will bring you a range of opportunities, the brightest of which is finding employment anywhere in Canada, considering that you will most probably already have some work experience by the time of your graduation as some international students are allowed to work during their studies. As your study permit, which you obtained for studying at Wilfrid Laurier University, will turn invalid after ninety days after your graduation, you will need to achieve legal status as soon as possible. One of the options can become obtaining a post-graduation work permit if you finished a full-time study program at Wilfrid Laurier University and meet all the necessary requirements to obtain this permission.
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