Douglas College
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| Motto: | You can go anywhere from here |
| Established: | 1970 |
| Type: | Public College |
| President: | Susan Witter |
| Location: | New Westminster, Coquitlam, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada |
| Campus: | David Lam Campus / New Westminster Campus |
| Mascot: | Royals |
| Website: | douglascollege.ca |
Established in 1970, Douglas College is one of the largest public colleges in British Columbia, Canada serving 14,000 credit students and 6,000 continuing education students each year. Douglas provides four major areas of educational service: two-year Associate Degrees for university transfer students, academic upgrading, continuing education in professional and personal upgrading, and over 30 major career-training programs. The selection of career programs includes full degrees: Bachelors of Science in Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing, Bachelor of Therapeutic Recreation, Bachelor of Business Administration, BA in Child and Youth Care, and Bachelor of Physical Education and Coaching. Two recent additions to the Bachelor roster include the BA in Criminal Justice and BA in Psychology.
Many Douglas College students are in university transfer programs in which they complete up to two years of degree-level courses before continuing into institutions such as UBC, SFU or the University of Victoria. Students report they start at Douglas because it is more affordable (tuition is about 40 percent lower than at university), offers substantial student support services and features smaller classes with greater student interaction.
In career education, Douglas is recognized for its programs in: health care, community services (Child, Family and Community Studies), criminology, psychology, music and performing arts, business, and physical education and coaching.
The college has three major learning centres: the New Westminster Campus, the David Lam Campus in Coquitlam and the Surrey Training Centre (which specializes in short-term training programs). The David Lam Campus has just completed a major $39 million expansion, adding a large Health Sciences Centre which opened in January, 2008. This state-of-the-art facility offers a great environment for nursing students, psychiatric nursing, and health information management.
The college is named after the former Governor of British Columbia, Sir James Douglas, and the David Lam campus is named after a former Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.
The student newspaper The Other Press has been in print since 1976, making it one of BC's oldest continuously run student publications.
Its sports teams are the Royals, with its mascot being a lion. The Royals have three sports that compete in the U.S. which are the golf and baseball programs, both members of the NWAACC and wrestling which is a member of the NCWA Northwest.
