Cégep de Saint-Laurent

Cégep de Saint-Laurent is a public French-language college located in the Saint-Laurent borough in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located just south of the English-language Vanier College.

Cégep de Saint-Laurent
Motto
Une institution qui a une âme
Motto in English
An institution with a soul
TypeCEGEP
Established1968 (1968)
Students5000[1]
Undergraduatespre-university students; technical
Address
625, avenue Sainte-Croix
Montreal, Quebec
H4L 3X7

45°30′44″N 73°40′20″W
CampusUrban
LanguageFrench
ColoursBlue and Red    
NicknamePatriotes (Pats)
AffiliationsACCC, CCAA, Fédération Québécoise du Sport Étudiant (FQSE)
Websitewww.cegepsl.qc.ca
Main building of Cegep de Saint-Laurent

History

The college traces its origins to the merger of several institutions which became public ones in 1967, when the Quebec system of CEGEPs was created.

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 correspond to the additional year of high school given elsewhere in Canada in preparation for a chosen field in university. The technical programs, which take three years to complete, applies to students who wish to be career-ready; however, many students choose to pursue a university degree. In addition, the Continuing Education Centre offers a wide variety of credit courses and programs with flexible scheduling.

Pre-university programs:

  • Drama arts
  • Visual arts
  • Cinema and communication
  • Dance
  • Languages
  • Letters
  • Music
  • Science
    • Health science
    • Pure and applied science
    • Medical biology
  • Social science

Usually, pre-university programs require four semesters (two years) to complete.

Double DEC programs:

  • Science and visual arts
  • Science and music
  • Science and dance
  • Science and letters
  • Social science and visual arts
  • Social science and dance
  • Social science and music
  • Social science and letters
  • Music and letters

Usually, Double DEC programs, which are considered special pre-university programs, require six semesters (three years) to complete.

Technical/Career programs:

  • Water sanitation technology
  • Environment, health, and safety
  • Nursing
  • Wildlife management technology
  • Community recreation technology
  • Mechanical engineering technology
  • Professional music and song technology
  • Architecture technology
  • Electronics technology

Usually, technical and career programs require six semesters (three years) to complete.

Partnerships

Vanier College, which instructs students with general and technical programs, is affiliated with the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC), and Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA).

Athletics

The college participates in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA) and its athletic teams are known as les Patriotes du cégep de Saint-Laurent, often shortened to Pats. The school maintains intercollegiate teams in men's ice hockey (Division I & II), women's ice hockey, men's and women's flag football, men's and women's soccer, and women's volleyball, men and woman's basket ball which compete in the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) Collégial.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Cégep de Saint-Laurent". Cégeps du Québec. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  2. "Sports – Intercollégial". Cégep de Saint-Laurent (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
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