Significations et usages de Dominican_University_College

Coordinates: 45°24′40.02″N 75°42′32.92″W / 45.4111167°N 75.7091444°W / 45.4111167; -75.7091444

Dominican University College
Established	1900
Type	Public
Chancellor	Yvon Pomerleau, O.P.
President	Maxime Allard
Dean	Michel Gourgues (Theology), Eduardo Andujar (Philosophy)
Academic staff	25
Students	160
Undergraduates	80 full time + 110 part time
Postgraduates	50 full time + 4 part time
Location	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Campus	Urban
Colours	silver     ; gold     ; blue
Affiliations	AUCC, IAU, AUFC
Website	dominicancollege.ca

The Dominican University College (formerly the Dominican College of Philosophy and Theology) is a bilingual Roman Catholic university in Ottawa, Ontario, offering civil and pontifical bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in philosophy and theology. Its name in French is Collège universitaire dominicain.

  Mission

• to provide students with a first class, bilingual education in philosophy and theology, in the Dominican order tradition of intellectual excellence, free inquiry, and spiritual growth.
• to contribute to the advancement of knowledge through a wide range of research activities.
• to serve the society and various social organization, by forming students in critical thinking, intelligence of faith, ecumenism, ethics, and aesthetics.

  Academics

  Dominican University College

• Between them, the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology have about 80 full-time students each, for a total student body size of about 160.

  Faculty of Philosophy

The Dominican University College offers a general education in philosophy, through the study of the principal schools of thought as well as major philosophical themes. Although the College is a Catholic institution, it is open to all schools of thought. Studies range from the Greek philosophers to Saint-Augustine and Saint-Thomas Aquinas, Descartes and Kant, and modern and post-modern philosophers,

• Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with Concentration in Ethics
• Bachelor of Arts with Concentration in Philosophy
• Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Philosophy
• Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Philosophy and Minor in Ethics
• Master of Arts in Philosophy
• Doctor in Philosophy
• Certificate in Philosophy
• Certificate in Applied Ethics (Philosophy)

  Faculty of Theology

The undergraduate program in theological studies provides an overall view of the Christian Mystery. The three year Bachelors program has three major themes: God and the human being; Jesus Christ and the being-in-Christ; the Church and the Christian response.

• Bachelor of Theology: civil and canonical degrees
• Masters of Arts in Theology
• Doctor in Theology
• Certificate in Theological Studies
• Certificate in Theology, Ethics and Health
• Continuing Education

  History

• The teaching of Philosophy and Theology has been a tradition for the Dominican order since the 13th century, but only in the past century have they been able to open the university up to the public and offer certified degrees.

The building opened in 1899 as a Dominican convent and house of studies. Today the building houses the Dominican Monastery and the Dominican University College, which offers undergraduate and graduate studies in philosophy and theology. The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Priory has served St-Jean-Baptiste Parish since its foundation in 1899. The building, which features arched ceilings, stained glass in the church and library, and a Casavant Frères organ was included amongst other architecturally interesting and historically significant buildings in Doors Open Ottawa, held June 2 and 3, 2012.^[1].

  Institut de pastorale des Dominicains

  Saint Dominic

• L'Institut de pastorale des Dominicains in Montreal offers, in French, programs in pastoral or liturgical theology or in catechism, leading to university certificates, bachelor's and master's degrees.
• L'Institut was founded in 1960 in Montreal, Quebec by the Dominican Order during the construction of the Convent Saint-Albert-le-Grand. L'Institut partnered with the Dominican College in Ottawa and acquired university status in 1967.
• The Institute consists of 10 professors and two staff.
• The Director and registrar is Denis Gagnon.
• The motto is C'est l'université à taille humaine (It is the University with a human dimension)

  Partnership

• The university is a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and of L'Association des universités de la francophonie canadienne, a network of academic institutions of the Canadian Francophonie.^[2]

  See also

Ottawa portal

• Canadian government scientific research organizations
• Canadian industrial research and development organizations
• Canadian Interuniversity Sport
• Canadian university scientific research organizations
• Higher education in Ontario
• List of colleges and universities named after people
• List of Ontario Universities
• Ontario Student Assistance Program

  References

  External links

• University's main website
• Institut de pastorale website
• Canadian Dominicans
• University's Online Library Catalog

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