university at parkland college

Parkland College is your answer by providing a variety of educational opportunities right in your own back yard.

We have the largest off-campus University Program offered at a regional college in Saskatchewan. Quality education is available to you through face-to-face sessional lecturers and distance education via SCN and Internet. Smaller class sizes allow for more personal interaction with professors. Numerous student support services along with a friendly relaxed atmosphere will help to make your university education a valuable and enjoyable experience. What better place to start your university education!

We invite you to take advantage of these fully accredited, quality educational opportunities available at the Parkland College.

Parkland College in Yorkton is a designated Arts and Science site for the University of Saskatchewan. The first year program is available with a variety of courses from all four program areas in the College of Arts and Science: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Fine Arts. The second year program is available with a selection of courses from the Social Sciences and Humanities. Occasionally third and fourth year courses are available.

undergraduate programs

Parkland College runs the largest off-campus University program offered at a Regional College in the province. Courses are delivered using a variety of traditional and multi-media methods and delivered locally from the University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina. Students have the opportunity to complete their first 2 years of pre-professional studies or complete the full Social Work degree right in Yorkton.

graduate programs

Since 2005, Parkland College has been offering select graduate level university classes toward the completion of the Master of Adult Education. This program is meeting the needs of many sectors including health, education, and private business. The program will reach completion in 2009 with the anticipation of graduating 15 students.

Parkland College is pleased to offer a new graduate-level degree program from the University of Saskatchewan. The Master of Education in Educational Administration is a degree that focuses on research relating to educational leadership, rural education, and school effectiveness. This program will be run as a cohort, and students will begin during the regular session of the Fall 2008. The course-based program, concluding in the summer of 2010, will qualify successful graduates to enter appropriate administrative roles in their respective school systems.

Parkland College is committed to life-long learning and is also investigation the possibility of offering more graduate level programs including Education, Business Administration and Social Work. Please contact the College for more details.

university of saskatchewan courses at parkland college enable you to:

1. Begin a degree in the College of Arts and Science.
2. Enroll in any of the following pre-programs: pre-Administration, pre-Architecture, pre-Dentistry, pre-Education, pre-Journalism, pre-Law, pre-Medicine, pre-Nutrition and Dietetics, pre-Optometry, pre-Pharmacy, pre-Physical Therapy, pre-Social Work and pre-Veterinary Medicine.
3. Enroll in courses with the intention of transferring to the Colleges of Agriculture, Commerce, Engineering, or Kinesiology.
4. Enroll in courses with the intention of transferring the courses to another university or vocational/technical institute. Transferability of courses should always be confirmed prior to registration.

Parkland College also offers a number of courses from the University of Regina, focusing on the Faculty of Social Work. University of Regina courses from other Faculties such as Administration, Arts, Education and Science are also available via SCN and Internet.

skills training courses at parkland college

Acquire Skills for the career you've been waiting for. Parkland College works closely with employers to help ensure that training leads to employment and skill shortages in the Parkland region are met. Many programs include a work placement component and industry recognized certifications wherever possible. Full-time and part-time programs are available right here at home in areas of study including Business, Education, Health, Technology, and Trades.

other information

All degree courses offered through Parkland College have exactly the same value as courses offered on-campus. The lab content in the Natural Science courses is also exactly the same.

University professors in Yorkton are subject to the same standards as sessionals on-campus, and are selected by the university's appropriate college or faculty. Although the majority of the courses are offered with the professor in the classroom, the College also participates in innovative distance education delivery systems from both universities.

Classes are usually scheduled to meet once a week, though some meet twice a week and some fort-nightly on Saturdays. Classes may be held during the daytime or in the evening. Multi-mode is one of the distance education systems that are used at Parkland College. Although individual classes vary somewhat, typically the classes are held at the college via an audio-teleconference with the professor. The professor conducts the class at the Yorkton site twice a term. There may be some audio-visual material to be viewed in conjunction with the multi-mode class.

The other modes of delivering classes are via the Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN) and the Internet. SCN classes provide a live televised interactive discussion with the professor, a discussion period among students at the receiving site, telephone access to the professor and to students at other sites at no charge and specially developed print packages to guide students through the lectures, assignments and textbooks. Sites that have six or more students will have a locally based tutor or proctor to facilitate discussion and learning. Internet classes are offered from both universities completely online in both synchronous and asynchronous form. Students can access the Net at home or on computers at the College office nearest them.

VERY IMPORTANT: It is the student's responsibility to make final decisions for program direction and classes taken from the information provided to them by Parkland College counsellors.