Fanshawe to offer three new bachelor degrees
The Ministry of Training, Colleges
and Universities has given
Fanshawe College a letter of intent
on August 8 for the approval of
three bachelor of commerce degree
programs.
The programs are Accounting, Digital Marketing and Human Resources Management.
“It’s an incredibly exciting thing for Fanshawe College,” said Mary Pierce, the chair of Lawrence Kinlin School of Business. “It certainly puts us on the line of being competitive with the larger Toronto colleges.”
“It’s going to be great for the London area.”
The school is also in the process of seeking approval for a fourth bachelor of commerce degree program in management, says Pierce. The plan is to offer all four programs starting fall of 2015. Current Fanshawe students will be able to transfer into the programs and new students will be able to start the programs in first year.
“It’s really exciting, because as we embrace a global economy, these degrees are more recognized credentials all around the planet,” said Gary Lima, the senior of vice-president of academic at Fanshawe. “I think it’s only right and appropriate that colleges are also able to offer degrees.”
The project started in 2007-2008 when Fanshawe commissioned the Academica Group, a higher education consultant group, to do a province-wide study on opportunities and gaps for the purpose of looking into offering new degrees. The study revealed there was a high demand for commerce degrees, and the college began working on making applications for the programs in 2009.
Fanshawe already offers four bachelor programs and four collaborative bachelor degree programs with affiliated Ontario universities. The school plans to introduce new degrees in the future, says Lima, but the school hasn’t decided which.
“[I] want to make sure that as we offer degrees that we really get it right: that there’s a labour-market demand [and] that it’s a credential where a degree is probably expected,” he said.
Lima gives the example of the field of interior design, where he says students are expected to have a degree and not a diploma.
He assures, however, that Fanshawe will continue offering twoand three-year diploma programs going forward.
“That’s always going to be the bulk of our offerings,” he said. “There’s a great university in London, and we don’t want to be a great university. We want to be the best college in the country.”
The programs are Accounting, Digital Marketing and Human Resources Management.
“It’s an incredibly exciting thing for Fanshawe College,” said Mary Pierce, the chair of Lawrence Kinlin School of Business. “It certainly puts us on the line of being competitive with the larger Toronto colleges.”
“It’s going to be great for the London area.”
The school is also in the process of seeking approval for a fourth bachelor of commerce degree program in management, says Pierce. The plan is to offer all four programs starting fall of 2015. Current Fanshawe students will be able to transfer into the programs and new students will be able to start the programs in first year.
“It’s really exciting, because as we embrace a global economy, these degrees are more recognized credentials all around the planet,” said Gary Lima, the senior of vice-president of academic at Fanshawe. “I think it’s only right and appropriate that colleges are also able to offer degrees.”
The project started in 2007-2008 when Fanshawe commissioned the Academica Group, a higher education consultant group, to do a province-wide study on opportunities and gaps for the purpose of looking into offering new degrees. The study revealed there was a high demand for commerce degrees, and the college began working on making applications for the programs in 2009.
Fanshawe already offers four bachelor programs and four collaborative bachelor degree programs with affiliated Ontario universities. The school plans to introduce new degrees in the future, says Lima, but the school hasn’t decided which.
“[I] want to make sure that as we offer degrees that we really get it right: that there’s a labour-market demand [and] that it’s a credential where a degree is probably expected,” he said.
Lima gives the example of the field of interior design, where he says students are expected to have a degree and not a diploma.
He assures, however, that Fanshawe will continue offering twoand three-year diploma programs going forward.
“That’s always going to be the bulk of our offerings,” he said. “There’s a great university in London, and we don’t want to be a great university. We want to be the best college in the country.”
