Academics
-- Campus Catalog --Registration Priority- According to class standing
Closed ProgramsNursing and Education
Notable Academic Programs- Music - With over 100 years’ experience, the School of Music has the reputation as one of Canada’s finest. Programs are offered in Music Education, Performance, and many other areas.Brandon University has a long and distinguished history as a leader in post-secondary musical education. The School of Music maintains an exceptionally low studentteacher ratio and prides itself on the personalized instruction it provides to students.
The Queen Elizabeth II Music Building is one of the finest facilities of its kind. In addition to many teaching and practice studios, rehearsal halls and classrooms, it houses the Lorne Watson Recital Hall, the Music Library, the Music Technology Lab, the Electronic Music Studio and the Media Room.
- Disaster Studies - This program introduces students to a broad range of technological and environmental risks with an emphasis on how social and physical factors interact in disasters.
Graduates of the program are able to assist with all aspects of emergency management, including traditional preparedness and response activities as well as recovery efforts to help people affected by disasters get their lives back to normal, and mitigation planning to prevent future damages.
Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies adopts a liberal arts and sciences approach to foster an appreciation for the interdisciplinary nature of the field. The ADES curriculum balances theory and practice as well as the social and physical science perspectives. A minor is also available to complement any BA or BSc major.
- Fine Art - This is a professional studio-based program offering four-year majors and minors in Aboriginal Art, Art and Visual Culture (minor only), Drawing, Ceramics, Digital Media & Design, and Painting.The Bachelor of Fine Arts course load includes classes in art studio, lectures in art history and visual culture, and at least one business course. The studio programs foster an informed, contemporary professional practice in the majors listed above. Students are encouraged to immerse themselves in a wide spectrum of creative directions and opportunities in addition to their specialized major. Ceramic majors have the opportunity to hand-build, wheel-throw, and create clay sculpture in a new state-of-the-art ceramic studio. As a non-studio minor degree, Art History/Visual Culture opens the way to appreciating visual expressions and ideas from many different cultures and time periods.
- First Nation Studies - Native Studies focuses on how colonialism – both historical and contemporary – impacts Indigenous nations, as well as on the many forms of resistance to it. Our courses draw primarily upon the work of indigenous scholars, and emphasize indigenous approaches to knowledge. Many span diverse geopolitical contexts.
Students in Native Studies can focus on courses in language and culture, in literature and the arts, and in history and philosophy. Or one may choose to study Indigenous perspectives on law, on treaties and treaty-making and on governance. Alternatively you might focus your studies on issues in Native health, education and spirituality, or learn more about the Metis nation, about Natives and the justice system, and Indigenous research methodologies.
- Environmental Sciences - This four-year interdisciplinary program provides the scientific background necessary to address environmental issues such as pollution, climate change, resource management, and the conservation of wildlife and their habitats. This degree offers a wide range of career opportunities, with the environmental sector seeing rapid employment growth across Canada. Students choose one of three streams of specialization: Biodiversity, Physical Sciences, and Resource Management.
The program includes courses offered by each of the Science departments, principally Biology, Chemistry, Geography, and Geology as well as courses from the Faculty of Arts, like Environmental Ethics.
Special Features
All students complete a final-year project in preparation for professional practice. This project can be completed working with a BU professor or as part of a co-op placement with Parks Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada or another Federal or Manitoba agency. Students can additionally receive course credit for approved work placements with these agencies or other employers in the environmental industry.
Unique Academic Programs
- Emergency Administration and Planning - Brandon University’s Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies (ADES) program is changing the emergency management field in Canada. The ADES degree is designed to combine social and physical sciences perspectives of hazards and disasters within a liberal arts education framework. ADES is producing new professionals with a broad scope of practice and wide-ranging knowledge.
Emergency management is the development and implementation of policies and processes to help reduce risks, prepare communities, respond to hazard impacts and recover from the consequences. Unlike the past options of transitioning to emergency management from a traditional first response or military background, ADES offers students the opportunity to learn about and experience all aspects of managing how our communities deal with disasters.
Options
Honors Access: Yes
Undergraduate Majors Open to NSE StudentsAnthropology: Anthropology, Ethnic Studies
Area Studies: Canadian Studies, First Nation Studies, Gender, Ethnicity and Multicultural Studies
Art/Design/Fine Art: Ceramic Art/Ceramics, Digital Arts, Drawing, Fine Art, Painting, Visual Arts
Athletics: Physical Education
Biological Sciences: Biology/Life Science
Business: Accounting, Business Administration
Chemistry: Chemistry
Earth Sciences: Astronomy, Geology, Physical Sciences, Planetary and Space Sciences, Science
Economics: Economics
Education: Music, Physical Education
English: Creative Writing, English, Literature, Writing
Environmental Studies: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources/Science/Management, Resource Recreation Management
General Studies: Arts and Science, Gender Studies, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Studies, Liberal Studies, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences
Geography and Urban Studies: Applied Geography, Environmental Planning, Geography
Geology: Geology
Health and Safety Sciences: Disaster Studies, Emergency Administration and Planning
History: History
Information Studies: Computer Science
Languages: French
Mathematics: Mathematics
Music: Choral Music
Performing Arts: Choral Music, Music, Music Performance, Performance
Philosophy/Religious Studies: Philosophy, Religion
Physics: Physics
Political Science: Political Science
Pre-Professional : Engineering Pre-Professional, Law Pre-Professional, Medicine Pre-Professional, Optometry Pre-Professional, Pharmacy Pre-Professional, Veterinary Medicine Pre-Professional
Psychology: Psychology
Sociology/Social Work: Sociology, Women and Gender Studies
Theater: Performance and Directing
Tuition / Fees
-- Campus Budget --
- Fees are subject to change without notice.
- Two semesters = one academic year
- Three quarters = one academic year
Tuition and Fees Per Semester - Host Payment (Plan A) Students
- Figures are current as of 09/21/19.
- Estimated cost: $2259.
- Expect 5-15% increase for the subsequent academic year.
- Figures are based on 15 hours. Actual costs may be greater or less depending upon your actual enrollment.
- Figures do not include costs you will incur for course specific enrollment (e.g., laboratory courses, student teaching, studio art)
- See below for credit hour restrictions and/or miscellaneous fees applicable to Host Payment (Plan A) students.
Tuition and Fees - Home Payment (Plan B) Students
- No tuition/fees are paid to the host campus.
- Figures do not include costs you will incur for course specific enrollment (e.g., laboratory courses, student teaching, studio art)
- See below for credit hour restrictions and/or miscellaneous fees applicable to Home Payment (Plan B) students.
Maximum Credit Hours Per Semester
- Host Payment (Plan A): 15
- Home Payment (Plan B): 15
Miscellaneous Fees - Per Semester
Figures are current as of 09/21/19.
| Purpose |
Amount |
Period |
Plan |
Status |
| Application Fee |
$140.00 |
Year |
Plan A & B |
Mandatory |
| Housing Deposit |
$350 |
Year |
Plan A & B |
Mandatory |
| Athletic Fee |
$39.60 |
Semester |
Plan A & B |
Mandatory |
| Health Service Fee |
$250 |
Year |
Plan A & B |
Optional |
| Health Insurance |
$712.50 |
Year |
Plan A |
Mandatory |
| ID Card |
$26.25 |
Year |
Plan A & B |
Mandatory |
| Technology Fee |
$95.25 |
Semester |
Plan A & B |
Mandatory |
| Parking Fee |
$398.69 |
Year |
Plan A & B |
Optional |
| Transportation Fee |
$20.00 |
Year |
Plan A & B |
Mandatory |
| Student Services Fee |
$57.75 |
Semester |
Plan A & B |
Mandatory |
| Student Union Fee |
$138.15 |
Semester |
Plan A & B |
Mandatory |
Exchange with Canada - Health Insurance
Students do not need to purchase health insurance.
Financial Aid
Host Payment (Plan A)
For Plan A U.S. students, aid is awarded by and disbursed from your host campus.
Students apply for federally funded financial aid by using the FAFSA code of their host campus.
Host campuses award aid to eligible incoming Plan A students on a first-come, first-served basis as long as funds are available.
Ask your home campus NSE coordinator if your campus awards aid to their own outgoing students. If so, do not apply for aid from your host campus.
For eligible Plan A applicants U.S. federal financial aid may be available in the following programs:
Use FAFSA CODE: N/A
Home Payment (Plan B)
For eligible Plan B students, aid is awarded by and disbursed from your home campus.
Canada
Regardless of Payment Plan, students exchanging to or from Canada, apply for financial aid at their home campus.
