BRANDON UNIVERSITY
CANADA
About Brandon University
We promote excellence in teaching, research, creation and scholarship. We educate our students so that they can make a meaningful difference as engaged citizens and leaders. We defend academic freedom and responsibility. We create and disseminate new knowledge. We embrace cultural diversity and are particularly committed to the education of First Nations, Métis and Inuit people. We share our expertise and resources with the greater community. “Speaking the truth in love” is a motto that reflects our roots. Visit the school page to know more…
Major Courses for Easy Entry
Best advised you choose any course within these major areas of study as it will help prepare you for the job demands in the global market of our world today. See list of courses for Undergraduate and Graduate programs if your choice of course is not listed among the selected courses for major entry.
Undergraduate Programs
“Biology at Brandon University is much more than the scientific study of animals, plants and microbes. First year introduces the diversity of life on the planet and explains how genes and cells function. Second year courses further explore diversity and fundamental biological and ecological processes, leading to third and fourth year courses with greater specialization. Our programs have a reputation for high quality training of students who go on to earn higher degrees at prestigious universities.”
“Business Technology Management (BTM) is about applying information technology to manage and analyze operations and solve business problems. Knowledge on information technology is essential to modern management, and majoring in BTM will provide the capability to manage information systems or to assist senior management in its information technology strategy. With a major in Business Technology Management (BTM), you will learn about business processes and analyze how to improve processes using IT. In taking this major you should also develop expertise in at least one other area of business, such as Accounting, Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, or Operations Management. You'll also have the option to take electives offered by other faculties such as Science and Arts, preparing you for employment in virtually any field.”
“The Department offers core theoretical courses in economic thought, microeconomics, macroeconomics, international trade and finance as well as monetary theory and monetary institutions. However, there is a wide variety of options in natural resource and environmental economics, labor economics and industrial relations, public finance, and agricultural economics.”
“Computer technology is growing rapidly and affecting our lives in many different ways. The computer is a powerful tool for storing, retrieving, manipulating and presenting data. A special by-product of studying computer science is the learning and development of an ability to solve the problems that are important in today’s changing world.”
“The Faculty of Health Studies at Brandon University offers a four year program leading to a Bachelor of Nursing (BN) degree. This professional program will prepare graduates to work in a variety of settings with individuals, families and communities to promote, maintain and strengthen health. Opportunities for careers in nursing are numerous and diverse.”
“Brandon University offers a four-year program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Psychiatric Nursing (B.Sc.P.N.) which is housed within the Faculty of Health Studies. The BScPN program is offered at the main campus in Brandon, as well as the Satellite campus in Winnipeg. Graduates of the BScPN program will be eligible to write the Registered Psychiatric Nurses or Canada Examination (RPNCE) for licensure as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse (R.P.N.) with the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Manitoba (CRPNM).”
“We offer a wide variety of psychology courses at Brandon University. These courses represent major topics that psychologists consider important to understand human behavior, which includes Biological Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, etc.”
Postgraduate Programs
“This Msc program is an interdisciplinary program that provides students with the following: Technical skills in applied and theoretical research, project design and reporting, the ability to integrate and apply knowledge and techniques across a suite of disciplines to a selected areas of interest within the environmental and life sciences, courses integrating knowledge and techniques drawn from the traditional disciplines of biology, chemistry, environmental science, geography, and geology, an interdisciplinary thesis that investigates the interactions within and among organisms and/or the environmental scales, from the molecules to planet-wide, as well as training in the application of life and environmental science technologies.”
“The Master of Psychiatric Nursing program, a first of its kind in Canada, is designed for professionals who are seeking advanced practice roles in administration, clinical practice or education. Graduates will be prepared for leadership in psychiatric nursing and health care.”