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Distance Education
in Manitoba
Post-Secondary
Institutions » Distance Education
Campus
Manitoba is a consortium of Brandon University, the University
of Manitoba, the University of Winnipeg and Collège universitaire
de Saint-Boniface, Red River College, Assiniboine Community College
and Keewatin Community College. CMB's function is to facilitate
access to post-secondary education throughout the province of Manitoba
through distance learning. Courses are delivered through the use
of communication technology, the Internet and multimedia.
Inter-Universities
North delivers university credit courses to residents living
north of the 53rd parallel. IUN works closely with Brandon University,
The University of Manitoba and The University of Winnipeg to ensure
the transferability of courses that are offered.
Canadian Virtual
University is a consortium of universities across Canada, committed
to delivering approximately 250 programs at the certificate, diploma,
bachelor, and masters levels that can be completed from anywhere
in the country or beyond. Both Brandon University and the University
of Manitoba participate in CVU.
University of
Manitoba is Western Canada's oldest university and one of the
largest and most prestigious universities in Canada. It has 17 faculties
and four schools offering undergraduate and graduate programs in
arts and sciences and professional studies, including agriculture,
architecture, dentistry, engineering, management, medicine, medical
rehabilitation, nursing, pharmacy and social work. The University
of Manitoba also offers a wide array of courses in their Continuing
Education and Distance Education divisions.
The University
of Winnipeg is a medium-sized university, which has been nationally
and internationally recognized for its quality education. It offers
undergraduate degree programs in the arts, sciences and education,
with more than 400 courses in 34 major areas. In addition, the university
offers pre-professional programs (from one to three years) which
prepare students for admission to professional schools ranging from
law to medicine. Its Continuing Education and Distributed/Distance
Learning Centers offer courses in Communications, Management, and
Language.
Assiniboine
Community College serves southwestern Manitoba with a wide range
of one-year certificate and two-year diploma programs in trades,
business, nursing, media, health and human services, and office
administration programs. In addition, the Province is proud to receive
all of its agriculture training through ACC.
Keewatin
Community College in northern Manitoba delivers certificate
and diploma programs in academic, scientific, trade, technological,
literacy training and vocational fields. The college serves a diverse
population spread over a vast geographical area.
Red
River College of Applied Arts, Science and Technology, located
in the City of Winnipeg, offers a full range of more than 90 preparatory,
certificate, diploma, joint university degree and advanced diploma
programs in applied arts, business health, family and applied sciences,
technology, trades and language training. RRC also boasts the recent
merge with the nationally acclaimed Stevenson
Aviation & Aerospace Training Centre.
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