Education in Saskatchewan - Universities

Universities

  • Bachelors degrees, generally the first university degree undertaken, which take 3–4 years to complete, and consist primarily of coursework. Bachelors degrees are sometimes awarded with honours to the best performing students.

In some courses, honours is awarded on the basis of performance throughout the course (usually in 4yr+ courses), but normally honours consists of undertaking a year of research (like a short thesis or masters by research). If honours is undertaken as an extra year it is known as an honours degree rather than a degree with honours.

  • Masters degrees, which are undertaken after the completion of one or more bachelors degrees. Masters degrees deal with a subject at a more advanced level than bachelors degrees, and can consist of research, coursework, or a mixture of the two.
  • Doctorates, most famously Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), which are undertaken after an honours bachelors or masters degree, by an original research project resulting in a thesis or dissertation. Admission to candidature for a PhD generally requires either a bachelors degree with good honours, or a masters degree with a research component.
  • Higher doctorates, such as Doctor of Science (DSc) or Doctor of Letters (DLitt), which are awarded on the basis of a record of original research or of publications, over many years (often at least 10).

Some Saskatchewan University colleges are :

  • Agriculture & Bioresources
  • Arts & Science
  • Commerce
  • Dentistry
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Graduate Studies & Research
  • Kinesiology
  • Law
  • Medicine (School of Physical Therapy)
  • Nursing
  • Pharmacy & Nutrition
  • Veterinary Medicine

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