Profile: Bishop's University

Fast Facts

Location:Sherbrooke
Setting:Urban
Population:5,000
Enrollment:2,200
On Campus:40%
Language:English
Calendar:Semester
Approximate:
  • Fall 09/07
  • Spring 01/06

Tuition & Payments

PLAN B: UNEVEN
You will pay your normal tuition/fees to your home campus.
UNEVEN - Host campus accepts a few more students than it sends out.

Estimated Per Semester
Costs For Room And Meals:
$3,800

More Info

Receive From Canada
PLAN B

Campus Diversity
60%Caucasian
5%African American
5%Hispanic
10%Asian American
5%Native American
15%International
0%Other


Campus Profile

Bishop's University is attractively situated in Sherbrooke amid the rolling hills of the Eastern Townships of southern Quebec. Sherbrooke is a bilingual city of 150,000 residents. It is a region blessed with with some of the finest outdoor recreation opportunities in Canada and less than a day's drive from Ottawa, Toronto, Boston, New York City, and the border states of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Bishop's, an English-speaking institution, was originally founded in 1843 as Bishop's College. It is a predominantly residential university whose primary concern is offering undergraduate students a quality education in arts, sciences, business administration, and education. Its academic programs are broadly based and stress the inter-relationships of disciplines rather than their specializations. Emphasis is placed on personal contact between faculty and students through small classes and frequent use of seminars, labs and tutorials.

COSTS: Costs are given in Canadian dollars.

Programs
Undergraduate Majors Open to NSE Students

Area Studies: Canadian Studies, Cinema and Cultural Studies, European Studies, Gender, Ethnicity and Multicultural Studies, Gerontology, Hispanic Studies, International Studies, Japanese Studies

Art/Design/Fine Art: Art History, Arts Administration, Digital Arts, Drawing, Fine Art, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Studio Art

Biological Sciences: Biology/Life Science, Botany/Plant Sciences, Field Biology, Genetics, Human Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Zoology

Business: Accounting, Business, Business Administration, Business Information Systems, Business Law, Entrepreneurship, Finance/Banking, Human Resource Management, International Business, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing

Chemistry: Biochemical Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Molecular Biochemistry

Communications: Journalism

Computer Science: System Administration

Criminal Justice: Criminology

Earth Sciences: Astronomy, Astrophysics

Economics: Economics, International Economics

Education: Educational Studies, Elementary Education, Junior High/Middle School, Mathematics, Music, Secondary Education

English: Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, Creative Writing, English, Film Studies, Literature, Poetry, Writing

Environmental Studies: Environmental Studies

Foreign Language: English as a Foreign Language, French, French as a Foreign Language, German, Italian, Japanese, Languages, Spanish

General Studies: Arts and Science, Classical Studies, Gender Studies, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Studies, Liberal Studies, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Spanish Literature

Geography and Urban Studies: Cartography, Environmental Planning, Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography

Health and Safety Sciences: Gerontology

History: History

Information Studies: Computer Information Systems, Computer Programming, Computer Science

International Studies: International Studies

Mathematics: Mathematics, Mathematics-Physics

Performing Arts: Acting, Choral Music, Music, Music Education, Music History, Music Theory and Composition, Music/Jazz Studies, Theater Arts Administration, Theater Arts/Drama

Philosophy/Religious Studies: Ethics, Philosophy, Religion, Religious Studies

Physics: Astrophysics, Physics

Political Science: American Political Science, Government, International Affairs/Relations, International Studies, Political Economy, Political Science, Public Administration/Affairs, Public Policy Studies

Psychology: Behavioral Science, Child Psychology, Psychology

Sociology/Social Work: Gender Studies, Sociology, Women and Gender Studies, Womens Studies

Theater: Performance and Directing

Limitations
Business ADministration

Notable Academic Programs
Business Administration, Environmental Studies, Educational Studies

Conditions
GPA and Other Academic Requirements Exchange Preferences Mid-Year Exchange Graduate and Post-Baccalaureate Students Summer Exchange International Students (Visa Students)
Tuition/Fees
Tuition and Fees - Plan B Students
Maximum Credit Hours Per Semester
Miscellaneous Fees - Per Semester
Figures are current as of 10/30/2012.

Purpose Amount Period Plan Status
Housing Deposit: $500 Year Plan B Mandatory
Health Insurance: $300 Semester Plan B Mandatory

Exchange with Canada - Health Insurance
Students must purchase campus health insurance at $0 per semester.

Financial Aid
Plan B
For Plan B students, aid is awarded by and disbursed from your home campus.

Canada
Regardless of Plan A or Plan B, students exchanging to or from Canada, apply for financial aid at their home campus.
Room/Meals
On-Campus Housing Per Semester Off-Campus Housing Meal Plans Per Semester


All data in this document is the responsibility of the campus and has been provided by the campus NSE coordinator.