Seneca opened in 1967 as part of a provincial initiative to establish an Ontario-wide network of colleges of applied arts and technology providing career-oriented diploma and certificate courses as well as continuing education programs to Ontario communities. The province was responding to the increasing need for sophisticated applied learning as technology continued to change the nature of work and the provincial economy. General education was considered an important element in postsecondary education, and breadth courses continue to be a part of every program. In 2001 the colleges were granted the ability to offer baccalaureate degrees. Seneca is one of six colleges that can offer up to 15 percent of its program activity at the degree level.Join us as we take on the great challenges of our time – rebuilding the economy, equity, and sustainability – while navigating through the pandemic safely. We’re a renewed Seneca, delivering great polytechnic education that combines rigorous academics with practical training across a huge range of careers and professions. From health care to technology, business to creative arts, community services to arts and sciences, we’ll help you get ready to make your mark in the world. We’re proud of our expert faculty, excellent staff, and outstanding facilities. We have deep connections to the industry and offer thousands of co-op and work placements to get our graduates job-ready. Full-time or part-time, in-person or online, choose the options that suit you. Our sophisticated digital infrastructure has allowed us to adapt to the more virtual world seamlessly.We launched Au Large in the early weeks of the pandemic. Even then, it was evident that with our changed way of working and our more constrained financial circumstances, we had both an opportunity and an obligation to plan how we emerge a stronger and thriving Seneca, focused on our core mission of providing a great polytechnic postsecondary education. Through consultations, meetings, and submissions, hundreds of Seneca employees contributed their ideas for a renewed Seneca. Students were also consulted, sharing their learning experiences and ideas for the future. Suggestions ranged from large, complicated, multi-area proposals to more modest propositions. In some cases, the changes were made immediately. For others, the implementation is engaging large groups and multiple departments. Seneca offers more than 145 full-time programs and 135 part-time programs including 14 Bachelor's degrees and 30 graduate certificates. Many programs offer experiential learning opportunities such as co-op, placements, internships and community service options, and some include a mandatory co-op period prior to graduation. Seneca also offers career search assistance to graduating students. Seneca College programs are developed and kept current with the assistance of advisory committees made up of industry members. Seneca College has more than 70 transfer agreements with both local and international post-secondary institutions, including universities in Australia, England, South Africa and the U.S. These agreements allow students to apply their college education to obtain credit towards a university degree.Seneca libraries offer print, audiovisual and electronic resources including books, magazines, journals, videos, DVDs, slides, recordings and a variety of topical databases. A high percentage of the collection is now digital. Services include research support, library instruction and a large circulating collection. The libraries provide online help through e-mail and the live reference chat services, "AskUS" and "askON". The Seneca Libraries' website also hosts research guides tailored to program-specific offerings. The library facilities are located at the Newnham, York University, Markham and King campuses and offer facilities for group and individual study and electronic training centers, the Sandbox, and workstations equipped with instructional software and information resources tailored to course requirements.Seneca Archives and Special Collections identifies, preserves, and makes available for use the documentary heritage of Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology. This area of the college collects inactive records of long-term value produced by Seneca's departments and other services, as well as the records of individuals and organizations closely associated with the college. Seneca Archives and Special Collections holdings consist of textual records, graphic records, sound and moving image records, architectural drawings, publications, artifacts, and more. The Archives' resources are open to all members of the College community and outside researchers for the purposes of research, teaching, publication, television and radio programs, and for general interest.
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