Douglas College
| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1970 |
| President | Dr. Kathy Denton |
| Provost | Dr. Thor Borgford |
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Academic staff
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~700 |
| Students | 16,113 credit students 9,000 continuing education students 1,400 international students |
| Location |
 New Westminster, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
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| Campus | Urban (New Westminster), Suburb (Coquitlam) |
| Colours |
Black Green Silver |
| Athletics |
Douglas College Royals PACWEST, CCAA, NWAACC |
| Mascot | Roary Douglas |
| Affiliations | ACCC, CBIE, CUP |
| Website | douglascollege.ca |
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Douglas College is one of the largest public colleges in British Columbia, Canada.
Founded in 1970, the college serves some 14,000 credit students, 9,000 continuing education students and 1,400 international students each year. Douglas offers bachelor's degrees and general university arts and science courses, as well as career programs in health care, human services (Child, Family and Community Studies), business, and the creative arts.
The college is named after the former Governor of British Columbia, Sir James Douglas, and the David Lam campus is named after the 25th Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. The music department at Douglas College started with the founding of the college in 1970. The College has two year transfer programs with universities such as University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and University of Victoria.
The college has four major learning centres: the New Westminster Campus, the David Lam Campus in Coquitlam, the Surrey Training Centre (which specializes in short-term training programs) and the Surrey Learning Centre (which specializes in English language services for adults). The David Lam Campus completed a $39 million expansion in January 2008, adding a large Health Sciences Centre for nursing students, psychiatric nursing, and health information management.
The college is divided into six faculties:
Douglas provides four major areas of educational service: university degrees, diplomas, university transfer programs, continuing education in professional and personal upgrading and over 30 major career-training programs. Douglas has also started offering 'post-degree diplomas', which are one-year programs offered in certain subjects to help students upgrade their skills in new areas.
The selection of career programs includes full degrees: Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing, Bachelor of Therapeutic Recreation, Bachelor of Business Administration, BA in Child and Youth Care, Bachelor of Physical Education and Coaching and a new standalone Bachelor of Applied Psychology degree, which kicked off in January 2014.
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