The Forty-Fourth Academic Year

Nunc cognosco ex parte

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Mission statement
Trent University aspires to be Canada’s outstanding small university,
known for its commitment to liberal undergraduate education in the humanities,
social sciences and natural sciences and to the centrality of the individual student.
Within a collegial setting the University offers undergraduate and graduate programs,
both traditional and inter-disciplinary, which seek to advance learning
through the creative interaction of teaching and research of the highest quality.
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Trent University
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Published by Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario
2007

Bonnie M. Patterson President and Vice-Chancellor Dear Trent Students,

With each new academic year comes a new beginning – a chance to take on new challenges, explore new opportunities, and bring yourself one step closer to attaining your future goals.
Whether you are a new student to our campus or a student returning to Trent for another year, I hope you will use this calendar as your guide to all of the exciting courses and programs this University has to offer. This is your education and we hope that you will take advantage of Trent’s renowned reputation for offering unequalled access to world-class professors in a learning environment that allows you to cross traditional boundaries of study with ease. Here you have the chance to create an educational experience that is as unique as you are.
As one of Canada’s top universities, Trent is renowned for striking a unique balance between outstanding teaching and leading-edge research. Over the last few years, this reputation has been proven many times over by the provincial and national teaching awards and fellowships won by our professors and through our state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities. A recent example of this is the new DNA Building where undergraduate and graduate students alike have the opportunity to collaborate with some of the world’s leading experts in areas such as DNA wildlife forensics and plant biology.
At Trent University, we are dedicated to providing you, our students, with a wide-range of courses and programs. From our undergraduate degree programs in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences and our professional programs in Nursing and Education, to our international study abroad options, there’s much to choose from. We are also pleased to offer a very competitive and expanding graduate studies program, offering students the opportunity to pursue exciting Ph.D. and Master’s-level work with our renowned professors and researchers. Several new programs will come on stream in 2007 and 2008.
With all that Trent has to offer, I encourage you to explore the contents of this calendar in detail. Discuss your options with family, with friends, and even with your favourite professor. The calendar also provides your pathway through the academic regulations and requirements that guide your success. Open your eyes to the world of opportunity available to you at Trent and continue your journey towards your future goals. I will meet you along the way.

Sincerely,

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Bonnie M. Patterson
President and Vice-Chancellor

About Trent

Trent University is located in Peterborough, Ontario, an hour and a half northeast of Toronto and about three hours from Ottawa. The University’s main campus, the Symons Campus sits on a 580-hectare property, much of it preserved as nature areas, along both banks of the Otonabee River at the northern edge of the city. Currently, the University also has a campus in downtown Peterborough, and one in Oshawa in partnership with the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Durham College.
     Trent was born out of years of planning by public-spirited citizens of Peterborough. An Academic Planning Committee and a Campus Planning Committee were formed after T.H.B. Symons was appointed president-designate in 1961, and the University was formally created by the Ontario Legislature in April 1963. Trent opened its doors to its first students in September 1964. In 1967, the late Leslie M. Frost, former Premier of Ontario, was elected first Chancellor of the University. The University was admitted to full membership in the Association of Colleges and Universities of Canada in 1968.
     The University opened with two downtown residential colleges and a teaching and administrative complex. The core of what is now the Symons Campus was donated by GE Canada, and has provided Trent with an uncommonly beautiful setting in which to develop its facilities. Guided by master planning architect, the late Ronald J. Thom, a long-range plan was devised, and the Symons Campus is now home to four residential colleges, the main library, three science buildings, a First Peoples House of Learning, a child care facility and central administrative offices, along with recreational facilities which include an athletics complex, playing fields, tennis courts and rowing facilities. A new DNA teaching and research facility opened in the Fall of 2006. In addition to the residential colleges, part-time study is offered through the Julian Blackburn College for continuing education.
     Now in its forty-fourth teaching year, the University has approximately 6,556 undergraduates in the full-time program, and 1,376 part-time students.
     In addition, there are 186 Master’s degree candidates in the five programs in which the Master’s degree is offered and 83 Ph.D. candidates in Canadian Studies, Indigenous Studies and Watershed Ecosystems. Additional Master’s programs in History, English and Materials Science, as well as a Ph.D. program in Cultural Studies will be offered beginning Fall 2007 (pending OCGS approval).
     Recognized as one of Canada’s top universities, Trent University is consistently renowned for striking a unique balance between excellence in research and a commitment to teaching.

Trent’s Residential Colleges
Trent’s residential colleges are central to the organizational structure of the University and to the intellectual and social experience of Trent students. All Trent students, whether they decide to live in residence or not, are affiliated with one of Trent’s colleges. Over the years, each of the colleges has developed its own unique character, creating for Trent students a variety of distinct communities.
     For students who choose to live in residence, the colleges provide all the resources and facilities necessary for comfortable on-campus living. For those who live off-residence, the colleges are focal points of social and cultural activity.

Interactive Learning
Trent University stresses the importance and the value of a liberal education, and is committed to ensuring, through a general emphasis on interactive learning, that each student has the opportunity to pursue fields of interest intensively and with ample access to the University’s teaching resources. More than four out of every five classes at Trent have fewer than 25 students.

Using the Calendar

The Trent University Calendar exists in two versions, this online version and a print version. The contents of the two versions are identical. To view this document in an accessible format, please visit www.trentu.ca/calendar/TrentCalendar0708.pdf.
The University reserves the right to make changes after the publication of this Calendar in a number of areas including, but not limited to: new faculty appointments or departures; courses, including withdrawal of courses listed as being offered; policies and procedures related to applications, admissions and registration for new and returning students; regulations; degree requirements; fee structure; academic schedule.
It is the responsibility of all students to familiarize themselves with the specific requirements for the degree or diploma which they seek. While advice and counselling are readily available, it is the students’ responsibility to ensure that the courses in which they register fulfill their program requirements.

Goals, Objectives, Rights and Responsibilities

Statement of Goals

To create a teaching, learning, research and living environment fundamentally committed to the promotion of free inquiry and expression.
To offer a distinctive, excellent and continually evolving teaching program that responds to the needs of an increasingly diverse full and part-time student body.
To provide educational programs which encourage students to think critically, creatively, constructively and to communicate their ideas effectively, as well as instilling a curiosity that engenders lifelong learning.
To sustain and enhance opportunities for research and scholarly activity of the highest standard.
To recognize and take advantage of our relatively small size, flexibility and experience to foster opportunities for creative interaction between academic departments and programs, teaching and research, colleges and academic activities and among our faculty, staff and students.
To develop, in the pursuit of the advancement of learning, mutually beneficial partnerships and linkages with universities, colleges, schools and other public and private sector institutions and organizations, including our alumni.
To encourage intellectual and cultural sensibility, adaptability, leadership, mutual respect, an ethical conscience, global (or international) perspectives and environmental sensitivity among all members of the Trent community.

Institutional Objectives

Recruit and retain students from within and beyond Canada who will benefit from Trent’s programs and who will contribute to university life.
Provide an appropriate range and sequence of undergraduate courses and programs in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and interdisciplinary fields to ensure a truly liberal education rooted in a strong institutional commitment to undergraduate teaching.
Develop new opportunities for small group teaching and individualized learning.
Create and sustain a range of interdisciplinary graduate programs that will reinforce the goal of liberal education, have linkages with our undergraduate departments and programs and provide all faculty with graduate teaching and research opportunities.
Employ and retain excellent faculty who contribute actively to the advancement of learning through teaching, research, service and professional development.
Employ and retain excellent academic and administrative support staff and ensure adequate opportunities for their professional development.
Create and sustain an environment (intellectual, physical, fiscal and social) that advances learning through quality teaching and research while encouraging respect, tolerance and sensitivity.

Rights and Responsibilities

Every member of Trent University – faculty, staff or student – has a right to freedom from discrimination in the University by another faculty, staff or student member because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or handicap. (For details, please consult Trent’s Policy on Discrimination and Harassment).
Trent University recognizes its responsibility to those of its students, faculty and staff with disabilities. It undertakes to ensure access to its academic programs and physical facilities, short of undue hardship, while protecting the academic integrity of the University.
Trent University is a smoke-free institution.

Trent University manages personal information of individuals in accordance with University policies on the protection of personal privacy and applicable legislation.

Disclaimer

No liability shall be incurred by Trent University for loss or damage suffered or incurred by any student or third party as a result of delays, suspension or termination of services, courses or classes or other academic activities by reason of natural disasters, civil unrest or disobedience, labour disputes, work stoppages, strikes, lockouts, financial exigency, restrictive laws or governmental regulations, inability to procure materials or trades, weather, utility interruptions, damage to University property, or other happenings or occurrences beyond the reasonable control of Trent University.

University Diary

Summer Session 2007 (For Summer session deadlines, see chart p. 10)

May	4	Friday	Final date for receipt of grades for incompletes and Letter of Permission courses for those planning to convocate on May 30, 31 and June 1
	21	Monday	Statutory Holiday: “Victoria Day”
	30	Wednesday	Convocation
	31	Thursday	Convocation
			Final date for advance payment towards residence fees by continuing students
June	1	Friday	Final date for receipt of applications and supporting documentation for full-time admission to Trent University
			Convocation
	8	Friday	Final date to request Summer session Letters of Permission
	22	Friday	Final date for receipt of grades for incompletes from the Fall/Winter session
			Tuition Deposit for Fall-Winter 2007–2008 due
July	1	Sunday	Statutory Holiday: “Canada Day”
	2	Monday	University closed
	9	Monday	Final date for grade appeals for full and Winter half courses
			Final date for receipt of appeals against academic penalties
August	6	Monday	Statutory Holiday: “Civic Holiday”
	7	Tuesday	Final date to request Fall/Winter session Letters of Permission
			Final date for receipt of applications, registration forms and supporting documentation from new and re-admit part-time applicants for admission to the University
			Deadline for Official Registration for continuing students
	17	Friday	First instalment of fees is due for all students (under review)

Fall Session 2007

September	3	Monday	Statutory Holiday: “Labour Day”
			Arrival of new students
	4	Tuesday	Introductory Seminar Week begins
	7	Friday	Final date for new student registration
			Final date for receipt of Application to graduate for Fall eligibility
	10	Monday	Classes begin
			Beginning of formal course change period
	14	Friday	Final date for full-time re-admit and transfer students to register
	21	Friday	Final date for Summer session academic appeals
			Final date for receipt of grades for incompletes and Letter of Permission courses from Summer session
			Final date for receipt of applications for “Returning Full-time, New and Returning JBC Student bursaries”
			Faculty Board Meeting
			Final date to change or add Fall half and full courses on myTrent
	25	Tuesday	Meeting of the Senate
	28	Friday	Final date for registration with late registration fee
			Final date to change or add Fall half courses with permission
			Final date for students to notify the Office of the Registrar of their wish to observe their cultural or religious holidays during scheduled examination periods
			Final date to drop to part-time status without financial penalty
			Final date to drop Fall courses and receive any refund (Part-time students and Full-time Oshawa students)
October	8	Monday	Statutory Holiday: “Thanksgiving Day”
	19	Friday	Faculty Board meeting
	20	Saturday	Classes end
	22	Monday	Residential Reading and Laboratory Week begins
	29	Monday	Classes resume
			Final date to change or add full courses with permission
	30	Tuesday	Meeting of the Senate
November	9	Friday	Final date for withdrawal from Fall half courses without academic penalty
	16	Friday	Final date to request Letters of Permission for courses beginning January, 2008
			Faculty Board meeting
December	4	Tuesday	Meeting of the Senate
	7	Friday	Last day of classes
			Final date for receipt of applications and supporting documentation from new and re-admit part-time applicants for admission to the University for Winter term courses
			Faculty Board meeting
	8	Saturday	Scheduled mid-term test and Fall half course final examination period begins (Peterborough)
	10-14		Scheduled mid-term test and Fall half course final examination period (Oshawa)
	12	Wednesday	Tuition fees for January start courses due
			Tuition fees due in full for new students starting University in January
	20	Thursday	Mid-term test and Fall half course final examination period ends, 10:30pm
	21	Friday	Winter Vacation and Reading Period begins at 4:30 pm
	22	Saturday	College residences close
	25	Tuesday	Statutory Holiday: “Christmas Day”
	26	Wednesday	Statutory Holiday: “Boxing Day”

Winter Session 2008

January	1	Tuesday	Statutory Holiday: “New Year’s Day”
	6	Sunday	College residences open
	7	Monday	Classes resume
	14	Monday	Second instalment of fees is due
	18	Friday	Faculty Board meeting
			Final date to change or add Winter half courses on myTrent
	22	Tuesday	Meeting of the Senate
	25	Friday	Final date to change or add Winter half courses with permission
			Final date to register in Winter half courses
			Final date to receive a refund for dropping Winter courses
February	1	Friday	Final date for receipt of Application to graduate for Spring Convocation
			Final date for receipt of applications for all second session bursaries listed in Calendar
	8	Friday	Faculty Board meeting
	12	Tuesday	Meeting of the Senate
			Final date for withdrawal from full year Fall/Winter session courses without academic penalty
	16	Saturday	Classes end
	18	Monday	Residential Reading and Laboratory Week begins
	25	Monday	Classes resume
	26	Tuesday	T2202A and T4A Forms are mailed
	27	Wednesday	Final date for submitting grades for incomplete standing (Fall half-courses)
March	7	Friday	Faculty Board meeting
			Final date for withdrawal from Winter half courses without academic penalty
	10	Monday	Final date for academic appeals for Fall half courses
	11	Tuesday	Meeting of the Senate
	21	Friday	Statutory Holiday “Good Friday”
	23	Sunday	Statutory Holiday “Easter”
	TBA		Deadline for application for continuing students seeking residence
April	4	Friday	Classes end
			Faculty Board meeting
	8	Tuesday	Meeting of the Senate
	9	Wednesday	Examinations begin for Winter half and full courses (Peterborough)
	10	Thursday	Application deadline to transfer from part-time to full-time studies
	14-18		Examination period for Winter half and full courses (Oshawa)
	24	Thursday	Examinations end for Winter half and full courses, 10:30 pm

Summer Session 2008 (For Summer session deadlines, see chart p.10)

May	2	Friday	Final date for receipt of grades for incompletes and Letter of Permission courses for those planning to convocate on June 4, 5 and 6
	19	Monday	Statutory Holiday: “Victoria Day”
	23	Friday	Final date for advance payment toward residence fees by continuing students
	28	Wednesday	Final date to request Summer session Letters of Permission
			Final date for receipt of applications and supporting documentation for full-time admission
June	4–6		Convocation
	30	Monday	Final date for receipt of grades for incomplete standing from the Fall/Winter session
July	1	Tuesday	Statutory Holiday: “Canada Day”; University closed
	7	Monday	Final date for grade appeals for full and Winter half courses
			Final date for receipt of appeals against academic penalties
August	4	Monday	Statutory Holiday: “Civic Holiday”
	5	Tuesday	Final date to request Fall/Winter session Letters of Permission
			Final date for receipt of applications, registration forms and supporting documentation from new & re-admit part-time applicants for admission
			First instalment of fees is due for all students (under review)
			Deadline for Official Registration for continuing students

Important Deadlines

Summer Session Deadlines 2007

	8 week term	12 week term	6 week term
Final date for receipt of applications for admission or re-admission with supporting documentation	April 16	April 16	June 18
Final date for all students to register without a late registration fee	April 20	April 20	June 22
Classes begin	April 30	April 30	July 3
Final date for all students to register with late registration fee.	May 11	May 11	July 6
Final date to add courses	May 11	May 11	July 6
Final date for academic withdrawal	June 1	June 8	July 20
Classes end	June 25	July 19/25	August 14
Examination period begins*	June 27	July 24	August 16
* These are full course dates only. Students are advised to consult the course description for the exact date of their final examination.

Summer Session Deadlines 2008

	8 week term	12 week term	6 week term
Final date for receipt of applications for admission or re-admission with supporting documentation	April 14	April 14	June 16
Final date for all students to register without a late registration fee	April 18	April 18	June 16
Classes begin	April 28	April 28	July 2
Final date for all students to register with late registration fee.	May 16	May 16	July 4
Final date to add courses	May 16	May 16	July 4
Final date for academic withdrawal	May 30	June 6	July 18
Classes end	June 23	July 21/22	August 13
Examination period begins*	June 25	July 23/24	August 18
* These are full course dates only. Students are advised to consult the course description for the exact date of their final examination.

Note:

(1) Fees for Summer Session courses are due upon registration; late payments will be charged a $75 late fee.
(2) Where a deadline falls on a weekend, the following Monday will apply. Please consult the Summer session brochure, available through Julian Blackburn College, for specific dates for half-courses offered in the above terms.

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