2020 Viewbook – University of King's College, Halifax, Canada

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welcome 2020

The University of King’s College sits on unceded Mi’kmaq territory. We recognize, acknowledge and are mindful that we share in the bounty of this land by way of the treaties the Mi’kmaq negotiated with the British crown.

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King’s at a Glance $1 million in scholarships & bursaries

<1,000 students

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Canada’s OLDEST chartered university

varsity sport teams

94% A+

of King’s students report being either satisfied or extremely satisfied with the overall quality of their education.*

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walk from King’s to Dalhousie’s main campus

95%

of first-year students receive financial support from King’s.

(the most per capita in Canada!)

96%

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Rhodes Scholars

King’s student - faculty ratio

Our library’s Special Collections include medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, and books from the 15th c

of students are happy with their decision to attend the University of King’s College.*

Our journalism students intern at some of the biggest newsrooms & publications in Canada.

15 : 1 *Canadian University Survey Consortium 2018 Survey of Graduating Students

Welcome from the President This viewbook is your introduction to the University of King’s College, one of Canada’s oldest universities in one of its oldest cities. I hope it inspires you to want to know more about King’s and from there, we can get to know each other.

King’s is different because of our unique academic programs, including our first-year Foundation Year Program, our upper-year interdisciplinary programs in the humanities and our degrees in journalism. In each, students learn from faculty who know them, and from each other. In each, learning builds community and community stimulates learning.

King’s is also different because of its close association with Dalhousie University and the full access it gives King’s students to a richness of courses, programs, supports and activities beyond what other small liberal arts colleges can typically provide. A third difference is that King’s follows the Oxford-Cambridge tradition of collegial education in which living together is intertwined with learning together.

This is reflected in treasured traditions such as our ancient matriculation ceremony and formal meals that include academic gowns, high table, bagpipes and grace beautifully sung by the King’s Chapel Choir.

It all comes together in and around a Quad alive with theatre, music, sports and an unbelievable range of student clubs and societies, all nestled into the vibrancy and charm of surrounding Halifax. The result is that community and belonging are not by-products of education at King’s—they are how transformative education happens.

Studying at King’s is about living with and for others, and the deeper understanding of our shared humanity. It prepares you for a life of meaning, reflection and purpose.

Please read on, visit our website, or come meet us in person so you can decide if King’s is right for you.

William Lahey

Meet President Lahey at a King’s Open House on Oct. 25, 2019 or March 20, 2020 (details p. 40)

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At Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll discover who you are through studying ideas, and through living in them with your friends and professors.

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You’ll Belong at King’s King’s is a small and extraordinarily lively university located in Halifax, N.S. We’re known nationally and internationally for the Foundation Year Program, a first-year integrated program like no other that offers an immersion in ideas, as well as interdisciplinary programs in the humanities and journalism. It’s also… …a community.

You’ll find your people here. King’s is an inclusive gathering of diverse peers and a true academic community where you’ll enjoy exceptional access to, and interaction with, other community members.

…immersive.

…preparatory.

…inspirational.

You’ll learn inside and outside of classrooms.

Learning at King’s spills over into conversations in the dining hall. It happens during a group wilderness hike. It happens in moments of quiet reflection when something someone said in class or that passage you read in Homer’s The Odyssey suddenly takes on new meaning.

You’ll be ready to succeed in second year and beyond based on the skills and foundational approach to learning you gain in first year. You’ll also be able to combine your diverse interests to pursue the preferred major/minor degree combination that best prepares you for the future you want for yourself.

You’ll become a better listener. You’ll gain understanding of, and appreciation for, other peoples’ perspectives. You’ll learn deeply and broadly from history to understand the present and prepare for the future. You’ll be inspired to want to learn more. You’ll become what the world needs.

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“Some of the lectures you leave and have the feeling, ‘Wow, I’ll remember this moment for the rest of my life,’ because it’s something you never thought about, but something that’s so important to how you look at life, and it literally changes your perspective.”

Molly Lash-Burrows Hometown: Sointula, B.C. Program: FYP Arts Watch Molly’s video at ukings.ca/molly

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Designing Your Degree The Foundation Year Program (FYP) is a curated first-year experience that inspires your choices of what to study in second, third and fourth year. In these upper years, with the assistance of faculty and academic advisors, and drawing from King’s partnership with neighbouring Dalhousie University, you can build a combined and customized degree that reflects your individual interests.

FIRST YEAR: FOUNDATION YEAR PROGRAM VS. STANDARD FIRST YEAR King’s FYP First Year

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or

Standard First Year

(Arts, Journalism, Music) (Science)

1or 2 additional courses (per semester)

10 separate courses (5 per semester)

Second Year

Second Year

WHAT THEN?

Second year through graduation. These are commonly called “Upper Years”

dalhousie majors, honours and minors

king’s combined honours and minor programs

Mix and match your interests with subject areas to customize your degree.

Graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in either Arts (BA), Science (BSc), Music (BMus) or Journalism (BJ Honours)

AND AFTER THAT? Whether you go on to take other degrees or enter the workforce directly, your King’s degree offers many paths. Let our Alumni show you some of the varied possibilities.

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Here’s how some King’s alumni structured their undergraduate degrees* and what they’re doing now:

Q: Can I combine studying business or computer science with French or philosophy?

A: Yes, you can.

Q: Does the Foundation Year Program take an extra year?

LISA CRYSTAL

BA(Hons)’07, Contemporary Studies and Physics Management Consultant, McKinsey & Company

MEAGAN CAMPBELL

BENJAMIN KATES BA(Hons)’04, History and Economics

BJ(Hons)’19

Senior Associate, Stockwoods LLP

Reporter, The National Post

A: No. The Foundation Year Program and the course(s) you take alongside it in your first year put you on track to finish your degree in four years.

Q: OK, so how many possible King’s/ Dalhousie degree combinations are there?

A: We’ve never counted that high.

DON HARRISON BA(Hons)’95, Political Science

President of Global Partnerships and Corporate Development, Google Inc.

LAURA ARMSTRONG

BJ(Hons)’13, Journalism and English

Sports Reporter, The Toronto Star

GWENITH CROSS

BENJAMIN LANGER

BA(Hons)’07, History of Science and Technology and History

BSc(Hons)’09, Biology and History of Science and Technology

Secretariat Manager, Academic Council, United Nations System

Family Doctor

EYO EWARA

IAN KENNY

BA(Hons)’14, Early Modern Studies and Classics

BA(Hons)’14, Contemporary Studies and Philosophy

Programme Coordinator and Communications, Graduate School of Social Sciences Summer Programmes Office, University of Amsterdam

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Texas in San Antonio

Meet these and other King’s alumni at ukingscommunity.ca

*Note: Alumni may have also completed additional degrees after King’s.

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You’ll graduate from King’s not only with skills and professional qualifications, but also with the confidence, curiosity and motivation that underpin a broad range of careers. Alumni are also part of a strong network of intellectual peers and friends that stay in touch and connected with one another— often for life.

King’s has an active network of 12,000+ alumni

Foundation Year Program

At the heart of King’s is the belief that education is not only able to inform, but to transform. Your transformation begins with King’s Foundation Year Program (FYP), a truly different approach to first year.

The Foundation Year Program is largely a journey through the past, but its goal is to help you understand our contemporary world more deeply. The program is an ‘odyssey’—a journey that takes you and your fellow travellers to fabulous, unfamiliar places, but one that ultimately brings you back home. You come to know this familiar place in a new way—one that strengthens your citizenship in the modern world and helps you succeed in the future. You begin to communicate more clearly and persuasively, and exercise an inner freedom not only to engage with the world, but also to change it.

Most days, you attend morning lectures with the entire firstyear FYP class. In the afternoons, you break into small discussion groups (called “tutorials”) led by faculty (your “tutors”) with about 15 others to discuss the books you’re reading. Your tutors are skillful discussion leaders who will support and draw ideas out of you.

The curriculum is designed around spending a full year reading great books together. It moves forward chronologically from the ancient to the contemporary world, exposing you to fundamental works in philosophy, history, literature, drama, and the natural and social sciences that shaped, and were shaped by, the period of their emergence.

Each year, the new book list and curriculum are influenced by the feedback of students who are completing the Foundation Year Program.

The books will challenge you. Most of them call for a true or truer form of community, and demand to be understood within a community of learners. The process of reading and discussing them in a guided community of your peers will help you understand and appreciate their quest. The result is that you become a more knowing, critical and thoughtful individual within your own community.

“…The Foundation Year Program is a chance to think and reflect upon fundamental human questions and developments.

In this deep and primary thinking, you’ll not abandon the world, but more deeply and effectively engage with it in a fashion that will not just alter and inform a year of your life, but your entire life.” —Dr. Neil Robertson, Director, Foundation Year Program 8

“One thing I think is unique about the King’s community is just how accessible the faculty and the administration are. My [Foundation Year Program] professors were never these distant figures lecturing to 600 people—there was always someone I could email and get a reply quickly or go to their office hours and just talk about these ideas. And I think that played a crucial role in crystallizing some of the ideas that I was working with...

You just feel that when you come here, this sense of community and people looking out for each other.”

Ata Zargarpour Hometown: Vancouver, B.C. Program: BA(Hons), Contemporary Studies and English

Read more in a letter from Dr. Roberston at ukings.ca/fyp and hear him deliver a sample Foundation Year Program lecture on King’s Lecture Tour (details p. 40).

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Foundation Year Program There are no textbooks in the Foundation Year Program. Instead of reading someone else’s opinion about a great book, you’ll read that book for yourself and form your own opinion. Faculty experts will bring those texts to life for you through lectures and tutorials.

Sample selections from a FYP reading list: Section I: The Ancient World The Epic of Gilgamesh The Odyssey, Homer Antigone, Sophocles Republic, Plato

Section II: The Middle Ages Confessions, Saint Augustine The Divine Comedy, Dante The Lais of Marie de France, de France Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Anonymous

Section III: The Renaissance and the Reformation

Section V: The Era of Revolutions Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus, Shelley The Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels On Liberty, Mill Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois

On the Dignity of Man, della Mirandola The Prince, Machiavelli Dr. Faustus, Marlowe The Tempest, Shakespeare

Section VI: The Contemporary World

Section IV: The Age of Reason Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant The Basic Political Writings, Rousseau The Principia, Newton

The Waste Land, Eliot The Second Sex, de Beauvoir Annie John, Kinkaid Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA, Lewontin

For the full list go to ukings.ca/fyp-booklist

Watch Kate’s video at ukings.ca/kate

Learn more at ukings.ca/fyp You’ll write papers approximately every two weeks. You’ll take oral exams in December and April in which you’ll use your burgeoning oral communication skills to answer questions, and deconstruct, synthesize and assemble an understanding of what you’ve read.

“It was daunting at first because FYP essays are kind of their own beast, which is something that you hear a lot in the beginning. But you catch on fast and the professors offer a lot of good advice. You go in after you write your first [essay] and have a one-on-one meeting and learn about what you can do better so there are lots of supports.”

Kate Barkhouse, Hometown: Halifax, N.S., Program: FYP Arts 10

“I think [the Foundation Year Program] is a unique opportunity to study the history of the way we think, through western literature and philosophy.

I was also happy to be able to study science at Dal, which is another one of my passions, while in the Foundation Year Program. It really allowed me to maintain a balance in my life between the humanities and science, and get a really well-rounded education.”

Read more about Isabella at ukings.ca/isabella

Isabella MacKay, King’s Students’ Union Vice-President Communications, Donald R. Sobey Scholarship Recipient. Hometown: Victoria, B.C., Program: FYP Science

Interested in law school?

FYP students are provisionally pre-admitted into the University of Calgary Faculty of Law. ukings.ca/calgary-law 11

King’s Degrees King’s renowned humanities and journalism programs, as well as our science and music degrees, are all interdisciplinary, which means they combine two or more academic disciplines, drawing knowledge from several fields. Begin any one with the Foundation Year Program (FYP).

If you are a journalism student taking FYP in first year, you’ll also take Foundations of Journalism, a core element of the first-year journalism experience. If you take FYP Arts, you’ll have FYP lectures four days a week and one additional course at King’s or Dalhousie. If you take FYP Music, you’ll have FYP lectures four days a week and one additional music course at Dalhousie. If you take FYP Science, you’ll have FYP lectures three days a week and take two courses—typically math and a science—at Dalhousie.

King’s and Dalhousie University share a Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and a Faculty of Science in the College of Arts & Science. Because we’re academically intertwined, you’ll get an intensive honours college experience within a research-intensive university. With help, you’ll plan your own path of courses in second year and beyond, choosing from King’s rigorous humanities and journalism classes, and Dalhousie’s richly diverse offerings.

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Glossary Degree: A course of study leading to an academic credential, e.g., a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Honours: A primary area of study that involves a higher level of specialization than a major.

Major: A student’s primary area of study, e.g., a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English.

Minor: An area of secondary concentration.

For example, a student could pursue a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Psychology and a minor in Contemporary Studies.

Bachelor of Journalism (Honours) In addition to your journalism courses, you can incorporate various arts, social science or science disciplines into your degree, including: Canadian Studies • Cinema & Media Studies • Classics • Contemporary Studies K • Creative Writing • Early Modern Studies K • English • Environment, Sustainability & Society • French • Gender & Women’s Studies • German • History • History of Science & Technology K • International Development Studies • Law, Justice & Society • Philosophy • Political Science • Religious Studies • Sociology & Social Anthropology • Theatre • Actuarial Science • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology • Biology • Chemistry • Earth Sciences • Economics • Environmental Science • Environment, Sustainability & Society • Marine Biology • Mathematics • Microbiology & Immunology • Neuroscience • Ocean Sciences • Physics & Atmospheric Science • Psychology • Statistics

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Music

You can specialize in these subjects by pursuing a major, minor or honours in:

You can specialize in these subjects by pursuing a major, minor or honours in:

Arabic • Canadian Studies • Chinese (Mandarin) • Cinema & Media Studies • Classics • Contemporary Studies K• Creative Writing • Early Modern Studies K • English • Environment, Sustainability & Society • European Studies • French • Gender & Women’s Studies • Geography • German • History • History of Science & Technology K • Indigenous Studies • International Development Studies • Italian Studies • Journalism K • Law, Justice & Society • Music • Philosophy • Political Science • Religious Studies • Russian Studies • Sociology & Social Anthropology • Spanish and Latin American Studies • Theatre

Actuarial Science • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology • Biology • Chemistry • Earth Sciences • Economics • Environmental Science • Environment, Sustainability & Society • Marine Biology • Mathematics • Microbiology & Immunology • Neuroscience • Ocean Sciences • Physics & Atmospheric Science • Psychology • Statistics

With careful planning, there are concentrations open to Bachelor of Music students including:

or any arts subject as a minor (including Journalism K) or secondary subject (including Contemporary Studies K, Early Modern Studies K and History of Science & Technology K) within a double major or a combined honours degree.

or any of the subjects housed in the Faculty of Science.

ukings.ca/science

ukings.ca/arts

General Studies • Composition • Musicology • Performance There are many instruments you can specialize in, including: voice • guitar • piano • organ • violin • cello • double bass • flute • oboe • clarinet • bassoon • saxophone • French horn • trumpet • trombone • tuba You can incorporate various arts, social sciences or science disciplines into your music degree, including: Contemporary Studies K, Early Modern Studies K, History of Science & Technology K and Journalism K.

ukings.ca/music K

= offered at King’s

or any of the minors available to arts or science students.

ukings.ca/bjh

Interested in a subject that you don’t see here?

Contact us to see if it’s available in one of our many minor options.

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King’s and Dalhousie Nestled into the corner of Dalhousie’s campus in Halifax, King’s is surrounded on three sides by Dalhousie and on the fourth side by a beautiful residential neighbourhood where many King’s students live in their second year through to graduation.

King’s partnership with neighbouring Dalhousie University, one of Canada’s 15 research-intensive universities, gives students opportunities to combine and customize degrees. You can access King’s and Dalhousie’s combined resources. You can choose from literally thousands of courses, dozens of degree options, and about 100 exchange programs.

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“King’s students get lots of benefits from Dalhousie as well. We can use King’s gym, we can use Dalplex [Dalhousie’s gym], we can use any library, and Dalhousie has lots of classes to choose from. It’s a good way to learn.”

Shinji Yamamoto Hometown: Tochigi, Japan Program: BSc, Economics Watch Shinji’s video at ukings.ca/shinji

ukings.ca/dalhousie

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Bachelor of Journalism (Honours) King’s has one of Canada’s leading journalism schools. Here, you become a professional storyteller. You learn to ask ethical and probing questions, research deeply and write with flair and precision. You become a clearer thinker who can discern fact from opinion, ambiguity or falsehood. You aren’t a ‘student journalist’ at King’s—you’re simply a journalist—part of a working team, breaking news and publishing stories.

YEAR

1 2 3 4

Foundation Year + Foundations of Journalism Canadian History / Political Science Arts / Science Electives

Intro to Reporting Intermediate Reporting Intro to Visual Storytelling

ARTS / SCIENCE ELECTIVES Advanced Reporting I Advanced Reporting II Ethics & Law for Journalists

TWO ELECTIVES* CHOSEN FROM: • Science and the Media • Creative Nonfiction • Great Journalists • Opinion Writing

AS YOU PROGRESS, EACH YEAR YOU TAKE FEWER HUMANITIES & MORE JOURNALISM COURSES.

(*more electives available year-to-year)

Honours Project 2 workshops chosen from: News (required)/Audio/Video/Creative Nonfiction 1 workshop chosen from: Investigative/Magazine/Audio Documentary/Video Documentary

Journalism Internship

The Signal

Internships

The Signal is the Journalism School’s media outlet. It produces news, video and a current affairs podcast. Student work published on The Signal regularly wins regional and national awards including Atlantic Journalism Awards, Emerge Media Awards and Canadian Online Publishing Awards.

You do a month-long internship at an approved journalism outlet before graduating. Students have worked for The Canadian Press, CBC, Globe and Mail, National Post, Elle Magazine, Sportsnet and in many other newsrooms. Most students choose to remain in Canada, however, you also have the option of an international placement. Students have completed internships in New York, Chile and Beirut.

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Year 1 In your first year as a journalism student taking the Foundation Year Program, you take Foundations of Journalism. This course offers an examination of journalism’s important role in democratic society, building on a strong grounding in the humanities from the Foundation Year Program.

This pairing is both theoretical and practical—you learn how to read, listen to and watch the news critically. It gives you the historical and contemporary context you need to focus on specific topics in upper years and later in your career.

Years 2 & 3 In upper years, you begin reporting for the public. Your listening, interviewing, reporting and multimedia skills improve as you take an increasing number of journalism courses.

King’s award-winning journalism professors all have years of professional experience as journalists and work with you to draw out your strengths.

Year 4 In your final year, you complete an honours project, three workshops that explore various ways of telling stories (in one of them, you join King’s multimedia newsroom producing The Signal), and an internship at a media organization where you get hands-on, real-world experience.

ukings.ca/bjh

“You’re going to read a lot of articles.

You’re going to read a lot of books.

You’re going to write a ton…I’ll learn how to be on camera and on air, and I just can’t wait for that to happen.”

Ilyas Kurbanov Hometown: Montreal, Que. Program: BJ(Hons) 17

Watch Ilyas’s video at ukings.ca/ilyas

Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Honours Programs In addition to the Bachelor of Journalism (Honours) degree, Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offers three other honours programs for upper-year students that are humanities-based. In any of these three programs, you engage more deeply with your faculty and the questions that arise from the Foundation Year Program. You complete a research project (sometimes referred to as a thesis) in your final year of an honours degree. You work closely with your faculty advisor who helps you select a thesis topic that interests you and oversees your work.

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Early Modern Studies Many of the fundamental ideas about our world today were shaped centuries ago. Between the 16th and 19th centuries, writers, thinkers and artists built the foundations of the modern world. In the Early Modern Studies Program you: • explore the impact of European culture • encounter ground-breaking art and artists like Shakespeare, Mozart and Michelangelo • think critically about colonialism, and the impact of interactions between Europe and the “new world” • learn about a time when shifting ideas about religion and science changed the way we understand our place in the universe.

> Study Abroad in Florence

History of Science and Technology Science and technology infuse every aspect of modern life.

In the History of Science and Technology Program you: •g ain perspectives on the changing ways in which we have conceptualised and interacted with the natural world and have understood the human body • r econsider the relationships between nature, society and technology • e xplore the social and political implications of scientific discovery and medical practice • t ake courses on cybernetics, biopolitics, science fiction, alchemy, the ideals of environmentalism, human experiments and the birth of modern medicine.

An optional month-long, Early Modern Studies course taught in Florence, Italy, lets you consider the art, literature, philosophy and politics of Early Modern Italy (1280-1580) through daily visits to the city’s churches, palaces and museums.

ukings.ca/study-abroad

Contemporary Studies The ideas that shape the contemporary world are constantly changing. In the Contemporary Studies Program you: · study works by contemporary writers, thinkers and artists in relation to the fundamental issues of our time · learn about philosophers who rethink gender, challenge racism and confront genocide · challenge the supposed dichotomy of science and culture.

ukings.ca/honours-programs

> Study Abroad in Berlin An optional month-long, Contemporary Studies course taught in Berlin provides an opportunity to explore the themes of collective memory, public space and historical trauma in Germany’s capital city. Through daily seminars, site visits and museum tours, you learn about the struggle to take responsibility for history in a city both freighted with the past and alive to the future.

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“I wanted to learn about the why, and about how things fit together in the history of the world…Melding humanities and science together really enables you to get a clearer grasp of the world and about how we interact with the world and how things have come to be.”

Megan Krempa Hometown: Bewdley, Ont. Program: BA(Hons), History of Science and Technology, and Philosophy Read Megan’s profile at ukings.ca/megan

Halifax #1

Halifax is Nova Scotia’s largest city. It’s also the province’s capital and economic, political and cultural hub ~

400,000 people ~

32,500 students — that’s

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the national average

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international airport with daily flights to

f Nova Scotia’s best beaches are o in the Halifax Regional Municipality

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unique burgers featured during Burger Week

77 woodsy hectares

Point Pleasant Park, a 25-minute walk from King’s

$0 extra

fares for city buses and the HalifaxDartmouth ferry are covered by your fees

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postsecondary institutions

4 kilometres

Halifax Harbourwalk, complete with views of the harbour, seawall and McNabs Island (accessible by boat and one of Halifax’s best kept secrets).

Dip into waterfront cafés, shops and museums

Toronto 140 mins New York 140 mins Ottawa 155 mins London, England 6 hours

2nd

largest natural harbour in the world

17 acres

an oasis called The Public Gardens, a 10-minute walk from King’s

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“The university happens to be in one of Canada’s best and oldest cities.

Halifax truly does not get the credit it deserves.

With King’s steps away from the waterfront, students breathe the ocean air every day.

The historic Citadel Hill watches over us all. The buildings, the music, the food and the history— there’s an energy to it all. Nova Scotia’s history is diverse and alive.

The vibrant cultures of the Acadians, AfricanNova Scotians and the Mi’kmaq people are very much part of what makes this place what it is today. Just like King’s, Halifax broadens a young person’s perspective on the world.”

Josh Hoffman, Hometown: Sarnia, Ont., Program: BJ(Hons)

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King’s Campus Since its founding in 1789, King’s students have been living and learning in community. King’s Halifax campus was established in 1928. Like the original in Windsor, N.S., it’s designed based on the Oxford-Cambridge model of small colleges. In this ancient model, the College around the quadrangle (the ‘Quad’) is a place where you’ll live and learn together in community—a refuge from a fractured, chaotic world where you have quiet and time for deep study and real friendships that will fuel your future success. ‘Quad life’ is part of our long history and one of our many proud traditions.

In King’s living/ learning community, ideas take root not only in Alumni Hall where Foundation Year Program lectures take place, but also while you’re sitting on the steps of the pillared A&A building • lounging in the Manning Room in Alexandra Hall residence late at night • drinking coffee from the Galley • having a dance party in the Wardroom • performing on stage in the Pit, King’s black-box theatre • throwing a Frisbee across the Quad • eating lunch with your friends in Prince Hall.

We’d love to show you these places in person! ukings.ca/ campus-tours

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Other campus residents: Dons are young professionals or graduate students. The College is their home and they live with you in residence.

Dons offer not only emotional support and practical information, but you can enjoy intellectual conversations with them as well.

The President is a constant figure in all aspects of College life—in fact, you’ll be invited into the President’s Lodge regularly for special events and pizza parties.

The Dean of Students oversees student life and works to ensure you stay safe, healthy and happy.

Follow us on Instagram @ukchalifax for glimpses of campus and student life

“My favourite spot on campus is in the library. When you walk into the main room there’s a statue of the winged victory of Samothrace, which is my absolute favourite statue from the Louvre… so when I first came in for a tour I saw that statue and was like, ‘I feel like I’m kind of meant to be here.’ ” Joanna Lund Hometown: Toronto, Ont. Program: BA(Hons), Political Science, minor in Contemporary Studies Watch Joanna’s video at ukings.ca/joanna

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UKC Athletics If you’re an academically minded studentathlete, you’ll discover the support you need to excel in both school and sports at King’s.

King’s varsity athletics program includes: men’s and women’s basketball, rugby and soccer; women’s volleyball; and co-ed badminton. King’s teams compete in the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association against other small universities. King’s friendly head coaches, assistant coaches, Athletics Director (King’s Neil Hooper was named the national 2019 CCAA Athletic Director of the Year!) and Athletics Coordinator will welcome you into the Blue Devils family and help you organize your time so you can be part of a team and stay on top of your studies.

All students can enjoy the use of King’s gymnasium, weight room, fitness/cardio room and dance/yoga space.

ukings.ca/athletics

Watch Bryce’s video at ukings.ca/bryce

New this year, King’s is offering the Debra Deane Little and Robert Little Academic Scholarships for Varsity Athletes. Up to 14 renewable $5,000 scholarships will be awarded annually to incoming students to the Foundation Year Program who also play varsity sports.

UKC Athletics Awards 2018/19: 19 conference all-stars 34 academic excellence awards ACAA badminton champions CCAA national badminton silver medalists, men’s doubles

“[My teammate and I] managed to bring home a silver medal and that’s just surreal to me. I couldn’t believe that we had done it. We worked so hard and talked about it, about how we could do it, but to go out and actually do it was huge for the school and it means a lot not just for ourselves but for King’s.”

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Traditions You’ll take part in King’s beloved traditions, some of which have been passed on for generations, and contribute to the university’s intellectual community through the knowledge, talent and insights you bring. The vitality, diversity and solidarity of the King’s community are born through our traditions, whether they’re 230 years old, or only two or three years old.

Matriculation

Formal Meal

Every year, first-year students formally join King’s through a matriculation ceremony. Matriculation is an ancient tradition that marks the beginning of your life as a member of the King’s scholarly community. You’ll wear an academic gown like the one you’ll wear when you graduate, make an oath in Latin and sign the matricula (the College’s register). Your signature will forever live within the multiple matricula volumes that name all King’s students back to 1803.

Several nights each semester, you’ll don academic gowns and process into the dining hall with your peers, hear Latin grace and a guest speaker, and follow dining formalities relatively unchanged for two centuries.

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Hikes, Retreats and Skating King’s President hosts an annual skating party each winter and a group hike in a wilderness area near the city each fall. The King’s College Chapel also hosts occasional hikes, weekend retreats and canoe trips that are open to everyone.

Chapel Community, Choir and King’s Chorus Chapel Community Although King’s is a secular university, it is also home, like all Colleges in the Oxford-Cambridge tradition, to a vibrant chapel community. The King’s College Chapel is a place for worship or quiet reflection but also events like open mic night. All services and activities the chapel offers, including opportunities to explore religious thought, wilderness retreats, community outreach, social justice and volunteerism opportunities, are open to people of any faith or none.

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King’s College Chapel Choir

“It is a foregone conclusion that people enjoy music. And to try and gain an access to something so universal really feels like something that I could quite happily do for the rest of my life…

The Foundation Year Program really helped to ground the music that I’m performing in a larger context of the time period.”

Are you a chorister? In King’s College Chapel Choir you can learn works by all major composers in the Anglican and Catholic traditions, as well as Eastern Orthodox liturgical settings through the King’s College Chapel Choir. Directed by five-time Grammy winner Paul Halley, you’ll tour and perform major works in concert, including a requiem, a Christmas performance and a Baroque masterwork.

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King’s Chorus King’s Chorus is a concert choir comprised of students, staff, faculty, alumni and community members with an array of musical knowledge and talent from beginner to expert. The chorus is a fun way for you to learn great music through masterwork concerts.

Kip Johnson, Member of King’s College Chapel Choir and King’s Chorus Hometown: Monterey, CA Program: BMus Watch Kip’s video at ukings.ca/kip 27

King’s Societies King’s Theatrical Society The King’s Theatrical Society (KTS) is an entirely student-run theatre company. Many King’s students will be involved at some point either writing, directing, acting, creating music and sound effects, costuming, designing sets and props, doing makeup or selling tickets for plays.

Each KTS season includes about 10 shows and an annual “in-Fringement” festival of many short plays performed in a variety of campus spaces—even in elevators.

There’s also a performance space called “The Pit.” It’s a black box theatre with up to 200 seats and it’s one of Halifax’s liveliest performance venues.

As a King’s student, you also have opportunities to formally study theatre at Dalhousie’s Fountain School of Performing Arts.

Classics in the Quad Inspired by the works you’ll study in the Foundation Year Program, a student cast comprised mostly of first-years puts on an ancient Greek comedy or tragedy every fall on the library steps.

King’s Students’ Union The King’s Students’ Union (KSU) acts as the collective voice of King’s students, providing advocacy and representation through its executive and councilors. It offers a variety of student services, including coordinating funding for student societies.

Review your options at the Societies Fair held in the Quad each fall

Don’t see your interest represented on these pages or online? The King’s Students’ Union is excited to help you start a new society.

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Student Societies King’s has a diverse selection of clubs, societies and organizations for you to join, including: • Contemporary Studies Society • Early Modern Studies Society • History of Science and Technology Society • Day Students’ Society • Haliburton Society • King’s Dance Collective • King’s Jewish Book Club • Loaded Ladle • Zine Society • King’s P.R.I.D.E. Society • The Watch (magazine) • Dalhousie and King’s College Debating Society and many more.

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Admissions For specifics, visit ukings.ca/admission-requirements

General Admission Requirements * Grade 12 Requirements 1 Degree Options

English

Math 2

Additional Subjects

Min. Average

Bachelor of Arts Foundation Year Program (FYP)

•

4 additional subjects

75% overall

Undeclared

•

4 additional subjects

70% overall

Bachelor of Science Foundation Year Program (FYP)

•

•

3 additional subjects

75% overall

Undeclared

•

•

3 additional subjects

75% overall

•

4 additional subjects

80% overall

Foundation Year Program (FYP)

•

4 additional subjects

75% overall

Undeclared

•

4 additional subjects

70% overall

Bachelor of Journalism (Honours) 3 Foundation Year Program (FYP) Bachelor of Music 4

1 This table is a guide only. The Registrar’s Office has a complete list of acceptable grade 12/senior level academic courses and can verify your course selection.

For a complete list of math courses that fulfill this requirement, see the Additional Provincial Requirements Chart.

2

Journalism applicants are required to submit 1,000 words describing why you want to study journalism.

3

Music applicants are required to submit a King’s undergraduate application for admission, supporting documents and a Fountain School of Performing Arts supplemental music application.

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* Admission to King’s is competitive and is based on your academic performance. Meeting the minimum entrance average does not guarantee admission.

Additional Provincial Requirements 5 Province/Territory

English (All programs)

Math (BSc only)

Additional Subjects

Alberta, Nunavut, Northwest Territories

ELA 30-1

Pure Math 30, Math 31, Math 30-1

30 level

British Columbia, Yukon

English Studies 12, English 12 First Peoples, Literary Studies 12, Français Langue Première 12

Pre-Calculus 12, Calculus 12

Grade 12 Academic

Manitoba

English 40S, English 40U, English 42S

Pre-Calculus 40S

40S level

New Brunswick

English 121, English 122, Anglais 22411, Anglais 22411E, Français 10411, Français 10411E

Adv. Math with Intro. to Calculus 120, Pre-Calculus 12A and 12B, Math 30411C, Math 30421C

Grade 12 Academic 411 or 421 level

Newfoundland / Labrador

English 3201, English 4201

Adv. Math 3200, Intro. Calculus 3208

Grade 12 Academic

Nova Scotia

English 12, English 12 African Heritage

Pre-Calculus 12, Calculus 12

Grade 12 Academic

Ontario

ENG4U, ETS4U, EAE4U

MHF4U, MCV4U

4U or 4M level

Prince Edward Island

English 621A

Math 621B, Math 611B

Grade 12 Academic

Quebec

English 12 Academic, CEGEP English 603, French 601

Pre-Calculus 12, Calculus 12, CEGEP Calculus I (201-NYA), Calculus II (201-NYB), Intro to College Math (201-HSG), Linear Algebra (201-NYC)

Grade 12 Academic, CEGEP Credits

Saskatchewan

English 30A, English 30

Pre-Calculus 30, Calculus 30, Math C30

30 or 30A level

OUTSIDE CANADA

Senior Level English

Senior Level Pre-Calculus/ Calculus

Senior Level

IB Curriculum

IB English SL or HL

IB Math SL or HL

SL or HL Credits

This table is a guide only. The Registrar’s Office has a complete list of acceptable grade 12/senior level academic courses and can verify your course selection.

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USA Curriculum

Home-Learners

You need a total SAT score of at least 1,100 and/or an ACT composite score of at least 23 (no individual score of less than 20). You must achieve a B average to meet minimum admission requirements.

As a home-learner, you will be assessed on an individual basis. Please send a letter of intent, a writing sample, information about the educator and curriculum followed, a list of textbooks and books read, and transcripts (when available). An SAT or ACT may be required for admission and scholarship consideration.

International Baccalaureate (IB) As an IB student, you must meet our general entrance requirements. If you are completing the IB Diploma you need at least 26 points (including bonus points) for admission. If you complete HL subjects with grades of 5, 6 or 7 you may be eligible for university credit. King’s offers a second-year transfer credit for TOK to eligible students.

Advanced Placement (AP) If you complete AP courses you must meet general admission requirements.

You may be eligible for university credit with grades of 4 or 5.

French Baccalauréat You need a minimum average of 11 in at least five subjects in the French Baccalauréat General. Course requirements match grade 12 requirements.

With a minimum grade of 11 and a minimum coefficient of 4 you may be eligible for university credit.

GCE A level (British System) GCE A level students need a minimum of five subjects, including two A (Advanced) levels or four AS (Advanced Subsidiary) levels with C, or better, grades. Course requirements are the same as grade 12 requirements. AS or A level mathematics is required for the science program. If you complete GCE A levels you may be eligible for university credit with a minimum grade of C. 32

Other International Countries Contact the Registrar’s Office at admissions@ukings.ca for more information.

English Language Requirements If you have studied in an English-language institution for three years (fulltime) or more at a secondary level, or one year (full-time) at a post-secondary level, you do not need to submit proof of proficiency in English. If you do not meet these requirements you must submit a TOEFL, IELTS or other recognized language test. Minimum requirements: IELTS (min. 6.5, with no band below 6.0); and TOEFL iBT (min. 90, with no band below 20).

Transfer Students You may be able to transfer and receive credit for courses you have completed at another post-secondary institution. Normally, a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 is required to transfer. Some programs will require higher GPAs.

Your Admissions Path Oct. 15 to Jan. 31 Early admission process and residence applications opens.

Jan. 15

Feb. 1

March 1

Major awards application deadline.

Regular admission begins.

Admission application deadline for entrance scholarship consideration.

Official first-semester/ midterm high school transcripts due.

April 15

April 1

Scholarship offers mailed out.

International application deadline (except USA) for Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science.

Foundation Year Program, Bachelor of Journalism (Hons) and Bachelor of Music applications due.

May 15

June 1

Admission deposit ($200) due.

Scholarship offer acceptance deadline.

Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science application deadline (Canada and USA).

For help navigating admissions, please call or email one of our advisors with your questions:

Late June

Early June

Foundation Year Program reading list posted. Send final transcripts.

First-year advising and registration opens.

July

Mid-July

Residence rooms assigned.

Orientation week information is sent out.

Submit your photo for your DalCard.

Tara Wigglesworth-Hines Assistant Registrar â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Admissions 902-422-1271 (ext. 259) tara.wigglesworthhines@ukings.ca Early Sept.

Campus Recruitment and Enrolment Officer 902-422-1271 (ext. 103) admissions@ukings.ca

Residences open.

Move-in day.

Orientation.

Classes begin.

ukings.ca/important-dates

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Expenses Before Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries Fall and Winter Term (in Canadian dollars)

Did you know…

Tuition shown is for academic year 2019/20 (subject to change)

Canadian Students: Tuition/incidental fees 1 2

$9,866

Books and supplies 3

$900

Residence (Lodging, Meal Plan, Deposits) 4

$11,283

International Students: International tuition/incidental fees 1

$21,134

Books and supplies 2

$900

Residence (Lodging, Meal Plan, Deposits) 4

$11,283

Health Plan

$728

1 Based

on Foundation Year Program Arts + one additional full-year course.

Fees vary by program.

2 Nova

Scotia students are eligible for a $1,283 bursary from the Province of Nova Scotia. Bursary amount is based on a full course load.

3 Based

on Foundation Year Program and one additional full-year course.

4 Based

on a double room in Alexandra Hall and a 7-Day All-Day Meal Plan.

Making Your Education Accessible Scholarships, bursaries and student loans can help offset or defer financial costs. Scholarships are generally awarded based on academic achievement whereas bursaries and loans consider financial need.

The alumni, friends and supporters of King’s are invested in making a King’s education accessible for you.

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…Canada’s provincial student loans can be used in any province across the country.

For example, if you’re an Ontario student, you can apply for OSAP and use it to go to university in Nova Scotia. If you’re from the USA, your US federal loan can travel to Canada with you.

For questions about Canadian loans, contact the Accounts Officer at 902-422-1271 (ext. 116).

For questions about USA loans, contact Assistant Registrar – Institutional Research and Awards Catherine Read at 902-422-1271 (ext. 193) or catherine.read@ukings.ca.

Scholarships and Awards General Entrance Scholarships/Awards If you’re a high school student who has applied for September admission you’ll automatically be considered for an entrance award if you submit an admission application and official high school transcript by March 1. These awards may be renewed in following years if you maintain the scholarship standing. The minimum values of these entrance awards are listed below:

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Scholarship average

Awards start at 5

85 – 89.9%

$2,000 6

90 – 94.9%

$2,500 6

95%+

$3,500 6

Based on 2019-20 academic year, subject to change

6 These

are renewable—please see ukings.ca/renewable for eligibility

ukings.ca/scholarships

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Major Entrance Scholarships/Awards If you’re a high school student who has applied for September admission, you need to submit an admission application, major entrance award application, and an original essay (topic to be determined and posted at ukings.ca/scholarships) by Jan. 15 to be considered for one of the major entrance awards.

ukings.ca/scholarships

Major Award Name

Total Award 7

Year 1

Years 2–4

Carrie Best Scholarship

$20,000 8

$5,000

$5,000

Prince Scholarship

$24,000 8 9

$6,000

$6,000

Debra Deane Little and Robert Little Academic Scholarships for Varsity Athletes

$20,000 8 9

$5,000

$5,000

Carrie and Ralph Wright Memorial Scholarship

$39,000 8 9

$12,000

$9,000

Donald R. Sobey Family Scholarship

$50,000 8 9

$17,000

$11,000

Harrison McCain Award

$16,000 8

$4,000

$4,000

Colin Starnes Award

$9,100 8 9

$9,100

$1,000 – $2,000

$1,000 – $2,000

King’s Theatrical Society Award 7 Based 8 These 9 For

on 2019-20 academic year, subject to change

are renewable—please see ukings.ca/renewable for eligibility

FYP students—the amount is estimated based on first-year tuition and incidental fees

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Bursaries and Additional Funding King’s offers non-repayable bursaries every year toward your unmet financial needs.

ukings.ca/bursaries

Canada Student Loans Program For details specific to your province’s or territory’s student loan office, visit ukings.ca/financial-aid.

U.S. Student Loan Programs The U.S. Department of Education recognizes King’s for the Direct Stafford and Plus Loans programs. King’s is also recognized by many private lending agencies. Additional information relevant to your FAFSA is available at ukings.ca.

Student Employment You can enjoy the convenience of a part-time job on King’s campus. King’s proudly has three student-owned and operated businesses that employ students: King’s Co-op Bookstore, the Wardroom and the Galley.

There are also part-time employment opportunities such as a research assistant, social media ambassador, phonathon caller, dining hall server, or working in the fitness centre, library or on campus patrol.

Campus jobs offer you a way to contribute to the King’s community while developing employable skills and earning income.

As many as one-third of King’s students have campus jobs at some point during their time as a King’s student.

ukings.ca/jobs

“Working at the bookstore was actually my first job…I feel like I’ve grown as a worker and as a student at this job in ways that I never expected.

I feel like I’ve become much more professional.

It’s confidenceboosting as well, so it’s been fun.”

Graham O’Brien Hometown: Shad Bay, N.S. Program: BA(Hons), Early Modern Studies and Philosophy, minor in Contemporary Studies Watch Graham’s video at ukings.ca/graham

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Work-integrated Learning As you’re learning at King’s, you’re also preparing for life after you graduate.

The humanities help us recognize that our pursuits shouldn’t benefit just a few amongst us—they must create a future reflecting and embodying the shared values and ideals of many. That takes informed conversations. The humanities provide a strong educational foundation for the professional work force we collectively need.

Right now, there is also increased professional demand for foundational skills such as critical thinking, social perceptiveness, active listening, clear writing and complex problem solving. Well-rounded students become flexible and adaptable global citizens who are prepared to build a bright future for themselves and society.

Here are specific ways you can gain experience at King’s:

A new public humanities program offers undergraduate fellowships based on scholarship standing. The fellowships provide target job placements applying your knowledge and skills in different workplaces over multiple summers.

Co-op opportunities exist through our partnership with Dalhousie University and the King’s/Dalhousie shared College of Arts & Science.

Journalism workshops are taught in campus newsrooms and you’ll complete an internship before graduating. King’s journalism professors and your internship mentors are professional, award-winning journalists (see p. 16-17).

You can conveniently get a parttime job on campus (see p. 37), building your network and gaining transferable employment skills. As an employer, King’s offers flexibility to accommodate your studies.

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Financing Your Education King’s is committed to making your education affordable.

A full 95% of first-year students receive some form of financial support (scholarships or bursaries) from King’s.

On top of this, over the next four years, King’s is committing $1 million in bursary funds for students in financial need—a hefty sum for an institution with fewer than 1,000 students.

Student Supports Together, King’s and Dalhousie support you. You’ll enjoy access to all services available at both universities, such as: • academic and mental health peer support workers (King’s) • dedicated writing coaches for both Foundation Year Program and Journalism students (King’s) • Sexualized Violence Prevention and Response Officer (King’s) • The chaplain (King’s) and multifaith services (Dalhousie) • the Student Health and Wellness Centre with a team of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals (Dalhousie) • the Student Accessibility Centre for students requiring accommodations (Dalhousie) • Black Student Advising Centre (Dalhousie) • Indigenous Student Centre (Dalhousie) • LGBTQS1A+ Collaborative (Dalhousie)

Cassie Hayward, King’s scholarship recipient and campus employee Hometown: Halifax, N.S. Program: BA(Hons)’19, Political Science and Sustainability Read more about Cassie at ukings.ca/cassie

“I became the first person in my family to graduate from a university. For a long time I didn’t think I was going to be able to attend university because I knew I couldn’t afford it and some of my early childhood teachers had ruled me out as not academically bright enough to pursue higher education. I was able to achieve more than others expected from me but also more than I ever expected from myself. The last four years have not been easy but they’ve been filled with love. Although I’m sad to be leaving Halifax in the fall, to pursue a master’s degree from the University of Waterloo, I’m excited to continue my journey of becoming human.”

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Take Your Next Step 1. Connect Follow us on social media and sign up for information at ukings.ca/connect.

2. Get to know us Learn about programs, scholarships and bursaries, student life and opportunities through a King’s event or webinar.

Open Houses: Oct. 25, 2019 and March 20, 2020 Lecture Tour: (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa): Nov. 12-16 Take advantage of free on-site admissions at our cross-Canada Lecture Tour and Open House events!

Visit ukings.ca/tours-events to learn about more events.

3. Apply to King’s You can apply at an event or online.

Visit ukings.ca/apply for more information.

4. Apply for residence Want to live on campus? Apply for residence as early as Oct. 15 at ukings.ca/residence/apply.

5. Apply for scholarships and bursaries King’s is committed to affordability and recognizes your high school achievements. Send us your scholarship application

by Jan. 15 to be considered for a major scholarship. Get your admission application in by March 1 to be considered for an entrance scholarship. Submit your bursary application to us in the winter term to be considered for funding based on financial need.

6. Plan Get ready for residence, course registration, and living in Halifax! Visit ukings.ca/next-steps for helpful details.

Email admissions@ukings.ca Book a tour at ukings.ca/campus-tours

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“Education is the practice of attention. Sit in the questions and through this, better know and love the world.”

Sarah Griffin Hometown: Ottawa, Ont. Program: BA(Hons), Contemporary Studies and Classics Read more about Sarah at ukings.ca/sarah

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