ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY

'Royal Roads University' (RRU) is a private/public university located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1995, it offers applied and professional programs at both the undergraduate and graduate degree level. The various excelled programs are offered On-Campus and Online. Paired with the online program offerings is a residency for the degree programs ranging from one to three weeks, and are held on-campus. Programs of study include business, leadership, environment and sustainability, tourism, hotel management, information and society, peace and conflict management, and communication and culture.Royal Roads has specialized in the faculty of Management for many years. Royal Roads also has an active MBA program in Asia, which can be accessed through their website.

Contents

Governance

Campus and grounds

Undergraduate Programs

Graduate Programs

Ranking

See also

External links

Governance

On April 2, 2007, Dr. Allan R. Cahoon became the new president of Royal Roads University.
Dr. Cahoon has been a professor of business administration at the University of Regina since 2002. He was a professor of management at the University of Calgary from 1976 to 2001 where he also held at various times positions of assistant dean (Graduate Programs), chairperson, director of research and director for the Americas in the Faculty of Management. He was president of the University of Calgary's Faculty Association and Director of that University’s OLADE Project on Energy and the Environment. A native of Alberta, he obtained his bachelor of arts and master of science degrees from Brigham Young University between 1970 and 1971 and his PhD from Syracuse University in 1974.
Having recently had his vice presidential appointment at the University of Regina renewed, Dr. Cahoon was admitted by his colleagues for innovation, support and advocacy on behalf of the institution, forging excellent relationships with government and working collaboratively with the corporate sector in Saskatchewan and for his great rapport with students. Dr. Cahoon has been an admirer of the unique Royal Roads mission since the its inception and the Board of Governors was impressed with his enthusiasm for RRU's applied emphasis in programming and research.
Dr. Cahoon also joined the RRU Faculty of Management as a Professor.

Campus and grounds

The campus and surrounding grounds of Royal Roads University are situated at Hatley Park National Historic Site. Royal Roads leases the land from the Department of National Defense for $1 per year and assumes all stewardship responsibilities related to the site including the cost of site management, operations, the protection, preservation and restoration of heritage assets (which include all buildings on the site as well as many heritage gardens)and educating the public about the site's historic and natural attributes.
Originally used by the Coast Salish, the land was developed for agriculture by European immigrants and their descendants. In 1906, the coal magnate and politician James Dunsmuir purchased the land to build an estate. The Canadian government acquired the buildings and grounds from his descendants in 1940 to serve as a naval training establishment, which came to be known as Royal Roads Military College. In 1995, the military college was closed and the land and facilities leased by the government of British Columbia. The site was converted into Royal Roads University the same year.
The military college and the university took their name from Royal Roads, the body of water that forms the entrance into Esquimalt Harbour from the Strait of Juan de Fuca, lying to the east of the facility. The grounds, a mix of landscaped gardens and natural woodland, still go by the name of Hatley Park which the Dunsmuirs gave their estate (it is not a designated park). Hatley Castle and its surroundings have made appearances in numerous movies and TV series programs such as ''Smallville'' where it serves as the Luthor Mansion, and the second and third X-Men films where the university is transformed into Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
Visitors of the 565 acre Hatley Park can tour the extensive walking trails, as well as the Hatley Castle museum. The museum is free to enter, and contains historic, local memorabilia as well as a gift shop. Tours of the castle itself are available (schedule is seasonal) and access to the heritage gardens (approx 20 acres) have a visitor fee that helps offset the cost of preserving the site.

Undergraduate Programs

★ Bachelor of Commerce in Entrepreneurial Management

★ Bachelor of Arts in Applied Communication

★ Bachelor of Arts in International Hotel Management

★ Bachelor of Arts in Justice Studies (legal studies degree)

★ Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science

★ Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management
note: All undergraduate programs require at least 2 years (60 credits) of studies at another university or college before they can be completed.

Graduate Programs

'Master of Arts (MA)'

- Professional Communication with a specialization in: Intercultural and International Communication

- Disaster and Emergency Management

- Environmental Education and Communication

- Learning and Technology

- Leadership with specializations in: Health; Justice and Public Safety Leadership

- Conflict Analysis and Management

- Thai-Canada Conflict Analysis and Management

- Human Security and Peacebuilding

- Interdisciplinary Studies

- International Hotel Management

'Master of Business Administration (MBA)'

- Executive Management with specializations in: Leadership; Management Consulting; Digital Technologies Management; Human Resources Management; Public Relations and Communication Management

- MBA在中国 (MBA in China)

'Master of Arts/Master of Science (MA/MSc)'

- Environment and Management
Royal Roads also offers several graduate executive certificate programs which ladder into the MBA degree through their 'Centre for Advanced Management'

- Public Relations Management Graduate Certificate

- Human Resources Management Graduate Certificate

- Project Management Graduate Certificate

- Executive Coaching Graduate Certificate

The 'Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management' offers two graduate certificate programs.
- Tourism Leadership Graduate Certificate

- Destination Development Graduate Certificate

Ranking

Though Royal Roads University abstains from the Maclean’s ranking of universities, on the grounds that it is classified as a special purpose university, both its Bcom and MBA programs were ranked by Corporate Knights Magazine in July 2007. The Royal Roads Bcom program placed 28th out of the 47 Bcom programs in Canada. The MBA placed 20th out of the 35 MBA programs in the country, directly behind McGill. For official ranking please go to: http://www.corporateknights.ca/

See also

★ University of Victoria - neighbouring school

★ Camosun College - neighbouring school

External links

★ Royal Roads University

★ Hatley Castle