Canadian Option Offered to Dordt Students

Justin Cooper, President of Redeemer University College, and Carl E. Zylstra, President of Dordt College

Feb. 5, 2010—A new cooperative agreement between Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, and Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, will allow Canadian students who intend to enroll in Dordt's accredited engineering degree program to take their first year of study at Redeemer.

The formal articulation agreement was signed by Justin Cooper, President of Redeemer, and Carl E. Zylstra, President of Dordt College, at a ceremony held Jan. 28 in Canada.

The agreement will allow Redeemer students to enroll one year at that institution, and then transfer to Dordt College to finish an engineering degree in the next three years. The "1-and-3" program opens a new path for Canadian students who want to study engineering at a Christian institution, says Cooper. "They will receive at Redeemer a solid framework for their future studies within a flexible program that gives them option for their next steps."

Zylstra noted that, "We are proud to be able to partner with Redeemer University to provide a biblically-based, Christ-centered education in engineering.”

Accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the program at Dordt offers five emphases: mechanical, electrical, civil-environmental, computer, and biomedical.

—Dordt College Communications