Quick Facts

Our 2011/12 Student Population

Total individual credit students                                                                                        3,759
Percent of MRU total student population                                                                       27.7%

Our Class Sizes

Average class size – lecture                                                                                  27 students
Average class size – non‐lecture                                                                          8.4 students

Our Hands‐on Learning

Number of agencies hosting our students for practicum                                                    710
Number of practicum placements                                                                                    3,837

Scholarships and Bursaries

Total dollars awarded to H&CS students                                                                   $460,456
Number of H&CS students receiving scholarships and bursaries                                      366

Our 2011-12 Credit Programs

Number of programs offered                                                                                                20
Total applications                                                                                                             5,054
Targeted first‐year intake                                                                                                 1,275
Ratio of applications to targeted intake                                                                             4.01

Our Teaching/Research Facilities

     Child Development Observation Lab
     Communications Labs
     Justice Research Lab
     Exercise Science Lab
     Nursing Skills Labs
     Physical Literacy Lab
     Simulation Learning Centre
 

Our Departments/Schools/Centres/Institutes

Departments
     Advanced Specialty Health Studies
     Child and Youth Studies
     Justice Studies
     Physical Education and Recreation Studies
     Social Work and Disability Studies

Schools
     School of Nursing

Centres
     Centre for Child Well‐Being
     Centre for Criminology and Justice Research
     Centre for Nursing Education Scholarship of Teaching

Institutes
     Integrative Health Institute at Mount Royal

Networks
     Forensic Research Network

Our Employees

Professors, Full‐time                                                                                                          102
Professors, Part‐time                                                                                                          250
Support staff and managers                                                                                                 58
Total                                                                                                                                    410

Our 2012-13 Health & Community Studies Leadership Team

Chad London, Dean
Vince Salyers, Associate Dean

     Heather McLellan, Chair, Advanced Specialty Health Studies
     Cathy Smey Carston, Chair, Child and Youth Studies
     Kelly Sundberg, Chair, Justice Studies
     Stephen Price, Chair, Physical Education and Recreation Studies
     Gaye Warthe, Chair, Social Work and Disability Studies
     Pam Nordstrom, Director, School of Nursing
     Lynn Judd, Chair, Nursing
     Dawne Clark, Director, Centre for Child Well Being
     Elaine Danelesko, Director, Integrative Health Institute
     Janne Holmgren, Director, Centre for Criminology and Justice Research
     Maureen Mitchell, Director, Centre for Nursing Education Scholarship of Teaching