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Quest University

Squamish, Italy

Quest University

Quest University (officially Quest University Canada) was a private, not-for-profit, secular liberal arts and sciences university located in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. The university opened in September 2007 with an inaugural class of 73 and suspended academic operations in April 2023. The

university had an enrolment of around 200 students around the time of its closing. The campus was sold to Capilano University for $63.2M who began operating at the campus in Fall 2024. Quest's curriculum was considered unconventional. It used the block plan, adapted and modified from the block plan at Colorado College. Students needed to complete 32 blocks to graduate. Classes were seminar-style and capped at 20 students. There were five divisions (Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Mathematics, and Social Sciences) instead of traditional departments. In lieu of declaring a major, students wrote a personalized Question. Studies culminate in a major work called a Keystone project. Upon graduation—usually after four years study—students were awarded a degree of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences. The campus was located on a 60-acre (24.3 ha) hilltop on the edge of Garibaldi Provincial...

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