Hoods are established in accordance with the guidelines provided by the North American Intercollegiate Code. Faculty/credential colours are as follows:
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape - russet
Faculty of Arts - white*
BA - white
BCS - silver grey
BFA - brown
BMUS - pink
BSc - golden yellow
Cumming School of Medicine - dark green
Faculty of Graduate Studies - philosophy blue*
EdD, MEd, MC - light blue
DBA, MBA, MMgmt - sapphire blue
D.Des, MArch, MEDes, MLand, MPlan - russet
LLM - purple
MA, MSS - white
MCE - light green
MDCS, MPA - dark green
MEng & MSc (Eng) - orange
MFA - brown
MKin - sage green
MMus - pink
MN - apricot
MPP - turquoise
MSc, MBT, MGIS - golden yellow
MSW - citron yellow
PhD - philosophy blue
Graduate Certificates and Diplomas - colour of discipline
Haskayne School of Business - sapphire blue
Faculty of Kinesiology - sage green*
BKin - sage green
BSc - golden yellow
Faculty of Law - purple
Faculty of Nursing - apricot
Schulich School of Engineering - orange
Faculty of Science - golden yellow*
BA - white
BSc - golden yellow
Faculty of Social Work - citron yellow
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - grey*
DVM - asphalt
Werklund School of Education - light blue
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Inclusive Education Program - Olympic red
*Indicates the stole colour for the dean when there are different hood colours for the degrees within the faculty.
1. For the Bachelors' and Masters' degrees, the ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ uses a black hood lined with the University colours, gold with red chevron, and trimmed with the colour indicating the subject of the degree, in a silk-like material. Graduate Certificate and Diploma programs graduands wear the bachelor's hood of the faculty offering the credential.
2. For Inclusive Education Program, the ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ uses a black associate’s hood with an Olympic red trim chevron.
3. Doctoral degrees: PhD hood: The body is doctors' scarlet, with a lining of gold and a chevron of scarlet with a three-inch trim at the edge (inside and out) of philosophy blue. Professional Doctorate hood: conforms to the Intercollegiate Code in shape, size and colour. The trim colour is the same as the masters' hood.
4. For Honorary Doctorates of the ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ (LLD) the hoods have a body in gold, lined in doctors' scarlet with a gold chevron. The trim is a one-inch band of white silk edged with a three-inch band of scarlet velvet, the configuration follows that of the PhD hood.
5. The honorary degree Doctor of the ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ (DUC) has been awarded previously. The hood is similar to the LLD hood without the white band.
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