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Summer 2025

Arts and Science
(sorted alphabetically by department name)

Here you can find courses in Biology, Chinese, Communications, Computer Science, Cultural Studies, Economics, English, French, Family Studies, Gerontology, History, Library, Mathematics, Physics, Political Studies, Psychology, Sociology & Anthropology, Spanish, Women’s Studies, and Writing.

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BIOL*1153-18 Introductory Biology II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A course about the diversity, evolution and ecology of organisms. Topics include the system used to classify organisms, the major groups of organisms and their evolutionary relationships, populations, and the interactions of communities or organisms with their physical environment to form ecosystems. Laboratory required (3 hours/week). BIOL*153D-DA – Must be taken at the same time as this course.

BIOL*2217-18 Brain and Behaviour

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of the neural basis of human behaviour. Topics will include development of the nervous system, brain plasticity, and the biological basis of sensory and perceptual processes, consciousness and sleep, attention, learning, emotion, motivation, psychopharmacology, and disorders of the nervous system. Note: PSYC 1110 or BIOL 1152 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BIOL*2260-18 Fundamentals of Neuroscience

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A course about the physiological and biophysical mechanisms that enable the nervous system to receive, process and transmit information on the molecular, membrane, cellular and system levels. BIOL 1152 or PSYC 1110 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BIOL*3332-18 Human Neuropsychology

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of the neural bases of mental function. The neural mechanisms of complex cognitive processes such as object recognition, spatial processing, attention, language, memory, executive functions and emotion will be reviewed from the human clinical perspective. PSYC/BIOL 2217 or PSYC/BIOL 2260 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

CMPS*2245-18 Spreadsheet Applications

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of numerical applications using spreadsheet software. Topics covered may include formulas, functions, charting capabilities, list management, macros, data analysis techniques, customizing, and integrating Windows applications. INTE/CMPS 1024 completion of 5.0 units of university credit or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

COMM*1015-18 Intro to Communication Tech

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online

A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the influence of technology on public communication. Topics include the historical development, social and cultural context, issues and current applications of communication technology. Current theoretical perspectives will be discussed. The challenges and opportunities presented by processes of technologically mediated communication will be explored. This course includes a lab component.

COMM*2025-18 Introduction to Social Media

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination and application of social media communication and technologies in professional communication. Students also evaluate the role and effect of social media in professional environments. This course includes a lab component. Note: Students who have received credit for COMM 3025 may not take this course for credit.

COMM*2211-18 Introduction to Public Speaking

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online

A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes. 

Course description: A course designed to increase self-confidence through practical experience in presenting speeches geared to business interests. Students are trained in the skills of analysis, organization, development, adaptation of ideas, and delivery. The course also includes small group speaking, conducting meetings, preparing speeches for others, and using visual aids. Note: Students who have received credit for SPDR 2205 or 2211 or COMM/PBRL 2205 may not take this course for credit. This course includes a lab component.

COMM*2211-19 Introduction to Public Speaking

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes. 

Course description: A course designed to increase self-confidence through practical experience in presenting speeches geared to business interests. Students are trained in the skills of analysis, organization, development, adaptation of ideas, and delivery. The course also includes small group speaking, conducting meetings, preparing speeches for others, and using visual aids. Note: Students who have received credit for SPDR 2205 or 2211 or COMM/PBRL 2205 may not take this course for credit. This course includes a lab component.

COMM*3023-18 Communication Design

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes. 

Course description: An overview of the fundamental principles and applications of graphic design from a practical, visual, and technical perspective. This course engages students in the planning, design, layout, and production of visual content across a variety of media and communication platforms. Students will engage in creative, critical, and solutions-oriented design work. This course includes a lab component.

COMM*4511-18 Health Communication: Theory & Practice

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes. 

Course description: An examination of health communication theory and practice at the level of public communication. Topics include an examination of health in Canadian society, health communication models, health communication campaign planning, evaluation of outcomes of social marketing and other approaches to behaviour change, and relevant ethical considerations. PBRL 3014 or COMM 4500 or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

CULS*2202-18 Music and Culture

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes. 

Course description: The relationship between music and culture. Issues such as social agency, protest, identity, and cultural legitimation will be examined. Topics may include the history of rock and roll; protest music; music and film; gender and the music industry; race and music.

CULS*2203-18 History of Rock and Roll

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes. 

Course description: An examination of rock music as a lens for cultural critique from the birth of youth culture in the 1950’s through to contemporary post-rock subcultures.

CULS*3306-18 Rap and Resistance

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes. 

Course description: An analysis of, resistance in hip hop culture from the 1970s to the present. By examining how rap music, in particular, has challenged hegemony, made space for marginalized people and groups, and provoked conversations about our changing world, this course investigates the power of hip hop in a cultural context.

CULS*3310-18 Special Topics: Cult Film

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes. 

Course description: A combined lecture-seminar course on a selected topic related to the field of cultural studies. 5.0 units of university credit – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

CULS*3310-18 ST: Science Fiction Film

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A combined lecture-seminar course on a selected topic related to the field of cultural studies. 5.0 units of university credit – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

ECON*1101-18 – Introduction to Microeconomics

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the behaviour of individual agents in the Canadian economy and the markets in which they interact. Topics include consumer theory; theory of the firm, production and cost; government intervention in the microeconomic framework; and market structure. (Also listed under Canadian Studies and Public Policy Studies)

ECON*1102-18 Introduction to Macroeconomics

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the Canadian macro-economy and the determinants of economic aggregates such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), national income accounts, employment, and the price level. The government use of fiscal and monetary policies and the effects of these policies on economic variables will also be studied. (Also listed under Canadian Studies and Public Policy Studies). ECON 1101 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

ECON*2311-18 International Trade

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the motives for the exchange of goods and services among nations, the developments in the field from the orthodox theory of international trade to the recent theories of multinational enterprises, the patterns of international trade and production, and the welfare implications of trade. (Also listed under Public Policy Studies). ECON 1101 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

ENGL*1170-18 Introduction to Literature: Literary Genres

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the terms and methods of literary analysis. Through a critical study of a range of literary works, including short fiction, poetry, drama, and a novel, students will acquire the skills needed to write about them effectively. Note: Students who have received credit for ENGL 1155 may not take this course for credit.

ENGL*1171-18 Introduction to Literature: Transformations

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the critical study of literature from different historical periods. By following a particular theme or genre from the Middle Ages to the present day, students assess how writers are influenced by, respond to, and transform previous texts. Note: Students who have received credit for ENGL 1155 may not take this course for credit.

ENGL*2220-18 Writing to Influence

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A practical and theoretical study of the art of rhetorical persuasion. Particular attention will be given to the rhetorical modes of persuasion, which will be used to analyze the persuasive power of example texts and to facilitate student writing. The ethical questions to which rhetorical persuasion gives rise are central to the course. WRIT 1120 or 5.0 units of university study – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

ENGL*2221-18 Intro to Creative Writing

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study and practice of creative writing, including poetry, fiction, and/or creative non-fiction, in a workshop environment driven by writing exercise and peer review. Instruction will be grounded in contemporary creative writing from peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, the course may be supplemented by visits from or to creative writers. 0.5 unit of ENGL at the 1000 level or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

ENGL*2270-18 Classical Traditions

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of various examples of pre-modern literatures in translation and their influence in the English tradition. Topics may vary from year to year and may extend beyond classical Greek and Latin texts to include biblical or medieval European texts. Please see Prerequisites for University Study of English above – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

ENGL*3343-18 Issue in Canadian Literature & Theory

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An in-depth and sustained study of a single issue in Canadian literature and theory. The course covers the theoretical debates surrounding that issue and the reactions to and developments surrounding that debate in Canadian literature. Note: Students who have taken ENGL 3354 may not take this course for credit. (Also listed under Canadian Studies). Please see Prerequisites for University Study of English – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

FREN*1101-18 Basic Practical French I

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the basic elements of the French language for those with little background in French. Emphasis is put on the development of competence in all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Note: This course is designed for students with less than grade XI core French. Students with a higher level of French cannot take this course for credit. Students who have previously received a transfer credit for any FREN 1000, 2000, 3000 or 4000 level course cannot subsequently take this course for credit. Monitored laboratory required.

FREN*1102-18 Basic Practical French II

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A continuation of FREN 1101. Emphasis is put on the development of competence in all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Note: Students who have successfully completed FREN 1101 or grade XI core French or summer immersion or who were granted permission of the department based on their French Placement Test result may take this course for credit. Students who have previously received a transfer credit for any FREN 2000, 3000 or 4000 level course cannot subsequently take this course for credit. Monitored laboratory required.

FREN*1102-20 Basic Practical French II

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Rebroadcast ONLINE

Course description: A continuation of FREN 1101. Emphasis is put on the development of competence in all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Note: Students who have successfully completed FREN 1101 or grade XI core French or summer immersion or who were granted permission of the department based on their French Placement Test result may take this course for credit. Students who have previously received a transfer credit for any FREN 2000, 3000 or 4000 level course cannot subsequently take this course for credit. Monitored laboratory required.

FREN*2201-20 Practical French I

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Rebroadcast ONLINE

Course description: This course presents oral and written material to consolidate previous language acquisition, improve comprehension and communication skills, and provide a background for further study of the French language. Note: Students who have successfully completed FREN 1102 or grade XII core French or summer immersion or who were granted permission of the department based on their French Placement Test result may take this course for credit. Students who have previously received credit for FREN 1105, 1106, 1114, 1115, 2202, 2205, 2206, 2214, 2215, or any FREN 3000 or 4000 level course cannot subsequently take this course for credit. Monitored laboratory required.

FREN*2202-20 Practical French II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Rebroadcast ONLINE

Course description: A continuation of the practice of oral and written French to further develop competence in speaking, listening, reading and writing in French. Note: Students who have received credit for FREN 1106, 1115, 2205, 2206, 2214, 2215, or any FREN 3000 or 4000 level course cannot subsequently take this course for credit. Monitored laboratory required. Take FREN*2201 or permission of the department – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

FSGN*1100-20 Introduction to Family Studies

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of contemporary families including family dynamics, diversity and development from the perspectives of different disciplines. Topics may include same-sex families parenting styles, poverty, work-family balance and mass-media influences.

FSGN*1101-20 – Introduction to Gerontology

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description:  An examination of individual and social implications of population aging from the perspectives of different disciplines. Topics may include care of aging parents, retirement, health, and financial security.

FSGN*2212-18 Perspectives on Parent-Child Relationships

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An analysis of the ecological, sociological, and social-psychological perspectives that emerge in parent-child relationships across the life course. Students will have the opportunity to discuss the current social issues affecting contemporary parent-child relationships and the role that professionals play in educational programs and policies.

FSGN*3305-18 Women and Aging

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the unique roles and position of older women in contemporary society with an emphasis on how they are perceived and treated by society. Topics may include the variations in the psychological, health, and socioeconomic status and needs of older women with implications for social policy. Completion of 5.0 units of university credit including 1.0 unit of FSGN or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

FSGN*3307-18 Perspectives on Death & Dying

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of death and dying from both the academic and experiential viewpoints. Death and religious dimensions of human life are considered, along with pastoral concerns and care of the dying.

FSGN*4481-18 ST: FSGN Bridging Course

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An opportunity for advanced students to examine selected topics in gerontology. Topics selected will vary with the interests of the students and with current gerontological issues. Completion of 5.0 units of university credit or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

HIST*2200-18 History of Greece

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A survey of the history of Greece including the Minoan-Mycenaean civilizations, the development of political institutions including democracy, the Persian wars, Periclean Athens, the rise of Macedon and the achievement of Alexander the Great.

HIST*2222-18 Canadian Women

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the participation and contribution of women in Canadian history from the sixteenth century to the modern feminist movement. Topics may include earlier forms of sexual stereotyping, famous Canadian women, women at work in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Nova Scotian women. (Also listed under Canadian Studies and Women’s Studies).

INTE*2245-18 Spreadsheet Applications

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of numerical applications using spreadsheet software. Topics covered may include formulas, functions, charting capabilities, list management, macros, data analysis techniques, customizing, and integrating Windows applications. INTE/CMPS 1024 or completion of 5.0 units of university credit or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

LIBR*2100-18 – Library Research

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to library research including frameworks for the organization of information in print and online; critical strategies for acquiring, evaluating and communicating information; and ethical and legal (intellectual property, copyright, plagiarism) obligations of using information.  Information sources across various disciplines, formats and media will be considered.

LIBR*2100-19 – Library Research

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to library research including frameworks for the organization of information in print and online; critical strategies for acquiring, evaluating and communicating information; and ethical and legal (intellectual property, copyright, plagiarism) obligations of using information.  Information sources across various disciplines, formats and media will be considered.

MATH*0027-18 STATS and MATH Preparation

Course credits: 0.0 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description:  A preparatory course for students who are not yet ready for university mathematics. In particular it will prepare those who plan to take MATH 2208 (Introduction to Statistics I) and/or MATH 1102 (Precalculus I). Note: Students may not challenge this course to fulfill any course prerequisite or program requirements.

MATH*1102-18 Precalculus I

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A first course to prepare students for calculus. Linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, radical, and piecewise function swill be studied numerically, graphically, and algebraically. Conic sections and limits will also be introduced. There will be an emphasis on problem solving and applications.

Written permission is required contact MSVUMath@msvu.ca grade XI and grade XII academic mathematics and mathematics placement test or MATH 0020 or 0027 passed in the last three years with a grade of C or higher or equivalent – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

MATH*1103-18 Precalculus II

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A second course to prepare students for calculus. Trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions will be studied numerically, graphically, and algebraically. Finite sequences and series and mathematical induction will also be introduced. Their will be an emphasis on problem solving and applications. MATH 1102 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

MATH*2208-18 – Intro to Statistics I

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to statistical methods. Topics include graphical presentations of data, summary statistics, the normal curve, least-squares regression, correlation, two-way tables, survey and experimental design, probability, random variables, distribution of sample proportions, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for one and two population proportions. Laboratory sessions demonstrate applications from various disciplines. Laboratory required (75 minutes/week) Note: Take MATH*208L or MATH*208D – Must be taken at the same time as this course. Take 1 of the following: MATH*208D-DI, MATH*208D-DJ, MATH*208D-DK, MATH*208D-DL – Must be taken at the same time as this course.

MATH*2208-19 – Intro to Statistics I

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to statistical methods. Topics include graphical presentations of data, summary statistics, the normal curve, least-squares regression, correlation, two-way tables, survey and experimental design, probability, random variables, distribution of sample proportions, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for one and two population proportions. Laboratory sessions demonstrate applications from various disciplines. Laboratory required (75 minutes/week) Note: Take MATH*208L or MATH*208D – Must be taken at the same time as this course. Take 1 of the following: MATH*208D-DI, MATH*208D-DJ, MATH*208D-DK, MATH*208D-DL – Must be taken at the same time as this course.

MATH*2208-28 – Intro to Statistics I

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to statistical methods. Topics include graphical presentations of data, summary statistics, the normal curve, least-squares regression, correlation, two-way tables, survey and experimental design, probability, random variables, distribution of sample proportions, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for one and two population proportions. Laboratory sessions demonstrate applications from various disciplines. Laboratory required (75 minutes/week) Note: Take MATH*208L or MATH*208D – Must be taken at the same time as this course. Take 1 of the following: MATH*208D-DI, MATH*208D-DJ, MATH*208D-DK, MATH*208D-DL – Must be taken at the same time as this course.

MATH*2208-38 – Intro to Statistics I

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to statistical methods. Topics include graphical presentations of data, summary statistics, the normal curve, least-squares regression, correlation, two-way tables, survey and experimental design, probability, random variables, distribution of sample proportions, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for one and two population proportions. Laboratory sessions demonstrate applications from various disciplines. Laboratory required (75 minutes/week) Note: Take MATH*208L or MATH*208D – Must be taken at the same time as this course. Take 1 of the following: MATH*208D-DI, MATH*208D-DJ, MATH*208D-DK, MATH*208D-DL – Must be taken at the same time as this course.

MATH*2209-18 Intro to Statistics II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A continuation of MATH 2208. Topics include: distribution of the sample mean, one-sample, two-sample and paired t procedures, the chi-square test, inference for simple and multiple regression, one-factor and two-factor Analysis of Variance.  Laboratory sessions demonstrate applications from various disciplines. Note: Students who have received credit for MATH 2207 may not take this course for credit. Laboratory required (75 minutes/week). Note: MATH 2208 – Must be completed prior to taking this course. Take MATH*209L or MATH*209D – Must be taken at the same time as this course. Take 1 of the following: MATH*209D-DE, MATH*209D-DF, MATH*209D-DG, MATH*209D-DH, MATH*209D-DI, MATH*209D-DJ – Must be taken at the same time as this course.

MATH*2209-19 Intro to Statistics II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A continuation of MATH 2208. Topics include: distribution of the sample mean, one-sample, two-sample and paired t procedures, the chi-square test, inference for simple and multiple regression, one-factor and two-factor Analysis of Variance.  Laboratory sessions demonstrate applications from various disciplines. Note: Students who have received credit for MATH 2207 may not take this course for credit. Laboratory required (75 minutes/week). Note: MATH 2208 – Must be completed prior to taking this course. Take MATH*209L or MATH*209D – Must be taken at the same time as this course. Take 1 of the following: MATH*209D-DE, MATH*209D-DF, MATH*209D-DG, MATH*209D-DH, MATH*209D-DI, MATH*209D-DJ – Must be taken at the same time as this course.

MATH*2209-28 Intro to Statistics II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A continuation of MATH 2208. Topics include: distribution of the sample mean, one-sample, two-sample and paired t procedures, the chi-square test, inference for simple and multiple regression, one-factor and two-factor Analysis of Variance.  Laboratory sessions demonstrate applications from various disciplines. Note: Students who have received credit for MATH 2207 may not take this course for credit. Laboratory required (75 minutes/week). Note: MATH 2208 – Must be completed prior to taking this course. Take MATH*209L or MATH*209D – Must be taken at the same time as this course. Take 1 of the following: MATH*209D-DE, MATH*209D-DF, MATH*209D-DG, MATH*209D-DH, MATH*209D-DI, MATH*209D-DJ – Must be taken at the same time as this course.

MATH*2209-38 Intro to Statistics II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A continuation of MATH 2208. Topics include: distribution of the sample mean, one-sample, two-sample and paired t procedures, the chi-square test, inference for simple and multiple regression, one-factor and two-factor Analysis of Variance.  Laboratory sessions demonstrate applications from various disciplines. Note: Students who have received credit for MATH 2207 may not take this course for credit. Laboratory required (75 minutes/week). Note: MATH 2208 – Must be completed prior to taking this course. Take MATH*209L or MATH*209D – Must be taken at the same time as this course. Take 1 of the following: MATH*209D-DE, MATH*209D-DF, MATH*209D-DG, MATH*209D-DH, MATH*209D-DI, MATH*209D-DJ – Must be taken at the same time as this course.

MATH*2462-18 Fundamental Concepts of Math 1

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of the fundamental concepts of mathematics, focusing on elementary and middle school mathematics. Topics include counting, whole number operations, fractions, decimals, rates and proportions, measurement, and geometry. This course focuses on problem solving, mathematical reasoning, and multiple approaches as applied to these topics This course and MATH 2463/EDUC 2463 are recommended primarily for pre-education students and will not be acceptable for the mathematics major or minor. Students who have received credit for MATH 2243/EDUC 2461 may not take this course for credit. Any 5.0 units successfully completed at the university level. – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

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PHYS*1120-18 Intro Astronomy I:Sky & Planet

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to general astronomy for students who may have little background in science or mathematics. Topics may include: introduction to the night sky, historical development of astronomy, planetary motions, eclipses, telescopes and the study of the various objects that make up our solar system. Note: This course may not be included as part of a physics minor.

PHYS*1130-18 Intro Astronomy II: Stars

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to general astronomy for students who may have little background in science or mathematics. Topics may include: the Sun as a star, properties and evolution of stars, star clusters nebulae, properties of our Galaxy and other galaxies, quasars and cosmology. Note: This course may not be included as part of a physics minor.

POLS*3334-18 Globalization & the Nation

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: The course will examine the ongoing processes of neo-liberal globalization from post WWII to the present day. It will consider critical political and economic perspectives concerning the impact of globalization on domestic policy formation and national sovereignty. (Also listed under Public Policy Studies). 0.50 unit of POLS or ECON or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*1110-18 Intro: Psychology as a Science

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introductory to psychology as a natural science. Areas surveyed will include, but not be limited to, the biological basis of behavior, sensation and perception, as well as a brief overview of the history and methodology of psychology.

PSYC*1110-19 Intro: Psychology as a Science

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introductory to psychology as a natural science. Areas surveyed will include, but not be limited to, the biological basis of behavior, sensation and perception, as well as a brief overview of the history and methodology of psychology.

PSYC*1120-18 – Introduction to Psychology as a Social Science

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to psychology as a social science. Areas surveyed will include, but will not be limited to, social psychology, personality theory and psychological disorders and therapy.

PSYC*1120-19 – Introduction to Psychology as a Social Science

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to psychology as a social science. Areas surveyed will include, but will not be limited to, social psychology, personality theory and psychological disorders and therapy.

PSYC*2205-18 Abnormal Psychology

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A survey of issues concerning the field of abnormal psychology. Major psychopathologies are examined and theories in the area are studied. Note: PSYC 1110 and 1120 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*2206-18 Drugs and Behaviour

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the use and abuse of psychoactive drugs from a biopsychosocial perspective. The course content will cover both illicit (e.g. cocaine, marijuana) and non-illicit (e.g. alcohol, caffeine, nicotine) drugs, as well as core concepts of pharmacology and addiction, within a framework that incorporates basic principles and applied research. PSYC 1110 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*2208-18 Social Psychology

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of topics in social psychology such as a person perception, prejudice, group processes, attitude formation and change, and conformity. PSYC 1110 and 1120 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*2213-18 Emotion and Motivation

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A scientific study of human emotion and motivation. Students will explore primary and complex emotions as well as sexual, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, hunger and addiction through research projects and readings. Note: PSYC 1120 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*2216-18 Sensation and Perception

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A survey of the psychological research designed to study the mental events involved in information extraction. Topics covered could include vision, audition, size and shape constancy, form and pattern perception, attention and illusions, and perceptual development. PSYC 1110 and an additional 4.5 units of university credit – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*2217-18 Brain and Behaviour

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of the neural basis of human behaviour. Topics will include development of the nervous system, brain plasticity, and the biological basis of sensory and perceptual processes, consciousness and sleep, attention, learning, emotion, motivation, psychopharmacology, and disorders of the nervous system. Note: PSYC 1110 or BIOL 1152 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*2221-18 Developmental Psychology I

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introductory course on human development from conception through adolescence. Theoretical perspectives and research are studied. Topics covered may include genetics, heredity, the pre and perinatal periods, physical growth, motor skills, learning and perception. Note: PSYC 1110 and 1120 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*2222-18 Developmental Psychology II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introductory course on human development from conception through adolescence. Theoretical perspectives and research are studied. Topics covered may include emotion, social cognition, gender roles, moral development, familial and extra-familial influences. PSYC 2221 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*2260-18 Fundamentals of Neuroscience

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A course about the physiological and biophysical mechanism that enable the nervous system to receive, process and transmit information on the molecular, membrane, cellular and system levels. BIOL 1152 or PSYC 1110 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*2265-18 Psychology of Gender

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online

A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Explore understandings of sex, gender and related identities embedded within interpersonal, familial and cultural contexts. Empirical and conceptual research is critically reviewed through feminist and social constructionist frameworks on topics such as “doing” gender, gender socialization, transgender, discrimination/leadership, and media portrayals. PSYC 1110 and 1120 or WOMS 1110 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*3307-18 Roots of Modern Psychology

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online

A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A lecture/seminar course dealing with the development of the science of psychology. Particular emphasis will be given to the development of modern scientific reasoning and its relationship to such twentieth-century systems of psychology as structuralism, functionalism, psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and Gestalt psychology. PSYC 1110 and 1120, and a 2000-level psychology course – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*3307-19 Roots of Modern Psychology

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online

A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A lecture/seminar course dealing with the development of the science of psychology. Particular emphasis will be given to the development of modern scientific reasoning and its relationship to such twentieth-century systems of psychology as structuralism, functionalism, psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and Gestalt psychology. PSYC 1110 and 1120, and a 2000-level psychology course – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*3315-18 Personality

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Individual style is largely defined by our personality or characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behaviour. Accordingly, students will be taught how to interpret and synthesize research relating to human biology, development, learning, thinking, emotion, motivation, and social interaction thereby providing a complete picture of the individual. PSYC 3301 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*3317-18 Moral Psychology

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of contemporary theoretical perspectives on moral reasoning, emotions, and behaviour. Questions raised by current research discussed, including: How does moral thinking develop, and how does it relate to behaviour? Is there an evolutionary basis to moral thinking? Should our moral beliefs be influenced by findings from psychological research? PSYC 1110 and 1120 and 3.0 units of university credit at the 2000 level or above. – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*3319-18 Adolescent Development

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of the physical, cognitive and social development of adolescents in the context of family and peer relationships. Possible topics addressed include pubertal timing, gender roles, sexuality, vocational development and participation in risk-taking behaviours (e.g. substance abuse, early parenthood). PSYC 2222 and PSYC 3301 or CHYS 3311 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*3330-18 ST: Comparative Cognition

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A seminar that explores a selected topic in psychology at an advanced level. Topics will vary from year to year. PSYC 3301 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*3332-18 Human Neuropsychology

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of the neural bases of mental function. The neural mechanisms of complex cognitive processes such as object recognition, spatial processing, attention, language, memory, executive functions and emotion will be reviewed from the human clinical perspective. PSYC/BIOL 2217 or PSYC/BIOL 2260 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*3334-18 Foundations of School Psychology

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Explores the role of the school psychologist as a specific clinical discipline within psychology. This course will explore how psychologists practice in schools, discuss issues of accessibility in schools, apply the psychology of learning, and review the skills and knowledge required of school psychologists. PSYC 2222 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*3370-18 Psychological Tests & Measures

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to psychological measurement and psychometrics. Topics include scale development, standardized scores, reliability, validity, and the value and limitations of psychological testing. A variety of intelligence, achievement, aptitude, and personality tests and the various strategies used to measure these constructs will be studied. Note: MATH 2209 and an additional 1.5 units of PSYC at the 2000 level or above – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PSYC*4410-18 Childhood Psychopathology

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: The etiology, manifestations and management of childhood disorders (e.g. autism, learning disabilities, conduct disorders) will be considered from various developmental theoretical perspectives. Emphasis will be placed on an understanding of the research contributions critical to each area. PSYC 2222 and PSYC 3301 or CHYS 3311 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

RELS*2203-18 Love

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An exploration of sites, concept, and representations of love. Drawing examples from religion, myth, folklore, literature, film, visual culture and popular culture. love will be considered as a culturally embodied phenomenon, the analysis of which can yield insight into humanity’s deepest experience, both secular and religious.

RELS*3307-18 Perspectives on Death & Dying

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of death and dying from both the academic and experimental viewpoints. Death and religious dimensions of human life are considered, along with pastoral concerns and care of dying.

SOAN*1502-18 Questioning Society

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the study of social and cultural life including basic concepts and terminology of sociology and anthropology. Students will be introduced to core theoretical and methodological tools used by social researchers. Topics may include human diversity, identity, group behaviour, social roles and processes, social inequality and social justice. Note: Students who have received credit for SOAN 1100, 1101, 1102 or 1103 may not take this course for credit.

SOAN*2520-18 Family, Marriage & Kinship

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the major elements in the complex relationship between families, kinship and society. This course understands families as diverse social entities that are supported and shaped by economic factors, socio-political changes, racial inequality, as well as gender ideologies and, sexual practices including queer genders and sexualities. Note: Students who have received credit for SOAN 2221 or 2222 may not take this course for credit. SOAN 1502 or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.    

SPAN*1101-18 Spanish Language & Culture I

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the Spanish language with emphasis on understanding and speaking the language and mastering its structure. Spanish and Spanish-American cultural values are stressed in linguistic and reading materials. Note: This course is designed for students with no previous knowledge of Spanish. Students with previous knowledge of Spanish cannot take this course for credit. Laboratory required.

SPAN*1102-20 Spanish Language & Culture II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Rebroadcast Online

Course description: A continuation of SPAN 1101. Emphasis is on development of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Cultural values continue to be stressed. Laboratory required.

WOMS*1112-18 Focus on Women II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to Women’s Studies with emphasis on the diversity of women’s lives. Topics will include the historical, philosophical and representational foundation of women’s oppression. Note: Students who have received credit for WOMS 1101 may not take this course for credit. (Also listed under Canadian Studies)

WOMS*2300-18 Global Women and Gender Issues

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: This course uses intersectional feminist and gender-based analysis to examine a variety of socio-cultural, economic and political issues within a global context. We study factors and circumstances affecting women’s lives around the world and examine gender construction from a holistic point of view that highlights diversity in communities.

WOMS*2570-01 Gender & Society

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Access On-Campus

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the feminist study of gender, including heterosexual and queer forms, examining changes in gender relations, gender inequalities and the social construction of gender. Different social institutions will be analyzed. Topics such as gender relations in work, family, politics, education, media, and socialization will be covered. Note: Students who have received credit for SOAN 2265 may not take this course for credit. Note: SOAN 1502 or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

WOMS*2570-18 Gender & Society

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the feminist study of gender, including heterosexual and queer forms, examining changes in gender relations, gender inequalities and the social construction of gender. Different social institutions will be analyzed. Topics such as gender relations in work, family, politics, education, media, and socialization will be covered. Note: Students who have received credit for SOAN 2265 may not take this course for credit. Note: SOAN 1502 or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

WOMS*3322-18 Politics and Sex

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the ways in which sexuality intersects with politics, identity and power. The course examines gender inequality and the extent to which women and men are embodied individuals subject to structures of power. Topics may include sexual violence, body politics, prostitution, pornography, religion and veiling, same sex marriage, and political sex scandals. Note: WOMS 1112 or 1.0 unit of POLS or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

WOMS*3572-18 Sex and Sexualities

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A critical evaluation of the current social and political issues in sexuality studies, with a focus on contemporary issues around sexualities, including formation of sexual identities, communities, sexual practices and politics, sexualities and social control, questions of diversity, and the historical and global nature of ideas and controversies around sexualities. 5.0 units of university credit, which must include SOAN 1502 or WOMS 1114, or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

WOMS*3371-18 Women, Resistance & Empowerment

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: The purpose of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to discuss and evaluate women’s experiences of resistance and empowerment in their everyday lives. Particular emphasis will be placed on the interrelationships among work, family and community, and the extent to which they are sites of resistance and empowerment for women. Note: 5.0 units of university credit including SOAN 1502 or WOMS 1112 and 0.5 unit of another women’s studies or departmental women-emphasis course at the 2000 level or above or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

WOMS*4406-21 Managing Diversity: Gender & Issues

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A seminar course that examines issues faced by women and minority groups in the work place. Topics include discrimination based on gender and other factors, a comparison of men and women in organizations, legal implications of discrimination and managing diversity. Note: Students who have received credit for BUSI 4407 may not take this course for credit. Note: At least 10.0 units of university-level courses – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

WRIT*1120-19 The Writing Process

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A practical and theoretical study of the writing process, especially for academic writing. Students will use writing to invent, arrange, style, draft, and revise arguments suitable to the rhetorical demands of academic inquiry. Rhetorical conventions of academic scholarship, such as contextualization, synthesis, documentation, and formatting, will be central to the course.

WRIT*1120-28 The Writing Process

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A practical and theoretical study of the writing process, especially for academic writing. Students will use writing to invent, arrange, style, draft, and revise arguments suitable to the rhetorical demands of academic inquiry. Rhetorical conventions of academic scholarship, such as contextualization, synthesis, documentation, and formatting, will be central to the course.

Professional Studies
(sorted alphabetically by department name)

Here you can find courses in Business Administration, Child & Youth Study, Applied Human Nutrition, Public Relations, and Tourism and Hospitality.

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BUSI*1112-MA Introduction to Business Administration

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online

A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course Description: An overview of the fundamental activities performed in businesses in the Canadian environment. Methodology includes lectures, class discussions, written assignments, tests and a term paper. (Also listed under Canadian Studies)

BUSI*1112-JL Introduction to Business Administration

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online

A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course Description: An overview of the fundamental activities performed in businesses in the Canadian environment. Methodology includes lectures, class discussions, written assignments, tests and a term paper. (Also listed under Canadian Studies)

BUSI*2011-19 Intro to Entrepreneurship

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Asynchronous Online

A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course Description: An examination of multi-disciplinary entrepreneurship geared to business, social and innovative venture creation. Students will explore the relevance of entrepreneurship to business and non-business ventures. Topics will include creativity, idea generation, social entrepreneurs, and basic business planning culminating in the creation of a venture.

BUSI*2060-18 Personal Finance

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course Description: An examination of strategies relating to managing and maximizing personal finances. Topics include consumer credit alternatives, financial instruments and institutions, family budgeting, pension strategies and strategic use of investment options, and traditional versus e-banking and e-investing.

BUSI*2202-18 Communications & Self-Management Skills

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course Description: A study of communications functions in organizations, including effective use of written, oral and electronic communications, and the principles of self-management: self-awareness, emotional intelligence, cultural intelligence, time and stress management, personal effectiveness, and resilience. Skills will be developed through individual and group in-class activities and online assignments.

BUSI*2214-18 – Organizational Behavior: Individuals in Organizations

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description:  A study of individual-level principles of organizational behaviour. Topics such as organizational effectiveness, management theory, personality, perception, values, attitudes, and decision making will be examined to help individuals understand themselves and improve their effectiveness in modern organizations. Note: Students who have received credit for BUSI 2212 may not take this course for credit.   

BUSI*2215-18 – Organizational Behavior: Groups, Structure & Culture

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of group-level and system-level principles of organizational behaviour. Topics such as teams, power, leadership and organizational structure and culture will be examined to help individuals improve their effectiveness in modern organizations. Note: Students who have received credit for BUSI 2213 may not take this course for credit. 

BUSI*2215-19 – Organizational Behavior: Groups, Structure & Culture

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of group-level and system-level principles of organizational behaviour. Topics such as teams, power, leadership and organizational structure and culture will be examined to help individuals improve their effectiveness in modern organizations. Note: Students who have received credit for BUSI 2213 may not take this course for credit.

BUSI*2230-18 – Principles of Marketing

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introductory course in marketing which uses lectures, discussions, and/or cases, and projects. Key topics include market segmentation, marketing mix, consumer behavior, marketing research, an introduction to marketing math, and forces impacting marketing planning in the modern world.

BUSI*2231-18 Applied Marketing

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Selected topics in marketing are discussed including marketing strategy, case analysis, marketing planning, marketing math, digital marketing, and marketing analytics. Lectures and case studies. BUSI 2230 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*2231-19 Applied Marketing

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Selected topics in marketing are discussed including marketing strategy, case analysis, marketing planning, marketing math, digital marketing, and marketing analytics. Lectures and case studies. BUSI 2230 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*2250-18 Business Ethics

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online

A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A course in applied ethics that explores the bearing of ethical theory on business-related issues, including advertising, consumer rights, managerial structures, discrimination in the workplace, and corporate responsibility. Casework helps the student to develop skills in decision- making.

BUSI*2259-18 Legal Aspects of Business

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A survey of the effect of law on commercial and industrial activities. Topics include: contracts, including sale, insurance, bailment, agency and employment; negotiable instruments, real property; forms of business organization; and credit transactions. (Also listed under Canadian Studies)

BUSI*2307-18 Mi’kmaw/Indigenous Tourism

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Emphasis on Mi’kmaw culture and history. Students apply a Two-Eyed Seeing (Etuaptmumk) approach to support growth and awareness of Indigenous Tourism products, services and experiences. Students engage with Mi’kmaw Elders, Indigenous tourism operators, community leaders and/or knowledge holders to discuss issues in the Indigenous Tourism Sector.

BUSI*2321-18 Introduction to Accounting I

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of accounting with an emphasis on understanding financial statements and their use. The course will give students a working knowledge of the application of accounting while including details on the effect of transactions on accounts, accrual accounting, recording entries, and time value of money. Note: Students who have received credit for BUSI 2221 may not take this course for credit. 

BUSI*2322-18 Introduction to Accounting II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An expansion of concepts in BUSI 2321. Topics include financial statements, accounting for cash, accounts receivable, inventory, property, plant and equipment, liabilities, equity, revenue recognition principles and others. The course will prepare students for Intermediate accounting. Note: Students who have received credit for BUSI 2221/2222 may not take this course for credit. BUSI 2321 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*2430-18 Social Media for BUSI & THMT

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Understanding the importance of social media in business and tourism and exploring key concepts used to help grow business and brands through online social media presence. Exploring popular social media platforms, content planning, creation and management and understanding search engine optimization and placement. BUSI 2230 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*2601-18 Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An overview of the nonprofit sector in Canada along with the fundamental activities performed in all organizations such as marketing, accounting, human resource management, and strategic planning. It emphasizes the unique characteristics of nonprofit organizations and their administration, which separates them from for-profit organizations.

BUSI*3308-18 – Operations Management

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description:  Operations management as an integral part of many functional areas of business. Topics include productivity improvement, forecasting, designing goods and services, allocating resources, project management, inventory management, quality assurance and capacity planning and where applicable, mathematical methods for evaluating alternatives. Note: BUSI 2214, 2215 and MATH 2208, 2209 or MATH 2500 or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3308-19 – Operations Management

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description:  Operations management as an integral part of many functional areas of business. Topics include productivity improvement, forecasting, designing goods and services, allocating resources, project management, inventory management, quality assurance and capacity planning and where applicable, mathematical methods for evaluating alternatives. Note: BUSI 2214, 2215 and MATH 2208, 2209 or MATH 2500 or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3311-20 – Small Business Management

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the start-up and management of small and medium business. Topics include planning, organizational structure, accessing capital, managing growth, building management teams, succession planning, bankruptcy and family business. BUSI 2321 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3311-21 – Small Business Management

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the start-up and management of small and medium business. Topics include planning, organizational structure, accessing capital, managing growth, building management teams, succession planning, bankruptcy and family business. BUSI 2321 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3312-18 International Business Management

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online

A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the problems of management which are unique to the international firm with particular emphasis on the multinational corporation. Lectures, discussions, and case method will be employed. BUSI 2214, 2215 and ECON 1102 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3313-18 Human Resource Management

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the growing importance of the human resource function in the modern organization with a focus on the key functions including recruitment, selection, training and development, performance management, compensation, occupational health and safety and new and emerging workplace issues. BUSI 2215 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3314-18 Labor Relations

Course credits: 0.5 credits

Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of the employment relationship in the unionized workplace with a focus on unions and their role in modern organizations. Topics include: the new workplace and changing work patterns, union membership, structure and history, the future of unions, collective bargaining, the grievance procedure and strikes. Students normally will participate in a mock collective barganing exercise aimed at developing negotiation skills. (Also listed under Canadian Studies). BUSI 2215 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3316-18 – Organizational Topics

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of various structural and human elements of organizations. Major topics will include personal skills development (e.g. self- awareness, stress management) and interpersonal skills development (e.g. communication, power and influence, motivation and conflict management). Lectures, cases, exercises, group discussions and films will be used to highlight management skills and help course participants to develop and practice these skills. Note: BUSI 2215 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3320-18 – Managerial Accounting

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description:  An application of the techniques learned in BUSI 2321 with special emphasis on the preparation of reports which provide information for decision-making by management. Different costing systems are examined through an analysis of cost behaviour and budgeting procedures are also examined. Note: Students who have received credit for THMT 3221 may not take this course for credit. BUSI 2321 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3320-19 – Managerial Accounting

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An application of the techniques learned in BUSI 2321 with special emphasis on the preparation of reports which provide information for decision-making by management. Different costing systems are examined through an analysis of cost behaviour and budgeting procedures are also examined. Note: Students who have received credit for THMT 3221 may not take this course for credit. BUSI 2321 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3330-18 Digital Marketing Analytics

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Evaluating digital marketing strategies using Google analytics and other metrics to create data-driven and effective social media strategies for business and tourism. Lectures, case studies. Project work may be required. BUSI 2230 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3331-18 Consumer Behavior

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Consumer decision models will be used to explain the processes involved in consumer behaviour. The consumer will be studied from the perspectives of sociology, psychology and economics. Case studies and/or projects will be used to analyse practical implications of consumer behaviour. BUSI 2230 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3332-18 Retailing Management

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Fundamental principles and policy considerations for the successful management of modern-day retailing organizations. Emphasis is placed on aspects of retailing geography, merchandising and pricing. Lectures and case studies. Note: BUSI 2230 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3334-18 Personal Selling & Sales Management

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the process involved in personal selling, personally selling techniques and sales management with analysis of the importance of this area to the overall success of a business organization. Lectures, role-playing, case studies and/or a major project. BUSI 2230 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3338-18 Not-for-Profit Marketing

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the issues and problems facing marketers in the not-for-profit and public sectors. The focus will be on understanding and appreciating the special problems facing firms in these sectors and on learning to adapt fundamental marketing principles to suit the special needs of these organizations. Case studies and project work may be required. BUSI 2230 or permission of instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3360-18 – Finance I

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description:  An introduction to the fundamentals of business finance. Topics include an introduction to finance, and financial markets, measuring corporate performance, time value of money, bond and stock valuation, capital budgeting techniques, financial planning and management of working capital as well as other appropriate topics. Note: BUSI 2321 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*3361-18 Finance II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Fundamentals of business finance. Topics include risk and return, cost of capital, corporate financing, financial leverage and capital structures, dividend policy, leasing, mergers and acquisitions and the basics of financial risk management as well as other appropriate topics. BUSI 2321 and MATH 2209 (MATH 2209 may be taken concurrently) or MATH 2500 – Must be completed prior to taking this course. Take MATH*2209; – Must be taken either prior to or at the same time as this course.

BUSI*4400-18 – Business Policy

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Case studies designed to reinforce knowledge of the management process and the development of business policies through the study and resolution of actual management situations. Note: Restricted to senior Bachelor of Business Administration students who have completed BUSI 2231, 2259, 3308, 3320, 3360, 3361 or permission of the instructor or restricted to senior Bachelor of Tourism and Hospitality Management students who have completed 15.0 units in the Tourism and Hospitality Management program including BUSI 2230, BUSI 2259, BUSI 3320 or THMT 3221 and BUSI 3361 or THMT 3362 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*4400-19 – Business Policy

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Case studies designed to reinforce knowledge of the management process and the development of business policies through the study and resolution of actual management situations. Note: Restricted to senior Bachelor of Business Administration students who have completed BUSI 2231, 2259, 3308, 3320, 3360, 3361 or permission of the instructor or restricted to senior Bachelor of Tourism and Hospitality Management students who have completed 15.0 units in the Tourism and Hospitality Management program including BUSI 2230, BUSI 2259, BUSI 3320 or THMT 3221 and BUSI 3361 or THMT 3362 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*4412-18 Values in a Business Society

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An investigation of the role of business in society. Various contemporary problems will be discussed in light of the concept of social responsibility and the response of the business sector to that responsibility. Restricted to students who have completed at least 10.0 units of study. (BUSI 2250 recommended) – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*4415-18 Management Information Systems

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: The computer applications which comprise the accounting function are examined and a number of related topics, including control concepts, application development and EDP auditing are discussed. Overall emphasis is on the management and use of IS resources and on the effects of computer-based information systems on the planning and control functions of management. Restricted to students who have completed at least 10.0 units of the Business Administration program or the Tourism and Hospitality program, including BUSI 2221 or BUSI 2321 or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*4417-18 Recruitment & Selection

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A detailed study of the recruitment and selection of personnel. The course covers such issues as job analysis, performance measurements, attracting the right people, and various selection processes including testing and interviewing in order to best match people with jobs. BUSI 3313 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*4424-18 Advanced Accounting II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Advanced theory and problems in accounting. Topics include interim reporting, accounting for foreign currency transactions and hedging, translation of financial statements of foreign operations, government and not-for-profit organizations and accounting for financial instruments. The course will also focus on case methodology used to assess accounting issues. Note: BUSI 3325 and 3326 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*4425-18 Cost Accounting

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A further study of cost concepts introduced in BUSI 3320, examining the cost accountant’s role on the management team and the use of cost information in planning and controlling of the organization. Topics include process costing, standards, budgeting, inventory management, differential costs and costing and pricing of products. BUSI 3320 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*4426-18 Advanced Cost Accounting

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A further student of managerial and cost accounting and auditing. This course develops an understanding of the interactions between planning and control systems and their relationship with the three basic themes of management accounting. Topics include internal control, management control systems, performance management, the balanced scorecard, and ethics/operations management and management accounting. Note: BUSI 4425 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*4430-18 – Research for BUSI and THMT

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the basic principles of the marketing research process with emphasis on methods used to gather, analyze, and evaluate qualitative and quantitative data to reduce risks involved in business decision-making. Note: Students who have received credit for THMT 3312 or PBRL 3016 may not take this course for credit. BUSI 2230 and MATH 2208 or MATH 2500 or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

BUSI*4434-18 Marketing Strategy & Management

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An advanced seminar based on simulations and case analyses that focuses on building the skills required for developing and executing marketing strategies in real-world situations. The course will build upon the tools and concepts learned in earlier marketing courses. BUSI 2231, BUSI 3331, and at least 0.5 unit of marketing electives at the 3000 level, or permission of instructor. – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

CHEM*1005-18 Chemical Concepts

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement.  Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: The fundamental quantitative aspects of chemistry for students who have not completed grade XII chemistry. Topics include an introduction to atomic and molecular structure, the mole concept, stoichiometry, periodicity, bonding, gases, liquids, solids, and solutions. Note: This course is a science elective, but may not counted towards a major, minor or honours in chemistry. Students who have received credit for CHEM 1011 may not take this course for credit. Laboratory/tutorial required (3 hours/week). Take CHEM*105L – Must be taken either prior to or at the same time as this course. CHEM*105D-DA – Must be taken at the same time as this course.

CHYS*1110-18 Intro to Child and Youth Study

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description:  An introduction to child and youth study. Students will be introduced to the academic study of children and youth, including issues and approaches related to childhood education, child and youth care, and it’s associated occupations. Emphasis will be on understanding the scope and nature of this discipline.

CHYS*1120-18 Essentials of C&Y Care Practice

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the essential elements of professional practice in th field of child and youth care. Students will examine the concept of professionalism as it applies to child and youth care practice together with a number of specific professional skills including observations skills, interpersonal communication, problem-solving, documentation and report writing.

CHYS*2601-18 ECE: Cultural Responsive Pedagogy

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description:  An exploration of how a culturally responsive pedagogical approach during the early years can help to support anti-bias education. Students will explore cultural responsiveness as it relates to Indigenous, African Nova Scotian, Newcomer, Francophone, Acadian, and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. CHYS 1130 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

CHYS*3311-18 – Research Methods in CHYS

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to research literacy and diverse methods of research inquiry. Emphasis is placed on understanding research terminology and the fundamentals of research design for the purpose of interpreting research findings and considering their applications to fields of child and youth study. Note: Students who have received credit for CHYS 2211 may not take this course for credit. CHYS 1120, LIBR 2100, MATH 2208 and admission to the Bachelor of Arts (Child and Youth Study) – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

CHYS*3314-18 Play & Development: Infancy

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online

A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the social, health, and developmental play issues for children from infancy through early childhood. Students examine theoretical understandings of play, major influences affecting play, methods of observing and studying play, and practical approaches for supporting and facilitating play during children’s early years. Note: Students who have received credit for CHYS 3312 may not take this course for credit. CHYS 2201 (or CHYS 3301), CHYS 2208, PSYC 2222, and one of CHYS 2251/3351/3352/4451, and admission to the Bachelor of Arts (Child and Youth Study) – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

CHYS*3315-18 Play & Dev: Middle Childhood

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the social, health, and developmental issues of play and recreation over middle childhood (eight years) through adolescence. Students examine theoretical understandings, major socio-cultural influences, methods of observation and research, approaches for supporting and facilitating play and recreation for this age range. Note: Students who have received credit for CHYS 3312 may not take this course for credit. CHYS 3314 and all specific prerequisites as noted for CHYS 3314 and admission to the Bachelor of Arts (Child and Youth Study) – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

CHYS*3601-18 ECE: Curriculum Approaches

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A critical exploration of contemporary early childhood education curriculum approaches used in early learning and child care settings. Note: CHYS 2208 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

CHYS*3603-18 ECE: Nature & Outdoor Play

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of relationships between humans and nature, with an emphasis on understanding, discussing, and designing natural outdoor play spaces that support children’s learning, development, and well-being. CHYS 2208 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

CHYS*4421-18 Emerging Research Topics

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Provides students with the skills and opportunities to engages in critical evaluation and application of research in the child and youth care field. Completion of 10.0 units of university credit including CHYS 3311 or equivalent, MATH 2209 and admission to the Bachelor of Arts (Child and Youth Study) – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

CHYS*4424-18 ECE Documentation

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An exploration of the principles and practices related to the pedagogical documentation of young children’s thinking, theories, ideas, and experiences in early learning settings. Note: Students who have received credit for CHYS 4601 may not take this course for credit. CHYS 2208 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

N-Z

NUTR*2240-18 Child Care Health, Nutrition & Safety

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of health, nutrition and safety, as they relate to the care of young children. Topics include environmental influences on health, nutritional needs, feeding issues, menu planning, food safety, and development of healthy behaviours from infancy to young school age children.

NUTR*4460-18 Food & Nutrition in Canada I

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description:  An introduction to food and nutrition culture and systems in Canada. Canada’s Food Guide, Dietary Reference Intakes, food culture, nutrients, food regulation, natural health products, the health care system, and communication and collaboration are explored. Note: Students who have received credit for NUTR 2260 may not take this course for credit.

NUTR*4461-18 Food & Nutrition in Canada II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of cultural competence of dietetics and practical skills in nutrition and food regulation in Canada. Topics include professional practice, workplace culture, technology to support practice, practical skills in food, nutrition and dietetics and communication and collaboration. Note: Students who have received credit for NUTR 2261 may not take this course for credit. NUTR 4460 or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PBRL*2211-18 Introduction to Public Speaking

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online

A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description:  A course designed to increase self-confidence through practical experience in presenting speeches geared to business interests. Students are trained in the skills of analysis, organization, development, adaptation of ideas, and delivery. The course also includes small group speaking, conducting meetings, preparing speeches for others, and using visual aids. Note: Students who have received credit for SPDR 2205 or 2211 may not take this course for credit. This course includes a lab component.

PBRL*2211-19 Introduction to Public Speaking

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description:  A course designed to increase self-confidence through practical experience in presenting speeches geared to business interests. Students are trained in the skills of analysis, organization, development, adaptation of ideas, and delivery. The course also includes small group speaking, conducting meetings, preparing speeches for others, and using visual aids. Note: Students who have received credit for SPDR 2205 or 2211 may not take this course for credit. This course includes a lab component.

PBRL*4015-18 Media Relations

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the relationship between public relations practitioners and the media, including analysis of media practices, the organization of print and electronic news and current affairs programs. Particular emphasis is placed on relationship-building strategies, media training, media policies, proposing stories to the media, and researching and planning alternative media approaches. This course includes a lab component. PBRL 3014 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

PBRL*4101-18 Employee Relations

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An exploration of the role of public relations in developing and maintaining internal relationships in an organization. The practitioner’s functions as facilitator, advisor and mediator in developing and implementing internal communications which are effective and manageable, and which recognize external factors affecting the employer and employees will be examined. PBRL 3014 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

THMT*1101-18 Intro to Tourism & Hospitality

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: The elements of tourism and hospitality; facility and accommodation, food and beverage, transportation, and the economic, political, environmental and social/cultural impact of tourism are introduced. Travel motivations and the history of travel will be explored as well as the future trends. The course stresses critical thinking techniques and career research.

THMT*2202-18 Communication & Self-Management Skills

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of communications management in organizations, including effective use of written, oral and electronic communications, and the principles of self-management: self-awareness, emotional intelligence, cultural intelligence, time and stress management, personal effectiveness, and resilience. Skills will be developed through individual and group in-class activities and online assignments.

THMT*2205-18 Human Geography for Tourism

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to human geography with emphasis on destinations and issues of globalization, cultural diversity, poverty, racism, religious differences, environmental degradation, overpopulation and urban development. Provides critical interpretation of human inhabitation and “people” and “place”; allows students to inspect their own place in the world.

THMT*2221-18 Hotel Management

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the complexities of hotel management. The history of hotel management will be explored as a context for modern management trends. The hotel system, including lodging operations, marketing, food service, and financial operations, will be studied to understand the scope of responsibility held by general managers. THMT 1101 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

THMT*2307-18 Mi’kmaw/Indigenous Tourism

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Emphasis on Mi’kmaw culture and history. Students apply a Two-Eyed Seeing (Etuaptmumk) approach to support growth and awareness of Indigenous Tourism products, services and experiences. Students engage with Mi’kmaw Elders, Indigenous tourism operators, community leaders and/or knowledge holders to discuss issues in the Indigenous Tourism Sector.

THMT*2430-18 Social Media for BUSI & THMT

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Understanding the importance of social media in business tourism and exploring key concepts used to help grow business and brands through online social media presence. Exploring popular social media platforms, content planning, creation and management and understanding search engine optimization and placement. BUSI 2230 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

THMT*3311-20 Small Business Management

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the start-up and management of small and medium business. Topics include planning, organizational structure, accessing capital, managing growth, building management teams, succession planning, bankruptcy and family business. BUSI 2321 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

THMT*3311-21 Small Business Management

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online
A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the start-up and management of small and medium business. Topics include planning, organizational structure, accessing capital, managing growth, building management teams, succession planning, bankruptcy and family business. BUSI 2321 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

THMT*3401-18 Managing in the Service Environment

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A focus on the application of service concepts. Guest services, building service loyalty, service quality, managing supply and demand, and customer relations techniques will be covered. The impacts of the globalization of services, intense competition and technological innovation will also be discussed. THMT 1101 and BUSI 2230 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

THMT*4430-18 Research for BUSI and THMT

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to the basic principles of the marketing research process with emphasis on methods used to gather, analyze, and evaluate qualitative and quantitative data to reduce risks involved in business decision-making. Note: Students who have received credit for THMT 3312 or PBRL 3016 may not take this course for credit. Note: BUSI 2230 and MATH 2208 or MATH 2500 or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

WOMS*1110-18 Focus on Women I

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to Women’s Studies with emphasis on the diversity of women’s lives. Topics will include women’s relations to work, family, health, education, race, class, sexuality and violence. Note: Students who have received credit for WOMS 1102 may not take this course for credit. (Also listed under Canadian Studies).

WOMS*1112-18 Focus on Women II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An introduction to Women’s Studies with emphasis on the diversity of women’s lives. Topics will include the historical, philosophical and representational foundation of women’s oppression. Note: Students who have received credit for WOMS 1101 may not take this course for credit. (Also listed under Canadian Studies).

WOMS*2265-18 Psychology of Gender

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Asynchronous Online

A self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Explore understandings of sex, gender and related identities embedded within interpersonal, familial and cultural contexts. Empirical and conceptual research is critically reviewed through feminist and social constructionist frameworks on topics such as “doing” gender, gender socialization, transgender, discrimination/leadership, and media portrayals. PSYC 1110 and 1120 or WOMS 1110 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

WOMS*3305-18 Women and Aging

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the unique roles and position of older women in contemporary society with an emphasis on how they are perceived and treated by society. Topics may include the variations in the psychological, health and socioeconomic status and needs of older women with implications for social policy. Completion of 5.0 units of university credit, including 1.0 unit of WOMS or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

WRIT*1120-18 The Writing Process

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A practical and theoretical study of the writing process, especially for academic writing. Students will use writing to invent, arrange, style, draft, and revise arguments suitable to the rhetorical demands of academic inquiry. Rhetorical conventions of academic scholarship, such as contextualization, synthesis, documentation, and formatting, will be central to the course.

WRIT*1120-19 The Writing Process

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A practical and theoretical study of the writing process, especially for academic writing. Students will use writing to invent, arrange, style, draft, and revise arguments suitable to the rhetorical demands of academic inquiry. Rhetorical conventions of academic scholarship, such as contextualization, synthesis, documentation, and formatting, will be central to the course.

WRIT*2220-18 Writing to Influence

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online

A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A practical and theoretical study of the art of rhetorical persuasion. Particular attention will be given to the rhetorical modes of persuasion, which will be used to analyze the persuasive power of example texts and to facilitate student writing. The ethical questions to which rhetorical persuasion gives rise are central to the course. 5.0 units of university credit or WRIT 1120 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

WRIT*2221-18 Intro to Creative Writing

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Multi-Mode Online

Instruction is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning. Scheduled courses have a single group of students that meet in real time using virtual meeting software at a reduced number of assigned days/times. The course instructor will communicate expectations for synchronous and asynchronous engagement. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study and practice of creative writing, including poetry, fiction, and/or creative non-fiction, in a workshop environment driven by writing exercise and peer review. Instruction will be grounded in contemporary creative writing from peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, the course may be supplemented by visits from or to creative writers. 0.5 unit of ENGL at the 1000 level or permission of the instructor – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

Education

A-Z

EDUC*2462-18 Fundamental Concepts of Math 1

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of the fundamental concepts of mathematics, focusing on elementary and middle school mathematics. Topics include counting, whole number operations, fractions, decimals, rates and proportions, measurement, and geometry. This course focuses on problem solving, mathematical reasoning, and multiple approaches as applied to these topics This course and MATH 2463/EDUC 2463 are recommended primarily for pre-education students and will not be acceptable for the mathematics major or minor. Students who have received credit for MATH 2243/EDUC 2461 may not take this course for credit. Any 5.0 units successfully completed at the university level. – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

EDUC*3452-18 Intro to Education Psychology: Elementary

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A study of the growth and development of children emphasizing the sequential nature of development, principles of learning, and classroom applications in the elementary school. Special consideration is given to the exceptionalities of children and the efforts in elementary schools to meet special needs and diverse learning styles. Completion of 5.0 units at the university level – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

EDUC*5509-18 ST: Black Education Studies

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A course designed to meet the particular needs of students. The need would be established at registration and provision for the special study in education would be made by the program coordinator in consultation with the faculty member teaching the course. One unit of credit may be acquired toward a degree.

EDUC*5609-18 ST: Black Education Studies

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A course designed to meet the particular needs of students. The need would be established at registration and provision for the special study in education would be made by the program Coordinator in consultation with the faculty member teaching the course. 1.0 of credit may be acquired toward a degree.

 

 

Graduate Studies
(sorted alphabetically by department name)

Here you can find courses in Graduate Applied Human Nutritiom, Graduate Education, Graduate Family Studies and Gerontology, and Graduate Public Relations & Communications

A-Z

GCRD*6326-18 Learning Diff in School Math

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of research on mathematics anxiety, mathematics disabilities, and other learning issues. The course provides an opportunity to use existing tools or to develop specific instruments for determining problematic areas and to plan appropriate teaching strategies. Note: Students who have received credit for GEMS 6426 may not take this course for credit.

GCRD*6336-18 Numeracy in the Curriculum I

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the concepts of number and operations from grades primary to twelve. Research on number sense is investigated with the aim to develop classroom instruction strategies that foster students’ quantitative thinking. Note: Students who have received credit for GEMS 6401 may not take this course for credit.

GCRD*6337-18 Numeracy in the Curriculum II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of number concepts as they apply in the areas of measurement, probability, and statistics from grades primary to twelve. Research on these areas of application of number sense is investigated with the aim to develop classroom instruction strategies that foster students’ quantitative thinking. Note: Students who have received credit for GEMS 6402 may not take this course for credit. GEMS 6401/GCRD 6336 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

GEMS*6401-18 Numeracy in the Curriculum I

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of the concepts of number and operations from grades primary to twelve. Research on number sense is investigated with the aim to develop classroom instruction strategies that foster students’ quantitative thinking. Note: Students who have received credit for GCRD 6336 may not take this course for credit.

GEMS*6402-18 Numeracy in the Curriculum II

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of number concepts as they apply in the areas of measurement, probability, and statistics from grades primary to twelve. Research on these areas of application of number sense is investigated with the aim to develop classroom instruction strategies that foster students’ quantitative thinking. Note: Students who have received credit for GCRD 6337 may not take this course for credit. GCRD 6336/GEMS 6401 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

GEMS*6426-18 Learning Diff in School Math

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of research on mathematics anxiety, mathematics disabilities, and other learning issues. The course provides an opportunity to use existing tools or to develop specific instruments for determining problematic areas and to plan appropriate teaching strategies. Note: Students who have received credit for GCRD 6326 may not take this course for credit.

GEMS*6456-18 ST: Ed Tech/Elem & Mid-School

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Special topics courses are designed to allow students to study in greater depth a topic that is treated more briefly in another graduate course or a related topic that is not covered in another graduate course. May be taken more than once for credential credit.

GEMS*6457-18 ST: Curriculum Integration

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: Special topics courses are designed to allow students to study in greater depth a topic that is treated more briefly in another graduate course or a related topic that is not covered in another graduate course. May be taken more than once for credential credit.

GEMS*6481-18 Social Studies Elem/Mid School I

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: This course will deal with curricular applications and organization in social studies in the elementary and middle school as they arise from the examination of theoretical perspectives.

GEPY*6605-18 Evaluation in the Classroom

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: TA critical examination of theories and practices in classroom evaluation. The focus of the course is on current classroom practice and the establishment of principles which guide “best” practice. Examples from students’ own experience will be used, as well as cases contributed by the instructor. The relationship of classroom evaluation practice to larger system evaluation issues will be explored. Students will have an opportunity to undertake an in-depth exploration of a particular aspect of evaluation in the classroom. GEDU 6170 – Must be completed prior to taking this course.

GFDD*6521-18 Critical Thinking & Education

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: This course addresses several important issues concerning critical thinking, drawing primarily on recent literature. Specific questions will include: How is critical thinking to be characterized? Is critical thinking subject-specific or generalizable? What is the critical spirit? How are critical thinking and creativity related? Is critical thinking possible? At what age should children be introduced to critical thinking? How is critical thinking to be fostered?

GLIT*6758-062 ST: Tch Childs Lit: Its Crit

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: These courses are designed to allow students to study in greater depth a topic that is treated more briefly in another graduate course or a related topic that is not covered in another graduate course. Note: May be taken more than once for credential credit.

GPRL*6202-18 ST: Gender & Communication

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An opportunity for advanced students to examine in-depth selected topics in Public Relations, in a seminar setting. Topics will vary from year to year. This course will allow students to focus on a specialized area of the field that may be treated more briefly in other courses.

GPRL*6307-18 Crisis Communication

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: An examination of theories of crisis communication management and the challenges of implementing that theory in practice. Equal emphasis will be given to exploring the current scholarly discourse and to applying the lessons of that research to current and unfolding crises in the news.

GPRL*6310-18 Capstone Project Seminar

Course credits: 0.5 credits
Delivery method: Synchronous Online
A scheduled course with weekly meetings. You’ll meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you’re located. Find detailed information on the various course delivery modes.

Course description: A capstone exploration of applied theory, research and practice in communication management and leadership. The course focus is on application of learning and perspectives acquired throughout the degree to a client case, context or management problem. Projects will be designed by the individual student in consultation with the faculty member. Note: This course may not count for credit towards the MA(Communication). GPRL 6101 and GPRL 6104. This course must be taken in a student’s final term prior to graduation. – Must be completed prior to taking this course.