3.5 Course Overviews: "E"
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ECONOMICS (ECON)
ECON 247
Microeconomics
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Home study with an optional video component; paced; ViTAL® or e-Class®.
Prerequisite: None.
Téluq Equivalency: ECO 1015.
Two fundamental premises underlie the study of economics: society's material
wants are insatiable, and economic resources are limited or scarce. This course
examines how the price system operates in Canada; how the price system
determines what, how, and for whom goods and services are produced; and how
economic flexibility is maintained.
ECON 248
Macroeconomics
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Home study with a video component; paced; or ViTAL®.
Prerequisite: None.
Téluq Equivalency: ECO 1010.
This course deals with the aggregate economy, the total of all individual units
or subcomponents of an economic system. Macroeconomics examines issues that
attract a great deal of public attentioninflation, government, banking, and
international tradeand they attract debate because they can be viewed through
different theoretical perspectives.
ECON 301
The Changing Global Economy
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Home study with an audio component; or paced.
Prerequisite: none.
This course comprises a series of audiocassettes that contain interviews with a
number of the key participants in the global economy as well as with some of the
most well-known and respected commentators. Those interviewed include Kenneth
Arrow, Alfred Chandler, Joseph d' Cruz, John Kenneth Galbraith, Richard Lipsey,
Martin Meyer, Douglas North, Mancur Olson, Sylvia Ostry, Paul Rohmer, Jeffrey
Sachs, Thomas Schelling, Alvin Toffler, Gordon Tullock, and
Bob White.
ECON 321
Economics of Health Care
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Home study or paced.
Prerequisite: None.
The primary purpose of this introductory level economics course is to provide an
understanding of economic principles and how those principles apply to the
health care field. It further offers pertinent and systematic insight into the
health care system and the advantages and disadvantages of health care policies.
A basic understanding of mathematics would be an asset to the student.
ECON 375
Political Economy of Resource Development in Canada
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: None. ECON 247 is strongly recommended but not required.
Canada is a resource-rich country. Our oceans are teeming with fish. Our lands
are some of the best wheat-growing lands in the world, cover vast tracts of
timber-rich forests, and contain a variety of minerals, oil, and gas underneath.
Thus, our high standard of living must be in a significant way associated with
the richness of our resources. The course discusses this subject in its totality
from both the historical and theoretical perspective of resource use and
development.
ECON 376
Economic Development in the Third World
6Social Science
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: None.
This course is primarily concerned with the causes and cures of widespread
poverty in the less developed nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It
examines the economic and non-economic circumstances of these regions. Economic
analysis is used throughout the course but the institutional and socio-political
setting is also emphasized. The student is introduced to a number of important
policy debates including managing the debt crisis, inward versus outward trade
strategies, the role of transnational corporations, the role of foreign aid,
population growth, agricultural development strategies, and the role of
education in development.
ECON 377
Economics of Inequality and Poverty
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: None.
This course explores the various theories put forward to explain economic
inequality and poverty particularly with reference to Canada. The importance of
unequal opportunities in the labour market and the importance of education are
examined. Reasons for the persistence of poverty despite high and rising average
incomes are also explored. Finally, the course examines public policies that
have been proposed to address the issues of inequality and poverty.
ECON 385
Money, Banking, and Canadian Financial Institutions
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Home study or ViTAL®.
Prerequisite: ECON 248.
This course introduces students to the important roles money, banking, and
financial institutions play in the economy. Bank failures, regulatory reform,
the debt crisis, and the internationalization of financial transactions affect
all sectors of the Canadian economy. In addition to providing a theoretical
framework within which these and other problems may be analysed, this course
assesses the wide ranging institutional changes implemented that affect our
banking and financial systems.
ECON 475
International Trade
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ECON 247 or an equivalent introductory economics course.
This course is intended to provide students with a practical insight into the
nature and patterns of Canadian foreign trade. While primarily a course in
economics, the material will be of interest to students in political science,
Canadian studies, economic geography, global competitiveness, etc., who have
some exposure to economics.
ECON 476
International Finance
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ECON 248
This course examines the workings of foreign exchange markets, the balance of
payments, the evolving international monetary system, and the emergence and
implications of truly global financial markets.
EDUCATION (EDUC)
EDUC 301
Educational Issues and Social Change I: Historical Social Perspectives
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: None.
This course introduces an analysis of the development of Canadian education that
takes account of historical, social, cultural, and philosophical influences. The
course will provide you with an understanding of the origins of the Canadian
public education system. It will demonstrate the historical roots of many
contemporary educational debates including issues such as the ability of the
education system to bring about social change and education's response to
changes in society.
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (EDPY)
EDPY 274
Computers in Education
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Home-study Online.
Prerequisite: Students are expected to have basic competence in Windows or Mac
operating systems.
Precluded courses: EDPY 274 may not be taken for credit if credit has already
been obtained for COMP 200, INFS 200, CMIS 301, CMIS 302, CMIS 321, CMIS 322.
This electronic course focuses on the practical, hands-on development of skills,
concepts, and strategies for immediate classroom application. The computer will
be the primary medium for course communication, learning, and evaluation.
Clarisworks, HyperStudio, and LXR TEST software are provided with the course.
Students must have an ISP connection and provide their own Internet account with
graphical Internet access. Students must advise whether they are using a Mac or
a Windows operating system so that the Course Materials Department knows which
software to provide. Please see the Web course syllabus for more information and
to determine whether your computer equipment and software are sufficient or read
the special instructional features following EDPY 479.
EDPY 351
Introduction to Exceptional Children
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: Learners are expected to have completed junior-level psychology or
social science courses.
Precluded course: EDPY 351 may not taken for credit if credit has already been
granted for EDPY 251.
This is a three-credit, entry level course designed to give educators and other
caregivers an overview of children with exceptionalities. The main emphasis of
this course is to provide an introduction to the broad span of children with
exceptionalities and to the field of special education, as it functions in
Canada. The overview of this group of children and their special needs includes
those children at risk, those with communication disorders, children with
intellectual differences, children with the learning disabilities, those who are
gifted, creative, and talented, children with sensory impairments, and children
with behavioural problems. Additional areas discussed include children with
special health needs, areas of low incidence disabilities, and interventions
with infants, preschooler, adolescents, and young adults.
EDPY 479
Introduction to Computer-Based Instruction
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Home-study Online.
Prerequisite: Permission of the professor.
This course explores various facets of the application of computers to the
teaching and learning process from a brief history of educational computing to
the relationship between the psychology of learning and computer-based
instruction. The course includes a laboratory component. Before registering in
this course contact the Centre for Psychology to determine whether you have
access to sufficient computer equipment and software.
Special instructional features for EDPY 274 and EDPY 479: Students must have an
ISP Internet connection and have access to a Macintosh or IBM-PC compatible
computer and modem. The minimum configuration for a Macintosh would be System 7,
8 megs RAM, hard disk, a 68030 processor, a modem of 14,400 baud, a grey scale
monitor and a printer. The minimum configuration for a PC would be Windows 95, 8
megs RAM, hard disk, a 486 processor, a graphics card, a modem of 14,400 baud
and a printer.
ENGLISH (ENGL)
ENGL 155
Developing Reading and Writing Skills
3no area of study
Delivery Mode: Home study or paced.
Prerequisite: None.
This course is designed for students who require a preparatory course in reading
and writing skills. The major objective of the course is to improve students'
reading and writing abilities to a capacity whereby they can succeed at the
post-secondary level. Students in this course will increase their vocabulary,
improve their reading comprehension, increase their ability to critically
analyse complex text, and improve their writing skills. It is strongly
recommended for all students beginning university studies who have doubts about
their writing skills or who require a refresher course in English grammar and in
the basic techniques of essay writing.
ENGL 177
English for Academic Purposes
3no area of study
Delivery Mode: Home study with audio and video components.
Prerequisite: None.
Téluq Equivalency: ANG 4006.
This course is designed for high intermediate to advanced students of English as
a Second Language (ESL) who wish to attend a post-secondary institution where
English is the medium of instruction. The aim of this course is to prepare
students to succeed in complex academic tasks in writing, reading, listening,
and speaking. This is a general academic preparatory course for ESL students.
However, it is also appropriate for native speakers of English who are in need
of general academic preparation.
ENGL 187
Writing and Speaking for Business: An ESL Approach
3no area of study
Delivery Mode: Home study or paced.
Prerequisite: None.
Téluq Equivalency: ANG 4007.
This course is designed for high intermediate to advanced students of English as
a Second Language (ESL) who wish to increase their knowledge and expertise in
business communication. The course covers important business concepts,
vocabulary, and forms (letter, memos, reports) and develops strategies and
writing skills based on audience awareness. ENGL 187 is recommended as a
preparatory course for ESL students intending to take ADMN 233.
ENGL 211
Prose Forms
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study or paced.
Prerequisite: None.
Precluded courses: ENGL 211 may not be taken for credit if credit has already
been obtained for ENGL 291 and ENGL 292.
Prose Forms introduces students to four literary formsthe short story, essay,
novella, and noveland to important literary concepts and terms to encourage the
development of analytical, reading, and writing skills. Students will read a
variety of works by British, American, and Canadian authors of the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries.
ENGL 212
Plays and Poetry
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study or paced.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 or equivalent first year course.
Precluded courses: ENGL 212 may not be taken for credit if credit has already
been obtained for ENGL 291 and ENGL 292.
ENGL 212 introduces the elements and forms of drama, and provides an historical
perspective on the development of drama, with reference to three plays: a
tragedy from the sixteenth century, a tragi-comedy from the early twentieth
century, and a modern comedy. In the second unit the course introduces forms of
poetry, with a wide variety of examples from Shakespeare to Atwood, examining
themes, structure, style, and imagery.
ENGL 255
Introductory Composition: Writing Skills
3no area of study
Delivery Mode: Home study or paced.
Prerequisite: Students who have not done any formal writing for some time or who
feel that their basic skills might be weak should consider taking ENGL 155 or,
for ESL needs, ENGL 177 or ENGL 187. Students who feel uncertain which course to
choose may consult the course coordinator.
Téluq Equivalency: ANG 4005.
ENGL 255 assumes at least a senior high school level of competency in both
grammar and composition. This course focuses on essay writing and critical
thinking at the university level. In order to refine compositional skills,
students examine various examples of good writing in conjunction with developing
their own work.
ENGL 302
Introduction to Canadian Literature
6Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212, or equivalent first year English course(s),
are strongly recommended but not required.
ENGL 302 introduces students to the Canadian literary traditionmajor authors,
works, forms, periods, movements, and concernsfrom colonial times to the
present. Works are chosen primarily from English-Canadian authors, although a
number of French-Canadian works are studied in translation. The themes and
questions considered in the course include the Canadian identity, nature and the
Canadian attitude to it, isolation and alienation, women in Canadian literature,
the Gothic element, and the relationship between Canadian literature and
Canadian visual art.
ENGL 303
A History of Drama: Part I: Early Stages
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent first year English course(s).
Precluded course: ENGL 303 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for ENGL 300.
This course examines the beginnings of drama in Greek tragedy and comedy and the
medieval morality play through to the Elizabethan history play, Jacobean revenge
tragedy, and the Restoration comedy of manners.
ENGL 304
A History of Drama: Part II: Modernist Theatre
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent first year English course(s)
Precluded course: ENGL 304 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for ENGL 300.
This course examines the beginnings of modernism in the plays of Ibsen, Shaw and
Chekhov, the Irish Dramatic Renaissance, Expressionistic drama and the Theatre
of the Absurd. Contemporary Canadian, American, and British plays will be
analysed in terms of their postmodern stylistic and thematic elements.
ENGL 305
Literature for Children
6Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212, or equivalent first year English course(s),
are strongly recommended but not required.
ENGL 305 introduces the student to children's literature, its history and
development, and its rich variety of forms and techniques. The required reading
is not exhaustive but acquaints the student with some of the more important and
representative forms, authors, and works of children's literature. The course
begins with an introductory survey of the history of children's literature
followed by a study of folklore as it pertains to children's literature, the
folktale and its literary descendants, literary fantasy, realistic fiction,
special interest fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and picture books.
ENGL 306
The Literature of Work
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: A university English literature course is recommended but not
required.
This is an introduction to literature created by those who do the work depicted.
In the past, most literature about the workplace was written by outsiders
lacking the knowledge of what actually went on in the daily life of workers. The
literature of work gives an exciting new perspective both on the workplace and
on the possibilities of literature.
ENGL 307
Women in Literature
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent first year English course(s).
This course critically examines the tradition in women's writing, deconstructs
the pervasive images of women's literature, and analyses the way in which women
define their experiences in terms of language. The course includes three novels,
a play, essays, and poetry by British, Canadian, and American women.
ENGL 308
Native Literature in Canada
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and 212 or equivalent first year English course(s).
This course explores the oral and written traditions in Canadian Aboriginal
stories and myths, historical orations, essays, poetry, two novels, and
contemporary drama. The course examines the rhetorical devices, community values,
and social issues inherent in these works.
ENGL 324
Shakespeare I
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study with audio and video components. Online-enhanced.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent first year English course(s).
ENGL 324 is an introduction to the study of the plays of William Shakespeare and
focuses on the histories and tragedies. The course will help you to study the
plays as literary texts and as live theatre. We will use a variety of media to
critically analyse the plays from audiocassettes to videotapes. Students
enrolled in a degree program with an English major are strongly advised to
obtain 6 credits in Shakespeare by completing both Shakespeare I and Shakespeare
II.
ENGL 325
Shakespeare II
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study with audio and video components. Online-enhanced.
Prerequisites: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent first year English course(s).
Precluded course: ENGL 325 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for ENGL 396.
ENGL 325 is an introduction to the study of the plays of William Shakespeare and
concentrates on the comedies and problem plays. The course will help you to
interpret the plays as literary texts and as live theatre. To critically analyse
each dramatic work we will use a variety of media: the text of the play,
audiocassettes of performances, the study guide with critical and historical
commentary, and two complete plays on video. Students enrolled in a degree
program with an English major are strongly advised to obtain 6 credits in
Shakespeare by completing both ENGL 324 and ENGL 325.
ENGL 331
Modern Canadian Theatre
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study with video component.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and 212 or equivalent first year English course(s).
Precluded course: ENGL 331 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for ENGL 431.
This telecourse surveys contemporary Canadian theatre. It focuses on twelve
plays written between 1967 and 1992, with a particular emphasis on innovative or
controversial drama and on plays by women, and including an examination of
pertinent stage design, movement, and theatre history.
ENGL 335
Comparative Literature I
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study. Online-enhanced.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent first year English course(s).
Precluded course: ENGL 335 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for ENGL 339.
ENGL 335 introduces students to some of the major works of world literature by
examining texts that transcend the boundaries of language, culture, and
nationality. One of the assumptions of the comparative approach is that literary
traditions continue to exist, in one form or another, throughout history, and in
various languages and parts of the world. The course focuses on works from Greek,
Medieval, and Renaissance literature, and is complemented by ENGL 336 which
examines more recent works in various media.
ENGL 336
Comparative Literature II
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home-study online with video component.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent first year English courses(s).
ENGL 355 is strongly recommended but not required.
Precluded course: ENGL 336 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for ENGL 339.
World literature and multimedia are the focuses of this course. Students will
broaden their understanding of literature and the literary as they explore texts
that interact with different media in addition to the printed word. Most of the
texts are from this century and include hypertexts. Students must have access to
recent computer equipment and the Internet.
ENGL 344
American Literature I
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212, or equivalent first year English course(s),
are strongly recommended but not required.
This course introduces the student to American literature, its history and
development, and its rich variety of forms and techniques. It surveys American
literature from colonial days to approximately 1900 and includes Puritan authors,
Enlightenment and Romantic writers, and works that would set the stage for
America's entry into the literary world of the twentieth century.
ENGL 345
American Literature II
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212, or equivalent first year English course(s),
are strongly recommended but not required.
ENGL 345 continues the survey of the history and development of American
literature begun in ENGL 344. The course studies twentieth-century American
literature beginning with literary developments at the turn of the century. It
introduces the literary movements of Naturalism, Modernism and Regionalism and
examines post-war and contemporary works for current cultural trends.
ENGL 351
Comparative Canadian Literature I
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212, or equivalent first year English course(s),
are strongly recommended but not required.
Precluded course: ENGL 351 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for ENGL 450.
This is an introduction to the study of ethnic minority writing in Canada in the
context of the country's two majority traditions, the English and the French.
Among the topics examined are the national literatures, the voices of women,
national myths and stereotypes, regionalism, and immigration. The complement to
this course is ENGL 451.
ENGL 353
Intermediate Composition
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 255, ENGL 211, or any senior English course.
This is a practical approach to the craft of essay writing. Since the course
emphasizes essay organization and form
(e.g., persuasive techniques, logic, various forms of ordering material),
students are expected to possess sound basic
writing skills.
ENGL 358
Literature of the Americas
6Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212, or equivalent first year English course(s),
are strongly recommended but not required.
This course introduces students to four of the major literary traditions of
North and South America and the cultures that produced them. The course examines
the history and development of Spanish-American, Afro-American, and English and
French-Canadian literature. Themes and questions covered in the course include
national myths and questions of identity, the land, forms and influences of
colonialism and imperialism, relationships with the United States, guilt, the
journey, magic, imagination, and creativity.
ENGL 362
Poetry, Tradition, and Change
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent first year English course(s).
This is a study of poetic forms from English Romantic and Victorian verse, and
from British, American, and Canadian twentieth-century poetry. Traditional
poetic genres and theory are examined in detail, as well as forms and theory in
modern and contemporary poetry. The course includes work by the following poets:
Atwood, Browning, Eliot, Layton, Wordsworth, and Yeats.
ENGL 373
Film and Literature
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study. Online-enhanced.
Prerequisites: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent, and one senior-level English
course.
ENGL 373 is designed to introduce students to the study of the relationship
between literary and cinematic forms. We look at the links between the novel and
film, the theatre and film, the fairytale and film, poetry and film, with a
final unit on the film-novel. Students explore issues pertaining to each medium
as well as larger questions related to style, adaptation, translation and
interpretation. We study several primary texts in detail, view several films,
and read work by some representative literary and film theorists and historians.
ENGL 381
Creative Writing in Prose
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisites: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212, a final grade of 75% in ENGL 353 and
permission of the professor.
This is a creative writing course designed to help students develop their
language skills in the production of prose fiction, primarily short fiction.
Students will study examples of short fiction by some of the best authors in the
world and will be expected to produce a number of finished pieces of their own
writing.
ENGL 395
The Nineteenth-Century English Novel
Reading6Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212, or equivalent first year English course(s),
are strongly recommended but not required.
This course introduces the student to some of the major English novels of the
nineteenth century. Starting with Pride and Prejudice (1812), it moves
chronologically through the century, examining the development of fiction
through such representative works as Frankenstein (1818), The Heart of
Mid-Lothian (1818), Jane Eyre (1847), Wuthering Heights (1847), Vanity Fair
(1847-48), Bleak House (1853), North and South (1855), Barchester Towers (1857),
Middlemarch (1867), The Way of All Flesh (1884, 1904), and Tess of the
d'Urbervilles (1891).
ENGL 397
The Twentieth-Century English Novel
6Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212, or equivalent first year English course(s),
are strongly recommended but not required.
ENGL 397 introduces the student to the twentieth-century British novel, its
history and development, its rich variety of forms and techniques, and the ideas
and events which influenced it. Each novel in the course is read as an
individual artistic work with its own formal integrity, as part of the evolution
of the literary genre of the novel, and as part of a larger social and
intellectual milieu.
ENGL 401
Images of Man in Modern Literature
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212, or equivalent first year English course(s),
are strongly recommended but not required.
Precluded course: ENGL 401 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for ENGL 301.
This course uses selected literary texts to study the theme of mankind's search
for spiritual and intellectual self-realization. Works in different genres by
major authors from Canada, England, Germany, and Norway are examined. Through
the study of these works, the symbolic figure of Faust is traced from the
Renaissance to modern Canada via German Romanticism and nineteenth-century
European drama. The course explores the changing image of Faust and examines the
cultural and philosophical ideas that shaped each age's perception of the search
for self.
ENGL 423
Contemporary Literary Theory and Criticism
Reading3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study. Online-enhanced.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent, and any senior-level English
course.
ENGL 423 examines the major contemporary theories of literature and their
application in practical criticism. The twentieth century has seen the
development of several theories of literature that have influenced our reading,
understanding, and criticism of various genres and of both old and new works.
The course looks at the history and nature of the following movements: Formalism,
New Criticism, Ideology, Archetypal Criticism, Structuralism, Hermeneutics,
Poststructuralism, Feminist Poetics, and Postmodernism.
ENGL 431
Canadian Drama
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent first year English course(s).
A knowledge of the history of drama is advised.
Canadian Drama is a survey of sixteen Canadian plays from the 1930s to the
present, focusing on theatrical innovation or derivation, community, regional
and national issues, and the ideology of mainstream and marginalized drama in
Canada.
ENGL 437
Literature of the Canadian West
Reading6Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: Any senior English literature course.
Precluded course: ENGL 437 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for ENGL 337.
Students study major authors and representative works from twentieth-century
literature of the Canadian West. The following themes and questions are among
those considered in the course: setting and its role in the literature of the
Canadian West; communication and its failure; isolation, solitude, and
alienation; pioneering and its aftermath; white perspectives of Aboriginal
people; endurance; dream and fantasy versus reality; violence; growing up in the
West; and the role of, and attitudes towards, women.
ENGL 451
Comparative Canadian Literature II
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212.
Precluded course: ENGL 451 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for ENGL 450.
This is a further study of Canada's ethnic minority writing in the context of
the ongoing discourse between English-Canada and Quebec. Among the topics to be
examined are: the nature of Canada's national literature, racial questions, the
diversity of Canadian culture, nationalism in both English-Canada and Quebec,
and identity. It is suggested that students also take the complement to this
course, ENGL 351.
ENGL 491
Directed Studies in Literature
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent, plus two senior English
courses and permission of the professor.
This course offers students an opportunity to pursue an extended research
project under the direction of a professor. The research topic will be
determined through consultation between student and professor. The course of
study will normally include extensive library research and the production of a
major paper. The research proposal will include the goals of study, procedures,
and completion times for the various states of the project.
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL)
See ENGL 177 English for Academic Purposes and ENGL 187 Writing and Speaking for
Business: An ESL Approach.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (ENSC)
ENSC 230
Meteorology (Course unavailable)
3Science
Delivery Mode: e-Class®. Computer required.
Prerequisite: None.
This general science introduction to meteorology will use the Internet to allow
students to study the subject as it happens. Through exercises and a combination
of textbook and online study, students will acquire the ability to: describe the
various methods for monitoring the atmosphere and weather; explain the origin
and evolution of the atmosphere and how the atmosphere supports life; trace the flow and transformation of energy in
relation to the Earth-atmosphere system. and present the relationship between
unequal rates of radiative heating and cooling and the circulation of the
atmosphere. A Web-capable computer with good communications access is required
for this course.
ENSC 495-496
Environmental Science Projects
3 eachScience
Delivery Mode: Home study.
Prerequisite for ENSC 495: At least 15 credits (at least 6 at senior level) in
relevant science courses and permission of the course professor.
Prerequisite for ENSC 496: ENSC 495.
These courses are suitable for senior-level students who wish to do research
projects in environmental science, i.e., interdisciplinary subjects that involve
the earth's organisms and their abiotic and biotic interrelationships and that
do not readily fit into typical science disciplines of biology, chemistry,
geography, geology or physics. The courses are based on a learning contract
between each student and an approved supervisor. In doing their research,
students learn to choose and define problems; obtain information from libraries,
field work, or experiments; organize facts and ideas; and report ideas and
conclusions in written form. Projects can only be done on work planned; they
cannot be done on work already completed. Contact the course professor before
registering. ENSC courses are excluded from the Challenge for
Credit Policy.
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (ENVS)
ENVS 252
The Environment: Issues and Options for Action
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Home study with audio component; or paced.
Prerequisite: None.
This audio-based course offers an overview of a number
of major environmental issues, their origins, their interdependence, and their
impact on society. It will present some options for action and some insights
into how individuals might play a role in addressing environmental problems.
Particular issues such as the impact of industrial use upon the forests of
Canada, uncertainty in expert scientific evidence, debate over the scientific
standards set to protect people and the environment, lead in paint or gasoline
and the implications for environmental and human health, the pros and cons of
green consumerism, the expansion of the pulp and paper industry in northern
Alberta, and more, will be used to illustrate the themes for each audio program.
ENVS 253
Global Environmental Change: The Scientific and Social Issues
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Home study with video component.
Prerequisite: None.
Over the last several decades, the global community has come to realize that
human activities and institutions are influencing the physical and biological
environment of the world in ways we are only now beginning to understand. This
course examines the need for a variety of resources and looks at the
exponentially increasing global human population, and the relationship of the
factors influencing change in global ecosystems to the increasing number of
humans the environment must support.
ENVS 306
Humanity and Ecosphere
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Home study. Online-enhanced.
Prerequisites: None.
Evidence suggests that humans are putting too much stress on the ecosphere. What are these stresses, and what, if anything, can be done about them? This course explores whether there are limits to growth on a finite planet, and clarifies how solutions to environmental problems require many disciplines, including natural science, social science, economics and ethics, to work together. Students will learn the basic principles of ecology and will apply mathematical, statistical and physical concepts to such issues as population growth and resource depletion. At the end of the course, students will be prepared to critically assess current debates about sustainable development and climate change.
ENVS 435
Case Studies in Environmental Protection: Popular Education, Community
Sustainability, and Global Connections
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Home study. Online-enhanced.
Prerequisite: Permission of the professor.
This is a distance education version of an international field course in
participatory education with an emphasis upon community-based environmental
issues. Designed by adult educators and community workers from Canada, the
Philippines, and Thailand, the course was field-tested in Alberta and
Newfoundland. A key to the design of ENVS 435 is the contribution of groups
involved in the environmental controversies and community development issues in
Canada that form the basis for the case studies in this course. The main purpose
of this course is to expose students to the ways in which others address local
environmental issues, in order to help students to examine issues in their own
communities and propose solutions.
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