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This Calendar is effective September 1, 2000 - August 31, 2001
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3. Undergraduate Courses


Introduction Applied Studies
Humanities Science
Social Science Course Overview


Introduction

Descriptions of the courses offered in the 2000-2001 academic year (September 1, 2000 to August 31, 2001) are provided in this section.

Athabasca University offers courses in several different delivery modes and formats: home study; classroom seminar; teleconference; television assisted; computer mediated conferencing; e-Class®, and Internet. Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their home study counterparts.

The faculty members have developed a full course outline for each course. The course outline will provide very detailed information on the course including information on the course materials and evaluation methods. If you would like more information than what is provided in the Calendar course descriptions, please contact the Information Centre at (800) 788-9041 or our Web site for a syllabus.

If you think you may have a physical or learning disability that could affect your progress in a course, you are encouraged to contact the coordinator, Access for Students with Disabilities, (780) 497-3424 or asd@athabascau.ca or a University counsellor before registering.

Course availability

Courses may be temporarily unavailable because they have reached the enrolment capacity or because materials are sometimes temporarily depleted. It is the student's responsibility to call and confirm the current status of a course or program.


3.1.  Applied Studies

All courses listed below are in the Applied Studies area of study. Credit weight is indicated in parentheses.

Administrative Studies

Accounting

  • ACCT 245 Accounting for Managers of Not-for-Profit Organizations (3)
  • ACCT 250 Acounting for Managers (3)
  • ACCT 251 Introductory Financial Accounting I (zero credit)
  • ACCT 252 Introductory Financial Accounting II (zero credit)
  • ACCT 253 Introductory Financial Accounting (3)
  • ACCT 351 Intermediate Financial Accounting I (3)
  • ACCT 352 intermediate Financial Accounting II (3)
  • ACCT 355 Cost Analysis (3)
  • ACCT 356 Strategic and Competitive Analysis (3)
  • ACCT 451 Advanced Financial Accounting (3)
  • ACCT 453 Financial Accounting Theory (3)
  • ACCT 454 Decision Analysis (3)
  • ACCT 455 Management Control Systems (Course Unavailable)(3)
  • ACCT 460 Principles of Auditing (3)

Administration

Applied Studies

  • APST 235 Practicum: Clinical Practice (3)
  • APST 335 Practicum: Community Health Administration (6)

Communications

  • COMM 243 Interpersonal Communications in Management (3)
  • COMM 329 The Practice of Interpersonal Communications (3)
  • COMM 377 Communication and Problem Solving in Groups (3)

Computers and Management Information Systems

  • CMIS 245 Microcomputer Applications for Beginners: Introduction to Computers in a Telecommunication Environment (course unavailable) (3)
  • CMIS 301 Microcomputer Applications in Business (Windows) (3)
  • CMIS 302 Microcomputer Applications II (Windows) (3)
  • CMIS 341 Managing Information Technology I - Technologies in Business Applications I (3)
  • CMIS 342 Managing Information Technology II - Technologies in Business Applications II (3)
  • CMIS 351 Management Information Systems (3)
  • CMIS 455 Accounting Information Systems (3)

Finance

Health Administration

  • HADM 315 Health and Community Developement (formerly NTST) (3)
  • HADM 326 Health and Healing (formerly NTST) (3)
  • HADM 336 Community Health Planning (3)
  • HADM 339 The Organization of the Canadian Health Care System (3)
  • HADM 369 Health Policy in Canada (3)
  • HADM 379 Introduction to Epidemiology (3)

Industrial Relations

Legal Studies

Management Science

  • MGSC 301 Statistics for Business and Economics I (3)
  • MGSC 312 Statistics for Business and Economics II (3)
  • MGSC 368 Introduction to Production and Operations Management (3)
  • MGSC 369 Service Operations Management (3)
  • MGSC 405 Quantitative Approaches to Decision Making (3)
  • MGSC 499 Applied Projects in Management Science (3)

Marketing

Organizational Behaviour

Public Administration

Small Business Management

Taxation

  • TAXX 301 Introduction to Income Taxation (3)
  • TAXX 302 Introduction to Taxation in the United States (3)

Applied Studies

Communication Studies (see also Humanities and Social Science areas of study)

Criminal Justice

Educational Psychology

  • EDPY 274 Computers in Education (3)
  • EDPY 351 Introduction to Exceptional Children (3)
  • EDPY 479 Introduction to Computer-Based Instruction (3)

Health Studies

  • HLST 320 Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals (3)

Nursing

  • NURS 322 Introduction to Nursing Informatics (3)
  • NURS 324 Concepts and Theories in Nursing Practice (3)
  • NURS 326 Health Assessment and Health Promotion with Individuals (3)
  • NURS 327 Home Health Nursing (3)
  • NURS 328 Understanding Research (3)
  • NURS 427 Issues in Home Health Nursing: Guided Independent Study (3)
  • NURS 432 Management and Leadership in Nursing Practice (4)
  • NURS 434 Community Health Promotion (4)
  • NURS 436 Family Health Promotion (4)
  • NURS 438 Trends and Issues in Nursing and Health Systems (3)
  • NURS 440 Senior Focus: Guided Independent Study (3)

3.2.  Humanities

All courses listed below are in the Humanities area of study and are also considered to be Arts courses. Credit weight is indicated in parentheses.

Art History

Communication Studies (see also 3.4 Social Science)

English

French

German

History

  • HIST 215 Europe: Medieval to Modern (3)
  • HIST 216 Modern Europe, 1740-1940: An Introduction (3)
  • HIST 224 History of Canada to 1867 (3)
  • HIST 225 Canadian History: 1867 to the Present (3)
  • HIST 304 Historic England I: Land and Peoples (3)
  • HIST 305 Historic England II: Politics and Religion (3)
  • HIST 326 Contemporary Canada: Canada after 1945 (3)
  • HIST 327 Imperial Russia (3)
  • HIST 329 The Social History of Canada (6)
  • HIST 336 History of Canadian Labour (6)
  • HIST 338 History of the Canadian West (6)
  • HIST 361 History of French Canada: 1867 to the Present (3)
  • HIST 363 The Women’s West: Women and Canadian Frontier Settlement (3)
  • HIST 364 Women and the Family in Urban Canada, 1880s-1940s (3)
  • HIST 367 World War II (3)
  • HIST 371 The Medieval World I: The Early Middle Ages (3)
  • HIST 372 The Medieval World II: The High Middle Ages (3)
  • HIST 373 The Renaissance (3)
  • HIST 374 The Northern Renaissance and the Reformation (3)
  • HIST 380 Twentieth-Century United States (3)
  • HIST 404 Historical Foundations of Modern Science (3)
  • HIST 407 The Enlightenment (3)
  • HIST 426 Contemporary Canada: Canada after 1945 (3)
  • HIST 455 Canada and the Bomb: Canada and the World in the Cold War (3)
  • HIST 470 Pre-Industrial Origins of Labour and Socialist Thought (3)
  • HIST 471 Labour and Socialist Thought in the Early Industrial Revolution, 1800-1850 (3)
  • HIST 472 Labour and Socialist Thought in the Later Industrial Revolution, 1850-1917 (3)
  • HIST 486 The Industrial Revolution (3)
  • HIST 491 Directed Studies in History I (3)
  • HIST 499 The History of the Family in Western Europe: From the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution (3)

Humanities

  • HUMN 201 Western Culture I: Before the Reformation (3)
  • HUMN 202 Western Culture II: Since the Reformation (3)
  • HUMN 285 History of Popular Music I: Blues to Big Bands, 1900-1940 (3)
  • HUMN 286 History of Popular Music II: Be-bop to Beatles, 1940-1970 (3)
  • HUMN 309 Ancient Greece (3)
  • HUMN 320 Rome and Early Christianity I (3)
  • HUMN 321 Rome and Early Christianity II (3)
  • HUMN 360 East Meets West (3)
  • HUMN 420 Anglo-American Popular Music Traditions (3)
  • HUMN 421 The Folk Music Revival I: Before 1945 (3)
  • HUMN 423 Studies in Popular Music (3)

Information Systems

Music

  • MUSI 267 Sound and Sense: Listening to Music (3)
  • MUSI 268 Classical Music: An Introduction (3)

Native Studies (see also 3.4 Social Science)

Philosophy

Religious Studies

  • RELS 204 Introduction to World Religions (6)

Spanish

Women’s Studies (see also 3.4 Social Science)

  • WMST 333 Goddess Mythology: Faces of Female Divinity (3)
  • WMST 400 Feminism in the Western Tradition (3)
  • WMST 465 Special Projects in Women’s Studies I (3)
  • WMST 467 Special Projects in Women’s Studies III (3)

3.3. Science

All courses listed below are in the Science area of study. Credit weight is indicated in parentheses.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

  • ASTR 200 Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics I (3)
  • ASTR 205 Universe - The Ultimate Frontier (3)
  • ASTR 495-496 Astronomy and Astrophysics Projects (3 each)

Biology

Chemistry

Computer Science and Information Systems

  • COMP 200 Introduction to Computing and Information Systems (3)
  • COMP 210 Introduction to Information Systems and Computer Applications (3)
  • COMP 268 Introduction to Computer Programming (Java) (3)
  • COMP 272 Data Structures (Java) (3)
  • COMP 307 Computer Programming with C/C++ (3)
  • COMP 308 Java for Programmers (3)
  • COMP 314 Computer Organization (3)
  • COMP 315 Advanced Operating Systems (3)
  • COMP 345 Data Communications (3)
  • COMP 346 Computer Networks (3)
  • COMP 361 Systems Analysis and Design (3)
  • COMP 378 Introduction to Database Management (3)
  • COMP 390 Computer Graphics (3)
  • COMP 416 Object-Oriented Design (3)
  • COMP 418 Distributed and Multimedia Databases and Database Tuning (3)
  • COMP 456 Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems Through PROLOG (3)
  • COMP 482 Human Factors in Computer Systems (3)
  • COMP 485 Distributed Systems (3)
  • COMP 490 Applications Development with Emerging Technology: Multimedia with Java (3)
  • COMP 495-496 Computer and Information Systems Projects (3 each)

Environmental Science

Geography (see also 3.4 Social Science)

Geology

  • GEOL 200 Introductory Physical Geology (3)
  • GEOL 201 Introductory Historical Geology (3)
  • GEOL 313 Our Physical Resources (3)
  • GEOL 319 Structural Geology: The Architecture of Earth’s Continental Crust (3)
  • GEOL 415 Earth’s Origin and Early Evolution (3)
  • GEOL 495-496 Geology Projects I (3 each)

Health Studies

  • HLST 200 Introduction to Human Health I (3)

Mathematics

Nutrition

Physics

Science


3.4. Social Science

All courses listed below are in the Social Science area of study and are also considered to be Arts courses. Credit weight is indicated in parentheses.

Anthropology

Career Development

  • CADE 205 Prior Learning Assessment and Portfolio Developement (3)
  • CADE 300 Theories of Career Development (3)
  • CADE 301 Career Development Resources in the Changing World of Work (3)
  • CADE 400 Creating a Working Alliance (3)
  • CADE 401 Experiential Learning and Reflective Practice 1 (3)
  • CADE 402 Experiential Learning and Reflective Practice 2 (3)
  • CADE 403 Special Projects in Career Development 1 (3)
  • CADE 404 Special Projects in Career Development 2 (3)

Communication Studies

  • CMNS 301 Communication Theory and Analysis (3)
  • CMNS 308 Understanding Statistical Evidence (3)
  • CMNS 321 Computers and Human Experience (3)
  • CMNS 385 Media Construction of Social Movements and Issues (3)
  • CMNS 421 Personal Implications of the Internet (3)
  • CMNS 445 Directed Readings in Communication Studies (3)

Economics

Education

  • EDUC 301 Educational Issues and Social Change I: Historical Social Perspectives (3)

Environmental Studies

  • ENVS 252 The Environment: Issues and Options for Action (3)
  • ENVS 253 Global Environmental Change: The Scientific and Social Issues (3)
  • ENVS 306 Humanity and Ecosphere (3)
  • ENVS 435 Case Studies in Environmental Protection (3)

Geography (see also 3.3 Science)

Global Studies

  • GLST 307 The Pacific Century (3)
  • GLST 308 Americas: An Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean (3)
  • GLST 377 Twentieth-Century China (3)

Human Services

  • HSRV 311 Practice and Policy in the Human Services (3) (in development)
  • HSRV 322 Policies in the Human Services (3) (in development)
  • HSRV 433 Directed Readings I: Topics in the Human Services (3) (in development)
  • HSRV 455 Project Design I (3) (in development)
  • HSRV 477 Project Implementation I (3) (in development)

Labour Studies

  • LBST 200 Introduction to Labour Studies (3)
  • LBST 202 Labour College of Canada: Introduction to Labour Studies (3)
  • LBST 331 Women, Workers, and Farmers: Histories of North American Popular Resistance (3)
  • LBST 332 Women and Unions (3)
  • LBST 411 Special Projects in Labour Studies I (3)
  • LBST 412 Special Projects in Labour Studies II (3)
  • LBST 413 What Do Unions Do? (3)

Native Studies (see also 3.2 Humanities)

  • NTST 200 Introduction to Native Studies I (3)
  • NTST 201 Introduction to Native Studies II (3)
  • NTST 357 Contemporary Aboriginal Issues in Canada (3)
  • NTST 358 Aboriginal Women in Canadian Contemporary Society (3)

Political Economy

  • POEC 230 Globalization and World Politics (3)
  • POEC 302 Introduction to Political Economy (3)
  • POEC 393 Canada and the Global Political Economy (3)
  • POEC 395 Global Development Strategies (3)
  • POEC 483 International Political Economy: Power, Production, and Global Order (3)
  • POEC 499 Directed Study in Political Economy (3)

Political Science

  • POLI 277 Introduction to Political Science I: Concepts, Structures, and Institutions (3)
  • POLI 278 Introduction to Political Science II: Political Processes and Political Behaviour (3)
  • POLI 307 Political Ideologies (3)
  • POLI 309 Canadian Government and Politics (3)
  • POLI 311 Aboriginal Politics and Governments (3)
  • POLI 325 Canadian Environmental Policy and Politics (3)
  • POLI 330 International and Global Politics (3)
  • POLI 340 Comparative Politics I: In the Industrial and Postindustrial Countries (3)
  • POLI 341 Comparative Politics in Developing and Industrializing Countries (3)
  • POLI 350 Women in Canadian Politics (3)
  • POLI 383 Introduction to Canadian Political Economy (3)
  • POLI 390 Canadian Federalism (3)

Psychology

  • PSYC 228 An Introduction to Child Development (3)
  • PSYC 289 Psychology as a Natural Science (3)
  • PSYC 290 General Psychology (3)
  • PSYC 315 Psychology and the Mass Media (3)
  • PSYC 323 Developmental Psychology (3)
  • PSYC 340 Introduction to Applied Social Psychology (3)
  • PSYC 342 Psychology of Aesthetics (3)
  • PSYC 343 Issues and Strategies in Counselling Women (6)
  • PSYC 350 Adolescent Development (3)
  • PSYC 355 Cognitive Psychology (3)
  • PSYC 356 Introduction to Personality Theories and Issues (3)
  • PSYC 379 Social Psychology (3)
  • PSYC 381 The Psychology of Adult Development (3)
  • PSYC 387 Learning (3)
  • PSYC 389 An Introduction to Learning Disabilities (3)
  • PSYC 400 Teaching and Managing the Child with Learning Difficulties (6)
  • PSYC 401 Learning Through Life (3)
  • PSYC 402 Biological Psychology (3)
  • PSYC 404 Experimental Psychology (3)
  • PSYC 405 Creating a Working Alliance (3)
  • PSYC 418 Special Projects in Psychology (3)
  • PSYC 432 Psychology and the Built Environment (3)
  • PSYC 435 Abnormal Psychology (3)
  • PSYC 470 Consultation and Collaboration for Students with Special Needs (3)
  • PSYC 471 Managing Behaviour Problems in the Classroom (3)
  • PSYC 488 Introduction to the Process of Counselling (3)

Social Science

Sociology

  • SOCI 287 Introduction to Sociology I (3)
  • SOCI 288 Introduction to Sociology II (3)
  • SOCI 300 Organizations and Society: Making Sense of Modern Organizational Life (3)
  • SOCI 305 Sociology and Crime (3)
  • SOCI 312 Women and Work in Canada (3)
  • SOCI 316 Sociology of the Family (3)
  • SOCI 321 The Sociology of Work and Industry (3)
  • SOCI 329 Aging and You (I): An Introduction to Gerontology (3)
  • SOCI 330 Aging and You (II): An Introduction to Gerontology (3)
  • SOCI 335 Classical Sociological Theory: The Socio-Historical Roots of Sociology as a Discipline (3)
  • SOCI 337 Contemporary Sociological Theory (3)
  • SOCI 365 Sociology of Deviance (3)
  • SOCI 380 Canadian Ethnic Studies (3)
  • SOCI 381 The Sociology of Power and Inequality (3)
  • SOCI 425 Special Projects in Sociology I (3)
  • SOCI 426 Special Projects in Sociology II (3)
  • SOCI 435 Theories of Social Change (3)
  • SOCI 437 Deciphering Modern Social Theory (3)
  • SOCI 445 Selected Topics in Canadian Society (3)
  • SOCI 450 Social Theory and the Environment (3)

Sociology/Anthropology

  • SOAN 384 The Family in World Perspective (3)

Women’s Studies (see also 3.2 Humanities)

  • WMST 267 Perspectives on Women: An Introduction to Women’s Studies (3)
  • WMST 300 Women: Psychology, Sociology, and Feminist Thought (3)
  • WMST 302 Communication Skills: Feminist Practice (3)
  • WMST 303 Issues in Women’s Health (3)
  • WMST 310 Feminist Approaches to Counselling Women (3)
  • WMST 311 Special Issues in Counselling Women (3)
  • WMST 312 Advocacy from the Margins (3)
  • WMST 314 Transformatory Organizing: Organizing for Activists (3)
  • WMST 401 Contemporary Feminist Theory (3)
  • WMST 422 Women, Violence, and Social Change (3)
  • WMST 444 Feminist Research Methodology (3)
  • WMST 466 Special Projects in Women’s Studies II (3)
  • WMST 468 Special Projects in Women’s Studies IV (3)


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