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ECONOMICS (ECON)

ECON 247
Microeconomics
3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study; grouped study; or e-Class®.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
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
3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study; grouped study; or e-Class®.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
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 attention—inflation, government, banking, and international trade—and they attract debate because they can be viewed through different theoretical perspectives.


ECON 301
The Changing Global Economy
3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study with an audio component; grouped study; or e-Class®
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
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
3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study or grouped study.
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
3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study.
Prerequisite: ECON 247.

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
6—Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
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
3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study.
Prerequisite: ECON 247.

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
3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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.


EDUC 302
Educational Issues and Social Change II: Current Debates
3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study.
Prerequisite: EDUC 301

The course builds on the knowledge base of EDUC 301, particularly the historical and social basis of contemporary educational issues. It begins with an examination of the contending views and interests in contemporary public education, focusing on the rise of neo-conservative ideology. It explores the alternatives to mainstream public schooling and the socio-political, ideological and philosophical changes that have affected the role and responsibilities of teachers. It considers the problems of teaching in a pluralist society, particularly one based on concepts of multiculturalism and equality.


EDUC 401
The Purposes of Adult Education
Reading course—3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study.
Prerequisite: None.

This course reviews the field and scope of adult education and in particular its purposes. It introduces students to Canadian innovations in adult education from the Frontier College to the Antigonish Movement to the Women's Institutes. It examines workplace learning, worker education and training and the arguments used to support adult education for economic purposes such as "competency-based learning" and "learning organizations." The course also considers arguments supporting adult education for transformation and social change and the role of adult education to achieve diverse objectives using diverse means. It concludes with a discussion of the role and techniques of adult education in the twenty-first century.




EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (EDPY)

EDPY 274
Computers in Education
EDPY permanently closed June 22, 2001.
3—Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Individualized-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
3—Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Individualized-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.

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 Writing Skills
3—no area of study
Delivery Mode: Individualized study or grouped study.
Prerequisite: None.

Developing Writing Skills is designed for students who require preparatory work in writing before undertaking ENGL 255. Attention is paid to summarizing skills, paragraphing, grammar, and punctuation. The course also develops critical thinking and essay organization. Students with online access may engage in peer editing, student involvement permitting. Developing Writing Skills 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
3—no area of study
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—no area of study
Delivery Mode: Individualized study or grouped study.
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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized study or grouped study.
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 forms—the short story, essay, novella, and novel—and 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized study or grouped study.
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
3—no area of study
Delivery Mode: Individualized study or grouped study.
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 265
Introduction to Literature
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: e-Class® (January 2002).
Prerequisite: ENGL 255 is strongly recommended but not required.
Precluded courses: ENGL 265 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for ENGL 211, ENGL 212, ENGL 291, or ENGL 292.
Note: We strongly urge students who plan to continue studies in English to take ENGL 211 and ENGL 212, rather than ENGL 265.

ENGL 265 surveys nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature written in English. Students will analyse short stories, essays, a novel, a play, and poetry from a variety of cultures. The course provides an introduction to themes, techniques, forms, and literary terms and concepts. Students taking this course must have access to a computer and to the Internet.

ENGL 302
Introduction to Canadian Literature
6—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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 tradition—major authors, works, forms, periods, movements, and concerns—from 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
6—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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 includes a survey of the history of children's literature, 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized study with video component. 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized study with video component. Online-enhanced
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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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 Native orators, Puritan authors, writers of the Enlightenment and Romantic periods, slave narrators, and works that would set the stage for America's entry into the literary world of the twentieth century.


ENGL 345
American Literature II
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
6—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized study with video component. 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
Reading—6—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
6—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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.

Through the study of selected works in different genres, English 401 traces the Faust theme from its beginnings to the present day. The course studies the symbolic figure of Faust, explores the image as it changes, 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
Reading—3—Humanities

Delivery Mode: Individualized 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: Formalism, Reader-Response, Structuralism, Postmodernism, Psychoanalysis, Historical Criticism, Feminism, and Postcolonialism.


ENGL 431
Canadian Drama
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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 433
Post-Colonial Literatures
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent first year English course(s).

ENGL 433 Post-Colonial Literatures compares the English literatures of former colonies of the British Empire which have achieved political and cultural autonomy: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, the West Indies, Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa. It examines these literatures in terms of their oppositional attitude towards colonialism, their reconception of their relationship to the "centre," and their hybridization of indigenous and ethnic linguistic and cultural experiences.


ENGL 437
Literature of the Canadian West
Reading—6—Humanities

Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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.



ENTREPRENEURSHIP (ENTP)

ENTP 212
Starting a Small Business
3—Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study or grouped study.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: None.
Precluded course: ENTP 212 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for SMBM 201.

ENTP 212 is designed to examine the management of a small business. This course includes a brief look at different functional aspects of a small business. The primary focus is on how to improve the management of an existing small business. The course is suitable for anyone launching a new venture as well as for those who are already in business but want to lean how to improve their operations.





ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (ENSC)

ENSC 495-496
Environmental Science Projects
3 each—Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study.
Prerequisite for ENSC 495: At least 18 credits (at least nine 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. By doing research, students 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. These courses are excluded from the Challenge for Credit Policy.




ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (ENVS)

ENVS 252
The Environment: Issues and Options for Action
3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study with audio component; or grouped study.
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
3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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
3—Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized 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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