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ACCOUNTING (ACCT)
ACCT
245
Accounting for Managers of Not-for-Profit Organizations
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Grouped study.
Prerequisite: None.
Precluded course: ACCT 245 cannot be taken for credit if
credit has already been obtained for ACCT 250.
This course is intended to provide managers and potential managers an overview of the subject of accounting, teaching both financial and managerial concepts. With an emphasis on the health management field, the course begins with management accounting: cost terms, cost behaviour, relevant information, and cost systems. It then examines the nature and purpose of financial statements and introduces fund accounting. The course concludes with coverage of budgeting and responsibility accounting.
ACCT 250
Accounting for Managers
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study. Grouped study. Video component.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm
status before registering.
Prerequisite: None.
Precluded course: ACCT 250 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for ACCT 245.
This course is intended to provide managers and potential managers an overview
of the subject of accounting, teaching both financial and managerial concepts.
The course concentrates on management accounting, opening with cost terms, cost
behaviour, relevant information, and cost systems. It then teaches the basics of
the financial accounting cycle and the nature and purpose of financial
statements and financial statement analysis techniques. Finally, the course
returns to management accounting and teaches the budgeting cycle and variance
analysis.
ACCT 253
Introductory Financial Accounting
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study. Grouped study. e-Class®.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm
status before registering.
Prerequisite: None.
This course covers the principles and procedures for recording and reporting
financial information. It blends accounting concepts and methods and is aimed at
both the preparer and user of financial reports.
ACCT 351
Intermediate Financial Accounting I
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study. Grouped study. e-Class®.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm
status before registering.
Prerequisite: ACCT 253.
Note: The American version of this course is ACCT 341.
This course is part of a two-course sequence that provides an in-depth analysis of
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and complex accounting
applications associated with the preparation of financial statements. The course
presents the basic financial accounting functions, along with a theoretical framework
for analysing financial accounting practices. Detailed attention is given to the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement, followed by coverage of items on the asset side of the Balance Sheet.
ACCT 352
Intermediate Financial Accounting II
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study. Grouped study. e-Class®.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: ACCT 351.
Note: The American version of this course is ACCT 342.
This course continues the in-depth analysis of generally accepted accounting
principles (GAAP) and examines complex accounting applications associated with
the preparation of financial statements. Topics include
current and long-term liabilities, shareholders' equity, accounting for
income taxes, accounting for leases, employee future benefits, accounting
changes, and financial statement analysis.
ACCT 355
Cost Analysis
3Applied Studies.
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study. Grouped study. e-Class®. Video component.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: ACCT 250 or ACCT 253.
Téluq Equivalency: FIN 2005.
This course examines cost management within an organization. It includes
detailed coverage of cost behaviour, cost estimation, costing systems including
process costing, job order costing and activity-based costing. There is also
extensive coverage of budgeting, cost allocation, variance analysis and capital
budgeting.
ACCT 356
Strategic and Competitive Analysis
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study. Grouped study. e-Class®. Video component.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: ACCT 355. MKTG 396 is recommended but not required.
This course explores the process of setting direction (strategy) and developing
a competitive position for a firm in an industry. It covers industry analysis,
competitor analysis, and the development of competitive advantage. A key area
taught is strategic cost management using value chain analysis. Planning and
budgeting are also examined.
ACCT 451
Advanced Financial Accounting
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study. Grouped study. e-Class®.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: ACCT 351 and ACCT 352.
Note: The American version of this course is ACCT 441.
This course continues to develop the professional skills introduced in the
intermediate accounting courses. It examines current accounting issues and
practices in selected areas. These areas are long-term investments, business combinations, preparation of consolidated financial statements, translation of foreign currency balances and foreign currency statements, a well as not-for-profit accounting.
ACCT 453
Financial Accounting Theory
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study. Grouped study. e-Class®.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: ACCT 352 and FNCE 370.
This course explores some theoretical issues that underlie the discipline of
financial accounting, as well as some practical consequences of these issues.
Related fields of study, particularly economics and finance, are drawn on to
study the efficient markets hypothesis and its implications for financial
reporting. Applications of the present value model in accounting, agency theory
and its implications for financial reporting, the accounting standard-setting
process, and the economic consequences of accounting decisions are also
discussed.
ACCT 454
Decision Analysis
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study. Grouped study. e-Class®.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: ACCT 355, MATH 215 or MGSC 301, and
MGSC 312.
This course covers the use of accounting information for decision making. The
course begins with advanced discussion of topics such as cost-volume-profit
analysis, resource allocation, and assigning resource costs to production
centres and the use of linear programming and regression analysis. It studies the use of activity-based costing, activity-based
management, and strategic cost management concepts such as value chain analysis
and target pricing. The course includes discussion of performance
measurement, the balanced scorecard and executive compensation issues.
ACCT 460
Principles of Auditing
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study. Grouped study. e-Class®.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: ACCT 253.
Note: The American version of this course is ACCT 461.
This course introduces the concepts, principles, and practical applications of
auditing in the business world. It integrates the most important concepts of financial statement auditing and the general assurance engagement framework.
ADMINISTRATION
(ADMN)
Refer also to:
LGST
369 Commercial Law
LGST
331 Administrative Law
ADMN
232
Administrative Principles
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized
study. Grouped study. e-Class®.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm
status before registering.
Prerequisite: None. This course is recommended as a suitable
point of entry to the Bachelor of Administration, Commerce, and Management degree programs.
Téluq equivalency: ADM 1005
This course emphasizes translating administrative theory into effective
administrative practice by examining what administrators do and how they do it.
It first presents theories of administration applicable to the public and
private sectors and then reconciles these theories with current practice,
focusing primarily on the student's experience.
ADMN 233
Writing in Organizations
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Individualized study. Grouped study. e-Class®.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: None. Students should be confident of their ability to write
university-level English. Anyone in doubt may seek the advice of the course
professor.
This course is designed for students who wish to improve their written
communication as it applies to the workplace. Writing in an organization is
similar to other types of writing: it is a creative act, one that can be used to
gain self-knowledge and to aid in personal development. Students are encouraged
to view writing as a problem-solving process whereby a document is used to
analyse situations, to make decisions, and to inform others of those decisions.
ADMN 364
Environmental Management Systems in Canada (Temporarily closed. Check course availability before registering.)
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Individualized study. Grouped study.
Prerequisite: None.
This course provides an in-depth review of environmental issues facing
organizations today and a methodology for managers to manage business within this context.
It outlines the external and internal environmental influences that impact on
the organization, and the struggles organizations face when making decisions
that will affect a variety of stakeholders. This course is a must for
individuals who want to understand environmental "due diligence" and
environmental accountabilities.
ADMN 404
Business Policy
Reading3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study. Grouped study. e-Class®.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: Professor approval and completion of all other courses in
the respective program.
Business Policy is intended to help students integrate the skills and
concepts learned in courses such as accounting, finance, marketing, and
production. Concepts and tools acquired from functional areas provide the basis
for approaching strategic problems from a holistic perspective. Students will
develop the ability and insight to take into account the full breadth and
meaning of the problems and their consequences for the business.
ADMN 499
Directed Study in Administrative Studies
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Individualized study.
Prerequisite: Professor approval.
This course is intended to allow students to pursue a special topic of interest
in depth. To register, students must contact the course professor for a current
listing of discipline areas available for independent study; select a discipline
area and contact the designated supervisor; and negotiate a topic and a
timetable with the supervisor.
ANTHROPOLOGY (ANTH)
ANTH 275
Faces of Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study. Grouped study. Video component.
Prerequisite: None.
Precluded course: ANTH 275 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for ANTH 207.
This course provides a general introduction to the cross-cultural study of
people and cultures. The course covers the following topics: anthropology,
culture, how cultures are studied, patterns of subsistence, language and
communication, culture and personality, marriage and the family, kinship and
descent, economic anthropology, age, common interest, stratification, political
organization, social control, religion and magic, the arts, culture change, and
the future of anthropology.
ANTH 276
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology Course closed July 7, 2002.
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study. Grouped study. Video component.
Prerequisite: ANTH 275 is recommended but not required.
Precluded course: ANTH 276 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for ANTH 207.
This course provides a general introduction to human physical and cultural
evolution. It covers an introduction to anthropology, the development of
physical anthropology and archaeology within that discipline, the methods of
archaeology and physical anthropology, the primate background to human evolution,
hominid evolution from Australopithecus to Homo sapiens, the cultural
development and spread of Homo sapiens, the rise of civilization, and the
biological variations in modern Homo sapiens.
ANTH 277
The Archaeology of Ancient Peoples
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study. Grouped study. Video component.
Prerequisite: None.
Precluded course: ANTH 277 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for ANTH 276 or ANTH 207.
ANTH 277 is an introductory level archaeology course that
provides students with an understanding of 5 million years of world prehistory,
from the earliest origins of humans to the rise of early states and
civilizations. Topics include: an introduction to archaeology as the study of
the cultural evolution of human beings; the spread of anatomically modern people
throughout the Old and New Worlds; the development of farming and archaeological
explanations for its success; and the rise, growth and collapse of early
civilizations in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas.
ANTH 307
The Inuit Way
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study. Grouped study. Video component.
Prerequisite: ANTH 275 is strongly recommended but not required.
The Inuit Way is an introduction to the anthropological study of the Canadian
Inuit. The course discusses traditional lifestyles and contemporary culture
change. Topics include the land and people of the Arctic, the food quest, social
organization and control, religion, art, settlement life, and strategies for the
future, including the establishment of Nunavut.
ANTH 310
Introduction to Primate Behaviour
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study. Video component.
Prerequisite: A junior anthropology, psychology, or biology
course.
This course examines the behaviour and evolution of modern non-human primates. Primates include monkeys, apes, lemurs and other prosimians, and people. Understanding other primates helps us to contextualize the behaviour, culture and language, and biology of our own species, as well as being fascinating in its own right. Video materials allow the student to observe the behaviour of several different species.
ANTH 318
Ancient Civilizations of the Americas
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study. Video component.
Prerequisite: ANTH 276 is strongly recommended but not required.
This course surveys the development of ancient civilizations
of Mesoamerica and South America, from the origins of farming
to European contact. The course covers the culture and way of
life of the Maya, Aztec and Inca, and other earlier civilizations,
as these are reconstructed from their material remains. As well,
the course describes how archaeologists identify and investigate
research problems, and discusses the major theories that explain
how and why some societies evolved into civilizations.
ANTH
354
Language and Culture
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Grouped study. Audio
component.
Prerequisite: ANTH 275 is recommended but not required.
Téluq equivalency: LIN 1001.
The way we think is influenced by the way we communicate. This course explores
the role of language in culture, and culture in language. It covers the origins
of human language, phonology, morphology, language change, morphology and
writing systems, language change and history, syntax, language acquisition,
semantics, ethnolinguistics, and sociolinguistics.
ANTH 362
First Nations of Canada
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study. Grouped study. Video component.
Prerequisite: ANTH 275 is strongly recommended but not required.
Téluq equivalency: ANT 1001.
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the Native peoples of Canada;
Indian, Métis, and Inuit. The course describes the traditional lifeways of
peoples of the plains, woodlands, Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and
discusses contemporary issues of land claims and self-government.
ANTH 375
The Anthropology of Gender
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study.
Prerequisite: ANTH 275 or WMST 266.
This course guides the student in a critical examination of gender, beginning with an exploration of gender as it affects anthropological research. Next, it examines the cultural construction of biological sex and our narratives of human evolution-topics that were once thought to be scientifically neutral and value-free. Later, the course explores the relationship of gender and work, and the work of gender. The work of gender includes labour that emerges from sex and gender roles. Subsequent sections deal with gender and religion, suffering and healing, and the multiplicity and complexity of gender identities. The course concludes with a consideration of the construction of gender and gender roles within the context of global and local political economies and a discussion about the struggles for gender equity in contemporary societies.
ANTH 376
Alberta Archaeology: Prehistoric Lifeways
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study.
Prerequisite: ANTH 276 is strongly recommended but not required.
Alberta Archaeology is an introduction to the prehistory of Alberta, from the
first settlement of the province more than 10,000 years ago, up to the period of
European contact. The course provides an overview of the archaeological record
of prehistoric Native peoples in Alberta, as well as an understanding of their
culture and way of life, as reconstructed from their material remains.
ANTH 390
Community-Based Research Methods
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Grouped study.
Prerequisite: ANTH 275, or introductory sociology, or native
studies course, or professor approval is required.
This course is designed for seminar delivery. It covers issues in community-based research methods for anthropology and other types of qualitative social science research. Examples are drawn from research with First Nations communities.
ANTH 394
Urban Anthropology
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study. Grouped study.
Prerequisite: ANTH 275.
Cities throughout the world are often cited as hotbeds of delinquency, riots,
poverty, and other forms of alienation or are condemned as being too large and
too impersonal for human satisfaction. This course invites students to explore
these assumptions in the company of anthropologists whose concepts and methods
have illuminated many dark corners of urban life.
ANTH 401
Ethnography: Principles in Practice
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study.
Prerequisite: ANTH 275, and three other credits in anthropology.
Precluded course: ANTH 401 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for ANTH 301.
The typical image of the anthropologist in the popular press is that of an
academic in pith helmet or native dress trying to blend in with the local
scenery in the interests of discovering the "real" Rungongo. The reality
behind that image is examined by describing and analysing the principles and
practice of qualitative research as exemplified by ethnography the writing of
first-hand, systematic accounts of ways of life of human groups. The course has
three sections: getting started, ethnographic data, and analysis and writing.
ANTH 406
Special Topics in Anthropology
3ReadingSocial Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study.
Prerequisite: 12 credits in anthropology and permission of the professor.
This course offers an opportunity for students to pursue an extended research
project directed by a professor. The study may involve field or library research,
and usually a major paper is written. Students work in close contact with their
supervisor(s). Before registering, students must present a research proposal
that describes the goals of the study, procedure for evaluation, and the time
frame for completion. Students are expected to use library facilities or obtain
and pay for all primary materials used in the course.
ANTH 407
Advanced Readings in Regional Ethnology
3ReadingSocial Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study.
Prerequisite: 12 credits in anthropology and permission of the professor.
This course investigates problems or issues in greater depth than is normally
possible in an introductory course. For example, a student having taken an
introductory course on Arctic or African ethnology may wish to study a specific
problem such as kinship, ritual, or cultural ecology of the peoples in that
region. Both the regional and theoretical focus of the course depends on an
agreement reached between student and professor. Contact the course professor
before registering.
ANTH 408
Method and Theory in Anthropology
3ReadingSocial Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study.
Prerequisite: 12 credits in anthropology and permission of
the professor.
This is an advanced reading course designed to encourage students to extend
their general knowledge to solutions for more challenging scholarly
problems. The specific content, procedures, and evaluation structure
of the course are determined in discussion between student and
professor. Topics will depend on the specialization of the faculty
member.
ANTH
434
The History of Anthropological Thought
3ReadingSocial Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Video component.
Prerequisite: ANTH 275, and three other credits in anthropology.
This course examines how anthropological theories have changed
and developed over the last century and a half. It is intended
for students who are already familiar with the basic concepts
and methods of anthropology, and probes beneath the surface of
these basic notions to the theories and approaches that generate
them, Seven theoretical frameworks for, or approaches to, sociocultural
change will be examined: evolution, historicism, acculturation,
structural-functionalism, decision making, psycho-social approaches,
and neo-Marxism.
ANTH
476
Archaeology: Principles in Practice
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Video component.
Prerequisite: ANTH 276.
Archaeology and archaeologists have been romanticized and popularized as
daredevil explorers of the exotic. In actuality, modern archaeologists
constantly confront new ground as they devise a variety of unique tools and
solutions to illuminate the actions and beliefs of extinct societies. The course
explores the processes and goals of archaeological research. Both excavation and
non-excavation techniques are examined to reconstruct ancient lifeways:
subsistence, social systems, and religious beliefs.
ANTH
491
Ethnobiology: Traditional Biological Knowledge in Contemporary Global Context
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Grouped study. Video
component.
Prerequisite: ANTH 275 or introductory biology or professor
approval is required.
This course examines ethnobiology-cultural knowledge of plants,
animals, and ecology, and the nature of traditional knowledge.
The course comprises introduction to ethnobiology and the nature
of traditional knowledge, followed by sections on cultural knowledge
and use of plants (ethnobotany), animals (ethnozoology) and ecology
(ethnoecology and traditional resource management), ending with
an examination of contemporary issues (traditional versus commercial
intellectual property rights to genetic and ecological diversity
and medicinal plants, conservation and traditional societies,
and sustainable development).
ANTH
499
Medical Anthropology
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Grouped study. Video
component
Prerequisite: ANTH 275 and a minimum of three senior-level credits in anthropology
are recommended but not required.
Medical Anthropology introduces students to the cultural basis of illness and
curing. The course is concerned not only with how non-Western societies perceive
and treat illness in populations without immediate access to major medical
facilities, but also with how such knowledge of non-Western practices can inform
the management of our own health problems. Issues addressed include the meaning
of sickness, the nature of relationships between patients and healers, the
morality of illness, the effects of culture on emotional states, and the role of
bio-environmental data in assessing health
care needs.
APPLIED STUDIES (APST)
APST 235
Practicum: Clinical Practice
Practicum3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Grouped study.
Prerequisite: Professor approval. This course is restricted
to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Health Administration
and University Certificate in Health Development Administration
programs.
This course is a practical training experience that will synthesize the learning
that has taken place during the first year of the UC: Health Development Administration
program. The course allows students to pursue a project in the health care and
human services area and to apply their theoretical knowledge to practical
application in the field.
APST 335
Practicum: Community Health Administration
Practicum6Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Grouped study.
Prerequisite: Completion of APST 235 or permission of the professor.
This is a practicum/field placement course designed as a practical educational
and training experience and restricted to students of the second-year B.Admin.Health Admin. concentration and UC: Health Development Administration programs. It will help
students to synthesize their first- and second-year coursework and apply their
theoretical knowledge to practical application by working in community health
and social development areas.
ART HISTORY (ARHI)
ARHI 201
A Survey of Western Art I
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized study. Video component.
Prerequisite: None.
This course introduces you to the developments in artistic expression, from cave
drawings and the monuments of ancient Egypt to the paintings, sculpture, and
architecture of the early Renaissance.
ARHI 202
A Survey of Western Art II
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized study. Video component.
Prerequisite: ARHI 201 is strongly recommended but not required.
This course, a continuation of ARHI 201, considers the history of artistic
development from the Renaissance to the modern period in Europe and North
America.
ASTRONOMY
AND ASTROPHYSICS (ASTR)
ASTR 200
Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics I
3Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study. Home lab. Computer access required.
Prerequisite: None. Students must have a good understanding of high school
algebra and should feel comfortable with the manipulation of algebraic equations.
While all the physics necessary to understand the subject is presented within
the course itself, students who have taken a high school physics course or PHYS
200 or PHYS 274 will be better able to master ASTR 200. The telecourse ASTR 205
is a suitable introduction to the broad astronomical background but does not
require the mathematical ability needed for
ASTR 200. ASTR 205 introduces the student to the subject and should precede ASTR
200 if both are taken.
This is a detailed survey of modern astronomy and astrophysics. The physical
laws responsible for a variety of astronomical and astrophysical phenomena are
studied and used. Scientific techniques of astronomy and other sciences are
emphasized in the laboratory exercises.
ASTR 205
Universe - The Ultimate Frontier
3Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized study. Video component.
Prerequisite: None.
Téluq equivalency: PHY 2001
This course provides a first look at astronomy and astrophysics. It is designed
to describe the cosmos and trace the history of our attempts to understand it
including the tools developed to help us do so; to describe light and how it
carries information to us, and outline what we have learned about the structure
of stars and how they form, age, and die; to describe how stars group together
into galaxies, how galaxies are themselves distributed, and how we think this
entire cosmic structure began and may end; to describe the characteristics and
origins of planets and other bodies in our solar system; and to discuss the
possibility of life elsewhere.
ASTR 495-496
Astronomy and Astrophysics Projects
3 eachScience
Delivery Mode: Individualized study.
Prerequisite for ASTR 495: permission of the course professor, ASTR 200, PHYS
200 and 201 or 202, one MATH, and at least one senior-level science course.
Prerequisite for ASTR 496: ASTR 495.
These courses are suitable for senior-level students who wish to do research
projects in astronomy, astrophysics, or technological disciplines related to
these areas. Astronomy and astrophysics projects 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, observational work, or experiments, organize facts and ideas, and
report ideas and conclusions in written form. Although observations previously
gathered may be presented as part of a project, data reduction or any other type
of research will follow the learning contract and represent new work.
Special instructional features: The course may involve library, observational,
computer, or other research work as agreed by the student and the supervisor.
Students are expected to obtain and pay for all materials used in projects.
Further information and a course project proposal form may be obtained from the
course professor. These courses are excluded from the Challenge for Credit Policy.
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