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ACCOUNTING (ACCT)

ACCT 245
Accounting for Managers of Not-for-Profit Organizations
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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.)
3—Applied 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
Reading—3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Social 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.
3—Social 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
3—Social 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
3—Social 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
3—Social 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
3—Social 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
3—Social 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
3—Social 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
3—Social 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
3—Social 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
3—Social 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
3—Social 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
3—Social 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
3—Reading—Social 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
3—Reading—Social 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
3—Reading—Social 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
3—Reading—Social 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
3—Social 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
3—Social 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
3—Social 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
Practicum—3—Applied 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
Practicum—6—Applied 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
3—Humanities
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
3—Humanities
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
3—Science
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
3—Science
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 each—Science
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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