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E-COMMERCE (ECOM)
ECOM
320
Overview of e-Commerce
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study online. e-Class®.
Prerequisite: None.
This course focuses on principles of e-Commerce from a business perspective.
Topics covered include business and technology overview, business models,
virtual value chain, and innovation and marketing strategies. In addition,
some of the major issues associated with e-Commercesecurity, privacy,
intellectual property rights, authentication, encryption, acceptable
use policies, and legal liabilitieswill be explored.
ECONOMICS (ECON)
ECON
247
Microeconomics
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: *Individualized
study. Grouped study. e-Class®.Optional
video component.
*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
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: *Individualized
study. Grouped study. e-Class®.
Optional video component.
*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 attentioninflation,
government, banking, and international tradeand they attract debate
because they can be viewed through different theoretical perspectives.
ECON
301
The Changing Global Economy
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: *Individualized
study. Grouped study. e-Class®.
Audio component.
*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
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. 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
3Social 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
6Social 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
3Social 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
3Social Science
*Course can also be used to fulfill Administrative Studies area of study
(credential students only).
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
3Social Science
*Course can also be used to fulfill Administrative Studies area of study
(credential students only).
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
3Social Science
*Course can also be used to fulfill Administrative Studies area of study
(credential students only).
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
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Video component.
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
3Social 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
3ReadingSocial 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
351
Introduction to Exceptional Children
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Video component.
Prerequisite: Learners are expected to have completed junior-level
psychology or social science courses.
Precluded course: EDPY 351 may not taken for credit if credit
has already been granted for EDPY 251.
This is a three-credit, entry level course designed to give educators
and other caregivers an overview of children with exceptionalities.
The main emphasis of this course is to provide an introduction to the
broad span of children with exceptionalities and to the field of special
education, as it functions in Canada. The overview of this group of
children and their special needs includes those children at risk; those
with communication disorders; children with intellectual differences;
children with the learning disabilities; those who are gifted, creative,
and talented; children with sensory impairments; and children with behavioural
problems. Additional areas discussed include children with special health
needs, areas of low incidence disabilities, and interventions with infants,
preschooler, adolescents, and young adults.
EDPY
479
Introduction to Computer-Based Instruction
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Individualized-study
online.
Prerequisite: PSYC 289 or PSCY 387 or professor approval required. Students should also have a basic understanding of computers and the Internet.
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 utilizing multi-media technologies. The course
includes a laboratory component and an extensive Web
site.
Special instructional features: Students are expected to have
access to computer equipment with the optimum
configuration specified for AU students. Students must also have
an ISP connection supporting a graphical user interface, a working e-mail
account, and the ability to use e-mail.
English Language
and Writing Studies (ENGL)
ENGL
140
Grammar
Zero creditNo area of study
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study.
Prerequisite: None, however, students should refer to the
"Am I Ready" questionnaire for more information on English level
and for assistance in determining the appropriateness of this course.
This course is designed for students who need to revise or upgrade
their grammar skills to ensure accuracy of communication before proceeding
with other courses or post-secondary studies. There is a thorough and
systematic review of grammatical structures and their use in authentic
language situations. Although this course studies grammar from an ESL
perspective, it is also appropriate for native speakers of English who
need to improve their grammar skills. ENGL 140 may be recommended for
students interested in taking ENGL 177 or ENGL 187.
ENGL 143
Writing Skills for Academic Purposes
Zero creditNo area of study
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Optional Internet component.
Prerequisite: None, however, students should refer to the
"Am I Ready" questionnaire for more information on English level and
for assistance in determining the appropriateness of this course.
This course is designed for students who need a thorough foundation
in writing skills before pursuing other courses of study. A developmental
approach to the writing process guides students through writing sentences,
paragraphs, and an essay. Participation in the editing process helps
students to better analyse and improve their own writing skills. This
course is appropriate for both ESL students and native speakers of English
who require a good grounding in writing, or who need to upgrade their
writing skills before proceeding with further studies. This course may
be recommended for students intending to take ENGL 177 or ENGL 187.
ENGL 146
Advanced Reading Skills
Zero creditNo area of study
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study.
Prerequisite: None, however, students should refer to the
"Am I Ready" questionnaire for more information on English level and
for assistance in determining the appropriateness of this course.
This course is designed for students who need to upgrade and practise
their reading skills to improve general comprehension and reading efficiency.
While working on specific skills throughout the course, students will
also be improving the general skills of comprehension, dictionary usage,
and reading speed. This course is appropriate for both ESL students
and native speakers of English who need to upgrade their general reading
ability before proceeding further with their education. This course
may be recommended for students intending to take ENGL 177 or ENGL 187.
ENGL 149
Advanced Speaking and Listening Skills
Zero creditNo area of study
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study.
Prerequisite: None, however, students should refer to the
"Am I Ready" questionnaire for more information on English level and
for assistance in determining the appropriateness of this course.
This course is designed for advanced students of English as a Second
language (ESL) who want to improve their speaking and listening skills,
either for the general purpose of improving oral communications, or
before proceeding further with their education. Students practise comprehensive
speaking skills, and with the help of their tutor, identify three or
four major accent reduction issues to work on throughout the course.
Listening skills are closely associated with good speaking skills, and
appropriate exercises are integrated with the speaking and pronunciation
activities. This course may be recommended for students intending to
take ENGL 177 or ENGL 187.
ENGL
155
Developing Writing Skills
3No area of study
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. 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
3No area of study
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Audio/video component.
Prerequisite: None, however, students should refer to the
"Am I Ready" questionnaire for more information on English level and
for assistance in determining the appropriateness of this course.
Téluq Equivalency: ANG 4006.
This course provides an introduction to university studies for students
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, and listening.
This is a general academic preparatory course designed from an ESL perspective.
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
3No area of study
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Grouped study. Audio
component.
Prerequisite: None, however, students should refer to the
"Am I Ready" questionnaire for more information on English level and
for assistance in determining the appropriateness of this course.
Téluq Equivalency: ANG 4007.
This course is designed for students who wish to increase their knowledge
and expertise in business communication. The course covers important
business concepts, vocabulary, and forms (letters, memos, reports) and
develops strategies and writing skills based on audience awareness.
A pronunciation/accent reduction component improves oral communication
ability and the integration of a comprehensive grammar review increases
the accuracy of communication. Both grammar and pronunciation are taught
from an ESL perspective. ENGL 187 is recommended as a preparatory course
for ESL students intending to take ADMN 233 or other business related
courses.
ENGL
255
Introductory Composition: Writing Skills
3No area of study
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. 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.
ENGLISH PROGRAM COURSES (ENGL)
ENGL
211
Prose Forms
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Grouped study.
Prerequisite:None. Students without prior writing
instruction are strongly urged to take ENGL 255. To
determine which course they are prepared to take students
should complete the English Language Studies Assessment.
Precluded courses: ENGL 211 may not be taken for credit if credit
has already been obtained for ENGL 291 and ENGL 292.
Prose Forms introduces students to four literary formsthe short
story, essay, novella, and noveland to important literary concepts
and terms to encourage the development of analytical, reading, and writing
skills. Students will read a variety of works by British, American,
and Canadian authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
ENGL
212
Plays and Poetry
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. 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
265
Introduction to Literature
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: e-Class®
(Course duration: 15 weeks). Grouped
study.
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 both ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or both ENGL
291 and 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 examines representative readings of canonical and non-canonical
works from both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including poems,
essays, short stories, a novel, and a play. The works studied reflect
the range and variety of literary subjects, themes, and styles present
in world literature written in English from countries such as Botswana,
Britain, Canada, Sweden, Russia, the United States, and the West Indies.
ENGL
302
Introduction to Canadian Literature
6Humanities
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 traditionmajor
authors, works, forms, periods, movements, and concernsfrom colonial
times to the present. Works are chosen primarily from English-Canadian
authors, although a number of French-Canadian works are studied in translation.
The themes and questions considered in the course include the Canadian
identity, nature and the Canadian attitude to it, isolation and alienation,
women in Canadian literature, the Gothic element, and the relationship
between Canadian literature and Canadian visual art.
ENGL
303
A History of Drama. Part I: Early Stages
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: 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
3Humanities
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
6Humanities
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
3Humanities
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
3Humanities
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
3Humanities
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
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Audio/video component.
Online-enhanced.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent first year English
course(s).
ENGL 324 is an introduction to the study of the plays
of William Shakespeare and focuses on the histories and tragedies. The
course will help you to study the plays as literary texts and as live
theatre. We will use a variety of media to critically analyse the plays
from audiocassettes to videotapes. Students enrolled in a degree program
with an English major are strongly advised to obtain 6 credits in Shakespeare
by completing both Shakespeare I and Shakespeare II.
ENGL
325
Shakespeare II
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study Audio/video component.
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 Course closed June 25, 2002.
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Video component.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and 212 or equivalent first year English
course(s).
Precluded course: ENGL 331 cannot be taken for credit if credit
has already been obtained for ENGL 431.
This telecourse surveys contemporary Canadian theatre.
It focuses on twelve plays written between 1967 and 1992, with a particular
emphasis on innovative or controversial drama and on plays by women,
and including an examination of pertinent stage design, movement, and
theatre history.
ENGL
335
Comparative Literature I
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. 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
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. 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
3Humanities
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
3Humanities
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
3Humanities
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
3Humanities
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
6Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Video component.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212, or equivalent first year English
course(s), are strongly recommended but not required.
This course introduces students to four of the major
literary traditions of North and South America and the cultures that
produced them. The course examines the history and development of Spanish-American,
Afro-American, and English and French-Canadian literature. Themes and
questions covered in the course include national myths and questions
of identity, the land, forms and influences of colonialism and imperialism,
relationships with the United States, guilt, the journey, magic, imagination,
and creativity.
ENGL
362
Poetry, Tradition, and Change
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: 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
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. 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
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study.Online-ehanced.
Prerequisites: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212, a final grade of 75% in ENGL
353 and professor approval.
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
6ReadingHumanities
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
6Humanities
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
The Faust Theme
3Humanities
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.
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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
3ReadingHumanities
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
3Humanities
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
6Humanities
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
6ReadingHumanities
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
3Humanities
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
475
Literature and Hypertext
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Online enhanced.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent first year English
courses and one of the following English courses: ENGL 325, ENGL
335, ENGL 336, ENGL 373, ENGL 381 or ENGL 423.
ENGL 475 is designed to introduce students to the
study of the relationships between literary forms and digital media.
Hypertext is composed of blocks of words, screens and images linked
together electronically through multiple paths. Unlike the printed text
hypertext can only exist electronically. This course is organized into
three parts: hypertext as an artistic medium, the politics of hypertext
and hypertext and literary studies.
ENGL
491
Directed Studies in Literature
3Humanities
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study.
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212 or equivalent, plus two senior
English courses and professor approval.
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)
Refer to ENGL 140, ENGL
143, ENGL 146, ENGL 149,
ENGL 177, and ENGL 187.
Although these courses incorporate some ESL features, most are suitable
for all learners.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP (ENTP)
ENTP
212
Starting a Small Business
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized
study. 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 eachScience
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
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Grouped study. Audio/video
component.
Prerequisite: None.
This audio-based course offers an overview of a number
of major environmental issues, their origins, their interdependence,
and their impact on society. It will present some options for action
and some insights into how individuals might play a role in addressing
environmental problems. Particular issues such as the impact of industrial
use upon the forests of Canada, uncertainty in expert scientific evidence,
debate over the scientific standards set to protect people and the environment,
lead in paint or gasoline and the implications for environmental and
human health, the pros and cons of green consumerism, the expansion
of the pulp and paper industry in northern Alberta, and more, will be
used to illustrate the themes for each audio program.
ENVS
253
Global Environmental Change: The Scientific and Social Issues
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Video component.
Prerequisite: None.
Over the last several decades, the global community
has come to realize that human activities and institutions are influencing
the physical and biological environment of the world in ways we are
only now beginning to understand. This course examines the need for
a variety of resources and looks at the exponentially increasing global
human population, and the relationship of the factors influencing change
in global ecosystems to the increasing number of humans the environment
must support.
ENVS
306
Humanity and Ecosphere
3Social Science
Delivery Mode:Individualized
study. Online-enhanced. Video
component.
Prerequisites: None.
Evidence suggests that humans are putting too much
stress on the ecosphere. What are these stresses, and what, if anything,
can be done about them? This course explores whether there are limits
to growth on a finite planet, and clarifies how solutions to environmental
problems require many disciplines, including natural science, social
science, economics and ethics, to work together. Students will learn
the basic principles of ecology and will apply mathematical, statistical
and physical concepts to such issues as population growth and resource
depletion. At the end of the course, students will be prepared to critically
assess current debates about sustainable development and climate change.
ENVS
435
Case Studies in Environmental Protection: Popular Education, Community
Sustainability, and Global Connections
3Social Science
Delivery Mode: Individualized
study. Online-enhanced.
Prerequisite: Professor approval.
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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