Bachelor of Professional
Arts Common Core Courses (12 credits) |
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Regulations
effective September 1, 2008
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To Bachelor of Professional Arts program. |
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Program Structure |
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Total credits in the program |
120 |
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Enrolment requirement |
60 |
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Minimum Credits Required beyond the
College Diploma |
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Core courses |
12 |
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Major and elective and/or option courses |
48 |
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Total |
60 |
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Residency requirement: A minimum of 30 credits must be obtained through Athabasca University |
30 |
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Within the Degree Students are Required
to Earn for Degree Completion |
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Senior (300/400) level |
48 |
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400 level |
18 |
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Maximum credits allowed at junior (200) level |
12 |
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BPA Common Core Courses |
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1. |
A 200-level writing course or English
literature course, e.g., |
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ADMN 233 Writing in Organizations
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ENGL 211 Prose Forms
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ENGL 255 Introductory
Composition |
(3) |
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A 200-level university critical and analytical thinking course, e.g.,
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PHIL 252 Critical Thinking |
(3) |
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A senior (300/400) level professional ethics course, e.g.,
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PHIL 333 Professional Ethics |
(3) |
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A research methods or statistics course (see "Note" following) , e.g., |
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SOSC 366 Research Methods in the Social Sciences or |
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CMNS 308 Understanding Statistical Evidence or |
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MATH 215 Introduction to Statistics or |
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MATH 216 Computer-Oriented Approach to Statistics |
(3) |
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Note: |
A research methods course taken to fulfill this requirement of the core may not also be counted towards a major in Criminal Justice or Communication Studies. As well, a statistics course taken to fulfill this requirement may not be counted towards a major in Governance, Law, and Management.
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