| Bachelor of Professional
Arts Common Core Courses (12 credits) |
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effective September 1, 2009
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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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Graduation with Distinction or Great Distinction. At least 24 credits must be obtained through Athabasca University in order to be considered. |
24 |
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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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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 |
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A 200-level university critical and analytical thinking course, e.g.,
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PHIL 252 Critical Thinking |
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A senior (300/400) level professional ethics course, e.g.,
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PHIL 333 Professional Ethics |
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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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CMNS 333 Research Methods in Communication Studies (in development) or |
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MATH 215 Introduction to Statistics or |
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MATH 216 Computer-Oriented Approach to Statistics |
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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. Communications Studies students are strongly advised to choose either CMNS 308 or CMNS 333 to meet the research methods requirement. If CMNS 308 or CMNS 333 is counted towards the core course requirement, it will not be counted towards the major electives requirement. Similarly, if SOSC 366 is chosen, it will count either as a core course or an elective course. 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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