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Sustainable Cities and Communities

This goal is about making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.  On this page, you will learn more about the University of Regina's activities in support of four SDG 11 areas:

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Arts

U of R Frog Statue in Wascana Park

Campus Art Guide

The University of Regina provides free public access to view significant buildings, monuments, heritage landscapes, galleries and museums. Learn more about our campus art by clicking here.
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President's Art Collection

The University of Regina President’s Art Collection is available for display throughout our campuses upon request. Faculty, staff, and academic or administrative units may request the loan of available artwork from the Collection for display on University property.
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Student Showcases and Performances

Each year, the Faculty of Media, Art and Performance students host public events featuring music, art, theatre and film.
Calendar of events

Free Library Access

If you are over the age of 18, you can obtain a free annual Public Access Library card upon presenting your Sask Health card and Sask Drivers License. With a Public Access Library card, you can borrow items from any University of Regina affiliated library (Archer, Campion, First Nations, and Luther Libraries).
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Heritage

Prairie winding road

Living Heritage in Saskatchewan: Twelve Recent Projects

This 2023 E-book presents twelves projects of living heritage safeguarding and promotion that have recently taken place in Saskatchewan.  It also serves to highlight the vitality of heritage work and research in Saskatchewan, as well as the diversity of communities and organizations doing heritage work in the province.
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A Conversation with Dr. Melanie Brice

Dr. Brice was appointed in 2021 to a five-year term as the inaugural Gabriel Dumont Research Chair in Métis/Michif Education.  Born in Meadow Lake and raised at Jackfish Lake, Saskatchewan, she has a strong understanding of Indigenous histories, cultures, languages and literacies, perspectives, educational experiences, and cross-cultural education issues. 
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Handprints

SHATTERING THE SILENCE: The Hidden History of Indian Residential Schools in Saskatchewan

A 2017 E-book by the Faculty of Education and PROJECT OF HEART.
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Living Heritage: Identities, Communities, Environments

 Learn about the work of University of Regina researchers who focus their efforts on understanding and preserving the dynamic and evolving elements of cultural heritage – oral histories, food heritage (traditional, sustainable cuisine), music, dance, ceremony, the natural world, and aesthetic and spiritual beliefs. 

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Transportation

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Carpooling

Carpooling is a simple way for individuals to share their commute with others, save money, and reduce their environmental impact. Some benefits to carpooling are saving money, preferred parking, cutting down on green house gas emissions, and meeting new people!

EV Charging

As part of the University’s commitment to sustainability, Parking and Transportation Services has activated two Level 2 EV charging stations in Lot 14 for campus ePermit holders. The University of Regina’s PaybyPhone app can be used to pay for charging. Find out more here!

Bus (Public Transit)

Through the U-Pass for students, or the Employee Transit Pass Program, students and employees can access discounted public transit fares. The benefits of public transit include reduced traffic congestion, pollution and driving-associate stress; no gas, maintenance or plates fees; and saving money.

Walking

Did you know the risk of obesity goes down by 5% for every kilometer walked daily? Walking improves mood and concentration, boosts mental agility, and fights depression. Walkability also promotes “sustainable happiness.” (Canadawalks.ca) Other benefits include less short polluting car trips; improved local air quality; and reduced congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.

Motorcycle

The University actively supports the option of riding a motorcycle or scooter to campus. Not only are you reducing environmental pollution and campus congestion, you can also receive preferred parking! The benefits are preferred motorcycle parking, and reducing emissions and pollution.

Bicycle

Biking to class or to work is a fun and inexpensive transportation option, but don’t forget the other advantages like exercise, making an impact on the environment, and most importantly, enjoying some fresh air! Find out more about bike storage and bike repair stations by clicking here. Benefits include reducing your carbon footprint; getting exercise; and enjoying the fresh air!

E-Scooters

E-Scooters are a great renewable energy transportation source. Find information about the City of Regina's seasonal Shared E-Scooter Program here.

Pedestrian Access

Learn about our wayfinding projects and efforts to prioritize pedestrian access on campus.

Housing

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Campus Housing Services

Living only a few minutes walk away from your classes and other university amenities will help lessen your carbon footprint when commuting to campus.

BRIDGING THE GAP

The 2011 research synopsis BRIDGING THE GAP: Regina Landlords and Renters explores practical solutions that would improve the chances of renters on social assistance finding a safe, affordable place to live in Regina.

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Related Courses

ADMN 328 - Nation Building for Indigenous Communities

The objective of the course is to present the fundamentals behind nation building, and rebuilding, for Indigenous communities. This course is designed to increase understanding of important nation building ideas in the cultural, administrative, political and economic realms. The course will explore the major Indigenous topics of governance, cultural match and legitimacy, colonial effects, constitutions, judicial systems, administration, economic development, funding dynamics, entrepreneurship, leadership, and inter-governmental relationships.
*** Prerequisite: ADMN 228 ***

ADMN 435AQ - Business in Brazil

This is an international business course that examines the concepts and current practices related to doing business in Brazil. The course will
develop an understanding of the people, history, culture, business practices, politics, and governance and economic development strategies of Brazil, with an emphasis on the Indigenous peoples of Brazil. A study tour visiting Brazil is an important part of the course.
*Additional Fee: $3877.*

ANTH 241AL - Ethnography of Canada and the United States

This course surveys the contemporary cultures and sub-cultures of North America, focusing on Canada and the United States. Topics covered include social organization, cosmology, gender, art, tourism, globalization, and ethnicity.
***Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or completion of 12 credit hours or permission of the Department Head.***

ANTH 242AK - Cultural Heritage and Politics of the Past

Using local and international examples, this course explores the concept of cultural heritage and the dynamic issues surrounding its management. It examines theories and methods influencing the interpretation and protection of cultural heritage and how these impact conceptions of the past, contemporary society and the future of heritage.
***Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or completion of 12 credit hours or permission of the Department Head.***

ANTH 242AL - The Anthropology of Humour and Laughter

This introductory course is a cross-cultural examination of humour and laughter. Joking relationships, ritual clowning, the trickster image, as well as the social role of humour in religion, ethnicity, politics, and in daily interactions between men and women are among the topics covered in the course. ***Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or completion of 12 credit hours or permission of department head***

ANTH 247 - Ethnography of Polynesia

This course surveys the cultures and societies of the islands of Polynesia. It investigates the region in historical perspective, including its place in the popular imagination of the West. Topics covered include social organization, cosmology, gender, art, tourism, globalization, and ethnicity.
***Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or completion of 12 credit hours or permission of the Department Head.***

ANTH 310 - Race, Ethnicity, and Nation

How anthropologists analyze notions of race, ethnicity, and nation as constructions of social difference and identity in the modern world. This course will critically explore the social processes that both naturalize and politicize issues of culture and group membership in modern nation states. It will also discuss how social scientific theories have been involved in these developments.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours including at least 3 credit hours in ANTH, or permission of the Department Head.***

ART 290AJ - Plants in Contemporary Art

In this course, observational studies of plant-life, in both painting and drawing, will intersect with discussion of key affective aspects of the depiction of botanics in contemporary art. Concepts such as ecology, place, cultural specificity and gender will factor heavily along with supplementary art-historical explorations.
***Prerequisites – Art 230 or Art 240***

ART 290JP - The Art of Kyoto

For hundreds of years, Kyoto has been the centre of traditional arts and crafts production in Japan. On this Study Tour, we will visit sites of artistic importance, and meet local artists and educators as a means to better understanding the local and global importance of this dynamic city.
***Prerequisite: Permission of the Instructor required to register.***
*Note: The cost of travel and accommodations will be borne by students.*
*Additional Fee: $4000.00.*

ART 884AF - MFA Photo-Based Media I

This graduate course focuses on research and creation in the area of photography and video. The primary subject is transportation, immigration, and loss from a feminist point of view. The final project is likely a photo and video projection installation.

ART 890JP - The Art of Kyoto

For hundreds of years, Kyoto has been the centre of traditional arts and crafts in Japan. On this Study Tour, we will visit sites of artistic and cultural importance, and meet local artists and educators as a means to better understanding the local and global importance of this dynamic city.

ARTH 324 - Canadian Art and Cultural Identity

Art in Canada from the colonial period to the present. Students will be introduced to issues of culture, ethnicity and gender, in relation to the Canadian context.
***Prerequisite: ARTH 100 or INAH 100.***

BIOC 390AE - Biochemical Basis of Toxicology

The biochemical principles, mechanisms and molecular actions underlying the toxicity will provide the foundation for the course. Selected discussion topics include acute poisoning, natural toxins, environmental toxicants, endocrine disruptors and food toxicology. The course will consist of 6 lecture modules, a project and in-class discussion/presentation.
***Prerequisite: BIOC 221***

BIOC 428AF - Biochemistry: Mechanisms of Toxicity

Toxicology is the basic science of poisons. The course focuses on the toxicology of mammalian body system emphasizing the sites of action of major groups of chemical toxicants, biological toxins and the toxic effects of radiation. Topics include biochemical underpinning of the science, mechanisms of toxicity, cellular responses, biomarkers of exposure and modes of toxic action.
***Prerequisite: BIOC 220 and BIOC 221***

BIOC 827AY - Advances in Antimicrobial Research: from Genomes to Drugs

This course surveys the applications of genomics techniques in antimicrobial research and antibiotic drug discovery. Topics include the use of mutant libraries, deep sequencing, and other genome-scale approaches in mapping the bacterial interactions with chemical perturbants, drug mode of action determination, and drug discovery.

BIOL 399AC - Terrestrial Ecosystems

This course will examine factors regulating distribution and functioning of major temperate terrestrial ecosystems, and some tropical ecosystems, as well as their ecosystem processes. Factors: climate, geology, surficial deposits, soils, microorganisms, flora, fauna. Processes: disturbances (fire, wind, anthropic), succession, productivity and biomass, carbon capture and sequestration. Field trip (2 days) on 2nd weekend of semester. Laboratories.
***Prerequisite: BIOL 275 or permission of the dept. head***

BIOL 490BO - Independent Research Project - Microbial Genetics and Genomics II

This advanced research-based course provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to conduct their own independent research. Topics include, but are not limited to, microbial pathogenicity, disease determinants, host-microbe interactions, and antibiotic production and resistance. Students may also choose to explore unique research questions in genetics or evolutionary, comparative, and functional genomics using only bioinformatic and computational approaches.
***Prerequisite: BIOL 490BM***
**Permission of the Instructor is required to register.**

BIOL 835AK - Microbial Pathogenesis, Virulence, and Host Specificity

A course for graduate students that will explore advanced concepts in microbial pathogenesis, virulence, and host specificity, and their relationship to emerging infectious diseases.

BIOL 835AP - Natural Vegetation and Ecological Processes in Riparian Ecosystems

Natural vegetation and ecological processes occurring in riparian ecosystems (temperate zone and Prairies of Canada, adjacent US) will be described and discussed. Topics: natural vegetation, occurrence (current vs. historical), disturbance and succession, C and nutrient capture, soil processes (N, P, etc.), water movement, upland and aquatic interface interactions, plantations.

CATH 290AL - Catholicism & Human Sexuality

Exploration of the Catholic Church's understanding of sexual expression with a focus on topics such as reciprocity, fidelity, romantic love, sexual identities, and intimacy with special attention given to the work of Pope St. John Paul II as well as other contemporary Catholic thinkers.
***Prerequisite: CATH 200, or permission of the Program Coordinator.***

CTCH 210AC - Popular Music Performance and Politics in North America Post-World War II

In this course we will explore the diverse popular musics that have dominated popular culture since the mid-1950s, including Country, Blues, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Soul, Motown, Heavy Metal, Disco, Hip-Hop, Rap, and Pop, among others. No previous background in music performance or musicology is required.

ECON 100 - Introduction to Economic Issues

An introduction to the economic way of thinking. Basic economic concepts are used to explore current economic issues such as unemployment, inflation, economic growth, taxation, competition, pollution reduction, health care, and more.
*Note: Students who have received credit for either ECON 201 or 202, or any ECON course numbered 300 or higher may not take ECON 100 for credit.*

ECON 273 - Environmental Economics

A study of contemporary environmental issues using economics. What are the economic costs and benefits of pollution? How do emission standards, environmental taxes, and tradable permits work in reducing pollution? What are the cost-effective ways to address environmental challenges like climate change?
***Prerequisite: 15 credit hours or ECON 100.***

ECON 296AN - Economics of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Examines the short, medium and potentially long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canada from a micro and macroeconomic perspective. The course will specifically examine demographic, behavioural, governance, health, and financial impacts at the local, national, and international levels as well as the comparative impacts from historically similar events.
***Prerequisite: ECON 100 or 15 credit hours.***

ECON 354 - Economics of Cities

Applies economic analysis to important questions regarding urban areas: Why do they exist? What determines their location? What is their role in the Canadian economy? Other issues considered are: zoning policies, local government spending and taxation, urban economic development policy, and urban transportation policy.
***Prerequisite: ECON 201***

ECON 372 - Natural Resource Management on the Prairies

Problems in the prairie oil/gas, timber, uranium, potash, power generation and water management sectors; preservation of prairie ecosystems; application of theory to determine how best to deal with these problems.
***Prerequisite: ECON 201***

EDL 815 - Economics of Educational Finance

A study of educational finance including: funding structures, the role of strategic plans in financial budgeting, analysis of revenues and expenditures, and an examination of issues impacting the educational funding policies including the accountability movement and changes in school board governance models over time.

EFDN 803 - Social Justice and Globalization from an Educational Perspective

Explores the research and classroom practice of themes including activist teachers, health, basic education, HIV/AIDS, child protection, gender equality, diversity, multiculturalism, First Nations, infrastructure services, human rights, citizenship, democracy, good governance, private sector development, environment, sustainability, making a difference; and the implications of integrating these themes into the mainstream curriculum.

EIST 400 - Issues in Secondary Indigenous Studies Education (formerly EINS 400)

This course will examine issues that impact the teaching of Secondary Indigenous Studies including First Nations historical and contemporary issues. Appropriate methodologies to address the issues of race, culture, identity and ethnicity will be explored. *** Prerequisite: EIST 300 and 18 credit hours of Indigenous Studies, or permission of the Indigenous Education Department Head. ***

ENEL 442 - Digital Communications

Error rates, optimum decision levels, statistical decision theory, matched filters, narrowband noise, system performance, optimum binary transmission, M-ary orthogonal signals, Shannon capacity expression, coding for error detection and correction, repeater systems.
***Prerequisite: ENEL 341.***
*Note: Students may receive for one of ENEL 393 or ENEL 442.*

ENEL 462 - Control Systems

This course extends student knowledge of continuous-time domain control systems. Topics include: a detailed examination of system response to various inputs, mechanisms to limit disturbance effects, use of root locus plotting to determine system gains for stability, system design to limit transient response (over-shoot, rise-time, settling-time), state-space representation of systems, multi-input/ multi-output system analysis, state-space based design.
***Prerequisite: ENEL 361***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both ENEL 389 and ENEL 462*

ENEL 762 - Control Systems

This course extends student knowledge of continuous-time control systems. Topics include: a detailed examination of system response to various inputs, mechanisms to limit disturbance effects, use of root locus plotting to determine system gains for stability, system design to limit transient response, state-space representation of systems, multi-input/ multi-output system analysis, state-space based design.
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENEL 762, ENEL 462, or ENEL 389.*

ENEL 895AL - Multi Criteria Optimization

This course will cover basics/overview of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), outranking methods (including but not limited to ELimination and Choice Expressing REality (ELECTRE) and Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluations (PROMETHEE)), Pair-wise comparison approach, MCDA & sustainable development, and MCDA support software.

ENER 305 - Fundamentals of Energy Processes

This course will introduce the following eight renewable energy sources: 1. Solar energy; 2. Wind energy; 3. Geothermal energy; 4. Hydroelectric energy; 5. Hydrogen energy; 6. Biomass energy (biofuels); 7. Nuclear energy; and 8. Ocean energy (wave and tidal). This course will describe the underlying principles and current techniques to design these energy generation systems. It will provide fundamental concepts and design knowledge involved in the energy generation, transportation and storage processes.
***Prerequisite: ENGG 140 and ENGG 141.***

ENER 331 - Secondary Hydrocarbon Recovery

Analysis and prediction of reservoir performance by use of material balance. Reservoir performance by use of decline curves. Pressure maintenance, oil trapping, capillary number correlations, fluid displacement, fractional flow, displacement efficiency, areal and vertical sweep efficiencies, waterflooding design, and gas injections.
***Prerequisite: ENER 301.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENER 331 or ENPE 302.*

ENER 333 - Drilling Engineering

Drilling fluids, rotary drilling, drilling hydraulics, formation pore pressure and fracture resistance, casing design, directional drilling, horizontal drilling and drilling waster disposal.
***Prerequisite: ENER 301 and ENEV 261 (concurrent enrollment allowed for both).***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENPE 360 or ENER 333.*

ENER 351 - Fundamentals of Geothermal Engineering

This course covers the fundamental aspects of geothermal engineering, the related clean energy and geology background, the general systematic usage of geothermal energy, geothermal energy from oil and gas wells, the theoretical foundation for fluid flow and heat transfer and their coupling in porous media. Concepts regarding geothermal production-injection system, closed loop, and EGS are discussed. Simulation packages to enhance technical capacity in geothermal engineering are introduced.
***Prerequisite: ENER 305, ENIN 253, and ENIN 355.***

ENEV 223 - Engineering, Environment, and Society

Introduction and application of environmental design in engineering practice, including public health and safety, environmental ethics, resource and energy systems, impacts of technology on society, sustainable development and environmental stewardship.
***Prerequisite: ENGG 123***

ENEV 321 - Applied Environmental Science

Study of biochemical effects of human activities on the environment; ecology and environmental pollution; materials and energy balances; chemical systems; basic concepts of aquatic and soil chemistry; water resources; transport phenomena; water pollution; human health risk assessment; water quality and treatment; wastewater treatment; public health aspects.
*** Prerequisite: CHEM 104 ***

ENEV 334 - Simulation & Decision Making for Engineers

Simulation and decision making for environmental engineering systems and problems such as contamination, floods, and traffic. Topics include numerical methods, distributions, regression, hypothesis testing, modelling, and risk analyses.
***Prerequisite: STAT 289.***

ENEV 363 - Water and Wastewater Engineering

The theory and design of systems and system components used in water treatment and distribution and in wastewater collection and treatment.
*** Prerequisite: ENEV 321 ***

ENEV 372 - Transportation Systems

Introduction to transportation as a system; roles of transportation in society; the technology of transportation; the transportation system and its environment; introduction to planning and management of regional transportation facilities.
***Prerequisite: CS 110 and ENGG 141 (concurrent enrolment is allowed).***

ENEV 422 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

Legislative trends; sources and characteristics of municipal solid waste; Recycling waste materials; Collection, transfer and transport; Disposal options; Sanitary landfill, incineration, composting and bioconversion; Management and Planning; Hazardous Waste-Problems, impacts and treatment/ disposal.
*** Prerequisite: ENEV 223 ***

ENEV 440 - Air Pollution Engineering

Air pollution effects and control regulations, atmospheric chemistry, air quality detection, pollution meteorology, air quality, modeling, air pollution control, techniques, and global atmospheric problems.
*** Prerequisite: ENEV 321 ***

ENEV 445 - Advanced Air Pollution Enginee

Principles of process design and cost estimation for air pollution control, design and operation of auxilliary equipment for transport and cooling waste gas streams, control of carbon dioxide, indoor air quality and control strategy. ***Prerequisites: ENEV 440 and ENIN 253***

ENEV 462 - Engineering Hydrology

Introductory engineering hydrology course. Topics include rainfall, snowmelt, infiltration, evaporation, streamflow, flood frequency analysis, flood routing, and runoff modeling.
***Prerequisite: ENEV 261 and CS 110***

ENEV 463 - Water Resources Systems

Water resources planning and management. Topics include planning for hydroelectric, flood control, water supply and irrigation projects; stochastic processes; synthetic streamflow generation; simulation and optimization of water resource systems.
*** Prerequisite: ENEV 462 ***

ENEV 465 - Advanced Water and Wastewater Engineering

Advanced consideration of water and waste treatment systems and their components; sludge treatment and disposal; wastewater reclamation and reuse; effluent disposal.
*** Prerequisite: ENEV 363 ***

ENEV 469 - Groundwater Development & Contaminant Transport

Basic principles of fluid flow in saturated and unsaturated materials, well problems, groundwater quality, discussion of salt water intrusion, and modeling of groundwater flow and contaminant transport.
***Prerequisite: ENEV 462 and ENEV 383. Concurrent enrolment allowed in ENEV 462***

ENEV 475 - Traffic Engineering

Study of the characteristics of traffic flow and methods of traffic control; introduction to traffic flow and queuing theory; roadway capacity and level of service analysis; speed and volume studies; traffic signs and signalization; computer control systems; and, accident analysis.
***Prerequisite: ENEV 372***
*Note: This course will run alternating years in the Fall.*

ENEV 801 - Environmental Systems Engg

Systems engineering and mathematical modelling concepts. Application of systems approach to ecological systems (aquatics), natural transport systems (aquatic), water resources systems, terrestrial systems and engineering planning including environmental impact assessment. Surface water pollution by toxic substances.

ENEV 803 - Water Resources Management

Simulation and optimization of water resources management. Management of water projects and floodplains, Markov chain and Monte Carlo application to water resources.

ENEV 831 - Phy Chem Water & Waste Treat

The various physical and chemical processes used in water and wastewater treatment, including coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, ActifloÒ ballasted clarification, depth/surface/membrane filtrations, disinfection, ozone, UV, advanced oxidation, adsorption, softening, ion exchange, chemical precipitation, flotation and DAF system, gas transfer and striping, and sludge treatment and disposal.

ENEV 832 - Bio Proc Wastewater Treatment

Biological processes involved in the treatment of sanitary and industrial wastewaters. Wastewater characteristics, kinetics of biological growth, aeration, aerobic biological processes, lagoons, anaerobic processes, biological nutrient removal, sludge digestion and disposal.

ENEV 834 - Solid Waste Disposal & Mgmt

Magnitude of the problem. Quantity and composition of municipal solid waste. Collection Systems. Selection of disposal methods. Sanitary landfills. Incineration including on-site incineration. Composting. Miscellaneous methods of disposal. Management considerations. Hazardous wastes - problems, impacts and disposal options.

ENEV 836 - Mine Waste Management

Geoenvironmental aspects of mine waste generation and disposal including: critical evaluation of engineering properties of processed earthen materials; segregation, sedimentation, and consolidation in tailings ponds; acid drainage and metal leaching in waste rock dumps; and geotechnical design of disposal facilities using emerging waste management technologies such as thickening and co-mixing.

ENEV 841 - Urban & Regional Trans Plan

Context and definition of transportation planning, transportation in an urban setting, planning and decision making, data management and diagnosis, demand analysis, supply analysis, study of a selected software package for transportation planning, reviewing of regional transportation studies.

ENEV 842 - Econ & Eval Trans Systems

Transportation cost models; technical concepts underlying economic evaluation methods; comparative assessment methods, cost-effectiveness and effectiveness index methods; example application to highway and transit system.

ENEV 852 - Environment Fluid Mechanics

Turbulent flow, Reynolds equations; pollutant conservation equations; jet and plums; mixing, dilution and dispertion of pollutants discharge into rivers, lakes and oceans; hydraulics of effluent discharges into water bodies; and design of outfalls.

ENEV 854 - Cold Region Hydraulic and Engineering

This course will examine advanced topics in Cold Region Hydraulic Engineering, including ice jamming, ice flooding, impacts of ice on hydraulic structures. The students will be expected to gain greater understanding in cold region science and technology.

ENEV 862 - Environmental Decision Making

Optimization modelling for environmental management systems. Linear programming, separable and integer programming, transportation models, dynamic programming, and their application to a variety of environmental engineering problems.

ENEV 863 - Air Quality Management

Advanced topics in air pollution impact assessment, mechanisms related to air pollution problems, mitigation and adapation of air pollution effects through a number of engineering measures, design of air pollution control facilities, air quality management and pollution control planning, and air quality prediction techniques.

ENEV 864 - Petroleum Waste Management

Generation of petroleum wastes and their impacts, treatment and disposal of petroleum wastes in exploration, production, and processing processes, remediation of petroleum contaminated sites, regulation related to petroleum wastes, and modeling for petroleum waste managment systems.

ENEV 865 - Hazardous Waste Management and Site Remediation

Principles of hazardous waste management. Subsurface contamination and contaminant migration. Risk-based site investigation and assessment. Discussion on different types of in-situ and ex-situ remediation technologies, including pump and treat, soil vapor extraction, air sparging, bioremediation, permeable reactive barriers, and other innovative technologies.

ENEV 866 - Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Current and novel industrial wastewater management strategies; treatment process design theory and approaches; and industrial water/wastewater quantity and quality requirement.

ENEV 886BD - Advanced Highway Traffic Anal

Concepts and procedures for monitoring and analysis of highway traffic demand, design hour volume concepts, highway traffic flow, highway capacity and level of service, intelligent transportation systems.

ENEV 886CK - Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

The course will be focused on the technologies available for wastewater treatment and reuse. A number of lectures will be given to students to conduct extensive literature review, design of different wastewater treatment process trains, conduct cost estimates, and write a proposal and final report for the assigned project.

ENEV 886CL - Advanced Soil Mechanics

Based on an in-depth student background of soil mechanics, this course will focus on applying advanced soil mechanics principles to specilized research projects. Students will use theoretical concepts of critical state, elasto-visco-plasticity, colloid-liquid interactions, and unsaturated soils to address the pertinent issues in their independent research projects.

ENEV 886CP - Advanced topic in Solid Waste Management

The course aims to address the recent advancements on solid waste management. Current literature on waste generation, collection and tranport, processing and recycling, treatment and disposal will be identified and students will be asked to conduct independent study, to prepare report and to present results orally.

ENEV 886CU - Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

This course will introduce students to various technologies used for the treatment and reuse of industrial wastewater. A final report will be submitted for evaluation, based on a comprehensive literature review, case study, or site visitation pertaining to a particular industry.

ENEV 886CY - Water Resources Engineering

This course will examine advanced topics in water resources engineering, including advanced fluid mechanics, underground water engineering, flood mapping and prediction, and sediment movement. The students will be expected to gain a greater understanding in water resources and prepare manuscripts for journal publication.

ENEV 886DF - Urban Transportation Networks

Basic concepts in minimization problems; equilibrium analysis of transportation systems; formulations of assignment problems; review of optimization algorithms; solving for user equilibrium; variable travel demand; trip distribution and traffic assignment models.

ENEV 886DG - Algae Prevention, Control and Removal

This course will identify the causes of algae growth and provide technologies for algal prevention, control and removal from water and wastewater.

ENGG 880AB - Nuclear Energy Engineering

This course will cover a broad range of engineering aspects related to a range of nuclear power plant designs, including: reactor nutronics, reactor operations, radiation protection, criticality safety, thermal hydraulics, nuclear fuel cycle, and radioactive waste management.

ENGL 331AF - Representations of London in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature

Working within critical theories about place and space, this course traces London’s representation in poetry, fiction, and drama from the massive destruction of the Great Fire in 1666 through the city’s growth into a metropolis alternatively celebrated for its size and diversity and feared for its mysteries.
***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and either ENGL 110 or completion of 48 credit hours.***

ENGL 368AC - Prison Writing Exchange

Classroom discussion about incarceration and community-based learning will be followed by a series of reading and writing workshops with incarcerated people in a correctional setting. The class will operate as a structured exchange, based in mutual respect and reciprocity, between people that reside on either side of a prison wall.
***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and either ENGL 110 or completion of 48 credit hours.***

ENGL 371AB - The Novel & The City

This course examines the city as a socially and culturally symbolic setting in novels from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The course focuses on the representation of London in novelistic terms. Authors include Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf and Salman Rushdie.
***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and either ENGL 110 or completion of 48 credit hours.***

ENGL 475AF - Utopian Literature

Study of a number of works significant in the Utopian tradition, with attention to: Historical and cultural contexts; themes such as politics, education, the arts, and gender roles; literary features of the genre; and related issues such as the intentional community and city planning.
*Note: This course is intended for ENGL Honours students. Students who are not ENGL Honours students require permission of the Department Head to register.*
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENGL 475AF or ENGL 815AF.*

ENGL 815AF - Utopian Literature

Study of a number of works significant in the utopian tradition, with attention to Historical and cultural context; themes such as politics, education, the arts, and gender roles; literary features of the genre; and related issues such as the intentional community and city planning.
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENGL 815AF or ENGL 475AF.*

ENIN 463 - Heating, Ventillating and Air Conditioning Systems

An introduction of heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) principles, technologies, and applications. Course topics include basic principles of HVAC in buildings, psychometric principle, indoor air quality, heat transmission for buildings, heating & cooling load analysis, space air diffusion, and design & application of HVAC equipment and systems.
***Prerequisite: ENIN 453 (with a minimum of 60%)***

ENIN 821 - Robotics

A comprehensive coverage of the field emphasizing design philosophy and development methodology. Designing, planning and applying robotic technology with regard to mechanics, dynamics and control, load capacity and repeatability. Basic concepts associated with sensors, actuators, sensory feedback, programming and vision.

ENIN 831 - Industrial Gas Processing

Design and operation criteria encountered in industrial gas processing industry. Topics include physical and chemical properties and overall phase equilibrium of light hydrocarbons, field treatment of natural gas, gas transportation, gas hydrates, sour gas treating, dewpoint control, fractionation, gas separation processes, NGL production, sulphur recovery, environmental control and economic consideration.
*Cross listed with ENPC 831

ENIN 877 - World Class Manufacturing Practises

World Class Manufacturing (WCM) is a continuous-improvement system that drives success. The operating methodology focuses on trimming waste, boosting productivity and improving quality and safety. Work place pillars are defined. Monitoring and assessment tools are applied to production and processing, implementation, management and administration.

ENIN 880BJ - Composite Manufacturing and Analysis

Comprehensive review of composite manufacturing including value added processing of waste streams. Characterization and modeling of material and mechanical properties of composites using ASTM standards. Property assessments includes density, tensile, compression, flexural, acoustic absorptivity, FITR spectroscopy, and others. Composite product design involving process flow mapping of material and energy.

ENIN 880CI - Optimization in Industrial Systems

Offers topics of interest for increasing operational efficiency and resource utilization, performance improvement of process and service industries applying noble and stochastic network optimization, maintenance optimization, capacity optimization, constraint optimization, and revenue optimization techniques.

ENIN 880CN - Supply Chain Management

This course provides student with knowledge and tools necessary to develop, implement, and sustain strategies for managing supply chain issues. Topics includes supply chain drivers and metrics, supply chain coordination, sourcing, distribution network design, transportation models, warehousing, sustainable supply chain, and role of technology in supporting supply chain operations.

ENPC 831 - Industrial Gas Processing

Design and operation criteria encountered in industrial gas processing industry. Topics include physical and chemical properties and overall phase equilibrium of light hydro- carbons, field treatment of natural gas, gas transportation, gas hydrates, sour gas treating, dewpoint control, fractionation, gas separation processes, NGL production, sulphur recovery, environmental control and economic considerations.
*Cross listed with ENIN 831

ENPC 863 - Air Quality Mangement

Advanced topics in air pollution impact assessment, mechanisms related to air pollution problems, mitigation and adaptation of air pollution effects through a number of engineering measures, design of air pollution control facilities, air quality management and pollution control planning, and air quality prediction techniques.

ENPC 864 - Petroleum Waste Management

Generation of petroleum wastes and their impacts, treatment and disposal of petroleum wastes in exploration, production, and processing processes, remediation of petroleum contaminated sites, regulations related to petroleum wastes, and modeling for petroleum waste management systems.

ENPC 880AF - Ionic Liquids for Biodiesel Production: Opportunities, Costs, Challenges, and R&D Needs

This course will cover advanced topics in biodiesel production with particular emphasis on biodiesel production from ethanol and waste oil using ionic liquids. Recent developments, new frontiers, economics, opportunities, challenges, and research and development needs will be evaluated and discussed. The industrial applicability and expected benefits will also be studied.

ENPE 302 - Applied Reservoir Engineering

Analysis and prediction of reservoir performance by use of material balance. Reservoir performance by use of decline curves. Pressure maintenance, oil trapping, capillary number correlations, fluid displacement, fractional flow, displacement efficiency, areal and vertical sweep efficiencies, waterflooding design, and gas injections.
***Prerequisite: ENPE 300.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENER 331 or ENPE 302.*

ENPE 340 - Rock Mechanics

Stress and strain tensors, rock elasticity, mechanical properties of rocks, effective stress concept, anisotropy, time-dependent effects, constitutive modeling of rocks, failure mechanics, rock properties from laboratory experiments, rock properties from from field data.
***Prerequisite: ENGG 141 (or ENGG 240) and ENPE 300.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENPE 340, ENER 381, or ENPE 495AD.*

ENPE 360 - Drilling Engineering

Drilling fluids, rotary drilling, drilling hydraulics, formation pore pressure and fracture resistance, casing design, directional drilling, horizontal drilling and drilling waster disposal.
***Prerequisite: ENPE 300 and ENEV 261 (concurrent enrollment allowed for both).***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENPE 360 or ENER 333.

ENPE 410 - Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods

Displacement processes for recovering additional hydrocarbons. Waterflooding, gas flooding, solvent flooding, and thermal recovery processes. Development of design techniques.
***Prerequisite: ENPE 302.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENER 431 or ENPE 410.*

ENPE 481 - Natural Gas Engineering

Determination of gas properties; estimation of reserves, material balance equation, decline curve analysis, and deliverability of individual gas wells. Single and multiphase flow in pipes, gas-condensate reservoirs; design of production facilities, metering, compression, gas storage, transmission and pipeline transportation.
***Prerequisite: ENPE 300 (concurrent enrolment allowed).***
*Note Students may receive credit for one of ENPE 381, ENPE 481, or ENER 481.*

ENPE 490 - Petroleum Waste Management

Prevention and mitigation techniques in pipeline and oil field spills. Downhole disposal of waste fluids, surface disposal of oil field wastes, fire and other hazards, H2S and other toxic gases, and safety standards.
***Prerequisite: ENPE 300 or ENEV 320 or ENEV 223.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENPE 490 or ENER 490.*

ENPE 803 - Petroleum Geomechanics

Basics of vector and tensor algebra, Stress and strain tensors, Rock elasticity, Failure mechanics, Rock properties from laboratory experiments and field data, In-situ stress estimation. Special attention is given to the following topics: Wellbore stability analysis, Hydraulic fracturing, Sand production, Compaction and subsidence, Caprock integrity, Fault reactivation and induced seismicity.

ENPE 831 - Advanced Enhanced Oil Recovery

Microscopic and macroscopic displacement of fluids in a reservoir, mobility control processes, miscible displacement processes, chemical flooding, and thermal recovery processes will be covered in this course. Mathematical representations and physical descriptions will be developed. Carbon dioxide flooding and steam assisted gravity draining will be covered in more depth.

ENPE 860 - Secondary Oil Recovery

This course provides students with a thoruough understanding of immiscible fluid displacement phenomenon in porous media. Immiscible displacement processes widely employed in the industry will be discussed. These will be mainly waterflooding and, to a less extent, gas flooding. Coverage of these processes will include design and evaluation.

ENPE 880AO - Process Design of Utililty Systems

This course is designed for graduate students interested in working in various industries (e.g., petroleum, process, etc) and provides students a thorough understanding of the design aspects and procedures of various utility systems such as: water treatment, compressed gases (e.g. air, nitrogent, etc), hot oil (thermal fluid), cooling water supply, steam supply, and waste water systems.

ENSE 472 - Digital Networks

The course focus on digital networks, their architectures and communication protocols. The course covers the ISO/OSI, TCP/IP, and hybrid models. The course presents methods used on data-link/MAC layer, routing mechanisms complexities, and congestion control.
***Prerequisites: CS 215***

ENSE 885AO - Readings in Cloud Computing for Intelligent Systems

This course will cover detailed aspects of cyber-physical systems such as architecture, protocols, and services. Topics include cloud computing, software as a service, Internet of Things. Example applications of interest will include transportation as a service.

ENVS 100 - Introduction to Indigenous Environmental Science

This course will introduce students to the conceptual framework of the environment by examining its physical, biological, and social components with Indigenous perspectives. General topics will include: ecological principles and the responses of ecosystems to disturbance, population growth, biodiversity and conservation, and environmental sustainability.

FILM 486AZ - Long-form film production

Students will work together in creative and hands-on capacities to develop and create a serial-style narrative film headed by the course instructor. Professional tools and strategies and a hierarchical production model will be employed.
*Additional Fee: $100.*

FILM 890BE - Transnational Screens

This course will investigate transnational methodologies in the expression and safeguarding of living cultural heritage through screen media practices and propose reflections on current debates around identity politics in globalizing cultures, political and cultural sovereignty, control of representation in image production, and modes of resistance to colonialism.

GBUS 846AF - Mentorship and Leadership Development

The course explores the theory and practice of mentorship as a HR function and as an organizational leadership development capacity. Students will learn best practice in establishing an organizational wide mentorship program. The course will also examine leadership development more broadly including evaluation of leadership development initiatives.

GBUS 851AA - Indigenous Business and Leadership

This course considers historical and contemporary topics relating to Indigenous business and leadership of relevance to both Indigenous and non-indigenous leaders and organizations. A broad range of topics, issues, and contexts may be considered, such as Indigenous leadership styles, issues, and responsibilities, Indigenous rights, governance, economic development, civic activism, and decolonization.

GEOL 102 - Earth and Environment

The nature of the earth. Plate tectonics and the geological time scale. Earthquakes, volcanism and surface processes with reference to their effect on the human environment. Earth resources, waste disposal, and pollution in a geological context.

GES 246 - Urban Geography

The course examines cities as systems viewed at global, national, and local levels. Economic and social patterns and linkages are stressed. Special emphasis is placed on the Canadian urban system and the urban geography of Regina.
***Prerequisite: GES 100 or GES 120 or permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for only one of GES 246, GEOG 246, or GEOG 324.*

GES 346 - Urban Planning

This course examines the classical roots of modern urban planning, the core concepts of planning theory, and the land-use plan. Emphasis is placed on urban planning in Canada and especially in Regina.
***Prerequisite: GES 100 or GES 120 or permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: Students may only receive credit for one of GES 346. GEOG 346, or GEOG 424.*

GES 421 - Topics in Climatology and Meteorology

Weather and human activities. Response to weather hazards: hurricanes, thunderstorms, droughts. World climate regions. Climate change. Human impact of weather, weather forecasting and climatological information. Anthropogenic effects on the atmosphere.
***Prerequisite: GES 321 or permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for only one of GES 421 and GEOG 421.*

HIST 201 - Canada From Confederation to World War II

A survey of Canadian history from Confederation to the outbreak of World War II including such topics as John A. Macdonald's National Policy, western settlement, the rise of urban, industrial Canada, the impact of World War I, society and politics during the 1920s and the Great Depression.
*** Prerequisite: One 100 level History Course or completion of 15 credit hours ***
* Note: Formerly numbered HIST 205 and HIST 206. Students may not receive credit for both HIST 201 and either of HIST 205 or HIST 206. *

HIST 234 - The United States, 1865-1941

Topics covered include Western expansion and development; growth of the urban industrial order; immigration/ethnicity; African Americans; gender issues; society and culture; regionalism; politics; emergence of the United States as a world power from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of U.S. involvement in World War ll.
*** Prerequisite: One 100 Level HIST or completion of 15 credit hours. ***

HIST 265 - Early Middle Ages 300-1100

This course covers the emergence of medieval Europe out of Roman, Germanic, and Christian influences. Topics include the Viking attacks, the rise of the Christian Church, the decline and revival of urban life, the "King Arthur" controversy, and the development of kingdoms and empires.
*** Prerequisite: One 100 level HIST or completion of 15 credit hours ***

HIST 266 - Western Europe in the Later Middle Ages, 1100-1400

The themes of this course include: the Crusades, heresies, Church reform, universities and learning, chivalry and courtly love, towns and trade, intensification of anti-Semitism, developments in religion, art and architecture, monarchies and government, the Black Death, the Papacy, and Church-state relations.
*** Prerequisite: One 100 level HIST or completion of 15 credit hours ***

HIST 275 - Nineteenth Century Europe

Industrialization, urbanization, science, ideological conflicts; Congress of Vienna, Concert of Europe, revolutions of 1848-49; unifications of Italy and Germany; Napoleon III; Imperialism, origins of the First World War.

*** Prerequisite: 100 level History course or completion of 15 credit hours ***

HIST 290AM - A History of Canadian Disasters

Students will explore major disasters that shook the nation throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Through an examination of a variety of ‘natural’ disasters, including fires, floods, and severe storms to human-made disasters, such as explosions, crashes, and spills, this course will highlight the relationship between all levels of government, big business, and charities when responding to disasters. By investigating the argument that there is no such thing as a ‘natural’ disaster, students will gain insight into Canadian federalism, humanitarianism, big business, and technological advances.
***Prerequisite: One 100 level HIST course or completion of 15 credit hours***

HIST 290AV - China Since Mao

Examines social and economic change in China since the Cultural Revolution and the death of Mao Zedong in 1976. Using both chronological and thematic approaches it explores such phenomena as urbanization, environmental challenges, mass media, education, and censorship. The evolution of distinctive features of China's political system is also explored.
***Prerequisite: One 100-level HIST course or completion of 15 credit hours***

HIST 322 - Sex and the City: the Pursuit of Pleasure in Britain since 1500

Topics include early modern erotica, libertines, the royal mistresses of Charles II, the city and sexual danger, prostitution, Victorian repression, abortion and birth control, twentieth-century liberal attitudes toward sexuality, the impact of sex manuals and sex education, the sexual revolution, and the articulation of a gay and lesbian identity
*** Prerequisite: One HIST course or 30 credit hours ***

HIST 333 - The History of Chicago, America's Second City

Examines urban development in one of America's most racially and ethnically diverse cities. This course analyzes Chicago history from its early-nineteenth century origins of cultural conflict and environmental achievements, to its turn-of-the-century growth as a site of progressive reform, to its more recent struggles with racial/ethnic divides and political corruption.

*** Prerequisite: One HIST course or completion of 30 credit hours ***

HIST 334 - Gender in Modern America

This course will examine the ways in which race, ethnicity, class, region, and sexuality have shaped ideas about gender and gender ideals in the United States since the Civil War, as well as how these beliefs changed over time and were contested throughout modern U.S. history.
*** Prerequisite: One HIST course or completion of 30 credit hours ***

HIST 371 - Early Modern Culture, Identity, Exchange and Conflict

This course explores the depth and breadth of cultural identities, exchanges and interactions in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It will examine the role of religion, ethnicity, race and class in shaping early modern identities and informing cultural interactions during this period of violent upheaval and change.
***Prerequisite: One HIST course or completion of 30 credit hours***

HIST 466 - The Middle Ages in Film

This course critically examines films set in the Middle Ages in order to explore the issue of the value of cinematic representations of medieval history. Topics addressed include race and ethnicity, gender roles, epic heroism, faith, religion, and holiness, and war in films set in the Middle Ages.

*** Prerequisite: Two HIST courses at the 200- or 300- level or Completion of 60 credit hours or permssion of Department Head ***

HIST 866 - The Middle Ages in Film

This course critically examines films set in the Middle Ages in order to explore the issue of the value of cinematic representations of medieval history. Topics addressed include race and ethnicity, gender roles, epic heroism, faith, religion, and holiness, and war in films set in the Middle Ages.

HIST 878 - The Berlin Seminar

This course focuses on aspects of Berlin's history during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Themes include the effects of industrialization, the transformation of urban life during the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the division of the city after World War II, and changes following the collapse of the wall.

HUM 260 - Utopian Literature, Thought, and Experiment

Study of utopian texts from ancient Golden Ages to modern science fictions. Questions to be asked include whether a much improved human society is possible, what might bring it about, and what are the obstacles? In addition to utopian theory, study of planning the "ideal city," study of the challenges of living in "international communities," and other applications will be considered.
*** Prerequisite: ENGL 100 ***

IDS 290AB - Ecomuseums: Community Engagement for Sustainability

An ecomuseum is constructed when a community comes together to explore, interpret and preserve its heritage in a multifaceted and dynamic way, to promote sustainable development. Ecomuseums exist throughout the world, and this course will study and participate in the development of an emerging ecomuseum in central Saskatchewan.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 15 credit hours, or permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of IDS 290AB or NSLI 390AD.*

INDG 305 - Urbanization and the Indigenous Peoples

This course examines the increasing migration of Canadian Indigenous peoples to urban centres and their changing socio-economic conditions. Includes examination of government policy affecting off-reserve Indians, and urban Indian agents for change.
***Prerequisite: Any 200-level INDG course, or permission of the Program Coordinator.***

INDG 421 - Issues in Indigenous Sovereignty

This course explores issues of Indigenous sovereignty including governance and policy.
***Prerequisite: INDG 224 and any 300-level INDG course or permission of the Department Head.***

INDG 424 - Indigenous Sovereignty and Governance

This course analyzes sovereignty as a principle of Indigenous governance and the principles, structures, and development of Indigenous governments in Saskatchewan and Canada, emphasizing emerging models.
***Prerequisite: INDG 324 or permission of the Department Head.***

INHS 400 - Indigenous Research Methods Applications

This course critically reviews the research methodologies that are in keeping with the values and constructs of Indigenous Peoples' worldview(s) and knowledge(s). This course emphasizes the link between the development of a research question and a variety of methodological approaches that situate the researcher within a particular context of the Indigenous research site and the importance of incorporating reciprocity and subjectivity throughout the research experiences. Students are required to apply this understanding in the preparation of a draft research proposal that adheres to the core principles of Indigenous worldview(s).
***Prerequisite: INHS 300.***

INSW 450 - Indigenous Perspective on Community Development

The focus of this course is on the well-being of Indigenous communities. Models of community development that are holistic and sustainable and that include understanding governance, land and resources, culture, and health will be examined. Ethical practice for social workers involved in community development and research approaches are included.
***Prerequisite: INSW 200.***

IS 220 - International Development and Poverty

This is an introduction to international development. Mainstream development is geared to 'attacking poverty' through various models of development: modernization, industrialization and urbanization, globalization, and good governance. Alternative models of development argue that these actually spread inequality and impoverishment. Can development be done right? Does development have a future?

*** Prerequisites: IS 100 ***

IS 301 - Global Governance: International Organizations

The course studies the role of international organizations in contemporary global governance. It examines the functions of global and regional organizations in major issue areas, including peace and security, international economic relations, development, human rights and the environment. It investigates the effectiveness, legitimacy and accountability of the exiting system of global governance.
***Prerequisite: IS 100 (formerly INTL 100) or 30 credit hours***
*Note: this course is cross-listed with PSCI 342. Students may receive credit for only one of IS 301 or PSCI 342.*

IS 420 - Advanced Topics in International Development

This seminar course examines critical perspectives of international development. Topics include, among others, strategies to alleviate poverty, population growth and scarcity, urbanization, land rights, microfinance, displacement and development refugees, environmental sustainability, and the role of civil society in development.
***Prerequisite: IS 220 and 60 credit hours, or permission of the department head***
*Note: Formerly numbered DEVS 400. Students may receive credit for one of DEVS 400 or IS 420*

IS 490AG - Rebel groups and Machine-Learning: research of conflict videos related to civil war

The premise of this course is that studying the forces shaping armed group structures and evolution are critical to identifying patterns of organized armed violence, whether related to intra-state conflict or urban violence. It approaches armed groups as adaptive, self-sustaining multinational entities that survive despite formidable political and military pressure.

JRN 400 - Internship

Internship is a term served in the field in a work/study capacity. Students select prospective internships and are interviewed for placements in news and/or communications; however, final decisions on placements are at the discretion of the School. Students must accept placements as assigned.
***Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of JRN 100, JRN 200, JRN 201, JRN 202 (or INCA 391AA), JRN 320 or JRN 321, and JRN 330.***
*Note: Internships are offered in the Spring/Summer or Fall term.*

JS 343 - Community Policing

A theoretical examination of the history and models of contemporary community policing in Canada. The interrelated roles of the community and the police in the development and implementation of community- and problem-oriented policing in urban as well as rural settings will be examined.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours including JS 090 and JS 100, or permission of the Department Head.***

JS 412 - Environment and Justice

Traces environmental movements, environmental ethics, evolution of environmental assessment/protection, criminalization of pollution, and international environmental agreements. Approached from several perspectives: deep ecology, social ecology, green politics, sustainable development, bio-regionalism and eco-feminism.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours including JS 090 and JS 100, or permission of the Department Head.***

JS 460 - Discrimination and Justice

This course examines the social, economic, political and legal implications of discrimination based on: age, ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, ability, and religion. The course assesses possible areas for social justice advocacy alongside potential legal/judicial remedies to ensure rights and self-determination.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 60 credit hours including one JS 300-level course, or permission of the Department Head.***

JSGS 810 - Co-operative and Non-profit Governance and Leadership

This course will introduce students to strategic leadership issues in board-run organizations such as co-operatives and non-profits. The course will focus on governance, executive leadership, interactions with external stakeholders, and the board of directors' roles in strategy formation and implementation.

JSGS 817 - Health Policy

The course will review the historical development of the Canadian health care system and its supporting principles, governance structures and fiscal arrangements; and examine contemporary structures and relationships. Issues such as benefit coverage, health human resources, user fees, pharmaceuticals, regional health boards, and health reform in a comparative context will be examined.

JSGS 858 - Enterprise Information Management

An in-depth analysis of health information functions critical to health care operations; enterprise information governance with a focus on information as a strategic asset; and the role of health information professionals in quality improvement, care coordination, and performance and utilization management. Implementing strategic and organizational change will also be covered.

JSGS 863 - Indigenous Peoples and Public Policy

Begins with the historic framework for contemporary public policy established by treaties, reserves and legislation. Then it examines contemporary developments, including constitutional negotiations, influential court case, urbanization, comprehensive claims and self-government.

JSGS 868 - Resource and Environmental Policy

An examination of recent trends in resource and environmental policy. The course will focus on policy processes in the context of the growing integration of resource and environmental policies, multi-level governance and civil society engagement.

JSGS 870 - Water Policy in an Age of Uncertainty

Do contemporary water systems embody principles that will allow them to adapt and function in a changing climate, a rapidly evolving economy, a changing settlement system, and new lifestyles? Students will develop a collaborative, interdisciplinary framework for evaluating sustainable water governance.

JSGS 880 - Advanced Governance Analysis

Governance refers to “who gets to decide what” in political systems, sectors of the economy, the use of technology, and organizations. This course examines the development of governance systems in response to authority no longer being confined entirely to government, and examines arrangements leading to both desirable and undesirable outcomes.

JSGS 893 - Foundations of Indigenous Governance

Indigenous peoples’ governance frameworks, while diverse, are intrinsically informed by Indigenous worldviews. This course explores settler-colonial Canada’s attempts to eradicate Indigenous nationhood and Indigenous peoples’ resistance through the continued practice of governance. In particular, Indigenous worldviews will be presupposed to transform colonial inequity in contemporary Indigenous/Canadian governing relationships.

JSGS 894 - Indigenous Nation Building in Practice

This course develops a structure by which the connection between the traditional and contemporary forms of governance can decolonize and mitigate colonial inequity in settler-colonial Canada. Among the questions considered are: How is decision making informed by traditional approaches to Indigenous governance? How can Indigenous self-governance transform settler-colonial inequity?

JSGS 895 - Community Residency

The purpose of this course is to provide a framework for community economic development and community enhancement in Indigenous communities. Students will be matched with a community governance project before course commencement.

KHS 886 - Ergonomics

This course will introduce students to the field of occupational biomechanics/ergonomics. It will examine how biomechanical principles can be used to study work-related activities to reduce musculoskeletal injury in the workplace. Various methods to assess work-related tasks such as sitting and lifting will be presented. Other topics will include using an integrated approach to the analysis of physical work capacity, principles for redesigning tasks to reduce the risk of injury (e.g., workspace layout), etiology of low back and upper limb repetitive stress disorders and pre-employment screening and legislative guidelines.

KIN 358 - Occupational Testing and Training

This course provides students with theoretical methods and practical application of occupational testing and training in a variety of physically demanding occupations. Through the clinical portion of the course, students have the opportunity to assist in assessment and programming for the recruits of organizations such as the Saskatchewan Police College as well as perform occupational testing for organizations such as the City of Regina Fire and Protective Services.
***Prerequisite: KIN 350.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of KIN 358 or KIN 381AF.*

KIN 420 - Diversity Issues in Kinesiology, Health, Sport and Recreation

This course examines the relationship between the diversity of the Canadian population and involvement in sport, recreation, exercise and/ or physical activity. Specific areas of focus might include gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, age, ability, social class, body type, and religion. Current issues will be used for discussion and illustration.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 60 credit hours, including KIN 110, and KIN 120.***

KIN 485 - Pathophysiology of Human Movement

Capacities for movement will be examined relative to structural and functional changes as a result of aging and/or progression of disease among individuals with specific cardiovascular, physical, and/or neuromuscular impairments.
***Prerequisite: KIN 220 and KIN 280***
***Prerequisite/Corequisite: KIN 350***

LG 200 - Local Government Authority in Saskatchewan

This course introduces the fundamental concepts of society, democracy and principles of local government administration in the Saskatchewan context. Topics include: local government democratic values, public administration principles and values, municipal policy making, elected officials responsibilities, communication, public relations, local government finance, budgeting and ethical decision-making. *Note: Formerly numbered LG 014. Students may receive credit for only one of LG 014 or LG 200. *

LG 202 - Local Government Legislation and Statute Law

An introduction to Saskatchewan legislation relevant to municipal government processes, procedures and authority. Topics include case law, statute law, contracts, preparation and interpretation of bylaws, interpretation of statutes and detailed study of Government of Saskatchewan Acts governing rural, urban and Northern municipalities. * Note: Formerly numbered LG 015. Students may receive credit for only one of LG 015 or LG 202. *

LG 206 - Local Government Accounting

An examination of the history, purposes and principles of local government accounting, budgeting, audits, assessment and taxation. Emphasis is placed on Urban and Rural Municipalities and School Division accounting.
*** Prerequisite: BUS 285 or LG 204 or 024. ***
* Note: Formerly numbered LG 025. Students may receive credit for only one of LG 025 or 206. *

LG 208AA - Local Government Management Practices

This course provides students with an overview of the skills necessary to become an effective manager in local government today. Topics include an introduction to public sector management, effective leadership, and the fundamental functions of local government. Students will learn the knowledge and skills to manage a small to medium size municipality in Saskatchewan.
***Prerequisite: LG 200***

MAP 102 - Exploring Cultural Regina

This course focuses on experiential learning. Students will visit a wide variety of cultural institutions across the city, exploring and critically interacting with many of Regina’s creative organizations.
*Note: Students cannot receive credit for both MAP 102 and MAP 212*
*Note: Pop Culture Option*
*Note: Cannot be taken after a student has completed more than 60 credit hours in residency at the University of Regina.*

MAP 200AO - City as Performance

Students will explore ways in which dance and other forms of movement are used to investigate the urban environment with attention towards spectatorship and entrepreneurship with the city and the studio used as a canvas for creativity.
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of THEA 215AB or MAP 200AO.*

MAP 810AH - Cultural Heritage in Screen Media

This course focuses on transnational and trans-Indigenous methodologies in the expression and safeguarding of cultural heritage. Drawing on specific examples of cultural heritage, the course will examine identity politics in globalizing cultures, political and cultural sovereignty, and control of representation in image production.

MAP 890AB - Space/Place: Locating Interdisciplinary Theory and Practice

This course investigates multiple theoretical/methodological frameworks focused on ideas of space and place: Bertold Brecht's ideas for revolutionizing his audience will be the beginning, continuing with geographical, sociological, literary engagements with space/place and concepts of narrative, performativity, memory. Site specificity and installation art are central foci of the course.

MATH 421 - Number Theory II

This course is a second course in number theory. Topics include quadratic reciprocity, arithmetic functions, distribution of primes, and the prime number theorem.
***Prerequisite: MATH 321, 305, and 312.***

MHIM 801 - Data Management

This course focuses on the principles of data governance to develop policies and procedures that support the HIM life cycle. Data quality frameworks will be examined. The issues around data management and data integrity will be explored. Canadian health care databases will be used to create presentations.

NSLI 260 - Nonprofit Organization Governance and Leadership

The course emphasizes theoretical and practical considerations in the governance of nonprofit organizations. It focuses on what boards, the volunteers who serve on them do, and how they do it to maximize nonprofit governance and organizational effectiveness. Emphasis on competencies of highly effective boards, CEOs, board chairs, and leadership volunteers.
***Prerequisite: NSLI 100 or 12 credit hours, or permission of the Program Director.***
*Note: NSLI 100 may be taken concurrently.*
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of NSLI 360 or NSLI 260.*

NSLI 350 - Nonprofit Financial Management and Philanthropy

Financial management and philanthropy, focusing on diverse funding sources and formulas: governments, donors, corporate sponsorships, fundraising, social enterprises, etc. Introduction to financial monitoring systems, roles in nonprofit organizations, creating and monitoring annual budgets, internal and external reports and procedures, cost accounting methods, long range financial planning, building capacity for innovation.
***Prerequisite: NSLI 100 or 12 credit hours, or permission of the Program Director.***
*Note: NSLI 100 may be taken concurrently.*

NSLI 370 - Fund Development in Nonprofit Organizations

Will cover the fundamentals and challenges of fundraising and resource development in non-profit and voluntary sector organizations. Topics covered will include working through the donor cycle, the importance of relationship building, establishing revenue streams, grant-writing, and the role of the Board and governance for organizational sustainability.
***Prerequisite: NSLI 100 or 12 credit hours, or permission of the Program Director.***
*Note: NSLI 100 may be taken concurrently.*
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of NSLI 390AB or NSLI 370.*

PHIL 282 - Philosophical Issues in Sustainable Development

This course critically examines sustainable development from a philosophical perspective clarifying its various meanings, coherence, and implications. Underlying principles (such as the precautionary principle), relationship to other concepts (such as sustainable growth), and implied ethical obligations are explored. The merits of different sustainable development strategies are philosophically examined.
***Prerequisite: PHIL 100 or completion of 15 credit hours.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of PHIL 282 or PHIL 290AF.*

PHIL 880BK - Philosophical Dimensions of Sustainable Livelihoods

An examination of the meaning and significance of the concept of sustainable livelihoods through diverse philosophical lenses and as a strategy in advancing sustainable development. Its relation to other sustainability terms (e.g. sustainable lifestyles, sustainable consumption and production) and philosophical concepts (e.g. autonomy, agency) will also be explored.
**Permission of the Department Head is required to register.**
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of PHIL 880AK or PHIL 870AJ.*

PHYS 201 - Electricity and Magnetism

An introduction to electricity and magnetism for science and engineering students, covering the topics of electrostatics, D.C. circuits, magnetism, and electromagnetic induction.
*** Prerequisite: MATH 213 and one of PHYS 111, 112 or 119. Math 213 may be taken concurrently.***

PHYS 219 - Introductory Radiation Science and Biophysics

Radioactivity exists naturally in the soil, water, and air in variety of forms. Beneficial uses of manmade radiation include energy production, medical diagnoses and treatments, transportation safety, precision industrial measurements. This course covers the principles of radiation science and explores safe uses of radiation for betterment of our lives.
***Prerequisite: PHYS 109 or PHYS 111***

PHYS 392 - Physics of Continuous Media

An introduction to elasticity and elastic moduli, fracture, fluid flow, viscous effects, compressible flow ideal fluid flow and applications.
***Prerequisite: PHYS 202, MATH 213, and MATH 217. With permission of the Department Head, all courses may be taken concurrently.***

PSCI 342 - Global Governance: International Organizations

The course studies the role of international organizations in contemporary global governance. It examines the functions of global and regional organizations in major issue areas, including peace and security, international economic relations, development, human rights and the environment. It investigates the effectiveness, legitimacy and accountability of the existing system of global governance such as the United Nations system.
***Prerequisite: Any 200-level PSCI course or the completion of 30 credit hours.***
*Note: this course is cross-listed with IS 301. Students may receive credit for only one of IS 301 or PSCI 342.*

PSCI 352 - Indigenous Women and Politics

This course examines the involvement and representation of Indigenous women in Canadian Politics including the ways in which they have influenced policy change. Indigenous women's roles and responsibilities within traditional governance structures which led to more contemporary efforts at community engagement through activism are relevant.
***Prerequisite: Any 200-level PSCI course or the completion of 30 credit hours.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of PSCI 352 or PSCI 390BE.*

PSCI 452 - Current Issues in Canadian Politics

This is a senior seminar that will explore significant contemporary issues facing Canada. Topics may include democratic governance and participation, reconciliation, identity and citizenship, policy reform, Canada’s place in the world and constitutional and institutional reform.
***Prerequisite: Two PSCI courses at the 200 or 300 level or completion of 60 credit hours.***

PSCI 473 - Erasure and Resurgence: Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Settler Colonialism

What does it mean to call Canada a settler colonial society? How, in settler colonialism, do Indigenous peoples articulate their nationhood? Through a discussion of land rights, economy, and governance, this seminar course will look at settler colonial attempts of erasure alongside Indigenous people's resistance and resurgence.
***Prerequisite: Two PSCI courses at the 200 or 300 level or completion of 60 credit hours.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of PSCI 473 or PSCI 490BG.*

PSYC 255 - Biological Foundations of Behaviour

An introduction to the structure and function of the nervous system and the cells that comprise it. Emphasis is placed on neuroplasticity, by examining how the brain effects and is affected by normal and abnormal behaviour.
***Prerequisite: PSYC 101 and PSYC 102***
*Note: Students who have completed BIOL 407 may not take this course for credit*

PSYC 356 - Human Neuropsychology

An examination of human brain-behaviour relationships and the effects of brain damage on behaviour. Topics may include: neuropsychological assessment and research methods in behavioural neuroscience; laterality; neuroplasticity; and neural mechanisms underlying emotion, sensory, and motor processing.
***Prerequisite: PSYC 204 and PSYC 255.***
*Note: This course will initially be restricted to PSYC majors. Non-majors will be eligible to register at a later point if space remains.*

PSYC 832 - Advanced Psychopathology

An examination of current theories and research concerning psychological diagnoses.

RLST 890DL - Muslim-Christian Relations

This is an in-depth graduate course on the historical development in the inter-religious relations between Muslims and Christians since the advent of Islam in the seventh century till contemporary time. The focus will be on the mutual perspectives of Muslims and Christians on themes like leadership, authenticity, and co-existence.

SOC 202 - Cities in the 21st Century

This course examines contemporary urban life and the challenges facing cities in the 21st century using a variety of sociological frameworks. Topics covered in the course may include cities and the environment, urban culture and urban renewal, civil society and community engagement, and global cities.
*** Prerequisite: Completion of 12 credit hours or SOC 100 or permission of Department Head.***
* Note: SOC 100 is required for all majors in Sociology *

SOC 217 - Rural Societies

This course introduces students to classic and contemporary sociological perspectives on rural life. Topics include issues such as the impact of the global economy on rural societies, rural to urban migration, and social cohesion and social conflict within rural communities.
***Completion of 12 credit hours or SOC 100 or permission of department head.*** *Note: SOC 100 is required for all majors in Sociology.*

SOC 333 - Sociology of Disaster

Sociological explanations of the different ways societies define and manage exposures to risk. Disasters, as distinct from hazards, are consequences of social conditions and social institutions generating vulnerability to risk.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours, including completion of one 200 level SOC course, or permission of the Department Head.***

SOC 890AS - Issues on Sociology of Disasters

The course focuses on the sociological explanation of disasters and on the different ways in which societies define and manage their exposure to risk

SW 405 - Social Work with Indigenous Peoples

This course investigates theory and practices for social workers to support Indigenous individuals, families and communities in a variety of settings. The course explores the history of of oppression experienced by Indigenous peoples by government policies. Emphasis is placed on individual self-determination, cultural safety, Indigenous self-governance and societal decolonization.
***Prerequisite: INDG 200 level or higher.***

THAC 365AW - Secrets of the Borne Settee

An advanced production/performance class utilizing acting theory and practice in Canadian drama. Students will explore language, period styles, honest and truthful characterization based on real historical figures, specificity in action, learn to follow a character arc, and realistically listen and respond on stage in an ensemble.
***Prerequisite: Permission of the Department Head by audition only***

THAC 365AX - Making Treaty 4

An advanced production/performance class utilizing acting theory and practice in Canadian drama. Students will explore language, period styles, honest and truthful characterization based on real historical figures, specificity in action, learn to follow a character arc, and realistically listen and respond on stage in an ensemble.
***Prerequisite: Permission of the Department Head***

THAC 365AY - Fall 2019 Production - Springs Awakening - Musical

An advanced production/performance class utilizing acting theory and practice in Canadian drama. Students will explore language, period styles, honest and truthful characterization based on real historical figures, specificity in action, learn to follow a character arc, and realistically listen and respond on stage in an ensemble.
***Prerequisite: Permission of the Department Head by audition only***

THAC 465AQ - Winter 2019 Production - Secrets of the Borne Settee

An advanced production/performance class utilizing acting theory and practice in Canadian drama. Students will explore language, period styles, honest and truthful characterization based on real historical figures, specificity in action, learn to follow a character arc, and realistically listen and respond on stage in an ensemble.
***Prerequisite: Permission of the Department Head by audition only***

THEA 215AB - Performing the City

This class considers dance / movement / the urban environment. Students work in studio and on location investigating the city as a canvas for creativity, spectatorship, place making and entrepreneurship. It is aimed at Fine Arts, Business, Education, Kinesiology, and those interested in the place of creativity in the urban environment.
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of THEA 215AB or MAP 200AO.*

THTR 204 - Technical Theatre for a Scholastic Situation

This course will cover the stage management and technical requirements needed to mount a production in an elementary/high school environment. You are teaching in small town Saskatchewan and learn the principal expects you to design, direct, and tech the upcoming mega-musical. Don’t panic, this course will cover the stage management and technical requirements needed to mount a production in an
elementary/high school environment.
*Note: Students cannot receive credit for THTR 204 and THDS 365AD*

WGST 380AW - Gender in Modern America

This course will examine the ways in which race, ethnicity, class, region, and sexuality have shaped ideas about gender and gender ideals in the United States since the Civil War, as well as how these beliefs changed over time and were contested throughout modern U.S. history.
***Prerequisite: WGST 100 and permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of WGST 380AW or HIST 334.*