Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

ADMN 203 - Comparative Management

This course deals with the relationship between organizational forms, business and government institutions, economic development, and values and cultures of societies. The role and responsibilities of the business manager and public administrator are examined in the context of the impact of changing technologies and institutions on values and cultures. Case studies from Indigenous business and public administration will be used.
***Prerequisite: ADMN 260 (or BUS 260) and INDG 100. Concurrent enrolment is allowed in INDG 100.***

ADMN 220 - Introduction to First Nations Public Administration

This introductory course is designed to present the managerial implications of a band government administrative structure. Major concepts and findings in the field of management will be compared with band management and its unique demands. Similarities and differences in band management structures will be compared with business and public administration models.
***Prerequisite: ADMN 100 or BUS 100, and INDG 100. Concurrent enrolment is allowed in INDG 100.***

ADMN 225 - First Nations Economic Development

This course is designed to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches to band entrepreneurial development undertaken by government agencies, research and planning groups, band organizations, band councils and individual band entrepreneurs. Problem areas and alternative approaches will be investigated in relation to the physical and social environments, external factors, and the socio-cultural environment.
***Prerequisite: ADMN 100 (or BUS 100) and INDG 100. Concurrent enrolment is allowed in INDG 100.***

ADMN 228 - Introduction to Indigenous Governance

This survey course focuses on First Nation governments. Emphasis is on its concepts, issues, and rapidly emerging and changing systems. Special emphasis is given to the policy, financial and personnel aspects of First Nations public sector administration.
***Prerequisite: ADMN 100 (or BUS 100) and INDG 100. Concurrent enrolment is allowed in INDG 100.***

ADMN 307 - Business Law

This course provides an introduction to Canadian legal institutions and processes. Topics will include: the judicial system, law making, contracts, torts and civil liability, constitutional and administrative law, and criminal law.
***Prerequisite: ADMN 100 (or BUS 100) and 45 credit hours of university studies.***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both ADMN 307 and BUS 307.*

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 352 - Negotiations in a First Nations Setting

Negotiation as a means of conflict resolution is examined in the context of intergovernmental relationships, intra-organizational relationships, and business-client relationships. The course is experiential based and will focus on decision analytic perspectives to negotiation.
*** Prerequisite: ADMN 260 or BUS 260 ***

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 100 - Introduction to Anthropology

An introduction to the anthropological concept of culture, its uses in the explanation of human behaviour, and its impact on our understanding of human nature, language, and society. The course will explore cultural diversity through the comparative perspective that makes anthropology unique within the humanities and social sciences. It will also show how anthropologists analyse the connections between politics, economics, gender, kinship, and religion within particular cultures.

ANTH 242AB - The Anthropology of Violence and Conflict

This course will apply anthropological theories to explore violence and conflict as social processes rather than as isolated events. We will utilize various cross-cultural examples to explore how violence and conflict maintain social stability while disrupting social norms.
***Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or completion of 12 credit hours or permission of the Department Head.***
*Note Students may receive credit for one of ANTH 242AB or ANTH 320AM.*

ANTH 242AJ - Anthropology of Political Extremism

Today political extremism is a central concern for most societies. This course uses anthropological theory and ethnography to explore the extremes of political thought and action. Topics possibly covered in this class may include white nationalism, neo-nazis, men’s rights movement, radical environmentalism, religious political extremism of different faiths.
***Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or completion of 12 credit hours or permission of 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 242AQ - Anthropology of Evil

This course is focused on the social construction of evil as evidenced in belief, discourse, and practice. By drawing on historical and contemporary anthropological theory and research we will debate, explore, and problematize the construction and use of the concept of evil for justifications of violence, weaponized politics, and enforcement of normative cultural systems.
***Prerequisite: ANTH 100 or completion of 12 credit hours or permission of the Department Head.***

ANTH 304 - Anthropology of Gender

How different cultures make distinctions between female, male and other gender categories; cross-cultural variation in gender definitions and roles; how gender shapes and is shaped by other aspects of culture and society.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours including at least 3 credit hours in ANTH, or permission of the Department Head.***

ANTH 313 - Material Culture and Consumption

A study of the investment of social values in the material world, including the cultural politics of "styles" in architecture, interior decoration, dress, etc. Consumption is approached ethnographically, in relation to modern personhood, kinship, and household formation. Practices such as collecting are studied in terms of the cultural politics of value in various societies. Emphasis is placed on modernity, with reference to ethnographic records of material culture in pre-industrial societies.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours including at least 3 credit hours in ANTH, or permission of the Department Head.***

ANTH 320AM - Advanced Anthropology of Violence

This course applies anthropological theories to explore violence and other forms of conflict as social processes rather than as isolated events. It provides a critical perspective on theoretical, methodological and ethical questions using a variety of ethnographic case studies and explores how anthropologists can effectively study this culturally universal phenomenon.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours including at least 3 credit hours in ANTH, or permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ANTH 320AM or ANTH 242AB.*

BIOL 223 - Microbes and Society: Can microbes save humanity?

Microbes play a critically important role in the environment and human society. Microbiology will be used to introduce students to relevant environmental issues. Students will develop critical thinking skills for evaluating these environmental issues.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 24 credit hours***

BIOL 276 - Environmental Biology

This course discusses the biological basis for environmental change and its impacts on human society and will review the patterns, causes and consequences of human-induced and natural environmental change. Topics will include: global warming, acid rain, ozone depletion, fisheries collapse, sustainable forestry, agriculture, biodiversity, and conservation. For Biology, Environmental Science and Environmental Studies Majors.
*** Prerequisite: BIOL 100 and 101, or BIOL 150 and ENST 200 ***

BIOL 880AT - Scientific Collaboration

This course puts into practice recent research on effective team science, teaching skills to optimize collaboration, including: cross-discipline communication, meeting facilitation, conflict resolution, team workflow, digital collaboration, authorships and IP, and working group organization. Particular attention will be paid to participant diversity and acknowledging power imbalances, negotiating roles, and cross-cultural communication.

BUS 301 - Negotiation

This course will develop a student’s understanding of the principles, strategies, and tactics of effective negotiation and professional relationship management. Students will learn to identify and assess the variables in negotiations, develop sound negotiation planning techniques, and develop an understanding of various strategies and tactics to ethically resolve conflicts and interpersonal differences.
***Prerequisite: BUS 210 and BUS 250***
* Note: Students may not receive credit for both BUS 301 and BUS 476AA.*

BUS 306 - Ethics in Decision Making

This course introduces students to the principles and processes of ethical decision making in business. The course is designed to give students a strong conceptual and practical knowledge of ethics. Students will learn ethical principles and develop competence in applying sound ethical decision making processes within the context of organizations and their interaction with society.
***Prerequisite: BUS 100 (or ADMN 100) and 45 credit hours of university studies.***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both BUS 306 and ADMN 306.*

BUS 307 - Business Law

This course provides an introduction to Canadian legal institutions and processes. Topics will include: the judicial system, law making, contracts, torts and civil liability, constitutional and administrative law, and criminal law.
***Prerequisite: BUS 100 (or ADMN 100) and 45 credit hours of university studies.***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both BUS 307 and ADMN 307.*

BUS 310 - Strategic Marketing

This course will introduce students to qualitative and quantitative analysis tools and forecasting along with alternate approaches to decision-making in the marketing context. Visioning, strategy, branding and the value-proposition plus risk and mitigation are then addressed. Emphasis is on applying disciplined theoretical frameworks to the development of critical thinking and sound judgement, harmonizing the objectives and resources of the organization with real world marketplace opportunities.
***Prerequisite: BUS 210 (or ADMN 210)***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both BUS 310 and ADMN 310.*

BUS 312 - Consumer Behaviour

This course examines the key concepts and theories in consumer behaviour, psychology, and other relevant fields. It addresses perception, personality, culture, and other topics to better understand consumer actions, motivations, decisions and response to various marketing strategies.
***Prerequisite: BUS 210 or ADMN 210***
*Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUS 312, ADMN 312, and ADMN 412.*

BUS 340 - Foundations of Public Finance and Taxation

This course examines the basic principles and practices of public finance in Canada. Topics will include: the role of government expenditures, basic principles and structure of taxation, and inter-governmental transfers.
*** Prerequisite: ECON 201 and ECON 202 ***
* Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUS 340, ADMN 340, and ECON 232. *

BUS 355 - Issues in Labour Relations

This course concerns the employment relationship and the practice of labour relations. Issues related to the "gig" economy, collective bargaining, labour legislation, power, conflict resolution, gender inequity, Indigenous employment, race, technological innovation, migrant labour, negotiations, strikes, unions and unionization are explored in this course.
***Prerequisite: BUS 250 or ADMN 250.***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both BUS 355 and ADMN 355.*

BUS 363 - Organizational Analysis

This course concerns the structures and processes of organizations and their sub-units as they influence and are influenced by their technology and environment. Topics will include: organizational strategy and structure, organizational decision-making, conflict, life cycles, innovation, and emerging forms.
*** Prerequisite: BUS 250 (or ADMN 250) ***
* Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUS 363, ADMN 363, and ADMN 463. *

BUS 386 - Auditing Theory and Application

This course emphasizes the philosophy of auditing and its importance in the acceptance of financial statements by society. Topics will include: audits, responsibilities of auditors, and the objectives of independent audit.
***Prerequisite: STAT 100, and BUS 385 (or ADMN 385). Concurrent enrolment is allowed in BUS 385.***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both BUS 386 and ADMN 386.*

BUS 393 - UR Investing

The course will manage the UR Investing Fund. Students taking this course will learn about financial decision-making from the real-world perspective of the institutional investor. Students will perform the following duties: 1) develop Investment Policies and Guidelines; 2) conduct industry and firm level research to identify stocks and bonds that fit the fund’s investment objective; 3) trade stocks/bonds and monitor the performance of the fund; 4) meet with investor clients and provide them with regular reports.
***Prerequisite: BUS 290 (or ADMN 290) and permission of the Faculty***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both BUS 393 and BUS 492AD*

BUS 408AB - International Study Trip-Korea

The course includes a study tour to Korea. The objective of the course is to examine the concepts and current practice related to doing business in an international environment. It will develop an understanding of the people, culture, and history of the particular country being visited. The course includes an examination of business, finance, politics and business culture.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 60 credit hours.***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both BUS 408AB and ADMN 408AN.*
*Additional Fee: $500.*

BUS 408AC - Business in Mexico

The course includes a study tour of Mexico. This is an international business course that examines the concepts and current practice related to doing business in Mexico. The course will develop an understanding of the people, culture and history of Mexico, Mexican business, finance, politics, and Mexican business culture.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 60 credit hours.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of BUS 408AC or ADMN 435AB.*

BUS 410 - Advanced Marketing Strategy

This course builds on BUS 310 and accrued marketing expertise. Following a review of disciplined theoretical frameworks, the class focuses on real world challenges such as integrative business model design, competitive positioning and growth strategies, creating a compelling brand image, and, optimizing the value proposition. In addition to developing sound judgement and critical thinking, resourceful problem solving and professional development are given priority.
***Prerequisite: BUS 310 (or ADMN 310), and BUS 312 (or ADMN 312 or ADMN 412)***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both BUS 410 and ADMN 410.*

BUS 413 - Marketing Research

This course introduces the design, execution, and informed consumption of business research with a focus on marketing research. The course considers a range of contemporary research techniques, encompassing problem definition, questionnaires and other designs, sampling, business analytics techniques, interpretation of findings, and application to strategic marketing decision-making.
***Prerequisite: STAT 100 and any BUS 31x course or BUS 374AA-ZZ***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both BUS 413 and ADMN 413*

BUS 435AZ - Application of Strategic Management and Leadership

The presidency of the Business Students Society provides an unparalleled opportunity to apply what has been learned throughout the BBA program—particularly, but not exclusively, in the area of strategic management and leadership. The student in this directed readings course will identify knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) acquired in previous or concurrent courses and apply them to the context of the presidency of the BSS. The student will report on the direct and indirect connections between KSAs acquired during the BBA and the experiences of the BSS presidency. *Note: Student must be the current President of the University of Regina Business Students Society.

BUS 455 - Conflict Resolution in Employee-Management Relationships

This course involves understanding the nature, origins and state of conflict commonly found within the employment relationship. It identifies the processes that must be put in place to handle conflict appropriately in both unionized and non-unionized environments. Facilitation and negotiation skills will be emphasized.
***Prerequisite: BUS 250 (or ADMN 250) and completion of a minimum of 60 credit hours of university studies, with BUS 355 recommended***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both BUS 455 and ADMN 455*

BUS 462 - Judgment and Decision-Making

This course addresses fundamentals of the psychology of judgment and decision-making. Students will learn about systematic decision-making tendencies in various social and situational contexts, and how to effectively manage these behaviors in organizational settings.
***Prerequisite: BUS 260 and a minimum of 75 credit hours.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of BUS 462 or BUS 473AD.*

CATH 290AK - Mystics, Saints, and Sinners

This course explores the collective legacy of ten influential Catholics whose work and writings continue to resonate across religious as well as secular society. A thematic engagement of renowned saints, reputed sinners, and quirky mystics will provide insight into the diversity of oddball characters that help comprise the Catholic Church.
***Prerequisite: CATH 200, or permission of the Program Coordinator.***

CATH 290AN - The Church, the Bible, and Violence

Religious texts can provoke and sanction violence. The Church has struggled with internal and external violence for centuries. Utilizing various analytical models, we will examine pertinent biblical texts as well as the symbolic world of apocalypticism and the misuse of religious language and symbols.
***Prerequisite is 15 credit hours or permission of Instructor.***

CATH 290AO - Spirituality and Christian Life in Early Catholicism

The New Testament presents a vision of a transformed world and humanity. The course will explore the various currents of New Testament spirituality and their relationship with culture, society, and experience. This will include apocalyptic spirituality, ecstatic experience, prayer, violence, sexuality, gender, the sacred, and group identity.
***Prerequisite is 15 credit hours or permission of Instructor.***

CATH 290AP - Visual Interpretation of the Bible: The Church, the Bible, and Art 100 to 1500

From the beginning of Christianity to the present day, visual art has reflected many interpretations of Scripture, doctrinal issues, the experience of society and the community, suffering, and changing perceptions of divinity and humanity. Understanding religious art provides insights into the psyche and soul of society and the Church.
***Prerequisite: CATH 200 or permission of the Program Coordinator.***

CATH 390AB - History of the Jesuits

The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) left an indelible mark on the history of the Church and the modern age. This course explores the origin, expansion, suppression and return of the Jesuits, examining their impact on political, religious, socio-cultural and intellectual life in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.
***Prerequisite: CATH 200, or permission of the Program Coordinator.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of CATH 390AB, HIST 390AF, or RLST 390AL.*

CHIN 290AD - Contemporary China

This course examines the evolution of Chinese society since the 1960s. Topics include China's economic reforms, the evolution of the country's global position, and issues facing China's minority populations. Students have the option of working with Chinese language materials for selected assignments.
*Note: Students may receive credit for only one of CHIN 290AD or HIST 290AV.*

CLAS 211 - Greek and Roman Drama

An introduction to the dramatic texts and performances of Greek and Rome. The course prioritizes close readings of representative playwrights such as Euripides, Aristophanes, and Plautus. But there is also discussion of such topics as the conventions of performance and the social contexts of production.
***Prerequisite: CLAS 100, or completion of 15 credit hours, or permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of CLAS 211, THST 300AA, or THEA 350. *

CNUR 205 - Practice Education: Acute Care Partnerships l

This course will focus on holistic care of adults in a variety of acute care settings. Learners will have the opportunity to apply nursing knowledge, informatics, and critical inquiry to inform clinical decision-making.
***Prerequisite: CNUR 101, CNUR 202 and CNUR 203***
*Note: CNUR 202 and CNUR 203 can be taken concurrently*

CNUR 206 - Practice Education: Acute Care Partnerships ll

This course will continue the focus on holistic care of adults in a variety of acute care settings. Learners will have the opportunity to apply nursing knowledge, informatics, research, and critical inquiry to inform clinical decision-making.
***Prerequisite: CNUR 201, CNUR 204, and CNUR 205 or CNUR 212. CNUR 202 must be successfully completed prior to entry as it is a prerequisite to CNUR 205.***
*Note: CNUR 204 and CNUR 201 can be taken concurrently.*

CNUR 300 - Family Health

This course will focus on nursing care of families within the context of culture, community and society, utilizing a patient and family centered care approach. Learners will have opportunities to explore family diversity, to holistically assess diverse families, and to integrate health promotion and interventions in caring for families in practice settings.
***Prerequisite: CNUR 204 and CNUR 206.***

CNUR 400 - Social, Political and Economic Perspectives in Nursing

This course will focus on the roles, competencies and issues within the nursing profession within the context of the health care system and the larger society as they relate to community, provincial, national and global health. Learners will have the opportunity to further explore the social determinants of health and the legal, ethical and political issues and policies that impact health.
***Prerequisite: INHS 100, CNUR 204 and CNUR 206***
*Note: INHS 100 can be taken concurrently*

CREE 305 - Expository Writing in Cree

Study and analysis of non-fiction literature in Cree, such as biography, history, politics, news stories, narratives, and technical writing; practice in writing and revision.
***Prerequisite: CREE 203.***

CS 100 - Introduction to Computers

Introduction to the development of computers and computer applications. Topics will include: impact of computers on society, computer organization and operation, construction and representation of algorithms, and applications of computers in the problem-solving process.
*Note: This class may not be taken for credit if credit has been received for any course numbered above CS 100*

CS 280 - Risk and Reward in the Information Society

Social context of computing. Case study: human-computer interfaces and their evaluation. Methods and tools of analysis. Professional and ethical responsibilities. Risks and liabilities of computer-based systems. Intellectual property, privacy and civil liberties. Professional communication. Sustainability. Cybercrime.
***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and CS 110 ***

CTCH 205 - Hip Hop Cultures, Politics, Identities

This course is an exploration of local and global hip hop cultures, politics and identities. Students will be expected to engage in both critical analysis and hip hop cultural production.
*Note: Students cannot receive credit for CTCH 200AC and CTCH 205.*
*Note: Creative Technologies program option.*

CTCH 303 - Technology, Culture, and Art

Turning to cultural and artistic practices as tools for analyzing current technological developments and their influence on art, politics, and culture, students will analyze theoretical works focusing on understanding technology as culture, the intersections between technology and social life, and the contributions digital technologies make to creative industries.
***Prerequisite: CTCH 203.***
*Note: Creative Technologies Core Course Option.*

EADM 310 - Educational Administration: Structure & Process - Administration éducationnelle: Structure/processus

This course will consist of a study of administration in public education with reference to constitutional, governmental, legal, administrator-teacher, and teacher-student components in the total education structure or system.

Administration éducationnelle: Structure et processus:
Ce cours comprend l'étude de l'administration de l'éducation publique par rapport à des considérations constitutionnelles, légales et économiques ainsi que les rapports étudiant.es/enseignant.es à l'intérieur de la structure du système scolaire.

EAHR 810 - Program Design and Planning

Learners will explore theories of and approaches to program planning and design in institutions, organizations, and workplace settings. Topics explored will include the role of planner and stakeholders in the planning process, ethical and philosophical issues in planning, the politics of planning, recruitment and retention issues, program marketing and promotion as well as program financing and administration.

EAHR 811 - Program Evaluation

An analysis of the theories of, and approaches to, program evaluation, and their application to evaluation practice in organizations, institutions and workplace settings. Topics explored will include the origins and current trends in program evaluation, ethical and philosophical issues in evaluation, the politics of evaluation, planning to conduct an evaluation, developing evaluation criteria, data collection, analysis and interpretation, as well as strategies for reporting and communicating evaluation results.

EAHR 825 - Participatory Approaches to Facilitation, Research and Community Engagement

Knowledge generation and practice regarding participatory approaches to facilitation, research, and community engagement. Students learn theories and practices linked to facilitating participatory learning, designing participatory methodologies, exercising inclusive community practices; developing original participatory methodologies for diverse contexts; and demonstrating links between participation, social inclusion, and societal transformation.
*Additional Fee: $50.*

EAHR 931 - The Relationship Between Adult Education and Society

The course examines relationships between adult education and society. Through critical and analytical examination of sociological and historical forces as well as philosophical traditions that underpin adult education research, theory and practice, learners will explore adult learning in the context of local and global organizations and communities.

EC&I 822 - Anti-oppressive Education and Teacher Activism

A history of school and community activism ranges from words of non-cooperation to political organizing. This course examines the politics of protest and activism that accompany theories of justice for social change with respect to race, class, gender and sexual orientation. Students will examine their own knowledge and commitment to social justice for the community and workplace.

EC&I 832 - Digital Citizenship and Media Literacies

This course examines the complex nature of identity and citizenship in our digital world. Students will interrogate the interconnected areas of media literacy, online identity, and responsible participation in local and global networks as they relate to educational contexts and society at large.

EC&I 871AU - Contemporary Curriculum Issues in Health Education

This course examines critical and socio-cultural approaches to health education curriculum in the K-12 system. It provides an action oriented framework engaging in alternative ways of thinking about and teaching health education curriculum with a view to challenge oppression and work towards a more just society.

EC&I 871CF - Pédagogies inclusives

Ce cours constitue une introduction aux perspectives de l’éducation inclusive ainsi qu’aux problématiques d’inclusion scolaire. On se familiarisera avec des discours des populations scolaires marginalisées, des politiques scolaires et des plans d’études et comment ces derniers pourraient servir à renforcer des discours dominants mais aussi comment ils pourraient faciliter l’inclusion.

This course introduces students to a variety of perspectives of inclusive education as well as key issues in inclusive education. Students will explore discourses of oft-marginalized school populations and how curricula can create and reinforce dominant discourses and/or facilitate inclusion.

ECON 202 - Introductory Macroeconomics

Basic economic concepts are used to explain how economies operate at a national or regional level, with a focus on production, income, interest rates, prices, inflation, and unemployment. Principles are introduced for understanding and evaluating the methods by which governments can smooth fluctuations in overall economic activity.
***Prerequisite: 15 credit hours or ECON 100 or Pre-Calculus 20 (or equivalent) ***
*Note: Students who have already received credit for both ECON 202 and ECON 302 may not retake ECON 202 for credit.*

ECON 232 - Government and the Economy

Considers rationales for government intervention in the economy. Assesses the impact of government activity on the economy and on the economic welfare of the population. Includes a comprehensive survey of Canadian tax and spending programs and policies.
***Prerequisite: 15 credit hours or ECON 100.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ECON 232, BUS 340, or ADMN 340.*

ECON 233 - Issues in Canadian Agriculture

Applies economic theory to current problems facing Canadian and world agriculture. Supply and demand conditions in world markets. Causes and effects of government support programs. Impact of WTO agreements.
***Prerequisite: 15 credit hours or ECON 100.***

ECON 236 - Economics of Crime

Does crime pay? Do governments punish and regulate crime too much or too little? Basic economic concepts are used to analyze criminal behaviour and anti-crime measures. Covers such issues as the underground economy, costs and benefits of anti-drug laws, and policies for preventing crime.
*** Prerequisite: 15 credit hours or ECON 100. ***

ECON 237 - Economics of Canadian Regionalism

Examines the disparities in economic development among the various regions of Canada and analyzes how governments have tried to balance regional and national interests in designing, delivering and financing public programs.
***Prerequisite: 15 credit hours or ECON 100***

ECON 238 - Economics of Sports

Are professional athletes paid too much? Should governments pay for stadiums? Can small-market franchises survive?
***Prerequisite: 15 credit hours or ECON 100.***

ECON 275 - Energy Economics

A study of basic economic concepts underlying energy production and consumption. Topics include: the structure of the energy sector including ownership structures and regulation; conventional and emerging energy resources; environmental impacts, economic development, and geopolitics surrounding energy production and consumption.
***Prerequisite: ECON 100 or 15 credit hours.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ECON 275 or ECON 296AL.*

ECON 296AO - Introduction to the Economic Analysis of Law

A study of the economic logic underlying common law, corporate law, criminal law, and family law. Following the idea that 'people respond to incentives,' we use fundamental, intuitive concepts to ask why the laws are what they are and how people have adapted over time to changes in various laws.
***Prerequisite: ECON 100 or 15 credit hours.**

ECON 302 - Intermediate Macroeconomics l - Economic Fluctuations

Advanced economic concepts are used to explain how economies work at a national or regional level, with a focus on booms, recessions, government spending, taxation, and monetary policy.
*** Prerequisite: ECON 202 with a minimum grade of 60%***

ECON 310 - Intermediate Macroeconomics II

A continuation of Econ 302. Topics include: growth theories, the life-cycle consumption-saving, work – leisure decisions of the representative household, investment theories, issues in fiscal sustainability, the Ricardian equivalence, and time-inconsistency of government policies.
***Prerequisite: Econ 302 and MATH 103 or equivalent***

ECON 332 - Issues in Government Economics

A continuation of ECON 232. Topics may include: rationale and financing options for the Canada Pension Plan; inter-provincial transfers (fiscal federalism); tax treatment of retirement savings and families; financing public education and health care; influence of the electoral process on government policies.
*** Prerequisite: ECON 232 or BUS/ADMN 340 ***

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 361 - Industrial Organization

A study of how strategic interactions of firms in various market structures affect economic performance. Topics may include: monopolies and public policy toward crown corporations; competition policy of mergers and acquisitions in oligopolistic industries; causes and effects of government intervention in private economic activities such as, price discrimination, advertisement, and innovation.
*** Prerequisite: ECON 201 ***

ECON 364 - Economics of Corruption

The Course analyzes the incentives and deterrent of corrupt behaviour through the use of various economic models of corruption. The course examines causes and consequences of corruption, with a particular focus on transition economies and developing countries. In addition, the course analyzes corruption from an institutional and transaction economics approach and as it sustains other illicit activities such as tax evasion, the underground economy, and organized crime.
***Prerequisites: 45 credit hours or 3 Econ courses.***

ECS 101 - Education for Justice: Knowledge, Schooling and Society

The course provides an introduction to the foundations of teaching, including politics of education, ethical relationality, teacher identity and professionalism, conceptions of learners and learning, and teaching for justice, equality and equity.
*Note: Required classroom based placement of one half day per week for 4 weeks.*
*Note: Students may only receive credit for one of ECS 101 and ECS 100.*

EDCS 100 - Inuit Cultural Studies 100

This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to develop a better understanding of a variety of items from Inuit material culture to: (1) understand the context surrounding their usage; (2) understand their cultural significance in traditional and contemoporary Inuit Society; (3) explore how traditional patterns, construction techniques and usage may have changed over time; and (4) to discuss the importance of these items to cultural identity and explore appropritae means to intergenerational knowledge transfer.

EDCS 200 - Inuit Cultural Studies 200

This course is designed to give students the opportunity to examine important aspects of traditional Inuit family values, customs and beliefs. Inuit customs, values and beliefs are what ensure social harmony and they are what people avoid and/or survive hardship and conflict. As modern life has changed much of the nomadic camp-life of Inuit, these customs and values are no longer passed to successive generations as they once were. This course will introduce students to research, archival interviews, and northern publications that will begin an exploration into traditional Inuit values, customs, and beliefs.

EDCS 300 - An Introduction to Inuit Traditional Stories

This survey course is designed to give students the opportunity to examine and explore Inuit traditional stories.During the course, students will be exposed to several traditional stories and various story themes as well as examine the characteristics and purposes of traditional Inuit stories through (a) detailed study of a representative sample of written work and (b) interviewing/listening to Elders from various regions of Nunavut.

EDL 817 - The Politics of Education

This course examines the politics of education at the federal, provincial and local community levels. Emphasis will be given to both formal and informal decision-making processes, and the relationships among interest groups, school boards, local communities, the media, and provincial and federal political institutions.

EDL 819 - Organizational Theory in Education

An analysis of the role of school leaders with reference to general systems theory, organization theory, cultural-social institutions, role theory, formal organizations, bureaucracy, goals and effectiveness, organizational control, conflict in organizations, stability, change, innovation, and growth.

EDL 823 - Labour Relations and Labour Law in Education

This course provides school leaders with an understanding of theoretical and legislative issues related to labour relations in public ally funded education. Students explore the differences in dealing with teaching and non-teaching employees, and their representative groups; understand employee relations; and develop negotiation, conflict resolution, and collective agreement skills.

EDL 828 - Leadership for Inclusive Education

This course focuses on principal leadership for inclusive education. Course content includes examination of dominant discourses of disability; fundamental principles and essential elements of inclusion; overview of outcomes of inclusive education; relevant legislation and policy direction; and applied research on administrative approaches to implement, support, and sustain inclusion.

EDL 870AA - Public Sector Financial Management: Applications in K-12 Education

A survey of public sector budgeting and financial management in Canada, with consideration of impacts on the K-12 education system as a publicly funded institution. Topics include: role of financial considerations in policy, government financial planning cycles, elements of sound financial planning and management in public sector enterprise.

EDL 870AC - Leadership for Healthy Schools

This course uses a critical approach to address challenges school leaders face in the 21st century, particularly in relationship to school health. Focusing on servant leadership and culturally responsive practices, students are supported to work towards more equitable, diverse and inclusive solutions for vexing school health challenges.

EDL 890AM - Teacher Activism: Past, Present, and Future

This class utilizes participatory action research to explore the notion of teaching as an activist profession. Topics include discourses of teacher professionalism, the link between educational policy, politics, and teacher activism, teacher unions as sites for teacher activism, and the proliferation of grassroots social movements within the teaching profession.

EDTC 300 - Introduction to Educational Technology and Media

This course examines the use of technology and media in teaching and learning as well as the transformative effects that emerging digital tools/networks have on school and society. The course provides an experiential approach to learning about technology integration while helping students critically reflect on the implications of our digital reality.
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of EDTC 300 or ECMP 355.*

EDTC 400 - Advanced Studies in Educational Technology and Media

This course provides an advanced exploration of technology integration in teaching and learning as well as an in-depth examination of the effects of emerging technologies and media in school and society. Students will engage in critical discussions around technology as it relates to classroom practice in the provincial, national, and global contexts.
***Prerequisite: EDTC 300.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of EDTC 400 or ECMP 455.*

EFDN 308 - Women and Education

This course examines women and education from historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives. Topics include women's experiences as teachers, issues of access and equity, feminist views on educational goals, curriculum, pedagogy, and schools, and the politics of teaching.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 15 credit hours.***

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.

EMBA 820 - Negtn & Conflict Resolution

This course will introduce students to the theory and practice of negotiation and conflict resolution within and between organizations in domestic and global settings. The techniques learned will be applicable to many different situations and students will have the opportunity to demonstrate such skills in the course.

EMBA 840 - Accounting for Managers

Students examine accounting's role in an organization focusing on accounting information for decision-making and performance measurement. Students are introduced to the fundamental concepts of management and financial accounting with a concentration on the use rather than the preparation of accounting information.

EMBA 860 - Business, Government & Society

This course focuses on the complex ecosystem within which firms operate, including stakeholder relationships and the societal, political and legal arrangements and expectations that condition firm behaviour. Cases deal with governmental bodies, activists and interest groups, and other constituencies of the firm across a wide spectrum of issues and public policy.

EMTH 335 - Mathematics in the Inclusive Classroom: Assessment and Intervention

This course will explore approaches to teaching and planning mathematics by using methods that accommodate diverse learning needs. Attention will be paid to authentic and informal assessment, such as progress-based monitoring, curriculum-based measurement, and error analysis. In additional, inclusive instructional approaches, such as cognitive strategy instruction and schema-based instruction will be emphasized, as well as techniques to individualize programs. ***Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Inclusive Education Certificate or enrollment in the (Inclusive)/Special Education Minor or enrollment in the Teaching Elementary School Mathematics Certificate or 6 credit hours in mathematics and mathematics education courses or permission of the instructor.***

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 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 435 - Engineering Project Management

Fundamentals of project management in an engineering environment. Support functions of time management and conflict resolution. Performance management. Project planning, scheduling and cost control. Contracts, warranties and liabilities. Special topics.
*** Prerequisite: ENEV 334 ***

ENGG 123 - Engineering Design and Communications

Students will be introduced to the concepts of engineering design and communications. In addition, the consequences of engineering projects on society will be explored.

ENGL 277AA - Law and Narrative

Law is a high stakes arena where vivid human stories play out. This course focuses on the intersection of law and narrative in courtroom arguments, confessions, criminal profiling, police dramas, commissions of inquiry, and counterintelligence operations.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 9 credit hours including ENGL 100.***

ENGL 310AC - Literatures of Residential Schools in Canada

For over 100 years, residential schools were the cornerstone of the Canadian government's policy of assimilation. The last school closed in 1996. Residential schools have had a profound effect on Indigenous people who attended them and continue to affect Indigenous people today. This class will study works of Indigenous literature that use narrative, poetry, and to drama to expose the effects of the school in an effort to heal from them. We will also look briefly at film and visual art.
***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and either ENGL 110 or completion of 48 credit hours.***

ENGL 310AL - Indigenous Feminism and Women's Writings

During this seminar class, students will engage in critical discussions involving justice and power for/by Indigenous women, gendered violence, Indigenous feminism, intergenerational trauma, women’s residential school narratives and literary writings as restorative justice. Through lectures, readings, and screenings, students will develop critical and interdisciplinary tools for analyzing Indigenous literary discourses.
***Prerequisite of ENGL 100 and either ENGL 110 or the completion of 48 credit hours***

ENGL 328AC - Romancing RenaissanceNarrative

This course focuses on sixteenth-century prose fiction and the various genres ranging from satire to romance. We study issues raised by the texts, such as the nature-nurture controversy and the virtues of the active and contemporary life, using various modern historic methods which analyse the relationship between politics and poetics.
***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and either ENGL 110 or completion of 48 credit hours.***

ENGL 336AP - 19th C Political Imagination

A study of selected Victorian texts in several genres, which predict or suggest what's coming next, with respect to politics and society, and how what's coming next should be embraced or resisted, including themes such as: democracy, unions, gender equality, and university education.
***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and either ENGL 110 or completion of 48 credit hours.***

ENGL 336AQ - 19th Century: Religion & Literature

Once known as "the age of faith and doubt" and later as a flashpoint for the rise of the scientific understanding and secularization, the 19th century is under scrutiny by critics who no longer take for granted religion’s modern decline. This course examines the robust debates in Victorian culture and literature over religion, modernization, and secularization, as well as the internecine conflicts in Christianity itself.
***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and either ENGL 110 or completion of 48 credit hours.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENGL 336AQ or RLST 390BZ.*

ENGL 387AM - The Culture and Politics of American Superheroes

What can we learn about American politics and culture from the Superhero genre? From debates around American exceptionalism and interventionism to questions of identity and diversification, this course will examine how select narratives and characters are positioned in relation to the American state and society.
***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and either ENGL 110 or completion of 48 credit hours.***

ENGL 410AA - Spenser: The Faerie Queene

This course will read all six books of the Faerie Queene as a struggle with the dangers of idolatry. It also focuses on Spenser's concern for the private and public virtues, especially with the "politics of friendship".
*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 410AA or ENGL 802AA.*

ENGL 430AJ - Studies in the Nineteenth Century: Crimes and Misdemeanours

This course examines ideas of Victorian social order through their opposite or underside, disorder, with particular reference to the ideas of crime and sin, and to theories of criminality, punishment, and rehabilitation, in high realist texts as well as sensation and detective fiction.
*Note: This course is intended for ENGL Honours students. Students who are not ENGL Honours students require permission of the Department Head to register.*

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 480AH - Rhetoric of Apology in Canada

This course examines the rhetoric of government apologies in Canada as national mythologies or narratives of forgiving and forgetting government policies that defined, “who belongs and who does not belong to the nation.” We will examine the ideological underpinnings of apologies and attempts at reconciliation through Canadian tragedies.
*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 480AH or ENGL 817AH.*

ENGL 802AA - Spenser: The Faerie Queene

This course will read all six books of the Faerie Queene as a struggle with the dangers of idolatry. It also focusses on Spenser's concern for the private and public virtues, especially with the "politics of friendship."
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENGL 802AA or ENGL 410AA.*

ENGL 806AJ - Studies in the Nineteenth Century: Crimes and Misdemeanours

This course examines ideas of Victorian social order through their opposite or underside, disorder, with particular reference to the ideas of crime and sin, and to theories of criminality, punishment, and rehabilitation, in high realist texts as well as sensation and detective fiction.
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENGL 806AJ or ENGL 430AJ.*

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.*

ENGL 817AH - Rhetoric of Apology in Canada

This course examines the rhetoric of government apologies in Canada as national mythologies or narratives of forgiving and forgetting government policies that defined, “who belongs and who does not belong to the nation.” We will examine ideological underpinnings of apologies and attempts at reconciliation through Canadian tragedies.
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENGL 817AH or ENGL 480AH.*

ENIN 433 - Risk Assessment and Decision Analysis

Probability of failure, hazards analysis, human reliability, reliability assessment, event tree and fault tree analysis and risk-based decision-making; decision consideration, inspection, testing and maintenance for critical components.
***Prerequisite: STAT 289 and MATH 217.***

ENIN 880AU - Engineering Risk Management

This course provides the student with knowledge and tools necessary to perform hazards analysis, reliability assessment, consequence analysis, event tree and fault tree analysis, maintenance management, and risk-based decision-making for engineering components.

ENSE 405 - Designing Apps for Learning & Collaboration

Experiences in designing open source applications for creative learning & collaboration. Learning topics & open source design/development activities centre on: Communities of Practice, Knowledge Management, Education & Technology, Gamification, Digital Literacy, Change Management, & discussions on technology, ethics, & society.
***Prerequisite: CS 215***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both ENSE 496AB and ENSE 405*

ENSE 489 - Social and Economic Impacts of Artificial Intelligence

This course aims to enhance understanding of the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on society, this will help prepare students to design, deploy and use AI in a responsible manner. The course will briefly introduce the AI technology and discuss implications of its adoption in different areas of society.
***Prerequisite: ENSE 353 or completion of 81 SSE program related credit hours or permission of Program Chair or Instructor.***

ENSE 883AC - Social and economic impacts of Artificial Intelligence

The course aims to investigate social and economic impacts of Artificial Intelligence and advanced Information Technology on various sectors of society and on the human.

ENSE 885BC - Artificial Intelligence and Society

This courses focuses on the social and ethical implications of the Artificial Intelligence technology. It explores different artificial intelligence or information technology applications and their social, economic and ethical impacts on society.

EPE 310 - Physical Education in the Elementary School (Pre-K to Grade 8)

This course is designed specifically for student teachers preparing to teach physical education to elementary and middle years students. The course focuses on an overview of curriculum content, teaching methods, assessment and evaluation and learning resource materials and their application in teaching physical education in the context of schools and society today.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 51 credit hours including ECS 101, ECS 102, and ECS 203.***

EPE 317 - Teaching Physical Education in the Middle Years

This course is designed specifically for student teachers preparing to teach physical education to Middle Years students. The course focuses on an overview of curriculm content, teaching methods, assessment and evaluation and learning resource materials and their application in teaching physical education in the context of schools and society today. *** Prerequisite: For elementary (middle years concentration) pre-internship students only. ***

EPSY 322 - Students with Exceptional Needs in the Inclusive Classroom

An introduction to universal design for learning and differentiated instruction for the inclusive classroom and school. Course content also includes an overview of characteristics and instructional implications associated with specific disabilities.
***Prerequisite: 30 credit hours.***

EPSY 326 - Change, Collaboration and Consultation to Support Inclusive Education

The course explores theories and processes for planning, implementing and sustaining educational change. Course content includes processes for collaborating and consulting with teachers, families, paraprofessionals and other professionals to support inclusive education.
***Prerequisite or Corequisite: EPSY 322, EPSY 400, or EPSY 418.***

EPSY 329 - Enhancing Inclusive Classroom Management

A dynamic, systemic approach to the development of a positive classroom environment. The course will address a range of theoretical and practical approaches for prevention and intervention for behavioural issues in the inclusive classroom with an emphasis on positive behavioural supports and interventions.
***Prerequisite or Corequisite: EPSY 322, EPSY 400, or EPSY 418.***

EPSY 333 - Functional Behaviour Assessment and Positive Behaviour Support

This course provides the theoretical basis and extensive discussion and demonstration of current methods for conducting Functional Behaviour Assessments (FBA) and creating Positive Behaviour Supports (PBS) for persons who engage in challenging behaviours. Attention is paid to demonstrating how FBA and PBS planning can be effectively applied in inclusive education settings for students with a range of needs and characteristics.
***Prerequisite: EPSY 322, EPSY 400, or EPSY 418***

EPSY 400 - Working with Difference & Diversity

This course focuses on understanding the construct of "disability". We will look at the writings of people with disabilities and use their self-accounts to develop a cultural understanding of disability. With this information in mind, the course concentrates on methods of working with students whose performance differs from the established norm.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours.***
*Note: EPSY 322 is equivalent to EPSY 400 and EPSY 418. Students will only receive credit for one of the following EPSY 322, EPSY 400, or EPSY 418.*
*Note: Restricted to Bachelor of Education and/or Inclusive Education Certificate students.*

EPSY 401 - Teaching Students with Specific Learning Disabilities

This course provides an understanding of the characteristics associated with Specific Learning Disabilities and considerations for instruction. Content includes effective instructional practices with an emphasis on reading and writing in K-12 inclusive settings.
***Prerequisite: EPSY 322 or EPSY 400 or EPSY 418***

EPSY 822 - Ed & Vocational Guidance

Topics include: learning problems and problems of adjustment in adolescence, academic and vocational decision-making, sources of vocational information and a study of post-high school educational and training programs.

EPSY 890AX - Underpinnings of UDL and DI

This course looks at the research underpinnings of key educational concepts in inclusive education, including Universal Design for Learning and Differentiated Instruction. It will uncover the cognitive and psychological reasons that form the base of UDL and DI, and how these connect to larger questions of community involvement in schools.

EPSY 890BC - Gifted Education: Misunderstood and Often Neglected in K to 12 Schools

This course includes:
• The nature and needs of gifted learners
• The nurturing of gifts/talents in the early years and beyond
• Understanding and supporting “Twice Exceptional” learners
• Differentiating to meet the learning, creative, and social-emotional needs of gifted students in inclusive classrooms
• Planning and implementing gifted programs: models and approaches

EVIS 326 - Domains and Theories of Instruction: Visual Education

Critical analysis of curriculum theory and development in visual education; students will develop curriculum based on personal development, artistic heritage, art in society, and critical analysis.
*** Prerequisite: EVIS 101 and 202 or permission of the subject area. ***

FILM 100 - The Art of Motion Pictures

An introduction to the art of motion pictures. The course will examine a representative selection of films covering the history of cinema and many of its basic aesthetic premises.

FILM 286AE - The Revisionist Western

The Revisionist Western examines films from the 1960's to the present, which question the tropes, styles, themes and politics of the traditional Western genre for the purpose of contemporary social and cultural critique. Topics include colonial expansion and race, good versus evil, cowboy masculinity, and gender.

FILM 286AG - Genre-French Gangster Films

This course examines the history and evolution of the French gangster/crime thriller genre from the 1930s onward. It situates the genre within its cultural context, exploring its frameworks of production and reception, its visual and narrative signatures, themes, and national and transnational influences and modes of expression.

FILM 480BH - Advanced Documentary Studies

This course will investigate advanced topics in documentary studies, and could include topics such as contemporary questions of nation, identity, politics, environment, etc.

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 830 - Business, Government and Society

This course examines ethical and social issues relevant to business management. It includes a multidisciplinary application of knowledge and concepts to contemporary issues challenging business executives, and the role of consultation with local communities and governments, sustainable business practices and evolving global standards of corporate social responsibility and ethics.

GBUS 835 - International Business

This course focuses upon opportunities and problems that arise when business operations cross national boundaries. The international business environment is examined, and the tasks of management are integrated into this multinational framework. Students will gain familiarity with various international institutions and practices that impact upon business firms, and students will learn and apply specific models and techniques to aid decision-making in a multinational context.

GBUS 845AR - Directed Readings in Judgment and Decision Making

This course examines the literature on the role of thinking styles in the human judgment and decision-making literature. Topics will cover management and psychology literature, with a focus on the mechanisms that produce sound judgment. The course centers on reviews of key papers that yield insights on judgment and decision-making.

GBUS 846AH - Program Evaluation

An analysis of the theories and approaches to program evaluation, and their application in organizations. Topics explored will include the origins and current trends, ethical and philosophical issues in evaluation, politics and planning, evaluation criteria, data collection, analysis, interpretation, and strategies for reporting and communicating evaluation results.
*Note: Students who have completed EAHR 811 will not be eligible to register in GBUS 846AH.

GBUS 870 - Leadership: Theory & Practice

This course covers key leadership/management skills such as clarifying personal vision, coaching, goal setting, conflict management, stress management, emotional intelligence crisis management, process and system design and communication skills. Major competency models of leadership and management are covered to familiarize students with the research and practice of leadership development.

GBUS 871 - Group Dynamics in Organizations

The course will study roles that exist in organizations and the dynamics of the interactions between these roles. In particular, focus will be on the interplay between the leadership role and decision making, creative problem solving and conflict resolution with group members.

GBUS 873 - Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

This course will introduce students to the theory and practice of negotiation and conflict resolution, including alternative dispute resolution.

GES 297AB - Environment and Society

This course introduces students to sociological perspectives on the relationship between society and the natural environment. The course examines the environmental impact of the actions of individuals, businesses and governments. Specific topics might include climate change, environmental degradation, sustainability and environmental movements and conflicts.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 12 credit hours or GES 120 or GES 121 or permission of department head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of GES 297AB or SOC 230.*

GES 400 - Environmental Impact Assessment

This course gives students an opportunity to develop their skills in effectively analyzing, managing, and resolving natural resource conflicts. Students will be required to carry out a substantial piece of research work independently, develop knowledge of special interests, and build upon the experience gained.
***Prerequisite: 30 credit hours and GES 200.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for only one of GES 400 and ENST 400.*

GRST 800AA - Grad Thrive Plus

The Grad THRIVE Plus Course prepares graduate students for success as they transition to and from graduate school. Module learning materials and activities provide a new grad community space to learn about and nurture academic integrity, the Truth and Reconciliation recommendations, inclusive values and essential skills that help students thrive at the University of Regina and beyond. This tutorial is compulsory for incoming graduate students and is to be completed within their first term of enrollment.

HIST 150 - Today’s World: Historical Perspectives

This course explores the influence of the past on the world in which we live.
Topics addressed will be taken from today’s headlines and will reflect a wide
variety of periods and geographical areas. Topics may include terrorism,
environmentalism, war, demonstrations, popular culture, the welfare state,
global crises.

HIST 200 - Canada Before Confederation

A survey of Canadian history from the pre-Contact era to Confederation. Topics include Indigenous history before European colonisation, New France, the Conquest, Canada and the American Revolution, British North America, Indigenous and Métis peoples of the Northwest, and the background to Confederation.
*** Prerequisite: One 100 level History course or completion of 15 credit hours ***

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 202 - Canada from World War II to the Present

A survey of the making of modern Canada since 1939, including such topics as the building of the welfare state, Canadian foreign policy, the military in war and peacekeeping, Quebec separatism, the women's movement, Aboriginal rights, the new constitution and Charter of Rights, the economy and free trade.
*** Prerequisite: One 100 level HIST course or completion of 15 credit hours ***
* Note: Formerly numbered HIST 207. Students may not receive credit for both HIST 202 and HIST 207. *

HIST 225 - Tudor and Stuart Britain

Topics include the Tudors, the Protestant Reformation, the growing power of parliament and its changing relationship with the king, the role of religion in early modern society, popular belief and the Civil War. We will also look at the Revolution of 1688 and its implications for the British constitution.
*** Prerequisite: One 100 level HIST course or completion of 15 credit hours ***
* Note: Formerly numbered HIST 221 and HIST 222. Students may not receive credit for both HIST 225 and either of HIST 221 and HIST 222. *

HIST 231 - The American Colonies and the United States before 1865

Examination of such topics as colonial life; Anglo-Native relations; the Revolutionary era; economy, politics, religion, reform, and society in the early republic; antebellum America; slavery and race relations; gender and family issues; westward expansion, war, and diplomacy and the American Civil War.
*** Prerequisite: One 100 Level HIST or completion of 15 credit hours. ***

HIST 233 - African American History Since 1783

Examines modern African American history, analyzing culture, gender and social relations throughout the nineteenth/twentieth century United States. Areas of study include events leading up to the Civil War and its aftermath; early struggles for civic equality; the emergence of a modern civil rights movement and the radicalization of social protest.
***Prerequisite: One 100-level HIST course or completion of 15 credit hours***

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 235 - The United States Since 1941

Topics covered include America as a global power; domestic impact of the Cold War; politics; economic transformation; regionalism; African Americans; ethnic America; gender issues; social movements; society and culture.
*** 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 277 - Europe, 1648-1815: Absolutism and Revolution

This course surveys the varieties of absolutism under the old regime, the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire. It also considers the rise of the public sphere, the beginnings of industrial revolution and changing attitudes toward crime and poverty.
*** Prerequisite: One 100 level HIST or completion of 15 credit hours ***
* Note: Formerly numbered HIST 274 and HIST 275. Students may not receive credit for both HIST 277 and either of HIST 274 and HIST 275. *

HIST 278 - Twentieth Century Europe

First World War, revolutions, peace treaties; League of Nations; fascism, nazism, the Spanish Civil War; causes and consequences of the Second World War; divided Europe since 1945.
*** Prerequisite: One 100 level HIST or completion of 15 credit hours ***
* Note: Formerly numbered HIST 276. Students may not receive credit for both HIST 278 and HIST 276. Web delivered class sections may be subject to an additional $50.00 material fee. *

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 290AN - History of Africa

An introduction to the histories and diverse cultures of Africa from the earliest times to the era of colonization in the 19th century. Attention is given to the roots of African peoples in antiquity, processes of regional differentiation, and evolving patterns of trade, politics and conflict.
***Prerequisite: One 100 level HIST or completion of 15 credit hours***

HIST 290AP - The French Resistance During World War II

While General de Gaulle represented an early form of resistance to Nazi rule, for many who later joined the underground, it was less clear just how collaborationist the Vichy Government truly was under Marshal Petain. This course will examine the crystallization and course of this resistance, from its earliest existence.
***Prerequisite: One 100-level HIST course or completion of 15 credit hours***

HIST 290BB - History of the Museum

From temple to virtual exhibits, from cabinet curiosities to the age of appropriation - and restoration -- this course examines the history of "the museum" and its changing role in society through a variety of readings and case studies.
***Prerequisite: One 100 level HIST course or completion of 15 credit hours.***

HIST 307 - Social History of the "Sixties" in North America

From the "beats" of the 1950s to the fall of Saigon in 1975, baby-boomer youth transformed society through the counterculture, sexual revolution, the new left, student power, environmentalism, and liberation movements, making the "Sixties" the homeland of today. The course compares the Canadian and US experiences of this turbulent era.
*** Prerequisite: One HIST course or completion of 30 credit hours ***

HIST 314 - The Legal History of Canada

Aboriginal approaches to law; colonial regimes and the arrival of European law; the development of modern institutions; individual, group, and majority rights in a democratic society.
*** Prerequisite: One HIST course or completion of 30 credit hours ***
* Note: Formerly numbered HIST 213. Students may not receive credit for both HIST 314 and HIST 213. *

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 370 - The European Reformations

An examination of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations of the sixteenth century and the conflicts they engendered from the perspectives of: religion, society, politics, culture, and gender.
*** Prerequisite: One HIST course or completion of 30 credit hours ***

HIST 381 - European Military History

A study of European warfare from the Renaissance to the present. Particular attention is focused upon the interaction between war and economic, social, political, technological and cultural developments.
*** Prerequisite: One HIST course or completion of 30 credit hours ***
* Note: Formerly numbered HIST 281. Students may not receive credit for both HIST 381 and HIST 281. *

HIST 390AX - History of the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet States

History of the Soviet Union/post-Soviet states from the Russian Revolutions to the present. Explore causes of the revolutions, what Communism offered Soviet citizens, the role of mass violence and terror, why the USSR dissolved, and the emergence of new democratic or authoritarian countries since 1991, through peaceful transformation and warfare.
***Prerequisite: One HIST course or completion of 30 credit hours.***

HIST 390DF - Canadian Politics and Charter Rights

This course will examine the influence of the Charter of Rights on political and social change in Canada. Emphasis will be on civil liberties, group rights and political and soci-economnic conflict, and the evolving roles of party politics, the judiciary, and extra-Parliamentary politics.
***Prerequisite: One HIST course or completion of 30 credit hours***

HIST 390DH - History of the Mexico-US Border

How has the US-Mexico border region changed over time? What role has violence played? This course explores these questions in the context of the US-Mexico relationship. Topics covered include nation and identity formation, the Mexican-American War, the Mexican Revolution, transnational wealth disparity, migration, NAFTA, and the Trump Presidency.

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

HIST 390DJ - Genocide in the Modern World: A Comparative History

How and why do genocides happen? How are they experienced? The class uses four international case studies from the 19th and 20th centuries, examining the specific history of each genocide—origins, events, aftermath, commemoration—alongside reoccurring factors that create the conditions for all genocides: war, colonialism, racism/xenophobia, extreme political ideologies.
***Prerequisite: One HIST course or completion of 30 credit hours.***

HIST 450 - Modernity in Asia

This seminar introduces students to recent critical theories and explores the meaning of 'modernity' as reflected in the relationship between culture and society in 19th and 20th century Asian history. It does so by associating readings in social theory with academic and literary texts from or about the Asian region.

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

HIST 474 - War and Culture in Europe: World War I

This course examines the controversial idea of the Great War as a watershed in European cultural history and the different ways in which class, gender, nationality, politics, and the passage of time have conditioned the experience and memory of the war. Writers', artists', and historians' views are considered.

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

HIST 490AI - Treaties and Treaty Making in Canada

This course will provide an overview and critical analysis of the processes and outcomes of the treaty-making across the territories now encompassed by Canada. The time frame is the 18th to the 21st century.
***Prerequisite: Two HIST courses at the 200- or 300- level or completion of 60 credit hours or permission of the Department Head.***

HIST 850 - Modernity in Asia

This seminar introduces students to recent critical theories and explores the meaning of 'modernity' as reflected in the relationship between culture and society in 19th and 20th century Asian history. It does so by associating readings in social theory with academic and literary texts from or about the Asian region. ** Permission of the Department Head is required to register. **

HIST 874 - War and Culture in Europe WWI

This course examines the controversial idea of the Great War as a watershed in European cultural history and the different ways in which class, gender, nationality, politics and the passage of time have conditioned the experience and memory of the War. Writers', artists', and historians' views are considered.

HIST 890BT - Gender and US Politics

This course analyzes how ideas about gender shape US politics. We will consider men's and women's participation in both electoral politics and reform activism in an effort to understand how notions of masculinity and femininity shape ideologies that become attached to policy decisions and partisan politics.

HIST 890BU - Treaties and Treaty-Making in Canada

This course will survey the treaties between First Peoples and the Crown in Canada, and the process through which those treaties were negotiated, including colonial treaties, such as the Douglas Treaties, and the Haldimand Proclamation; the numbered treaties negotiated between 1871 and 1930; and contemporary treaty-making.

HIST 890BV - Canadian Treaties and Health: A History

History of treaty making and implementation from colonial times to the twentieth century with emphasis on the impact of those agreements on the health of the Indigenous communities. Course content will consider the epidemiological, environmental, and political context of treaty making and the evolution of health outcomes after their completion.

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 ***

INAH 204 - Indigenous Art & Twentieth Century

The course will examine twentieth-century Indigenous art. Politics, revolution, education, and economic issues of Canada, USA, and Mexico will be considered as affecting stylistic developments.
***Prerequisite: INAH 100.***

INAH 491AA - Lines of Identity & Place: Indigenous Tattoo Traditions from Historical to Contemporary

An investigation of North American Indigenous body modification focusing on tattooing traditions from historical to contemporary practice. Meaning and impact of tattooing imagery on the social, political, and religious aspects of society will be explored emphasizing its link as mnemonic devices to Indigenous oral traditions.
***Prerequisite: Successful completion of 45 credit hours and Permission of the Instructor.***

INDG 201 - Introduction to Contemporary Indigenous Issues

This course is a survey of contemporary Indigenous issues, covering topics including self-government, political organizations, the land claims process, social and economic conditions, and Aboriginal identity.
***Prerequisite: INDG 100, or permission of the Program Coordinator.***

INDG 221 - Metis Culture and History

This course surveys the historical development of the Metis as a distinct culture and society, their relations to Indian Nations, and their past and present roles in the evolution of Canadian society.
***Prerequisite: INDG 100 or permission of Department Head.***
*Note: The course includes a field trip or significant cultural event.*

INDG 222AH - Achievements and Contributions of First Nations Peoples

This course will examine the achievements of First Nations communities and individuals in areas of government, leadership, economic development, plant domestication, agricultural techniques, medicine development, holistic healing practices, sports, gaming, and design..
***Prerequisite: INDG 100, or permission of the Program Coordinator.***

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 338 - Reserves - Their History and Development

This course in a descriptive and analytical study of Indian reserves focusing on the social and political economies of First Nations prior to and after reserve creation, and the invention and implementation of the reserve as an aspect of government policy.
***Prerequisite: INDG 228 or INDG 229 or permission of the Department Head.***

INDG 390AO - Indigenous Families and Healing in Treaty 4

This directed readings course focuses on (though is not limited to) Indigenous experiences of trauma and healing arising in response to Indian Residential Schools in the Treaty 4 area of Saskatchewan.
**Permission of the Department Head is required to register.**

INDG 390AQ - Collaborative Investigative Research I

Of interest to students and journalists across Canada, this practice-based research methods course will introduce students to investigative collaborations, which encompass skills in the areas of deep research and data journalism, as participants work together to hold government and industry to account on a national scale.
**Permission of the Program Coordinator is required to register.**
*Note: INCA, INDG, and Journalism students interested and qualified to participate can get course credit.*
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of INDG 390AQ, INCA 391AA, or INDG 890BA.*

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.***

INDG 432 - Issues in Indigenous Spirituality

This course includes selected topics that focus on historical oppression, adaptation, innovation, and their relevance to evolving society.
***Prerequisite: INDG 232 and any 300-level INDG course or permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of INDG 432 or INDG 895AA.*

INDG 492AE - Issues Indigenous Spirituality

This class builds upon INDG 232 and 332 in which students study the uniqueness of First Nations spirituality and basic concepts such as the reality of the spirit world, practical guidance for living, rebirth and ways of relating to the spirit world; and the manner in which Indigenous spirituality has become alienated in contemporary mainstream society.
**Permission of the Program Coordinator is required to register.**

INDG 890AP - Race, Space, Gender and Identity

his course will explore the relationship in society between race, space, and gender and how they shape our social identities, with emphasis on how these factors affect Aboriginal peoples in western Canadian society.

INDG 890BA - Collaborative Investigative Research I

Students will learn investigative journalism research techniques and will collaborate with each other on investigative assignments focused on holding government and industry to account on a national scale.
**Permission of the Department is required to register.**

INDL 241 - Cree Literature in Translation

Representative examples of Cree literature from different parts of Canada will be read in translation. Both âtayôhkêwinan (sacred stories, legends) and âcimowinan (ordinary stories) will be discussed in terms of their relationship to Cree culture as a whole.
***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and INDG 100, or permission of the Program Coordinator.***
*Note: Students may only receive credit for one of INDL 241 or HUM 250.*

INDL 242 - Saulteaux Literature in Translation

Representative examples of Saulteaux literature from different parts of Canada will be read in translation. Both âhtasôkêwinan (sacred stories, legends) and âcimowinan (ordinary stories) will be discussed in terms of their relationship to Saulteaux culture as a whole.
***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and INDG 100 or permission of the Program Coordinator.***
*Note: Students may only receive credit for one of HUM 251 or INDL 242.*

INHS 210 - Contemporary Issues in Indigenous Health

An in-depth examination of contemporary issues in Indigenous health including community planning, major health issues, government policy, Indigenous control of health care, human resource development, and alternative models of delivery.
***Prerequisite: INHS 100 and INHS 101.***

INSW 402 - Indigenous Social Work Practice and Human Sexuality

Indigenous social work explores human sexuality at a personal, community, and national level. Through connecting the personal to the political, the course will address issues of sexual abuse and healing, and sexual violence and the sex trade.
***Must be accepted into the School of Indigenous Social Work (SISW).***

INSW 425 - Group Work in First Nations' Practice

Traditional and western theories of groups will be explored with a focus on group dynamics in various settings. Traditional teachings, learning, and healing circles will be incorporated. The course provides preliminary skills for working with groups regarding problem solving, decision-making, power issues, conflict resolution, and consensus.
***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 240 - Contemporary Issues in International Affairs

This course examines selected global issues through a problem-based learning approach. Students will work in teams to simulate global conferences on selected transnational issues such as United Nations reform, international justice, conflict resolution, terror and security, or the environment.

***Prerequisites: IS 100***

IS 290AA - Local Lives in a Global Political Economy

An introduction to economic and political geography, emphasizing the development of the global economy as it plays out in local places with particular politics, histories and cultures. The course will focus on the crisis of Fordism and the restructuring of different sectors of the economy (eg resources, services and finance).

IS 290AB - Indigenous Peoples in Global Context

This course will examine the political, social, and cultural backgrounds of diverse Indigenous peoples around the globe. It will explore patterns and themes of Indigenous history and the impacts of colonization and settlement. Treaty-making, diplomacy, decolonization, and contemporary global Indigenous movements will be areas of particular focus.
***Prerequisite: IS 100 or permission of Department Head***

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 302 - Non-Governmenal Organizations Crossing Borders

Do non-governmental organizations make a difference? How do they interact with and alter the international state system? This course examines the activities and influence of transnational non-governmental organizations such as global struggles against colonialism and slavery; and campaigns for human rights, women's rights, indigenous rights and banning land mines.
***Prerequisite: IS 100 (formerly INTL 100) or 30 credit hours***

IS 390AF - Global and Local Mining

This course examines the environmental, political, and social justice aspects of mining and resource extraction in various countries. How does extraction shape local communities and environments? How have indigenous claims and resistance influenced corporate and government strategies and vice versa? Is resource wealth a blessing or a curse?
***Prerequisite: IS 100 or GEOG 100 or GEOG 120 and 30 credit hours.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of IS 390AF, GES 396AI, or GEOG 396AI.*

IS 390AH - International Human Rights

This course investigates evolution of international human rights and global and regional institutions that protect human rights such as the UN. It examines the international bodies that have judicial powers over human rights crimes and the challenges they face. Those bodies include the International Criminal Court and ad hoc tribunals.
***Prequisite: IS 100 and completion of 30 credit hours or permission of the International Studies Program Co-ordinator***

IS 390AL - Indigenous Human Rights

Current developments at the international level with respect to rights of Indigenous peoples, particularly at the level of the United Nations is the focus. It reviews the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous peoples (UNDRIP) with special attention to issues of violence against women, child removal and environmental degradation.
***Prerequisite: IS 100 (formerly INTL 100) or 30 credit hours***

IS 390AM - History of the Mexico-US Border

How has the US-Mexico border region changed over time? What role has violence played? This course explores these questions in the context of the US-Mexico relationship. Topics covered include nation and identity formation, the Mexican-American War, the Mexican Revolution, transnational wealth disparity, migration, NAFTA, and the Trump Presidency.

*** Prerequisite: IS 100 or 30 credit hours ***

IS 390AN - Pop Culture and International Politics

What can we learn about international politics from popular culture? Popular culture presents the possibilities of politics that are not abstracted from of everyday life and experience. This course draws the popular culture to explore the nature, limits, and possibilities of contemporary international politics ***Prerequisite: IS 100 (formerly INTL 100) or 30 credit hours***

IS 390AO - Democracy and Authoritarianism in Contemporary Latin America

This course discusses the historical construction of Latin American political regimes, such as oligarchy, populism, and dictatorships; likewise processes of transition to democracy. It will approach individual country cases and regional trends, as well as relations between Latin American nations and foreign powers.
***Prerequisite: IS 100 (formerly INTL 100) or 30 credit hours***

IS 390AP - Canadian Foreign Policy and Development Assistance

How does Canada participate in the world through international development? This course explores official development assistance as an element of Canadian foreign policy. Particular attention is paid to long-term policy shifts and to the influence of civil society and the private sector on development policy.
***Prerequisite: IS 100 (formerly INTL 100) or 30 credit hours***
*Note: Students may only receive credit for one of IS 390AP or PSCI 390BD.*

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.

IS 490AH - Insurgencies the 21st Century: Social Media, Alliances, and Complexity

This course provides students with an overview of the theoretical and policy debates regarding armed conflict in the 21st Century, with a focus on non-international conflicts. Examples of the kinds of topics we will discuss include explanations for the causes of insurgency and success in counterinsurgency.

JRN 100 - Introduction to Journalism and Democracy

An introduction to how journalists do their work and their role in democratic development. Press freedom in a global context, including the relationship of journalism to fundamental human rights. Critical examination of journalism within shifting centres of media power.

JRN 308 - Journalism Topics: Investigating key issues in journalism and society

This course examines several key issues for working journalists, spotlighting the importance of critical media literacy and social responsibility in professional practice. From propaganda techniques to crime scares and self-censorship, the course explores the myriad ways journalism casts light on, fails to illuminate or may exacerbate social problems.
***Prerequisite: JRN 100 and completion of 30 credit hours.***

JRN 882 - Indigenous People and the Press

This course investigates the fairness, accuracy and inclusion of Indigenous representations in the media. Topics range from under-representation and under-reporting of Indigenous issues, media cultural imperialism, negative stereotypes, and reporting challenges and alternatives. *Note: Students may receive credit for one of JRN 882, JRN 482, or JRN 480AB.*

JS 100 - Introduction to Justice

Introduces major theoretical orientations and methods of justice studies. Provides an overview of the Canadian legal system and issues involved in the pursuit of criminal, legal, restorative, and social justice.

JS 230 - Introduction to Canadian Law

Examines the conceptual foundations, structure and administration of law in Canada, including criminal and civil law. Current legal debates and precedent setting cases will be discussed.
***Prerequisite: JS 100 and completion of an additional 6 credit hours, or permission of the Department Head.***

JS 240 - The Criminal Justice System

An introductory analysis of the criminal justice system. An examination of the Canadian criminal justice process from initial police involvement through court processes to the correctional disposition of convicted offenders.
***Prerequisite: JS 100 and completion of an additional 6 credit hours, or permission of the Department Head.***

JS 316 - Mediation and Conflict Transformation

Examines the role, purposes, use of mediation and other methods of conflict transformation. Assesses appropriate use of a variety of mechanisms, especially as they relate to issues of race, class, and gender. Conflict styles, conflict analysis tools, role of mediator, typology of mediation, and skills are discussed. Additionally, the course introduces the concepts of need, interest, position, and decolonization in the context of mediation and conflict transformation. Emphasis on conflict transformation in the context of human justice and restorative justice.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours including JS 090 and JS 100, or permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: Formerly numbered HJ 321 and HJ 381AC. Students may receive credit for one of HJ 321, HJ 381AC, or JS 316.*

JS 317 - Justice, Democracy and Social Change

Examines justice in terms of concepts and practices of citizenship within democratic societies. Examines political justice, representations, governmental obligations re: human services and the growing role of non-governmental organizations.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours including JS 090 and JS 100, or permission of the Department Head.***

JS 318 - Restorative and Community Justice

This course will examine, in depth, the restorative justice paradigm and its applications. The development of justice alternatives to criminalizing approaches will be explored. The concepts and services and emerging roles for the community and victims will be analyzed.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours including JS 090 and JS 100, or permission of the Department Head.***

JS 319 - Criminological Theories

This course examines various theories within the discipline of criminology that attempt to explain and predict the etiology and epidemiology of criminal and deviant behaviour in Canadian society. Both classical and contemporary theories of crime are considered. Multiple theoretical and disciplinary perspectives may be discussed.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours including JS 090 and JS 100, or permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of JS 319 or JS 498AE.*

JS 350 - Justice and Indigenous Peoples

Intended to help human service workers understand the background of current issues, including aboriginal rights, land claims and self-government. Explores aboriginal history, colonization, settlement, displacement, and constitutional issues here and abroad.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours including JS 090 and JS 100, or permission of the Department Head.***

JS 398AE - Gender, Justice & Settler Colonialism

An intersectional lens will be used to analyze how settler colonialism directly impacts justice outcomes in criminal and child welfare proceedings in Canada and other settler states. The class will include case studies and legal theory including the Gladue Principle. Students do not need to have a justice background.
***Prerequisite: JS 090, JS 100 and completion of 30 credit hours or permission of Department Head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of JS 398AE or WGST 380AY.*

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 415 - Program Evaluation

Introduction to organizational, methodological and professional issues involved in evaluating programs in government and non-government organizations that deal with justice issues. This course offers a practical understanding of the evaluation process, including identification of key evaluation questions, program logics, measurement, research design, and qualitative evaluation.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 60 credit hours including one JS 300-level course, or permission of the Department Head.***

JS 419 - Advanced Seminar in Criminal Justice

This course will focus on special topics in the area of criminal justice systems. The intent is to offer a special focus on key and contemporary issues in the field and allow students to explore that topic in great depth throughout the semester.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 60 credit hours including one JS 300-level course, or permission of the Department Head.***

JS 431 - International Law and Justice

Explores the role of law, courts and policy at the international level in the pursuit of criminal justice and social justice. Examines how advocacy and service organizations use these international mechanisms in pursuit of justice-related goals.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 60 credit hours including one JS 300-level course, or permission of the Department Head.***

JS 440 - Advanced Issues in Corrections and Community Justice

Examines shifting assumptions and changing practices in dealing with persons found guilty of criminal offences, as they pertain to both institutional and community settings. Topics include programming models, tensions among retributive, rehabilitative, and restorative approaches, and the role of culture and communities in repairing harm done by criminal behaviour.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 60 credit hours including one JS 300-level course, or permission of the Department Head.***

JS 443 - Police Organization, Administration & Leadership in Canada

This course focuses on the principles of administration, organizational behaviour, and leadership in human services agencies, including social and criminal justice agencies. Topics include financial and human resource management, implementation of programs toward fulfillment of objectives and decision-making. This course will also examine different models and styles of organizational structure and how they influence organizational behaviour.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 60 credit hours including one JS 300-level course, or permission of the Department Head.***

JS 890AX - Aboriginal Justice Issues in Canada

This course examines an array of Aboriginal justice issues in Canada. Topics covered include: the history and impact of the residential school system and the resulting truth and reconciliation commission, the Gladue court rulings, the over-representation of Aboriginal Peoples in the criminal justice system, and restorative justice alternatives.

JS 890BA - Forms of Criminal Behaviour

This course examines the major types of criminal behaviour including violent, property, public order, and organizational offences. Special attention is placed on the sources and patterns of violent offending across time and space. Topics include conceptions and typologies of violent offenders, victim-offender relationships, and efforts to control violent offending.

JSGS 801 - Governance and Administration

Analyzes governing institutions and the process of modern government as a means of enhancing student understanding of policy formulation and implementation. Intended to provide a basis for critically assessing political and administrative decision-making and policy outcomes.

JSGS 802 - Public Finance

Provides a survey of Canadian public finance. Examines rationales for government intervention in a market economy, the assessment of public policy, how government decisions are made and the impact of government expenditures and taxation on the economy and the well-being of Canadians, in terms of economic efficiency and interpersonal equity.

JSGS 806 - Public Policy Analysis

Analysis of the processes whereby public policies arise and are enacted in Canada. Compares theories and models of policy-making and decision-making to illustrate the special requirement of the Canadian environment; examines the roles of various participants in the policy process; legislators, political parties, interest groups, administrators and administrative structures, citizens and the judiciary.

JSGS 807 - Statistics for Public Managers

Administrative decision-making and policy development often require the analysis of quantitative data. This course will introduce students to descriptive and inferential statistics often used in policy environments so that they will be effective data users and interpreters. Students will be taught how to use and present descriptive statistics.

JSGS 808 - Ethical Leadership and Democracy in Public Service

There is a growing interest in leadership, ethics and democracy within the profession of public administration. This course examines these three key concepts in the making of a professional public servant and connects them to the environment in which decisions are made in government.

JSGS 811 - Foundations of the Nonprofit Sector

Provides a descriptive and analytical overview of the Canadian voluntary sector. This graduate course focuses on the structure of the voluntary sector, its history and relationship with government. This course challenges students to assess criteria, which determine the enabling policy environment for non-profit organizations.

JSGS 829 - Decision Making and Leadership in Healthcare Organizations

This course will cover leadership theory and practice, with a focus on effective leadership in the public sector and ethical decision-making. It will address decision-making models relevant to the health sector, including emerging philosophies (e.g., LEAN).

JSGS 831 - Performance Management

The course examines the principles underlying the application of selected aspects of public management and examines ways in which governments apply the principles. The course compares approaches of different governments and examines some specific applications and strives to develop in students the competencies required of public servants.

JSGS 835AV - COVID-19 and Public Policy

COVID-19 affects all parts of our lives. Just as individuals, organizations and businesses struggle to figure out how to plan and react to the pandemic, so do governments. This course examines how governments have approached the challenges presented by COVID-19 analyzes the public policy decisions made by these different governments.

JSGS 849 - Foundations in Social Economy and Public Policy

Focus on how non-profit, community-based organizations, and co-operatives interplay with the public policies of different levels of government. Using case studies, students will examine administrative public policy, funding, evaluation and accountability. The course also includes a field trip and researcher and practictioner guest lecturers.

JSGS 853 - Negotiations and Conflict Resolution

This course addresses Negotiations & Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the workplace, including theoretical models and applications relevant to managing conflict in employment settings. Students will gain a firm understanding of how to resolve workplace conflict in both unionized and non-unionized environments.

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 867 - Advanced Policy Analysis

This course will introduce students to applied policy analysis and key policy research emthods including interviews, focus groups and surveys. As an applied project class students will work with faculty and representatives from the Saskatchewan Government to conduct a policy analytic review for a provincial ministry.

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 879 - The Management of Technology

To assist students to develop a framework for understanding and analyzing the strategic management of the research, development and commercialization of biotechnology-based products. Students will also learn the role and importance of government (domestic and international regulations), intellectual property regulations and public perception in the business strategy decision making process of firms.

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 881 - Constitutional Law and Public Policy

This course will enable students to develop the critical skills necessary to examine Canada's constitutional framework, including the judicial system, the division of powers, the treatment and rights of Aboriginal Peoples, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

JSGS 882 - Strategic Management in the Public Sector

The course focuses on developing practical knowledge and skills public sector managers require to effectively “get things done” through others. Management skills developed include self-assessment/reflection, goal-setting, teamwork/collaboration, verbal/written communication, influence/persuasion, conflict resolution, stress management, and creative thinking.

JSGS 886 - MHA Placement

This course is an experiential learning opportunity. Students spend one month embedded within a partner organization such as the Government of Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health, during which time they work on a designated policy project under the supervision of a mentor within the organization, and the course instructor.

KIN 110 - Sociology of Sport, Recreation and Physical Activity

This course examines selected topics related to the sociology of sport and physical activity. The emphasis of the course is on understanding the construction and organization of sport in modern societies and the social and cultural influences on sport and physical activity, particularly in Canadian society.

KIN 350 - Fitness Appraisal and Exercise Leadership

The scientific basis of physical fitness appraisal and exercise counselling will be examined, as will the administration of standardized tests of fitness and program leadership. Students will have the opportunity to write the Certified Personal Trainer exam through the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology.
***Prerequisite: KIN 170 and KIN 269***

KIN 450 - Clinical Exercise Physiology

An advanced course in clinical exercise physiology and fitness assessment for the general population and those with musculoskeletal injury. This course provides both a theoretical and practical experience in advanced physical fitness testing, methods, data collection and interpretation, and exercise prescription. The focus of the course will be in exercise prescription for musculoskeletal injury, rehabilitation, pregnancy, older adults and the general public.The course includes a hands-on clinical experience with members of the community.
***Prerequisite: KIN 350 and KIN 285.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of KIN 450 or KIN 481AB.*

KIN 481AB - Advanced Clinical Assessment and Application

This course will examine advanced issues involving the physiological assessment, response, and adaptations from different exercise modalities. Topics include musculoskeletal morphology, exercise fatigue, cardiovascular kinetics, and endocrinology. Theory and practical application will be integrated within the classroom environment and applied by the student in a 12 week clinical placement running concurrently with the course. ***Prerequisite: KIN 350.***
*Note: This is a preparatory course for the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology- Certified Exercise Physiologist (CEP), the highest exercise designation in Canada and is considered equivalent to KIN 450.*

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 200AF - Visual Imaging: Looking Through the Lens

This course focuses on visual literacy through the “reading” of and creation of images. This course challenges students to think more critically about the images we see daily. Students will gain visual literacy in “reading” and creating images as seen through the “lens” of the viewer, the literal photographic lens, and the lens of society, critically engaging with fine art, commercial, and industry produced images.

MAP 209 - Decolonization and the Arts

Students will identify and challenge existing colonial structures across the globe. They will engage in proactive and informed discussions of contemporary art to better decode power structures gaining a deeper more inclusive understanding of cultural experiences. To facilitate sharing personal stories and histories, dialogue from multiple perspectives will be encouraged.
*Note: Students can receive credit for one of MAP 209 or MAP 200AL.*

MAP 400AB - Adv Sem - Cultural Studies I

Seminar exploring the fundamental themes and issues of cultural studies including the history, thoeory and aesthetics of modernity;the effect of mass society on social movements and personal identity; and the influence of capital on cultural production.

MAP 400AE - Global Media Cultures

This course focuses on the study of international communications and its intersections with world politics in the age of increasing global interdependence. During the course, we closely examine how mass communications theories and critical/cultural approaches offer answers to central questions on global media systems and cultures.

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.

MBA 830 - Business, Government and Society

This course examines ethical and social issues relevant to business management. It includes a multidisciplinary application of knowledge and concepts to contemporary issues challenging business executives, and the role of consultation with local communities and governments, sustainable business practices and evolving global standards of corporate social responsibility and ethics.

MBA 835 - International Business

This course focuses upon opportunities and problems that arise when business operations cross national boundaries. The international business environment is examined, and the tasks of management are integrated into this multinational framework. Students will gain familiarity with global economics, various international institutions and practices that impact upon business firms, and students will learn and apply specific models and techniques to aid decision-making in a multinational context.

MBA 848AA - Study Tour - Mexico

The course includes a study tour of Mexico. This is an international business course that examines the concepts and current practice related to doing business in Mexico. The course will develop an understanding of the people, culture and history of Mexico, Mexican business, finance, politics, NAFTA and Mexican business culture.

MNUR 810 - Transition to Advanced Nursing Practice II

Advanced nursing practice concepts are integrated into a consolidated clinical practice experience. Autonomy, accountability, decision-making, and critical analysis of organizational and system issues that influence advanced nursing practice are demonstrated. Knowledge translation of a piece of scholarly work completed during the program is facilitated.
***Prerequisite: All other CNPP course (30 credit hours).***
*Note: While enrolled, the student will engage in 182 hours of practice education experience.*

MU 100 - Introduction to Music

What would life be without music? This broad survey course explores the changing role of music within society across time and disciplines, with emphasis on developing critical listening skills.
* Note: Not available for credit in BMus or BMusEd programs.*

MU 319 - Music Cultures of the World

An inclusive survey of classical, popular and folk music traditions from around the world. As well as expanding their listening skills, students study music in culture and music as culture and, in the process, develop fresh approaches to their own musical traditions. Music-reading ability not required.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 15 credit hours.***
*Note: Students cannot receive credit for both MU 319 and MUHI 319.*

MU 330 - Video Game Music

This course introduces the rich repertoire of video game music—its history, theory, and practice. Representative games, soundtracks, scores, and composers will be examined, as will some technical processes involved. Discussions will include image and sound synchronization; comparisons to other audiovisual media; and ways technological developments create constraints and possibilities.
*Note: music reading ability is an asset but not required.*

MUHI 202 - Music History Survey-Pre-Classical to Contemporary

This course traces the development of important musical styles, genres and forms from the second half of the 18th century to the late 20th century by placing representative composers and selected musical works into their appropriate socio-cultural and historical contexts. Emphasis is on developing basic listening, writing and research skills.
***Prerequisite: Music reading ability***
*Note: Students cannot receive credit for both MU 202 and MUHI 202.

MUHI 203 - Music History Survey-Middle Ages to Baroque

This course traces the development of important early musical styles, genres, and forms by placing representative composers and selected musical works into their appropriate socio-cultural and historical contexts. Emphasis is on students honing their listening, writing, research and presentation skills.
***Prerequisite: MUHI 202 or permission of Department Head***
*Note: Students cannot receive credit for both MU 203 and MUHI 203*

MUHI 416AB - 19th Century Instrumental Genres

This course explores topics related to instrumental music in the Romantic era. Representative genres, composers, works and their respective historical contexts will be examined. For more information, consult the Music Department.
***Prerequisite: MUHI 203.***

NSLI 100 - Foundations of the Nonprofit Sector

An introduction to the nonprofit and voluntary sector in Canada and the organizations that comprise it. The course examines the history, size, scope, and roles of the sector in society, relationships with government and other sectors and accountability in the context of governing and managing a private not-for-profit corporation.
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of NSLI 100, IDS 290AA or NSLI 200.*

NSLI 220 - Nonprofit Advocacy and Community Development

Theoretical and practical consideration of nonprofit advocacy work, including power structures and systems, government structures, community development and organizing, and networking and engaging community residents to achieve changes in public policies and programs and to educate about societal problems. Legal restrictions on charities' advocacy are examined.
***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 220, NSLI 320, IDS 290AE, or JS 384.*

NSLI 230 - Nonprofit Communications and Strategic Relationship Building

Communications with the general public, governments, other nonprofits, businesses, media, funders and donors in order to build intentional relationships are explored. Theory and practice are integrated in examining relationships and accountabilities. New perspectives on social media, virtual/public presence, branding, key messages, and time-sensitive response mechanisms are discussed.
***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 230 or NSLI 330.*

NSLI 340 - Nonprofit Program Planning and Evaluation

Effective program planning and evaluation based on understanding the shifting external environment in which staff and volunteers operate, as well as their internal environment. Includes mixed methods research; external environment trend analyses and projections; internal organization database management and analytic strategies; program evaluation and decision-making models; and special projects management.
***Prerequisite: NSLI 100 or 12 credit hours, or permission of the Program Director.***
*Note: NSLI 100 may be taken concurrently.*

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.*

NURS 900AF - CNS Transition to Advanced Practice

Clinical Nurse Specialist concepts are integrated into a consolidated clinical practice experience. Autonomy, accountability, decision-making, and critical analysis of organizational and system issues that influence clinical nurse specialists are demonstrated. A major project will be completed. Students will complete a minimum of 120 hours of clinical.

PHIL 100 - Introduction to Philosophy

This introduction to philosophy will explore how philosophy can provide answers to some of the more profound questions we face, such as questions concerning knowledge, truth, mind and body, personal identity, free will, morality, politics, reasoning and the existence of God.
* Note: Topics will vary with sections of this course *

PHIL 211 - Aristotle and Later Greek Philosophy

A critical survey of philosophy concentrating on Aristotle and later Greek philosophers such as the Stoics, the Epicureans, and Plotinus. Topics may include language, ethics, psychology, politics, and other major divisions of human thought.
*** Prerequisite: PHIL 100 or completion of 15 credit hours ***

PHIL 213 - Early Modern Philosophy

A critical examination of some of the works of the major empiricist and rationalist philosophers. The philosophers discussed will be selected from Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Special attention will be given to the conflict between empiricism and rationalism.
***Prerequisite: PHIL 100 or completion of 15 credit hours.***

PHIL 216 - Existential Philosophy

A discussion of the writings of representative existentialist thinkers, including Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Jaspers, Heidegger, Marcel, Sartre, and Camus.
*** Prerequisite: PHIL 100 or completion of 15 credit hours ***

PHIL 271 - Social & Political Philosophy

A critical analysis and evaluation of selected philosophical writings on justice, liberty, happiness, and the rights and obligations of the individual as a member of society. Authors studied will usually be selected from Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Rousseau, Mill, Burke, Marx, and Marcuse.
*** Prerequisite: PHIL 100 or completion of 15 credit hours ***

PHIL 370AJ - The Lived Experience of Democracy

This course in political phenomenology will consist of lectures and seminars through which we will approach democracy as it is lived by persons, rather than as a set of institutions or processes. It will rely on student input and participation to encourage reflection on contemporary experiences of democracy.
***Prerequisite: One 200-level PHIL course, or permission of the Department Head.***

PHIL 370AL - Knowledge, Truth and Power

This course considers some of the complex relationships between knowledge, truth, power and society. Some questions that will be discussed include: Are knowledge and truth relative to a culture or society? How do unequal distributions of power serve to validate certain understandings of the world while marginalizing others?
***Prerequisite: One 200-level PHIL course, or permission of the Department Head.***

PHIL 435CF - Philosophy for Cyborgs: Technology in Peculiar Places II

This is an advanced course in philosophy of technology and techno-politics. In this course, we look for technologies in peculiar places, including practices of care, eugenics, making race and disability, and philosophy. Reading works in philosophy, literature, and STS, we’ll theorize technologies and discover that we are always already “cyborgs.”
**Permission of the Department Head is required to register.**
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of PHIL 435CF or PHIL 335CF.*

PHIL 470AK - The Lived Experience of Democracy

This course in political phenomenology will consist of lectures and seminars through which we will approach democracy as it is lived by persons, rather than as a set of institutions or processes. It will rely on student input and participation to encourage reflection on contemporary experiences of democracy.
**Permission of the Department Head is required to register.**
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of PHIL 470AK or PHIL 370AK.*

PHIL 470AL - Knowledge, Truth and Power

This course considers some of the complex relationships between knowledge, truth, power and society. Some questions that will be discussed include: Are knowledge and truth relative to a culture or society? How do unequal distributions of power serve to validate certain understandings of the world while marginalizing others?
**Permission of the Department Head is required to register.**
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of PHIL 470AL or PHIL 370AL.*

PHIL 880BL - The Lived Experience of Democracy

This course in political phenomenology will consist of lectures and seminars through which we will approach democracy as it is lived by persons, rather than as a set of institutions or processes. It will rely on student input and participation to encourage reflection on contemporary experiences of democracy.
**Permission of the Department Head is required to register.**

PHYS 140 - Physics of Energy and the Environment

An exploration of the energy used in a wide variety of systems including cars and homes. Physical concepts will be applied to various energy production schemes and usages found in our lives. We will discuss today's dominant energy sources and the alternative energy sources of tomorrow. This semi quantitative course will provide a scientific foundation for the energy issues facing society. The course materials contain examples with Indigenous elements. No physics background is required.

PLST 890AC - The Future of Policing

Students in this course examine trends in policing, with a focus upon the historical, social, demographic, political, and cultural factors that have shaped the policing industry and the future prospects for policing. A number of key themes are explored, including; community policing, the application of technology, police-social system partnerships, the management of high-risk offenders, specialized units, potential threats and opportunities (including changes in crime trends), and human resource management. Of key interest will be forecasting the future of policing in 2035, including Aboriginal and rural and remote policing in Canada.

PLST 890AF - Issues in Contemporary Public Safety

This course focuses on the organizations engaged in crime prevention activities in Canada; building on the concept of the safety and security web. Students critically evaluate the internal and external forces influencing public safety organizations, including organizational structures, the impact of technology, legal decisions, and economic conditions.

PPE 200 - Foundations of PPE

This inter-disciplinary course will focus on a particular issue (e.g. health care) and examine how that topic would be approached by each of the three disciplines of philosophy, politics, and economics. Emphasis will be placed on the differences between these approaches, and on understandings that emerge only through combining them.

PPE 400 - Capstone Seminar in PPE

This course examines topics at the intersection of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (e.g. justice, power, and choice), each in significant depth. The precise topics examined will vary to some extent, based on the expertise of the particular instructor and the research topics pursued by students in any given year.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 60 credit hours including PPE 200.***

PSCI 100 - People, Power and Politics: An Introduction

An introduction to the issues, concepts and institutions of contemporary politics in both Canadian and international contexts, inviting critical thinking on subjects such as power, citizenship, democracy, diversity, feminism and colonialism. It links these topics to current world political events and issues. The objectives of the course are to introduce concepts and approaches in political studies; and to cultivate civic education.

PSCI 220 - Comparing Political Systems

Comparative Politics studies the politics of countries around the world. This course introduces students to comparative analysis. Questions that might be covered are: how and why do we use comparative analysis? Why do economies develop at different rates? Under what conditions are policies more/less likely to be adopted? What explains the success and failure of rights revolutions? What explains the difference in institutional design across democracies? When does collective action succeed, when does it fail?
***Prerequisite: PSCI 100.***

PSCI 230 - Power and Politics in Canada

Emphasis is placed on national institutions and events. An examination of the institutions and events that shape national politics in Canada, how power is exercised and political decisions are made.
***Prerequisite: PSCI 100.***

PSCI 240 - World Politics

A comprehensive introduction to international politics. This course is designed to help students establish a basic understanding of the history of war and peace, international relations theory, human security, international political economy, international law, and international organizations.
***Prerequisite: IS 100 or PSCI 100***

PSCI 321 - American Politics

This class explores the institutional and conceptual framework of democracy in America. We examine the theoretical foundations of the American political system and the major institutions of American government, including Congress, the Presidency, and the Supreme Court. We also study civil rights, political participation, and presidential elections.
***Prerequisite: Any 200-level PSCI course or the completion of 30 credit hours.***

PSCI 331 - Divided Loyalties: Canada as a Federal State

This course examines the political, legal and economic dynamics that shape federalism and intergovernmental relations in Canada. It pays particular attention to how regional, provincial, linguistic and racial identities shaped and continue to shape Canadian politics.
***Prerequisite: Any 200-level PSCI course or the completion of 30 credit hours.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for only one of HIST 301 or PSCI 331.*

PSCI 334 - Canadian Politics and the Charter of Rights

This course will examine the influence of the Charter of Rights on political issues and social change in Canada. Emphasis will be on civil liberties, group rights and political and socio-economic conflict, and the evolving roles of party politics, the judiciary, and extra-Parliamentary politics.
***Prerequisite: Any 200-level PSCI course or the completion of 30 credit hours.***

PSCI 336 - Canadian Political Economy: Capitalism, Politics and the State

Examines both the evolution of the Canadian economy and the development of Canadian political economy as a field of study. Particular attention is paid to the role of capital, labour and the state in the creation of contemporary Canadian capitalism and how they shaped past and present political debates.
***Prerequisite: Any 200-level PSCI course or the completion of 30 credit hours.***

PSCI 337 - Gender in Canadian Politics

An introduction to the role that gender has played in the evolution of Canadian political life including the rise of feminist political movements, gender’s role in partisan politics and how expansive notions of gender diversity continue to reshape aspects of Canadian political life.
***Prerequisite: Any 200-level PSCI course or the completion of 30 credit hours.***

PSCI 338 - Indigenous People and Politics

This course considers the relationship between indigenous peoples and the Canadian state. Questions of the nature of colonialism, capitalism, citizenship and identity are raised.
***Prerequisite: Any 200-level PSCI course or the completion of 30 credit hours.***

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 343 - International Political Economy

A critical examination of the relationship and interaction between world politics and the international economy, including topics such as international trade, financial debt crisis, multinational corporations, foreign aid and investment. Theoretical attention will be particularly paid to hegemony and leadership theory, development and underdevelopment, regionalism and integration, international regimes and globalization.
***Prerequisite: Any 200-level PSCI course or the completion of 30 credit hours.***

PSCI 347 - War and Peace: Past, Present and Future

An examination of global security and conflict including the causes of war, the evolution of warfare, ethnic conflicts, Western military interventions, the democratic peace, and the future prospects of war and peace.
***Prerequisite: Any 200-level PSCI course or the completion of 30 credit hours.***
*Note: Formerly numbered PSCI 390AK. Students may receive credit for only one of PSCI 390AK or PSCI 347*

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 390AR - International Human Rights

This course investigates evolution of international human rights and those institutions that protect human rights such as the UN. It examines the international bodies that have judicial powers over human rights crimes and the challenges they face, including the International Criminal Court and ad hoc tribunals. ***Prequisite: Any 200-level PSCI course or the completion of 30 credit hours***

PSCI 390BB - Pop Culture and International Politics

What can we learn about international politics from popular culture? Popular culture presents the possibilities of politics that are not abstracted from of everyday life and experience. This course draws the popular culture to explore the nature, limits, and possibilities of contemporary international politics ***Prerequisite: Any 200-level PSCI course or the completion of 30 credit hours.***

PSCI 390BD - Canadian Foreign Policy and Development Assistance

How does Canada participate in the world through international development? This course explores official development assistance as an element of Canadian foreign policy. Particular attention is paid to long-term policy shifts and to the influence of civil society and the private sector on development policy.
***Prerequisite: Any 200-level PSCI course or the completion of 30 credit hours.***
*Note: Students may only receive credit for one of PSCI 390BD or IS 390AP.*

PSCI 415 - Contemporary Political Theory

This course offers a selection of readings in contemporary political theory, with a changing theme each year the course is offered. Among the themes considered will be power and knowledge, the politics of resistance emancipation, political subjectivity, capitalism and its critiques, and the relationship between politics and the arts.
***Prerequisite: One of PSCI 210, PSCI 310, PSCI 311, PSCI 312, or permission of the Department Head.***

PSCI 425 - Topics in Comparative Politics

An intensive study of modern theories and issues in comparative politics, which can cover ration choice theory, the new institutionalism as well as the issues of economic development, political culture, democratization and de-democratization, social movements, rights and identities, populism, and ideology.
***Prerequisite: Two PSCI courses at the 200 or 300 level or completion of 60 credit hours.***

PSCI 439 - Healthy Canadians, Canadian Health Care

This course examines the evolution of the Canadian health care system, the current challenges of health care reform and the dynamics of health care policy making. Particular attention is paid to the relative balance between a focus on health care and a focus on population health.
***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 439 or PSCI 339.*

PSCI 442 - Theories of International Relations

A study of the most important theories, approaches, concepts, and debates within the field of International Relations. Examining the connections between IR Theory and the actual events, both historical and contemporary, of world politics.
***Prerequisite: Two PSCI courses at the 200 or 300 level or completion of 60 credit hours.***

PSCI 443 - Current Issues in International Relations

This course is a seminar in selected topics in International Relations. Topics covered in this course may include the following: current issues of world politics; ethics and international affairs; international conflict and security; history of international relations; and the international political economy.
***Prerequisite: Two PSCI courses at the 200 or 300 level or completion of 60 credit hours.***

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.*

PSCI 490BJ - Political Theories of Labour and Work

This course examines both canonical theories (eg. Smith, Locke, Marx, Weber) and critical scholarship on the politics of work and labour (eg. Arendt, Marcuse, Federici, Graeber, Weeks). Themes include the relationship between labour and property, waged labour, work as a vocation, gendered and racialized work, and labour migration.
***Prerequisite: Two PSCI courses at the 200 or 300 level or completion of 60 credit hours.***

PSCI 490BK - Comparative Politics Advanced Survey

This course presents an advanced survey of comparative politics as a method and of the application of the comparative method in the study of timely and important socio-political concerns. The course also provides the student with advanced training in reading and writing for political science. ***Prerequisite: Two PSCI courses at the 200 or 300 level or completion of 60 credit hours.***

PSCI 890BZ - The Comparative Politics of Multiculturalism

The course will examine the politics of multiculturalism from a global comparative perspective. It will address the normative arguments in favour of multiculturalism as well as those in favour of other politics of diversity. The course will also examine the movement and directionality of multiculturalism as policy phenomenon across democracies.
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of PSCI 890BZ or PSCI 461.*

PSYC 312 - Psychology of the Jury

An examination of juror decision-making research from Canada and the United States. Topics may include: the CSIEffect, perceived police legitimacy, juror selection, and emotion, in addition to other pre-trial, mid-trial, and post-trial sources of juror bias.
***Prerequisite: PSYC 101 and PSYC 102, or permission of the Department Head and completion of 60 credit hours.***
*Note: This course will initially be restricted to PSYC majors and Certificate in Forensic Psychology students. Non-majors will be eligible to register at a later point if space remains.*
*Note: Students may only receive credit for one of PSYC 312 or PSYC 388AJ.*

PSYC 321 - Forensic Psychology

An overview of the field of forensic psychology – the intersection of psychology and the law. Topics include: psychology of police investigations, deception, eyewitness testimony, child victims and witnesses, juries, mental illness in court, sentencing and parole, domestic violence, sexual offenders, psychopathy, risk assessment, and special offender populations. ***Prerequisite: PSYC 101 and PSYC 102, or 60 credit hours and permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of PSYC 321 or PSYC 320 as a forensic course.*
*Note: This course will initially be restricted to PSYC majors and Certificate in Forensic Psychology students. Non-majors will be eligible to register at a later point if space remains.*

PSYC 322 - Psychology of Criminal Behaviour

This course examines biological, personality, and social theories and empirical research in the context of understanding criminal and violent behaviour. Topics covered will include: offender assessment and classification, offender treatment, criminal pathways to and desistance from crime, prevalence, and types of offenders.
***Prerequisite: PSYC 101 and PSYC 102.***
*Note: This course will initially be restricted to PSYC majors and Certificate in Forensic Psychology students. Non-majors will be eligible to register at a later point if space remains.*

PSYC 330 - Psychology of Women

An examination of the major theories, research methodologies, and data in the field of the psychology of women. Philosophical values of feminism and the psychological impact of women's historical roles in society, and cultural perspectives pertaining to women will be considered throughout.
***Prerequisite: PSYC 101, PSYC 102, and two 200 level courses in the social sciences, or permission of the Department Head.***
*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 373 - Human Reasoning

Examines how people use, misuse, and fail to use available information in reasoning and decision-making with emphasis on theoretical, interdisciplinary approaches to understanding human reasoning and applications in everyday life.
***Prerequisites: PSYC 204 and PSYC 270. PSYC 220 is recommended.***
*Note: This course will initially be restricted to PSYC majors. Non-majors will be eligible to register at a later point if space remains.*
*Note: Students may only receive credit for one of PSYC 373 or PSYC 473.*

PSYC 388AI - Human Sexuality

This course covers many aspects of human sexuality focusing on both theory and current research. The basics of sex and sexuality will be explored, including history of sex research, sexual anatomy, and the nature of sexual response. Specialized topics, such as sexual dysfunctions and sexual violence, will also be discussed.
***Prerequisite: PSYC 101 or PSYC 102 or permission of the department head and completion of 60 credit hours.***
*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 461 - Tests and Measurement

A survey of psychological tests and measurement. Topics include: ethics and social consequences of testing, norms, reliability, validity, and representative tests in the cognitive and affective domains. This course is invaluable to students who may wish to go on in psychology in clinical and educational settings.
***Prerequisite: PSYC 204 and PSYC 305.***
*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 473 - Human Reasoning - Research Option

Examines how people use, misuse, and fail to use available information in reasoning and decision-making with emphasis on theoretical, interdisciplinary approaches to understanding human reasoning and applications in everyday life. Discussion of contemporary issues will complement “hands-on” experience in designing and executing an empirical research study.
***Prerequisite: PSYC 270 and PSYC 305. PSYC 220 is recommended.***
*Note: Students may only receive credit for one of PSYC 373 or PSYC 473.*
*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 890BM - Directed Readings in Psychology: Special Topics in Law and Psychology

This course applies basic social and cognitive psychology to the law, to the aim of understanding how various legal actors might exhibit biased decision-making. The content is broken into three units (witnesses, victims, and juries), including such topics as eyewitness memory, the insanity defence, and emotion in the courtroom.

PSYC 890BT - Individuals, Coalitions, and Conflict

This course will allow for the exploration of the psychology of conflict. Readings will be directed at gaining an understanding of who joins coalitions, under what circumstances, and with what consequences. Contemporary issues in political psychology, international relations, and intergroup violence will be emphasized.

RLST 100 - Introduction to Religious Studies

An introduction to the academic study of religion; a survey of the thought and practices of major world religions; the impact of religion on society and culture.

RLST 390BZ - 19th Century: Religion and Literature (Victorian Gods)

Once known as "the age of faith and doubt" and later as a flashpoint for the rise of the scientific understanding and secularization, the 19th century is under scrutiny by critics who no longer take for granted religion's modern decline. This course examines the robust debates in Victorian culture and literature over religion, modernization, and secularization, as well as the internecine conflicts in Christianity itself.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 24 credit hours or a 200 level RLST course.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of RLST 390BZ or ENGL 336AQ.*

SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology

This course introduces students to basic sociological concepts, debates, and modes of analysis. Through discussion of issues such as the cultural development of humans, the socialization process and the structures of global society, students will be introduced to the distinctive approach of sociology.

SOC 201 - Globalization and Development

This course introduces students to sociological analyses and theories on the rise of global society. Specific topics may include issues such as the development of capitalist industrial societies, local and global inequalities, and the ways in which economic, technological, and political changes shape the world we live in.
***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 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 203 - Canadian Society

This course introduces students to issues of particular relevance to Canadian society. The course considers the historical origins and contemporary expressions of different topics, which may include such things as industrialization and de-industrialization, cultural industries, Canada's position within a global economy, and environmental issues.
*** Prerequisite: Completion of 12 credit hours or or SOC 100 or permission of Department Head.

* Note: SOC 100 is required for all majors in Sociology *

SOC 209 - Religion and Society

This course introduces students to sociological analyses and theoretical perspectives on the place of religion in modern society. The course focuses on issues such as secularization, fundamentalism, sects and cults, and Third World religious movements.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 12 credit hours or SOC 100 or permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: SOC 100 is required for all majors in Sociology.*

SOC 211 - Sociology of Diversity and Intersectionality in Canada

This course introduces sociological approaches to diversity, equity and inclusion. It explores social policy and practices focusing on the complex intersections of race, gender, glass, age, disability, citizenship, and other factors. Course discussion topics include: Indigenous communities, human rights, inequality, newcomer experiences, active citizenship, and complex identity issues.
*** Prerequisite: Completion of 12 credit hours or or SOC 100 or permission of Department Head.
* Note: SOC 100 is required for all majors in Sociology *

SOC 212 - Gender and Sexuality

This course introduces students to sociological perspectives on gender and sexuality in contemporary society. Key topics include: gender and sexual identity, gender inequality, and changing definitions of masculinity and femininity. Students will be introduced to various theoretical perspectives on gender and sexuality, including feminist theories, LGBT studies, and queer theory.
***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 213 - Families

This course introduces students to sociological perspectives on the family, with emphasis on issues of particular importance in contemporary Canadian society. Specific topics might include the impact of social change on family relationships, changing definitions of the family, children's rights, concepts of fatherhood and motherhood, and same-sex marriage.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 12 credit hours or permission of Department Head***
*Note: SOC 100 is required for all majors in Sociology*

SOC 214 - Sociology of Indigenous People in Canada

This course introduces students to the experience of Indigenous peoples in Canada from a sociological perspective. Employing historical and contemporary examples, students are introduced to policies and legislation shaping relationships between Indigenous peoples and other Canadians. Specific topics might include the neglect of Indigenous issues in Canadian sociological studies, applying social theory to the study of Indigenous issues, identity, Aboriginal and treaty rights, self-government, assimilation, land claims, health, education and justice.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 12 credit hours or SOC 100 or permission of the Department Head***
*Note: SOC 100 is required for all majors in Sociology*

SOC 215 - Sociology of Crime and Criminal Justice

This course introduces students to sociological perspectives on the study of crime and justice. The course examines sociological concepts of deviance, punishment, and social control.
***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 218 - Sociology of Hockey in Canada

An examination of hockey in Canada, exploring the relationships between hockey and social inequality, the economy, violence and Canadian nationalism. Central to Canadian popular culture, hockey extends far beyond the rinks and streets on which it is played into the social, cultural, economic, and political realms of Canadian society. ***Prequisite: Completion of SOC 100 or 12 credit hours or permission of the Department Head. ***
* Note: SOC 100 is required for all majors in Sociology.*

SOC 225 - Digital Society

This course introduces students to sociological perspectives on digital technologies in contemporary society, with particular emphasis on the role they play in the daily lives of Canadians. Specific topics might include social media; dis/misinformation; online shopping, dating, and gaming; Big Data, Al, and surveillance capitalism; and issues of privacy and access to information.
***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 230 - Environment and Society

This course introduces students to sociological perspectives on the relationship between society and the natural environment. The course examines the environmental impact of the actions of individuals, businesses and governments. Specific topics might include climate change, environmental degradation, sustainability and environmental movements and conflicts.
***Prerequisites: Completion of 12 credit hours or SOC 100 or permission of department head.***
*Note: SOC 100 is required for all majors in Sociology.*
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of SOC 230 or GES 297AB.*

SOC 288 - Sociology of Addiction

This course explores the concept of addictive behaviour using different models and theories relevant to understanding addiction within Canadian society from a sociological perspective.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 12 credit hours or SOC 100 or permission of the Department Head.***

SOC 296 - Sociology of Superheroes

This course examines the rise of Superheroes as a cultural phenomenon. It traces the historical roots of Superheroes in myths and legends, and then focuses on modern Superheroes in comic books, graphic novels and motion pictures. It uses Sociological theories to assess the significance of Superheroes in modern society.
***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 308 - Power and Social Justice

This course examines sociological perspectives on the impact of social power on social justice. It utilizes both historical and theoretical materials to analyze the effect on inequalities of power and wealth on justice and injustice in society.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours, including completion of one 200 level SOC course, or permission of the Department Head.***

SOC 315 - Advanced Studies in Crime and Justice

This course examines advanced sociological perspectives on crime and criminal justice, and explores current controversies in Canadian crime and justice.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours, including completion of one 200 level SOC course, or permission of the Department Head.***

SOC 355 - The Global Food System

A sociological lens on processes of food production, distribution, and consumption on a global scale. The course traces the historical development of the global food system and examines contemporary conflicts driving social change.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours, including completion of one 200 level SOC course, or permission of the Department Head.***

SOC 808 - Seminar Class & Political Economy

Development of and changes in the class structure of Canadian society and relations between class, class conflict and socio-economic growth, development and depression.

SOC 890AR - Critical Perspectives on the Environment in the Global South

This course covers critical readings related to the sociology and political economy of environmental issues in the Global South, including how these problems are a product of contemporary development processes. Readings will include social theory and history of the environment, as well as cover particular problems, such as those related to climate change, agriculture, water, natural resources, land rights and conflicts, and oil.

SOST 811 - Social Research Projects

A research project to be supervised by faculty. The project could involve research within the University or be done in cooperation with government agencies or other groups outside the University.

SOST 880AM - Community-Based Research: Approaches and Methodologies

This course is an in-depth examination of theoretical, methodological, and practical issues in the design and implementation of participatory community-based research for diverse contexts. It also investigates the role of community-based research in citizen-led social change.

SOST 880AO - Advanced Qualitative Research Methodology

This course introduces graduate students to the practice of social research using qualitative methods. Emphasis is placed on both theory and application. Students will learn about several major methodological frameworks (e.g., ethnography, case study, participatory research) as well as concrete methods to collect and analyze qualitative data.
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of SOST 880AO or SOST 890AY.*

SOST 890AY - Advanced Qualitative Research Methodology

This course introduces graduate students to the practice of social research using qualitative methods. Emphasis is placed on both theory and application. Students will learn about several major methodological frameworks (e.g., ethnography, case study, participatory research) as well as concrete methods to collect and analyze qualitative data.
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of SOST 880AO or SOST 890AY.*

SOST 890BA - Interdisciplinary Issues in Veteran’s Programming

This course examines issues confronting Canadian veterans from an interdisciplinary prespective. Areas for focus will include government programming, employment, homelessness and PTSD. Readings will draw upon disciplinary insights from public policy, psychology and sociology.

SOST 890BC - Advanced Criminology: Indigenous Peoples and Criminal Justice

This course critically (a) examines the historical and contemporary issues concerning Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian criminal justice system (CJS) and (b) analyzes how factors such as racism and colonialism have contributed to inequalities and discrimination experienced by the Indigenous Peoples and in turn shaped their interactions with the CJS.

SRS 110 - Recreation and Leisure Theory

Focus on the role of leisure and recreation in society emphasizing an understanding of the delivery system and the leisure phenomenon.

SRS 340 - Governance and Legal Issues in Third Sector Organizations

This course is designed to investigate the legal issues and management of risk in the sport and recreation delivery systems. This course will provide a basic understanding of the governmental systems and governing bodies that influence the delivery of recreation services and legal issues students will likely encounter in their future professions.
***Prerequisite: 60 credit hours***

SW 202 - Critical Issues/Critical Thought

This course examines the foundations of critical thinking with application to social work issues in such areas as oppression, poverty, health, child welfare and violence.
*Note: It is recommended that SW 100 be taken prior to SW 202*

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.***

SW 411 - Abuse and Violence

This course examines abuse and violence primarily within familial relationships, but will also include discussion on various forms of trauma in a broader context. Individual, familial, institutional and societal responses to abuse and violence will be explored. A victim centered, trauma-informed social work perspective will be emphasized.
*Note: Note: Recommend that students have completed one or more of SW 346, SW 390, SW 407, SW 414 or SW 437.*

SW 412 - Mental Health Services

This course examines the structure and function of mental health services in society with particular reference to the historical and theoretical foundations. Current practices, issues, and problems are reviewed.

SW 413 - Child Welfare Systems and Immigrant Families

The course will explore the various forms of social work knowledge, theories, values and skills when working with newcomer/immigrant and refugee families. The course emphasis will be to explore ways to support immigrant and refugee families, using both micro and macro approaches.
***Prerequisite: 30 credit hours***
*Note: Formerly numbered SW 480AP. Students may only receive credit for one of SW 413 and SW 480AP.*

SW 414 - Child Welfare Practice

This course provides an overview of historical, and current child welfare legislation, policies and services. Regional perspectives are highlighted. Child maltreatment is defined and identified. The effects of child abuse and neglect on the child, family, and society will be explored. Prevention, investigation and intervention approaches are covered.

SW 417 - Substance Abuse: Impacts and Interventions

This course will explore the impact of alcohol, drugs, and behavioral addictions on individuals, families, and society. Using a bio-psycho-social perspective, students will critically examine a range of models of assessment, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery used to address the addictions related issues in diverse populations.

SW 418 - Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees

This course examines the experiences of immigrants and refugees and the role of social work. Issues of multiculturalism within Canadian society and regional perspectives are recognized as well as cultural and religious diversity and issues of systemic oppression.

SW 420 - The Legal Environment of Social Work Practice

The practice of social work has long been intertwined with the practice of law and the legal systems of society. This course will review legislation pertinent to social service programs that govern the professional practice of social work, and the related duties and obligations of social workers.

SW 460 - Ethics in Social Work

This course is designed to sensitize students to the central role of ethics in contemporary social work. Theoretical foundations in social work ethics and the relationship between diverse value systems in Canadian society will be critically analyzed. Emphasis is on various ethical dilemmas and ethical issues facing social workers.

SW 872 - Community Organizing & SW Prac

This course explores various theories, principles, models and strategies of community organizing, and their importance for social work. Emphasis is placed on issues of power and the reallocation of power within society.

SW 879 - Social Work, Empowerment and Disability

Drawing on a critical realist perspective, this course will examine a pluralist, engaged and nuanced approach to disability in relation to practice, policy, research and education. Key topics discussed will include dichotomies such as disabled people versus non-disabled people, identity politics, bioethics in disability, and care and social relationships.

THAC 360AO - Contemporary Scene Study: Climate Change Theatre

Theatre for change. This class will explore new plays from around the world dealing with Climate Change and Activism. Students will work on scenes and short plays dealing with Climate Change and lay the groundwork for creating their own new works on the subject. The class will also research artistic activism and its role in society.
***Prerequisite: THAC 260 or permission of the instructor.***

THEA 215AJ - Theatre: Society, Change

Theatre. Society. Change is designed to provide students with different perspectives on theatre and its uses in the context of development and community building.

THST 361 - LGBTQ Theatre Since Stonewall

This class will focus on the development of LBGTQ theatre in the late 20th Century to the present. Taking the Stonewall Riots as the genesis of the contemporary gay and lesbian rights movement this class will examine the growth of GLBTI theatre from the tortured characters of the 'gay' play to the victim driven AIDS drama through the mainstreaming of gay issues in the theatre and onto the solo queer performances of today.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours or permission of Department Head***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for THST 361 and/or THEA 454AB*

THST 456AB - It's getting Political! Theatre as a Political Act

Is Political Theatre about politics or is it engaged in politics? Approaches to Political Theatre includes the comparative study of significant political plays in Canadian and world drama. This course also looks at varieties of popular, community-engaged theatre plays and practices— theatre that activates change!

THTR 199AA - Theatre Society Change

Theatre. Society. Change is designed to provide students with different perspectives on theatre and its uses in the context of development and community building.

WGST 200 - Feminisms: Feminist Theories and Knowledge

An examination of theoretical and epistemological issues related to feminist and indigenous systems of knowledge. Course materials will bring diverse theorists into dialogue with such topics as gender, identity, sexuality, the body, work, the family, language, violence, representation.
***Prerequisite: WGST 100, or permission of the Department Head.***

WGST 280AM - Indigenous (First Nations, Metis and Inuit) Masculinities in Canada

This course examines how historical and contemporary constructions of Indigenous masculinity have shaped our understanding of what it means to act and be an ‘Indigenous male’ in Canadian society. It draws on critical gender theory to interrogate how issues associated with maleness interact with questions of race, class, and sexuality.
***Prerequisite: WGST 100 or permission of the Department Head.***

WGST 301 - Women and Health: Local and Global

This course examines a wide range of issues in women's health and wellness from a critical feminist perspective. It will cover a range of topics such as the ramifications of the biomedical model for women's health, disparities in women's health, AIDS, mental health, violence against women, aging, disabilities, and reproduction.
***Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours, or permission of the Department Head.***

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.*

WGST 380AY - Gender, Justice & Settler Colonialism

An intersectional lens will be used to analyze how settler colonialism directly impacts justice outcomes in criminal and child welfare proceedings in Canada and other settler states. The class will include case studies and legal theory including the Gladue Principle. Students do not need to have a justice background.
***Prerequisite: WGST 100 and permission of the Department Head.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of WGST 380AY or JS 398AE.*

WGST 880AI - Violence and Indigenous Women

This course will engage postcolonial, feminist, Indigenous and poststructuralist theory to examine the discourse on missing and murdered Indigenous Women. Working from our national context and moving to a global perspective, students will identify patterns of violence and resistance and become skilled at historical, political, gendered, economic and cultural analyses.