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Psychology
  

  • PSYC 3346 - Social Influence and Persuasion


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course explores theories and research concerning social influence, with particular attention to compliance, conformity, persuasion and obedience. It will also explore how the principles of social influence apply to real world phenomena.

    Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2245  with a minimum grade of C or higher. 
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  • PSYC 3353 - Topics in Aging


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course examines the nature, causes and implications of developmental changes across the middle and later adult years. Following a basic overview of theoretical perspectives and research methods used in the area, the course will look at age-related changes in physiological, psychological, and social functioning. Diversity in later adulthood is also discussed, as it is reflected in gender and in cultural, lifestyle and individual variability.

    Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in one of PSYC 2235 , PSYC 2245 , PSYC 2265 , PSYC 2275 , PSYC 2283  or PSYC 2285 .  
    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • PSYC 3355 - Topics in Adolescence


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course emphasizes the biological, cognitive, social and emotional changes that occur within adolescent development. It investigates the impact of various contexts (family, peers, school, etc) on developmental outcomes. Topics include the transitory difficulties and psychosocial problems that may arise during this period as well as cultural and historical aspects of development.

    Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in one of PSYC 2235 , PSYC 2245 , PSYC 2265 , PSYC 2275 , PSYC 2283  or PSYC 2285 .
    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • PSYC 3357 - Topics in Brain and Behaviour


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course will expand and build upon the content covered in the 2000- level course, Brain and Behaviour. It will include topics such as homeostasis, variations in consciousness, the neural control of language, brain laterality, environmental influences on brain function, and psychopathology.

    Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2275  with a minimum grade of C or higher. 
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  • PSYC 3358 - Health Psychology


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course provides a survey of the theories, research and practice of health psychology, and the study of the role of psychological factors in optimal health. Areas of health such as stress, coping mechanisms, substance use, pain, chronic illness, and the influences of positive psychological practices on health will be examined.

    Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in one of PSYC 2235 , PSYC 2245 , PSYC 2265 , PSYC 2275 , PSYC 2283  or PSYC 2285 . 
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  • PSYC 3367 - Human Memory


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course provides an overview of the history, current theories, and research findings relating to human learning. Processes involved in encoding, storing and retrieving information from memory stores will be studied by examining such topics as implicit and explicit memory, autobiographical memory, and constructive processes.

    Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2265  with a minimum grade of C or higher. 
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  • PSYC 3369 - Sensation and Perception


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    The course will provide students with an understanding of how the brain receives and processes information about the world around us. This will include the basic anatomy and physiology of the primary sensory systems, the scientific methods used to measure sensory function, and how information is represented in neural processing. The course will also look at traditional and cutting edge approaches to object perception, theories of depth perception, color perception, pattern recognition, motion, attention and at the processes of bottom-up and top-down processing and how they interact.

    Prerequisite(s): One of PSYC 2235 , PSYC 2245 , PSYC 2265 , PSYC 2275 , PSYC 2283  or PSYC 2285  with a minimum grade of C or higher.
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  • PSYC 3380 - Indigenous Psychology


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course explores the psychological outcomes of the colonization experiences of Indigenous peoples including residential schools, systemic and societal discrimination. It is an introduction to Indigenous healing practices and non-traditional psychological therapeutic practices that are utilized to support the wellbeing of Indigenous peoples in Canada. The course also investigates the integration of these traditional healing practices with mainstream psychotherapeutic methods to respond to the diversity within and between Indigenous communities.

     

    Prerequisite(s): One of PSYC 2235 , PSYC 2245 , PSYC 2265 , PSYC 2275 , PSYC 2283 , or PSYC 2285  with a minimum grade of C; or consent of the department.
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  • PSYC 3404 - Effective Communication for Psychology


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course introduces students to a range of interpersonal and communication skills. The course includes a substantial experiential component allowing students to develop and practice skills that support the development and maintenance of professional relationships. In addition, students will gain experience and understanding of the interview process and report writing. Multicultural considerations, working with challenging individuals, will be also be covered.

    Prerequisite(s): One of PSYC 2235 , PSYC 2245 , PSYC 2265 , PSYC 2275 , PSYC 2283 , or PSYC 2285 . 
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  • PSYC 3406 - Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy

    (formerly PSYC 4406)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course critically examines the basic principles and therapeutic processes that characterize mainstream counselling/psychotherapy approaches, such as those based on the Psychodynamic, Behavioural and Cognitive-Behavioural, Humanistic, and Contextual/Systemic perspectives.

    Prerequisite(s): One of PSYC 2235 , PSYC 2245 , PSYC 2265 , PSYC 2275 , PSYC 2283 , or PSYC 2285 . 
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  • PSYC 4199 - Directed readings


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Directed Reading
    Subject to the approval of the Chair. Directed Readings are intended to provide a more flexible approach for students who want to pursue and receive credit in areas of study which are of particular interest to them. Two Directed Reading courses can be used for graduation purposes but they must be in different disciplines. A Directed Reading cannot replicate an existing course. The objectives of the Directed Reading course(s) must be filed in the Office of the Registrar and will be made available to any institution requesting them for evaluation purposes. Arrangements for Directed Readings must be completed on or before the Add/ Drop deadline.

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  • PSYC 4403 - Advanced Topics in Brain and Behaviour


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    A basic review of brain anatomy and physiology will be followed by an exploration of topics such as neuroplasticity, neuroendocrinology and psychoneuroimmunology. These topics will be examined in relation to abnormal neural and behavioural function in disorders such as depression, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease.

    Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2213  and any one of PSYC 3302 , PSYC 3307  or PSYC 3357 , all with minimum grades of C or higher. 
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  • PSYC 4408 - The Digital Frontier: Perception, Virtual Reality, and AI in Psychology


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course focuses on psychological theory and application relevant to interacting with current and emerging digital technologies. Topics will typically include interfacing and communicating with artificial intelligence, perception and cognition in digital spaces such as virtual and augmented reality and how we can feel “present” in our digital experiences. This course will be taught in a Virtual Reality Classroom. 

    Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2213  and one of PSYC 3301  PSYC 3307  PSYC 3343  PSYC 3344  PSYC 3346  PSYC 3357  or PSYC 3369 . 
    Note: This course requires students to have a Virtual Reality Head Mounted Display (HMD). 

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  • PSYC 4412 - Advanced Statistical Methods for Psychology


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Tutorial Hour(s): 2

    This course reviews material from prior 2200-level statistics courses and introduces more advanced analyses. Students will learn to screen data and to conduct analyses including multi-factor ANOVA, planned comparisons, advanced regression, power and nonparametric tests. Brief conceptual introductions to multivariate techniques (e.g. factor analysis, mediation analysis, MANOVA/MANCOVA) will be provided.

    Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2211  and PSYC 2213  with a minimum grade of B.
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  • PSYC 4413 - Research Methods II


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Tutorial Hour(s): 2

    This course extends research concepts, practices, and designs introduced in PSYC 2213  and PSYC 4412 . Students will gain more in-depth hands-on experience with core elements of the research process while critiquing, designing and conducting small research projects. In addition, specialized techniques in social science research will be introduced. This course lays a foundation for honours thesis research.

    Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2213  with a minimum grade of B and PSYC 4412 .
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  • PSYC 4427 - Advanced Topics in the Psychology of Sexuality


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course emphasizes contemporary issues and research in the psychology of human sexuality. Topics covered may include, new reproductive technologies, contraception advances, sex and emerging technologies, advances in the treatment of sexual dysfunction, and enhancing sexual satisfaction. All of these topics will be discussed within a biopsychosocial context.

    Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2213  and PSYC 3327  both with a grade of C or higher.
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  • PSYC 4451 - Atypical Child Development


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Psychology 4451 provides a critical examination of issues pertaining to developmental psychopathology during childhood and adolescence with an emphasis on the characteristics of the disorders of development, their determinants, outcomes and interventions. Contemporary research and theories as well as current approaches to intervention and prevention will be emphasized.

    Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2213 , PSYC 2285  and PSYC 3351  with minimum grades of C or higher.
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  • PSYC 4455 - Atypical Adolescent Development


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Course seminars will examine the foundations and pathways, normative and psychopathological, of adolescent development. Small-scale hypothesis driven studies and multilevel research designs are utilized to demonstrate the complexity of the study of adolescent development. Advances in theory and research pertaining to the biological, cognitive, emotional, and social development of adolescents, including emerging adulthood, will be emphasized.

    Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2213  and PSYC 3355  with minimum grades of C or higher. 
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  • PSYC 4900 - Advanced Topics in Infancy and Toddlerhood


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course examines the theoretical and empirical nature of cognitive development in infancy and toddlerhood. Topics may include infant research methods, sensation, perception, intelligence, concepts and categories, memory, early communicative development, culture, social stimulation and engagement, and brain development.

    Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in both PSYC 2213  and PSYC 3351.  
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  • PSYC 4901 - Advanced Topics in Child Development


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course examines theory and research in development throughout childhood. Topics may include research methods with children, perception, memory, language, problem solving, academic skills, intelligence, culture, personality development, and social perception.

    Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in both PSYC 2213  and PSYC 3351.  
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  • PSYC 5110 - Honours Seminar I


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Psychology 5110 is a weekly seminar course for students in the Honours stream. The seminar will provide students with a variety of practical, technical, and intellectual skills that are central to scientific research and to the development of their Honours thesis. Emphasis will be placed on students’ ability to think critically and independently.

    Prerequisite(s): PSYC 4413 .
    Note: This course is restricted to students who are officially accepted and enrolled in the Psychology Honours Program.

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  • PSYC 5120 - Honours Seminar II


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Psychology 5120 is a weekly seminar course for students in the Honours stream. The seminar will provide students with the opportunity to conduct research in their area of interest, gather data, analyze and present findings, and develop a written thesis. Some projects may be non-empirical or theoretical, in which case certain steps (e.g., gathering data) may be modified accordingly. The Honours thesis project is conducted under the direct guidance of a faculty supervisor from the Department of Psychology.

    Prerequisite(s): PSYC 5110 .
    Note: This course is restricted to students who are officially accepted and enrolled in the Psychology Honours Program.

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Public Relations
  

  • PUBR 1841 - Introduction to Public Relations

    (formerly COMM 1841)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Tutorial Hour(s): 1

    This course will provide students with an overview of the field of public relations and environments in which practitioners work. Public relations will be considered from the perspective of human communication theories. Students will also learn the history and role of public relations in different organizational settings, and all key components of the public relations process from both a theoretical and practical point of view. Issues facing the practitioner and the industry will also be discussed.

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  • PUBR 1845 - Interpersonal Communications

    (formerly COMM 1845)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course introduces the fundamentals of interpersonal communications with a focus on ‘influencing with integrity’. Students will practice communicating one-on-one and in small groups; learn effective listening and conflict resolution skills; appreciate differences in others; and examine personal values, intentions and behaviours.

    GNED Cluster 4 - Tier 2

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  • PUBR 1849 - Applied Writing I for Public Relations

    (formerly COMM 1849)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 1.5
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Tutorial Hour(s): 1.5

    This course will introduce students to intermediate-level elements of writing for specific communications disciplines. Considerations of audience, purpose and technique in media will be examined for a variety of writing assignments in public relations.

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  • PUBR 2803 - Applied Visual Communication for Public Relations

    (formerly COMM 2803)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course is a survey of major issues, techniques, and strategies in visual communications. Principles of graphic communication, design, and layout will be applied to the production of a variety of print-based media, including newspapers, newsletters, reports, manuals and brochures, using current computer-based page-layout and graphics programs. Typography and the uses of paper, as they affect the options for printing processes, will be examined and applied.

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of the department.
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  • PUBR 2830 - Public Relations and the Public Good

    (formerly COMM 2830)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 1.5
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Tutorial Hour(s): 1.5

    This course examines the field of Public Relations from both theoretical and applied perspectives. In addition to examining specific aspects of the Public Relations function, students will explore the positive and negative impacts of the Public Relations function on today’s society. Students will also explore the organizational environments in which practitioners work, as well as employing a critical lens to explore the impacts of Public Relations on society. 

    Prerequisite(s): One of GNED 1301 , GNED 1303 , or GNED 1304 . 
    GNED Cluster 4 - Tier 3

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  • PUBR 2845 - Financial Public Relations

    (formerly COMM 2845)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Blended, Lecture
    Tutorial Hour(s): 1

    This course introduces students to the practice of financial public relations and the environments in which practitioners operate. Students explore the relevance of financial communication and its importance in building and maintaining relationships with key constituents. Through interactive and applied activities the course challenges students to consider the communication tools, trends and ethical perspectives involved in this practice area.

    Prerequisite(s): PUBR 1841  and PUBR 1849 . 
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  • PUBR 2849 - Applied Writing II for Public Relations

    (formerly COMM 2849)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Tutorial Hour(s): 2

    In this course, students move beyond the basics of public relations writing to explore writing for publication and specific genres, including employee communication, briefs, feature writing, report writing, pitches, and corporate profiles. Students will continue to hone their research, writing, editing and interviewing skills.

    Prerequisite(s): PUBR 1849 . 
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  • PUBR 3841 - Media Relations

    (formerly COMM 3841)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 1
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Tutorial Hour(s): 2

    This course examines the relationship between public relations and the media. Through work on a client project, students learn about the importance of strategic media planning in both traditional and online environments and practice writing public service announcements (PSAs), news releases, feature articles and creating media kits. Students participate in a mock news conference and receive media training.

    Prerequisite(s): PUBR 1841 . 
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  • PUBR 3843 - Communication and Organizational Culture

    (formerly COMM 3843)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course is designed to help students think critically about communication in the organizational context. Through theory-based lectures and experiential exercises, students will better understand the nature, strengths and limits of organizational design, the nature of metaphor and its usefulness in describing organizational management, and how to apply theory learned in the classroom in the practice of public relations.

    Prerequisite(s): Either PUBR 1841  or PUBR 1845. 
    Community Service Learning

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  • PUBR 3847 - Public Relations Management

    (formerly COMM 3847)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 1.5
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Tutorial Hour(s): 1.5

    Building on the introduction to public relations course and research methods course, students learn the fundamentals of public relations program planning. The course begins with theory, case study analysis and discussion, and ends with teams planning, executing and evaluating a client based public relations initiative. Students conduct research, analyze target audiences and messages to be delivered, undertake budgeting and scheduling activities, and evaluate the results.

    Prerequisite(s): PUBR 1841  and PUBR 3855 . 
    Community Service Learning

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  • PUBR 3851 - Computer Mediated Communication

    (formerly COMM 3851)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 1
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Tutorial Hour(s): 2

    This course introduces public relations students to on-line/digital communication in both the classroom and the computer lab. Participants learn to use the technologies and understand them sufficiently to advise others on their applications, strengths and weaknesses. Students become familiar with digital uses for Internet and social applications as they relate to communications.

    Prerequisite(s): PUBR 2803  or PUBR 1841 .
    Recommended Preparation: COMP 1103  or equivalent.
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  • PUBR 3855 - Research Methods for Public Relations

    (formerly COMM 3855)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Blended, Lecture
    This course develops competence in major forms of research including the use of surveys, focus groups, content analysis, and the use of existing information accessed through libraries, online databases, and other computer-based search tools. Elements of descriptive statistics as they apply to the analysis of survey design are reviewed. The course provides instruction and hands-on practice in conducting communications research and communicating the findings as a fundamental part of the public relations profession.

    Prerequisite(s): PUBR 1841  and PUBR 2849 . 
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  • PUBR 3860 - Government Public Relations

    (formerly COMM 3860)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    In this course students will explore the critical role strategic public relations plays as organizations seek to inform and influence government policy-making processes and outcomes as well as examining the public relations function within government. Students will monitor current issues facing organizations; examine the theory, practice and context of government relations; and understand what it takes to create and manage an effective government relations program.

    Prerequisite(s): PUBR 1841  or PUBR 2830 .
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  • PUBR 3865 - Strategic Social Media for Public Relations

    (formerly COMM 3865)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture, Online
    In this course, students will examine the rich and complex picture of social media and the critical role strategic social media plays in the organizational public relations function. This course applies social media strategies to public relations for government, non-profit, corporate and agency sectors. It challenges students to understand the framework for transitioning social media from the personal to the organizational voice and to respond strategically to the way an organization’s audience connects, collaborates and builds relationships online. It focuses on strategic analysis and organizational integration of social media objectives through public relations strategies.

    Prerequisite(s): Both of PUBR 1841  and PUBR 3855  or consent of the program.
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  • PUBR 3867 - The Canadian Energy Industry, CSR and Sustainability PR


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Blended, Distance Delivery, Lecture
    This course examines the critical and emerging trends associated with (1) the Energy Industry in Alberta and Canada, (2) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability reporting, and (3) Environmentalism. The course provides a history of sustainability public relations practices focusing on the Canadian energy industries in relation to its associated stakeholders of environmental groups, First Nations communities, non-profits, think tanks and other affected political actors. Students’ learning is facilitated via contemporary case studies, guest speakers, academic literature, lectures and assignments. 

    Prerequisite(s): One of COMM 2500 , COMM 2501 , COMM 3500  or consent of the department.
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  • PUBR 3890 - Special Topics in Public Relations

    (formerly COMM 3890)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture, Blended, Distance Delivery
    This course provides an examination of selected topics designed to address critical or emerging trends in public relations. As this is a variable content course, the specific topic will be announced and advertised each semester it is offered. Students may not receive credit for this course more than once.

    Prerequisite(s): One of COMM 2500 , COMM 2501 , COMM 3500  or consent of the program.
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  • PUBR 4841 - Strategic Communication Planning

    (formerly COMM 4841)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 1.5
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Tutorial Hour(s): 1.5

    This course is designed to build on material covered in the Public Relations Management and Work Experience I courses. Students will increase their understanding of strategic and operational planning concepts in the public relations context by offering consulting services to clients. Working in groups, students will review business plans, conduct a communications audit and write a comprehensive communication plan to assist their client organizations in achieving organizational goals.

    Prerequisite(s): Both of PUBR 3847  and PUBR 4891 ; or consent of the department.
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  • PUBR 4845 - Investor Relations

    (formerly COMM 4845)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Blended, Lecture, Online
    This senior-level course for public relations students represents one of the key growth areas for the profession. Students examine the role of investor relations, its purpose within specific organizations, including the appropriate regulations, brokerage, security and ethical considerations of communicating in the financial marketplace. Financial communication documents are analyzed including proxies, disclosure documents, annual and quarterly reports, etc. Students learn how to successfully plan and manage an annual shareholder meeting, an investor presentation, and respond to the financial media.

    Prerequisite(s): PUBR 3841 . 
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  • PUBR 4847 - International and Intercultural Public Relations

    (formerly COMM 4847)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Online
    This is a senior-level course for public relations students. Students learn the essential elements of effective public relations activities in an international and intercultural context. They examine those elements through the relevant policies and activities governing public relations abroad including marketing, advertising, cultural diversity issues, legislation and government regulations, as well as new communication technologies, financial markets, ethics, international labour, and workplace issues.

    Prerequisite(s): One of PUBR 3841 , PUBR 3843 , or PUBR 3851 .
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  • PUBR 4849 - Fund Development and Corporate Philanthropy

    (formerly COMM 4849)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Online
    This is a senior-level course for public relations students, covering two aspects of social public relations - raising funds and creating programs that give financial resources away. This course covers such areas as: understanding government regulations, corporate giving guidelines, accessing funding agencies, understanding the options for fund maintenance, market and audience research, ethical considerations, and the public relations activities required to establish, maintain and promote partnerships with key stakeholders.

    Prerequisite(s): One of PUBR 3841 , PUBR 3843 , PUBR 3851 .
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  • PUBR 4851 - Issues and Ethics in Public Relations

    (formerly COMM 4851)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Blended, Lecture
    This is a senior course for students in their final semester of the public relations major in the Bachelor of Communication degree. The course, structured as a combination of senior seminar and directed reading, provides students the opportunity to reflect on the learning they have gained; examine the profession they are about to enter; contemplate and consider work experience placements and integrate these perspectives in a thesis of relevance to the profession and their future endeavours.

    Prerequisite(s): PUBR 4841 .
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  • PUBR 4860 - Issues Management, Risk and Crisis Communication

    (formerly COMM 4860)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    In this course, students will undertake a detailed examination of the principles and applications of the critical elements of sensitive issues management, risk and crisis communications within the context of the public relations responsibilities in organizational communication. The course will concentrate on theoretical considerations of such core topics as trust, effective spokespeople during crisis, credible messaging and stakeholder dialogue. It will address the fundamentals of issues management, effective implementation of crisis communication strategies and workable risk communication models.

    Prerequisite(s): PUBR 4891 .  
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  • PUBR 4890 - Public Relations Workplace Issues and Preparation Seminar

    (formerly COMM 4890)
    Credit(s): 0
    Lecture Hour(s): 1.5
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This mandatory, zero-credit preparation seminar for work experience will examine conditions and issues which may arise in the workplace and the responsibilities and rights of employers and employees. Potential employers and working public relations professionals will be invited to present their perspectives and expectations as students develop resumes and portfolios and prepare to apply for work opportunities in a subsequent semester. 

    Note: The seminar must be completed as preparation for and in advance of, the required work experience.

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  • PUBR 4891 - Public Relations Work Experience I

    (formerly COMM 4891)
    Credit(s): 0
    Other Hours Schedule Type Work Term

    The work experiences required for the public relations major in communication studies offers students the opportunity to integrate the theory and practice of public relations learned in the classroom to supervised work experience in a public relations and communications management setting. 

    Prerequisite(s): All of PUBR 1841 , PUBR 1849 , PUBR 2803 , PUBR 2849 , PUBR 3841 , PUBR 3847 , PUBR 3851 , PUBR 3855 , 150 hours of paid or volunteer public relations experience, and departmental approval.    
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  • PUBR 4892 - Public Relations Work Experience II

    (formerly COMM 4892)
    Credit(s): 0
    Other Hours Schedule Type Work Term

    To further student industry experience, students can participate in an optional second work experience in the public relations major in communication studies. This work experience offers students the opportunity to integrate the theory and practice of public relations learned in the classroom to supervised work experience in a public relations and communications management setting. 

    Prerequisite(s):  PUBR 4891  and consent of the department.
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Religious Studies
  
  

  • RELS 1103 - World Religions: Eastern


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course is an introduction to Eastern religions such as Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto.

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2

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  • RELS 1104 - Religion and Violence


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course introduces students to the study of religion by exploring the relationship between religion and violence. Themes covered may include: theories of religion and violence, self-harm, martyrdom, sacrifice, symbolic violence, resistance to religiously-sanctioned violence, religion and domestic violence, religion and non-violence.

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2

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  • RELS 2208 - Religion and Popular Culture


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course examines religious beliefs, practices, institutions, etc as expressed in works of popular culture. The course may focus on religion in a specific type of media (e.g. film, TV, literature, art) or on a religious theme (e.g. apocalypticism or the environment).

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2

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  • RELS 2209 - Religious Experience


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course examines a variety of types of religious experience (e.g. communal solidarity, moral development, conversion, mysticism, possession, trance, ecstasy). Emphasis will be placed on different theoretical accounts of the origin, nature and/or significance of these experiences.

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • RELS 2212 - Chinese Religions


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course will introduce the major religious traditions of China, including Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and popular Chinese religion. Examining the history, teachings, and practices of these traditions will provide insight into Chinese religion and culture.

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • RELS 2243 - Good and Evil


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course examines religious views of moral issues with an emphasis on the nature and consequences of right action. The course may focus on dualistic worldviews (i.e., ethics as a struggle between good and evil) and/or on karmic and nondualistic worldviews. Issues may include interpersonal relations, social justice, treatment of non-humans, sexuality, violence, and biomedical advances.

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • RELS 2251 - Sikhism


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course is an introduction to Sikh religion and identity. Particular attention will be given to the historical context from which Sikhism arose, the worldviews and goals it articulates, the development and content of its authoritative literature, and its religious practices. Sikhism outside of the Indian context may also be discussed.

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • RELS 2252 - Hinduism


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course is an examination of the major religious developments in Hinduism from ancient times to the modern period. The course introduces students to the central thinkers, literature, beliefs, and practices associated with Hinduism.

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2

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  • RELS 2253 - Christianity


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course is an overview of Christianity, including Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Protestantism. Topics may include beliefs, rituals, institutions, experts, art, architecture, artifacts and popular religiosity. The focus is contemporary, with some historical background. Christianity in Canada and relations between Christianity and society will be addressed: for example, issues of politics, economics, ethics, mass media, gender, race and/or class.

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2

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  • RELS 2254 - Islam


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course is an introduction to Islam from its origins in the Arabian peninsula to contemporary times as a global religion. Attention will be given to the historical and cultural contexts in which Islam arose, to the worldviews and goals it articulates, to the development and content of its literature, and to its religious practices.

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2

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  • RELS 2255 - Judaism


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course provides an introduction to the history, practices, beliefs, institutions and literature of the Jewish religion, from biblical times until the modern era. The course will describe the distinctive features associated with Judaism in different time periods, and the values, beliefs, and rituals that developed in response to the historical and cultural settings encountering Judaism.

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2

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  • RELS 2279 - Buddhism


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    A study of the doctrinal development and practices of the Buddhist tradition, including treatment of topics such as early Buddhism, Mahayana, and Tibetan Vajrayana.

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • RELS 2281 - Women and Religion


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course examines the origins, content, and influence of the views of women contained in various religious traditions and practices.

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • RELS 3199 - Directed Readings


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Directed Reading
    Subject to the approval of the Chair. Directed Readings are intended to provide a more flexible approach for students who want to pursue and receive credit in areas of study which are of particular interest to them. Two Directed Reading courses can be used for graduation purposes but they must be in different disciplines. A Directed Reading cannot replicate an existing course. The objectives of the Directed Reading course(s) must be filed in the Office of the Registrar and will be made available to any institution requesting them for evaluation purposes. Arrangements for Directed Readings must be completed on or before the Add/ Drop deadline.

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  • RELS 3302 - Selected Topics in Religion


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course provides an in-depth examination of a selected topic or theme in the study of religion. Possible topics include religion and the body; religion and the environment; religious fundamentalism; religion and sexuality.

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • RELS 3305 - Esotericism, Magic and the Occult


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course offers an historical and thematic introduction to Western Esotericism. Topics may include Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Astrology, Alchemy, Kabbalah, Naturphilosophie, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Mesmerism, Spiritualism, Theosophy, Anthroposophy, the modern occult (e.g., Eliphas Levi and Aleister Crowley), Traditionalism, New Age and Neopaganism.

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • RELS 3312 - Religion in Contemporary East Asia


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course will examine the ways that religious traditions have adapted to modern conditions in East Asian countries such as China, Japan, and Korea. Possible topics include: Buddhist monasticism, socially-engaged Buddhism; pilgrimage and tourism, married monks, and ritual interactions with ghosts.

    Recommended Preparation: One of RELS 2212  or RELS 2279 .
    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • RELS 3322 - Religion in the Americas


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course examines religion in the Americas today (especially Canada, the US, Mexico and Brazil) along with relevant historical developments. Topics may include the impacts of colonization and immigration, indigenous traditions, Church-State relations, folk Catholicism, liberation theology, Afro-Christian traditions and Spiritism, and (neo-)Pentecostalisms.

    GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3

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  • RELS 3333 - Death and the Afterlife


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course examines various religious perspectives on suffering, death, and the afterlife. The death rituals of different religions may also be considered.

    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • RELS 3352 - Topics in Hinduism


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course is an in-depth study of a specific Hindu thinker, text, movement, or issue. Course content will vary from year to year. Possible topics include the Bhagavad Gita, Gandhi, the poet saints, Shankara, and the Upanishads.

    Recommended Preparation: RELS 2252 .
    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • RELS 3353 - Topics in Sikhism


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course is an in-depth study of a specific Sikh thinker, text, movement, or issue. Course content will vary from year to year. Possible topics include the Dasam Granth, Guru Arjan, the Namdhari tradition, the rahit tradition, and the Singh Sabha movement.

    Recommended Preparation: RELS 2251 .
    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • RELS 3360 - Topics in Christianity


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course is an in depth study of a specific Christian thinker, text, movement, or issue. Course content will vary from year to year. Possible topics include globalized Christianity, Christian mysticism, and Christianity and the World Wide Web.

    Recommended Preparation: RELS 2253 .
    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • RELS 3378 - Yoga and Meditation


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course examines the history, theory, and practices of yoga and meditation from their Asian origins to their global spread in modern times. Topics examined may include Buddhist and Daoist traditions of meditation, the origins of yoga in India, Tantric yoga and meditation, and yoga and meditation in North America.

    Recommended Preparation: Any of RELS 1103 , RELS 2279 , or RELS 2252 .
    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • RELS 4199 - Directed Readings


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Directed Reading
    Subject to the approval of the Chair. Directed Readings are intended to provide a more flexible approach for students who want to pursue and receive credit in areas of study which are of particular interest to them. Two Directed Reading courses can be used for graduation purposes but they must be in different disciplines. A Directed Reading cannot replicate an existing course. The objectives of the Directed Reading course(s) must be filed in the Office of the Registrar and will be made available to any institution requesting them for evaluation purposes. Arrangements for Directed Readings must be completed on or before the Add/ Drop deadline.

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Science
  

  • CHEM 2221 - Food Chemistry


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course uses the fascinating world of food chemistry to explore how science “works”. Students will gain an appreciation of how the observable properties of water, fats, carbohydrates and proteins stem from their unique molecular structures as revealed through experiments. Finally, students will acquire relevant and transferable research and critical thinking skills.

    Prerequisite(s): One of GNED 1101 , GNED 1102  or GNED 1103 . 
    Note: This course cannot be used as a General Science Option.

    Exclusions: Credit for CHEM 2221 will not be allowed when CHEM 1201 , CHEM 1202 , CHEM 1203  or CHEM 2111  have been completed.

    GNED Cluster 1 - Tier 2

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  • SCIE 0110 - Introduction to Science


    Credit(s): 0
    Lecture Hour(s): 4
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This is a credit-free upgrading course; special fees apply. Topics include zoology, botany, microbiology, biochemistry, chemistry, Newtonian and post-Newtonian physics.

    Note: This course is the equivalent of Science 10. Not intended for science majors.

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  • SCIE 0130 - Science of the Environment


    Credit(s): 0
    Lecture Hour(s): 4
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture, Online
    Lab Hour(s): 2

    This is a credit-free upgrading course; special fees apply. This course explores physics, chemistry, biology and environmental science. Topics include: electric and magnetic field theory and the EM spectrum; acids, bases, organic compounds, pollutants and their effect on the environment; how the human body interacts with the environment including the circulatory and immune systems; the impact of the environment on genetics; conventional and alternative sources of energy and renewable resources. Corresponding Alberta High School Equivalent: Science 30.

    Recommended Preparation: Science 20 or Physics 20 AND Chemistry 20 or Physics 20 AND CHEM 0115 .
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  • SCIE 5010 - General Science Senior Student Seminar


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This capstone course will help to prepare students for further academic studies and research using a student-centred learning approach. Course learning outcomes include a critique of scientific research, critical examination of controversial scientific ethical issues, presentation of work to peers, and peer and self-evaluation.

    Prerequisite(s): COMP 2008 , and one of MATH 2233 , MATH 2234  or MATH 2235 , and consent of the department.
    Recommended Preparation: One 3000-level course in each concentration
    Note: This course should be taken immediately preceding SCIE 5020 .

    General Science Option

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  • SCIE 5020 - General Science Interdisciplinary Project


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Independent Study
    This capstone course will help students to use their academic learning to investigate a real-world problem within an interdisciplinary student group. Projects will be student-driven, but progress will be facilitated and assessed by one or more instructors with relevant expertise.

    Prerequisite(s): SCIE 5010  with a grade of C- or higher.
    Note: This course should be taken immediately after SCIE 5010 .

    General Science Option

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Social Innovation
  

  • SINV 2201 - Introduction to Social Innovation

    (formerly NPRO 2201)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course introduces social innovation and values-centred management in Canada. It explores the history of the values-driven business sector, the public sector, Indigenous and treaty-based worldviews, the social economy, community, volunteer, nonprofit organizations and their activities.

    GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2

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  • SINV 2205 - Social Innovation through Historical Case Study


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course will study the context, process, outcomes and consequences of social innovation. Students will be expected to debate and discuss the inclusion of specific cases (for example, Treaty 7 vs. Making Treaty 7), and the evolution of the concept of social innovation using trends and common elements of historical social innovation experiments that are relevant today.

    Prerequisite(s): ENTR 2301  or MGMT 2130  or SINV 2201 .
    GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3

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  • SINV 2299 - Social Innovation: Directed Readings


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Directed Reading
    Subject to the approval of the Chair. Directed Readings are intended to provide a more flexible approach for students who want to pursue and receive credit in areas of study which are of particular interest to them. Two Directed Reading courses can be used for graduation purposes but they must be in different disciplines. A Directed Reading cannot replicate an existing course. The objectives of the Directed Reading course(s) must be filed in the Office of the Registrar and will be made available to any institution requesting them for evaluation purposes. Arrangements for Directed Readings must be completed on or before the Add/ Drop deadline.

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  • SINV 3203 - Facilitating Social Innovation


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course engages students with social innovation facilitation as practice. Students will learn multiple methods to engage, build, and facilitate social change with others, incorporating critical issues of consent, prerogative, representation, and consensus. Facilitation tools and engagement strategies that affect change and create social impact for public, profit, not for profit, and neighbour nations will be explored.

    Prerequisite(s): ENTR 2301  or MGMT 2130  or SINV 2201 .
    GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2

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  • SINV 3303 - Storytelling & Systems


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    The course considers how storytelling helps us grasp the nature of a complex system, how storytelling helps us define a problem within such a system, and how leaders can use storytelling to help their organization/initiative navigate a complex system. This course will introduce protocols surrounding a wide range of storytelling traditions as actionable concepts in addressing design problems.

    Prerequisite(s): SINV 2205  or consent of the department.
    GNED Cluster 4 - Tier 3

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  • SINV 3305 - Agents of Social Change

    (formerly NPRO 3305)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Framed by a discussion of social innovation, civic engagement, relationships, advocacy, and re-imagining Indigenous sovereignty, this course examines programs of social change, colonial and decolonized. It explores processes, structures, organizations and programs in the social economy - community, volunteer, or nonprofit organizations - and helps students understand how to tackle society’s most stubborn problems.

    GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3, Community Service Learning

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  • SINV 3399 - Social Innovation: Directed Readings


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Directed Reading
    Subject to the approval of the Chair. Directed Readings are intended to provide a more flexible approach for students who want to pursue and receive credit in areas of study which are of particular interest to them. Two Directed Reading courses can be used for graduation purposes but they must be in different disciplines. A Directed Reading cannot replicate an existing course. The objectives of the Directed Reading course(s) must be filed in the Office of the Registrar and will be made available to any institution requesting them for evaluation purposes. Arrangements for Directed Readings must be completed on or before the Add/ Drop deadline.

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  • SINV 3730 - Special Topics in Social Innovation

    (formerly NPRO 3730)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course provides an examination of selected topics in social innovation and those relevant to the values-driven business, the public sector and the social economy - community, volunteer and nonprofit organizations. As this is a variable content course, the specific topic will be announced and advertised each time it is offered. Students may not receive credit for this course more than once.

    GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3

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  • SINV 4401 - Civic Innovation


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course introduces the world of civic innovation, civic engagement, social innovation, and civil society. Students explore place, ancestral and living histories of place, and one’s relationship with local, provincial, national and global government. The course explores how social capital is built and leveraged in conjunction with civic innovation, place making, and creativity in cities.

    Prerequisite(s): SINV 3305  or consent of the department.
    GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3

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  • SINV 4402 - Human-Centred Design for Social Impact


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    Using a solutions economy mindset, students will gain an understanding of the principles, techniques and processes of ‘Design Thinking’ and ‘Human Centred Design’ (HCD) for generating community prosperity. Students will use methods, cases, written and on-line resources, and their communities as springboards to develop their HCD practice for a specific social issue. They will create, prototype, and measure scalable solutions that attract and engage relevant communities and networks in challenging the status quo and making change.

    Prerequisite(s): SINV 3303  or SINV 3305  or the consent of the department.
    GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3

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  • SINV 5010 - Social Enterprising


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
    This course introduces you to social enterprise thought leaders and organizations, a world that is increasingly integrated with social, private, public, and Indigenous communities. The organizational structures we will study throughout the semester will include for-profits, not-for-profits, BCorps, cooperative models, and Seven Generations economies. While the structures may vary, they collectively share a desire to transform communities and create social impact.

    Prerequisite(s): SINV 4402  or the consent of the department.
    GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3

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