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Private music lessons are arranged by the department and are taught by instructors hired by the Music Department. Students must register for the courses with the Registrar鈥檚 Office and make the arrangements for the lessons with the Music Department in the first week of classes.
Lessons progress in academic rigour in each term taken. A maximum of six credits (equivalent to two courses) may be credited to a four-year program. Please see page 23 of the Academic Calendar聽for information on music fees. (0.75 credits per term)
Private music lessons are arranged by the department and are taught by instructors hired by the Music Department. Students must register for the courses with the Registrar鈥檚 Office and make the arrangements for the lessons with the Music Department in the first week of classes.
Lessons progress in academic rigour in each term taken. A maximum of six credits (equivalent to two courses) may be credited to a four-year program. Please see page 23 of the Academic Calendar聽for information on music fees. (0.75 credits per term)
Private music lessons are arranged by the department and are taught by instructors hired by the Music Department. Students must register for the courses with the Registrar鈥檚 Office and make the arrangements for the lessons with the Music Department in the first week of classes.
Lessons progress in academic rigour in each term taken. A maximum of six credits (equivalent to two courses) may be credited to a four-year program. Please see page 23 of the Academic Calendar聽for information on music fees. (0.75 credits per term)
Private music lessons are arranged by the department and are taught by instructors hired by the Music Department. Students must register for the courses with the Registrar鈥檚 Office and make the arrangements for the lessons with the Music Department in the first week of classes.
Lessons progress in academic rigour in each term taken. A maximum of six credits (equivalent to two courses) may be credited to a four-year program. Please see page 23 of the Academic Calendar聽for information on music fees. (0.75 credits per term)
Private music lessons are arranged by the department and are taught by instructors hired by the Music Department. Students must register for the courses with the Registrar鈥檚 Office and make the arrangements for the lessons with the Music Department in the first week of classes.
Lessons progress in academic rigour in each term taken. A maximum of six credits (equivalent to two courses) may be credited to a four-year program. Please see page 23 of the Academic Calendar聽for information on music fees. (0.75 credits per term)
Private music lessons are arranged by the department and are taught by instructors hired by the Music Department. Students must register for the courses with the Registrar鈥檚 Office and make the arrangements for the lessons with the Music Department in the first week of classes.
Lessons progress in academic rigour in each term taken. A maximum of six credits (equivalent to two courses) may be credited to a four-year program. Please see page 23 of the Academic Calendar聽for information on music fees. (0.75 credits per term)
Private music lessons are arranged by the department and are taught by instructors hired by the Music Department. Students must register for the courses with the Registrar鈥檚 Office and make the arrangements for the lessons with the Music Department in the first week of classes.
Lessons progress in academic rigour in each term taken. A maximum of six credits (equivalent to two courses) may be credited to a four-year program. Please see page 23 of the Academic Calendar聽for information on music fees. (0.75 credits per term)
Before, during, and after the two six-week sessions of practicum teaching in the final year, this seminar will be required for discussion and reflection on the practicum teaching experience. This course will consist of approximately five days of seminar time, scheduled before, during, and after the teaching practicums. It will include written assignments, communal reflection and self-assessment on the practicum experience,
and a variety of guest speakers from the profession. (1.5 credits)
Use program theory to design and evaluate programs. Become equipped to listen a community鈥檚 aspirations, assets, and limitations. Learn how to work with communities to develop sustainable programs that reflect a theory of change that is relevant to each community鈥檚 situation.
Prerequisites:
Not-for-Profit Management
BUS‑330
Discover the unique management dilemmas posed by the not-for-profit – or voluntary sector, including faith-based organizations. Learn to make effective decisions about strategic planning; financial and risk management; recruiting, training, motivating, and managing human resources; marketing and communications to the variety of stakeholders served; program evaluation; governance
BUS‑330 Not-for-Profit Management
This course provides an overview of project-based learning as a pedagogical choice, a framework to construct projects, and it will use practices (protocols, technology, assessment) for implementation and execution of effective projects. The focus will be on the creation and presentation of a project that can be used in the context of the Ontario curriculum. (1.5 credits)
An introduction to the psychological aspects of behaviour in sport and exercise. This course examines both traditional (educational) sport psychology and clinical sport psychology through a Christian worldview. Topics include personality, emotions, motivation and behavioural change, anxiety, stress and coping, group cohesion, aggression and moral behaviour, youth development, aging and involvement, coaching, exercise adherence, exercise and mental health, and the development and prevention of health issues. Further, this course takes a critical look at present psychological interventions that have been used to improve athletes and exercisers鈥 performance and overall health and well-being.
Prerequisites:
PSY-121 or 122
Over 40 years ago, Thomas Dye defined 鈥榩ublic policy鈥 as 鈥渁nything a government chooses to do or not to do.鈥 Though perhaps oversimplified, good public policy is essential public justice. It is the art of developing government responses to public problems. This course will study the public policy process that governments establish within which citizens function, and within which laws are made, challenged, and changed. Issues studied will include approaches to public policy, actors, institutions and instruments of policy, agenda setting, public policy formation and decision making, implementation, and evaluation. Students will develop research based on a major problem in public policy at any level of municipal, provincial, or federal jurisdiction.
Prerequisites:
Introduction to Politics and International Studies
POL‑121
An introduction to the study of politics, including forms of government, the building blocks of politics and the various visions that people bring to political life.
POL‑121 Introduction to Politics and International Studies
A seminar course surveying advanced hermeneutics and readings of Scripture in the church, historically and globally. This course examines some of the classic texts on the practices of interpreting Scripture.
Prerequisites:
Theological Interpretation of the Bible
REL‑201
An introduction to the theological reading and interpretative practices of reading Scripture. This course involves a survey of biblical interpretation and the variety of methodologies that have been used to study Scripture.
REL‑201 Theological Interpretation of the Bible or permission of the instructor
A study of the real number system and functions of a real variable. Topics included in the course are topology of the reals, types of continuity, differential calculus, sequences and series of functions, double summations and products of infinite series.
Prerequisites:
Multivariable Calculus
MAT‑223
Multivariable calculus: the derivative, multiple integration, vector calculus and applications. This course meets 4 hours a week.
MAT‑223 Multivariable Calculus
As a continuation of MAT-341, topics covered include measure and integration, the Lebesgue integral, the Riemann-Stieltjes integral, Lp spaces, Fourier series, and other selected topics.
Prerequisites:
Real Analysis I
MAT‑341
A study of the real number system and functions of a real variable. Topics included in the course are topology of the reals, types of continuity, differential calculus, sequences and series of functions, double summations and products of infinite series.
MAT‑341 Real Analysis I
This course examines theological ethics from a Reformed perspective, in conversation with the broader Christian moral tradition. Through lecture, discussion, and the case studies, students will be equipped with theological and ethical tools that they can employ to examine complex moral issues and reflect critically on what it means to live and lead as faithful disciples of Christ.
Prerequisites:
Reformed Theology
REL‑251
A study of the central doctrines of Reformed theology, this course will survey the loci of systematic theology, as rooted in the Bible, formulated by key theologians, including John Calvin and Herman Bavinck, and summarized in the ecumenical creeds and Reformed confessions. Students will have an opportunity to study the historical development of these theological doctrines, as well as their contemporary application.
REL‑251 Reformed Theology
A study of the central doctrines of Reformed theology, this course will survey the loci of systematic theology, as rooted in the Bible, formulated by key theologians, including John Calvin and Herman Bavinck, and summarized in the ecumenical creeds and Reformed confessions. Students will have an opportunity to study the historical development of these theological doctrines, as well as their contemporary application.
Prerequisites:
The Drama of Scripture
REL‑110
This course is a survey of the progressive unfolding of the biblical story and the main theological tenets that emerge from that story. The students will see how the story of the Bible yields a view of the world from a Reformed Christian perspective. The course will help students to understand their place in this story and to live intentionally out of this story in their personal and public lives, their academic studies, and their engagement with and response to issues and challenges faced by the world in the early 21st century.
REL‑110 The Drama of Scripture
This course is designed to prepare candidates to teach in Catholic schools. It fosters professional knowledge in the field of Religious Education, assists in the acquisition of the theological background and pedagogical skills necessary for the implementation of Religious Education curriculum, develops skills that enhance the integration of Gospel values across the curriculum, and promotes an understanding of teaching as a vocation rooted in the call to Christian ministry. This course is required for those
in the junior/intermediate division who wish to claim Religious Education in Catholic Schools as a teaching subject. It is strongly recommended that those who plan to take a 400-level practicum in a Catholic school take this course in advance of their placement.
This course will explore the cutting-edge research that informs on current issues in the health field. By examining primary biomedical literature, students will develop the skills necessary to perform effectively as a health researcher. This course is problem-based; it is skill-driven rather than content-driven and focuses on the development of skills that are widely sought in university graduates–the ability to research and analyze detailed problems and to communicate clearly and persuasively. This course will involve interdependent and independent small group learning. Collectively, the class will ask questions that will explore the topics from multiple perspectives, while also learning to assess the quality of the information being examined.
An overview of the methodologies employed in studying the major problem areas of psychology. Emphasis is placed on a general research design at both the conceptual and applied levels. Topics include the scientific study of human behaviour, formulation of research problems, research design, statistical inferences, decision-making, and writing of research reports. Includes a weekly 75 minute lab.
Prerequisites:
Introduction to Psychology: General and Experimental Psychology
PSY‑121
An introduction to those topics in psychology emphasizing an experimental approach to the discipline. Major topics covered include an overview of the discipline鈥檚 history and research methodologies, the biological roots of behaviour, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning, memory, thinking and language, emotion, motivation and social influences and relations.
PSY‑121 Introduction to Psychology: General and Experimental Psychology;
Research Methods: Statistics
PSY‑201 (APS‑201)
An introduction to descriptive statistics and the logic of statistical inference. Statistical techniques common to behavioural sciences are covered. Includes a weekly one-hour lab.
PSY‑201 (APS‑201) Research Methods: Statistics
An introduction to descriptive statistics and the logic of statistical inference. Statistical
techniques common to behavioural sciences are covered. Includes a weekly one-hour lab.
Prerequisites:
Grade 11 U or M mathematics or permission of the instructor
Antirequisites:
Statistics for Science
MAT‑201
Topics include: descriptive statistics; probability; random variables and probability distributions; expectation; binomial, Poisson, and normal distributions; random sampling and sampling distributions; point and interval estimation; classical hypothesis testing and significance testing. Statistical examples and applications from life sciences will be emphasized. (Not for mathematics majors).
MAT‑201 Statistics for Science
An introduction to descriptive statistics and the logic of statistical inference. Statistical techniques common to behavioural sciences are covered. Includes a weekly one-hour lab.
Prerequisites:
Grade 11 U or M mathematics or permission of the instructor
Antirequisites:
Statistics for Science
MAT‑201
Topics include: descriptive statistics; probability; random variables and probability distributions; expectation; binomial, Poisson, and normal distributions; random sampling and sampling distributions; point and interval estimation; classical hypothesis testing and significance testing. Statistical examples and applications from life sciences will be emphasized. (Not for mathematics majors).
MAT‑201 Statistics for Science
This course will introduce concepts of natural resource management and how management of these resources affects the quality of life for both current and future generations. The course will present examples of misuse of resources as well as current management practices that result in conservation and more sustainable use of natural resources. Students will gain an appreciation for the challenges faced by managers as they examine the economic and environmental aspects of resource management.
Prerequisites:
Environmental Studies II: Pollution and Climate Change
ENV‑222
As a general introduction to environmental science, the course will deal with some of the chemical and physical processes within creation and discuss the impact of humans on the biosphere. Topics will include the following: element cycles, energy, air pollution, and climate change. Includes a weekly three-hour lab. Materials fee applies.
ENV‑222 Environmental Studies II: Pollution and Climate Change Year 3 or 4 standing
This course will introduce concepts of natural resource management and how management of these resources affects the quality of life for both current and future generations. The course will present examples of misuse of resources as well as current management practices that result in conservation and more sustainable use of natural resources. Students will gain an appreciation for the challenges faced by managers as they examine the economic and environmental aspects of resource management.
Prerequisites:
Environmental Studies II: Pollution and Climate Change
ENV‑222
As a general introduction to environmental science, the course will deal with some of the chemical and physical processes within creation and discuss the impact of humans on the biosphere. Topics will include the following: element cycles, energy, air pollution, and climate change. Includes a weekly three-hour lab. Materials fee applies.
ENV‑222 Environmental Studies II: Pollution and Climate Change Year 3 or 4 standing
Discover the strategic role of sales management and sales force management in effective marketing. Learn about the selling process, sales strategies and tactics, sales forecasts, time and territory management, and key account management. Learn how to recruit, select, train, lead, and evaluate performance of a sales force. Predict sales volume, cost, and profitability implications of your sales strategy.
Prerequisites:
Introduction to Marketing
BUS‑255
Discover how organizations create value and connect with customers through relationships and technology. Examine market segmentation, select a target market, position a company in relation to the competition, analyze new product development and brand management strategies, and develop an effective marketing mix (e.g., product, place, promotion, pricing).
BUS‑255 Introduction to Marketing;
Marketing Communications
BUS‑350
Create powerful and effective marketing campaigns that integrate a variety of media. Hone your skills by developing an integrated marketing communications plan for a client using appropriate advertising, personal selling, direct marketing, sales promotion, and public relations tools.
BUS‑350 Marketing Communications