Academic Calendar 2022-23 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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MUSC 205 - Principal Instrument 4
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
Students receive intensive training on a principal instrument through weekly one-on-one instruction and group instruction. Emphasis is on the musical and technical development of the individual musician to an emerging-professional level of practice and performance.
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MUSC 212 - Chromatic Harmony
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
The principles of chromatic harmony are explored. Vertical and horizontal structures are worked and studied simultaneously. Emphasis is on strong music writing skills supported with an ability to spontaneously create harmony through improvisation.
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MUSC 213 - Advanced Harmony and Atonal Structures
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
The principles of advanced chromatic harmony are explored including large-scale functions of tonality and the emergence of post-tonal structures. Vertical and horizontal structures are worked and studied simultaneously. Emphasis is on strong music writing skills supported with an ability to spontaneously create harmony through improvisation.
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MUSC 214 - Aural Skills 3, Classical
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
In this companion course to MUSC 212 , the vertical and horizontal structures of chromatic harmony are explored using traditional aural skills of the musician: sight-singing and vocalization, aural recognition and identification, dictation, error detection, and improvisation.
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MUSC 215 - Aural Skills 4, Classical
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
In this companion course to MUSC 213 , the vertical and horizontal structures of advanced chromatic harmony are explored using traditional aural skills of the musician: sight-singing and vocalization, aural recognition and identification, dictation, error detection, and improvisation.
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MUSC 216 - Contemporary Music Theory
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
The principles of contemporary musical construction are explored. Melodies and chord changes are worked and studied simultaneously. Emphasis is on strong music writing skills supported with an ability to spontaneously create melody and harmonization through improvisation.
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MUSC 217 - Contemporary Music Arranging
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Building on the skills acquired in MUSC 216 , this course focusses on arranging composed materials for a variety of contemporary music ensembles. Principals of contemporary musical construction are explored. Emphasis is on strong music writing skills supported with an ability to spontaneously create countermelody and harmonization through improvisation.
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MUSC 218 - Aural Skills 3, Contemporary
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
In this companion course to MUSC 216 , the vertical and horizontal structures of contemporary music are explored using traditional aural skills of the musician: sight-singing and vocalization, aural recognition and identification, dictation, and improvisation.
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MUSC 219 - Aural Skills 4, Contemporary
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
In this companion course to MUSC 217 , the vertical and horizontal structures of contemporary music are explored using traditional aural skills of the musician: sight-singing and vocalization, aural recognition and identification, dictation, error detection, and improvisation.
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MUSC 220 - Intro to Folk and World Music
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Folk and world music is studied through listening, discussion, and exploration of trends and significant contributors in Celtic, Bluegrass, Gypsy, African, Asian and Acadian traditions. Historical, sociological, and ethnomusicological connections are built. Gaining an acquaintance with the music of diverse world and folk styles is emphasized.
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MUSC 221 - History of Jazz
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Music in jazz idioms is studied through listening, discussion, and personal exploration of masterworks, prominent trends, and significant contributors. Historical and sociological connections to jazz from the late 1800s to today are built. Gaining an acquaintance with the music of diverse jazz styles is emphasized.
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- JAZZ 112
- JAZZ 113
- JAZZ 212
- JAZZ 213
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MUSC 222 - History of Blues and Rock
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Music in blues and rock idioms is studied through listening, discussion, and personal exploration of prominent trends and significant contributors. Historical and sociological connections to blues and rock music are built. Gaining an acquaintance with the music of diverse blues and rock styles is emphasized.
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MUSC 224 - Classical and Romantic Music, 1780-1890
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Music from the Classical and Romantic periods is studied in historical and sociological contexts. Emphasis is on musical styles and trends, use of musical materials, and contributions by central musicians of the age. Performance practice revealed through investigation of source material and masterworks of the musical repertoire is highlighted.
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MUSC 225 - Modern Classical Music, 1890 to Today
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Music from the Modern Era is studied in historical and sociological contexts. Emphasis is on musical styles and trends, use of musical materials, and contributions by central musicians of the age. Performance within trends as revealed through investigation of source material and masterworks of the musical repertoire is highlighted.
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MUSC 230 - Conducted Ensemble 3
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
A continuation of MUSC 131 : students prepare and perform masterworks for large performance ensemble under the guidance of a professional conductor. Several programs are fully prepared and additional repertoire is explored. One or more concert performances are given. Classical and contemporary choir and/or band, and orchestra are offered on rotation.
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- MUSC 204
- Permission of the Chair gained through successful placement audition
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MUSC 231 - Conducted Ensemble 4
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
A continuation of MUSC 230 : students prepare and perform masterworks for large performance ensemble under the guidance of a professional conductor. Several programs are fully prepared and additional repertoire is explored. One or more concert performances are given. Classical and contemporary choir and/or band, and orchestra are offered on rotation.
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- MUSC 205
- Permission of the Chair gained through successful placement audition
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MUSC 232 - Collaborative Ensemble 3
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
An extension of MUSC 133 : students explore masterworks for small classical or contemporary ensemble. Ensembles work independently and under coaching. Concert, service, or workshop performances are given. Repertoire is set according to class instrumentation and availability of specialist coach. Contemporary combo, classical chamber, and collaborative ensemble options are offered.
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- MUSC 204
- Permission of the Chair gained through successful placement audition
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MUSC 233 - Collaborative Ensemble 4
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
An extension of MUSC 232 : students explore masterworks for small classical or contemporary ensemble. Ensembles work independently and under coaching. Concert, service, or workshop performances are given. Repertoire is set according to class instrumentation and availability of specialist coach. Contemporary combo, classical chamber, and collaborative ensemble options are offered.
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- MUSC 205
- Permission of the Chair gained through successful placement audition
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MUSC 241 - Composing As Singer-Songwriter
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
In this course, students practice techniques of composing original music for solo vocals with light instrumental accompaniment. Joining words and music through melodic development, working collaboratively, and producing a finished score will be emphasized.
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MUSC 250 - Studio Teaching 1
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
Essential skills for delivering effective music instruction in a studio setting are introduced by specialist teacher-performers. Focus is on methodology, course structure, and studio set-up for teaching beginning and intermediate students on like- or solo instrument. Restricted to advanced practitioners of music, and limited to specific instrument or style groups.
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- Permission of the Chair of Music gained through demonstration of enrolment in a private lesson experience equivalent to one of the listed courses
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MUSC 251 - Studio Teaching 2
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
Essential skills for delivering effective music instruction in a studio setting are introduced by specialist teacher-performers. Focus is on methodology, course structure, and studio set-up for teaching late intermediate and advanced students on like- or solo instrument. Restricted to advanced practitioners of music, and limited to specific instrument or style groups.
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- Permission of the Chair of Music gained through demonstration of enrolment in a private lesson experience equivalent to one of the listed courses.
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MUSC 252 - Studio Teaching Materials 1
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
Essential teaching materials for effective music instruction in a studio setting are introduced by specialist teacher-performers. Print, electronic, aural-tradition, and original material to support learning for beginning and intermediate private music students is considered. Restricted to advanced practitioners of music, and limited to specific instrument or style groups.
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- Permission of the Chair of Music gained through demonstration of enrolment in a private lesson experience equivalent to one of the listed courses.
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MUSC 253 - Studio Teaching Materials 2
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
Essential teaching materials for effective music instruction in a studio setting are introduced by specialist teacher-performers. Print, electronic, aural-tradition, and original material to support learning for late-intermediate and advanced private music students is considered. Restricted to advanced practitioners of music, and limited to specific instrument or style groups.
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- Permission of the Chair of Music gained through demonstration of enrolment in a private lesson experience equivalent to one of the listed courses.
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MUSC 258 - Teaching Seminar
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
Music teachers will study a specialized topic in teaching music to individuals and small classes through lecture, research, and experiential learning. Topic of the term will be determined by the interest and specializations of the department and its students on a rotational cycle.
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MUSC 260 - Solo Concert Preparation 3
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 15
Students receive intensive training in music performance on a principal instrument with a focus on personal presentation on the concert stage. Instruction combines private tuition and guided performance experiences, jointly developing an expanded solo or solo-feature repertoire and supporting technical skills. Evaluation and assessment of live concert performances are emphasized.
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MUSC 261 - Solo Concert Presentation
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 15
Students receive intensive training in music performance on a principal instrument with a focus on personal presentation on the concert stage. Instruction combines private tuition and guided performance experiences toward the final goal of presenting a full solo, solo-feature or collaborative music AVCM-level concert. Concert production and management is emphasized.
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MUSC 264 - Vocal Diction and IPA
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
Students will learn lyric diction skills for classical singing through active practice and learning the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Students will develop and apply skills through spoken and sung practice, in-class repertoire coaching/preparation, and written work. A focus on optimal articulator functioning to sing text clearly and expressively with vocal ease. One language (English, Italian, German and French) is taught each term on a rotational cycle.
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MUSC 265 - Introduction to Basic Conducting
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
The basics of conducting technique are practiced. Baton techniques include beat patterns, cuing, dynamic indications, and tempo setting. Score reading and marking for performance are emphasized. The role of the conductor in front of a classical ensemble and the development of the conductor’s specialized language are highlighted.
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MUSC 276 - The Music Profession
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
Work place strategies which affect professional musicians are discussed, including completion of contracts, preparation of grant applications and the development of business plans. Students will become aware of a variety of institutions and professions related to the professional aspects of music.
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MTEC 100 - Introduction to Music Technologies
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 60
This course offers an introduction to music technologies used in contemporary artistic practice. Technologies introduced include software for score notation and Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI), podcasts and videocasts, websites and social media, and basic audio/video recording and editing.
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MTEC 110 - Internet Applications for Musicians
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 37.5
In this course students will learn the fundamentals of using the INTERNET to unite music and musicians with a world audience. Aspects of personal website, social media, podcast, and public-sharing sites as they pertain to the public face and sound of musicians and their music as broadcast via the World-Wide Web will be discussed. Focus will be on applications of contemporary software tools to the creation of a professional web-presence for musicians or music groups.
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MTEC 210 - Digital Notation and Scoring
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 37.5
In this introduction to digital music notation and digital scoring for experienced musicians, students will study the fundamentals and applications of current music notation software. Fundamentals gained will enable students to produce print and electronic musical scores appropriate for use in professional performance and academic settings.
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MTEC 212 - Music Sequencing and DAW
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 37.5
In this course students will learn the basics of music sequencing and applications of the digital audio workstation (DAW) through use of a variety of current music sequencing software. Skills gained will allow students to render moderately complex music from written notation into sounding music formats.
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MTEC 214 - Virtual & Software Instruments
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 37.5
In this course students learn to harness cutting-edge digital instrumentation software to simulate acoustic performance with digital sequenced music. Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) technologies and software will be explored.
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MTEC 220 - Music Recording: Fundamentals
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 37.5
In this course students will learn fundamental elements of digital audio recording. A variety of acoustic settings and performance groups, acoustic and electronic, will be studied. Focus will be on audio recording live music performance for personal and light-commercial use using software. Both commonplace and professional-caliber recording hardware will be explored.
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MTEC 222 - Digital Audio Mixing & Editing
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 37.5
In this class students will learn fundamental skills of digital audio mixing and editing of recorded music using current software. A full range of post-recording aspects of production from raw data to produced delivery format will be explored. Focus will be on audio production for personal and light-commercial use.
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MTEC 224 - Introduction to Computer Music
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30
Students learn fundamental skills of computer music using current software for audio programming. Focus will be on developing interactive computer instrument units that employ MIDI, digital synthesis and musique concrète techniques to realize unique sounds appropriate for sound design or performance settings.
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MTEC 290 - Media Composition Workshop
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 37.5
This course offers an overview of the process of writing dramatic music for motion pictures, television and videos. The dramatic effect of many individual aspects of music such as melody and harmony are explored. The roles of music professionals and interaction between musicians, directors, and producers in the creation of music for media are discussed.
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NURS 110 - The Profession of Nursing
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners will be introduced to the profession of nursing, and review historical, political, and socioeconomic forces that have shaped nursing as a profession. Learners conceptualize registered nursing as a knowledge-based, scholarly practice, informed by a code of ethics. Learners will examine professional standards and accountability, and national and professional nursing organizations. Learners will examine client-centered service; and related health education, quality and safety, and interprofessional aspects of evidence-informed professional practice.
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NURS 111 - Discipline of Nursing & Nursing Knowledge
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners explore the historical development of nursing knowledge and theory. Learners explore and contemporary understandings of the discipline of nursing, including the body of knowledge that defines it. Learners explore relationships amongst inquiry, empirical research, a scholarly approach to nursing practice, and evidence-informed health care. Learners develop skill in accessing, reviewing, and appraising evidence which informs nursing practice.
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NURS 112 - Registered Nursing As Scholarly Practice
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Restricted to students in Practical Nurse to Baccalaureate of Science Nursing Bridge
Learners engage with an inquiry approach to Registered Nursing (RN) practice. Course activities facilitate the transition from LPN to RN practice through examining philosophical and theoretical perspectives underpinning RN practice. Scholarly practices are introduced, for inquiry-oriented professional nursing. Transition theory, the CNA Codes of Ethics, CRNBC Professional Standards, and select nursing theories are incorporated. Reflective practice, the nursing process, and ethical frameworks will contribute to the development of clinical decision-making competency. Learners will continue to develop their personal vision of professional nursing practice and conceptualize their contribution to healthcare through a review of historical, political, and socioeconomic forces shaping the profession.
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NURS 132 - Nursing and Health: Promoting Health and Wellbeing
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners will be introduced to health promotion. They will explore how health is conceptualized and examine their own personal beliefs relating to health. They will evaluate the health of diverse Canadians using a variety of health information sources in order to understand the individual and macro level conditions that impact health. Learners will critically evaluate the Canadian health care system, its effect on health status, and factors that contribute to health inequity, including gender and exigencies that impact Indigenous health. Learners will be introduced to the concept of primary health care. Learners explore the contributions of professional nursing to the health of individuals, families, and communities.
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NURS 133 - Promoting Health Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners explore promoting the health and wellbeing of individuals and families across the lifespan. The key focus is on health promotion, teaching and learning, and human growth and development; and how these foci inform the registered nurse’s role in contemporary health care. Learners will integrate and apply various theoretical and conceptual frameworks in relation to developmental stages throughout the lifespan. Learners integrate the social determinants of health into strategies to promote health across the lifespan. Learners will expand knowledge of learning theory as it applies to individuals, families, and groups.
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NURS 142 - Foundational Nursing Skills and Assessment
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 60
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners are introduced to evidence-informed health assessment across the lifespan. Through experiential learning, simulation, and demonstration of skills, participants will gain knowledge, skills, and abilities foundational to nursing practice. Content includes physical, mental, spiritual, nutritional, and social assessment skills, and technologies and nursing interventions for the promotion of health and healing. Learners will develop effective communication and documentation skills for an interprofessional team. Key course concepts and principles inform nursing decision making.
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NURS 143 - Holistic Nursing Assessment and Skills
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 60
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners continue to learn evidence-informed health assessment across the lifespan, with a focus on professional, holistic nursing practice. Through experiential learning, simulation, and demonstration of skills, participants will continue to gain knowledge, skills, and abilities foundational to nursing practice. Learners expand understanding of physical, mental, spiritual, and social assessment skills, technologies, and nursing interventions for the promotion of health and healing. Skills include medication administration, oxygen administration, and newborn assessment. Learners will develop effective communication and documentation of assessment and nursing interventions for an interprofessional team is expanded. Learners will apply course concepts, principles, and nursing decision making while performing psychomotor skills.
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NURS 160 - Nursing as a Caring Relational Practice
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners will develop self-awareness, critical reflection, and therapeutic communication skills. Values, beliefs, and attitudes are examined and integrated to provide compassionate, culturally sensitive healthcare. Learners develop skills to prevent compassion fatigue. Learners develop effective therapeutic communication for patient-centered care, attending to the lived experience of the patient. Using a health promoting approach learners are introduced to the processes related to initiating, maintaining, and ending nurse-client therapeutic relationships. Loss and grief theory is applied to aspects of nursing, as preparation for practice placements.
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NURS 180 - Nurses Promoting Health in Practice
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 48
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
The purpose of this course is application of knowledge, skills and dispositions gained in nursing and service courses. Experiences of the Registered Nurses’ role are provided. Learners will engage in health prevention and promotion activities for individuals across the lifespan. Learners will engage with other professionals and service providers in health, human service or educational organizations.
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NURS 181 - Health Promoting Practice Across the Lifespan
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 90
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners will develop professional caring relationships with stable clients in diverse settings. Learners will integrate their knowledge of health promotion and holistic health assessment, for the delivery of safe, compassionate, evidence-informed health care. Learners will integrate foundational nursing skills in the practice setting.
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NURS 190 - Consolidated Practice Experience 1
Credits: 6 Total Hours: 168
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners will integrate, consolidate, and generate expand knowledge, skills, and dispositions in the nursing practice setting. Nursing practice opportunities will be focused on stable clients in diverse settings. Learners will apply principles of quality and safety, and an ethical, holistic nursing practice based on a disciplinary knowledge-base. Learners will be introduced to health informatics in the clinical setting.
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NURS 232 - Nursing Care in Acute and Chronic Illness
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 60
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners explore foundational concepts informing nursing practice to provide safe, competent, culturally appropriate care in the context of acute and chronic illness across the lifespan. Learners integrate nursing theory related to acute and chronic illness, skills in critical thinking, nursing decision making models, and learning theory. Learners develop expertise in patient-centred care plans for patients and families experiencing health challenges. Learners will integrate knowledge from pathophysiology, pharmacology, and nursing to assess, diagnose, intervene, and evaluate patients across the lifespan. Learners will develop competency caring for patients across the continuum of health, including health promotion, acute and chronic illness management, rehabilitation, and supportive care.
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NURS 233 - Surgical, Acute and Chronic Illness Nursing Care
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 60
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners synthesize nursing and interdisciplinary knowledge into nursing care in the context of select acute and chronic illnesses, and the perioperative period, across the lifespan. Learners will integrate foundational knowledge and clinical reasoning skills in order to provide safe, patient-centred, evidence-based, and culturally competent care for persons across the continuum of health and across the lifespan. Learners will focus on some of Canada’s most prevalent illnesses, including mental illnesses. Learners examine nursing practice and health care environments using the concepts of patient vulnerability, ethics and informed consent, health promotion, and Indigenous ways of knowing.
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NURS 242 - Foundational Psychomotor Nursing Skills
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners gain knowledge and skill for select nursing interventions related to nursing care in the context of acute and chronic illnesses. Through experiential learning, accessing evidence and best practice guidelines, simulation, and demonstration, participants will gain knowledge, skills, and abilities for nursing practice. Learners demonstrate select psychomotor skills with appropriate assessments, clinical judgement, prioritization, technologies, and documentation. Learners will apply course concepts, principles, and decision making while performing the psychomotor skills. Learners will engage with peers and instructors to seek and provide feedback.
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NURS 243 - Intermediate Psychomotor Nursing Skills
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners gain knowledge and skill for select nursing interventions, integrating related competence in nursing assessment and foundational skills. Through experiential learning, accessing evidence and best practice guidelines, simulation, and demonstration, participants will gain knowledge, skills, and abilities for nursing practice. Learners demonstrate select psychomotor skills with appropriate assessments, clinical judgement, prioritization, technologies, and documentation. Learners will apply course concepts, principles, and decision making while performing the psychomotor skills. Learners will engage with peers and instructors to seek and provide feedback.
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NURS 252 - Integrated Health Sciences for RN Practice 1
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 90
Restricted to students in Practical Nursing Bridge to Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners will integrate human anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, pharmacology, microbiology, math, and chemistry to examine nursing care for select case studies. Learners will examine evolving case studies to develop skills in prioritizing and performing assessments, medication administration, and care planning. Learners will use the evolving case studies to develop knowledge and skill in gathering and interpreting comprehensive patient and family assessment (holistic data and diagnostic tests). The importance of evidence, inquiry approaches, and clinical judgment are emphasized. Key concepts from relational ethics, health promotion, and Indigenous ways of knowing are integrated in the application of scientific and disciplinary knowledge.
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NURS 253 - Integrated Health Sciences for RN Practice 2
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 90
Restricted to students in Practical Nursing Bridge to Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners will integrate health sciences and disciplinary knowledge to develop care plans for evolving case studies in perioperative and acute medical situations. Learners will develop skills in prioritizing nursing assessment, interventions, and monitoring for safe, competent nursing practice. Evolving case studies involve select psychomotor skills incorporating clinical judgement, prioritization, technologies, and documentation. Learners will contextualize evidence in relation to RN clinical decision-making, supporting evidence-informed nursing practice. Learners will continue to examine the concepts of ethics and informed consent, health promotion, and Indigenous ways of knowing within various case studies.
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NURS 260 - Relational Caring
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners will focus on developing therapeutic relationships with diverse clients, families, and other health care professionals. Learners will explore the evolution of various conceptualizations of therapeutic nurse-patient relationships. Key concepts include therapeutic communication, cultural competence, relational ethics, and patient and family-centered care. Interprofessional relationships, working on teams and in groups, are a focus across modules. Relational ethics concepts and approaches are applied to everyday nursing practice situations. Moral responsibility and moral imagination are emphasized as necessary to professional nursing practice. These topics are examined from health promotion, evidence-informed, and phenomenological perspectives.
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NURS 280 - Nursing Practice: Acute & Chronic Illness
Credits: 6 Total Hours: 180
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners will translate and develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions to provide safe, ethical nursing care in acute, sub-acute, and rehabilitative health care settings. Learners focus build on assessment skills, develop clinical judgement, and apply care planning, prioritization, and evaluation skills in collaboration with patients, family, and other health care professionals. Learners provide evidence-informed, holistic nursing care, including safe medication administration, health education, and therapeutic communication. Learners are expected to integrate nursing knowledge, pathophysiology, and pharmacology.
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NURS 281 - Nursing Practice: Medical, Surgical, Specialty
Credits: 6 Total Hours: 180
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners will translate and develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions to provide safe, ethical, and culturally competent nursing care in acute medical, surgical, and specialty settings. Learners focus on assessment, clinical reasoning, person-centered care planning, prioritization, and evaluation in collaboration with patients, family, and other health care professionals. Learners provide holistic nursing care, across the continuum of care, including safe medication administration, health education, psychomotor skills, and therapeutic communication. Learners integrate nursing knowledge, ethics, pathophysiology, and pharmacology and critique evidence for nursing practice. Attention is given to advocating for care of vulnerable patients and families utilizing family-centered care. Learners respect informed consent and informed choice.
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NURS 290 - Consolidated Prac Experience 2
Credits: 6 Total Hours: 168
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners will integrate, consolidate, and generate knowledge, skills, and dispositions in the context of acute and chronic health challenges across human systems. Learners provide safe, ethical nursing care in acute and specialty health care settings. Learners focus on clinical reasoning, care planning, prioritization, and evaluation in collaboration with patients in the context of acute and chronic health challenges and co-morbidities, family, and other health care professionals. Learners apply knowledge of the role of registered nurses in informed consent, the Mental Health Act, legal, and regulatory requirements. Learners provide health care including medication administration, and nursing interventions in the context of an interprofessional team. Learners demonstrate clear, caring communication, and documentation for patients, families, and other health care providers.
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NURS 332 - Person-Centered Care in Crisis and Complexity
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Nursing in Science
Learners will develop knowledge regarding complex health challenges in the area of maternal health; urgent, emergent, and trauma related situations; complex medical and psychiatric conditions, across the lifespan. Learners will acquire skills in clinical reasoning; priority setting in unstable, urgent, emergent and trauma related situations; managing and leading care in complex patient presentations and situations; engaging in person-centered, interprofessional collaboration and facilitating the preservation of personhood in the midst of crisis.
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NURS 342 - Advanced Nursing Skills
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Nursing in Science
Learners will build on their existing and emerging nursing knowledge using evidence-informed practice guidelines and standardized procedures for conducting advanced psychomotor nursing skills. Through experiential learning, evidence and best practice guidelines, simulation, and demonstration, participants will integrate knowledge, skills, and abilities for independent nursing practice. Learners demonstrate personal accountability, applying vigilant assessment, monitoring, and documentation in preventing errors and minimizing the risk of harm to patients. Quality and safety principles are applied to advanced psychomotor nursing skills. Learners anticipate the dynamic changes that frequently occur within a patient’s situation. Learners will engage with peers and instructors to seek and provide feedback.
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NURS 360 - Relational Practice in Crisis and Complexity
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners will extend and develop their foundational knowledge, skills, and dispositions for effective nurse-client therapeutic relationships in situations that are difficult, contentious, or distressing. Learners explore the influence of power and oppression on individual and population health. Learners will examine historical patterns of racism, ethnocentricism, colonialism, and neocolonialism in relation to health and health care systems. Social justice, interprofessional collaboration, and relational ethics are used to promote a culturally safe and compassionate nursing practice. Learners will gain competences to provide care for critically ill and dying persons, encompassing physical, spiritual, emotional and social needs in a person and family-centered approach.
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NURS 380 - Nursing in Crisis & Complexity
Credits: 6 Total Hours: 195
Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners combine knowledge gained from previous and concurrent courses, and past clinical experiences to demonstrate clinical competence with minimal guidance from clinical instructors and supervising registered nurses, in preparation for senior Consolidated Practice Experiences (CPEs). Placements are in the complex practice environments in the tertiary care setting, including medical and surgical cardiology, acute neurology, complex medicine and surgery; acute psychiatry, maternity, and pediatrics. Learners will practice under direct and indirect supervision. Learners are expected to complete weekly patient research assignments and critical reflections, incorporating theoretical knowledge, evidence-based or best practice, and personal clinical experience.
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PHIL 100 - Introduction to Philosophy: Classics
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
An introduction to classical philosophical works concerning central philosophical issues such as the nature and possibility of knowledge, the existence of God, the nature of morality and justice, and the mind/body relationship.
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PHIL 102 - Intro. to Philosophy: Ideas
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This course explores significant philosophical topics in metaphysics, ethics, and political philosophy. Questions likely to be discussed include the following: What is the self? How should we live? Do we have free will? Does our existence have meaning? What makes a society just? Classic and contemporary texts will be studied.
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PHIL 104 - Philosophy of Sex and Love
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This course introduces students to philosophy through an exploration of love and sex, by examining the history of concepts and ideals of love; evaluating ethics around issues such as abortion, adultery, pedophilia, and birth control; exploring biological versus environmental causes of sexual orientation; and investigating the value of monogamy.
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PHIL 110 - Logic and Critical Thinking
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This course examines logical fallacies and issues such as distinctions between belief and attitude, objective and subjective, truth and validity. Real-life issues will be emphasized. In all cases the key question will be, have I been given good reasons for accepting a belief?
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PHIL 116 - Philosophy Through Film
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Students will examine films for their philosophical content. Through a diverse selection of films, students will explore a wide variety of topics such as reality, morality, identity, consciousness, and some with a specific focus on indigenous peoples and perspectives. There will be an emphasis on oral philosophy, and readings from classic and contemporary sources.
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PHIL 202 - Current Ethical Issues
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This course emphasizes the serious moral issues facing us today. The views of both modern and historical thinkers in relation to these issues will be considered, but the emphasis will remain on contemporary issues.
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PHIL 204 - Ethics: Animals to Ecosystems
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This course focuses on theoretical ethical issues (e.g., do animals have moral standing?) as well as applied ethics (e.g., is it morally acceptable to eat meat?). There will be a major emphasis on common logical errors in constructing arguments.
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PHIL 206 - The Good Life
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Everyone has heard of ‘the good life’. Popular culture portrays it as having unlimited money and leisure time, but many people think otherwise. Rather than present a particular view, this course will survey a variety of philosophical theories of the good life from both Eastern and Western traditions.
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PHIL 207 - Philosophy of Mind
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This course examines contemporary philosophical theories about the nature of consciousness. Topics include: mind-brain activity, artificial intelligence, intentionality, self-awareness, subjective experience, individuality, the puzzle of pain, cognition, and the relationship between mental and physical properties.
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PHIL 212 - Symbolic Logic
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This course will introduce elementary formal logic. Students will learn the formal logical analysis of basic sentences and arguments. The focus will be on sentence logic and predicate logic; other topics in logic may be introduced. This course is excellent preparation for any standardized test, e.g. GRE, MCAT, LSAT, GMAT.
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PHIL 236 - Social & Political Philosophy
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This course examines issues arising in Western political philosophy. Topics may include theories of justice; the relationship between politics and morality; theories of democracy; interrelationships among economic, class, racial and gender oppression; and the nature of rights, liberty, and political legitimacy. Readings will include both contemporary and classic historical texts.
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PHIL 250 - Healthcare Ethics
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Restricted to students enrolled in Nursing Year 2 or have permission of the Chair.
Learners will gain an understanding of philosophical inquiry, including the ability to deploy a skeptical stance. Learners are given opportunities to explore historical and contemporary ethical decision making in the context of healthcare, including common ethical dilemmas and the ethical challenges of everyday healthcare practice.
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PHIL 290 - Special Topics in Philosophy
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This course in an introduction to selected topics or problems in philosophy. The topics and approach may vary from term to term. Please check with the department or instructor for information about the current course.
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PHIL 330 - Ethics in Business
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
Examining ethical issues arising in business settings, the course focuses on understanding ethical systems and concepts and the social/political context in which contemporary business operates. Topics include corporate responsibility, employee rights, discrimination and affirmative action, conflicts of interest, whistle-blowing, and general issues of honesty in business practice.
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PHYS 070 - College Preparatory Physics
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 90
Students will explore one-dimensional motion (kinematics, dynamics, work and energy and momentum), electricity, heat, waves and optics. Students will apply concepts of measurement to develop graphical and data analysis skills in lab exercises and reports that introduce scientific communication skills.
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Notes: It is recommended that students who have been away from math courses for more than 5 years should consult with the Mathematics department to ensure that their math skills are at a level appropriate for this course.
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PHYS 090 - College Prep Physics 2
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 90
Students will develop a foundation in vector algebra and use these skills to explore two-dimensional motion (kinematics, dynamics, work and energy and momentum) and objects in equilibrium. They will also examine electrostatics and electromagnetism (forces, fields and electric potential energy), including applications of electromagnetic induction. Students will further develop scientific measurement and communications skills through laboratory experiments and written reports.
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PHYS 101 - Introduction to Physics
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 90
This course provides a first introduction to physics. Students will examine topics involving one-dimensional kinematics, Newton’s Laws, work, energy and power. Further topics include simple DC circuits, properties of waves and the Laws of Reflection and Refraction. Problem solving, analyzing graphs and lab work will be emphasized.
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Notes: It is recommended that students who have been away from math courses for more than 5 years should consult with the Mathematics department to ensure that their math skills are at a level appropriate for this course.
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PHYS 104 - General College Physics 1
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 90
This is the first part of a survey of physics primarily for students in life sciences and non-science programs. It is suitable for students who require Physics 12 as a pre-requisite. Students explore kinematics, dynamics, work, energy and power, momentum, static equilibrium, thermal energy, fluids, circular motion and gravitation.
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Notes: It is recommended that students who have been away from Physics for more than 5 years should first refresh with PHYS 070 or PHYS 101 or see the Physics chair to gauge skill level. It is also recommended that students who have been away from math courses for more than 5 years should consult with the Mathematics department to ensure that their math skills are at a level appropriate for this course.
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PHYS 105 - General College Physics 2
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 90
PHYS 105 continues the survey of General College Physics topics. Students will explore properties of vibrations, wave motion and sound, geometric optics, the properties of electric and magnetic fields and simple DC circuits.
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PHYS 140 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers 1
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 90
This calculus-based course is intended for students in Science or Engineering. Students will study the mechanics of particles analyzing problems involving forces and equations of motion in multiple dimensions, conservation laws, rotational kinematics and dynamics. Students will further investigate electric fields and electric potential; DC circuits, and magnetic fields. Students will explore how these fundamental principles apply in laboratory settings.
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Notes: It is recommended that students who have been away from Physics for more than 5 years should first refresh with PHYS 104 or see the Physics chair to gauge skill level. It is also recommended that students who have been away from math courses for more than 5 years should consult with the Mathematics department to ensure that their math skills are at a level appropriate for this course.
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PHYS 141 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers 2
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 90
This calculus-based course is intended for students in Science or Engineering. Students will study periodic motion, travelling and standing waves, thermal physics, geometric optics, physical optics. Students will explore fundamental concepts modern physics, including relativity, the structure of matter and radioactivity. Students will explore how these fundamental principles apply in laboratory settings.
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PHYS 157 - Physics for Electronics
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 75
This course provides an introductory survey to topics of particular interest to electronics and computer engineering students. Students will first review vectors, kinematics, Newton’s Laws, work, energy and power. Students will then study torque and rotational motion, waves, light, thermal physics, static electricity and magnetism.
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PHYS 160 - Biomechanics of Sport
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 75
This course is an introduction to Newtonian Mechanics in the context of human movement and the optimization of motor skills. The sequence of topics includes: terminology of biomechanics, Newton’s Laws of Motion, forces, linear kinematics, work and energy, power, momentum, rotational kinematics, hydrostatics, and biomechanical analysis of sport.
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One of:
- C+ in Foundations of Math 11
- C in Pre-calculus 11
- C in MATH 073
- C in MATH 077
- C in MATH 137
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PHYS 210 - Electricity and Magnetism
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 90
Restricted to students in Engineering Bridge
This is a calculus-based course in electricity and magnetism. Topics include electrostatics, including Coulomb’s law and Gauss’s law for uniform and non-uniform charge distributions; capacitance and dielectrics; electric circuits, including RC circuits; magnetic fields, including the Biot-Savart law and Ampere’s law; electromagnetic induction and applications using Lenz’s law; and LR circuits and Maxwell’s equations.
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PHYS 272 - Energy and Sustainability
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 75
This course examines alternative energy and sustainability of fuel cells, solar, wind and wave power as well as energy storage systems. Students will study waves and sound, electricity and magnetism, radiative heat transfer, semiconductor theory, and nuclear energy.
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PHYS 295 - Physics (Engineering Bridge)
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 75
Restricted to students in Engineering Bridge
Topics will be reviewed and expanded beyond those covered in technology programs including thermal energy, mechanical waves, sound, physical optics, geometric optics, elementary electricity and magnetism, simple AC and DC circuits.
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CORE 110 - Trades Skills - Marine
Credits: 0 Total Hours: 360 SHP 30
Restricted to students in Trades Skills Foundation - Marine
Students in this course will receive an introduction to the terminology and culture of the marine industry. The safe use of tools and equipment, and the proper use of personal protective equipment will be covered along with an overview of safety regulations. An optional work experience component will allow students opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge gained.
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PSC 104 - Canadian Government
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This introductory course examines politics, political science, Canada’s political roots, the economic and social setting, the constitution, and federalism.
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PSC 105 - Introduction to Politics
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This course examines some basic concepts in political science. Using examples from various countries, it introduces students to the nature of politics, government, the state, constitutions, international politics, political economy, human rights, and the process of democracy. It also examines different perspectives for understanding and evaluating the political world.
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PSC 106 - Canadian Politics
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This introductory course examines political parties, elections, the role of the prime minister and Cabinet, the public service, the legislature, and the judiciary.
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PSC 208 - Local Government and Politics
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This course examines Canadian local government and politics with a focus on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. Topics include electoral systems, local electoral politics, regional and municipal administration, service delivery and fiscal challenges, municipalities’ relationship to Indigenous self-government, provincial and federal governments, and trends in urban development.
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PSC 210 - Political Ideas That Change the World
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This introductory course examines the political ideas and concepts at the root of modern political institutions and practices. Topics include: theories of legitimacy, justice, and democracy, as well as ideologies such as anarchism, communism, socialism, liberalism, conservatism, fascism, and feminism.
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- C in one first-year PSC course
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PSC 212 - Law and Politics
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This course introduces students to the law and politics of the constitution (including the Charter), emphasizing human rights. It examines the history of human rights in Canada, and how that led to the creation of the Charter, and examines some pros and cons of that document.
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PSC 224 - International Conflict
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This course examines the sources and nature of major contemporary international and national conflicts, including collective security vs. great power politics, regional conflicts, conflicts resulting from failed states, and the international response to terrorism. The role of international law and organizations in the realm of conflict resolution is also examined.
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PSC 290 - Special Topics in Political Science
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This course is an introduction to selected topics or problems in Political Science. Topics may vary from term to term. Please check with the department or instructor for information about the current course.
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PNUR 101 - Anatomy & Physiology
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 52
This course is an introduction to the human body. Learners explore the structure and function of main organ systems and discuss health promotion strategies to support optimal function of each system. The terminology of human anatomy and physiology will be stressed.
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PNUR 103 - Health Care in Canada
Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 18
This course introduces the learner to the Canadian health care system through the exploration of differences in approaches to health and wellness across cultures. It is designed to meet the needs of health care students who are new to Canada and bring knowledge of, and experiences with, the delivery of health care in other countries. Caring for patients within the context of our health care system may be quite different from the students own experience in their country of origin and provides the knowledge and skills to begin to meet the needs of Canadian patients safely and with confidence.
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