BIBL 3013 - New Testament I

A survey of the life and teaching of Jesus in the canonical Gospels.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3

BIBL 6013 - New Testament I

A survey of the life and teaching of Jesus in the canonical Gospels.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours:

BIOL 2053 - Microbial Biodiversity

An overview of the diversity of microorganisms including bacteria, archaea, and protista. The course will focus on the unique and vital roles that these organisms play in nature. The required 3 hour lab will be held from April 26 to April 30, 2010, 9 AM to 5 PM daily. Lab will be held in the new BIOLOGY building, Room 250.

Prerequisites: Biol 1113/1123 or Biol 1823 with C+ or higher

Credit Hours: 3h

BIOL 3013 - Natural History & Field Biology (Marine Biology)

This course will teach you about the oceans of the world, what lives in them, how they function, how they are important to humans and our impact on them.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

BUSI 1013 - Financial Accounting 1

Often described as the language of business, accounting involves the recording, communication and interpretation of the financial results and/or financial projections of business activities. As the accounting issues are discussed within the course, you will also learn the nature, structures, and various activities of a business and its environment. The knowledge, skills and work habits that you acquire in this course are an important foundation for future business courses as well as various financial matters. N.B. To enroll in second year business classes, at Acadia, a minimum grade of C- is required in this course.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

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BUSI 1703 - Introduction to Business

Introduces students to various structures of business, industry, and organizations, the influence of external factors on organizations, the interrelationship with society, the functional areas of business, and the role of managers. This is done from a historical perspective, understanding how business and our market system have developed over time, and how philosophies and ideologies have influenced businesses development.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

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BUSI 2013 - Management Accounting

The development of various accounting concepts as an aid in managerial decisions. An examination of the information provided by financial statements, reports, budgets and other sources of data available to management. The role of accounting in the business environment and its relationship to general decision theory.

Prerequisites: Busi 1013 with C- or better or equivalent

Credit Hours: 3h

BUSI 2033 - Financial Accounting 2

Introduction to financial statements from the preparer's perspective. Topics include accounting concepts and standards underlying the preparation and presentation of financial statements. Double entry recordkeeping, adjusting and closing entries, cash, receivables, inventories, capital assets, payrolls, current and long term liabilities, and shareholders' equity. Prereq: Busi 1013 with C- or better

Prerequisites: Prereq: Busi 1013 with C- or better

Credit Hours: 3h

BUSI 2413 - Introductory Marketing

An introduction to marketing for non-business students. To develop a broad understanding of marketing concepts.

Prerequisites: Busi 1703 with C- or better Note: This course is not recognized within the BBA program or any other program that requires Busi 3033. Credit may not be obtained for both Busi 2413 and 3033.

Credit Hours: 3h

BUSI 3063 - Management Science 1

An introduction to the quantitative approach to decision making. Topics may include mathematical programming, forecasting, inventory management, simulation and queuing theory. Emphasis is placed on integrating these tools with computer analysis.

Prerequisites: BUSI 2513 with C- or better

Credit Hours: 3h

BUSI 3723 - Organizational Change

A systems approach to change in organizations, illustrating the interrelationships of structure, technology, individual and group behaviour, and organizational climate. A seminar format is used, with discussion centering on a variety of analyses of organizational change, and a selection of case studies.

Prerequisites: Busi 2733 and 2743 or equivalent

Credit Hours: 3h

BUSI 3913 - Cross Cultural Management

This course on Cross Cultural Management focuses on helping learners to improve their understanding of how to manage across different national cultures. The knowledge base for this challenge is broad. This course does not offer students a broad overview of all approaches or theories associated with cross cultural management. However, it does offer a selection of readings, insights, and online information sources useful for understanding some of the important concerns facing senior managers.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3

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BUSI 3923 - Organizational Theory

This course examines current theory and research on the design and behaviour of effective organizations. It focuses on developing in students an understanding of how different organizational design can be constructed to pursue organizational goals in different operating contexts.

Prerequisites: Busi 2733 with a grade of C- or better and with the permission of the course instructor. This course is not open to students enrolled in the Acadia’s BBA program and is not a replacement for Busi 2743.

Credit Hours: 3

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BUSI 4913 - Online Competitive Intelligence for Business Strategy

This course offers a selection of theoretical frameworks and online information sources useful for understanding some of the important concerns facing senior managers. Strategic Management is a discipline concerned with helping us to understand the decision making practices of senior managers of corporations as they strive to formulate and implement strategy. The knowledge base of this discipline is broad. Competitive intelligence is a practice concerned with using freely available and legal sources of information to help learn about the activities and organization of corporations and other entities. In this course we focus on using free, online information sources, and we will focus our attention on companies whose shares trade publicly on U.S. stock exchanges.

Prerequisites: Permission of School of Business

Credit Hours: 3h

BUSI 4923 - Online Competitive Intelligence for Organization Theory

Organization Theory is a discipline concerned with helping us to understand why companies and organizations look and behave as they do and what success or failure means. To some extent, it is a discipline of competing and complimentary theories, each seeking to explain large scale organized behaviour through a different lens. This course will introduce you to a number of them, including Agency Theory, the Resource-Based Theory of the Firm, Institutional Theory, Resource Dependence Theory, and Stakeholder Theory. Two overarching objectives of this course are to introduce you to a number of different theories of organization as well as a number of different and critical online information sources. An additional objective is provide a series of learning exercises that will help you apply these online information sources and theories to a real life business or management example. At this end of this course, your ability to undertake real time business and organizational analysis should be greatly improved.

Prerequisites: Permission of School of Business

Credit Hours: 3

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CHEM 1033 - Fundamental Chemistry 1

Course content as in Chem 1013. Intended primarily for non-science students, this course is offered on videotape through the Division of Continuing Education. The laboratory work consists of video- and computer-based assignments.

Prerequisites: NS 12 Chemistry or equiv with 60% or better or permission of department

Credit Hours: 3h

CHEM 1043 - Fundamental Chemistry 2

Course content as in Chem 1023. Intended primarily for non-science students, this course is offered on videotape through the Division of Continuing Education. The laboratory work consists of video- and computer-based assignments. This is a terminal course. It may not be used as a prerequisite for admission to other chemistry courses. Students wishing to take additional chemistry courses must first upgrade their laboratory skills by completing satisfactorily the laboratory components of Chem 1013 and 1023.

Prerequisites: Chem 1013 or 1033

Credit Hours: 3h

COMM 1213 - Communication 1

COMM 1213 - Communication 1 provides an introduction to the principles and practices of written and oral communication, particularly as they apply to the professional workplace. Communication topics are addressed from theoretical and practical viewpoints with the emphasis on developing the skills needed to communicate effectively for professional purposes. Through the study of assigned readings and regular practice, you will: 1. enhance your understanding of interpersonal, group, and organizational communication and of standards of professional competence in these areas 2. develop the ability to write clearly, correctly, and concisely 3. understand the theory of informative and persuasive communication and the structural differences between informative and persuasive texts 4. learn how to plan, research, draft, revise, design, and present a variety of documents including correspondence (letters, memos, e-mail messages), resumes, speeches, research papers, and reports

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

COMP 1113 - Computer Programming 1

Topics include object-oriented programming, algorithms and problem- solving, declarations and types, fundamental programming constructs and data structures, fundamental techniques in graphics, software tools and environments. Emphasis on designing, coding, debugging, and documenting code, using techniques of good programming style. Lecture and lab.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

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COMP 1123 - Computer Programming 2

Topics include event-driven programming, subclasses and inheritance in object-oriented programming, introduction to algorithm analysis, recursion, file processing, internal searching and sorting methods, simple data structures, software requirements, specifications, and validation. Lecture and lab.

Prerequisites: Comp 1113 with C- or better

Credit Hours: 3h

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COMP 1813 - Computers in General Applications

Introduction to computer concepts and hands-on experience with word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications. No prior computer knowledge assumed.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

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COMP 2103 - Computer Programming 3

Topics include fundamental programming concepts, algorithms and problem solving, fundamental data structures, recursion, the imperative programming paradigm, structured design, compiled and scripting languages, program correctness, robustness, and portability, interfacing with operating systems.

Prerequisites: Comp 1123 with a grade of C- or better

Credit Hours: 3h

COMP 2113 - Data Structures and Algorithms

Topics include introduction to abstract data specification, implementation and testing, introduction to algorithms and their analysis.

Prerequisites: Comp 2103 and either Math 1323 or Math 1333 or Math 1423, all with C- or better

Credit Hours: 3h

COMP 2203 - Computer Architecture and Organization 1

The course provides an introduction to the hardware principles that are necessary for the understanding of the operation of computers and other digital circuits that are the subject of COMP 2213. Although it does not go into enough depth to make you an expert digital designer, it provides experience with paper-and-pencil methods and access to powerful CAD (Computer-Aided Design) software packages used by professional designers to construct complicated circuits. The software is provided with the book and explained in the last chapter; its use is not a requirement for the course. The course consists of eight lessons corresponding to the first six chapters of the main text and a chapter each from the supplementary texts. Each chapter is followed by a number of exercises, requiring either a written answer or a diagram.

Prerequisites: 6 Credit Hours of MATH courses

Credit Hours: 3h

COMP 2213 - Computer Architecture and Organization 2

Level of learning This course is about the operation of a computer with emphasis on hardware principles, implementation strategies, and operational principles. It starts with an overview of the evolution of computers, discusses several approaches to computer instruction sets, the structure of a typical CPU and its internal design, the hierarchy of the memory system and the reasons why memory has several levels, the ways in which computer systems access input and output devices, and the principles of input-output devices themselves. Why is this course important? The obvious reason why future computer professionals need this course is that they should know what makes computers tick. Another reason is that they may need to know how to interface other devices to computers and this requires understanding of Computer Architecture. Finally, several fundamental Computer Science courses, such as operating systems, compilers, programming languages, and networking, depend on the understanding of the interaction between software and hardware. Without understanding Computer Architecture, topics such as memory management, code generation, and device drivers are meaningless.

Prerequisites: This is a second-year university level course for students majoring in Computer Science. It assumes knowledge of digital systems and machine level representation of data as presented in COMP 2203 and summarized in Appendix A of the textbook.

Credit Hours: 3h

COMP 3613 - Artificial Intelligence

Topics include an introduction to logic and functional programming, and artificial intelligence. Includes first order logic, constraint logic programming, lambda calculus, intelligent agents, search, planning, and knowledge representation and reasoning.

Prerequisites: Comp 2113, Math 2433, each with a C- or better.

Credit Hours: 3h

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COMP 3703 - Translators

Basic components and techniques of translators for programming languages; preprocessors, compilers, interpreters, assemblers.

Prerequisites: COMP 2113, MATH 2433, each with C- or better

Credit Hours: 3h

COMP 3773 - Advanced Object Oriented Application Development with C++

Advanced topics in object-oriented programming, analysis, and design using C++. Compile and run time binding, reflective and polymorphic programming, compile and run time type parametrization. Standard template library. Design patterns and frameworks in C++.

Prerequisites: COMP 2113, 2663 with C- or better

Credit Hours: 3h

ECON 1013 - Microeconomic Principles

An introduction to the study of economics and the nature of economic problems at the level of consumers and businesses. In particular, markets, production, sales, costs, wages, profits, labour relations, productivity, taxation, and regulation of business in Canada are all discussed.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

ECON 1023 - Macroeconomic Principles

An introduction to the study of economics and the nature of economic problems at the level of the whole economy. Primary concern is with the determinants of aggregate measures of the Canadian economy, such as national income, employment, international trade, money supply, and interest rates. The difficulties of forecasting and stabilization policies are covered.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

ECON 3733 - Economics of Recreation and Sport

This course examines the role or economics in the consumption and provision of recreation and sport in today’s society. Topics include demand estimation and forecasting, assessing the benefits and costs of recreation and sports events/facilities, pricing issues, and the role of government in the recreation and sport industries.

Prerequisites: Econ 1006, 1013/1023, or 1306 at C- level or better

Credit Hours: 3h

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ECON 3743 - Economics of Tourism

A theoretical and empirical analysis of the tourism industry as it applies to consumers and providers at the community/regional/national and international levels. Topics include cost structures in the tourism industries and related pricing issues, demand analysis and market segmentation, economic and social impacts of tourism, the role of multinationals and government in the tourism industry.

Prerequisites: Econ 1006, 1013/1023 at C- level or better

Credit Hours: 3h

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EDUC 4013 - History of Education

The development of educational thought and practice in western European civilization.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 4023 - Philosophy of Education

An overview of the development of educational thought and practice will be followed by a critical examination of various philosophical perspectives on education. Emphasis will be placed on the development and articulation of personal philosophies of education.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 4343 - Classroom Inquiry

The course investigates the role of teacher as inquirer. An examination of the ways by which teachers can inquire into their own classrooms and assume ownership of the knowledge base of teaching and learning

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 4673 - Teaching English as a Second Language

This course will provide you with the basic skills required to plan and teach ESL classes in a variety of contexts. Online components, including readings, short lectures and discussion forums, will be combined with hands-on workshops which will introduce you to a range of teaching methods and enable you to analyze and develop course materials.

Prerequisites: Educ 4683 and 4863 or permission of the instructor

Credit Hours: 3h

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EDUC 4683 - Linguistics for Teachers 1

This course introduces students to the study of linguistics, and investigates why it would be relevant to the teaching of English as a second language. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of the sound system in English (phonetics and phonology), the way that meaningful units in the language combine to form words (morphology), the sentence system (syntax), the elements of grammar that are relevant in the ESL classroom (pedagogical grammar), the role of language in society (sociolinguistics), and the use of language in communicative situations (discourse analysis). Prospective teachers will be made aware of the pedagogical implications of the structural and social aspects of language.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

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EDUC 4863 - Acquisition of Language

This course is foundational. The focus is on how language is acquired. There will be a sociological and a psychological analysis of language acquisition. Semantics, syntax, phonology and pragmatics will be explored. This course is required in the TESOL Certificate program offered through Open Acadia.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

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EDUC 5003 - Human Development & Learning

This course focuses on human development and learning across the lifespan. A primary focus will be on the emergence and growth of self-concept and self awareness in relation to the development of personal agency.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5053 - Problems in Education

This course is designed to allow students to engage individually in research projects around information technology that are of special interest/(relevance to practice) for the student and acceptable to a supervising instructor. While course requirements may vary according to the project selected, the course normally requires that students demonstrate their understanding of the field through a written report and a written or oral examination. If using the course to meet concentration requirements, the focus of the study must be in the concentration area. Prereq:9h graduate courses or their equivalent, at the discretion of the Director. Students will be given the opportunity to research and share their findings throughout the course. In addition, we will visit a few key technology tools that assist in the process of gathering, managing, and distributing findings from our research.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3hr

EDUC 5053 - Problems in Education: Professional Writing in Education

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Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3hr

EDUC 5063 - Foundations of Inclusive Education

This course examines foundational issues related to the ways in which race, class, gender/sexuality and disability intersect within the context of schooling. A critical exploration of the assumptions embedded within schooling's response to diversity is offered that draws upon relevant historical and sociological theories of social difference.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5066 - Seminar and Practicum in Counselling

This course involves a counselling practicum in an appropriate setting. Placements are chosen in consultation with the instructor. Students are expected to complete 100 hours of intensive supervised practice followed by 400 hours of continued practicum. The practicum is completed in a block format, normally four days a week for 16 weeks. A seminar accompanies the practicum. Students are responsible for arranging their own practicum in consultation with counselling faculty.

Prerequisites: All core counselling courses completed or taken concurrently and admission to the counselling program.

Credit Hours: 6h

EDUC 50E3 - Counselling Adolescents and Children

EDUC 50E3 is an online course that examines theories, research, and practice related to counselling adolescents and children in the context of issues commonly presented in counselling. Methods of particular relevance to counselling youth are examined. Attention is given to diversity issues, youth at risk, and to the ethical issues particular to counselling young people. Contributions from major theories of counselling particular to the practice of counselling adolescents and children will be highlighted. While this course focuses on theories, each module will address particular concerns or issues that frequently form the focus of counselling adolescents and children. Case discussions will be a regular part of the work done in the modules. There is the assumption that participants in the course have basic counselling skills and a modest background in human development. For those students who have completed EDUC 5033, this course will be a review of some of the theories of counselling that you have previously studied. However, students should keep in mind that the focus of EDUC 50E3 is on counselling adolescents and children and this perspective should be evident in the discussion forums and assigned papers.

Prerequisites: EDUC 5033, 5133

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 50F3 - Pre-Practicum

The 40 hour pre-practicum allows students to study and practice beginning counselling skills in a simulated environment. With a focus on ethical and multicultural practice in counselling, students engage in applying their counselling skills and learn how to analyze their developing counselling style and performance.

Prerequisites: Co-req: EDUC 5033 and EDUC 5133. Pre-req. or Co-req: EDUC 5583 and EDUC 5623. Open only to students in the Master of Education in Counselling program.

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 50G3 - Research Literacy

This course focuses on major research paradigms most often used by professional educators. Emphasis will be placed on the development of the practical application of skills required of informed practitioners to participate effectively in problem solving in the work setting. Students will be provided with opportunities to develop a set of abilities that may be used to critically understand and use the dominant language of research. This includes reading, analyzing, engaging in, and writing research.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3hr

EDUC 5123 - Curriculum Practice for Students "At Risk"

This course examines the historical/sociological construction of 'risk' in schools and school systems, considering questions of who is/has been produced as 'at risk' and how. Assumptions underlying various curriculum and assessment approaches are examined from the perspective of how such practices might be implicated in reproducing and/or interrupting categories of risk in schools.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5143 - Educational Explorations

This course provides an opportunity for the exploration of a variety of educational issues through participation in formats such as institutes, workshops, and mini-courses. Evidence of 3h equivalency (120 hours of approved voluntary professional development activities), program relevance, and appropriate academic standards are to be submitted for prior approval to the Director. Evaluation is on a pass/fail basis.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3hr

EDUC 5153 - Readings in Education

This course is designed to permit students to pursue in depth any of the major areas in education. Requirements for the course will be determined mutually by the student and the supervising instructor.

Prerequisites: 9h graduate courses or their equivalent, at the discretion of the Director.

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5203 - Introduction to Educational Technology

This course examines the use of computers and information technology in classrooms and other educational settings. Emphasis is placed on the integration of the foregoing in curriculum and instruction. NOTE: Not for credit in the M.Ed. Learning and Technology program or the M.Ed. in Curriculum Studies program with emphasis in Learning and Technology except by permission of the Director, School of Education, or Director's designate.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5213 - Organizational Theory and School Culture

This course focuses on principles of traditional and critical organizational theory and their application to educational institutions. Concepts include bureaucracy, professional organizations, innovative organizations, learning organizations, and post-modern conceptions of organizations. Attention is given to principles of organizational cultures and politics and their application to schools, as well as its relevance to leadership and school development.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3hr

EDUC 5243 - Supervision

This course is designed to study the principles, methods and techniques used in the supervision of instruction in the public school system, with emphasis on the evaluation of the teaching-learning process. This course may require observation of practice-teachers in the schools and discussion observations with the practice-teachers in a supervisory capacity.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5273 - Education and the Law

This course examines statute and case law relating to public education in Canada. The objective is to clarify general legal principles through an investigation of such topics as authority in education, teacher rights, student rights and teacher/school board liability. A major focus is the educational implications of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5303 - Principles of Assessment

This course is an introduction to assessment to support education and counselling. Basic principles of measurement and current issues in assessment are discussed from a critical framework. Students become familiar with formal instruments. Students learn to use formal and informal assessment information to aid in educational and counselling decision making.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5513 - Research Design in Education

This course is designed to encourage participants to develop a critical research orientation to their work while maintaining an awareness of multiple research paradigms. Emphasis is placed on participants gaining an understanding of basic research concepts so as to be able to effectively apply them to analyzing, interpreting and critiquing current research literature.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5583 - Counselling Strategies & Interventions

This course pre-supposes knowledge of contemporary theories of the counselling relationship. Building upon this knowledge, the course will examine the theoretical basis and provide training in the use of selected counselling techniques--areas such as cognitive restructuring, systematic desensitization, relaxation exercises and guided imagery will be investigated. This course is limited to graduate students in counselling.

Prerequisites: Educ 5033 & 5133

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5603 - Learning and Technology

This course provides students with a broad foundation in research and theory related to the application of information and communication technology to promote learning. Through readings, discussion, and project work, students will develop a critical appreciation of challenges and opportunities brought about as educational technology is increasingly utilized in educational contexts.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3hr

EDUC 5623 - Group Counselling

This course focuses on the assumptions and implications of various approaches to group counselling, small group dynamics, selection procedures, and methods of facilitating interpersonal communication within groups. Attention is given to evaluation of group process and outcome. Supervised practical experience will be made possible through EDUC 5066.

Prerequisites: EDUC 5033 and 5133

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5633 - Curriculum Foundations

This course is designed to examine the nature of curriculum and the basic principles of the curriculum development process. The nature of curriculum is approached by a search for commonalities that are present in the conflicting views of curriculum. The curriculum development process is examined through major theoretical models of the process and the curriculum organization patterns across Canada. Special attention is given to the role of the teacher and principal in this process as well as the functions and competencies of other curriculum workers. Recent innovations in curriculum organization serve as reference points throughout this course.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5643 - Major Theoretical Developments in Curriculum Studies

This course focuses on current issues in the field of curriculum theory. In particular, students are invited to study and discuss the impact of critical theories and the concept of post-modernity on curriculum development in schools.

Prerequisites: Educ 5633

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5673 - Current Research & Theory in Curriculum - Literacy Technology

This course is designed to critically examine the relationship between literacy and technology. Throughout the modules, you will have opportunities to consider your own definition of literacy, as well as your underlying assumptions around literacy instruction. You will also explore the dynamic interaction between literacy and technology, as well as potential for technology integration to support literacy development among learners of all ages. Throughout this course, "technology" will broadly refer to personal computer technologies although it is realized that "technology" can mean either more or less than computers. "Technology integration" will include the use of computers within classrooms during instruction. The modules offered throughout this course fall under the following broad topics: 1) Literacy in the 21 st Century, 2) Relationship between Literacy and Technology, 3) Implications for the Classroom.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5673 - Current Research and THeory in Curriculum: Social Justice Matters

This interdisciplinary course in English Language Arts and Social Studies will assist teachers in developing and promoting more socially just teaching. The course will engage teachers in addressing questions such as: What should teachers' roles be in educating children and youth to develop critical perspectives and a sense of responsibility - locally and globally? How can teachers implement multiple approaches across disciplines through critical literacies? How can teachers and students enhance their individual and collective civic engagement?

Prerequisites: Educ 5633 & 5643

Credit Hours: 3hr

Educ 5673 - Current Research & Theory in Curriculum: Rural Education

Is schooling fundamentally different in rural contexts in the age of network society, portable communication devices and globalization? What difference does place make in education? Is education what Barbara Ching and Gerald Creed call an "urbanization of the mind"? How have rural schools evolved and where are they going? This course investigates key problems in rural education with a focus on the Atlantic Canadian context.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3 hr

EDUC 5773 - Community Perspectives on School & Society

Education and employment are increasingly driven by globalization; this loss of local control is a worldwide phenomenon. What happens to communities and our sense of belonging in the new “global marketplace?” What does it mean to be a citizen in a consumerist society? This course considers how teachers and schools can respond to these massive social, economic, and technological changes. Topics include cultural identity, social justice, and human and ecological development in both rich and poor countries.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5843 - Instructional Design - Multiage Pedagogy

This course will investigate current developments in instructional design. A major focus will be to establish a firm understanding of elements in a multi-age program and how it differs from the traditional ‘graded’ and ‘split’ class programs; to learn about effective teaching, management and assessment strategies for a multi-age program; to develop communication skills needed when interacting with parents, administrators and colleagues about multi-age education; and develop a sample curriculum topic suitable for a multi-age class.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

EDUC 5873 - Technology and Curriculum:Technology Studies

Any technology from chalk to computer changes what is possible in a classroom, which in turn has implications for what we teach. This course explores those implications in mathematics and/or science teaching, depending on student interests

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3hr

EDUC 5913 - Theoretical Perspectives on Leadership

This course is intended to familiarize students with past and present thinking on leadership, especially as it applies to educational settings. Consideration is given to previous research on leadership, including that on traits, behaviour, situational leadership, and charismatic leadership. The course moves towards a focus on democratic and inclusive forms of educative leadership.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

ENGL 1213 - Composition 1

In this course, students will read a variety of essays and articles to help them learn to write a unified and coherent academic essay. Emphasis is on formulating a clear thesis, demonstrating an awareness of purpose and audience, and developing a personal writing voice in expository essays.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Hours: 3h

ENGL 1223 - Composition 2

In this course, students will build on the basic elements of writing covered in Engl 1213, but the emphasis is on argumentation. Students in this term will read at least one literary text in addition to essays, and they will learn the strategies of persuasive, effective writing, including those that pertain to the critical, literary essay.

Prerequisites: Engl 1213

Credit Hours: 3h