Online Degree Programs

Women’s Studies (WMST) 321
Advocacy from the Margins (Revision 1)

Delivery mode: Individualized study; video component.*
*Overseas students, please contact the University Library before registering in a course that has an audio/visual component.

Credits: 3 - Social Science

Prerequisite: Junior-level social science course.

Centre: Centre for Work and Community Studies

WMST 321 is not available for challenge.

Overview

This course is a senior-level women’s studies course, designed to introduce students to the issues involved in advocating for a change in women’s status. Students involved in the field of counselling girls and women will need to have a background in the theoretical and practical applications of advocacy in order to most effectively serve their clients. Professionals in all areas of human service need to understand the systems that operate to keep the most marginalized in their place and develop strategies to advocate for their clients on an individual and systemic level. All professionals working with marginalized groups need to be social change advocates.
Outline

Unit 1: Setting the Context

Unit 2: Feminist Theories

Unit 3: The Politics of Advocacy

Unit 4: The Tools of Advocacy

Unit 5: Backlash

Unit 6: Advocacy Groups in Canada

Unit 7: Advocacy Campaigns in the Women’s Movement

Unit 8: Feminist Organizing

Unit 9: Strategies

Unit 10: Political Involvement

Women’s Studies (WMST) 310
Feminist Approaches to Counselling Women (Revision 1)

Delivery mode: Individualized study; video component.*
*Overseas students, please contact the University Library before registering in a course that has an audio/visual component.

Credits: 3 - Social Science

Prerequisite: WMST 302 or equivalent.

Centre: Centre for Work and Community Studies

WMST 310 has a Challenge for Credit option.

Overview

The course examines an empowerment model of counselling women and its application to crisis intervention and counselling women. The emphasis is on skill development. Building upon the theoretical foundation laid in WMST 302, the goals are to:

Gain an understanding of how to apply feminist principles to counselling women

Gain an understanding of some of the problems for which women often seek counselling

Provide opportunities to develop crisis intervention counselling skills

Examine the application of these skills to issues of particular concern to women

Focus on developing counselling skills for positive action

Explore the ethics of feminist counselling

Women’s Studies (WMST) 303
Issues in Women’s Health (Revision 6)

Revision 6 opened in Moodle March 12, 2008.

Delivery mode: Individualized study or grouped study.

Credits: 3 - Social Science

Prerequisite: None

Centre: Centre for Work and Community Studies

WMST 303 has a Challenge for Credit option

Overview

Welcome to Women’s Studies 303: Issues in Women’s Health. Your work in this course should help you to better understand issues such as gender and the politics of health care, women’s reproductive health and health care; special issues in women’s health (cancer, violence, and aging); and women’s health and the global environment.

Although the course deals with many health issues, simple time and space constraints suggest that not all health topics could possibly be covered. Women’s Studies 303: Issues in Women’s Health concentrates on the health issues that are unique to women’s experiences, on women’s status as undervalued (and sometimes victimized) consumers of health care, and on the medicalization of women’s health issues and concerns. The course stresses the potential for women’s agency and autonomy with respect to improving their health and environments.
Outline

Unit 1: Gender, Health, and the Politics of Health Care
Section 1.1: Gender and the Politics of Women’s Health: Reform and Revolution
Section 1.2: The Gender of Care Providers: Doctors, Nurses, and Community Care

Unit 2: Women’s Reproductive Health and Health Care
Section 2.1: Menstruation and Menopause
Section 2.2: Sexual Health and Controlling Fertility
Section 2.3: Abortion
Section 2.4: Pregnancy and Childbirth

Unit 3: Special Problems in Women’s Health
Section 3.1: Health and Violence Against Women
Section 3.2: Women and Cancer
Section 3.3: Women, Health Care, and Aging

Unit 4: Women’s Health and the Future
Section 4.1: Gender, Health, and the Environment

Women’s Studies (WMST) 200
Feminist Research and Women’s Lives (Revision 1)

Opened in Moodle November 3, 2008.

Delivery mode: Individualized study online.

Credits: 3 - Social Science

Prerequisite: None.

Precluded course: WMST 444. (WMST 200 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for WMST 444.)

Centre: Centre for Work and Community Studies

WMST 200 has a Challenge for Credit option.

Overview

Welcome to Women’s Studies 200: Feminist Research and Women’s Lives, a three-credit, junior-level university course that presents information about feminist research methods, methodology, and epistemology. The course offers the opportunity for you to begin feminist research, and it provides suggestions for assessing the research of others.
Outline

Unit 1: What is Feminist Research?

Unit 2: What is Collaborative Feminist Research?

Unit 3: Sexist and Non-Sexist Research

Unit 4: Research Questions and Ethical Research

Unit 5: Searching for Literature and Refining the Research Question

Unit 6: Collecting Data

Unit 7: Feminist Research Experiences

Unit 8: Analyzing Data

Unit 9: Presenting and Evaluating Feminist Research

Taxation (TAXX) 401
Taxation II (Revision 5)

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Delivery mode: Individualized study online or
grouped study.**

Credits: 3 - Applied Studies

Prerequisite: TAXX 301

Centre: School of Business

TAXX 401 is not available for challenge.

Overview

Taxation 401: Taxation II, is a three-credit, senior-level course. It is designed as a second course dealing with the basic concepts and procedures associated with the Canadian federal income tax system.

While it is not possible to neatly divide the Income Tax Act or the Excise Tax Act into provisions relating to individuals and provisions relating to corporations, the primary emphasis in this course is on the taxation of corporations. Lesson 1 provides coverage of some of the more detailed aspects of the determination of Taxable Income and Tax Payable for individuals. For those who did not take your first tax course recently, Lesson 1 will provide a good review of the material that is covered in such courses.

After Lesson 1, the course turns its attention to the taxation of corporations. Lessons 2 and 3 will provide detailed coverage of the determination of Taxable Income and Tax Payable for Canadian corporations. Lesson 4 considers how the information in Lessons 2 and 3 is used to assist in making management decisions. Lessons 5 and 6 consider more detailed aspects of corporate taxation, including rollovers and the sale of an incorporated business. The final two lessons move away from corporate taxation in order to deal with the taxation of partnerships and trusts.

TAXX 401 is an option in Athabasca University’s Bachelor of Commerce degree program. Depending on the province you live in, this course may meet the requirements of professional accounting bodies. To ascertain whether this is case, you should consult with your provincial professional body (CA, CGA, or CMA).

Taxation (TAXX) 304
Introduction to U.S. Tax: Classroom Mode (Revision 7)

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Delivery mode: CLASSROOM STUDY ONLY.
For registration information, go to www.uscpasuccess.com/ustax.
If you are unable to access this Web site, phone 1.877.872.7239 (US CPA Success) for further information.

Credits: 3 - Applied Studies

Prerequisite: ACCT 253 and ECON 247

Precluded course: TAXX 302

Centre: School of Business

TAXX 304 is not available for challenge.

Overview

This course introduces you to the taxing process, the tax laws, and the governmental units that create and enforce tax policy and law in the U.S. The course identifies the basic principles necessary to taxation, the types of tax professionals, and the various types of taxpayers. It also examines the important tax rules that apply to all U.S. taxpayers and addresses the importance of tax planning. The goal of this course is to provide you with a basic understanding of the American taxing process so that you are better prepared to determine and assess the possible tax consequences of any personal or business-related financial decisions you may make.

Taxation (TAXX) 301
Taxation 1 (Revision 19)

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Delivery mode: Individualized study online.

Credits: 3 - Applied Studies

Prerequisite: ACCT 253

Centre: School of Business

TAXX 301 is not available for challenge.
Overview

Welcome to TAXX 301: Taxation I, a three-credit, senior-level course at Athabasca University.

The primary emphasis in this course is the determination of Net Income For Tax Purposes. The course gives detailed attention to the components that make up this figure, including employment income, business and property income, and capital gains. Detailed attention is also given to both the Taxable Income of individuals and Tax Payable for individuals. The course also provides an introduction to Taxable Income and Tax Payable for corporations.

While limited attention will be given to provincial income tax procedures, this course is largely concerned with federal income tax legislation.

TAXX 301 is an option in Athabasca University’s Bachelor of Commerce degree program, as well as a required course in the University Certificate in Accounting. It meets the requirements of all three professional accounting bodies in Canada (CA, CGA, CMA) with respect to a first course in taxation. The prerequisite for this course is Accounting 253: Introductory Financial Accounting, or an equivalent introductory financial accounting course from another college or university.

Spanish (SPAN) 301
Second Year Spanish II (Revision 2)

Delivery mode: Individualized study with audio/video components.

Credits: 3 - Humanities

Prerequisite: SPAN 300

Centre: Centre for Language and Literature

Télé-université du Québec

SPAN 301 has a Challenge for Credit option.

Overview

SPAN 301 consists of four integrated components: grammar, vocabulary, culture, and literature. The course reviews and further develops basic language skills acquired in First Year Spanish. The emphasis is on reviewing and learning grammar structures and on vocabulary acquisition. The objective of SPAN 301 is to strengthen both written and oral skills that will enable students to communicate in a variety of contexts. Every lesson in the textbook En contacto. gramática en acción is integrated with the laboratory component of the course. The literary component consists of poems, excerpts and short stories which are read mainly for aesthetic pleasure, comprehension, and vocabulary acquisition. Students are not expected to do any specialized literary analysis exercises in this course, but the student will be tested on general ideas about the authors and the contents of En contacto. Lecturas intermedias in every oral and written exercise.

Spanish (SPAN) 300
Second Year Spanish I (Revision 2)

Delivery mode: Individualized study with audio and video components.

Credits: 3 - Humanities

Prerequisite: SPAN 201 or Span 30 (third year senior high school Spanish) or equivalent.

Precluded course: None

Centre: Centre for Language and Literature

Télé-université du Québec

SPAN 300 has a Challenge for Credit option.
Overview

SPAN 300 consists of four integrated components: grammar, vocabulary, culture, and literature. The course reviews and further develops basic language skills acquired in First Year Spanish. The emphasis is on learning grammar structures and on vocabulary acquisition. The objective of SPAN 300 is to strengthen both written and oral skills that will enable students to communicate in a variety of contexts. The first six lessons of the main textbook En contacto: Gramática en acción is integrated with the laboratory component of the course. The literary component from En contacto: Lecturas intermedias consists of excerpts and short stories which are read mainly for aesthetic pleasure, comprehension, and vocabulary acquisition. Students are expected to do simple literary analysis exercises in this course.

Spanish (SPAN) 201
Spanish for Beginners II (Revision 3)

Delivery mode: Individualized study with audio/video component.

Credits: 3 - Humanities

Prerequisite: SPAN 200 or Span 20 (second year senior high school Spanish) or equivalent.

Centre: Centre for Language and Literature

Télé-université du Québec

SPAN 201 has a Challenge for Credit option.

Overview

SPAN 201 continues the study of the basic elements of the Spanish language of SPAN 200. Oral and written skills are developed through the study of vocabulary, grammar, and idioms. Pronunciation, comprehension, and writing are emphasized. The course will enable a student to speak and write simple Spanish in a range of everyday situations. SPAN 201 also introduces students to a rich cultural context.