Foundations Of Education Course> Atlanta Christian College
FED 300 Educational Psychology (3)
A study of learning theory and its application to such problems as classroom control, the organization of learning activities, understanding individual differences, and evaluating teaching and assessing learning. Emphasis is given to factors which facilitate and/or interfere with the learning process. Prerequisite: FED 204. (2nd)
English Course> Atlanta Christian College
ENG 300 Shakespeare (3)
A study of representative tragedies, comedies, romances, history plays, and selected poetry of Shakespeare. Emphasis is given to critical problems and the value and importance of his works. Prerequisite: ENG 102.
Business Course> Atlanta Christian College
BUS 238 Business Communication (3)
A study of the communication processes within organizations with an emphasis on skills in oral and
written communication. Prerequisite: ENG 102 and COM 213. (1st)
BIBLICAL STUDIES, GENERAL (BBS) Course> Atlanta Christian College
BBS 425 Readings in the Septuagint (2)
Comparative readings in Hebrew Bible and Septuagint with emphasis on textual variants, translation
techniques and history of interpretation. Prerequisites: GRK 402 and HEB 412.
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.
Undergraduate Course> Athabasca University
Health Administration (HADM) 369
Health Policy in Canada (Revision 2)
Credits: 3 - Applied Studies
Prerequisite: A health care background or permission of the professor.
Centre: Centre for State and Legal Studies
HADM 369 has a Challenge for Credit option.
Overview
This course is designed for students from a wide variety of backgrounds: health services, administrators, policymakers, practitioners, and clinicians. It provides in-depth discussion concerning the key political and administrative decision-making processes of the Canadian health systems. Particular emphasis is placed on the health policy development process and the issues associated to the welfare state.
The course begins with a definition of public policy; health policy development process; and funding solutions to complete policy issues. Students also examine the variety of social economic and political influences on health policy making. Students will also discover that there are a variety of “policy instruments” available to decision makers to solve policy problems at the policy formulation stage.
Outline
HADM 369 is divided into 9 units as follows:
Unit 1: Public Policy in Canada
Unit 2: What Influences Public Policy?
Unit 3: Evolution of the Canadian Health Care System
Unit 4: The Public Policy Process: Decision-making Models, Problem Definition, and Agenda Setting
Unit 5: Formulating, Choosing, and Implementing: By Design or Serendipity?
Unit 6: Reform in the Health Care Sector
Unit 7: Empowered Citizens
Unit 8: Health Care Reform: Shifting to Community
Unit 9: Health Care Reform: Where Do We Go from Here?
Undergraduate Course> Athabasca University
English (ENGL) 482
Advanced Fiction Writing
Overview
Advanced Fiction Writing is the next step for students who have taken English 381, further building on the writing skills developed in that course. The emphasis in this course will be on revision and on developing style and structure. It will focus on writing the novel and the novella but would be useful for all students who want to further improve and develop the fluency, clarity, and vividness of their writing. Students will be expected to write at length, to read the selections of professional writers provided and to discuss and analyze the writing of their fellow students through a discussion board.
Outline
Over a work schedule of 16 weeks students will read selections from published writers and produce five pieces of writing in these forms:
two critiques of a chapter and story, 800 words
a first chapter or story, 1,500-2,000 words
a chapter or story, 2,000-2,5000 words
a chapter or story, 2,500-3,000 words
revision of one of the three previous assignments
Undergraduate Course of e-Commerce > Athabasca University
e-Commerce (ECOM) 420
Project in e-Commerce
Overview
ECOM 420 is an independent study course, and serves as the capstone course in the Bachelor of Commerce, e-Commerce Major. You will apply your understanding of strategies, tactics, applications, models, and related issues in e-commerce. Possible projects include planning the development of retail e-commerce stores, business-to-business services, and information or enterprise portals. Alternatively, you may undertake an individual research project to provide insight into specific issues related to e-commerce, and contribute to existing knowledge in the field. The objective of this course is to provide you an opportunity to plan and develop, as you integrate and apply the knowledge and skills acquired in previous e-commerce courses. ECOM 420 stresses the real-world practice of e-commerce.
No tutorial arrangements are automatically made for you. You are required to negotiate support arrangements with faculty on an as-needed basis. Notice the emphasis placed on your responsibilities. An independent study course requires you to take responsibility for designing your own learning or to ensure that your own learning objectives are met. You will also notice the emphasis on collaboration between you and the faculty.
Undergraduate Course of Criminal Justice > Athabasca University
Criminal Justice (CRJS) 425
White-Collar Crime and Investigation
Overview
The primary emphasis of Criminal Justice 425 White Collar Crime is on the increasing costs of non-violent crimes: crimes perpetrated within the business environment.
Students will be introduced to current perspectives dominant in the field of financial investigations. Discussions will include the following sources of information: accounting procedures, methods of tracing funds, banking and financial record-keeping, interviewing as applied to detecting and resolving financial crime. Primary emphasis will be placed on theoretical principles and applications of financial investigative technique.
Secondarily, this course focuses on the dimension of white collar crime in Canada, beginning with a conceptual definition of activity that constitutes white collar crime. Canadian law enforcement efforts will be discussed, as well as international enforcement approaches. Key concepts related to white collar crime and investigation will be examined in the context of Canadian law enforcement approaches.
Problems with enforcement, due to the organized structure and the requirement of special knowledge, will be examined in detail.
Outline
Criminal Justice 425: White-Collar Crime and Investigation comprises ten units as follows:
Unit 1: Defining White-Collar Crime
Unit 2: The Impact of White-Collar Crime
Unit 3: The Law of Fraud in Canada
Unit 4: Money Laundering in Canada
Unit 5: The Role of Canadian Law Enforcement
Unit 6: The Police Investigation
Unit 7: The Forensic Accountant’s Investigation
Unit 8: Classic White-Collar Crime
Unit 9: Forensic Accounting Methods and Techniques
Unit 10: Future Issues in White-Collar Crime
Undergraduate Course of Communication Studies > Athabasca University
Communication Studies (CMNS) 420 Topics in Communication: Children and Media
Overview
This course examines issues of literacy and agency as they pertain to questions of children’s relationship to texts and materials in media of many kinds: books, films, broadcast and recorded programs, CD-ROMs, computer programs, video games, Internet texts, and various toys and associated commodities. These media affect how children develop an understanding of society and of the way society chooses to tell stories and organize information. In turn, these media are affected by social arrangements and decisions.
Objectives
Upon completion of CMNS 420, students should be able to achieve the following course learning objectives.
Understand how children make sense of the world through the social and intellectual tools at their disposal, and how developments in media technology affect the ways in which this process occurs.
Recognize the institutional frameworks that affect children’s exposure to and awareness of media technologies.
Assess the role of media processes in the communication of texts, with an emphasis on reception rather than on production.
Recognize the need for children to develop sensitivity to how different media construct images and understanding.
Consider questions of formal and informal media education for young children.
Develop frameworks for assessing material for young people in a variety of formats.
Appreciate how little is known about children’s response to different media.
Outline
Children and Media draws on the perspective of children’s activities and is organized into six themes:
Part I: Viewing
Unit 1: Television Viewing
Unit 2: Video and Film Viewing
Part II: Listening
Unit 3: Listening to Music
Unit 4: Listening to Text
Part III: Reading
Unit 5: Reading Print
Unit 6: Reading Illustrated Text
Part IV: Interacting
Unit 7: Video Games and CD-ROMs
Unit 8: Using Computers
Unit 9: Selling Interaction
Part V: Producing
Unit 10: Producing
Part VI: Responding
Unit 11: Responding