Planet Earth: Atlantic Canada Perspective

The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers a web-based course called Planet Earth: Atlantic Canadian Perspective, delivered in the Summer and Fall semesters.

Why is the Atlantic Ocean getting wider? Where in Atlantic Canada are there remnants of huge volcanic explosions and lava flows? How did a fault as big as the San Andreas cut through Nova Scotia? This course will provide an understanding of the Earth and the processes which affect it, using examples drawn from the geology of our region. You will study plate tectonics, learn to recognize and interpret Earth materials, and understand their impact on Atlantic Canada. Sections of this course may be offered via world-wide web. This course is intended mainly for non-science students including those in Atlantic Canada Studies.

Note: Please note that this course may not be used by B. Sc. Students to satisfy the requirement of a science elective under regulations 3.e., 6.e., 10.c., and 12.b. for B.Sc.

Registration will open for 2010-2011 academic year on Tuesday March 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST.

GEOL 1202.1(.2) Planet Earth: Atlantic Canada Perspective

Prerequisite:  none

Textbook:

Delivery Mode: Online with weekly deadlines

Credits: 3 credit hours

Faculty:  Sciences

Plug-Ins: Flash, Acrobat Reader

Register HERE

See Academic Calendar p.183

The United States in the 20th Century

The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers an online course in American History, delivered in the Fall and Winter semesters.

Designed for students with six (6) credit hours in a university course in history, this course will look closely at the past American century. It will consider the rise of the United States as a political and cultural force, and examine such large-scale movements as progressivism, the Cold War, the ascendancy of the Presidency, national government, and mass culture. It will closely examine the relationship of individuals’ lived experience to these larger social and political movements.

HIST 2318.X & .Y - The United States in the 20th Century

Prerequisite:  none

Textbooks: American History: A Survey Alan Brinkley 12th Edition Toronto: McGraw-Hill, 2007 & A History of Our Time: Readings on Postwar America 7th Edition William H. Chafe, Harvard Sitkoff and Beth Bailey New York: Oxford University Press, 2008

Delivery Mode: Class study online with weekly deadlines

Credits: 6 credit hours

Faculty: Arts

Plug-Ins: Flash, Acrobat Reader

Registration will open for 2010-2011 academic year on Tuesday March 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST.

See Academic Calendar p.193

History of South Africa

The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers an online course in  South African History, delivered in the Fall and Winter semesters.

This course studies the complex relationships and conflicts arising from different cultures, religions and skin colours from the 17th century to the apartheid state of the mid-20th century.

HIST 2322.0 South Africa

Prerequisite: None

Textbook: A History of South Africa, Leonard Thompson, 3^rd ed.

Credits: 6 credit hours

Delivery Mode: Online with weekly deadlines

Faculty: Arts

Plug-Ins: Flash, Acrobat Reader

Summer Sessions I and II registration will be opened Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST

Fall and Winter registration will open for 2010-2011 academic year on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST.

Registration is completed through Self Service.

See Academic Calendar p.193

Africa in the 19th & 20th Centuries: Intrusion, Conquest, Colonialism, Independence

The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers two online course in African History , delivered in the Fall and Winter semesters.

Registration will open for 2010-2011 academic year on Tuesday March 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST.

2316.1(.2) Africa in the 19th Century: Intrusion and Conquest

This course will outline the nature, values and history of traditional African societies; it will examine the intrusion, partition and conquest of those societies by Europeans in the ‘Scramble for Africa’.

2317.1(.2) Africa in the 20th Century: Colonialism and Independence

An examination of the activities of the colonial powers in governing the territories and peoples which they acquired in the ‘Scramble’. The course will also study the reactions of Africans to colonialism and the factors which led to independence.

Prerequisite:  None

Delivery Mode:  Online with weekly deadlines

Credits:  3 credit hours

Faculty: Arts

Plug-Ins: Flash, Acrobat Reader

See Academic Calendar p.

The 20th Century: History

Change and progress – the 20th century saw a major shift in the way that vast numbers of people lived as a result of  progress – political, ideological, economic, social, cultural, scientific, medical and technological.

The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers a web-based course in the Fall and Winter that takes an historical approach to the major problems of our time. Emphasis will be placed upon the backgrounds to World Wars I and II, the emergence of the United States as a world power, the Communist Revolution and its impact, and the problems of industrial society.Registration will open for 2010-2011 academic year on Tuesday March 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST.

HIST 1203.0 – The Twentieth Century

Prerequisite: None

Textbook: Modern Europe: Sources and Perspectives from History, John C. Swanson and Michael S. Melancon, New York: Longman, 2003 OR Modern Europe: 1789-Present 2nd Ed., Asa Briggs and Patricia Clavin, London: Pearson/Longman, 2003

Delivery Mode: Class study online with weekly deadlines

Credits: 6 credit hours

Faculty: Arts

Plug-Ins: Flash, Acrobat Reader

Register HERE

See Academic Calendar p.192

History of Children’s Literature

We can gain a greater understanding of literature and its role in the lives of children by studying the history of children literature.  The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers a web-based course all year-round that surveys children’s literature to the end of the nineteenth century. The emphasis is on works generally considered classics of children’s literature. Registration will open for 2010-2011 academic year on Tuesday March 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST.

Course Description

ENGL 3331.1(2) – History of Children Literature

Prerequisite: None

TEXTBOOK:There is no required textbook for this course. All material is provided online.

Delivery Mode: Online with weekly deadlines

Credits: 3 credit hours

Faculty: Arts

Plug-Ins: Flash, Acrobat Reader

Saint Mary’s University’s  English department offers a wide variety of courses leading up to both major and minor concentrations in English, as well as an honours degree. The core of the program reflects a traditional approach to English studies, including literary-historical and genre courses. What makes the department distinctive, however, are a number of courses cross-listed with other disciplines or programs, such as Atlantic Canada Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, Linguistics, Irish Studies, and Creative Writing. This feature allows students to expand their area of academic study in ways that reflect interdisciplinary approaches and their own developing interests.

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See Academic Calendar p.148

Introduction to English Literature

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The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers a web-based introductory course in English Literature all year-round, representing a variety of historical and cultural contexts. It develops the student’s ability to interpret written texts and to write about them in an informed and organized manner. Registration will open for 2010-2011 academic year on Tuesday March 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST.

ENG 1205 – Introduction to Literature

Prerequisite: None

Textbook: Life of Pi, Yann Martel (Vintage Canada Randomhouse) OR The Postman Always Rings Twice, James M. Cain (Vintage Canada Randomhouse). Please refer to the syllabus for textbook.

Software: Elluminate. This software requires a headset with a microphone.

Delivery Mode:   Online with weekly deadlines

Credits: 3 credit hours

Faculty: Arts

Plug-Ins: Flash, Acrobat Reader

Note: This course replaces the former courses EGL 203 and EGL 204. Students are advised that credit will not be awarded for ENGL 1205 if the student already has a credit for either of the “Introduction to Literature” I or II [i.e., EGL 203 or 204]. A PASSING GRADE IN ENGL 1205 IS NORMALLY REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO 2000-LEVEL ENGLISH COURSES.

Saint Mary’s University’s  English department offers a wide variety of courses leading up to both major and minor concentrations in English, as well as an honours degree. The core of the program reflects a traditional approach to English studies, including literary-historical and genre courses.

Register here.

See Academic Calendar p. 145

Organized Crime – Sociology & Criminology

Global organized crime is emerging in international relations as a primary component in security and foreign policy making.  Of all the organized-crime groups operating in Canada, the Mafia is perhaps the best known, but there are many other groups involved locally and nationally.

The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers a web-based course,  in Organized Crime, delivered in the Fall semester. This online course is designed to enable a student to examine particular criminological issues in detail and is only offered in the Fall according to faculty availability and expertise. Registration will open for 2010-2011 academic year on Tuesday March 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST.

Prerequisite: Formal declaration of a major/honours in criminology; or SOC 200.0; or SOCI 1210.1(2) and either SOCI 1211.1(2) or 1212.1(2)

Textbook: There is no required textbook for this course. All material is provided online.

Delivery Mode:   Class study online with weekly deadlines

Credits: 3 credit hours

Faculty: Arts

Plug-Ins: Flash, Acrobat Reader

Note: This is a cross-listed course with SOCI3389.1(.2)

The Department of Sociology and Criminology offers programs of study that are designed to provide students with a strong undergraduate experience in both sociology and criminology. Majors and honours programs are offered in each field. Students are particularly encouraged to complete a double major program in sociology and Criminology. The Department also offers a Master’s degree. Courses are also mounted that support such other academic programs as those in Asian Studies, Atlantic Canada Studies, International Development Studies, Linguistics, and Women and Gender Studies. For details on graduate programs, refer to the Graduate Academic Calendar.

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See Academic Calendar p.262

Life in the Universe

The Division of Continuing Education offers SMU students an exclusive web-based course on Life in the Universe. The introductory astronomy course is offered year round. Life in the Universe is suitable for a science elective for non-science students only (but still may be taken as a general elective by science students).

The possibility that life might exist elsewhere in the universe has fascinated human beings ever since our ancestors first gazed into the starry skies. Is life on Earth unique, or could there be other civilisations in the cosmos? This course examines the possibility of extraterrestrial life from astronomical, biological and sociological perspectives. Topics include planets, stars and galaxies, our place in the universe, the origin and evolution of life on Earth, searches for extraterrestrial life, the Anthropic Principle, UFOs, and more.

ASTR 1010.1(2): Life in the Universe

Prerequisite: None

Textbook: Life in the Universe, Bennett, Shostak and Jakosky

Credits: This course is currently offered exclusively as a web-based course. (3.0 credits)

Delivery Mode: Online with weekly deadlines

Faculty: Science

Plug-Ins: Flash, Acrobat Reader

Note: This course is currently offered exclusively as a web-based course. (3.0 credits)

Note: Please note that this course may not be used by B. Sc. Students to satisfy the requirement of a science elective under regulations 3.e., 6.e., 10.c., and 12.b. for B.Sc. degrees.

For undergraduate courses and programs in physics, please refer to the Physics (PHYS) segment listed in Section 4 of the SMU Academic Calendar. Astronomy courses are offered by the Department of Astronomy and Physics

Source: SMU Academic Calendar p. 95

Register HERE.