Spirituality in the Workplace

I had the opportunity to sit down with SMU professor David Sable this week and discuss his online course, Spirituality in the Workplace.  I am going to post the full interview once we finish editing.  I was so pumped to take his course after talking to him, the content fits right into my Psychology/Human Resources Management degree – and its online. Score!

If you are at all interested in spirituality or how to be in the moment when dealing with challenges and dilemmas at work, or even in life…you will want to watch his interview. I will post the transcript next week, stay tuned.

Fall 2010 Registration time … 1st come 1st serve!!!

Here are the top six things you need to know to before registering for an online course at Saint Mary’s University:

1. Online courses at SMU fill up really fast. Be online as soon as registration opens. Registration starts tomorrow – MARCH 23, 2010 @ 9:30 A.S.T.
   • If you go to register for a course and it’s full, some professors might take on an extra student if you ask them really nicely.
   • Even when you notice a class is full, check online everyday for openings (lots of students register first and then change their mind, some as late as the first week into the class.)
2. There are three ways to register for online course(s):
   1. through the Registrar’s Office,
   2. in-person
   3. or use the online registration offered through Banner Self Service .
3. You can view sample course(s) before your register. The first module, as well as some additional information, is available for a student to examine and review.
4. If you’re enrolled in a degree program at another university and wish  to take a course at Saint Mary’s, you will need to obtain a Letter of Permission from your home university. Once you have that, you can fill out Application Form B – Visiting Student and present this signed Letter of Permission to the Saint Mary’s admissions office.  Then you can follow the normal registration procedures by registering on Banner Self-Service or in-person at the Registrar’s office.
5. Most online courses offered are half credit courses, but there are a few full credit courses. If you register for a full year course, then you have to register in both of the semesters that it is offered.
6. All of our online courses have been developed to accommodate  students with disabilities. We have followed the W3C guidelines for accessibility and encourage anyone with a physical or cognitive disability to take our online courses. For further support with course accessibility, please contact Liberated Learning.

Registration can be completed through Self Service.

Summer Session I
May 10 – June 25, 2010

Summer Session II
July 5 – August 20, 2010

Online course listings for Spring and Summer Sessions 2010 are scheduled through the Registrar’s office.

For specific details, visit the Summer Sessions website.

You can find application forms online at http://www.smu.ca/web_applications/

Or you can contact us at Continuing Education to speak directly to someone familiar with SMU’s online course registration process and course delivery:

Saint Mary’s University
Continuing Education
883 Robie Street
Halifax, NS B3J 3C3

Phone:	(902) 420-5492
Fax:	(902) 420-5103
E-Mail	conted@smu.ca

Check out our FAQ for more info.

Wage & Salary Administration

The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers an online course in  Wage & Administration, delivered in the spring, fall and winter semesters.

This course is designed to integrate compensation systems with employment planning, career development, and organizational planning concepts.

MGMT 4485.1(2) – Wage and Salary Administration

Prerequisite: COMM2293.1(2) and MGMT 3385.1(2) or PSYC 3327.1(2)and 4427.1(2)

Textbook: Compensation 2nd Ed. George Milkovich; Jerry Newman; Nina Cole; McGraw Hill Ryerson

Division: Canadian Higher Education

Delivery Mode: Online with weekly deadlines

Credits: 3 credit hours

Faculty: Commerce

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.214

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

Principles of Real Estate and Appraisal

Saint Mary’s University offers an online course in Real Estate & Appraisal, delivered in the spring semester.An introduction to the study of real estate investment analysis and valuation. The course relates financial and economic principles to the examination of investment and financing decisions in real estate and mortgage markets. Topics include a discussion of the unique characteristics of real estate assets and markets, the investment process, appraisal, financing and market analysis.

FINA 3362.1(2) – Principles of Real Estate and Appraisal

Prerequisite: FINA 3361.1(2) (or concurrently)

Textbook:  Real Estate Principles A Value Approach, 2nd Edition, 2008. David. C. Lind and Wayne R. Archer, McGraw-Hill Irwin

Delivery Mode: Online with weekly deadlines

Credits: 3 credit hours Faculty: Commerce 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.161

Human cell Physiology & Metabolism

Saint Mary’s University offers a summer online course in Human Cell Physiology and Metabolism, delivered in the Spring semester.

This course is designed to provide students interested in the health profession with a thorough understanding of the life sustaining physiological and biophysical concepts associated with human cell and tissue processes.

Topics covered include membrane structure and function, enzymes and enzyme kinetics, bio energetics, signal transduction, regulation and homeostasis.

Prerequisite: BIOL 2004.1(.2)

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.102

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

Film & History

The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers an online course in Film & History , delivered in the  Winter semester.

3450.1(.2) Film and History

Increasingly, historians have to make use of moving images as source material for their histories, while much of the public perception of the past is being shaped by documentaries and feature films. The first half of this course will examine the strengths and weaknesses of using moving images as historical documents and the second-half will examine the role of film in interpreting the past.

The goal of the course is to provide students with the ability to critically “employ” and “read” film for the discipline of History. Films for study will be selected by the instructor.

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

See Academic Calendar p. 195

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.