Are you curious about the role of mass media in Canada? Interested in how the mass media impacts Canadian life? Wondering about profit and loss in the media industry? Athabasca University has effectively answered these questions and more in its new Communication Studies course, Media and Power in Canadian Society (CMNS 202). Cross-listed in the… Read more »
Athabasca University’s new HUMN/MUSI 310 course, Western Music: Beginnings to Baroque, provides students with an in-depth appreciation, both written and auditory, of early Western music. The course structure features a timeline approach and examines music throughout periods in history, enabling students to observe and analyze the trends and variations in music over the centuries. Course… Read more »
Athabasca University’s Centre for Science has expanded its Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics with a new introductory course on the subject. This course, titled Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASTR 210), provides students with a ?general overview of everything in the universe, from a science student’s point of view,? says course coordinator and developer of AU’s Geophysical… Read more »
As AU`s course offerings continue to grow, Katie`s course introductions offer in-depth descriptions that can help students plan their programs. Interviews with professors bring colourful?and invaluable?details to her articles, and a fresh perspective that goes beyond most syllabi. This article originally appeared March 9, 2007, in issue 1508. Are you planning to focus your undergraduate… Read more »
How do drugs affect the human body? What makes addictive compounds ?addictive?? What about hallucinogens? Why do neurodegenerative diseases elicit their particular symptoms? AU’s Centre for Psychology recently released a new course, PSYC 450 (Drugs and Behaviour), which, as its name implies, explores the relationships between pharmacological agents, human physiology, and human behaviour. Course professor… Read more »
Athabasca University’s Centre for Language and Literature recently launched a new course to complement their ESL program: English for Business (ENGL 189). This course, which is a major revision of the former ENGL 187, is destined to give students insight into the language styles and writing common to the commerce world. Although ENGL 189 might… Read more »
AU has recently welcomed a newly revised history course into their Centre for Work and Community Studies. This course, Girls and Women in Urban Canada (HIST 365), explores the role and life of Canadian women and girls in Canada from 1880 onwards. Essentially, HIST 365 replaces AU’s previous HIST 364 (Women and Family in Urban… Read more »
Recently opened in May, Advertising and Promotion (MKTG 420) ?emphasizes integrated marketing communication,? said course professor Chris Thorne, adding that the course focuses on the communication type ?seen in direct marketing, promotions, and advertising.? For instance, Thorne explained, a product for sale at the store is a result of integrated marketing. For this product to… Read more »
Take an early bird peek at one of AU’s new courses, Environmental Change in A Global Context (ENVS 243)! This course, which is also cross-listed as GLST 243, is tentatively scheduled to officially open to student registration within the next few weeks. Through an exciting blend of written and online media, ENVS 243 enables students… Read more »
Are you interested in Communication Studies and Mass Media? Athabasca University’s Communications Studies program has expanded to include a new communications course, Introduction to Mass Media (CMNS 201), to its list of ever-growing course offerings. According to course professor Dr. Evelyn Ellerman, CMNS 201 is the ?first of two introductory courses for our proposed Bachelor… Read more »