Term Based Online Courses

All courses have a credit value of 3 credit hours and have a web-based delivery mode, unless indicated differently.
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Fall 2013

Winter 2014

Fall 2013

Education

Forestry

History

Leadership

Music

 

Winter 2014

Education

Forestry

History

Leadership

 

Fall 2013

Education

ED 4042 Introduction to Adult Education 3ch
Examines the development of adult education as a field of practice and explores the characteristics of adult education in a variety of contexts with specific emphasis on national and provincial contexts.

ED 4113 Introduction to Distance Learning in Adult Education 3ch
Provides an opportunity to explore and become familiar with currently available learning technologies to deliver distance education programs and courses. Use of these technologies will be required throughout the course.

ED 5011 Preparing for Prior Learning Assessment 3 ch
Through the use of reflection, self-assessment and personal journals, participants will create an experience-based dossier which will describe their personal philosophy, current professional practices, and needs for further learning. Prerequisite: ED 3024 or equivalent.

Forestry

FOR 2281 GIS in Forestry I 2ch
An online course that introduces GIS and its application in forest inventory and mapping. Students will complete the course with a good grasp of the nature of GIS data employed in forestry, and its manipulation and processing using ArcGIS software. Students cannot receive credit for both FOR 2281 and FOR 2285.

FOR 2282 GIS in Forestry II 2ch
An online course that explores the analytical power of GIS in forestry. Students will complete the course with advanced geoprocessing and problem-solving skills. Students cannot receive credit for both FOR 2282 and FOR 2285.
Prerequisite: FOR 2281

History

HIST 3374 Native People and the State: From the Indian Act to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People 3 ch
Examines the complex relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the Canadian state from the mid-1800s to the present. Emphasizes Canadian attempts to assimilate Aboriginal peoples and the means by which Aboriginal peoples have resisted these measures and sought to preserve their collective identities. Topics include: the Indian Act, residential schools, the rise of native political organizations, and the quest for Aboriginal rights and self-government. (Recommended for students in the Law and Society Program.)

All course readings, including primary documents, are available through the UNB library electronic reserve system, and students will be assessed on the following basis: two brief analyses (of a primary document and a film) (10% + 10%), an online group presentation and individual write-up about it (10% + 10%), participation in online discussions (30%), an end-of-term peer assessment (5%), and a final, reflective paper (25%).

Leadership

RCLP 1011 Worldviews, Religions and Cultures 3ch
This course will explore various worldviews and religions, and their formative influence on cultures, communities, individuals and particularly people in positions of leadership.

RCLP 3030 Integrated Learning Portfolio 3ch
Students graduating from the Bachelor of Integrated Studies are required to construct personal learning portfolios to demonstrate achievement in each of the program's articulated learning outcomes. This course will introduce the learning outcomes, the theory and practice of experiential learning, and reflective writing, as they work toward constructing their understanding of the role and purpose of a personal learning portfolio. May be taken only by students registered in the BIS program or the Certificate in Leadership Studies.

Music

MUS 1001 Music Through the Ages 3 ch
This course will examine the role of music in the social, ceremonial, spiritual, and everyday lives of people in the western world over the last two millennia. It will provide an overview of how people in successive eras experienced music and the influences that uninitiated changes in and perceptions of music. Many of the great musicians, composers, and styles of western music culture will be studied. This course serves as a foundation for other studies in music and music history. The course will normally be team-taught.

Winter 2014

Education

ED 3115 Methods and Strategies in Adult Education 3 ch
This course examines methods and strategies to facilitate effective adult education programs. Topics include: planning instructional segments; writing objectives; evaluating student work, programs and teaching; using and assessing teaching strategies, and learning resources.

ED 4012 Diversity and Inclusion in Adult Living 3ch
Examines culturally-defined values, beliefs, and assumptions; how cross-cultural communication plays out in formal and informal situations, work environments, and the wider community; and how to create quality international and cross-cultural learning experiences. Develops practical strategies for ensuring meaningful inclusion and for creating safe climates that model the principle of valuing differently acquired wisdom.

ED 4045 Train the Trainer: Theory and Practice 3 ch
Explores theoretical and practical components of workplace training designed to improve organizational effectiveness and individual performance. Learners examine emergent training topics in a variety of workplace contexts. Prerequisite: ED 3024.

ED 4075 Reflection on Second Language Theory and Practice 3 ch
Examination of fundamental issues in second language education such as definitions and assessment of bilingualism, early and later acquisition of a second language, cognitive effects of bilingualism, evaluation of second language education programs, literacy and multiliteracy.

ED 4102 Transition to Adulthood 3 ch
Explores the principles of adult learning and their application to teaching, planning, problem solving, and motivating learners who are in transition from full-time attendance in ed

ED 5157 Community Professionals as Agents of Change 3ch
Practitioners in various disciplines can build the capacity of communities to drive socioeconomic and systemic change necessary for enhanced sustainability. This course explores various adult education-related principles and strategies and enables participants to work on community development problems.

ED 5820 Curriculum and Administration 3ch
Enhances professional practice by providing teachers with a research-based framework for evaluating teaching, reflecting on professional experience, and planning in collaboration with colleagues to improve curriculum and professional practice. Particular emphasis is placed on successful strategies that enhance learning in public schooling for First Nations learners.

History

HIST 1305 Prohibition and Rum-running in Canada, 1827-1948 3 ch
This general interest course introduces the historical method while exploring the controversial theme of prohibition. Examines both protagonists in the struggle: prohibitionists, whose ideology was rooted in evangelical religion and an early strain of feminism, and the "Rummies" who fought to preserve a recreational drinking culture and the economic opportunities that it made possible.

Leadership

RCLP 1062 Citizenship and Community Issues 3ch
Citizenship requires an awareness of civics and community issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. This module will introduce the area with reference to a topical community issue.