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Myles Wagner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • can automatic Retention improve health insurance market outcomes
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021
    Co-Authors: Adrianna L Mcintyre, Mark Shepard, Myles Wagner
    Abstract:

    There is growing interest in market design using default rules and other "choice architecture" principles to steer consumers toward desirable outcomes. Using data from Massachusetts's health insurance exchange, we study an "automatic Retention" Policy intended to prevent coverage interruptions among low-income enrollees. Rather than disenroll people who lapse in paying premiums, the Policy automatically switches them to an available free plan until they actively cancel or lose eligibility. We find that automatic Retention has a sizable impact, switching 14 percent of consumers annually and differentially retaining healthy, low-cost individuals. The results illustrate the power of defaults to shape insurance coverage outcomes.

  • can automatic Retention improve health insurance market outcomes
    Social Science Research Network, 2021
    Co-Authors: Adrianna L Mcintyre, Mark Shepard, Myles Wagner
    Abstract:

    There is growing interest in market design using default rules and other choice architecture principles to steer consumers toward desirable outcomes. Using data from Massachusetts’ health insurance exchange, we study an "automatic Retention" Policy intended to prevent coverage interruptions among low-income enrollees. Rather than disenroll people who lapse in paying premiums, the Policy automatically switches them to an available free plan until they actively cancel or lose eligibility. We find that automatic Retention has a sizable impact, switching 14% of consumers annually and differentially retaining healthy, low-cost individuals. The results illustrate the power of defaults to shape insurance coverage outcomes. Institutional subscribers to the NBER working paper series, and residents of developing countries may download this paper without additional charge at www.nber.org.

Adrianna L Mcintyre - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • can automatic Retention improve health insurance market outcomes
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021
    Co-Authors: Adrianna L Mcintyre, Mark Shepard, Myles Wagner
    Abstract:

    There is growing interest in market design using default rules and other "choice architecture" principles to steer consumers toward desirable outcomes. Using data from Massachusetts's health insurance exchange, we study an "automatic Retention" Policy intended to prevent coverage interruptions among low-income enrollees. Rather than disenroll people who lapse in paying premiums, the Policy automatically switches them to an available free plan until they actively cancel or lose eligibility. We find that automatic Retention has a sizable impact, switching 14 percent of consumers annually and differentially retaining healthy, low-cost individuals. The results illustrate the power of defaults to shape insurance coverage outcomes.

  • can automatic Retention improve health insurance market outcomes
    Social Science Research Network, 2021
    Co-Authors: Adrianna L Mcintyre, Mark Shepard, Myles Wagner
    Abstract:

    There is growing interest in market design using default rules and other choice architecture principles to steer consumers toward desirable outcomes. Using data from Massachusetts’ health insurance exchange, we study an "automatic Retention" Policy intended to prevent coverage interruptions among low-income enrollees. Rather than disenroll people who lapse in paying premiums, the Policy automatically switches them to an available free plan until they actively cancel or lose eligibility. We find that automatic Retention has a sizable impact, switching 14% of consumers annually and differentially retaining healthy, low-cost individuals. The results illustrate the power of defaults to shape insurance coverage outcomes. Institutional subscribers to the NBER working paper series, and residents of developing countries may download this paper without additional charge at www.nber.org.

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  • University of Lethbridge Graduate Calendar 2018-2019
    University of Lethbridge, 2018
    Co-Authors: University Of Lethbridge
    Abstract:

    The official University of Lethbridge academic graduate studies calendar for 2018-2019.GRADUATE STUDIES CALENDAR AND COURSE CATALOGUE 2018/19 This Calendar sets forth the intention of the University, at the time of its publication, with respect to all matters contained therein. The University reserves the right at any time to deviate from what appears in the Calendar, either in order to serve the best interests of the University, or because of circumstances or occurrences beyond the University’s reasonable control. The University expressly denies responsibility or liability to any person who may suffer loss or who may be otherwise adversely affected by such change. The Calendar is updated annually. If necessary, a list of corrections and post-publication updates to the print edition of the 2018/2019 Calendar, which have been changed in the online edition, will be posted at www.uleth.ca/ross/academic-calendar/updates. Check this web page regularly to keep informed of changes. ©2018 - University of Lethbridge Graduate Studies Calendar and Course Catalogue 2018/2019 The University of Lethbridge Graduate Studies Calendar and Course Catalogue is also available online at www.uleth.ca/ross/academic-calendar 3 MANDATE STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 OUR PROMISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 DESTINATION 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 OUR FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 LIBERAL EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 THE UNIVERSITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 THE UNIVERSITY SHIELD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE PRINCIPLES OF STUDENT CITIZENSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 NOTICES TO STUDENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ERRATA AND ADDENDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ACADEMIC SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ADMISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Application and Admission Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Application Deadlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Admission Routes and Academic Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . 22 International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 English Language REquirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Conditional Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Transfer Credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 General Policies For All Applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Caveat - Authority To Rescind Admission/Registration Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Explanation of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 REGISTRATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Student Records Retention Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Advice and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Terms Used During Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 When to Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Order of Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Registration Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Classroom Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Course Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Western Deans’ Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Appeal of Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 FEES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Self-service Resources and General Information. . . . . . . . . . . 40 Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Cancellations, Refunds and Withdrawals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Non-refundable Application and Registration Fees . . . . . . . . . 42 Non-refundable Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Important Dates and Fee Deadlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 ACADEMIC REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Academic Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Academic Standings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Grade Appeal Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Student Discipline Policy - Academic Offences . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Student Discipline Policy - Non-Academic Offences . . . . . . . 60 Caveat - Authority to Rescind Registration Privileges/ Prohibit Access to University Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Appeal of Application of Policy Other than Grade or Student Discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Assessment of Student Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Other Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 GRADUATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Application for Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Convocation Invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Conferral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Conferral in Absentia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Names on Parchments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Awarded Posthumously. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Transcripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Parchment Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Convocation Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Academic Dress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Revoking Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL. . 73 International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Exchange Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 International Student Advising. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 English Language Institute (ELI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 UNIVERSITY LIBRARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 General Philosophy and Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Collections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Policies and Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 MASTER OF ARTS (M.A.) PROGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 M.A. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Statement of Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Admission Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Co-operative Education/Internship Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 General Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Supervision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 MASTER OF COUNSELLING (M.C.) PROGRAM . . . . 91 M.C. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Statement of Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Admission Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Standards Of Professional Conduct For Counselling Psychology Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 General Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Practicum Placement Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Graduate Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 MASTER OF EDUCATION (M.ED.) PROGRAMS . . . . 95 M.Ed. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Master of Education (General) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Master of Education (Educational Leadership) . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Master of Education (Counselling Psychology) . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Graduate Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 MASTER OF FINE ARTS (M.F.A.) PROGRAMS . . . . . 107 M.F.A. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Statement of Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Program Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 General Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 MASTER OF MUSIC (M.MUS.) PROGRAMS . . . . . . . 111 M.Mus. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Statement of Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Program Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 General Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 MASTER OF NURSING (M.N.) PROGRAMS . . . . . . . 115 M.N. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Statement of Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 General Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Financial Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.SC.) PROGRAM . . . . . . . . 119 M.Sc. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 All Majors Delivered By The Faculty of Arts and Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 All Majors Delivered By The Faculty of Health Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Co-operative Education/Internship Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 General Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 MASTER OF SCIENCE (MANAGEMENT) PROGRAMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 M.Sc. (Mgt.) Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Campuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Statement of Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 General Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PH.D.) PROGRAMS . . 129 Ph.D. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 All Majors Except Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Major in Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 COURSE CATALOGUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Course Subject Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Where to Get More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Course Numbering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Timetable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 How to Read a Course Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Application for Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Graduate Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Academic Medals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Financial Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 GENERAL SERVICES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Accommodated Learning Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Bookstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Bus Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Campus ID Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Campus Mobility Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Campus Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Campus Women’s Centre (CWC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Chaplaincy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 CKXU Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Conference and Event Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Convocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Counselling and Career Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Enrolment Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 First Nations, Métis and Inuit Student Services . . . . . . . . . . 176 Food Services and Catering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Graduate Students' Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Health Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Housing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Information Technology Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Mail Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Off-Campus Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Office of the Associate Vice-President (Students) . . . . . . . . 181 Printing Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Registrar’s Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Sport and Recreation Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Student Awards - Scholarships and Bursaries. . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Student Finance - Government Student Loans and Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Teaching Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 The Meliorist (Student Newspaper) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Undergraduate Students' Union Services For Graduate Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 University Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Writing Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 ACADEMIC STAFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 AWARDS OF DISTINCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 5 MANDATE STATEMENT The University of Lethbridge is a public, board-governed university operating as a Comprehensive Academic and Research Institution under the authority of the Post-secondary Learning Act of Alberta. Founded on the principles of liberal education, the University of Lethbridge provides undergraduate and graduate programs in education, fine arts, health sciences, humanities, management, nursing, sciences and social sciences, leading to bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. The institution also provides certificate programs, post-baccalaureate certificate programs, post-graduate certificate programs and post-master’s certificate programs that lead to professional specialization, and open studies for lifelong learners. The University of Lethbridge conducts pure and applied research and establishes and sustains facilities for pursuing original research. The University develops centres of research excellence in areas in which it has special expertise or that have particular relevance to the region or province. Programs of research, scholarship and creative activity include the study of fundamental issues for their intrinsic intellectual, aesthetic or philosophical interest, and of practical challenges of direct importance for social, cultural, economic or environmental wellbeing. The University of Lethbridge protects free inquiry and scholarship, facilitates access to scholarly resources, and supports artistic expression and the free and open scholarly discussion of issues. In support of Campus Alberta, the University of Lethbridge collaborates with other institutions to ensure transferability within the provi

  • University of Lethbridge Undergraduate Calendar 2018-2019
    University of Lethbridge, 2018
    Co-Authors: University Of Lethbridge
    Abstract:

    The official University of Lethbridge academic undergraduate calendar for 2018-2019.2018/19 UNDERGRADUATE CALENDAR AND COURSE CATALOGUE Undergraduate Calendar and Course Catalogue 2018/2019 This Calendar sets forth the intention of the University, at the time of its publication, with respect to all matters contained therein. The University reserves the right at any time to deviate from what appears in the Calendar, either in order to serve the best interests of the University, or because of circumstances or occurrences beyond the University’s reasonable control. The University expressly denies responsibility or liability to any person who may suffer loss or who may be otherwise adversely affected by such change. The Calendar is updated annually. If necessary, a list of corrections and post-publication updates to the print edition of the 2018/2019 Calendar, which have been changed in the online edition, will be posted at www.uleth.ca/ross/academic-calendar/updates. Check this web page regularly to keep informed of changes. The University of Lethbridge Calendar and Course Catalogue is also available online at www.uleth.ca/ross/academic-calendar ©2018 - University of Lethbridge 3 MANDATE STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 OUR PROMISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 DESTINATION 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 OUR FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 LIBERAL EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 THE UNIVERSITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 THE UNIVERSITY SHIELD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE PRINCIPLES OF STUDENT CITIZENSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 NOTICES TO STUDENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ERRATA AND ADDENDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ACADEMIC SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ADMISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Admission Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 General Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Application Deadlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 General Admission Routes and Academic Qualifications . . . . 22 International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 English Language Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Program Availability and Summary of Required Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Admission Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Conditional Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Transfer Credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Information for Incoming Visiting Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Information for Incoming Exchange Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 General Policies for all Applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Caveat - Authority to Rescind Admission/Registration Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Explanation of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 REGISTRATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Student Records Retention Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Advice and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Terms Used During Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 When to Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Order of Priority Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Registration Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Classroom Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Course Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Appeal of Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 FEES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Self-service Resources and General Information. . . . . . . . . . . 50 Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Cancellations, Refunds and Withdrawals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Non-refundable Application and Registration Fees . . . . . . . . . 51 Non-refundable Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Important Dates and Fee Deadlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 ACADEMIC REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Academic Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Grade Appeal Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Student Discipline Policy - Academic Offences . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Student Discipline Policy - Non-Academic Offences . . . . . . . 69 Caveat - Authority to Rescind Registration Privileges/ Prohibit Access to University Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Appeal of Application of Policy Other than Grade or Student Discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Assessment of Student Learning Policy and Procedures for Undergraduate Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Other Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Program Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 GRADUATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Application for Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Convocation Invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Conferral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Conferral in Absentia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Names on Parchments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Awarded Posthumously. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Transcripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Parchment Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Convocation Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Academic Dress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Revoking Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL. . 85 International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Exchange Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 International Student Advising. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 English For Academic Purposes (EAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 UNIVERSITY LIBRARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 General Philosophy and Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Collections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Policies and Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 SCHOOL OF LIBERAL EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 General Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Advising and Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Liberal Education List Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Philosophy and Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Advising and Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Admission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Academic Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Institutional Honours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Arts and Science Disciplines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Applied Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Topics Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Cross-Listed Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Undergraduate Thesis Courses ('Honours Thesis' Designation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Co-operative Education/Internship Programs . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Bachelor of Arts and Science (BASc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Majors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Concentrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Combined Degrees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 B.A., B.Sc. or BASc. After an Approved Degree . . . . . . . . . . 141 B.A. or B.Sc. After Completion of a Professional Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Post-Diploma Degree Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 First Nations’ Transition Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Nursing Preparation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Pre-Professional Transfer Program in Engineering . . . . . . . . 147 Professional Transfer Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 FACULTY OF EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Guiding Principles of Teacher Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Advising. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Admission to Bachelor of Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Admission to Other Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Requirements for Bachelor of Education Programs . . . . . . . 155 Policies and Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Education Minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Education Specializations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Diploma Program in Education (D.P.E.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 FACULTY OF FINE ARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 General Philosophy and Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Advising and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Academic Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Institutional Honours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Co-operative Education Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Topics Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Degree Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Art Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 University Theatres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Conservatory of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 General Philosophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Advice and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Co-operative Education Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Policies and Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Degree Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 DHILLON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Philosophy and Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Dhillon School of Business Campuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Advising and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Undergraduate Thesis Course (Honours Thesis Designation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Co-operative Education Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Academic Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Regulations that Apply to Courses Taken in Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Institutional Honours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Bachelor of Management (B.Mgt.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Post-Diploma Bachelor of Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Bachelor of Management as a Second Degree . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Double Majors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Combined Degrees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Certificate Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Professional Diploma in Accounting (PDA)/Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Bridging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 SOCIAL WORK (THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY) - LETHBRIDGE DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . 225 Advice and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Bachelor of Social Work Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Admission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Program Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Southern Alberta M.S.W. for Students with a B.S.W. . . . . . 227 COMBINED DEGREES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Advising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education or Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Art/Bachelor of Education. . . . . . . . 250 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Dramatic Arts/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Bachelor of Fine Arts - New Media/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Bachelor of Management/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . 260 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Management or Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Bachelor of Fine Arts - New Media/Bachelor of Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Bachelor of Health Sciences/Bachelor of Management . . . . 281 Post-Diploma Combined Degrees Programs in Fine Arts and Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Post-Diploma Bachelor of Management/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 MINORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 General Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Advising and Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 General Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Minors Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 COURSE CATALOGUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 Course Subject Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Where to Get More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Course Numbering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Timetable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 How to Read a Course Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 Application for Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468 Financial Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 GENERAL SERVICES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 Accommodated Learning Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 Bookstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 Bus Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 Campus ID Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 Campus Mobility Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 Campus Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 Campus Women’s Centre (CWC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 Career Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 Chaplaincy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 CKXU Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 Conference and Event Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 Convocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 Counselling and Career Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 Enrolment Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 First Nations, Métis and Inuit Student Services . . . . . . . . . . 475 Food Services and Catering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 Health Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 Housing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 5 Information Technology Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478 Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group (LPIRG) . . . . . . 478 Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478 Mail Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 Off-Campus Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 Office of the Associate Vice-President (Students) . . . . . . . . 479 Printing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 Registrar’s Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 Sport and Recreation Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 Student Awards - Scholarships and Bursaries . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 Student Finance - Government Student Loans and Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 Students’ Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 The Meliorist (Student Newspaper) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 University Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 Writing Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 ACADEMIC STAFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 AWARDS OF DISTINCTION. . . . . . . . .

  • University of Lethbridge Undergraduate Calendar 2017-2018
    University of Lethbridge, 2017
    Co-Authors: University Of Lethbridge
    Abstract:

    The official University of Lethbridge academic undergraduate calendar for 2017-2018.UNDERGRADUATE CALENDAR AND COURSE CATALOGUE 2017/18 Undergraduate Calendar and Course Catalogue 2017/2018 This Calendar sets forth the intention of the University, at the time of its publication, with respect to all matters contained therein. The University reserves the right at any time to deviate from what appears in the Calendar, either in order to serve the best interests of the University, or because of circumstances or occurrences beyond the University’s reasonable control. The University expressly denies responsibility or liability to any person who may suffer loss or who may be otherwise adversely affected by such change. The Calendar is updated annually. If necessary, a list of corrections and post-publication updates to the print edition of the 2017/2018 Calendar, which have been changed in the online edition, will be posted at www.uleth.ca/ross/academic-calendar/updates. Check this web page regularly to keep informed of changes. The University of Lethbridge Calendar and Course Catalogue is also available online at www.uleth.ca/ross/academic-calendar ©2017 - University of Lethbridge 3 MANDATE STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 OUR PROMISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 DESTINATION 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 OUR FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 LIBERAL EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 THE UNIVERSITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 THE UNIVERSITY SHIELD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE PRINCIPLES OF STUDENT CITIZENSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 NOTICES TO STUDENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ERRATA AND ADDENDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ACADEMIC SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 PART 1 ADMISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Admission Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 General Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Application Deadlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 General Admission Routes and Academic Qualifications . . 24 International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 English Language Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Program Availability and Summary of Required Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Admission Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Conditional Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Transfer Credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 General Policies for all Applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Caveat - Authority to Rescind Admission/Registration Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Explanation of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 PART 2 REGISTRATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Student Records Retention Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Advice and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Terms Used During Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 When to Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Order of priority Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Registration Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Classroom Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Course Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Appeal of Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 PART 3 FEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Self-service Resources and General Information. . . . . . . . . 53 Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Cancellations, Refunds, and Withdrawals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Non-refundable Application and Registration Fees . . . . . . . 55 Non-refundable Deposits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Important Dates and Fee Deadlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 PART 4 ACADEMIC REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Academic Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Grade Appeal Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Student discipline Policy - Academic Offences . . . . . . . . . . 69 Student discipline Policy - Non-Academic Offences. . . . . . 71 Caveat - Authority to Rescind Registration Privileges/ Prohibit Access to University Property . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Appeal of Application of Policy Other than Grade or Student Discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Assessment of Student Learning Policy and Procedures for Undergraduate Courses . . . . . . . . . . 74 Other Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Program Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 PART 5 GRADUATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Application for Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Outstanding Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Convocation Invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Conferral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Conferral in Absentia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Names on Parchments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Awarded Posthumously. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Transcripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Parchment Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Convocation Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Revoking Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 PART 6 UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL91 International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Exchange Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 International Student Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 English Language Institute (ELI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 PART 7 FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Philosophy and Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Advising and Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Admission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Academic Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Institutional Honours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Arts and Science Disciplines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Applied Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Topics Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Cross-Listed Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Undergraduate Thesis Courses ('Honours Thesis' Designation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Co-operative Education/Internship Programs . . . . . . . . . 101 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Bachelor of Arts and Science (BASc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Majors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Concentrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Combined Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 B.A., B.Sc. or BASc. After an Approved Degree . . . . . . . 140 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 B.A. or B.Sc. After Completion of a Professional Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Post-Diploma Degree Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 First Nations’ Transition Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Pre-Nursing Pathway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Pre-Professional Transfer Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 PART 8 FACULTY OF EDUCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Guiding Principles of Teacher Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Advising. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Admission to Bachelor of Education Programs . . . . . . . . . 153 Admission to Other Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Requirements for Bachelor of Education Programs . . . . . 155 Policies and Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Education Minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Education Specializations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Diploma Program in Education (D.P.E.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 PART 9 FACULTY OF FINE ARTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 General Philosophy and Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Advising and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Academic Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Institutional Honours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Co-operative Education Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Topics Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Degree Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Art Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 University Theatres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Conservatory of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 PART 10 FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 General Philosophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Advice and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Co-operative Education Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Policies and Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Bachelor of Nursing Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Bachelor of Health Sciences Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Post-Diploma Bachelor of Therapeutic Recreation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PART 11 FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Philosophy and Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Faculty of Management Campuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Advising and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Undergraduate Thesis Course (Honours Thesis Designation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Co-operative Education Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Academic Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Regulations that Apply to Courses Taken in Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Institutional Honours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Bachelor of Management (B.Mgt.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Post-Diploma Bachelor of Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Bachelor of Management as a Second Degree . . . . . . . . . 225 Double Majors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Combined Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Certificate Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Professional Diploma in Accounting (PDA)/Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Bridging . . . . . . . . . 228 PART 12 SOCIAL WORK (THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY) - LETHBRIDGE DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . 229 Advice and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Bachelor of Social Work Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Admission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Program Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Southern Alberta M.S.W. for Students with a B.S.W. . . . 230 PART 13 COMBINED DEGREES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Advising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education or Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Art/Bachelor of Education . . . . . 254 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Dramatic Arts/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Bachelor of Fine Arts - New Media/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Bachelor of Management/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . 265 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Management or Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Management . . . . . 268 Post-Diploma Combined Degrees Programs in Fine Arts and Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Post-Diploma Bachelor of Management/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Bachelor of Fine Arts - New Media/Bachelor of Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Bachelor of Health Sciences/Bachelor of Management . . 294 PART 14 COURSE CATALOGUE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Course Subject Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Where to Get More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Course Numbering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Timetable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 How to Read a Course Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 PART 15 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Application for Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 Financial Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 PART 16 GENERAL SERVICES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Accommodated Learning Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Bookstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Bus Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 Campus ID Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 Campus Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 Campus Women’s Centre (CWC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 Career BriDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 5 Chaplaincy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 CKXU Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 Conference and Event Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 Convocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 Counselling and Career Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Enrolment Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 First Nations, Métis and Inuit Student Services . . . . . . . . . 458 Food Services and Catering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459 Health Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459 Housing Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 Information Technology Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group (LPIRG) . . . . 462 Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 Mail Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Off-Campus Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Office of the Associate Vice-President (Students) . . . . . . 463 Printing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Registrar’s Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Sport and Recreation Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Student Awards - Scholarships and Bursaries . . . . . . . . . . 465 Student Finance - Government Student Loans and Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 Students’ Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 The Meliorist (Student Newspaper) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 University Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 Writing Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 PART 17 ACADEMIC STAFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 PART 18 UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 PART 19 AWARDS OF DISTINCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 PART 20 COLLABORATING AND PARTNERING INSTITUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 Collaborating Institutions and Professional Program Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 Post-Diploma Partner Institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 Dual Admission Partner Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495 Exchange Partner Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495 GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 6 MANDATE STATEMENT The University of Lethbridge is a public, board-governed university operating as a Comprehensive Academic and Research Institution under the authority of the Post-secondary Learning Act of Alberta. Founded on the principles of liberal education, the University of Lethbridge provides undergraduate and graduate programs in education, fine arts, health sciences, humanities, management, nursing, sciences and social sciences, leading to bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. The institution also provides certificate programs, post-baccalaureate certificate programs, post-graduate certificate programs and post- master’s certificate programs that lead to professional specialization, and open studies for lifelong learners. The University of Lethbridge conducts pure and applied research and establishes and sustains facilities for pursuing original research. The University develops centres of research excellence in areas in which it has special expertise or that have particular relevance to the region or province. Programs of research, scholarship and creative activity include the study of fundamental issues for their intrinsic intellectual, aesthetic or philosophical interest, and of practical challenges of direct importance for social, cul

  • University of Lethbridge Graduate Calendar 2017-2018
    University of Lethbridge, 2017
    Co-Authors: University Of Lethbridge
    Abstract:

    The official University of Lethbridge academic graduate studies calendar for 2017-2018.GRADUATE STUDIES CALENDAR AND COURSE CATALOGUE 2017/18 This Calendar sets forth the intention of the University, at the time of its publication, with respect to all matters contained therein. The University reserves the right at any time to deviate from what appears in the Calendar, either in order to serve the best interests of the University, or because of circumstances or occurrences beyond the University’s reasonable control. The University expressly denies responsibility or liability to any person who may suffer loss or who may be otherwise adversely affected by such change. The Calendar is updated annually. If necessary, a list of corrections and post-publication updates to the print edition of the 2017/2018 Calendar, which have been changed in the online edition, will be posted at www.uleth.ca/ross/academic-calendar/updates. Check this web page regularly to keep informed of changes. ©2017 - University of Lethbridge Graduate Studies Calendar and Course Catalogue 2017/2018 The University of Lethbridge Graduate Studies Calendar and Course Catalogue is also available online at www.uleth.ca/ross/academic-calendar 3 MANDATE STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 OUR PROMISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 DESTINATION 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 OUR FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 LIBERAL EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 THE UNIVERSITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 THE UNIVERSITY SHIELD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE PRINCIPLES OF STUDENT CITIZENSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 NOTICES TO STUDENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ERRATA AND ADDENDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ACADEMIC SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 REGISTRATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Student Records Retention Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Advice and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Terms Used During Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 When to Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Order of Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Registration Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Classroom Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Course Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Western Deans’ Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Appeal of Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 FEES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Self-service Resources and General Information. . . . . . . . . 23 Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Cancellations, Refunds, and Withdrawals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Non-refundable Application and Registration Fees . . . . . . . 25 Non-refundable Deposits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Graduate Programs 2017/2018 Fee Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Master of Education and Master of Counselling Programs 2017/2018 Fee Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Master of Science (Management) 2017/2018 Fee Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Master of Nursing 2017/2018 Fee Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Doctor of Philosophy in Education 2017/2018 Fee Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Graduate Programs Summer Session 2017 Fee Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 ACADEMIC REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Academic Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Academic Standings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Grade Appeal Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Student Discipline Policy - Academic Offences . . . . . . . . . . 41 Student Discipline Policy - Non-Academic Offences . . . . . 43 Caveat - Authority to Rescind Registration Privileges/ Prohibit Access to University Property . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Appeal of Application of Policy Other than Grade or Student Discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Assessment of Student Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Other Policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 GRADUATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Application for Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Outstanding Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Convocation Invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Conferral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Conferral in Absentia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Names on Parchments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Awarded Posthumously. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Transcripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Parchment Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Convocation Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Revoking Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL. . 57 International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Exchange Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 International Student Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 English Language Institute (ELI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 MASTER OF ARTS (M.A.) PROGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 M.A. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Statement of Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Admission Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Co-operative Education/Internship Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 General Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Supervision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 MASTER OF COUNSELLING (M.C.) PROGRAM . . . . 75 M.C. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Statement of Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Admission Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Standards Of Professional Conduct For Counselling Psychology Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 General Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Practicum Placement Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Graduate Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 MASTER OF EDUCATION (M.ED.) PROGRAMS . . . . 83 M.Ed. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Master of Education (General) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Master of Education (Educational Leadership) . . . . . . . . . . 89 Master of Education (Counselling Psychology) . . . . . . . . . . 94 Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Graduate Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 MASTER OF FINE ARTS (M.F.A.) PROGRAMS . . . . . 103 M.F.A. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Statement of Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Program Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Admission Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 General Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Supervision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 MASTER OF MUSIC (M.MUS.) PROGRAMS . . . . . . . 111 M.Mus. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Statement of Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Program Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 General Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 MASTER OF NURSING (M.N.) PROGRAMS . . . . . . . 119 M.N. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Statement of Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 General Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Financial Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.SC.) PROGRAM . . . . . . . . 127 M.Sc. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 All Majors Delivered By The Faculty of Arts and Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 All Majors Delivered By The Faculty of Health Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Co-operative Education/Internship Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 General Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 MASTER OF SCIENCE (MANAGEMENT) PROGRAMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 M.Sc. (Mgt.) Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Campuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Statement of Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 General Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PH.D.) PROGRAMS . . 147 Ph.D. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 All Majors Except Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Major in Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 COURSE CATALOGUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Course Subject Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Where to Get More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Course Numbering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Timetable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 How to Read a Course Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Application for Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Graduate Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Academic Medals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Financial Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 GENERAL SERVICES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Accommodated Learning Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Bookstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Bus Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Campus ID Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Campus Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Campus Women’s Centre (CWC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Chaplaincy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 CKXU Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Conference and Event Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Convocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Counselling and Career Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Enrolment Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 First Nations, Métis and Inuit Student Services . . . . . . . . 202 Food Services and Catering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Graduate Students' Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Health Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Housing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Information Technology Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Mail Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Off-Campus Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Office of the Associate Vice-President (Students) . . . . . . 207 Printing Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Registrar’s Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Sport and Recreation Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Student Awards - Scholarships and Bursaries. . . . . . . . . . 209 Student Finance - Government Student Loans and Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Teaching Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 The Meliorist (Student Newspaper) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Undergraduate Students' Union Services For Graduate Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 University Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Writing Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 ACADEMIC STAFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 AWARDS OF DISTINCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 5 MANDATE STATEMENT The University of Lethbridge is a public, board-governed university operating as a Comprehensive Academic and Research Institution under the authority of the Post-secondary Learning Act of Alberta. Founded on the principles of liberal education, the University of Lethbridge provides undergraduate and graduate programs in education, fine arts, health sciences, humanities, management, nursing, sciences and social sciences, leading to bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. The institution also provides certificate programs, post-baccalaureate certificate programs, post-graduate certificate programs and post-master’s certificate programs that lead to professional specialization, and open studies for lifelong learners. The University of Lethbridge conducts pure and applied research and establishes and sustains facilities for pursuing original research. The University develops centres of research excellence in areas in which it has special expertise or that have particular relevance to the region or province. Programs of research, scholarship and creative activity include the study of fundamental issues for their intrinsic intellectual, aesthetic or philosophical interest, and of practical challenges of direct importance for social, cultural, economic or environmental wellbeing. The University of Lethbridge protects free inquiry and scholarship, facilitates access to scholarly resources, and supports artistic expression and the free and open scholarly discussion of issues. In support of Campus Alberta, the University of Lethbridge collaborates with other institutions to ensure transferability within the province’s post-secondary education system and delivers seamless learning opportunities. As part of this commitment, the University works with other institutions to provide degree completion opportunities for university transfer students and diploma graduates. Across the spectrum of intellectual pursuit, the University of Lethbridge continually develops innovative programs and research collections in existing and emerging disciplines to meet the needs of students, society and the economy. This includes collaborating with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples to develop programs and collections that are relevant and accessible to them. The University of Lethbridge serves a variety of student groups: undergraduate and graduate students; transfer students; high school graduates; First Nations, Métis and Inuit students; adult learners; international students; and immigrants. It also serves students on campuses in Edmonton and Calgary and, through distance learning technology, students across the province, the country and the world. The University of Lethbridge strives to make university-level education available to all Albertans

  • University of Lethbridge Undergraduate Calendar 2016-2017
    University of Lethbridge, 2016
    Co-Authors: University Of Lethbridge
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    The official University of Lethbridge academic undergraduate calendar for 2016-2017.2016/17 Undergraduate Calendar and Course Catalogue Undergraduate Calendar and Course Catalogue 2016/2017 This Calendar sets forth the intention of the University, at the time of its publication, with respect to all matters contained therein. The University reserves the right at any time to deviate from what appears in the Calendar, either in order to serve the best interests of the University, or because of circumstances or occurrences beyond the University’s reasonable control. The University expressly denies responsibility or liability to any person who may suffer loss or who may be otherwise adversely affected by such change. The Calendar is updated annually. If necessary, a list of corrections and post-publication updates to the print edition of the 2016/2017 Calendar, which have been changed in the online edition, will be posted at www.uleth.ca/ross/academic-calendar/updates. 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The University of Lethbridge Calendar and Course Catalogue is also available online at www.uleth.ca/ross/academic-calendar ©2016 - University of Lethbridge 3 MANDATE STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 OUR PROMISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 DESTINATION 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 OUR FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 LIBERAL EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 THE UNIVERSITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 THE UNIVERSITY SHIELD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE PRINCIPLES OF STUDENT CITIZENSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 NOTICES TO STUDENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ERRATA AND ADDENDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ACADEMIC SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 PART 1 ADMISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Admission Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 General Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Application Deadlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 General Admission Routes and Academic Qualifications . . 30 International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 English Language Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Program Availability and Summary of Required Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Admission Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Conditional Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Transfer Credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 General Policies for all Applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Caveat - Authority to Rescind Admission/Registration Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Explanation of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 PART 2 REGISTRATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Student Records Retention Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Advice and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Terms Used During Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 When to Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Order of Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Registration Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Classroom Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Course Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Appeal of Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 PART 3 FEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Self-service Resources and General Information. . . . . . . . . 59 Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Cancellations, Refunds, and Withdrawals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Non-refundable Application and Registration Fees . . . . . . . 61 Non-Refundable Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Important Dates and Fee Deadlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 PART 4 ACADEMIC REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Academic Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Grade Appeal Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Student discipline Policy - Academic Offences . . . . . . . . . . 75 Student discipline Policy - Non-Academic Offences. . . . . . 77 Caveat - Authority to Rescind Registration Privileges/ Prohibit Access to University Property . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Appeal of Application of Policy Other than Grade or Student Discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Assessment of Student Learning Policy and Procedures for Undergraduate Courses . . . . . . . . . . 80 Other Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Program Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 PART 5 GRADUATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Application for Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Outstanding Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Convocation Invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Conferral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Conferral in Absentia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Names on Parchments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Awarded Posthumously. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Transcripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Parchment Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Convocation Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Revoking Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 PART 6 UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL97 International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Exchange Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 International Student Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Language Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 PART 7 FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Philosophy and Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Advising and Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Admission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Academic Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Institutional Honours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Arts and Science Disciplines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Applied Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Topics Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Cross-Listed Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Undergraduate Thesis Courses ('Honours Thesis' Designation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Co-operative Education/Internship Programs . . . . . . . . . 107 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Bachelor of Arts and Science (BASc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Majors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Concentrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Combined Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 B.A., B.Sc. or BASc. After an Approved Degree . . . . . . . 146 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 B.A. or B.Sc. After Completion of a Professional Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Post-Diploma Degree Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Pre-Nursing Pathway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Pre-Professional Transfer Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 PART 8 FACULTY OF EDUCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Guiding Principles of Teacher Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Advising. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Admission to Bachelor of Education Programs . . . . . . . . . 159 Admission to Other Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Requirements for Bachelor of Education Programs . . . . . 161 Policies and Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Education Minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Education Specializations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Diploma Programs in Education (D.P.E.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 PART 9 FACULTY OF FINE ARTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 General Philosophy and Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Advising and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Academic Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Institutional Honours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Co-operative Education Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Degree Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Art Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 University Theatres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Conservatory of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 PART 10 FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 General Philosophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Advice and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 B.H.Sc. After Completion of a Professional Degree . . . . . 203 Co-operative Education Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Policies and Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Bachelor of Nursing Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Bachelor of Health Sciences Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Post-Diploma Bachelor of Therapeutic Recreation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 PART 11 FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Philosophy and Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Faculty of Management Campuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Advising and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Undergraduate Thesis Course (Honours Thesis Designation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Co-operative Education Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Academic Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Regulations that Apply to Courses Taken in Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Institutional Honours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Bachelor of Management (B.Mgt.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Post-Diploma Bachelor of Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Bachelor of Management as a Second Degree . . . . . . . . . 233 Double Majors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Combined Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Certificate Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Professional Diploma in Accounting (PDA)/Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Bridging . . . . . . . . . 236 PART 12 SOCIAL WORK (THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY) - LETHBRIDGE DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . 237 Advice and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Bachelor of Social Work Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Admission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Program Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Southern Alberta M.S.W. for Students with a B.S.W. . . . 238 PART 13 COMBINED DEGREES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Advising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education or Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Art/Bachelor of Education . . . . . 262 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Dramatic Arts/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Bachelor of Fine Arts - New Media/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Bachelor of Management/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . 274 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Management or Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Management . . . . . 277 Post-Diploma Combined Degrees Programs in Fine Arts and Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Post-Diploma Bachelor of Management/Bachelor of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Bachelor of Fine Arts - New Media/Bachelor of Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 Bachelor of Health Sciences/Bachelor of Management . . 304 PART 14 COURSE CATALOGUE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Course Subject Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Where to Get More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Course Numbering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Timetable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 How to Read a Course Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 PART 15 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 Application for Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 Entrance Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 Entrance, Transfer, or Continuing Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . 493 Undergraduate Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Academic Medals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 Financial Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 Index of Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 5 PART 16 GENERAL SERVICES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Accommodated Learning Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Bookstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Bus Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 Campus ID Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 Campus Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 Campus Women’s Centre (CWC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 Career & Co-op Services (CCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Catering and Food Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Chaplaincy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 CKXU Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 Conference and Event Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 Convocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 Counselling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 Enrolment Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 First Nations, Métis and Inuit Student Services . . . . . . . . . 578 Health Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 Housing Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 Information Technology Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581 International Student Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581 International Student Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581 Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group (LPIRG) . . . . 582 Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582 Mail Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 Off-Campus Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 Office of the Associate Vice-President (Students) . . . . . . 583 Printing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 Registrar’s Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 Sport and Recreation Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 Student Awards - Scholarships and Bursaries. . . . . . . . . . 585 Student Finance - Government Student Loans and Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Students’ Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586 The Meliorist (Student Newspaper) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588 University Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589 Writing Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589 PART 17 ACADEMIC STAFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 PART 18 UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 PART 19 AWARDS OF DISTINCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 PART 20 COLLABORATING AND PARTNERING INSTITUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619 Collaborating Institutions and Professional Program Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619 Post-Diploma Partner Institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619 Dual Admission Partner Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621 Exchange Partner Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621 GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 6 MANDATE STATEMENT The University of Lethbridge is a public, board-governed university operating as a Comprehensive Academic and Research Institution under the authority of the Post-secondary Learning Act of Alberta. Founded on the principles of liberal education, the University of Lethbridge provides undergraduate and graduate programs in education, fine arts, health sciences, humanities, management, nursing, sciences, and social sciences, leading to bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. The institution also provides certificate programs, post-baccalaureate certificate programs, post-graduate certificate programs and post-master’s certificate programs that lead to professional specialization, and open studies for lifelong learners. The University of Lethbridge conducts pure and applied research and establishes and sustains facilities for pursuing original research. The University develops centres of

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  • evaluating kindergarten Retention Policy a case study of causal inference for multilevel observational data
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2006
    Co-Authors: Guanglei Hong, Stephen W Raudenbush
    Abstract:

    This article considers the Policy of retaining low-achieving children in kindergarten rather than promoting them to first grade. Under the stable unit treatment value assumption (SUTVA) as articulated by Rubin, each child at risk of Retention has two potential outcomes: Y(1) if retained and Y(0) if promoted. But SUTVA is questionable, because a child's potential outcomes will plausibly depend on which school that child attends and also on treatment assignments of other children. We develop a causal model that allows school assignment and peer treatments to affect potential outcomes. We impose an identifying assumption that peer effects can be summarized through a scalar function of the vector of treatment assignments in a school. Using a large, nationally representative sample, we then estimate (1) the effect of being retained in kindergarten rather than being promoted to the first grade in schools having a low Retention rate, (2) the Retention effect in schools having a high Retention rate, and (3) the e...

  • effects of kindergarten Retention Policy on children s cognitive growth in reading and mathematics
    Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2005
    Co-Authors: Guanglei Hong, Stephen W Raudenbush
    Abstract:

    Grade Retention has been controversial for many years, and current calls to end social promotion have lent new urgency to this issue. On the one hand, a Policy of retaining in grade those students making slow progress might facilitate instruction by making classrooms more homogeneous academically. On the other hand, grade Retention might harm high-risk students by limiting their learning opportunities. Analyzing data from the US Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten cohort with the technique of multilevel propensity score stratification, we find no evidence that a Policy of grade Retention in kindergarten improves average achievement in mathematics or reading. Nor do we find evidence that the Policy benefits children who would be promoted under the Policy. However, the evidence does suggest that children who are retained learn less than they would have had they instead been promoted. The negative effect of grade Retention on those retained has little influence on the overall mean achievement of ...

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  • can automatic Retention improve health insurance market outcomes
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021
    Co-Authors: Adrianna L Mcintyre, Mark Shepard, Myles Wagner
    Abstract:

    There is growing interest in market design using default rules and other "choice architecture" principles to steer consumers toward desirable outcomes. Using data from Massachusetts's health insurance exchange, we study an "automatic Retention" Policy intended to prevent coverage interruptions among low-income enrollees. Rather than disenroll people who lapse in paying premiums, the Policy automatically switches them to an available free plan until they actively cancel or lose eligibility. We find that automatic Retention has a sizable impact, switching 14 percent of consumers annually and differentially retaining healthy, low-cost individuals. The results illustrate the power of defaults to shape insurance coverage outcomes.

  • can automatic Retention improve health insurance market outcomes
    Social Science Research Network, 2021
    Co-Authors: Adrianna L Mcintyre, Mark Shepard, Myles Wagner
    Abstract:

    There is growing interest in market design using default rules and other choice architecture principles to steer consumers toward desirable outcomes. Using data from Massachusetts’ health insurance exchange, we study an "automatic Retention" Policy intended to prevent coverage interruptions among low-income enrollees. Rather than disenroll people who lapse in paying premiums, the Policy automatically switches them to an available free plan until they actively cancel or lose eligibility. We find that automatic Retention has a sizable impact, switching 14% of consumers annually and differentially retaining healthy, low-cost individuals. The results illustrate the power of defaults to shape insurance coverage outcomes. Institutional subscribers to the NBER working paper series, and residents of developing countries may download this paper without additional charge at www.nber.org.