When Athabasca University’s (AU’s) main campus was moved from Edmonton to Athabasca, Alberta in 1984, Learning Centres in both downtown Edmonton and Calgary remained in their existing location to continue to provide a face-to-face AU presence in their respective city. Now, the Edmonton Learning Centre (ELC) is making headlines with its move to a brand… Read more »
Another new AU course is rolling out, hot off the press! Opening in time for a May 2005 start date, Political Philosophy: Plato to Machiavelli (POLI 355) is the first half of a core political philosophy course at AU. If you’re majoring in political science, interested in politics, or just love learning, this course is… Read more »
As of January 12, 2005, another new Athabasca University course has launched! Employment Law in Canada (HRMT 322) explores what was originally referred to as “Master and Servant Law” – that is, the legal relationship between employers and their employees. Course author A.N. Khan, Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies at AU, indicates that he wrote… Read more »
The world of organizational behaviour is expanding once again at AU – this time with the newly revised foundation course, Organizational Behaviour (ORGB 364) which incorporates several exciting changes, including online delivery, and material that was rewritten to include new evaluation methods. Why was the revision needed? Course author Claude Dupuis, Academic Coordinator for AU’s… Read more »
Western Culture: Since the Reformation (HUMN/HIST 202) After AU’s foundation history course HIST 201 (Western Culture I) was enthusiastically received by AU students, the AU history team, headed by Dr David Gregory, decided to launch a new AU course, Western Culture II: Since the Reformation (HIST 202), continuing the popular topic. According to Dr Gregory,… Read more »
Criminal Behaviour: the media continually portrays it, and many of us have been directly affected by some form of it. Now, as an AU student, you have the opportunity to personally investigate criminal behaviour by taking AU’s newest course, The Psychology of Criminal Behaviour (CRJS 360). Like me, you may have thought that the study… Read more »
Do you use your PC merely as a word processor for typing essays and other coursework? Or do you think of your PC as an account manager, a graph and chart producer, a presentation tool, and a gateway to the world through the internet? Athabasca University’s new course, Microcomputer Applications in Business (CMIS 245), is… Read more »
How would you like to embark on a time machine journey back to the turn of the 19th century, and wend your way up through the 1900’s, watching and experiencing life at those times? (I would). Although time machine travel hasn’t yet been invented, Athabasca University’s new history course, A History of the World in… Read more »
If you’re like me, your curiosity has been piqued by the puzzling acronym in this new AU course’s title, “Custom Applications with VBA.” What could this mysterious “VBA” refer to? My less-than-stunning computer science background certainly didn’t help me out. Succumbing to my curiosity, I quickly opened my AU course calendar, and began to read:… Read more »
Are you planning a career in the medical field? Or are you interested in knowing a bit more about current heath-care issues like informed consent? Why not embark on an ethics-based learning adventure with Athabasca University’s new course, Biomedical Ethics (PHIL 335)? Recently opened in April 2004, PHIL 335, a 3-credit course in the humanities,… Read more »