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Office of Graduate Studies, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Aven uP St. Catharines, , L2S 3A 1 Tel. 905-688-5550, ext. 3239 Welcome to Brock! Welcome to Brock University. We are internationally recognized for our strong sense of community and excellent graduate programs. Brock provides a friendly, supportive atmosphere for graduate students. Our smaller-sized programs promote collegiality, faculty accessibility, personalized and close contact between professors and students. As a graduate student at Brock, you will work one-on-one with dedicated professors who are among the top researchers in their field in Canada and around the world. Their individual attention and expertise will guide you as you explore new and exciting directions in your area of study. You will be joining one of the most rapidly growing parts of the University. We have expanded from eight masters programs four years ago to 18 this year along with four PhD programs. Another eight masters programs are in the advanced stage of planning or approval. Collaborative research is one of Brock's strengths and is encouraged across faculty as well as departmental boundaries and with other universities. This collaboration strengthens our graduate programs by offering students a much broader experience than narrowly focused programs. Brock University Graduate fellowships, research 500 Glenridge Ave. assistantships and teaching assistantships provide funding to St. C~tharines, Ontario support graduate students through­ Canada L2S 3Al out their programs. Telephone: 905-688-5550, Extension 3239 For more information about the individual graduate programs we Fax: 905-688-0748 offer at Brock, I encourage you to www. brocku. ca/gradstudies contact the department or program in which you are interested. !(MPl Dr. jack M . Miller Associate Vice-President, Research and Dean of Graduate Studies Table of Intellectual Property, 31 Recreational Services, 165 Appeals, 31 Parking, 166 Contents Academic Misconduct, 33 Book Store, 166 Grading System, 35 Alumni Affairs, 167 Schedule of Important Student Records, 36 Alumni Association, 167 Dates, 4 Application for Graduation, 38 Development Office, 168 Degree Completion, 38 Mission Statement, 8 Convocation Ceremonies, 38 Academic Programs, 39 Accounting, 40 General Information, 10 Student Services Academic Applied Health Sciences, 47 This Calendar is intended for the guidance of persons a~lying for General Regulations, 11 Support, 150 Biological Sciences, 51 and considering application for admission to Graduate Studies, Admissions, 11 Office ofthe Associate , 56 Brock University and for the guidance of University students, staff Application Procedures, 13 Vice-President, 150 Business Administration, 64 Student Development , 75 and faculty. Nothing in this Calendar constitutes a representation Student Status, 15 Centre, 151 Child and Youth Studies, 81 or warranty on the part of the University. The Calendar is subject Residency Requirements, 16 Degree Completion Time Aboriginal Student Services, 151 Doctoral in to change from time to time, without notice, as deemed appropriate Limits, 16 Learning Skills Services, 151 Biotechnology, 57 by the University. The Calendar is not intended to be and should Registration Policies and Personal Counselling Doctoral in Education Services, 152 not be regarded as a contract between the University and any Procedures, 17 Studies, 107 Services for Students with Doctoral in student or other person. Student Identification Cards, 18 disABILITIES, 153 Psychology, 135 Registration Status, 18 Campus Ministries, 154 Earth Sciences, 85 Leave ofAbsence, 19 Careers Services, 154 Education, 88 Course Withdrawal 19 Student Health Services, 155 Philosophy, 111 Program Withdrawal, 20 International Services, 156 , 114 Ontario Visiting Student Recruitment and Liaison Political Science, 117 version of the calendar Plan, 20 Services, 157 Popular Culture, 125 Letter ofPermission, 20 Residences and Food Psychology, 129 Address Information, 20 Services, 158 Social Justice and Day-care Centre, 158 Equiry Studies, 140 Fees, 21 Harassment Prevention Services, 159 Financial Assistance, Awards Academic Regulations, 25 University Library, 159 and Scholarships, 144 Program Requirements, 25 Editor: C. Sheridan Map Library, 161 For further information, please contact: Additional Courses, 26 Cover design: External Relations Instntctional Resource Academic Computing Graduate Studies Information, 170 Published by: Office of the Registrar Centre, 161 Ms. Charlotte Sheridan, Assistant Director Regulations, 26 Printed by: Webcom Limited Information Technology Offi.ce of Graduate Studies Examination of Thesis Code of Student Conduct and © Office of the Registrar Services, 162 Brock University Candidates, 27 Disciplinary Procedures, 172 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Evaluation ofMajor Essay Life at Brock, 164 L2S 3Al or Project Candidates, 29 Student Organizations, 164 Administrative Officers and Telephone: 905-688-5550, extension 4390 Preparation, Submission Athletics, 165 Faculty, 182 Fax: 905-688-0748 and Deposit of Thesis, 29 E-mail: [email protected] Research Involving Maps, 197 Human Participants, 30

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Monday July7 Last day for Summer Session half credit course changes: MEd.

Schedule of Important Dates Last day of registration with late fee: MEd.

-~~~-~--~~ Friday July 25 Last day for written withdrawal from Summer Session Spring, Summer, Fall, 2003 without the assignment of a grade: MEd. f----- Friday August 1 Last day for receipt of application to graduate for Fall First day of classes, Spring Session. Convocation. Last day of registration without late fee. , ~ ______" ___ ~-- ~~- Monday August4 Civic holiday. University closed; library open. Classes Last day for course changes, Spring Session: MEd. will be held. Last day of registration with late fee. ---~----~-~~-~~

~~~- ~~ ~-~-~--~~~~~--- ~ ~~~--~ -- Friday August 15 Last day of classes, Summer Session: MEd. Victoria Day. University closed; library open. Classes will be held for MEd students. --~----~------~------Friday August22 Cancellation of!ow enrolment courses, Fall Term: MEd. Monday May26 Last day for written withdrawal from Spring Session Wednesday August27 Last day of classes, Spring Session: DS. without the assignment of a grade: MEd, D4. Friday August29 Last day for BIRT registration for Fall Term: MEd. Last day ofSpring Session course changes with permission Last day of registration without late fee: MEd. of instructor. Monday September 1 Labour Day. University closed; Library closed. June 9 to Spring Convocation -~-- Friday September 12 MEd (thesis/projects) to departments for Thursday June 12 ~ ~- ~--- students to graduate at Fall Convocation.

f ~ Monday September 8 First day of classes, Fall. Last day of registration without late fee. -- Friday June 20 Friday September 19 Last day for Fall Term half credit course changes with permission of the instructor.

---~~~--- - -~-- ~ -~------~ ------Last day of registration with late fee.

Last day for all requirements to be complete, including Last day for written withdrawal from deposition of theses in Library, for students to graduate without the assignment of a grade. at Fall Convocation. Monday June 30 Canada Day holiday. Monday October 13 Thanksgiving Day. University closed; Library dosed. and U niversiry closed; Library open. Tuesday July 1 Saturday October 18 Fall Convocation. Wednesday July 2 Last day for written withdrawal from Spring Session without the assignment of a grade: MEd, DS. First day of classes, Summer Session: MEd.

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Friday October 31 Last day for written withdrawal from Fall Term half credit Monday March 15 Spring break: MEd. No classes held. courses without the assignment of a grade. through ~~~- Friday March 19

Friday December 5 Last day of classes, Fall Term: D2 Thursday AprilS Last day of classes, Winter Term: Dl, D3.

Friday April9 Good Friday. University closed; Library open. Cancellation of low enrolment courses, Winter Term: MEd. ! - Monday Aprill2 Last day for submission of final, proofread copies of MA (major essays) andMEd (thesis/projects) to departments for Wednesday December 24 Christmas and New Year's Day holiday. students to graduate at Spring Convocation. through University closed; Library closed. Sunday January 4, 2004 Friday April23 Last day for all requirements, including deposition oftheses in Library, to be complete for students to graduate at Spring Winter, 2004 Convocation.

Monday January 5 University re-opens.

First day of classes, Winter Term.

Last day of registration without late fee, Winter Term.

Friday January 9 Last day for BIRT registration, for payment of inactive fee.

Friday January 16 Last day for Winter Term half credit course changes with permission of the instructor.

Friday January 30 Last day for written withdrawal from Fall/Winter Term full ~redit courses without the signment of a grade.

Monday February 16 Reading week. No classes held. through Friday February20

Monday March 1 Last day for receipt of applications to graduate at Spring Convocation.

···--~~-·- Friday March 5 Last day for written withdrawal from Winter half credit courses without the assignment of a.grade.

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4. to provide, through the conduct of the extracurricular activities and experiences 6. to encourage and recognize the Mission Statement faculty, students and staff, and through its designed to enrich their lives, develop achievements and contributions of staff policies and administration, an their talents and provide opportunities to members to the service of students and atmosphere free from sexism, racism and discover and pursue new interests; the aims of the University; I. Academic Focus and Environment all other forms of stereotyping, harassment and discrimination; 3. to facilitate accessibility for lower-income 7. to encourage and support faculty students, mature students, part-time members in their pursuit of excellence in 5. to provide. academic programs and a students, students from visible minority undergraduate and graduate teaching and It is the mission ofBrock University: learning environment of the highest group, Canadian Native Peoples, in research and other creative activity. quality to attract academically qualified international students, students with 1. to provide a broadly-based liberal and gifted students; unrealized potential and students with undergraduate education in the arts and disabilities; N. The Community sciences and in professional and 6. to enhance existing programs while interdisciplinary programs and to offer developing additional innovative and 4. to foster a continuing commitment to the graduate studies in selected disciplines; relevant programs, at both the University among graduates. It is the mission ofBrock University: undegraduate and graduate level for full­ 2. to maintain excellence in teaching, time and part-time students; 1. to serve as a learning, cultural, artistic and scholarship and other creative activity as III. University Personnel recreational centre and co-operatively interconnected components of the 7. to develop the library, computing and address regional issues. University's responsibility; other resources to support research, creative ability and learning; It is the mission ofBrock University: 3. to permit carefully planned growth in 2. to welcome and support international students and faculty and to encourage student enrolments and academic 8. to develop a campus with the academic 1. to support, encourage and nurture faculty exchange programs and collaboration programs provided that sufficient space, facilities and amenities, both and staff in their pursuit of personal with universities in other countries in additional resources are available to the indoor and outdoor, conducive to growth and professional development, order to promote international University for such growth and that any effective learning and scholarship. recognizing that male and female career understanding and co-operation; increase in the size of the University does patterns may differ; not diminish those qualities that identifY 3. to serve the Niagara, Canadian and Brock's unique character. These include: II. Students 2. to encourage wide-spread participation of international communities by providing faculty and staff in policy formation; an emphasis on small classes and small­ leadership and consultation on societal group learning in seminars, laboratories issues and concerns. It is the mission ofBrock University: 3. to implement fair and progressive and studios to facilitate intellectual employment policies for all University excitement, improved learning and 1. to prepare students for advanced study, personnel; academic interaction among students and career success, community responsibility between students, faculty and staff; and a richer life by developing a passion 4. to achieve equality in the representation for lifelong learning and the abilities to ofwomen and men in both academic and an open and accessible administration; non-academic positions; think creatively and critically, to a unity of purpose among faculty and communicate clearly, to maintain high ethical standards, to exercise sound 5. to increase the number of people from staff; visible minority groups, Canadian Native judgment and to address societal and environmental issues; Peoples and those with disabilities, in an atmosphere in which all members of both academic and non-academic the Brock community are treated with positions; respect and valued as individuals; 2. to foster an environment for students which encourages not only intellectual growth but also physical, social and spiritual well-being through a diversity of

8 www.brocku.ca/gradstudies/ www.brocku.ca/gradstudies/ 9 General Information Master's Programs In practice a higher average may be required General Regulations as spaces are limited. Admission average is (MAce) determined by grades received on the Taxation, General Accounting and applicant's undergraduate degree. I. Introduction Information Systems Admission Information three letters of recommendation attesting Master of Business Administration (MBA) to the scholastic record and abilities ofthe General Business, Accounting, Finance, applicant Brock serves the Niagara region as a cultural, Human Resource Management academic and recreatiional center and offers and Marketing The regulations for admission specify a personal interview may be required the community excellent facilites for people of minimum requirements only. Possession of all ages. Master of Arts (MA) the minimum entrance requirement is not a Applicants without sufficient concentration Applied Health Sciences guarantee of admission. The University in accounting may require one or more Located in the center of Canada's beautiful Child and Youth Studies reserves the right to refuse admission to any qualifYing term(s) before being accepted into in Ontario, one hour from Philosophy candidate. the Master of Accountancy program. Such Toronto, Brock offers strong undergraduate, Political Science applicants should contact the Accounting and graduate and interdisciplinary programs that Popular Culture Non-Discriminatory Policy Finance department regarding the courses include co-op and other experiential learning Psychology Brock has had and will continue to have, a required. Admission to the qualifYing term(s) opportunities to a student population of over Social Justice and Equity Studies racially non-discriminatory policy and does not imply automatic admission to the 14,000. Brock serves the Niagara region as a therefore does not discriminate against Master of Accountancy program. cultural, academic and recreational center and Master of Education (MEd) applicants and students on the basis of race, offers the community excellent facilities for Curriculum Studies color or national or ethnic origin. Such a non­ 2. Master of Business Administration people of all ages. Situated on the Niagara Teaching and Learning discriminatory policy applies to staff and Escarpment, overlooking the city of St. The admission requirements for the MBA are: Organization and Administrative Studies in extends to non-discrimination on grounds of Catharines. The Brock campus is a safe and Education creed or sex. friendly environment. The park-like setting completiop of a four-year bachelor's of the University with its wide-open spaces, degree or equivalent. Although a degree Master of Science (MSc) offers a number of outdoor activities at any in any field is sufficient, it is advisable that Applied Health Sciences time of the year. Brock was named for Maj.­ students have some exposure to Biological Sciences I. Admission Requirements General Sir , who lost his life at introductory statistics and mathematics Biotechnology Queenston Heights in the . His at the university level. Chemistry last words are said to be, "Surgite! Push on!" Earth Sciences Master's Degrees which have become the University's motto. the equivalent of at least a"B (second-class Physics honours standing/75%) 1. Master of Accountancy program II. Graduate Programs Master of Divinity (MDiv) The basic admission requirements for the three letters of reference Master ofTheological Studies (MTS). Master of Accountancy degree are: Degrees offered through Concordia resume The following graduate programs are Lutheran Theological Seminary (an completion of an honours bachelor's currently offered at Brock University: affiliated College of the University) degree with an accounting concentration, GMAT (Graduate Admissions Test) or its equivalent, acceptable to Brock score of at lease 550. Doctoral Programs University 3. Master of Arts and Master of Science at least a B (second-class honours PhD in Biotechnology programs standing) or equivalent grade point PhD in Educational Studies average PhD in Psychology The basic admission requirement for the program is an honours bachelor's degree or its equivalent acceptable to Brock University.

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Ordinarily, at least a B (second-class honours In practice a higher average may be required program has been confirmed by the Office of standing) or equivalent grade point average is as spaces are limited. Admission average is General Application Information Graduate Studies. These applicants should required. determined by grades received on the Initial inquiries concerning graduate studies applicant's undergraduate degree. have their status cleared with the appropriate Applicants with a general or pass degree or an immigration authorities and ensure that they at Brock may be made to the department/ honours degree without sufficient b. Two letters of recommendation; one have in their possession a Student program offering the desired program or to concentration in the subject area, will attesting to the academic ability of the Authorization Form issued by Canada the Office of Graduate Studies. Application normally require aqualifYingyear beyond the applicant and the other to professional immigration. Because of the time required to for admission must be made on the prescribed general degree before being considered for a experience. complete the immigration formalities and forms, available from the departments or the graduate program. Such applicants should obtain the necessary documentation, Graduate Studies website: www.brocku.ca/ contact the department concerned regarding c. Professional experience - evidence of at applicants are advised that it may take several gradstudiesl the courses required for the qualifYing year. least one year full-time or equivalent months from the time of admission to the Admission to the qualifYing year does not successful teaching or other acceptable receipt of a student visa. The application to graduate studies is an imply automatic admission to a master's professional experience in education. applicant-managed application process. program. Transfer credits You must assemble all relevant documenta­ d. Approved teaching certificate.* Degree candidates may be granted transfer tion and submit the complete package to the *Candidates with suitable educational expe­ credit at the time of admission only for a Office of Graduate Studies. Applicants with education credentials outside rience in a field that does not require teaching maximum of one credit (or equivalent) for North America will be assessed on an certification (e.g., CAA T instructors) may be graduate courses completed at another All documents become the property of the individual basis with respect to degree and considered for special admission. university that are approved by the University and will not be returned. standing equivalents. Department. Only graduate courses Offers of admission completed with a grade ofB+ or higher within A complete application package will consist of Individual departments may specify the last five years will be considered for the following: additional requirements and applicants Assessment of academic background and advanced standing. The request for transfer should refer to the information provided by eligibility to graduate programs is the credit must be made at the time ofapplication. • Completed application form, with a non­ the specific department. responsibility of the specific department/ Credit will not be granted for courses which refundable application feeof$50.00 ($1 00 for program which will make recommendations have been credited toward another degree or MAce and MBA) in Canadian funds (cheque 4. Master of Education Program for acceptance of applicants to the Office of diploma at Brock or another university. or money order payable to Brock University) The basic admission requirements for the Graduate Studies. The official letter of Candidates must submit official transcripts, Master of Education degree are: acceptance will be issued by the Dean of course descriptions and other supporting • Official transcripts of all undergraduate and Graduate Studies. documentation before consideration will be graduate studies to date . a. Completion of one of the following given to granting transfer credit. Applicants currently taking courses, must degrees, acceptable to Brock: Applicants who are offered admission arrange to have final standings forwarded as pending receipt of final transcripts must soon as results become available. For all A four-year undergraduate degree with submit an ?fficial copy of the final transcripts II. Application Procedures documentation not written in English, a minimum 75 percent standing to the Office of Graduate Studies before certified English translation is required. registration in the graduate program is a four-year BEd degree with minimum 75 • Confidential letters of recommendation (on approved. The responsibility rests with the applicant to percent standing forms supplied by Brock) to support the ensure that all documents are submitted by The University may nullifY an admission and application. a BA/BEd, BPhEd/BEd or BSc/BEd the deadline date as indicated on the applica­ revoke registration for admission if it finds tion guidelines from the graduate depart­ degree with minimum 75 percent • Any supplementary information required by that an applicant has in the process provided ment/program. standing false or incomplete information. a specific department, such as letter of intent, resume or sample of writing. Admission of international students International applicants who are considering • Applicants whose primary language is not graduate studies at Brock should not leave for English or who have a degree from a university Canada until admission into a graduate where the language of instruction was not

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English, must provide certification of English order for students to make the necessary visa • GMAT and TOEFL scores Must be geographically available and visit language proficiency through one of the arrangements. the campus regularly. following: • a non-refundable application fee of $100 2. Master of Accountancy May be employed outside the University TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Lan­ Applications for the l\1Acc may be submitted Additional instructions are included in the only with the permission of their guage), TOEFL CBT (Computer-based at any time of the year. The graduate program application package. Graduate Supervisor. Test), MEIAB (Michigan English Language commences at the beginning of the Winter Assessment Battery), IELTS (International Term Qanuary) each year. As noted, however, 4. Master of Education Must limit employment to an average of Language Testing Systems), CAEL students may require one or more qualifYing Applications for MEd admission must be no more than ten hours a week of (Carleton Academic English Language As­ terms prior to entry into the graduate program completed by April 15 for Fall admission. University paid work in a given term. If sessment) in the Winter Term. Consequently, Applicants will be notified of their admission the student is employed as a graduate applications should be received by March 1 to status approximately one month from the assistant, the ten hours per week should Normally only applicants with mmtmum ensure adequate time for review of student application due date. represent the total time spent by the scores indicated below will be considered for transcripts. A student may be required to enrol student in connection with this admission. in the Spring and/or Fall Term to obtain the 5. Doctoral Studies in Education appointment; that is, preparative work, necessary prerequisites. PhD program offered jointly by Brock, making examinations and the like. TOEFL 550 , University of Western Exemptions require the approval of the supervisor and Department Chair. TOEFL (CBT) 213 Applications received subsequent to March I Ontario and the . will be considered for admission for entry into Applications are due February 1. The ten hour limit does not apply to MEIAB 85 the graduate program in the following Winter Term. Students who do not require one or students who receive a research assistantship to pemit them to work on IELTS 6.5 more qualifYing terms will be accepted directly into the graduate program. However, III. Student Status their thesis research. in any case, the application must be received International students whose first language is If an academic program requires an absence not English may, upon admission to a by September 15 to be considered for from the University, a student must apply for graduate program, be required to take a admission for the following Winter Term. Generally, all graduate programs offered at permission to be off-campus through their remedial course in English. Applicants will be notified of their admission Brock may be taken on a full-time or parr-time status approximately one month from the graduate departments. Approval must be basis. given both by the Graduate Chair and 1. Master of Arts, Master of Science and application due date. Graduate Officer. Doctoral Programs Normally, students choose either full-time or Applications for MA, MSc and PhD 3. Master of Business Administration part-time status at the time of admission ~nd Application packages are available for 2. Part-time students candidates may be submitted at any time of this status can only be changed for appropnate Any graduate student who does not meet the the year, however, some departments have downloading and printing from the following reasons. Appropriate reasons are changes in web site: www.bus.brocku.calmba requirements of a full-time graduate student firm application deadlines and applicants family circumstances, work situation or as defined above is considered to be a part­ should contact the specific graduate program geographic location. time student. There is no restriction with ofinterest for fi.mher information on deadline Applications must be received before May I of respect to time spent on gainful employment. dates. Departments normally admit students the year of entry (March I, for international 1. Full-time students students) and will be considered when to commence studies in the Fall Term. Part-time students may register for a received, until the program is full. To be However, some academic departments may Must be pursuing their studies as a full­ maximum of two half-credit courses (or considered, applicants must submit: consider applicants to commence studies in time occupation and identifY themselves equivalent) in each academic term. The the Wimer or Spring terms. Applicants should as full-time graduate students in all equivalent of two half-credit courses is the • a completed application form contact the department concerned to documentation. thesis or major essay course. determine the possible entry dates. • official university transcripts and Must be considered by the University to Applications f(Jr admission from outside confirmation of all degrees received three be in full-time study. Canada should be completed at least six letters of reference months before the desired date ofadmission in

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Doctoral Degrees IV. Residency Requirements week before the beginning of term, the VI. Registration Policies and Office of Graduate Studies should be Full time candidates must complete the thesis Procedures notified. All courses must be approved by and course requirements must be met within the Chair, Graduate Officer or Program six years of registration as a full-time student. The residency requirements of a graduate Director of the department/program. degree program is the minimum number of 2. Part-time Master's Degrees 1. Policies terms in which the student must be registered Registration forms, including a cheque Part-time candidates must complete all degree on a full-time basis. For MA, MSc and PhD for tuition, must be returned to the Office requirements within five years from the date Master of Accountancy programs it is 3 terms (one year) of full-time of Graduate Studies by the due date registration. For part-time students 6 terms of first registration. ' All students are required to register for both indicated on the form. A registration (two years) of study is required to fulfil the form will not be processed unless it is Part-time Doctoral Degrees the Winter Qanuary - April) and Fall residency requirements. The requirements for accompanied by the appropriate tuition Doctoral candidates must complete all degree (September - December) terms, unless t~ey MAce and MBA students is 2 terms of full­ fee or the appropriate form to defer requirements within eight years from the date have received approval from the Accounnng time registration. payment through payroll deduction. of first registration. and Finance department for interruption of their program. Failure to register will be It is the responsibility of students to interpreted as withdrawal from the program. V. Degree Completion Time Limits 3. Changing status ensure that they are registered by the Where a student is permitted to change status Master of Business Administration appropriate deadline date as designated in from full-time to part-time or vice versa, the the registration materials. Students who fraction of time remaining under the previous There are maximum time limits for the All students are required to register for both fail to register by the due date will be status will apply to the new status. Permission completion ofgraduate programs. Candidates the Fall (September-December) and Winter charged a $50.00 late registration .fee. to change status must be approved by the Students will not be allowed to register may also be subject to time constraints Chair of the graduate department and Qanuary-April) terms, unless they ~ave prescribed by individual departments. received approval from the FacultyofBusmess afi:er the official registration count dates forwarded to the Office of Graduate Studies. for interruption of their program. ofNovember 1, February 1 and June 30. Master's Degrees Students who do not complete the program Master of Arts and Master of Science and Students intending to audit a course requirements within the time allotted, will be rather than take it for credit, must declare I. Full-time withdrawn from the program. ' Doctoral programs Full-time candidates must complete all degree this intention at the initial registration for the term. The consent ofthe instructor to requirements within three years from the date 4. Extension of time limits All MA, MSc and PhD students must of first registration. audit the course is required. Auditing In exceptional circumstances, an extension of complete registration for each ofthe academic sessions of their program unless they have permits attendance at classes only. No time permitting further registration for one or The Master of Accountancy program is work will be evaluated. two terms may be granted on the received approval from the depart~ent for designed to be completed in two academic interruption of their program. Failure to recommendation of the department. terms. In any case, candidates must complete Credit will be given only for those courses Extension requests, detailing the exceptional register will be interpreted as withdrawal from all degree requirements within three years the program. for which the candidate is formally circumstances, must be received by the Office from the date of first registration. registered. A student will receive no credit of Graduate Studies within the first month of 2. Procedures for any work completed during a term in the term in which the completion date expires. Full-time MSc programs will normally be which the student was not properly An extension will only be granted if approved completed in two years. All experimental Newly admitted graduate students registered. by the department concerned. work for the thesis shall normally stop by the (except for the MEd program) will end of the fifi:h term afi:er initial registration register in person and will be advised of Master of Education and in any event, not later than the end of the the registration deadline date.s. second year (sixth term) after the Continuing and part-time students will MEd students are required to register in each of the academic terms, Summer Quly­ commencement of study. Six months shall receive registration materials by mail at normally be allowed for analysis of data and their current mailing address. If a student August), Fall (September-December) and thesis wri ring. has not received registration materials one Winter Qanuary-April). Registration for all

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MEd students is via the World Wide Web. A the first dra& has been approved at which time MEd registration guide, which includes the VII. Student Identification Cards the continuing fee must be paid until the IX. Leave of Absence current academic timetable and course thesis or major essay is completed. schedules, is mailed to all MEd students as soon as the registration system opens in April. 2. Inactive registration Identification cards for graduate students are A leave of absence from a graduate program Students who have a valid reason for not 3. Change of registration issued to all new students by the Office of will be granted only in exception;;tl registering for a term _m~y be considered for Graduate Studies at the time of registration. circumstances which include parental and inactive status. PermiSSIOn of the Graduate ,;will Masters and Doctoral programs Returning students will have their cards maternity leave, medical leave, work leave Chair/Program Director or Graduate Officer Students wishing to change their course updated once a year by the Office of Graduate which requires the student to leave the Studies. must be obtained before the start of the registrations, must submit a Graduate Course academic term for which the student is seeking geographic area or on compass~on~t~ groun~. Enrolment Form to the Office of Graduate Cases will be considered on an mdJvJdual bas1s inactive status. During an inactive term, the Studies within the deadline date as published and must have the approval of the Supervisor VIII. Registration Status student pays the inactive fee and retains library in the academic calendar. All changes to a and the Department Chair/Program Director privileges. Inactive terms do nor. extend the student's registration requires the approval of before they are submitted to the Office of final completion date by wh1ch deg~ee the department/program. Graduate Studies. A graduate student granted requirements must be completed. Inactive All graduate students must maintain a leave of absence will not be registered and status is not applicable once a student has Master of Education continuous registration, either through will not be required to pay fees for the duration registered for the thesis or major essay. Students wishing to change their course course registration or inactive registration in of the leave. Students on leave will not be each successive term from the time of initial registrations may do so through _the Web eligible to receive University fellowship 3. Continuous registration in project, system until BIRT closes for the sessiOn. After admission until degree requirements are support or other financial suppor~ from the major essay or thesis . BIRT closes, students must submit the complete. Students are responsible _for University. In the case of fundmg by an Following initial registration in the maJor Request to Add/Drop Courses form t~ the Office ensuring that they register at the appropnate external agency, the regulations of _the essay, thesis or project, graduate st~de~ts of Graduate Studies by the deadlme date as time for each term, as indicated in the granting agency will apply. The_Jength of time academic calendar. (both full and part-time) must mamt~m published in the Master of Education W:b for completion of the degree will ~e extended continuous registration in each successive Registration Guide and the Graduate Studtes by the duration of the leave. While term, including the term during ':'hich the o~ le~ve Calendar. Students must remain continuously registered students may not be entitled to use Umversuy thesis defence is scheduled, until degree to the end of the term in which they complete facilities and resources or receive supervision. the degree requirements. requirements are completed. Completion 4. Failure to register means that all corrections have been made to Leave of absence forms are available from the the thesis, project or essay and the final Students who fail to register for any term, and 1. Course registration Office of Graduate Studies or the Graduate approved copy has been submitted to the who have not applied for inactive status or Full-time students are registered by paying Studies website www.brocku.ca/gradstudies/ department and the Graduate Recordform has been granted a leave ofabsence, are considered full-time fee tuition for the first academic year been submitted to the Office of Graduate to have withdrawn from their program of and therea&er on a term-by-term basis until all Studies. Should the Graduate Record form not study. The student will be required to apply course work has been completed and the first X. Withdrawal from Courses or for reinstatement into the program. The dra& of the thesis or major essay has been be received bv the last day for late registration Program application for reinstatement must be approved by their advisor and department in a given terr'n, the student_will ~e r~quired to approved by the department and the chair. Therea&er, a continuing fee must be register for that term. I~ regJStr~t!On IS allowed to lapse, the student will be Withdrawn from reinstatement fee of$50.00 will be applied. If paid until degree requirements are fulfilled or 1. Course Withdrawal the program. enrolment is allowed to lapse a second time, the time allotted for completion of the degree the student will not be readmitted. The has elapsed. MEd students register and pay A student mav withdraw in good standing department may also make recommendations fees per course. from a course· within the period establish~d regarding the retention of previous course each term as published in the academic Pare-time students register for each academic credits. calendar. While it is a courtesy to inform t~e term by paying the part-time tuition fees until instructor of withdrawal from a course,. this does not constitute official withdrawal fro:n either a course or the University. Grades w1ll

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be recorded on students' transcripts for all prior approval has been received from both the Schedule of Fees International Fees (includes fee courses in which they have registered and from host and the home universities. A student who reductions) which they have not withdrawn. is classed as an Ontario Visiting Student will 2003-2004 register and pay fees to the home university Full-time (per term)* Students wishing to withdraw from a course, but will pay no fees to the host university. A $3,169.67 must inform the Office of Graduate Studies description of the course must be attached to by submitting a Graduate Course Enrolment the form. No more than one credit (two half Parr-time (per term)* Form by the deadline 'date indicated in the credit courses) will be allowed as transfer Master of Accountancy [Academic Year $1,602.30 academic calendar. Withdrawals are effective credit. Fee (Full-Time)] from the date that notification is received by *Additional fie reduction available for year 1. the Office of Graduate Studies. Ontario Visiting Student forms are available from the Office of Graduate Studies or the Canadian Fees $4,865.40 Master of Education Graduate Studies wehsite www.brocku.ca/ ~ MEd students may withdraw from a course gradstudies/ PhD in Education using theWeb system while BIRT is available. International Fees* After this date, students must submit a Request $11,806.65 to Add/Drop Courses form to the Office of XII. Letter of Permission Graduate Studies. *International fie reduction will be available for Canadian Fees this program. 2. Program Withdrawal Students wishing to take a graduate course at Fullctime (per term) another approved university outside of $1,696.00 Graduate students intending to withdraw Ontario, must apply to the Office ofGraduate from a graduate program, must consult with Studies for a letter of permission to attend Master of Business Administration Parr-time (per term) the department concerned and submit the another university. Approval from both the [Academic Year Fee (Full-Time)] $848.00 Voluntary Withdrawal Form to the Office of home and host universities is required before Graduate Studies. The form is available from a student will be allowed to take a course on a Notes: Fees for full-time students in the major essay the Graduate Studies website letter ofpermission. The student must register Canadian Fees option who have completed the residency pe­ www.brocku.ca/gradstudies/. A rebate of at the other university and pay the fees $7,000.00 fees, if appropriate, will be determined by the required by that university. It is the student's riod and have completed all course work will be $671.1 0 per term. date the form is received. A student who responsibility to have a transcript of the final International Fees withdraws without submitting this form will grade sent to the Office of Graduate Studies. $15,000.00 not be eligible for any refund of fees. The No more than one credit (two half credit International fees for full-time students in the student is responsible for payment of any courses) will be allowed as transfer credit. major essay option who have completed all course work will be $1,602.30 per term. outstanding fees owing at the time of Master of Arts, Master of Science and PhD withdrawal from the program. XIII. Address Information Continuing Fees for full-time and part-time students who have completed all course work Term Fees (all students must pay the full fees and submitted the first draft of the major pa­ XI. Ontario Visiting Student Plan for the first year of their graduate program) It is the responsibility of each student to per or thesis will be $262.90 per term. The thesis or major paper must be completed ensure that the University has at all times, Canadian Fees The Ontario Visiting Student Plan allows complete and accurate address information. within the academic term for which the first graduate students of an Ontario university to draft fee is assessed. Any change in mailing address and telephone Full-time (per term) take graduate courses at another Ontario number must be reported in writing to the $1,646.60 university while remaining registered at their Office of Graduate Studies. own university. The plan allows students to Parr-time (per term) bypass the usual application for admissions $ 671.10 procedures. Admission is not complete until

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Centre for Health & Fitness September 1, 2003 to August 31, 2004 is $230. assessed service charges on the outstanding Master of Education Full-time (per year) $90* Ifyou require further information, please contact balance. These charges will continue to be Part-time (per year) $45 Joanne Matko at extension 4194 or by email, assessed on the unpaid balance at monthly MAce Full-time $60 healthplan@busu. net. intervals. Canadian Fees *Note this fee is included in the per course 3. Payment of Fees Failure to comply with University regulations Per full credit fee for MEd students. regarding payments owed to the University may $1,245.50 Master of Accountancy result in the cancellation of the student's Other Fees registration or withdrawal from the program. Per half credit The program fee is payable in two installments This process does not reduce the amount offees $622.75 Late Registration Fee $50 at the time of registration for each of the two owing or waive the University's legal right to Binding Fee (MA, MSc, PhD) $30 terms, ($2,500.00 in January and $2,365.40 collect outstanding fees. Continuing Fee Binding Fee (MEd) - thesis $60 in September). $ 262.90 (proposal, project and thesis) - project $30 Academic sanctions are applied to any student Inactive Fee $50 Master of Arts, Master of Science and who has an outstanding financial obligation to the University. The following sanctions will be International Fees Doctoral Programs imposed: Per full credit 1. Changes to Student Visa Status Full-time $2,373.68 International students studying on student visas Fees for full-time students are on a term by • denial of registration for a term whose immigration status changes or those who term basis and are payable at the time of Per half credit may be eligible for the regular tuition fees but registration for each term. • withholding academic results $1,186.84 are charged the visa student fees, must present official documenration to the Graduate Studies Part-time • not issuing academic transcripts *Fee reduction will be available for the Office. To affect a change in fees for a particular Fees for part-time students are payable by MEd program. academic term, the documentation must be term at the time of registration for each term. • withholding degree presented prior to the start of the term. Note: Students who are paid by the • no scheduling of thesis defense 2. Health Insurance University as teaching or research assistants Ancillary Fees As ofJuly 1, 1994, foreign students were no may make arrangements to pay their fees The above sanctions shall be in force until such longer covered by OHIP insurance. Therefore, through payroll deduction. Fellowships time as indebtedness has been cleared to the all foreign students are required to pay for the and scholarships administered by the satisfaction of the University. mandatory health insurance plan UHIP University will be applied first to fees. Health Services Fee (University Health Insurance Plan). Single 5. Withdrawal Credit Full-time (per year) $20 person coverage for 12 months from September Master of Education MAce Full-time $20 2003 to August 2004 is $612.47. For detailed Fees are payable in full by the due date for each Master of Accountancy/Master of Business information relating to this plan please contact term as published in the MEd registration Administration Athletics (non-refundable) Brock's Health Services Department. guide. Full-time (per year) $32.61 * Full-time MAce Full-time $21.74 Supplemenrary Health Insurance is available to 4. Non-payment of Fees and Penalties Ifa full-time student registered in the program Graduate Students from the Brock University withdraws during the first month of the term Graduate Students Association Students' Union (BUSU) Health Plan Office. Registration will not be processed unless all they will receive a credit equal to 1/3 of the Full-time (per year) $30 You may log on to www. busu. netlhealthplan for previous debts to the University have been paid. tuition fee. They will also receive a full credit Part-time (per year) $15 details of the coverage provided. Students may for any subsequent terms for which they were MAce Full-time $20 opt into the plan by completing an application Full-time and part-time students who have not charged. *The health fee, athletic fee and ID form available in the Office ofGraduate Studies paid their fees (or arranged for payroll card fee are non-refundable. or the BUSU office. The cost of coverage from deduction) by the prescribed due dates will be

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*If a full-time student withdraws one month or later afi:er a term begins, they will month of the Fall or Winter term they will be Graduate Chair and the Supervisor. A PhD not be entitled to a credit for that term, charged 1/3 of the term fee. Withdrawal for Academic Regulations and program may require a comprehensive but will receive a credit for any subsequent the first month in the term, no credit will be University Policies examination. term for which they have been charged. The given for that term. official withdrawal date is when the Graduate Studies Office receives Master of Education Major Essay Option notification. Credits to tuition fees for withdrawal from I. Program Requirements courses are based on various dates throughout Candidates must complete the number of Master of Arts, Master of Science and the session on a percentage basis. The schedule credits required by the department. Doctoral Programs of credits for each academic term is published in the MEd registration guide. 1. Master of Arts, Master of Science and These courses must be chosen in consultation Full-time PhD degrees with the candidate's Chair and/or Graduate If full-time graduate students, registered in Candidates for the MA, MSc or PhD and Officer. They may be courses from within the one of their first three terms, withdraw during major department, from other graduate the first month ofany of those terms, they will degree shall follow a program which must be approved by the Chair of the Department/ departments, or they may be have their account credited 113 of the total interdepartmental courses. A majority ofthese tuition fees for that term. A full credit will be Program Director. courses must be graduate courses (i.e., given for any subsequent terms for which they numbered 5(alpha)OO or above). One faculty were charged. There will be a full credit for the Some departments may offer a Master's member may not offer all the courses in a thesis-binding fee. The health fee, athletic fee program following either a thesis option or a candidate's program. and ID card fee are non-refundable. If major essay option. Further requirements to students withdraw one month or later after the these options may be established by individual In addition to the course requirements, there term begins, they will not be entitled to a departments. All Doctoral programs must will be a major essay or project assignment credit for that term but will receive a credit for follow the thesis option. requiring the demonstration of, competence any subsequent term for which they have been in, and familiarity with, the contents and charged. The official withdrawal date is when methodology of the chosen field of study. It Thesis Option the Graduate Studies Office, receives should be a major piece of work of greater notification. scope and/ or depth than any essay done as part Candidates must complete the number of of a course. Part-time credits required by the department. If a part-time student withdraws, fees shall be charged pro rata on a monthly basis (e.g., These courses must be chosen in consultation A supervisory committee will normally be withdrawal in the first month 3/4 of the fee with the candidate's Supervisor. They must struck before the completion of the course will be credited, withdrawal in the second be courses from within the major department, work. The major essay or project will be month 1/2 of the fee will be credited, from other graduate departments, or they may written under the supervision of a faculty withdrawal in the third month 114 of the fee be interdepartmental courses. A majority of member after the topic has been approved by will be credited, and withdrawal in the final these courses must be graduate courses (i.e., either the student's Supervisory Committee month there will be no credit given). numbered 5(alpha)OO or above). The Thesis or by the departmental Graduate Officer in Supervisor may not offer all the courses in a consultation with the Chair of the PhD in Education candidate's program. Department. If a full-time student withdraws prior to the 15th of] uly for the Summer term, they will be In addition to the course requirements, a 2. Master of Accountancy charged 1/3 of the term fee. After the 15th no research project that culminates in a thesis, refund for the term will be given. and demonstrates a capacity for independent The program of study for the MAce degree is work, must be completed. The research described in the departmental listing for Ifa full-time student withdraws during the first project shall be chosen in association with the Accounting.

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3. Master of Business Administration and no privileged position with respect to the III. Graduate Studies Regulations project and thesis; the Supervisory The program of study for the MBA degree is the student's course performance Committee will take precedence in all cases. described in the department listing for All special arrangements must be approved by Business Administration. I. The department will appoint a Recommendations should be made to the the appropriate faculty Dean and the Dean of Graduate Studies.· Supervisory Committee for each graduate Chair of the Department/Program Directo~ if 4. Master of Education student consisting of the Chair of the the student is to be placed on probation or Department/Program Director (or his/her recommended for withdrawal from the The program of study for the Master of delegate), the Supervisor and an additional program. The Chair/Program Director will N. Examination of Thesis Candidates Education degree is described in the faculty member (who need not be a member of pass the recommendation to the Dean of departmental listing for Education. the department). Graduate Studies.

1. The research thesis will be assessed, atter a 5. Doctoral Studies in Education 2. In ~he absence of the Supervisor (e.g., on Departments may wish to have the student public oral examination, by an Examining sabbatical), the Chair of the Department/ present at an open "planning seminar" which Committee. This committee s~ruck by the The program of study for the PhD in Program Director in consultation with the outlines the thesis/major essay problem and Dean of Graduate Studies in consultation Education is described in the departmental Supervisory Committee, shall ensure that a proposed approach. It is recommended that, with the Dean of the Faculty, will consist of at listing for Education. resident faculty member is responsible for for thesis students, an open "progress least the Chair of the Department/Program overseeing the student. seminar" be presented by the student several Director (or nominee), the Dean of the months before completion of the thesis. Faculty (or nominee), either of whom may II. Additional Courses chair the committee; an External Examiner 3. A full-time student's progress in the thesis and the Supervisor. The chair of the option should be reviewed at least twice a year 5. If a candidate's graduate supervisor leaves committee, in consultation with the by the Supervisory Committee, a part-time Brock during the student's program, the committee, may choose an additional faculty A full-time graduate student may, with the student's progress at least once a year. following options are open to the student: member from another department and the written permission of his/her supervisor and Additional meetings may be called at the Dean of Graduate Studies may, in special th.e Chair of the Department/Program request of the student, other members of the • Transfer by the student to the university to cases, nominate a member. D1rector, take up to two extra graduate or committee or the Chair of the Department/ which the candidate's former supervisor has undergraduate half credit courses above the Program Director. A full-time student's moved. In most cases, graduate credit will be requirements of the graduate program. No progress in the major essay option should be 2. Prior to the thesis examination, a given for work done at Brock: extra fee above that charged for the graduate reviewed at least twice a year by the Chair/ minimum offour copies must be submitted to program will be levied for these courses. For Program Director and/or Graduate Officer, a the Chair of the Department/Program any other courses taken while the student is in part-time student's progress at least once a • The candidate remains at Brock and Director. In the experimental sciences, the a graduate program, regular fees will be levied. year. Additional meetings may be called at the changes supervisor and perhaps project. candidate will additionally deposit, with the request of the student, other members of the candidate's Supervisor, all field and laboratory These courses are subject to the same notebooks, together with all other original committee or the Chair of the Department/ • The student opts to complete the existing regulations regarding withdrawal, failure to Program Director. data records, spectra, samples and specimens, project. In this case, the University may seek complete the work, as are courses required for etc. which will be retained as the property of advice from experts offcampus or may arrange the degree. the Supervisor or Department/Program as for the student to work off campus. It will be 4. The Supervisory Committee shall review: appropriate. Whe.re research on human the responsibility of the Supervisory subjects has been involved, all original Committee (augmented, if necessary, by the student's course and ancillary materials which contain subject identification outside expertise), to advise the candidate on requirements shall be turned over to the supervisor for all matters regarding the thesis research and disposal or safekeeping as required by the preparation. The department is not precluded ap-propriate guidelines. The student is the thesis or major essay/project and from seeking advice from the former faculty expected to bring an additional copy of the progress of research member, but the former faculty member has thesis to the examination. All typing and

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other costs of preparing the thesis are the member, the Chair of the Department/ Under normal circumstances, the permitted to circulate the departmental copy responsibility of the student. Program Director shall decide the issue. composition ofthe Examining Committee for of the project and make single copies for the second thesis defence will be identical to another library or similar institution or for an 3. The oral examination of Master's or b) The Dean of Graduate Studies will define that of the original Examining Committee. individual for private study and research. Doctoral candidates will not involve a the role of the External Examiner and may Under certain circumstances, the Department request a written evaluation prior to the of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in comprehensive examination distinct from the 7. A fee may be charged for re-examination. thesis presentation and defence, though a defence. If the evaluation is so unfavorable as Education may delay the circulation and comprehensive examination may be part of to jeopardize the approval of the thesis, the copying ofa project fora period ofup to twelve the requirement of a course, such as a broad defence should be postponed and the Chair of 8. Appeals relating to the procedures months from the date of completion. survey or methodolqgy course. Questions the Department/Program Director will set up followed in a thesis examination or to the related to, but not directly covered in the an ad hoc committee to recommend a grade assigned, shall be considered by the thesis, may be asked at the defence. subsequent course of action. Dean of Graduate Studies. VI. Preparation, Submission and 4. The External Examiner will be principally 5. A recommended format for the defence is Deposit of Thesis responsible for provision of an independent as follows. The candidate will present a public V. Evaluation of Major Essay or and objective evaluation of the academic seminar outlining the study (preferably Project Candidates quality of the thesis. The External Examiner limited to 30-40 minutes). This will be 1. A candidate submitting a thesis in partial will be appointed by the Dean of Graduate followed by a period of" open" questioning in fulfilment of the requirements governing the Studies on the advice of the faculty Dean and which all present may participate. award of high degrees, must deposit the Chair of the Department/Program Director Immediately following, the Examining A typed or printed copy of the major essay or required number of copies of the approved (after consultation with the Supervisory Committee may meet with the candidate in project for MA and MEd programs shall be thesis with the University Library before the Committee) from a list of names supplied by camera for a further period of "closed" assessed by the Supervisor and by (at least) one degree will be conferred. the Supervisory Committee. The External questioning. The Examining Committee will other member of the Supervisory Committee. Examiner is not to be regarded as an ad hoc then evaluate the thesis and defence. Approval Assessment shall involve an independent reading of the final copy of the major essay or member of the Supervisory Committee. The of the thesis will require acceptance by two­ 2. In depositing the thesis, the following project by (at least) two readers. The readers committee and the chair shall determine the thirds of the committee and must include regulations apply: nature and extent of contributions made to approval by the External Examiner. If shall, following discussion, agree on the final the thesis during its development by all revisions are necessary, the committee will grade. In the case ofdisagreement, the average a) Submission of thesis: when the thesis is in potential external examiners. Casual specifY the areas for revision and the date by of the two grades to the nearest appropriate its final form after the oral examination, the knowledge of the thesis by a potential external which the revised, typed thesis is to be number will be assigned. If, following a candidate will submit, in unbound form, the examiner shall not necessarily constitute returned (to the Chair of the Department/ decision on the grade, revisions are required, original and at least three copies of the thesis, grounds for precluding such an individual Program Director concerned). This date will the Supervisor will specify the areas for to the Office of Graduate Studies. The thesis from invitation to serve as an external normally be within three months of the revision, and the date by which the revised must be free from typographical and other examiner. examination or six months if additional copy is to be returned to the Chair of the errors and all copies must be identical in research is required. Department/Progra~ Director (normally content, each containing all illustrations, While external examiners need not be within three months of the evaluation). Final charts, maps, figures, tables and appendices as academics, professional competence in the assignment of the grade will be withheld until 6. In the instance of a failed defence, the approved by the Examining Committee. · field of the thesis is important and they may be a satisfactory revised copy is returned to the candidate may, at the discretion of the Each copy of the thesis must contain a copy of from industry, government agencies, etc. Chair of the Department/Program Director. Examining Committee, be permitted a the Certificate Approval signed by each second and final thesis submission and The departmental copies ofMEd projects will member of the Examining Committee. The defence. This will be scheduled for no later a) The thesis should be approved by at least be housed in the Instructional Resource thesis must be accompanied by the candidate's than one calendar year after the original the Supervisor and one member of the Centre. As a condition ofengaging in graduate Graduate Record Form and copy of the presentation and defence. In the preparation Supervisory Committee before being study in the University, the author of a MEd National Library Form. of the thesis for resubmission, the candidate forwarded to the External Examiner. In case of project grants certain licenses and waivers in will be guided by the written criticisms of disagreement between the Supervisor and the respect of the circulation and copying of the members of the Examining Committee. project. The Instructional Resource Centre is

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Original copy: will be deposited in the e) Copyright: in order to claim copyright, IX. Appeals B. Appeals Related to Academic Requirements/ Archives in the University Library the author of the thesis must ensure that all Decision copies of the thesis bear the International Copy 2: will be catalogued and placed in Copyright Notice at the bottom of the thesis All graduate students have the right to appeal A request for an exemption to a departmental the University Library for consultation title page. The notice consists of three academic decisions. An appeal is a request that degree requirement must be directed to the elements printed on one line: an academic decision (e.g., a grade or standing Chair/Program Director of the student's in a program) be changed, based on the department. If not satisfied with the outcome Copy 3: will be returned to the major evidence supplied by the student or that a of the request, the student should then refer department for its files the letter "C" enclosed in a circle (©) regulation be waived on compassionate the matter to the Dean ofGraduate Studies. If grounds or because of extenuating the student is not satisfied with the decision of and the name of the copyright owner, circumstances. the pean, the student may then appeal to the the author Special Sub-committee for Graduate Appeals. Copy 4: will be returned to the candidate and 1. Types of Appeals A request for an exemption to a University or d) Circulation and· Copying: in normal Faculty degree requirement must be directed circumstances, as a condition of engaging in the year of completion A. Appeals ofgrades to the Dean of Graduate Studies. If the graduate study in the University, the author of student is not satisfied with the decision of the a thesis grants certain licenses and waivers in Students who have a question regarding an Dean, the student may then appeal to the Special Subcommittee for Graduate Appeals. respect of the circulation and copying of the VII. Research Involving Human academic decision in a course should first thesis: Participants discuss the matter with the instructor and for an academic decision on their thesis, project or C. Requests for Retroactive Registration and major essay, with their supervisor. In the event to the University Library- permitting the Backdated Withdrawal of disagreement, the student should refer the consultation ofthe thesis as part of the Library The Senate of Brock University has matter to the Chair of the Department/ collection and the making of single copies for established ethical guidelines for the initiation Program Director. If not satisfied, the student A backdated withdrawal will be considered another library or similar institution or for an and conduct of rcesearch inv~lving human must then refer the matter to the Dean of upon the receipt of a request which is individual for. private study and research participants. For further information contact Graduate Studies. Ifthe student is not satisfied supported by documentation verifying medical reasons or compassionate grounds. the website www.brocku.ca/researchserJ.'ices/ with the decision ofthe Dean, the student may Documentation must indicate the reason(s) then appeal to the Special Subcommittee for the student was not able to withdraw on the Graduate Appeals in care of the Office of Graduate Studies. last day for withdrawal or must note the medical reason(s) or compassionate grounds which will make it impossible for the course to

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now be completed. Requests submitted received in typewritten form. Submissions committee for Graduate Appeals have a right At the request of the student, the written without supporting documentation will not not received in this form will be returned to to a fair hearing. This includes the right to be response of the faculty member, Department be considered. Forms are available in the the student without a decision. Appeals notified of the date at which the student's Chair/Program Director or faculty Dean to an Office of Graduate Studies. should be submitted to the Secretary of the appeal will be considered, the right to attend appeal will be made available to the student. Special Subcommittee for Graduate Appeals and present verbal arguments and the right to in care of the Office of Graduate. question the faculty Dean (or the person Prior to the last day of lectures, a request for The student and the faculty Dean and where designated by the Dean) or the Dean of retroactive registration will be considered upon applicable, the Chair/Program Director and the receipt ofsupporting documentation which Graduate Studies (or designate). Appeals must clearly state the arguments and faculty member, will be informed, in writing, outline the reason(s) why formal registration expectations ofthe student. The onus is on the of the decision of the Special Subcommittee did not occur. This documentation must be student to demonstrate the validity of their for Graduate Appeals. accompanied by a Graduate Course Enrol,ment Students must inform the Secretary of the appeal and to provide full and appropriate committee of their intention to attend the Form signed and dated by the course instructor supporting documentation. Dissatisfaction verifying that the student has been in meeting. The decision of the Committee is final. with University policy and ignorance or continuous attendance. Forms are available in neglect of published deadlines will not the Office of Graduate Studies. Students are entitled to bring one faculty, staff constitute sufficient grounds for appeal. or student member of Brock University while X. Academic Misconduct Requests for retroactive registration or attending the meeting of the Special backdated withdrawal are considered and a Appeals of academic decisions must be made Subcommittee for Graduate Appeals. decision rendered by the Dean of Graduate within 180 days of the date of the letter 1. Definitions Studies, or the person designated by the Dean. t informing the student of the academic If a student has asked to attend the meeting of decision or within 180 days ofthe mailing date the Special Subcommittee for Graduate Academic misconduct may take.many forms If the student is not satisfied with the decision of the Statement of Standing which informs Appeals, the faculty Dean (or the person and is not limited to the following: of the Dean of Graduate Studies, the student the student of the academic decision and/or designated by the Dean) whose decision is final grade. may then appeal to the Special Subcomrrtittee being appealed will be invited to attend the A. Exams and Tests for Graduate Appeals. Appeals to the meeting. committee must be typed, must provide any additional documentation not submitted to Appeals based on emotional or medical impersonation of a candidate in an exam the Dean and must be accompanied by a problems must be supported by a certificate The Special Subcommittee for Graduate or test $50.00 appeal fee. The fee will be refunded from a licensed medical practitioner or other Appeals may request the attendance of only if the appeal is successful. professional indicating specifically the appropriate individuals to appear before the copying from another student, or making student's inability to fulfil the requirements committee to provide information pertinent information available to other students When appropriate, the grade NW (Not being appealed. to the appeal. knowing that this is to be submitted as Withdrawn) may be assigned by the Special Sub­ the borrower's own work committee for Graduate Appeals within the A student may abandon an appeal at any time Where the appeal is against an assigned final specified appeal period and when supporting during the appeal process. grade, the faculty member named in the use of unauthorized material documentation is supplied by the student. appeal will be invited to attend the meeting of B. Hearings at the Special Subcommittee for the Special Subcommittee for Graduate submission of a take-home examination 2. Appeals procedures Graduate Appeals Appeals. written by someone else

A. Method ofAppeal to the Special Meetings of the Special Subcommittee for In instances where a faculty member or B. Laboratories Subcommittee for Graduate Appeals Graduate Appeals are held in camera. Department Chair/Program Director is named in an appeal, the student's submission copying a laboratory report, or allowing All appeals directed to the Special In accordance with the rules ofnatural justice, v,:ill be available to the individual named. someone else to copy one's report Subcommittee for Graduate Appeals must be students .appealing to the Special Sub-

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using another student's data unless should be encouraged to consult instructors in inform the student that he/she is being suspension from the University for a specifically allowed by the instructor case of doubt. charged with academic misconduct and definite period attempt to discover whether there are any • allowing someone else to do the laboratory Plagiarism means presenting work done (in extenuating circumstances. If upheld by the work notation on student's official transcript whole or in part) by someone else as if it were Chair/Director, the case will then be referred to rhe appropriate Dean along with any one's own. Associated dishonest practices • withholding or rescinding a Brock degree using direct quotations or large sections of necessary observations and/or recommen­ include faking or falsification ofdata, cheating or certificate paraphrased material in a lab report or the uttering offalse statements by a student dations from the Department/Centre/ without acknowledgment in order to obtain unjustified concessions. Program. The student may, if wished, be accompanied to any interviews by one of the XI. Grading System faking laboratory data departmental student representatives or Plagiarism should be distinguished from co­ faculty, staffor student memberofBrock such operation and collaboration. Often, students as, but not limited to, a representative from C Essays and Assignments may be permitted or expected to work on the Student Development Centre or the 1. Grades assignments collectively, and to present the Ombuds Officer. submission of an essay written in whole or results either collectively or separately. This is Standing in the graduate programs will be in parr by someone else as one's own not a problem so long as it is clearly reported according to the following schedule understood whose work is being presented, If the Dean is satisfied that a case of academic of grades. for example, by way of formal misconduct has been proven, he/she should • preparing an essay or assignfi\ent for inform the Office of the Registrar who, in the submission by another student " acknowledgment or by footnoting. case of first offenders, will insert a permanent A: 80,82,85,88,90,92,95,98, 100 Instructors should inform students what note in the student's file. The Office of the copying an essay or assignment, or Registrar will inform the student in writing, of constitutes acceptable workmanship, proper 8:70,72,75,78 allowing one's essay or assignment to be form of citation and use of sources. the action taken and outline the possible copied by someone else penalties for future infractions. The Office of the Registrar will note the transgression on the C: 60, 62, 65, 68 (no graduate credit) 2. Procedures using direct quotations or large sections of student's transcript in the case of second Students shall not be penalized for suspected F: 58 or lower (no credit) paraphrased material without offenders. The notation will be removed from academic misconduct. It is the responsibility acknowledgment the transcript when the student graduates or of the instructor to demonstrate the accuracy three years after the last registration. IN (Incomplete) of the charge. th~ buying or selling of term papers or assignments 3. Penalties Incomplete is a temporary g;ade granted to a If the instructor can document a case of A Dean who is satisfied that academic student, in exceptional circumstances who has academic misconduct, the instructor shall misconduct has occurred may impose the been unable to complete some part of the term the submission of the same piece of work in!'orm the Department Chair/Program following sanctions: work in a course. A grade must be submitted in more than one course without rhe Director and the Office of Graduate Studies; no later than 56 days from the last day of permission of the instructors t~e latter will not process any application for classes in each term. In the case of the thesis, oral or written disciplinary warning or Withdrawal from the course pending rhe major essay or project, an IN grade should reprimand submitting whole or parr of a computer outcome of the investigation of the case. If a only be granted when the thesis, major essay or program with or without minor charge of academic misconduct is project is essentially complete (only minor modifications as one's own subsequently brought by the instructor, no lower grade or failure on the assignment or revision or thesis defence scheduling withdrawal from a course shall be considered examination required). If the IN is not replaced by a letter valid. grade within 56 days, the IN will be changed Individual instructors or Departments/ to rhe default grade indicated on the Report of Centres/Programs will point· our areas of failure in the course Incomplete Grade form. specific concern nor covered above. Students T~e instructor and the Chair/Program Director together will interview the student,

34 www. brocku.ca/gradstudies/ www.brocku.ca/gradstudies/ 35 Academic Regulations and University Policies Academic Regulations and University Policies IP (In progress) department may be required to withdraw All official transcripts will be complete and information contained in the record will be from graduate studies. unabridged. Partial transcripts cannot be disclosed only with the student's written A grade ofiP may be awarded if a student fails issued. consent. This restriction applies to requests to complete all course requirements within the If a failing grade is awarded for a major essay, from parents, spouses, credit bureaus and prescribed time limit. A student who receives project or thesis, the student will be police. Specified records or portions thereof an IP grade a course, must re-register for Transcripts issued directly to students bear the ~or' withdrawn from the program. may be provided to persons or agencies course m the term following that for notation "Issued to Student". tha~ pursuant to a court order, summons or which an IP grade is received. With the subpoena directing the University to release exception of the thesis, major essay, project or 4. Statement of grades Documents pertaining to a student's information; to Statistics Canada and the proposal courses, no half credit graduate achievement at another institution, which Ministry of Training, Colleges and course shall be denoted IP for more than one Statement of grades are mailed to students may have been received by the University will term. Universities in connection with enrolment approximately four weeks a&er the end ofeach not normally be released or redirected. audits; or in accordance with the requirements academic term. Final grades may only be of duty constituted professional licensing and NW (Not withdrawn) released by the Office of Graduate Studies. B. Employee and student organization certification bodies. Students with outstanding accounts will not access Pass/Pass with distinction receive their statement of grades until the account has been cleared. In emergency situations involving the health Employees of the University are permitted and safety of an individual, or in The grades Pass with distinction, Pass or Fail access to information contained in student compassionate situations, the Registrar may, will be recorded for graduate thesis courses. records, if they need to know the information if it is considered to be in the best interest of XII. Student Records in order to perform their official duties. As a the student, authorize the release of For graduate courses, only the grades A, B, C, general rule, only employees involved in some information needed to contact the student. F, IN. (Incomplete), IP (In Progress), NW aspect of academic administration or student (not wnhdrawn) Pass with distinction, Pass or affairs are given access to the contents of Fail will be recorded on the transcript. Grades 1. Access to records and disclosure of 2. Name changes information student records. The Brock University A, B and C are passing grades bur graduate Students' Union (BUSU), as well as credit will only be given for grades A, B, Pass constituent organizations authorized by As Brock University is committed to the and Pass with distinction. A. Student access them, may obtain listings of students with integrity of its student records, each student is names, addresses and telephone numbers for required to provide, either on application for Students have the right to inspect all purposes of communicating with their admission or in personal data required for 2. Grading procedure documents contained in their own record membership. Listings will be provided by the registration, his/her legal name. Any requests with the exception ofevaluations and letters of Office of the Registrar upon written request to change a name, by means of alteration or Each instructor shall make available to the reference supplied to the University with the signed by an authorized officer ofBUSU with deletion, substitution or addition, must be class at the beginning of the term, the method understanding that they be kept confidential. the understanding that the information will accompanied by appropriate supporting by which student performance shall be not be disclosed to third parties (and returned documentation. Upon making application evaluated. to the Office of the Registrar when requested) for graduation a student may be asked ro Students have the right to request that and will not be used for solicitations or provide proof of his/her name. erroneous information contained in their 3. Academic performance commercial purposes. ~ecords b~ corrected and that recipients ofany 3. Transcripts mformatwn found to be in error be advised of C. Third party access To continue as a graduate student, a candidate the correction. for a degree must achieve and maintain Copies of student transcripts will be issued at satisfactory academic performance with a It is University policy to make a minimum of the student's request, subject to reasonable standing of at least a B-in graduate courses. A Students wishing to inspect their record must information freely available to all inquirers. notice. Requests should be submitted in cand!date whose academic performance is make an appointment with an authorized This includes the student's active registration person or by writing to the Office of the considered to be unsatisfactory by the official of the Office of the Registrar. status, current field of studies and degree(s) Registrar. 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of records. Transcripts issued directly to the student are stamped "Issued to Student". XIV. Convocation Ceremonies Partial transcripts cannot be issued. The Office of the Registrar cannot be responsible for transcripts lost or delayed in the mail. Convocation ceremonies are held twice a year: in the Spring and Fall. Candidates should note that in addition to the Application to Graduate ACADEMIC PROGRAMS XII. Application for Graduation Form, all degree requirements, including deposition of the copy of the thesis in the Master's Programs Library, must be completed by the dates Application for graduation at Fall published in the academic calendar before any MAce, Master of Accountancy, 40 degree will be awarded. Details regarding Convocation must be received in the Office of MAJMSc in Applied Health Sciences, 47 the Registrar by August 1. Application for convocation will be mailed in mid-May for graduation at Spring Convocation must be Spring Convocation and early October for MSc in Biological Sciences, 51 received in the Office of the Registrar by Fall Convocation. MSc in Biotechnology, 56 March 1. These are fixed dates. If these dates MBA, Business Administration, 64 fall on a Saturday or Sunday, the closing is 4:30 p.m. the next working day. The MSc in Chemistry, 75 application fee is $25.00. MA in Child and Youth Studies, 81 MSc in Earth Sciences, 84 The convocation ceremony is physically accessible for both graduands and their guests. MEd, Master of Education, 88 MA iri Philosophy, 111 MSc in Physics, 114 XIII. Degree Completion MA in Political Science, 117 MAin Popular Culture, 125 When all requirements for a graduate degree MAin Psychology, 129 program have been fulfilled, the graduate MA in Social Justice and Equity Studies, 140 department submits to the Office ofGraduate Studies, the completed Graduate Record Form, indicating that all program requirements have been satisfactorily completed. If academic Doctoral Programs documentation for graduation is not submitted by the student's department at PhD in Biotechnology, 57 least one month prior to the convocation date, PhD in Educational Studies, 105 the student will be required to postpone graduation to the following convocation. PhD in Psychology, 132

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Accounting enhance the ability of students to adapt and for the MAce or IMAcc program (see below) Stream A - General respond to a complex changing business depending on the applicant's background and environment and to develop a professional future intentions. The general stream provides students with a Associate Dean attitude, with sensitivity to related ethical broad background in all aspects ofaccounting. Donald Cyr questions. The overall objective is to provide a It is expected that they will select their electives strong academic grounding that will support Program Requirements and their independent study topic in areas that Chair and encourage the expansion ofknowledge for allow them to develop expertise in one or more Sandra M. Felton both the individual and the profession over specialized disciplines such as information the long term. Candidates for the Master of Accountancy systems, auditing or management accounting. Proftssors degree shall follow a program of study that Thomas H. Barnes, William Richardson, Students select one of (A) generalized stream, must be approved by the Chair of the In addition to the required courses, general Raafat R. Roubi, Robert Welch that includes one independent study with a Accounting and Finance Department, in stream students will take two halfcredit course faculty member in the student's area of consultation with the Associate Dean. electives during the first term. In addition, Associate Proftssors . interest, (B) the tax specialty stream, that these students must enroll in ACTG 5F91 Ian Adamson, Gail Cook, Louis Culumovic, includes advanced study in several areas of The program consists of a series of courses (Independent Study) under the supervision of Donald Cyr, Maureen Donnelly, Paul Dunn, taxation (C) the information systems specialty required for all students. In addition to the a faculty member in the discipline of their Sandra M. Felton, Barbara Sainty, Paul stream that includes advanced study in several required courses, students select from the choice. The elective courses generally may be Scarbrough, Anamitra Shome, Linda areas of information systems and one general stream as outlined in Stream A, the tax selected from courses offered at the S tillabower independent study in the area of information specialty stream as outlined in Stream B or the 3(alpha)90 or above level by the Faculty of systems with a faculty member. In all streams, information systems specialty stream as Business or outside the Faculty. All elective Assistant Proftssors student~ take one or more electives or specialty outlined in Stream C below. courses and the program ofindependent study Mohammed Ayadi, Ernest Biktimirov, courses 111 other business topics or in approved must be approved by the Associate Dean and Donald Brown, Onem Ozocak, Allister topics outside the business faculty. the Chair of the Accounting and Finance Young Required Courses Department.

Lecturers Admission Requirement Stream B- Taxation Daniel Armishaw, Fred Cranston, Carolyn J. Davis, Shari Leitch ACTG 5P21 Strategic Cost Management The tax specialty stream provides students with advanced knowledge in taxation and an ACTG 5P41 Advanced Topics in the The basic admission requirement for the ability to research tax issues and communicate Master of Accountancy Program ~cc program is an honours bachelors degree Taxation of Corporations and results efficiently and effectively. The tax wnh an ~ccounting concentration including Their Shareholders specialty requires several major papers and courses 111 advanced financial accounting, projects that are spread across the courses in FNCE 5P91 Advanced Topics in Corporate Graduate Programs Officer advance~ ~anagement accounting, corporate the program, offering students an opportunity Shari Leitch Finance tax, audmng and other business courses. At to develop their research and communication least a B (second-class) standing or equivalent ACTG 5Yll Integration and Analysis I skills, as well as an opportunity to investigate 905-688-5550, extension 3916 is required for admission. specialized tax issues. Taro364 ACTG 5Yl2 Integration and Analysis II www. bus. brocku. calmace Applicants who do not have the required In addition to the required courses, students prerequisites may be given the opportunity to ACTG 5P51 Information Technology and in the tax specialty stream will take ACTG The Master ofAccountancy (MAce) program complete one or more prerequisite terms. Systems 5P42, (Tax Research and Statutory enables students to assimilate advanced However, acceptance to Brock for purposes of Interpretation and Practice) and one-half knowledge in accounting and related aspects obtaining prerequisites does not constitute ACTG 5Y31 Advanced Topics in Financial credit elective in the first term. During the of business. The program encourages the acceptance .into the Master of Accountancy. Reporting second term, these students will take ACTG development of critical thinking, analytic and Students With undergraduate education from 5P43 (Tax Policy); ACTG 5Y45-5Y50 communication skills. It is intended to outside of North America will be considered ACTG 5Y61 Advanced Topics in Auditing (Advanced Special Topics in Taxation) and

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ACTG 5P45 (International Taxation: The for the IMAcc or MAce program depending ACTG 5FOI Management Accounting Canada/ Model). The elective International Master of Accountancy on the applicants' background and future half credit course in the first term must be and IT/IS Program intentions. selected from courses offered at the ACTG5P21 Strategic Cost Management 3(alpha)90 or above level ia the Faculty of All students entering the IMAcc program Bus_mess or outside the Faculty of Business, must take courses during a one-term ACTG 5P31 Achieving Profit Goals and subject to the approval of the Associate Dean Graduate Programs Officer transitional period. This takes place in the Fall Driving Corporate Perfor- and the Chair of the Accounting and Finance Shari Leitch Department. of each year. The objective of this transition mance 905-688-5550, extension 3916 term is to ensure that students have the Taro364 appropriate background in North American ACTG 5P32 Global Tax Management Stream C - Information Systems and Planning www. bus. brocku. calimacc accounting, business environment, educational delivery methods, and English to The. information systems specialty stream enter the IMAcc program. Although the ACTG 5P52 £-Commerce provides s~udents with advanced expertise in The International Master of Accountancy courses offered in this transitional term are mformatwn systems and technology. (IMAcc) program provides international Database Design and non-credit courses, students must complete ACTG 5P53 Students ';ill also develop a strong students with a broad background in all the courses with satisfactory marks before they Management ~nderst~ndmg of the strategic role of aspects ~f accounting with emphasis on are permitted to continue with the graduate mformation systems and will be able to review managenal accounting and information FNCE 5P91 Advanced Topies in courses. Transition term courses may include: and assist in their design. Students will systems. The content and program objectives Corporate Finance comp~ete res~arch and design projects in each are substantially the same as the Master of ACTG 5NOO External Financial of their specialty courses. It is expected that Accountancy (MAce) program described ACTG 5YII Integration and Analysis I Reporting the required independent study project will above with minor modifications that focus on reflect research and/ or consulting activities in the needs of international students. ACTG 5Yl2 Integration and Analysis II the information systems field. ACTG 5NOI Auditing The !MAce prog~am is _a lock-step program ACTG 5Y31 Advanced Topics in !n addi_tion to the required courses, students that mcludes: an Intensive English language ACTG 5N02 Managerial Accounting and Financial Reporting m. the mformation systems specialty stream study p_rogram, a transition term, and rwo Integration will take ACTG 5P54 (Knowledge academic terms. Each ofthese terms increases ACTG 5Y61 Advanced Topics in Engineering) in the first term of the Master of students' skills and prepares them for ACTG 5N03 Business English and Auditing Accountancy. During the second term these subsequent terms. Communications students will take ACTG 5P5l (E­ Co~merce) and ACTG 5P53 (Database ACTG 5N04 North American Business Course Descriptions Design and Management). In addition Admission Requirement students in the information systems stre~ Environment (including topics such as must also enroll inACTG 5P92 (Independent marketing, organizational behaviour, ACTG 5FOI Study for Information Systems) under the corporate finance and business law) Management Accounting and IT/IS The basic admission requirement for the su~ervision ofa faculty member. The program Focuses on the design and use of management IMAc~ pro~ram is the equivalent of a ofmd~pendent study must be approved by the accounting systems to improve operational Canadian ~mversity honours undergraduate Program Requirements Associate Dean and the Chair of th efficiency and effectiveness. Topics include A . e degree wah a substantial number of ccounnng and Finance Department. the advanced management accounting and accounting courses and at least the equivalent IT/IS tools needed to run a modern business. of a B (s~cond-class) academic standing. Students in the IMACC program follow a May involve a field study in a company where Stu~ents With undergraduate education from program of study that must be approved by the student will define, analyze, solve and outside of North America will be considered the Chair of the Accounting and Finance Department, in consultation with the report on a problem within management Associate Dean. The program is lock-step and accounting and IT/IS. consists of the following requ-ired courses for Note: students completing this course will forftit all I MAce students: credit in ACTG 5P51.

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ACTG 5F91 party transactions, harmful tax competition, ACTG 5P45 artificial intelligence, rule-based systems, Independent Study tax avoidance measures and the role of tax International Taxation: The Canada/United other common knowledge representation Research and/or consulting project carried havens. States Model techniques, knowledge acquisition methods, out in collaboration with a faculty adviser and Tax implications ofdoing business in multiple application ofKBS in accounting systems and relevant resource personnel. Development of ACTG 5P41 jurisdictions. Investigation of the United management. Design of a KBS required. knowledge in a specialized discipline and Advanced Topics in the Taxation of States tax system and Canadian tax provisions development ofability to apply the knowledge Corporations and Their Shareholders regarding multinational investment, in­ FNCE 5P91 to particular issues and/ or situations. Technical and planning issues related to bound and outbound. Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance structures for conducting business and Investigation of current topics in the world of ACTG 5P21 investment activities. Focus on various ACTG 5P51 corporate finance, both domestically and Strategic Cost Management ownership categories, types of business Information Technology and Systems internationally. Exploration ofcomplex issues Identification and exploration of current and operations and funding issues. Investigation Knowledge-based and decision support involved with financial instruments, emerging issues in management accounting. of partnerships and trusts as part of a business systems used in decision ma~ng for suppor~ of derivative securities, futures and international Investigation and analysis of complex issues or investment portfolio structure. Application the enterprise at the strategic and operation markets. Application of knowledge in a real­ within an applied organizational setting. ofprovisions oftax law and communication of management levels. Conceptual foundations world environment. results of research and analysis. and techniques for decision making, data ACTG5P31 management, modeling and model ACTG 5P92 Achieving Profit Goals and Driving ACTG 5P42 management. Fundamentals of expert Independent Study for Information ~ystems Corporate Performance Tax Research and Statutory Interpretation systems and the acquisition of knowledge for Research and/or consulting project carried Focuses on the design and structure of in Practice such systems. out in collaboration with a faculty adviser and management accounting and performance Effective, efficient, tax research techniques. relevant resource personnel. Development of measurement systems to improve operational Development of analytical and critical ACTG 5P52 knowledge in a specialized discipline and efficiency and effectiveness. Examines various thinking skills in the context of tax planning. E-Commerce development ofability to apply the knowledge management accounting topics such as Emphasis on development of research skills Basic grounding in concepts relate~ to to particular issues and/or situations. performance measurement, performance including discerning facts, locating electronic commerce-based soluuons evaluation and cost behaviours. Students will authorities, assessing and applying authorities (primarily business-to-consum.er .and ACTG 5Yll learn how to create effective performance and communicating results. business-to-business). Commumcatwns Integration and Analysis I . measurement systems utilizing accounting infrastructure supporting e-commerce, Integration of knowledge from vanous tools in order to improve operational ACTG5P43 security and integrity issues. Architecture ofe­ functional areas of accounting and the efficiency and strategy implementation. Tax Policy commerce applications, strategic deployment business disciplines in a professional context. Socioeconomic, legal and political analysis of of e-commerce for global competitive Development of analytical, diagnostic, ACTG 5P32 the legislation, jurisprudence and literature of advantage. Design of a working e-commerce decision-making and presentation skills. Global Tax Management and Planning taxation. Evaluation and application of system required. Application of knowledge and formation of Focuses on the fundamentals of international alternative tax systems and methods. professional judgment in the context of real tax principles and rules. Provides a structural ACTG 5P53 world situations presented in complex cases. framework within which international tax ACTG 5P44 Database Design and Management issues can be examined by both governments Fundamentals of U.S. Tax Large-scale database projects. Includes ACTG 5Y12 and multinational corporations. The role of Fundamentals of the U.S. tax system relative requirements analysis, selection, functional Integration and Analysis II treaties in international tax planning will be to corporations and individuals. Focus on the specifications, design, testing, performance Continuation of integration of knowledge. discussed using the Canada-US Income Tax structure ofU.S. statutes. Particular emphasis evaluation and maintenance of a database Convention as an example. Particular on comparative U.S. and Canadian tax policy system. Design of a database system required. ACTG 5Y31 emphasis will be placed on the key provisions and implementation. Introduction to Advanced Topics in Financial Reporting of the OECD Model Treaty. Other topics reference tools available for tax research in the ACTG 5P54 Identification and exploration of current and included will be source-based taxation, related United States. Knowledge Engineering emerging issues in financial repor.ting. Conceptual foundations for building Investigation and analysis of complex Issues knowledge-based systems. Application of within an applied organizational setting.

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ACTG 5Y45-5Y50 Advanced Special Topics in Taxation Applied Health Sciences The Master's program in Applied Health Emerging issues and topics in taxation. Sciences offers students a unique educational Content varies depending on the instructor experience which combines mentorship ofthe and the topic5 at issue at the time of offering. Associate Dean student by a faculty supervisor and extensive Mike Plyley small group work with fellow students from ACTG 5Y61 each of the five academic departments Advanced Topics in Auditing Proftssors represented in the program: Community Identification and exploration of current and Maureen Connolly, John Corlett, John Hay, Health Sciences, Nursing, Physical Education eme.rging issues in auditing and assurance Peggy Hutchison, Mike Plyley and Kinesiology, Recreation and Leisure ~ervices._Jn:estigation and analysis ofcomplex Studies and Sport Management. Students will Issues wuhm an applied organization setting. Associate Proftssors gain in-depth training, knowledge and Lorne Adams, Anthony Bogaert, Paulette research experience through their thesis work Cote Laurence (LOA), David A. Fennell, while also benefiting from the broad, cross­ Hilary Findlay, David Gabriel, Ann Marie disciplinary approach followed in the course Guilmette, Panagiota Klentrou, Anna H. work. The advanced course work and strong Lathrop, Kelli-an Lawrance, Joanne research experience are intended to prepare MacLean, Nancy Murray, Danny Rosenberg, students to continue their graduate training at Shalini Singh, Diane Stevens, David Telfer, the doctoral level. Students will also be Lucie Thibault, Hui Di Wang, John K. prepared to pursue the wide variety of career Yardley possibilities in health, kinesiology, recreation, and sport management. Assistant Proftssors Susan Arai, John Cairney, Laura Cousens, The objectives of the program are: Christian Duval, Brent Faught, Susan Forbes, Gail Frost, Kimberley Gammage, Atsuko a) to foster students' ability to do high quality, Hashimoto, Brian Jeynes, Candace Johnson­ scientifically rigorous research in their Redden, Paula Johnson-Tew, Heather-Lee discipline Kilty, Michel Ladouceur, Kelly Lockwood, Melanie MacNeil, Jamie Mandigo, George b) to expand their understanding ofconcepts, Nogradi, Sandra Peters, Ryan Plummer, theories and practices in their discipline such Lynn Rempel, Ian Ritchie, Linda Ritchie, that they can successfully advance to doctoral Brian Roy, Ana Sanchez, Julie Stevens, Philip studies Sullivan, Andrea Toepell, Evangelia Tsiani c) to provide the knowledge base and skills to analyze and evaluate programs, policies, environmental issues, and organizational General Information structures related to applied health sciences d) to enhance students' abilities to apply and disseminate new knowledge and practices to colleagues, practitioners, policy makers/ Administrator analysts, and other professionals in applied Bev Minor health sciences 905-688-5550, extension 4797

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The courses will be chosen in consultation Areas of study AHSC 5P02 Admission Requirements with the candidate's advisor, but normally will Graduate Integrative Seminar in Applied include: AHSC5POO; one of AHSC5P07 or Students will pursue their studies with an Health Sciences: II AHSC5Pl7; and two half-credit course emphasis in one of the five academic Designed to provide students and faculty with Applicants for admission to the MA/MSc electives. Students may choose a Selected departments represented within the Applied the opportunity to discuss and debate current program will normally have an honours Research Topic or Directed Study course, or a Health Sciences. The research strengths of the theories, methods, and issues as they apply to bachelor's degree in the areas ofhealth studies, graduate level course (number 5(alpha)OO or student's advisor will lead to either an MA or the multidisciplinary field of applied health nursing, recreation and leisure studies, above) from any graduate department in the MSc designation. sciences. Examination of mechanisms and kinesiology, or sport management. Students U niversiry, to fulfill their two elective course processes that contribute to, rehabilitate, or with an honours bachelor's degree in such requirements. maintain the health and well-being of related fields as psychology, planning, Course Descriptions individuals and groups. Faculty members and sociology, gerontology, social work, tourism, Students must register for AHSC5POO and students from a variety of areas within the and may also be eligible, although one of either AHSC5P07 or AHSC5Pl7 in Faculty of Applied Health Sciences will additional course work may be required. To the first semester of study and two number AHSC 5F90 present research or specific issues to the forum be eligible for the MNMSc program, students 5(alpha)xx - level courses in the second MA/MSc Research and Thesis for discussion. must have undergraduate preparation in semester of study. Students are expected to A research project involying the preparation research methods in either quantitative or complete their course requirements within the and defence of a thesis proposal and a final AHSC 5P07 qualitative data analysis. Applicants who do first three terms of study, and conclude all thesis report which demonstrate a capacity for Quantitative Data Analysis and not have an undergraduate research methods requirements within six academic terms (two independent work. The thesis shall be carried Interpretation course and/or an undergraduate data analysis years). out under the supervision ofa faculty member Examines and applies a variety of statistical course may be admitted to the program as a and both the proposal and final thesis shall be analysis techniques which can be used in a transition student. These students, however, Thesis defended at an oral examination. variety of research designs. Emphasis is placed must successfully complete, at the on the interpretation and implications of undergraduate level, the research methods A thesis proposal will be required of all MN AHSC 5POO empirical quantitative research in the field. and/or data analysis course within the first two MSc students in the program. The proposal Philosophical and Methodological Issues in terms in order to continue in the program. should contain a detailed statement of the Applied Health Sciences AHSC 5Pl7 Official transcripts indicating a minimum B research problem and significance in terms of A critical examination of philosophical issues, Qualitative Data Analysis and Interpretation (second-class honours standing), a sample of its contribution to knowledge and/or practice, current paradigms, and research methodology Examines and applies a variety of qualitative written work, a statement of interest and a precise account of the methodology or related to the conduct of research. Discussion data analysis techniques applicable in a variety goals, and three letters of reference will be research techniques to be employed, plus an of published and ongoing research from a of qualitative approaches, including the use of required. Agreement from a faculty advisor to outline of the proposed data analysis multidisciplinary perspective. Topics will vary "computer software programs in qualitative supervise the student is also required for procedures to be used. The student will be with respect to the current research and data analysis. Emphasis is placed on the admission to the program. required to present and defend this proposal expertise of the instructor. interpretation and implications of empirical before the student's thesis advisory qualitative research in the field. committee. The final thesis based on the AHSC 5POI Program Requirements completed research must also be successfully Graduate Integrative Seminar in Applied AHSC 5P97 defended to satisfY the thesis requirement. Health Sciences I Advanced Regulation of Fuel Metabolism Designed to provide students and faculty with Physiological approach to understanding the Basic degree requirements include the Residency the opportunity to discuss and debate current integration of substrate supply to skeletal successful completion of at least two full theories, methods, and issues as they apply to muscle and energy production by muscle cells course credits and a research project that The minimum residency requirement for the the multidisciplinary field of applied health during exercise of different intensities. culminates in a thesis. The research project for MAIMSc program is one year (3 academic sciences. Faculty members and students from Examination and critical review ofthe current the thesis will be chosen in consultation with terms) of full-time study. a variety of areas within the Faculty ofApplied research in human metabolic regulation. the student's advisor. 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AHSC 5P98 Biological Sciences Electromyographic Kinesiology Master of Science Program Biological components of volitional movement in humans. Sensorimotor evoked Chair potentials, and the relationship between A. Joffre Mercier Administrative Assistants muscle force and the electrical activity produced by the muscle. Theory and Proftssors Emeriti Caroline Barrow technology of electromyography are used to Arthur H. Houston, Ralph D. Morris, Peter 905-688-5550, extension 3388 describe and quantify the relationship Nicholls, R. Peter Rand, Donald}. Ursine between neuromuscular input and mechanical output. Beulah Lewis-Alexander Proftssors 905-688-5550, extension 3115 Michael Bidochka, Douglas H. Bruce, AHSC 5V20-5V59 Vincenzo De Luca, Yousef Haj-Ahmad, Selected Research Topics Mackenzie ChownJ F234 Fiona F. Hunter, aqueous. labs. brock. ca/etclbiologymasters.html Focuses on a specific research problem or A. Joffre Mercier, Andrew G. Reynolds issue. Topic(s) to be negotiated on a small The department offers a selection of studies group basis reflecting the research interests of Cross-Appointment Proftssors faculty members. leading to the master's degree in the life Stefan Brudzynski, David Gabriel, Dan sciences. Emphasized are cellular biology McCarthy, John Middleton, Sandra Peters, (, , microbiology, AHSC 5V60-5V69 Evangelia L. Tsiani Directed Study molecular biology, physiology, ultrastructural Directed intensive and individual project in a studies, genetics) and environmental biology Associate Proftssors (limnology, behavioural ecology, terrestrial substantive area to be chosen in consultation Robert L. Carlone, Alan ] . Castle, Gary with a faculty advisor. ecology, environmental physiology, Pickering, Miriam Richards population dynamics).

Assistant Proftssors Charles Despres, Debbie Inglis, Jean Admission Requirements Richardson, Adonis Skandalis, Gaynor Spencer, Glenn Tattersall

Adjunct Professors Applications for admission to the MSc program, on either a full-time or a part-time Peter Bolli, Margaret Cliff, Peter Fernandez, basis, will be accepted from students holding Ken Giles, Javier Gracia-Garza, Wendy the BSc (honours) degree or its equivalent McFadden-Smith, Ekaterina Riga, Dan from a recognized college or university, with Rinker, Lorne W. Stobbs not less than 70 percent or second-class honours standing and having adequate Laboratory Instructors concentration in the life or physical sciences or John Ciolfi, Diane Eaton, Ellen Maissan, mathematics. Those holding the three- or George Melvin four-year BS or BSc degrees and meeting the above academic standards but lacking sufficient concentration will be considered for admission to the qualifYing year program.

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Computer controlled electrophysiological BIOL 5P09 Program Requirements research stations for stimulation and Course Descriptions Advanced Topics in Animal and Plant Signal recording ~f muscle, nerve and whole animal Transduction Pathways electrical activity; Microplate readers, (also offered as BTEC 5P09) fluorescence imagers and a real-time PCR Perception of stimuli to effects on gene Every MSc candidate must prepare and A selection of the following courses, expression. Emphasis on the molecular/ defend a thesis which demonstrates a capacity facility; Biophysical spectrometers for high determined in part by student interest, will be sensitivity absorbance, linear dichroism, biochemical tools used to study these for independent work of acceptable scientific offered each year. Further information about pathways. calibre. The student will be guided in all circular dichroism, photoacoustic and the courses to be offered in any year may be picosecond time-resolved fluorescence; A aspects of his or her graduate program by a obtained from the Chair of the department. BIOL 5P20 supervisory committee. The candidate must parallel computing PC cluster for mathematical modeling ofbiological systems. Advanced Sensory Evaluation of Wines also complete a minimum ofone and one-half BIOL 5F40 This course will focus on the measurement credits at not less than 70 percent. At least one Selected Topics in Biophysics Associated with the Department of Biological techniques used in the sensory evaluation of credit must be drawn from the 5(alpha)OO A course offered using the combined Sciences, is the Cool Climate Oenology and wine and food. Other topics covered include level courses listed below, one-half credit of biophysical resources of Brock, McMaster, Viticulture Institute (CCOVI). CCOVI the physiology of taste and olfaction, which mustbeBIOL 5P95. Additional credits Guelph and Waterloo universities. contains: a pilot winery; laboratories for the chemistry of aroma and flavour, origins ofoff­ may be required of candidates with Participation in four symposia. Information genetic manipulation of yeasts and grapes; odors in wines, and advanced readings in insufficient preparation in the area of research concerning the course and the selection of laboratories for the analysis of grape berries, current topics in sensory evaluation and specialization. Language, statistical and individual symposia can be obtained from the musts, and wines; and a state of the art sensory sensory science. computer proficiency examinations are not departmental course co-ordinator. evaluation laboratory. NOTE: Cannot be taken in conjunction with normally required but the department may OEVI4P20. require demonstration of proficiency in these BIOL 5F90 areas in particular cases. MSc Thesis Undergraduate Courses BIOL 5P28 The preparation and public defence ofa thesis Advanced Developmental Neurobiology which will demonstrate the candidate's (also offered as PSYC 5P28) Facilities capacity for independent study. .A_ seminar course on the principles of neural In addition to graduate courses, courses development. Topics include cell lineage and numbered 4(alpha)OO to 4(alpha)89 may, on BIOL5P03 early determinative events, trophic functions, The department is well equipped with state of decision of the candidate's Supervisory Advanced Topics in Photobiology growth and plasticity, synaptogenesis and the art laboratory equipment for molecular, Committee, be accepted towards fulfilment of A graduate seminar/lecture course covering gene expression in the establishment of the microbiological, physiological and the formal course requirements. If a fourth­ topics in photobiology. A series of lectures nervous system. biochemical research. A greenhouse, plant year course is offered jointly with a designed to introduce some of the major growth chamber and facilities for terrestrial corresponding fifth-year course, students may research areas in photobiology will be BIOL 5P34 and aquatic animals are available to students. not use both courses towards fulfilment of followed by student seminars on selected Advanced Systems Neurophysiology The department now runs the Wildlife formal course requirements. topics (usually two or three papers on one Neuronal networks and integrative Research Station in Algonquin Provincial subject). mechanisms in the nervous system. Selected Park, a multi-use facility where graduate topics incloude the visual system, rhythm students from several Universities conduct BIOL 5P06 generators and motor function, and learning ecological research. The department's Bioinformatics and memory. specialized equipment holdings include the (also offered as BTEC 5P06) following: A walk-in plant tissue culture room Genome sequencing projects. Gene BIOL 5P41 and associated tissue culture facility; An discovery. Analysis of gene expression. Selected Topics in Biophysics aquatic animal research facility including Analysis of DNA/RNA/Protein sequence A course offered using the combined laminar flow tanks; Zeiss fluorescence data, including mutagenic processes, biophysical resources of Brock, McMaster, microscopes and state of the art computer molecular evolution and systematics, codon Guelph and Waterloo universltles. imaging systems; A confocal microscope; A usage, reconstruction of ancient molecules Participation in two symposia. Information two-photon laser scanning microscope; and prediction of higher level structure. concerning the course and the selection of

52 www. brocku.ca/gradstudies/ www. brocku.ca/gradstudies/ 53 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences individual symposia can be obtained from the BIOL 5P59 BIOL 5P67 BIOL 5P84 departmental course co-ordinator. Bacterial Genetics Biophysical Techniques Advanced .Physiology of Excitable Cells (also offered as BTEC 5P59) (also offered as BTEC 5P67) In-depth study of neurons, muscle and/or BIOL 5P50 Molecular and transmission genetics of An advanced seminar/lecture course on neurosecretory cells at the cellular and Advanced Mutagenesis in Disease and bacteria. Bacterial genetics from early experimental techniques in biochemistry. The subcellular levels. Topics will deal with ion Biotechnology description of transformation and focus is on understanding the theory, channel activity, patch-damp recording, (also offered as BTEC 5P50) transduction to current developments in applications and limitations of a variety of intracellular messenger systems, mechanisms This seminar course will explore the various molecular genetics. techniques students will encounter during of neurosecretion and neural plasticity. mechanisms of mutagenesis of the genetic their graduate studies. Techniques will range material, how they contribute to disease, and BIOL 5P60 from advanced spectroscopy (absorption, BIOL5P95 how they can be adapted to produce new Advanced Seminar m Population and fluorescence, NMR, X-ray diffraction) to Graduate Seminar biomolecules. Behavioural Ecology molecular biochemistry (DNA and protein An obligatory graduate course in biological A seminar course dealing with fundamental sequencing, gel electrophoresis, radioisotope sciences. Students will present seminars on BIOL 5P51 concepts of population and behavioural labelling). one or rwo topics approved by the graduate co­ Advanced Molecular Virology ecology. The topics selected vary from year to ordinator and supervisory committee and A seminar course on virus-host interaction, year partly in response to student interests. BIOL 5P68 unrelated to their thesis topic. Attendance productive cycle, effect of virus on host cell Sociobiology throughout the academic year, September­ and organism, interferon, DNA and RNA BIOL 5P61 Advanced examination of how natural April, is required. tumor viruses, viral vectors, gene therapy and Advanced Natural Selection and Adaptation selection shapes social behaviour, with Prerequisite: admission to the graduate recombinant viral vaccines. A seminar course with an emphasis on reading particular emphasis on the evolution of program in Biological Sciences. and discussion of current literature cooperation and altruism. The interplay BIOL 5P53 encompassing empirical studies of natural -among social interactions between Immunology selection and adaptation. The course will also· individuals, physical interactions and intrinsic A seminar course on humoral and cellular include an examination ofboth the theoretical factors defining societies. immunity; structure and synthesis of and empirical foundations underlying current immunoglobulins; origin of antibody research in the field. BIOL 5P80 diversity; transplantation immunity and the Selected Topics in Contemporary Biology importance of the major histocompatibility BIOL 5P64 An investigation of a specific area or group of comrlex; autoimmunity and allergic Advanced Insect Behaviour related topics in contemporary biology. reactions. Exploration of selected topics in the field of Candidates for graduate degrees may preserlt insect behaviour. Topics include one such special topic course toward the BIOL 5P57 programming and integration of behaviour, completion of the formal course requirements Advanced Recombinant DNA Techniques orientation and dispersal, feeding behaviour, for the MSc degree. Approval of the The purpose of this course will be to acquaint chemical, visual and acoustical departmental Graduate Studies committee is students with recent technical developments communication, defensive behaviour, required prior to registration. in the methodology and application ofvarious reproductive behaviour and the eusocial recompinant DNA techniques at an advanced insects. BIOL 5P81 level. Selected Topics in Contemporary BIOL 5P66 Biochemistry BIOL 5P58 Advanced Seminar in Insect Biology An investigation of a specific area or group of Fungal Genetics Current topics in the field of insect biology. related topics in contemporary biochemistry. An examination of transmtsswn and Possible course themes include: behavioural Candidates for graduate degrees may present molecular genetics of fungi. Recent advances ecology of insects, insect systematics, one such special topic course. Approval of the in gene manipulation and the contribution of coevolution of plants and insects, speciation departmental graduate studies committee is studies on these organisms to general genetics processes, evolution of insect mating systems, required prior to registration. principles will be covered. insect metamorphosis. ·

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Additional credits may be required for manner. This would, for example, describe an a) structural characterization by mass 2. Genetic Engineering candidates with insufficient preparation in organic chemist who chooses a target spectrometry, NMR, EPR, specialized their areas of research specialization at the molecule for synthesis because it represents a RAMAN, IR and optical spectroscopic Isolation, analysis, modification and re­ discretion of the supervisory committee. As novel structure for a biologically important techniques. introduction of genes into organisms with part of BTEC 7F99, every PhD candidate goal such as enzyme inhibition or receptor emphasis on gene expression, protein must prepare and defend a thesis which binding. The research is then guided by an b) spectroscopic and theoretical investi­ modification, and protein secretion. demonstrates a capacity for independent work iterative procedure of bioassay and structure gations of macromolecular dynamics. Steady of acceptable scientific calibre. Continued activity relationships, efforts that require stare and time resolved NMR, EPR, and Facilities enrolment in the PhD program requires the knowledge of the biological systems involved, optical absorption and emission spectroscopy. successful completion of an oral including metabolism, enzyme/protein Focus on protein and lipid dynamics, protein The Centre for Biotechnology uses research structure and function, in addition to cellular and lipid interactions, protein conforma­ comprehensive examination at a convenient laboratories in the Departments of Biological tional changes associated with enzymatic time within the second or third year of the and molecular biology. Sciences and Chemistry, and the Cool activity, active site dynamics, redox active program. The comprehensive examining Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute enzymes and mechanisms of electron committee will be composed of the student's Research areas in the Chemical Biotechnology (Inniskillin Hall). The major equipment supervisor, two members of the student's field include: transport. Phoroactive enzymes and holdings include: supervisory committee, one member from mechanisms of p)10tochemistry. Computer­ one of the departments involved in the 1. Molecular design, synthesis and based molecular modeling techniques applied In Biological Sciences program and one member from a department fermentation technology to biological molecules. in the FacultyofMathematics and Science not Greenhouse, cold rooms, incubators, participating in the program. Theoretical, computational, synthetic and centrifuges, radiation facilities and all routine Gene Biotechnology applied approaches to the design and equipment necessary for biochemical research biosynthesis of molecules used to investigate and gene manipulation. Research Fields and/or modifY biological systems. Gene biotechnology involves the use of DNA In Chemistry a) biocatalysis: the use ofwhole cells and/ or technology, bioinformatics and microbi­ The following research fields are currenrly enzymes to effect chemical transformations. ological techniques to study biological Two high field NMRspectrometers with solid represented: Small molecule catalysis: the design of small phenomena. Molecular biologists, biochem­ probe facility, electron spin resonance, mass molecule chiral catalysts with enzyme like ists, chemists and microbiologists increasingly spectrometers with EI, FAB, electrospray, Chemical Biotechnology activities, synthetic enzymes. employ such tools to understand the basic APCI, and CI ionization and GC and LC concepts in molecular biology. The power of inlets, ICP analysis equipment, robotic Chemical Biotechnology involves the use of b) design of key molecules/intermediates gene biotechnology lies in the ability of a parallel synthesis and analysis equipment, the tools and techniques of chemistry to for the manipulation of biosynthesis, researcher to isolate, manipulate, study, routine UV, IR, GC, HPLC facilities, understand and manipulate biological metabolism or signal transduction. This modifY and reintroduce genes into organisms. incubator and sterile environment facilities. processes. The emphasis in the description of would include pharmacaphore discovery, Such modification is deliberate and can a new field such as Chemical Biotechnology, drug design and delivery, investigation into answer specific questions that were impossible In Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture and its distinction from the existing discipline molecular modes of action. to address only a few years ago. Institute of bidchemistry, lies in the utilization of the core skills and knowledge of chemistry (from 2. Structure and dynamics of Research Areas in the Gene Biotechnology Cold rooms, centrifuges, standard molecular field include: synthetic, analytical and physical approaches) macromolecules biology equipment for purification, analysis to address phenomena of biological interest. and use of proteins and nucleic acids; and 1. Regulation of gene expression Physical and theoretical approaches to fermentation equipment up to the pilot plant The chemical biotechnologist has the level. understanding structure and function of The characterization and manipulation of capability to choose a biological problem, the macromolecules with biotechnological genes and factors that influence gene chemical skills to tackle it, and an appreciation applications. expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. All Brock students are entitled to computer that chemistry impacts upon the biology as accounts at no charge. These provide for biology directs the chemistry in an interactive internet and E-mail access, storage space on a

58 www. brocku.ca/ gradstudies/ www.brocku.ca/gradstudies/ 59 Biotechnology Biotechnology central Unix server, and access to the Library, activation of pro-drugs, and methods for the BTEC 5P09 BTEC 5Pl8 in vitro production of drug metabolites, will its catalogue and various on-line library Advanced Topics in Animal and Plant Signal Advanced Mass Spectrometry services and databases. Students also have also be covered. Transduction Pathways (also offered as CHEM 5Pl8) access to all campus wide PC and Mac labs, (also offered as BIOL 5P09) Application of advanced techniques in mass and the software installed on their servers, BTEC 5P03 Perception of stimuli to effects on gene spectrometry to biological systems, including including word processing, spread sheets, data Instrumental Analysis for Biotechnology expression. Emphasis on the molecular/ ESI, MALDI, and FAB MS/MS; use of MS base, graphics, statistics etc. In addition to the Analytical chemistry applications in the biochemical tools used to study these techniques for the analysis of biological central resources, there are typically one or biotechnology industry emphasizing the pathways. molecules, peptide sequencing, whole cell more networked PCs or Macs in each research fundamentals of gas chromatography, high typing, etc. lab and in the central instrumentation service performance liquid chromatography, atomic BTEC 5Pl3 Prerequisite: CHEM 3P40 or equivalent. labs. Local and networked printers are spectroscopy, etc. with applied examples Biophysical Photochemistry available. Most major instrumentation is also drawn from the biotechnology industry. Also (also offered as CHEM 5PI3) BTEC 5Pl9 networked, permitting the movement of included is the application of real-time The principles oflight induced processes such Special Topics in Biophysical Chemistry experimental data from lab to office. Students analytical chemistry to process control in as electron, energy, and signal transfer and Selected topics from the areas of biosensors, may also access a dedicated computer lab that manufacturing aspects of biotechnology. their role in biological systems. Marcus membrane chemistry, bioelectrochemistty, at provides powerful molecular modelling/semi­ Discussion of research papers on analytical theory, Dexter and Foerster mechanisms of an advanced level. empirical!ab-initio software and other chemistry research in biotechnology will energy transfer. The optical and magnetic important scientific software. provide a central focus to this course. resonance spectroscopy of excited states. BTEC 5P22 Special Topics in Chemical Biology BTEC 5P05 BTEC 5Pl4 Focuses on the chemical-biology of select Course Descriptions Advanced Bio-organic Chemistry Computational Chemistry: Applications biologically active compounds of current Selected topics from the current literature, in Biotechnology interest in the literature. The occurrence, such as the understanding of enzyme action (also offered as CHEM 5Pl4) biosynthesis and biological activity, including BTEC 5F90 through the application of organic reaction Structure-based drug design; molecular structure-activity relationships, will be MSc Thesis mechanisms, enzyme models and host-guest modelling; conformational search techniques; studied. Strategies toward the chemical The preparation and public defence of a thesis chemistry; catalytic antibodies; the chemical secondary and tertiary protein structure synthesis of these compounds will also be which will demonstrate the candidate's modification of enzymes; and bioconjugate prediction; quantitative structure activity investigated. capacity for independent study. preparation and use. relationships; bioinformatics. BTEC 5P24 BTEC 5P01 BTEC 5P06 BTEC 5PI7 Natural Products Chemistry Biocatalysis of Chemical Reactions Bioinformatics Special Topics in Nuclear Magnetic (also offered as CHEM 5P24) The application· of biological catalysts in (also offered as BIOL 5P06) Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy Structural features, synthesis and biosynthesis organic chemistry, focussing on the use of Genone sequencing projects. Gene discovery. (also offered as CHEM 5Pl7) of natural products selected from the isolated enzymes, bacterial and fungal systems Analysis ofgene expression. Analysis ofDNN Selected topics i.n advanced NMR acetogenin, alkaloid, steroid and terpene, and for the production of fine chemicals for RNA/protein sequence data, including spectroscopy, emphasizing pulse and Fourier other areas. research and industrial purposes. mutagenic processes, molecular evolution and transform methods and applications such as systematics, codon usage, reconstruction of multi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy and BTEC 5P25 BTEC 5P02 ancient molecules, and prediction of higher high-resolution solid-state NMR for the Medicinal Chemistry Metabolism of Drugs and Xenobiotics level molecular structure. analysis of biological systems. (also offered as CHEM 5P25) A survey of the metabolic fates ·of drugs, Prere<:J.uisite: CHEM3P40 or equivalent. Structure and activity of biologically active environmental pollutants, and other organic compounds; introduction to xenobiotic materials in mammals and micro­ pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, and organisms, covering the enzymes, receptor theory as a background for a more intermediates and end-products of detailed study of chemistry of drugs such as metabolism; the nature and metabolic

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BTEC 5P40 BTEC 5P54 BTEC 7F99 Advanced Biochemistry Advanced Microbiology PhD Research and Thesis Selected topics from the recent literature Microbial biotechnology, fungal and Preparation, public defence, and examination covering areas of modern biochemistry. biochemistry, molecular and of a thesis that demonstrates the candidate's genetics of bacteria and fungi, ability for independent thought and study at BTEC 5P50 and modification of microbial processes for the appropriate level. Advanced Mutagenesis in Disease and industrial productivity. Biotechnology BTEC 7P96 (also offered as BIOL 5P50) BTEC 5P57 Graduate Seminar II This seminar course will explore the various Advanced Recombinant DNA Techniques Presentation of two full-length (60 min) mechanisms of mutagenesis of the genetic (also offered as BIOL 5P57) research seminars in a public forum and material, how they contribute to disease, and A survey of recent technical developments · attending at least twenty such student how they can be adapted to produce new the methodology and application of · seminars (or other seminars designated as biomolecules. recombinant DNA techniques. appropriate) during the 4 year duration of the student's PhD program. BTEC 5P51 BTEC 5P58 Advanced Molecular Virology Advanced Fungal Genetics (also offered as BIOL 5P51) (also offered as BIOL 5P58) Virus-host interaction, productive cycle, The transmission and molecular genetics effect of virus on host cell and organism, fungi. Recent advances in gene """w!Ju.'"''u" interferon, DNA and RNA tumor viruses, and the contribution of studies on viral vectors, gene therapy and recombinant organisms to general genetics principles. viral vaccines. BTEC 5P59 BTEC 5P52 Bacterial Genetics Advanced Developmental Genetics (also offered as BIOL 5P59) (also offered as BIOL 5P52)The role of Molecular and transmission specific structural and regulatory genes in bacteria. Bacterial genetics both vertebrate and invertebrate

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students. are allowed the opportunity to Business Administration Admission Requirements General Information develop m-depth specialized knowledge in a selected field.

Associate Dean The specialized streams of the MBA program The ~acuity of Business offers rwo programs !he basic requirement for the MBA program Donald Cyr may include Accounting, Finance, Human leadmg to the Master of Busin ts a four-year bachelor's degree in any Resour.ce Management and Marketing Administration degree. The Master discip~ine. Although not necessary, Proftssor Emeritus dependmg on demand. These specialized Business Administration (MBA) program is professwnal work experience is a valuable J. Robert Hanrahan streams are designed to incorporate the two-year program for full-time students. ass~t.. Some introductory knowledge of knowledge base related to professional part-time option is also available. See statistics and economics is recommended, but Proftssors designation programs such as: CMA, CFA for further details. not required. Students who have completed Barbara J. ~ustin, A. Tansu Barker, Sheng and CHRP. Students may also pursue an courses equivalent to those in the first year of Deng, Martm I. Kusy, William W. Liddell, approved multi-disciplinary program drawn the MBA as part of an undergraduate degree Kenneth E. Loucks, William Richardson, &om the specialized courses offered in the may. be granted advanced standing, up to a Raafat R. Roubi, Carol Sales, Robert Welch program after consultation with, and approval rn~tmum of 10 half-credit courses (5 credits), of, the Associate Dean. Associate Proftssors s~bJeCt to perfor~ance, Advanced standing wtll . be. autom.ancally assessed during the Ian Ada~son, Thomas H. Barnes, Danny apphcatlon revtew process. Applications for Cho, Gat! L. Cook, Carman W. Cullen, Louis the Brock MBA program will be considered Culurnovic, Donald Cyr, Maureen Donnelly, Internship Option Sandra M. Felton, Eugene Kaciak, Eli fr~rr: candidates w~o ~ave met the following mmtrr:urn admtsston requirements. Levanoni, E. Sharon Mason, Teresa V. Master of Business Administration Possesston of these minimum requirements Menzies, H. Brian W. Metcalfe, Thomas M. Program A paid summer internship option is available does not, however, guarantee admission: Mulligan, Howard W. Prout, Sanjay Putrevu, to those full-time MBA students with little or Ronald H. Rotenberg, Kojo Saffu, Barbara no previous work experience. These students completion of a four year bachelor's S~inty, Paul Scarbrough, Anarnitra Shorne, Graduate Programs Officer will c.omplete ~ear one of the program prior to degree, or equivalent, acceptable to Brock Lmda Stillabower, Mark J. Thomas,]. David Shari Leitch the mternshtp term. Admission to the University Whitehead, Peter Yannopoulos internship is decided on a competitive basis. 905-688-5550, extension 3916 . The exposure to courses in the core areas of at l~ast a B (second-class standing) or Assistant Proftssors Taro 364 business provides the necessary academic equtvalent grade point average Mohammed Ayadi, Ernest Biktirnirov www. bus. brocku. calmba background for the internship experience. Donald Brown, Paul Dunn, Kenneth three letters o~ recommendation attesting Klassen, Onern Ozocak,John Walker,Allister The Master of Business Stu?ents rna~ ~~ admitted to the internship to~~~ scholastic record and/ or managerial Young, Deborah Zinni (MBA) program is designed to opnon upon mmal MBA program admission abtlmes of the candidate and ability to individuals the opportunity to obtain or following the first term of MBA courses. undertake graduate studies Lecturers advanced professional business education Stu?ents .admitted directly into the internship DanielArrnishaw, M. Sharon Broderick, Fred will enable them to realize their full opnon wt!l be required to achieve a 75 percent a resume detailing the applicant's Cranston, Carolyn J. Davis, Jacqueline and career goals. The program avera?e .in the first term of the MBA program. education and career to date as well as a Glenney, David Hunter, Shari Leitch, students with advanced rna.ua)!,t:Jme. Ad~tsston to the internship option is on the statement outlining career and learning basts of marks, a review of a personal resume Frances Tuer, Will Thurber education, including advanced Knnw,Pn objectives indicating how the MBA at relating to professional business desig.nat:ior and ern.Ployer avai~a?ility. An interview may Brock will help fulfill those objectives This objective is carried out in be reqmred. In addmon to the current tuition emphasizing the development fees, internship students are assessed an graduate Management Admissions Test of the broad-based, functional administrative fee. (GMAT) minimum score of550 knowledge needed to advance an u· 'u'v'"'""' where applicants have a primary language other than English or who have a degree

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from a university where the language of must also complete required non-credit MBAB 5P33 Taxation for Business instruction was not English a TOEFL courses in business skills during the program. Specialty Streams and Elective Courses Decisions score (or equivalent) of 620 is Students lacking requisite computer skills will MBAB 5P34 Managerial Accounting II recommended. However, a minimum also be required to complete non-credit General Program MBAB 5P35 Financial Accounting II TOEFL score of 575, or TOEFL(CBn computerized instruction modules. Students not selecting one of the specialty MBAB 5P36 Financial Accounting III 230, and TWE 4.5 is required to apply streams described below will be permitted to Full time students normally complete the design a program, subject to the approval of 2. Finance While each of these general criteria is MBA over four terms or two academic years. the Associate Dean, in consultation with the The finance stream is designed for students important, an applicant's entire profile of Part-time students are expected to complete MBA Committee, which suits their needs and seeking a focus mainly on investment academic and professional achievement will the program within six years from the date draws upon the specialized courses offered by management. This program is largely focused be evaluated. Strengths in one or more areas their first registration and are advised to the Faculty of Business and, in some cases, on the body of knowledge required for the may compensate for weakness in another. complete two courses per term. other departments or faculties. Chartered Financial Analyst (CF A) program. Students are encouraged to enroll concurrently in the CFA Level I exam. Each year a limited number ofapplicants with Research Option Required Courses extensive managerial work experience (a Subject to the approval of the Associate Dean, MBAB 5P41 Financial Statement Analysis minimum of ten to fifteen years at a mid­ in consultation with the MBA Committee, MBAB 5P42 Equity Investments, Markets management or higher level) and a GMAT students may choose to replace one or more of and Instruments score of at least 600 who do not hold an the specialty courses with MBAB 5P91 MBAB 5P01 Accounting for Decision" MBAB 5P43 Debt Investments undergraduate degree may be admitted to the Research Project and/or MBAB 5F91 Making I MBAB 5P44 Derivative Instruments program. Research Project. MBAB 5P02 Quantitative Analysis MBAB 5P45 International Finance MBAB 5P03 Economic Environment Completed applications must be received by MBAB 5P46 Portfolio Management and Business Specialty Streams May 1st however a rolling admission system is Alternative Investments MBAB 5P04 Organizational Behaviour Students with an undergraduate degree in employed whereby applications are and Design business who wish to continue a previous considered at any time until the program is 3. Human Resource Management MBAB 5P05 Marketing Management specialization will develop a program plan in filled. Therefore, early applications have a The human resource management stream is MBAB 5P06 Accounting for D consultation with the Associate Dean. A greater chance of admission. designed to provide students with a strong Making II research project normally covering one half foundation of knowledge in the theoty and MBAB 5P07 Operations Management credit may be expanded to three half credits in practice of human resource management. MBAB 5P08 Financial Management place of course work where the course work Further expertise is developed through Program Requirements MBAB 5P09 Management Info would substantially duplicate ma.terial in the courses in specific specialty areas of human Systems student's undergraduate program. resource management and industrial MBAB 5Pl0 Business Strategy I relations. This program is designed to provide MBAB 5P20 Applied Business Research 1. Accounting students with the majority of the course work Candidates for the Master of Business MBAB 5P21 Business Strategy II The accounting stream is designed for necessary to sit the required "knowledge Administration degree shall follow a program MBAB 5P22 Global Business students seeking an integrated managerial exams" as specified by HRPAO to acquire the of study that must be approved by the accounting focus. This program provides the CHRP designation. Associate Dean, in consultation with the One Specified MBA Elective required university course prerequisites for MBA Committee. The Specified MBA Elective is to be chosen the CMA designation and advanced standing MBAB.SP51 Introduction to Industrial from: in the CA and CGA Programs. Relations The program consists of a series of courses MBAB 5P52 Introduction to Human required for all students. In addition to the MBAB 5P23 Entrepreneurship In addition to the required courses, Resource Management required courses, students select from a MBAB 5P24 Business Law accounting stream students will take: MBAB 5P53 Training and Development general program, the accounting stream, the MBAB 5P54 Compensation Management finance stream, the human resource MBAB 5P31 Managerial Accounting I MBAB 5P55 HR Planning and Strategy management stream or the marketing stream. MBAB 5P32 Financial Accounting I MBAB 5P56 Recruitment and Selection These streams are outlined below. All students

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4. Marketing The MBA (ISP) provides international TOEFL score (or equivalent) with The MBA (ISP) is available on a full-time basis The marketing stream is designed to provide students with a broad integrated background minimum score of550 orTOEFL(CBT) only. an integrated theoretical and managerial in all aspects of management and functional 213, and TWE 4.5 perspective on the discipline of marketing areas ofbusiness in terms one and two. During Required Courses with particular emphasis on issues pertaining the third and fourth terms, students will While each of these general criteria is MBAB 5P01 Accounting for Decision­ to marketing in a global marketplace. acquire a more in-depth knowledge in the area important, an applicant's entire profile of Making I of either marketing or finance. The content academic and professional achievement will MBAB 5P02 Quantitative Analysis MBAB 5P61 Marketing Strategy and program objectives are substantially the be evaluated. Strengths in one or more areas MBAB 5P03 Economic Environment of MBAB 5P62 Marketing Research same as the Master ofBusiness Administration may compensate for weakness in another. Business MBAB 5P63 International Marketing (MBA) program described above with minor MBAB 5P04 Organizational Behaviour MBAB 5P64 Consumer Behaviour modifications that focus on the needs of The Graduate Management Admissions Test and Design MBAB 5P65 Business-to-Business international students. Graduates ofthe MBA (GMAn is not a requirement for entry into MBAB 5P05 Marketing Management Marketing (ISP) will receive a degree stating "Master of the MBA (ISP) program. The achievement of MBAB 5P06 i\ccounting for Decision­ MBAB 5P66 Services Marketing Business Administration". a high GMAT, however, will reflect positively Making II on an applicant's case. MBAB 5P07 Operations Management Admission Requirements MBAB 5P08 Financial Management Master of Business Administration The basic requirement for the MBA (ISP) Completed applications must be received by MBAB 5P09 Management Information (International Student Program) program is a four-year bachelor's degree in any February 28 however a rolling admission Systems discipline. Although not necessary, system is employed whereby applications are MBAB 5PIO Business Strategy I professional work experience is a valuable considered at any time until the program is MBAB 5P20 Applied Business Research Students who do not meet the English asset. Some introductory knowledge of filled. Therefore, early applications have a Business ~trategy II language requirements of the regular MBA MBAB 5P21 statistics and economics is recommended, but greater chance of admission. MBAB 5P22 Global Business program described above may apply to the not required. Advanced standing is not MBAB 5P23 Entrepreneurship Master of Business Administration available in the MBA (ISP) program. {International Student Program) (MBA Applications for the Brock MBA (ISP) Program Requirements (ISP)) which offers several distinct advantages program will be considered from candidates to these students. In particular, MBA (ISP) who have met the following minimum Course Descriptions students will participate in both intensive and admission requirements however possession on-going business communications non­ Candidates for the MBA (ISP) degree shall of these minimum requirements does not credit seminars and North American business follow a program of study that must be guarantee admission: acclimatization activities. In addition, non­ approved by the Associate Dean, Ill MBAB 5F91 credit seminars focusing on North American consultation with the MBA Committee. Research Project I completion of a four year bachelor's business fundamentals and practices are a A comprehensive research project chosen in degree or equivalent, acceptable to Brock component of the MBA (ISP) and this The program consists of a series of courses consultation with a faculty adviser. University material is integrated into the various MBA required for all students. In addition to the Individuals must show a capacity for required courses, students select from the (ISP) course offerings. at least a B (second-class standing) or independent study and develop substantive finance stream or the marketing stream. Both of knowledge in an advanced area of business. equivalent grade point average The MBA (ISP) is a lock-step program these streams include the courses outlined in the Projects are normally structured to include the delivered over a 16-month period, consisting three letters of recommendation attesting MBA Specialty Stream discussion above. The following minimum requirements: the MBA (ISP) program does not include any identification of a substantive research of four academic terms of 13 weeks each. to the scholastic record and/or managerial Students must also attend an intensive four­ abilities of the candidate elective courses. All students must also complete question, the development of a thorough week English study program prior to required non-credit courses in business skills literature review and hypothesis, and the beginning formal graduate study that includes a resume detailing the applicant's during the program. Students lacking requisite proposal of potential solutions. classes in reading, writing, listening and education and career to date as well as a computer skills will also be required to complete speaking in the context ofthe North American statement outlining career and learning non-credit computerized instruction modules. business environment. This program provides objectives students· with the communication skills necessary to attempt graduate-level courses.

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MBAB 5P01 MBAB 5P05 rionships of computer systems and of business functions, entry strategies, site Accounting for Decision-Making I Marketing Management telecommunications as management selection, world trade developments and The functional basics of accounting for Demonstrating the role of marketing in the challenges in the technology age. ethics in international business. management and business decisions. Data firm, exploring the relationship of marketing collection, classification, processing and to other functions, and helping students to MBAB 5P10 MBAB 5P23 interpretation. learn how to make marketing decisions in the Business Strategy !-Concepts and Theory Entrepreneurship context of general management. Application of the knowledge of the Theories of entrepreneurship and MBAB 5P02 functional areas of business to formulate a intrapreneurship, entrepreneurial attributes, Quantitative Analysis MBAB 5P06 coherent strategy for superior firm new venture creation processes, web based Statistical and quantitative approaches to Accounting for Decision-Making II performance in the context of the political, business operations, and business plan business decision making, analysis ofbusiness An examination of financial reporting issues economic, social, technological and preparation. problems including descriptive statistics, and managerial accounting techniques in the competitive environment. The development regression and forecasting (echniques, linear context of problem solving and decision. ofanalytical, diagnostic, decision-making and MBAB 5P24 programming and decision tree analysis. making in business. communications skills through work with Business Law complex business cases. The legal environment of business and basic MBAB 5P03 MBAB 5P07 legal considerations for business organizations Economic Environment of Business Operations Management MBAB 5P20 including forms of organization, liability of Macro and micro economic concepts related Managerial issues relating to the operations _ Applied Business Research owners, shareholders, directors and managers. to business decision making including sales function of organizations, concepts and The basic tools of business research to gather, taxes and subsidies, consumer and production techniques of operations-production record, and analyze data for aid in making MBAB 5P31 theory and various. market structures such as management, product and service design, business decisions. Survey design, scales, Managerial Accounting I discriminating monopoly, oligopoly and process selection, faciliry location and layout, multivariate analysis and non-parametric Internal recording systems devised to dominant firms. The determinants oflevels of qualirymanagement, planning, inventory and measures. implement and guide management planning national income, employment, interest rates, supply-chain management, project and control with particular emphasis on cost inflation and prices in the Canadian economy. management and management of new MBAB 5P21 finding, product costing, cost behaviour and Government monetary, fiscal and technologies. Business Strategy II cost allocations as well as analysis and international economic policies. The development of plans and activities that communication of relevant information to MBAB 5P08 integrate the various operating and support users in a professional manner. MBAB 5P04 Financial Management functions of an organization to effect Organizational Behaviour and Design Concepts, instruments and techniques used strategies of competitive positioning. The MBAB 5P32 Individual, group and organizational for financial decision making. Emphasis is on tasks of governance and leadership related to Financial Accounting I processes in organizations. Micro level topics the maximization of shareholders' wealth and the dynamic nature of corporate strategy. The The theory and practice offinancial statement include motivation, leadership, individual on the role of the financial manager in accountability of the firm to internal and preparation including the measurement, perception and attitudes, group dynamics and choosing the appropriate techniques for external stakeholders. reporting, and disclosure of assets, liabilities, conflict management. Organization theory financial problem solving. equity, revenue and expenses with specific (macro) topics include organization design, MBAB 5P22 reference to generally accepted accounting environment, technology and structure, MBAB 5P09 Global Business principles and interpretation of related power and politics in organizations and Management Information Systems Exposes students to numerous challenges a reports. organizational culture. Information systems and their application in firm faces as it attempts to internationalize its business organizations. Key management· operations. At the end of the course, the MBAB 5P33 issues with respect to the use of computer and student is expected to have a better Taxation for Business Decisions information technology in modern business understanding of the micro factors which The principles of individual and corporate environments The various tools of make managementofinternational businesses taxation emphasizing the effects offederal and information systems and the interrela- distinct from domestic businesses. The topics sub-federal income taxes on decision making to be covered include the international aspects in business.

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MBAB 5P34 industry analysis~ company analysis, stock MBAB 5P51 MBAB 5P54 Managerial Accounting II selection and technical analysis, with Introduction to Industrial Relations Compensation Management Performance evaluation, divisional discounted cash flow implications. An introductory course which emphasizes the This course deals with strategic compensation performance measurement, transfer pricing, practical application of basic skills required to formulation and planning, as well as the ?ehavio~ral implications of accounting MBAB 5P43 manage in workplaces which are either management of the compensation system. mformanon and current issues as well as Debt Investments unionized or might become unionized. Topics include the process for developing analysis and communication of relevant Features and valuation of fixed income Lectures, readings, simulations, case analyses, compensation objectives, economic and information to users in a professional manner. securities. Risk and returns associated with and other assignments will acquaint students behavioural theories of compensation, pay and investing in bonds. Analysis of debt with the structure and functioning of the benefits determination, job and market MBAB 5P35 instruments with unique features. Canadian industrial relations system, basic evaluation, skill or knowledge-based pay, and Financial Accounting II employment law concepts, the union pay equity. The course explores the use of The theory and practice offinancial statement MBAB 5P44 certification process, negotiation and individual, group, and organizational incentives preparation in accordance with generally Derivative Instruments administration of collective agreements, to support compensation objectives. It also accepted accounting principles. Complex Introduction to options, futures and swap strikes an!). dispute resolution in an examines the process and procedures involved in issues including accounting for leases, markets. Pricing principles and theory ofthese international context. implementing, managing, and evaluating the pensions, future income taxes, inter corporate derivative securities as they apply to various compensation system. investments and cash flow reporting. tr~ding and hedging strategies. MBAB 5P52 Introduction to Human Resource MBAB 5P55 MBAB 5P36 MBAB 5P45 Management HR Planning and Strategy Financial Accounting III International Finance A basic overview of key aspects of managing Explores various aspects of the Human The theory and practice offinancial statement Overview of the international financial Human Resources in domestic and global Resources Planning process at the micro and preparation in accordance with generally environment, the theoretical and practical markets, emphasizing the link between HR macro level and their relationship to accepted accounting principles with emphasis aspects of the various international financial policies, practices, organizational strategy and organizational strategy. Topics include on accounting for complex business markets, and the impact of the international legislative requirements. Topics will include forecasting human resource requirements, organizations and not-for-profit environment on the financial decision making recruitment and selection, job analysis, environmental scanning, examining supply organizations. of the individual and the firm. training and development, performance and demand, and recommendations on how management> benefits, health and safety, to deal with surpluses and shortages of staff. MBAB 5P41 MBAB5P46 industrial relations and collective bargaining. Financial Statement Analysis Portfolio Management and Alternative MBAB 5P56 Analysis of financial accounting procedures Investments MBAB 5P53 Recruitment and Selection and the rules that govern disclosure. Emphasis PortfOlio management policies for individual Training and Development Provides an in-depth review of current in on basic financial statements and how and institutional investors, asset allocation, A systematic examination of training and recruitment and selection practices in the alternative accounting methods affect those general portfolio construction and revision, development in organizations. Topics include Canadian environment, as well in global statements and the analysis of financial equity and fixed-income portfolio management training and development as a process and an markets. Topics include job analysis, preparation statement relationships. strategies, real estate portfolio management, and investment, the organizational context of and evaluation ofjob descriptions, human rights hedging strategies. Performance measurement, effective training and development, adult legislation, employment standards and pay MBAB 5P42 perfOrmance attribution analysis, and AIMR education theory, equity in training, and ·equity considerations in addition to Equity Investments, Markets, and performance presentation standardsTM are organizational learning. Primary emphasis understanding the different interviewing Instruments presented. Analysis ofreal estate and currency or will be placed on the theoretical and applied methods available to managers. Selecting an investment in a global market and fOreign exchange investments and investment aspects of instructional systems design the organization, structures, and functioning companies. including: needs analysis, program design, MBAB 5P61 of securities markets. Discussion of the development and implementation and Marketing Strategy securiry market indicator series and the program evaluation and follow-up. The development and the execution of efficient capital markets. An introduction to marketing strategies. Topics include marker securiry valuation, stock market analysis, orientation, customer retention strategies, industry, customer and competitive analysis,

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and fluorides. Synthesis and mass chromatography/mass spectrometry and Program Requirements spectroscopy of organometallic compounds, nuclear magnetic resonance applied to Undergraduate Courses including perhalogenoaromatic compounds environmental problems. Trace and ultra­ and donor-acceptor adducts, supported trace determination of elements in complex catalysts and reagents; sol-gel synthesis of matrices. Applications of FAB mass Candidates with an honours degree or who One fourth-year course can be taken for credit catalyst supports. Fast Atom Bombardment spectrometry in analytical chemistry. have completed a qualifying year, require a by graduate students. The year 4 courses are mass spectroscopy; strong hydrogen bonding minimum of one year of full-time study. The listed in the undergraduate calendar. to fluoride; polyrypism and solid-state phase Facilities program must include CHEM 5F90; three transitions; molecular modelling. 5 (alpha)OO level half credits; one half credit The equipment available in the Mackenzie (or one credit) which may be at either the Course Descriptions Organic chemistry Chown Complex is actively used for both 4(alpha)OO or 5(alpha)OO level; and one teaching and research. Graduate students gain seminar on a topic approved by the Synthesis of heterocyclic, aromatic and hands-on experience in operating modern candidate's Supervisor. Additional credits aliphatic systems, benzocyclobutenes, Diels­ equipment for separating of complex may be required of candidates with The following, all but one of which are half Adler synthesis of five- and six-membered mixtures, determining molecular structures, credit courses, are available in the department. insufficient preparation in their area of carbocyclic and heterocyclic rings, and making quantitative measurements. research specialization. As part of CHEM A selection of these, determined in part by pyrimidinophanes, new approaches in natural Newer equipment is computer-controlled students' interests, will be offered each year. 5F90 every MSc candidate must prepare and product synthesis; asymmetric catalysis; and is connected to the University's Ethernet Further information about the courses to be defend a thesis which demonstrates a capacity molecular rearrangements; fungal, bacterial backbone. The department also has a variety for Independent work of acceptable scientific offered in any year may be obtained from the and mammalian cell biotransformation; of computers and UNIX workstations for Chair of the Department. calibre. model systems for biochemical processes; advanced computation, data interpretation, mechanism of biological reactions; and molecular modelling. CHEM 5F90 biosynthetic pathways; anticancer MSc Research and Thesis compounds; the chemistry of plant-insect Specific instrumentation includes 200-and Doctoral Studies" Theoretical and/or experimental research. An interactions; affinity labelling; Friedel-Crafts 300-MHz NMR cryospectrometers for external examiner will participate in the and related reactions on supported catalysts. solution and high resolution solid studies. A high resolution double focussing magnetic evaluation ofthe student's performance in this course. Students with MSc degrees in Chemistry with Physical and theoretical chemistry mass spectrometer, interfaced to a data a background in biological applications of acquisition system, allows for acquisition of chemistry may apply for admission into Rovibronic analysis of electronic band spectra positive and negative ion spectra with EI, CI, CHEM5POO Brock's PhD program in Biotechnology. of polyatomic molecules; Franck-Condon FAB and dynamic FAB sources. GC, ·LC Quanrurn Chemistry: Theory calculation ofgeometry changes on electronic (particle beam and dynamic FAB) and linked (also offered as PHYS 5POO) excitation; quantum mechanical methods; scanning are available, along with a dedicated Self-consistent-field (SCF) method; Research Fields atomic and molecular structure, applied HP quadrupole GC/MSD; HPLC MS (Ion configuration interaction; basis functions; statistics; phorophysics of biologically Trap) system with ESI and APCI sources. The electron correlation; physical properties of relevant probes. Monte Carlo and molecular instrumentation laboratories also include uv/ atoms, diatomic and polyatomic molecules. dynamics simulations ofbiological molecules. visible spectrophotometers, FT IR The foll~wing research fields are currently Quantitative structure activity relationships spectrophotometers; preparative and CHEM 5P01 represented: (QSAR). Electron spin resonance for the analytical gas chromatographs, lasers, high Quantum Chemistry: Applications study of photosynthetic reaction centres. pressure liquid chromatographs with Application of ab initio molecular orbital Inorganic chemistry datastations, parallel synthesis station, theories to problems in atomic and molecular Analytical chemistry research AAs, and ICPs and DCPs, an ion Nuclear magnetic resonance both in solution structure, to intermolecular forces and to chromatograph and an auto-polarimeter, and in the solid state; halogen redistribution chemical reactiviry. Development of analytical methods for high-sensitivity spectrofluorimeter and laser­ and ionic-covalent equilibria in boron pesticides and their degradation compounds; based fiber-optic fluorimeter, electron spin trihalide adducts. Magic Angle Spinning studies on the fute of pesticides in plants, resonance spectrometer. NMR of inorganic solids including silicon insects and the environment. Gas carbide, silicate minerals, supported catalysts,

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CHEM 5P18 Strategies toward the chemical synthesis of CHEM 5P02 theory, Dexter and Foerster mechanisms of Special Topics in Mass Spectroscopy these important compounds will also be Chemistry in Cyberspace energy transfer. The optical and magnetic Selected topics in advanced mass investigated. The use of the personal computer and resonance spectroscopy of excited states. spectrometry emphasizing instrumentation workstation as a tool for organic and inorganic development, ionization techniques and CHEM 5P23 chemistry. Topics include the use of the CHEM 5P14 applications. A continuation ofCHEM 5Pl6. Enantioselective Syntheses internet as a source of basic information, Computational Chemistry: Applications in Prerequisite: CHEM 5Pl6. A survey of the methods available for interactive computation, and software; the use Biotechnology achieving stereoselectivity including chiral of molecular mechanics/modeling packages; (also offered as BTEC 5P14) catalysis, asymmetric induction via a and a comparison of the use of semi-empirical Structure-based drug design; molecular CHEM 5P19 substrate-and reagent-based strategies and the and ab initio computational chemistry modelling; conformational search techniques; Organic Reaction Mechanisms "chiral pool" approach. The application ofthe packages designed for the experimental secondary and tertiary protein structure The critical study of papers of mechanistic methods to the synthesis of complex organic chemist to supplement, interpret or predict prediction; quantitative structure-activity and/or synthetic interest in the recent molecules and natural products will be lab data. The ease ofuse and accuracy ofresults relationships; bioinformatics. literature drawing attention to the ways in examined using examples from current of various programs will be explored. which mechanisms are established and literature. CHEM 5P15 applied as well as to the mechanisms CHEM 5P05 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) themselves. CHEM5P24 Molecular Spectroscopy: Theory Spectroscopy Natural Products Chemistry Selected topics in advanced molecular Applications of high-resolution NMR CHEM 5P20 A study of the structural features, synthesis spectroscopy, such as rotational-vibrational spectroscopy to chemical systems. Theory of Special Topics in Organic Chemistry and biosynthesis of natural products selected Hamiltonian, Coriolis coupling, Herzberg­ chemical shifts, coupling constants and Topics may include organic photochemistry, from the acetogenin, alkaloid, steroid and Teller, Renner, Jabn-Teller effects, inversion relaxation times; instrumentation, including biotransformation, free radical chemistry, terpene and other areas. dynamics, overtone spectra, infrared and an introduction to pulse and Fourier symmetry and stereochemistry and a further Raman intensities, molecular structure and Transform techniques and two-dimensional study of mechanistic or synthetic organic CHEM 5P25 conformation. NMR; structure determination by NMR; chemistry. chemical exchange effects. Medicinal Chemistry Structure and activity of biologically active CHEM5P06 CHEM 5P21 organic compounds.Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy: Applications CHEM 5P16 Advanced Organic Synthesis pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, and Design of grating instruments; calibration Mass Spectroscopy Strategies in the design of organic syntheses; receptor theory as a background for a more and operation of Raman, infrared and The theory and practice of modern mass examples from the current literature will be detailed study of chemistry of drugs such as ultraviolet spectrophotometers; analysis of spectroscopy applied to organic, inorganic used to illustrate new trends in synthetic enzyme inhibitors and receptor antagonists. spectra. and organometallic systems; systematic methodology and approaches to the synthesis Rational drug design, combinatorial libraries, interpretation of organic mass spectra; high of complex or organic molecules and natural screening, and general routes of metabolism. CHEM 5Pll resolution mass spectra GC/MS; metastable products; new reagents in organic synthesis Prerequisite: CHEM 3P20 and 3P21 or Special Topics in Physical Chemistry ions; computerized mass spectrometry. including an examination of organometallics permission of the instructor. Topics may include aspects of chemical and enzymes. dynamics, molecular spectroscopy, statistical CHEM 5P17 CHEM 5P27 mechanics and quantum theory. Special Topics in Nuclear Magnetic CHEM 5P22 Advanced Enzyme and Co-enzyme Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy Special Topics in Chemical Biology Mechanisms CHEM 5P13 Selected topics in advanced NMR (also offered as BTEC 5P22) (also offered as BTEC 5P27) Biophysical Photochemistry spectroscopy, emphasizing recent (also offered as BTEC 5P13) applications in areas such as two-dimensional Focuses on the chemical-biology of select Hydrolytic and other processes catalyzed by The principles oflight-induced processes such NMR spectroscopy and high-resolution. biologically active compounds of current enzymes lacking non-protein prosthetic as electron, energy, and signal transfer and NMR of solids. A continuation of CHEM interest in the literature. The occurrence, groups; transferase reactions involving biotin, their role in biological systems. Marcus 5Pl5. biosynthesis and biological activity, including pyridoxal phosphate, thiamine Prerequisite: CHEM 5P15. structure-activity correlations, will be studied. pyrophosphate, folic acid and cobalamin; oxidation mechanisms involving pyridine

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required with the parttctpation of the Program Requirements CHYS 5F90 explored within different philosophical and student's thesis committee as well as an Thesis research tradition. examiner external to the department. The Students will prepare a thesis applying thesis will demonstrate the student's capacity accepted social science theory and CHYS 5P20 Applicants will consult with the Graduate for independent work of high quality. methodology. Research may address a variety Independent Guided Study I Officer and a thesis supervisor when planning of issues involving children, youth and Under the supervision of a faculty member a program ofstudy. Basic degree requirements families, including for example, the social with appropriate expertise, the candidate may include successful completion of two and a Residency worlds ofchildren and youth, child and youth complete a sustained program of study of a half full credit courses (or equivalent) at the development, social policy analysis. The topic of current theoretical or applied interest graduate level, plus a thesis. A program of preparation and public defense of a thesis For full-time students, minimum residency within the program field leading to the writing study will, therefore, include the foundation which will demonstrate the candidate's for the program is one year of full-time study of a substantial paper. courses, research methods, an elective, and a capacity for independent study. thesis. The elective may be an independent (three consecutive academic terms). Part-time students must take the Foundation I and II CHYS 5P21 guided study, a course from within the CHYS 5F91 courses in the first year and successfully Independent Guided Study II Department of Child and Youth Studies, or Applied Thesis complete at least one half-credit course per Under the supervision of a faculty member from other graduate departments. Students will prepare a thesis applying year thereafter. The thesis must be completed with appropriate expertise, the candidate may accepted social science theory and complete a sustained program of study of a Required courses: CHYS 5F90 or 5F91, within three years of completion of the methodology on an area of research which topic of current theoretical or applied interest 5POO, and 5PIO, 5F01 orPSYC 5F01, plus a program course requirements. may arise in an agency setting. Applied theses within the program field leading to the writing one half course elective. may address a variety of issues involving Graduate funding is not normally available to of a substantial paper. The supervisor may not children and youth including for example, be the same faculty member as in Independent In addition, all students will be required to students enrolled on a part-time basis. service provision and program evaluation. Guickd Study I. attend the Colloquium Seminar Series which The preparation and public defense ofa thesis will consist of monthly guest lectures. Each Research Facilities which will demonstrate the candidate's CHYS 5P30 student will be required to attend a minimum capacity for independent study. Under Risk and Resilience in Adolescence of 12lectures over the course of their study in The department has a graduate student office normal circumstances, students in the A critical analysis of adolescent risk and order to fulfill the Colloquium Seminar equipped with computers, observation rooms Applied Thesis course will have relevant work resilience research. General topics may requirements of the Thesis credit. Additional and play room with one-way mirror, video experience in the field. include youth lifestyle choices, problem credits may be required of candidates with equipment and faculty labs. behaviour theory, risk and protective factors, insufficient preadmission background. CHYS 5POO competence, and developmental pathways in Course Descriptions Foundation 1: Childhood, Youth and Society the context of community, family, peer, and Thesis A multidisciplinary approach to current intrapersonal factors. theoretical and conceptual issues of child and youth research encompassing the sociology, Note: not all courses are offered in every PSYC 5FOI In addition to the course requirements, a anthropology and political economy of Research Methods, Experimental Design session. Please refer to the applicable childhood and youth. thesis that demonstrates a capacity for timetable for details. and Data Analysis independent work must be completed. The Statistical analysis and research design with CHYS 5Pl0 thesis topic shall be selected in consultation CHYS 5F01 emphasis on the Multivariate General Linear with the Supervisory Committee. Foundation II: Issues in Child and Youth model as it applies to ANOVA and basic Research Methods for Child and Youth Development Study regression. A multidisciplinary approach to the current A thesis proposal will be evaluated bv the Emphasis is on combining qualitative and theoretical and applied issues surrounding student's thesis committee before the res~arch quantitative approaches and linking research child and youth development. A may formally begin. The thesis committee is methodology to multidisciplinary theory on comprehensive knowledge of some of the composed of the student's supervisor and two children and youth. other faculty members associated with the major contemporary issues, representing program. An open oral defence of the thesis is theoretical and applied approaches, will be

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required to complete up to two halfcourses in The department places special emphasis on The year 4 courses are listed in the Earth Sciences addition to their regular graduate course field studies in order to acquaint students with undergraduate calendar. requirements. Candidates may be required to geological problems in their proper Chair write the Graduate Record Examination and/ environmental setting. Course Descriptions Frank Fueten or a language examination. Facilities Proftssors Program Requirements Uwe Brand, Richard J. Cheel, Frank Fueten, The following courses are available in the Wayne T. Jolly, Francine M. McCarthy,John Equipment in rhe department includes X-ray department. A certain selection of these, Menzies, Keith]. Tinkler determined in part by student interests, will be Candidates with an honours degree or who diffractometer, rotating polarizer stage microscopes, image analysis system, offered each year. All are half credit courses, Associate Proftssors have completed a qualifYing year, require a Sedigraph 5000 particle size analyzer, a 1Om except ERSC 5F90. Gregory C. Finn, Daniel P. McCarthy minimum of one year of residency and satisfactory completion of a program which recirculating sediment flume, DTA, automated Varian 1475 atomic absorption ERSC 5F90 Assistant Proftssor must include ERSC 5F90, four 5(alpha)OO or spectrophotometer (AAS), computerized MScThesis Steve Cook above level half credits or three such half credits and one ERSC 4(alpha)OO or above GTA96400 P graphite furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, ultraphor ERSC 5P30 Adjunct Proftssors level half credit. photomicroscope, Nuclide cathode Structural Geology Kent Novakowski, Andrew Panko Completion of additional course work in luminoscope, fluoromerric and resistivity Srudy of the relationship between strain and specific areas may be required in some cases. equipment, digitizer, Hach DR2000 UV/VIS fabric elements in tectonites. Textures. Spectrophotometer, Horiba U1 0 water Multiple strain histories and textures. Master of Science Program All candidates are required to present a seminar on the topic of their thesis project. quality meter, aquatic system coring Relationships between strain and equipment, stable isotope extraction system, geotectonics. Carbon 14 daring equipment, digital diluters Administrative Assistant and an automatic diluting station. Diane Gadoury Research Fields ERSC 5P31 Tectonics These are supported by fully equipped 905-688-5550, extension 3526 Structural evolution of different types of Research fields which are currently active in geochemistry, palynology, sedimentology, Mackenzie Chown D433 "orogenic" belts. Emphasis will be on the graduate program reflect the areas of hydrology, dendrochronology, paleontology www. brocku.calearthsciencesl Canadian examples where possible. specialization of the faculty members. The and X-ray laboratories. The department Limitations that structural evolution places following list provides a sampling of potential shares the facilities of electronic, machine, The department offers a program leading to on the acceptability of proposed tectonic research topics; glacial geology and woodworking and glassblowing shops with the Master ofScience (MSc) degree. Graduate models. Global systems of orogenic belts geomorphology, fluvial geomorphology, the other science departments. research topics may be conducted in the broad through time. palynology, Quaternary geology, areas of Quaternary Studies and Crustal environmental studies, experimental Studies. ERSC 5P32 sedimentology, economic geology, low Paleoclimatology Undergraduate Courses temperature geochemistry, paleo­ Phanerozoic climates, with special emphasis environmental reconstruction, paleontology, Admission Requirements on the Quaternary. Techniques of climate petrography and structural geology. The reconstruction: fossil assemblages, stable Some year 4 undergraduate courses can be interrelated aspects of these fields provide isotope analysis, dendrochronology, taken for credit by graduate students with rhe Candidates with a four year BA or BSc degree, both a basic understanding of the geological sedimentary evidence. Causes of climatic or equivalent, with a minimum B average may processes that have shaped the Earth and the approval and permission of their advisory change. Implications for predicting future committee and the department. apply to the Graduate Studies Office for entry basic knowledge needed to cope effectively climates. into the program. Candidates holding a with some of the most pressing problems degree without sufficient concentration in the facing society today. Students are encouraged area of the intended Masters degree may be to undertake graduate studies programs involving other disciplines.

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ERSC 5P35 ERSC 5P45 isotopes and phase diagrams as indicators of ERSC 5P76 Quaternary Palynology Advanced Paleoecology physico chemical environments. Industrial Minerals Concepts and techniques in palynological Correlation between modern ecosystems and Geomorphological control of metal mobility. Geology and genesis of industrial mineral investigations of marine and terrestrial those in the fossil record; reconstruction of deposits. Use of these in the construction and Quaternary deposits; the Pleistocene and past environments and the time-sequenceof ERSC 5P58 chemical industries. Aggregate resources and Holocene climatic changes; applied such environments. Applied paleoecology; Carbonate Diagenesis testing. Urban requirements and land use atmospheric palynology, dispersal of delineation of past sedimentary basins using Descriptive and chemical diagenesis of planning. palynomorphs. biofacies and lithofacies; evolutionary carbonates. Geochemistry of inorganic and development of ecosystems; paleoecosystem organic carbonate grains. Low temperature ERSC 5P85 ERSC 5P37 analysis and models. · thermodynamics of elemental and isotopic Quaternary Geology Environmental Geochemistry redistribution. Application of biogeo­ Modern concepts of glaciers and glaciation as Principles of availability, mobility and ERSC 5P46 chemistry and chemostratigraphy to global landscape forming factors; techniques and accumulation ofmetals in the lithosphere and Evolutionary Paleobiology events and evolutionary processes. methods for study and mapping of hydrosphere. Cycling of metals in soils and Paleoecology of the marine biosphere. Descriptive and chemical diagenesis of Quaternary deposits and physiographic soil chemistry. Chemical weathering and Taphonomy and information loss in fossil carbonates. features; the influence of glaciation as a factor stability regimes of minerals in aqueous record. Changes in composition of marine in Canadian land use. systems. Anthropogenic influence on communities over the Phanerozoic. ERSC 5P61 inorganic contaminants in sediments, soils Regulation of taxonomic diversity through Quantitative Methods in Geology ERSC 5V70-5V79 and water. Quality control and assurance of geologic time. Mass extinctions. Punctuated Elements of data analysis and programming. Selected Topics in Quaternary Science sampling procedures. equilibria. Heterochrony and evolution. Applications of statistical methods to An investigation of a specific area or group of geological data. Stochastic models in geology. related topics in Quaternary science. This ERSC 5P40 ERSC 5P50 Prerequisite: an undergraduate course in course will be designed for individual students Quaternary Geochronology Sedimentary Environments statistics. and approved by the graduate studies advisory Geochronological methods and techniques Study of modern depositional environments committee. applicable to correlation and dating of with emphasis on processes and the resulting ERSC 5P70 Quaternary deposits and events (radiocarbon facies organization. Development of facies Fluvial Geomorphology ERSC 5V80-5V89 dating, varved sediments, the fossil record, models and their application to selected Principles of flow dynamics. Origin and Selected Topics in Crustal Studies paleomagnetism, tephrochronology, ancient examples. measurement of turbulent and laminar flows; An investigation of a specific area or group of dendrochronology, paleotemperatures). bed roughness; shear stress and velocity. Flow related topics in Crustal studies. This course Quaternary chronology in Canada and ERSC 5P55 competence; drag and lift forces, initiation of will be designed for individual students and correlation with other parts of the world. Volcanology motion, suspension and bedload. Flow approved by the graduate studies advisory A detailed survey of volcano morphology, capacity, deterministic and probability committee. ERSC 5P41 distribution of Quaternary volcanic belts, models of sediment transport. Field studies of Glaciology experimental volcanic petrology and volcanic steep. gravel and bedrock channels. ERSC 5V90-5V99 Study of the physics of glaciers. Mass balance geochemistry. The current ideas on the Selected Topics in Contemporary Geology and glacier budget. Mechanics of glacier interrelations between volcanics and plate ERSC 5P75 An investigation of a specific area or group of movement. Conditions of the ice/glacier bed tectonics are summarized and the volcanic Limnogeology related topics in contemporary geology. This interface. Dynamics of large ice masses. processes of the present are compared to those Formation of lake basins; physical and special research course will be designed for Gfacier surges. Response ofglaciers to changes of the geological past, including ancient chemical characteristics oflake sediments and individual students by the graduate studies in mass balance. Glaciers and climate. Glacier continental shield volcanic rocks. the water column; geological factors in the advisory committee and approved by the dynamics and glacial landforms. development of lakes; eutrophication; the department. ERSC 5P56 fossil record in lake deposits; lakes as a resource Ore Genesis (water consumption, recreation, Examination of the geological controls of ore conservation). genesis. Thermodynamics and chemistry of metal transport and deposition. Use of

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• in addition to the core course and the Education General Information Program Requirements project/thesis requirement, students should complete a rwo credits (four half Deltn Five credits (or ten half credit courses) are credit courses) from their chosen option. Michael Manley-Casimir Administrative Assistant required to complete the MEd program. The Independent Study (EDUC 5P98) Lynn Duhaime and Educational Internship (5V96) may Chair, Graduate and Undergraduate count towards fulfilling the four half­ Studies in Education Thesis route: Four credits (eight half credit 905-688-5550, Extension 3340 courses) plus the thesis. credit requirements. Courses with Coral Mitchell Education WH 127 asterisk(s) in other options may also be www. ed. brocku.caldepartmentslgradl used to fulfil this requirement Proftssors Project route: Four and one-half credit courses (nine half credit courses) plus the R. Terrance Boak, Susan M. Drake, Michael The Faculty of Education offers a Master of project. • remaining courses may be selected from Manley-Casimir, John M. Novak, G. Patrick Education and a PhD in Educational Studies any of the three fields of study or general O'Neill, Alan E. Wheeler (joint program with the Universities of The program consists of required core course, purpose courses. Lakehead, Western and Windsor). Associate Proftssors research components, program electives and a required exit project or thesis. The thesis/project proposal and thesis/pJoject Richard Bond, Michael Kompf, Hedy M. requirements are scheduled after all course Course selection will be governed by the McGarrell, Coral Mitchell, Jonathan work has been completed, although planning following conditions (except for the TESL Neufeld, James Wagner, Vera Woloshyn, Master of Education Program focus): for this work should be underway by the mid­ Rosemary Young point of the student's program. Students who • candidates must enroll in one of the receive a final mark for the proposal course, Assistant Proftssors The Master of Education (MEd) degree an'd who have completed all their course work, Sandra Bosacki, Renee Kuchapski, Xiaobin program at Brock University is designed to following program planning options: (I) Curriculum Studies, (2) Studies in will automatically be registered for either the Li, Michelle McGinn, Alice Schutz, Susan A. improve the professional competence of project course or the thesis course in the Teaching and Learning, (3) Tilley practitioners and researchers. The program following term. allows for considerable flexibility as to course Organizational and Administrative Studies in Education or (4) Integrated Lecturers selection. Candidates work with their A selection of courses are given during each Studies Denise Paquette-Frenette, Mary Louise assigned program consultant to choose term: Fall: September-December; Winter: Vanderlee courses in one of three fields of study: January-April; and the Spring/Summer • candidates must first complete the core Curriculum Studies, Studies in Teaching and Session May-June or July-August. Students course in their program option: i.e., Adjunct Proftssors Learning, and Organizational and may commence a degree program only when EDUC 5POO (Curriculum Studies); Katharine Janzen, Milree Latimer, Michael Administrative Studies in Education. An the required entry core course is offered for EDUC 5P30 (Studies in Teaching and Owen Integrated Studies option is also available for their chosen option. those students who have an area of research Learning); EDUC 5P60 (Organizat~onal interest that requires integration across rwo or and Administrative Studies in Education); Core courses are usually offered in the Fall three fields of study. Students are required to EDUC 5P97 (Integrated Studies) term. Courses specified as Rotating Electives work with their program consultant or site will be offered at least once a year, depending coordinator to develop their program. All exit • all students are required to take the on course enrolment and instructor projects or theses must have an explicit research course EDUC 5P92 and the availability, and at least once in each of three project/thesis proposal tutorial 5P90. connection to education. geographic locations (St. Ca~harines, Hamilton, Greater Toronto Area) Ill each 2- • at the end of their program, candidates Note: all students who are new to Graduate year period, depending on course enrol~ent Studies are expected to attend Campus Day, must complete as an exit requirement and instructor availability. Courses specified held in the Fall Term, and the Annual either EDUC 5P93 (project tutorial) or as Occasional Electives are typically offered at Graduate Conference, held in the Spring EDUC 5F95 (research tutorial) least once in each 2-year period. The number Term. of courses offered at each site will vary from term to term.

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Note: a non-credit seminar, EDUC -5N99, 5Q03 Speech Processing in a Second Organizational and Administrative Studies may be offered if sufficient n~mbers. of Language in Education MEd Spring and Summer Terms Session students in any given geographic location 5Q04 Critical Developments in Second­ request it. Language Reading This field of study is intended to develop an 5Q05 Theory and Practice in Second­ understanding of education in irs social, legal, Students should be aware that reading and Language Writing structural and political contexts. The Program Planning Options 5P90 Project/Thesis Proposal Tutorial assignment expectations for Spring and emphasis is on organizat!onal a~d 5P92 Summer Terms are the same as for Fall and Introduction to Educational administrative behaviour. Candidates begm Research Winter Terms. Curriculum Studies rheir program by taking EDUC 5P60 5P93 Project Tutorial This field of study stresses issues, theories and (Educational Administration: The Regular classes are usually held in July; _the first research related to curriculum. The Theoretical Context) and then select at least Two optional EDUC courses, of which one rwo weeks in August are set aside for development and analysis of curricular four half credit courses which the student and must be outside the TESL focus. individual conferences and completion of the program consultant agree constitute an enterprises are emphasized, including a course requirements. area of focus. possible focus on theoretical and practical In special cases, candidates with a TESL focus work in English as a Second Language. All may seek approval from the Chair to complete Courses designated as Rotating Electives for candidates choosing this option begin their a thesis rather than a project (i.e., replace Course Load Organizational and Administrative Studies in program by taking EDUC 5POO, EDUC 5P93 with EDUC 5F95) and will Education are 5P62, 5P65, 5P72, 5P73, (Curriculum Theory and Design) and then need to adjust their program accordingly. select at least four half-credit courses which 5P74, 5P76, 5P85. Part-time students the student and the program consultant agree Studies in Teaching and Learning constitute an area of focus. Courses designated as Occasional Electives for The normal course load for a part-time Organizational and Administrative Studies in student is as follows: This field ofstudy considers the application of Courses designated as Rotating Electives for Education are 5P70, 5P75, 5V82, 5V83, psychology, philosophy, history and Curriculum Studies are 5P01, 5P02, 5P09, 5V89. Fall and Winter sociology to educational concerns. Emphasis 5P16,5Pl8,5P22,5P26,5P27,5V06. No more than two half credit courses in each is placed on making connections between Integrated Studies term. defensible theory and improved educational Courses designated as Occasional Elective for practices. Candidates begin their program by Curriculum Studies are 5P07, 5P08, 5P12, This planning option allows students to Spring and Summer taking EDUC 5P30 {Introduction to Studies 5P28, 5P29, 5V02, 5V07, 5V15. explore education issues and problems from a No more than two half credit courses in each in Teaching and Learning) and then select at variety of perspectives. It serves as a term. least four half credit courses which the student Teaching English as a Second Language mechanism for integrating a plan of study and the program cimsulrant agree constitute Full-time students an area of focus. across two or three fields ofstudy (Curriculum Course selection for students choosing this Studies, Studies in Teaching and Learning, The normal course load for a full-time student focus in the Curriculum Studies option will be and Organizational and Administrative is as follows: Courses designated as Rotating Electives for governed by the following conditions: Studies in Education). Courses may be chosen Studies in Teaching and Learning are 5P31, from the Rotating and Occasional Electives Fall and Winter a) Candidates in this focus area can complete 5P32,5P33,5P35,5P36,5P38,5P39,5P40, A maximum offour half credit courses in each 5P41, 5P43, 5P45, 5P53, 5P58, 5V31. listed in the three fields of study. They may all requirements for the degree within twelve also be chosen from the General Purpose term. months. Entry into the TESL focus is usually Electives which include 5P55, 5P80, 5P91, in the Fall Term. Courses designated as Occasional Electives for 5P94, 5V90, 5V91 and 5V92. Candidates Spring and Summer . . Studies in Teaching and Learning are 5P34, who choose this option begin their program A maximum of two half credit courses Ill each b) Candidates in this focus area are required 5P46, 5P48, 5P49, 5P51, 5V32, 5V40, by taking EDUC 5P97 (An Introduction to term. to take the following courses: 5V41, 5V69, 5V70. Integrated Studies) and then select adeast four half credit courses which the student and the Full-time students must register in the 5POO Curriculum Theory and Design program consultant agree constitute a theme. program for at least three terms before the 5Q02 Pedagogical Grammar degree will be awarded.

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is confirmed by payment of the course fee by readmitted by appeal to the Graduate approaches are investigated from a holistic Admissions the due date indicated in the BIRT Guide or Admissions' Committee and upon payment perspective. Epistemological assumptions, on the invoice. of all fees outstanding, a late fee calculated on conceptual frameworks, learning outcomes, Inactive registration: for terms during which the basis of$50 perterm in arrears and a $100 and assessment procedures underlying each Early application for admission is advised (see a student is unable to register for a course. reinstatement fee. Reinstatement will be approach are explored from an active learning application deadline dates). Incomplete or granted only once. If enrolment is allowed to perspective. late applications will not be considered. The During an inactive term, the student pays the inactive fee and retains library privileges. lapse a second time, the student will not be Students completing this course will forfeit program is competitive as there are strict readmitted. credit in EDUC 5V01. limitations on the number of students Inactive status is not applicable once a student admitted each year. has registered for the project/thesis proposal, project or thesis course. Students may be EDUC 5P02 Course Descriptions Science in the School Curriculum Transfer credits inactive for five terms during the time allotted to complete the MEd program. Inactive terms An analysis of science (elementary and Degree candidates may be granted transfer secondary) curriculum organization and credit at the time of admission only for a do not extend the final completion date by A selection of the courses listed below will be rationale including an overview of current maximum of one credit (or equivalent) for which degree requirements must be offered each term. Students should consult the approaches. Curriculum emphases in science graduate courses completed at another completed. schedule of course offerings published in the teaching are examined via multimedia university that are approved by the Dean, It is the student's responsibility to ensure that MEd registration guide. It is to be noted that approach and the use of classroom ideas and Faculty of Education. Only graduate courses the inactive fee is paid by the due date in the event that insufficient numbers register science activities relevant to the primary, completed with a grade ofB+ or higher within indicated on the invoice. in a given course, the course may be cancelled. junior and intermediate student. the last five years will be considered for Selection of courses is usually made with a advanced standing. The request for transfer Continuous registration: for the project/ program consultant. EDUC 5P03 credit must be made at the time ofapplication. thesis proposal, project or thesis course. Writing Development Credit will not be granted for courses that have Following initial registration in EDUC 5P90, Explores current theories of wntmg been credited toward another degree or 5P93 or 5F95, continuous registration must Curriculum Studies development, both in terms of developmental diploma at Brock University or another be maintained and the continuing fee paid, stages and implications for pedagogy. The university. Candidates must submit official until degree requirements are completed. A Ontario Curriculum and Provincial Language transcripts, course descriptions and other student who fails to maintain continuous Standards are examined. Participants take supporting documentation before EDUC 5POO registration will be withdrawn from the part in a writing process experience consideration will be given to granting Curriculum Theory and Design program and thus such students will not be throughout the course. transfer credit. An introductory overview ofthe historical and permitted access to the University resources or epistemological foundations of curriculum Student completing this course will forfeit be permitted to schedule a thesis defence. theory and design. The course includes critical credit in EDUC 5V04. Registration Status analysis of various conceptions and Automatic registration orientations to curriculum, and connections EDUC 5P07*** Students who receive a final mark for the to past and current classroom practice. This Social and Environmental Studies in All MEd students must be continuously project/thesis proposal tutorial, EDUC 5P90 course is a pre-requisite for other courses in the Context registered in the program by maintaining and who have completed all other course curriculum stream. Identification, analysis and cnttque of status in one of the following categories: work, will automatically be registered for Note: Core course in Curriculum Studies and contemporary and recurring social and either the project tutorial or the thesis research the TESL focus in Curriculum Studies. environmental issues. Attention given to Course registration: there are three academic tutorial in the following term and will be historical, political, economic and geographic terms per year: Spring/Summer, Fall and continuously registered for subsequent terms EDUC 5P01 contexts and to responses of agencies and Winter. Course registration is done via until course requirements are completed. Innovative Models of Integrated Learning individuals. Trends and cycles explored and WebBIRT, Brock's registration system. Once Based on learning/teaching principles, the role of education critiqued. registration has been completed, registration Reinstatement innovative curriculum models appropriate for A student withdrawn from the program our changing times are explored. Applicable because ofnon-payment of tuition, inactive or to all levels of education, multidisciplinary, continuous registration fees, may be interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary

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EDUC 5P08* EDUC 5Pl8 EDUC 5P28 EDUC 5Q03 Language Development Contemporary Issues in Curriculum Curriculum in Elementary and Secondary Speech Processing in a Second Language The changes in language from childhood to Current curriculum issues are researched, Physical Education Principles of articulatory and acoustic maturity and the ways in which education can presented and discussed. An advanced course in physical education in phonetics in second-language pedagogy. enhance them. Issues in the psychology of Prerequisite: at least one credit in Curriculum which the nature and scope of public and Theory and practice of listening instruction, language will be analysed in terms of their Studies or permission of the instructor. secondary school physical education is including a critique and evaluation of implications for language teaching and the considered. Issues and research in physical comprehension-based methods in a language curriculum. A particular emphasis EDUC 5P22 education curriculum theory will be reviewed communicative syllabus. Theory and practice will be given to unresolved problems in Technology, Change and the Curriculum within the context of general curriculum of second-language pronunciation and language development and language teaching. An overview and understanding of the impact theory. Developmental consideration with speaking. Critique of computerized speech of computer technology and the emerging respect to children, instructional strategies, processing in second-language instruction. EDUC 5P09* information age on society and schools and evaluation and problems and future trends Literacy Development the need to reflect resulting changes in the will be examined. EDUC 5Q04 Major models of literacy development school curriculum. Candidates will examine Critical Developments in Second-Language examined in terms of their instructional ways to integrate new technology (including EDUC 5P29 Reading implications. Acquisition of literacy microcomputers) and information age skills Leisure Education Models of the process and pedagogy of competencies emphasized within cognitive into the curriculum. The concept and application of leisure second-language reading. Practical and and social frameworks. Methods of education with emphasis on "education for theoretical foundations for decisions instruction analyzed in light of research and EDUC 5P26 leisure" in the schools. Special consideration is regarding materials design and instructional practice. Curriculum Processes I: Design and ro be given to the development of integrated methodology. Rationale and methodology for Implementation and interdisciplinary units of instruction in the definition and use of literary texts in EDUC 5Pl2 An examination of procedures for designing leisure education and lifestyle planning. second-language pedagogy. An Introduction to School Mathematics and implementing large and small-scale Application ofleisure research in education as The goals, methods and content of school curriculum initiatives in educational contexts it relates to Canada and other countries will be EDUC 5Q05 mathematics at the elementary- and will be investigated. Past and current covered. Theory and Practice in Second-Language secondary-levels; emphasizes the major issues curriculum design and implementation Writing and trends in mathematics instruction and models will be critically examined from EDUC 5QOI Theoretical models of writing and curriculum. various perspectives including student, Explorations in Applied Linguistics instructional practices. Relationship between teacher, and administrator. Course followed Linguistic foundations for second-language writing and grammar, first-language literacy EDUC5Pl6 by EDUC 5P27. learning, teaching and evaluation. skills and second-language writing. CALL Designing Curriculum to Develop Thinking Examination of relevant contemporary materials for the development ofwriting skills, Abilities EDUC 5P27 theory, classroom based research and practice. their theoretical foundations and practical A critical investigation of past and current Curriculum Processes II: Evaluation and Integration of theoretical models, research implications. conceptions and theories on teaching Change evidence and experience. thinking will be examined. The pedagogical Evaluation and change theories in relation to EDUC 5V01-5Vl8 challenges of addressing, various modes of educational contexts will be examined. EDUC5Q02 Special Topics in Curriculum thinking in educational contexts will be Underlying assumptions of evaluation and Pedagogical Grammar Seminar for students wishing to pursue a explored. Consideration will be given to change processes as they inform curriculum Models of pedagogical grammar and their special topic in Curriculum Studies. approaches to teaching thinking across the initiatives will be addressed. Specifically, the relationship to theories of second-language curriculum. Students will be encouraged to complexity of the change process and acquisition. Focus on issues arising in EDUC5V02 explore specific modes of thinking in relation procedures necessary for successful classroom learning. Application of 2003-2004: Innovative Assessment*** to their practice. implementation will be explored. Future grammatical analy;ses to teaching/learning Concepts, information and strategies for directions in program evaluation will also be problems. designing multiple approaches to assessing considered. "authentic" student performance. Emphasis is

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Renewal, reflection Explores the nature of story from a variery of the implications for ways of knowing in and An overview and application of basic and critical awareness are used as ways of perspectives. How can we use story in our through the body in relationship to arts-based educational foundational theory to the types understanding life and career paths and other teaching to become better teachers? How can curricula and inquiry. Embodied knowing of decisions educators make before, during effects on teaching and lifelong learning. story be a framework for all curriculum? What will be defined and examined from a variety of and after contact with students, peers, can we learn from our personal narratives to perspectives: philosophical, holistic/ administrators and community groups. EDUC 5P34 clarifY our philosophy of education? How can environmental, literary/poetic, feminist, Emphasis on a variety of perspectives for Sociology of Minority Groups in Canadian we use narrative as a research tool? Can story health, educational and arts-based. The critical and personal analysis of issues related Education be a tool for transformation? relationship of philosophies of the body and to reaching behaviour. The equality of educational opportunity as it their relevance to us as researchers, educators, Note: core course in Studies in Teaching and relates to various ethnic-linguistic, socio­ EDUC 5V07 artists, care-givers, health practitioners and Learning. economic and religious minorities in Canada. 2003-2004: Mathematical and Scientific human beings will be addressed. Educational policy making will be examined Problem Solving*** EDUC 5P31 in relation to changing rural and urban school Introduces various models and theoretical EDUC 5V15 Sociological Foundations of Education populations resulting from past and present formulations of problem solving in the fields 2003-2004: Families, Schools and Changing relationships between groups immigration and migratory trends. of mathematics and science education. Education*** within the school system, the local Participants in the course will study empirical An examination of research, issues and policy community and the larger society from EDUC 5P35*** research findings and the underlying related to family influences on literacy different sociological perspectives. Emphasis Adult Teaching and Learning methodological approaches adopted in development and academic achievement on both theoretical and practical aspects of A practitioner's examination ofliterature and problem solving research. Students will also home and community partnerships in current educational concerns. practice relating to adult education. Topics conduct case studies of problem solving education and school councils. Explores include the unique identity of the adult interactions. curriculum models and evaluation research EDUC 5P32*** learner; theoretical foundations of adult related to family literacy and parental Concepts and Issues in Learning education; the workplace as an educational EDUC 5V09 involvement program development. Reviews Familiarizes students with factors that setting; action research. Institutional and Narrative for Professional Development research methods used in the study of family influence learning and memory. A public settings for consideration originate Focusses on an ongoing professional influences in education. developmental perspective is used to review from the interests of those in the class. development model that is based on narrative. factors that influence the mind ind uding long Students completing this course will forfeit The College of Teachers' Standards of *Course may be counted for credit in and short term memory, attention, and credit in EDUC 5P23. Practice are a statting point. Explores the Curriculum Studies, Studies in Teaching and metacognirion. Reviews the importance of creation of a personal and living set of Learning or Integrated Studies. providing students with the principles of EDUC 5P36*** standards of professional practice. Narratives explicit instruction and scaffolding. Students Critical Perspectives in Adult Learning will be explored using narrative research ***Course may be counted for credit in will have the opportuniry to participate in Questioning the theoretical origins and techniques such as concentric storying. Curriculum Studies, Studies in Teaching and learning and memory experiments and the possibilities of adult learning in light of a Dominant themes from our stories will be Learning, Organizational and Administrative teaching of a learning strategy. variety of field-based practices and explored from the perspective of their Studies in Education or Integrated Studies. experiences. Some topics may be learner effectiveness in our professional lives. New determined; others might relate to thinking, stories will be generated to encourage technology, aging processes, work, personal professional development and transfor­ and professional identity, spirituality and mation. ethics. 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EDUC 5P38* EDUC 5P43*** highlighted within the framework of EDUC 5P58*** Clinical Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities Invitational Approaches to Education proactive intervention counselling and The Reflective Practitioner in Literacy Acquisition A critical analysis of the principles and professional helper models. Explores the notion of the reflective Clinical diagnosis of difficulties in acquiring educational implications of invitational practitioner and what this means in reading and writing skills. The student will be theory. Emphasis is placed on connecting EDUC 5P49 professional practice. Participants will explore trained to administer diagnostic tests, make invitational theory to emotional intelligence, Counselling Theories and Skills for the a wide range of views of thinking, the observations and write a report for a client of self concept, interpersonal skills, Helping Professions II production of knowledge, the creation of the Reading Clinic. organizational strategies and democratic Intervention skills appropriate to specific meaning and being in the world. Participants Prerequisites: one of EDUC 5P09, 5P32, practice. counselling modalities applicable to a variety will actively engage in a collaborative reflective 5P39, 5P45. of heiping professional roles and process that utilizes readings, dialogue, Students completing this course will forfeit EDUC 5P45* responsibilities. Core skills associated with the writing and images. credit in EDUC 5PIO. Learning Problems in the Classroom: attending, responding, exploring and Diagnosis and Programming in Special terminating stages of counsellor intervention EDUC 5V30-5V70 EDUC 5P39* Education theory will be highlighted within the context Special Topics in Teaching and Learning Understanding Literacy Problems Major theories, research and instructional of relationship building and client well being Seminar for students wishing to pursue a Examination of theories and research on strategies developed for the learning disabled· as it pertains to education, career, social special topic in Studies in Teaching and literacy acquisition problems. Emphasis on child. Current perspectives and controversies service, health and general human Learning. understanding developmental lag in oral on identification, intervention and causative management needs and concerns. language, reading and writing. Critical study factors will be critically evaluated. An Prerequisite: EDUC 5P48. EDUC 5V31*** of research and practice related to emphasis will be placed on implementation of 2003-2004: Developmental and instructional strategies for students with such effective intervention strategies through case EDUC 5P51* Educational Issues in Children and difficulties. study. Holistic/Global Perspectives in Education Adolescents Students completing this course will forfeit Focusses on learning and the whole person Issues from child and adolescent credit in EDUC 5Pll. EDUC 5P46* (adult or child). Educational programs with developmental psychology are used to Behavioural Disorders in Special Education holistic/global perspectives will be examined examine a personal developmental EDUC 5P40*** An analysis of the behavioural disturbances of in their philosophical, psychological and framework. Renewal, reflection, and critical Developing a Personal Philosophy of children and adolescents. Topics include social contexts. Topics to be explored include awareness are used as ways of understanding Educational Practice aggression, hyperactivity, autism and other integrated studies, multiple intelligences, past educational experiences and their links to A critical examination of the concepts, significant behavioural disorders. Since guided imagery, metaphor, story, teaching and lifelong learning. princi pies and ideals that underlie controversies exist ov.er cause, symptomology collaborative learning and creative problem contemporary education. Emphasis will be and treatment of many of these disorders, solving. EDUC 5V32*** placed on making connections between several viewpoints will be presented. Case 2003-2004: The Social Nature of Learning educational visions and practices so that study analysis will be used to promote critical EDUC 5P53** An examination of current theoretical and students can develop defensible philosophies thinking skills and help relate theory to Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness methodological perspectives that emphasize of education. practice. A survey course with the focus on the types of the social nature of learning. Consideration teacher evaluation currently employed locally, will be given to learning in both formal and EDUC 5P41* EDUC5P48 nationally and internationally. Principles and informal settings, including the workplace. Special Issues in Early Childhood Counselling Theories and Skills for the procedures involved in assessing teaching Education I Helping Professions I effectiveness are examined from different EDUC 5V40*** Evaluation of early childhood education Counselling theories applicable to a variety of perspectives including self, students and 2003-2004: Learning Problems in the programs. Research on the effect of past and helping environments and human growth and superordinates. Classroom: Part II present program models on child development issues; developing helping Additional study of theories, research and development will be considered with a view to relationships as a process and way of life. instructional strategies for children with designing curricula for young children that Professional roles within the context of learning disabilities. Current perspectives and encourage optimal growth. education, health, career and social service are

98 www. brocku.calgradstudies/ www. brocku.ca/ gradstudies/ 99 Education Education controversies in the areas of identification, **Course may be counted for credit in Studies administrative decision making, to appreciate motivation, learning and change processes are causation, and remediation will be critically of Teaching and Learning, Organizational the link between discretion and policy explored to uncover some principles and evaluated. and Administrative Studies in Education or implementation, and to improve their practices of organizational behaviour. Prerequisite: EDUC 5P45 or permission of Integrated Studies. decision making abilities through case study the instructor. analysis built on real life situations. EDUC 5P75 ***Course may be counted for credit in Educational Administration: The Financial EDUC 5V41*** Curriculum Studies, Studies ofTeaching and EDUC 5P70** Context 2003-2004: Advanced Topics in Learning Learning, Organizational and Administrative Educational Administration: The Social An analysis of trends and issues in the Disabilities Studies in Education or Integrated Studies. Context financing of education in Canada, including Current research on the cognitive, affective, A theoretical and structural study of the social the demand for and supply of educational and linguistic correlates of!earning disabilities context of supervision and administration in services, factors influencing educational cost, will be considered. Controversies over Organizational and Administrative Studies institutions along with the ethical approaches to educational planning, taxation identification and intervention strategies will in Education implications of those functions. Relevant case for education grant structures, budgeting and be evaluated. Advanced technological studies focus on the relationship between collective bargaining. supports will also be reviewed. schools and society, the microculture of Prerequisite: EDUC 5V40 or permission of EDUC 5P60 educational institutions, the sociology of EDUC 5P76 the instructor. Educational Administration: The power. Educational Administration: The Legal Theoretical Context Context EDUC 5V69*** A retrospective analysis of administrative EDUC 5P72*** Legal requirements, constraints and 2003-2004: Education Through The Arts theory and practice in organizations. Traces Effecting Change in Organizations . influences on education in Ontario. Federal Explores the contribution which educating the development and evolution of Current trends and issues underlying and provincial statutes and regulations and through art, drama, music and writing can organizational studies through modernist, organizational change processes analysed to case law as related to education law. have for all children in the curriculum. critical theory and postmodernist discourses. understand and facilitate change initiatives in Insights are gained from examining the Topics range amqng the historical, political, educational organizations. Modern and EDUC 5P85*** cognitive, social, kinetic and problem-solving ethical and social aspects of administering postmodern orientations, models, strategies International Education strategies used by creative people. Such organizations from an educational and leadership initiatives examined. A cross-disciplinary study ofinternational and strategies, when used in the classroom, perspective. intercultural problems in their social context become a tool for enhanced and meaningful EDUC 5P73*** including all educative efforts that aim at learning for all children. EDUC 5P62 Educational Leadership and Management fostering an international orientation in Educational Administration: The Political Principles, practices, trends and issues of knowledge and attitudes. Examines various EDUC 5V70*** Context leadership and management in educational theoretical and conceptual frameworks of 2003-2004: Comparative Studies of The structure, pattern and process ofpolitical settings. Attention to leadership and International Education and their Education in Developed and Developing influence on levels of education in Ontario. management styles, practices, tasks and relationship to associa.ted areas such as Nations Policy malting and implementation. The use models. Participants are encouraged to reflect Multicultural Education, Comparative Current education issues with a global of commissions, task forces and other devices on and analyze their own leadership Education, Global Education, Development Education, and other topics. Implications for perspective are researched, analyzed and to determine policy. Intra- and extra­ experiences in light of theories studied. discussed within a theoretical comparative organizational bodies and their influence on creating curriculum and pedagogical framework. A central focus is placed on the the educational system. EDUC 5P74 strategies for enhancing International role education plays in national development Organizational Behaviour in Educational Education will be explored. in selected developed and developing nations. EDUC 5P65 Institutions Judgment in Administrative Decision Attention to ways that individual, group and EDUC 5V80-5V89 *Course may be counted for credit in either Malting organizational characteristics affect Organizational and Administrative Curriculum Studies or Studies of Teaching The exercise ofdiscretion, a central element in behaviours of individuals in educational Problems in Education and Learning or Integrated Studies. administrative decision-making, is studied organizations. Communication, decision Seminar for students wishing to study a from a multi-disciplinary perspective. This making, conflict resolution, leadership, specific problem area in Organizational and will enable students to understand Administrative Studies.

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EDUC 5V82*** school principal. Historical, sociological and supervise and guide the student during the 2003-2004: The Accountability Challenge Cross-Focus/General Purpose Courses psychological explanations for differences in preparation of the project. Students are Reviews accountability from ancient times to men's and women's experiences in schools are required to prepare two copies of the final the present day. Discussion is informed by explored. document according to the published MEd literature from education, health, EDUC 5F95 project guidelines. government, and business. Examines the Thesis Tutorial in Educational Studies EDUC 5P90*** Prerequisite: EDUC 5P90. Students are inherent challenges of accountability, A research project carried out in collaboration Project/Thesis Proposal Tutorial required to complete EDUC 5P90 before underlying principles and elements, current with a faculty adviser and relevant resource The development of a proposal which will registering in EDUC 5P93. practices and dilemmas, and future trends. A personnel. provide the framework for the student's comparative, multi-disciplinary course. Prerequisite: EDUC 5P90 and approval ofthe project or thesis. The proposal will be formally EDUC 5P94*** Department of Graduate and Undergraduate presented to the project supervisor. The Advanced Writing Seminar EDUC 5V83*** Studies in Education. Students are required to proposal contract form must be completed An interdisciplinary approach to technical 2003-2004: Ethics in Educational complete EDUC 5P90 before registering in and returned to the graduate department of writing and scholarly publishing in higher Leadership EDUC 5F95. the Faculty of Education before students will education. The different stages of the writing Familiarizes participants with principles, be allowed to register for this course. May be and publishing cycle are explored in relation practices, trends and issues related to ethics in EDUC 5N99*** taken concurrently with any other course to students' interest. educational leadership. Participants will Graduate Seminar in Education except EDUC 5P93 or 5F95. explore various moral philosophies, ethical A non-credit graduate seminar which focusses Note: students are required to complete EDUC 5P97*** principles and ethical reasoning frameworks. on contemporary issues in educational EDUC 5P90 before registering in either Introduction to Integrated Studies Emphasis is on ethical and moral reasoning research that students encounter while EDUC 5P93 or EDUC 5F95. An introduction to education as a scholarly underlying dilemmas of administrative preparing their proposals, projects and i:heses. field, including the history of educational practice in a variety of organizational settings. Students and their supervisors will present EDUC 5P91 *** research, the development ofthe three fields of their proposals and/ or their research to Tests, Measurement and Evaluation for the study in the Brock MEd program. The course EDUC 5V89*** seminar participants. Classroom Teacher looks at current educational issues from 2003-2004: Learning in Organizations The various types of evaluation data teachers multiple perspectives and examines changing An overview of the theory and research in the EDUC 5P55*** use to make judgments about student growth, roles and strategies for graduate students in emerging field of organizational learning. Introduction to Studies in Education data source management, interpretation and education. Examines the implications and applications of Introduces graduate students to the nature, communication. Note: core course in Integrated Studies. organizational learning concepts in purposes, and methodologies of educational Students completing this course will forfeit education, health care and business. Of research and sc!10larship. The course will EDUC 5P92*** credit in EDUC 5V95. interest to teachers, nurses, trainers and provide an overview of current educational An Introduction to Educational Research consultants seeking to increase their trends and issues and a foundation of research An interdisciplinary analysis of research EDUC 5P98*** understanding of the role of learning within literacy. In addition to these content areas, the methods used in education with an emphasis Independent Study in Education the context of orga~'izations. course will assist students with developing a on basic research concepts and their Specialized study on an individual basis under master's level of scholarship, establishing a application. the direction of a faculty supervisor. **Course may be counted for credit in Studies research community, planning a coherent Note: this is a required course for all students. Prerequisite: permission ofDepartment Chair in Teaching and Learning, Organizational program, and accessing available support on the basis of a written application. and Administrative Studies in Education or services. EDUC 5P93*** Note: only one independent study course may Integrated Studies. Project Tutorial in Educational Studies count towards the MEd degree. EDUC 5P80*** An individual investigation or analysis of a ***Course may be counted for credit in Gender Issues in Education special problem in contemporary educational EDUC 5V90-5V98 Curriculum Studies, Studies in Teaching and Gender as an important aspect of school life. practice. The topic of the project must be Special Topics in Graduate Education Learning, Organizational and Administrative Emphasis is on classroom interaction approved by a faculty adviser who will also Seminar for special topics of a general nature. 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EDUC 5V90*** **Course may be counted for credit in Studies pwfessional development through 2003-2004: Qualitative Methods in in Teaching and Learning, Organizational Doctor of Philosophy in collaboration among practitioners, scholars, Educational Research and Administrative Studies in Education or Educational Studies educational institutions and Faculties of Examines research approaches using a variety Integrated Studies. Education ofqualitative methods including: case studies, The PhD in Educational Studies is offered interview strategies, action research ***Course may be counted for credit in • foster inter-university links and promote jointly by Brock University, Lakehead approaches, biography, ethnography and Curriculum Studies, Studies in Teaching and partnerships among Ontario universities historical methods. Combined designs will be Learning, Organizational and Administrative University, The University of Western Ontario and the.University ofWindsor. The discussed as ways of gaining novel insights Studies in Education or Integrated Studies. • further the expansion of research culture designation of "home university" is applied into educational events. and service throughout the province; and Students completing this course will forfeit the home university of the doctoral candidate's dissertation supervisor. credit in EDUC 5V59. • contribute to the renewal of the Prerequisite: EDUC 5P92 or permission of professoriate and educational leadership in the instructor. The student has the right to take courses and seminars or to use the academic facilities at any Ontario during the upcoming period ofheavy of the participating universities in accordance retirement in the universities and school EDUC 5V94*** systems. 2003-2004: Quantitative Methods in with the approved plan. Educational Research The regulations governing the preparation of The objectives of the program are to produce This course examines quantitative approaches theses and conduct of examinations will be of graduate students who will: used in educational research, which include those of the supervisor's home university. The experimental designs, correlational studies, degree requirements, regulations and • contribute to the development of and surveys. Students will review basic procedures for the Joint PhD program have knowledge and expertise in teaching/learning statistical procedures and learn skills for been approved by the appropriate governing at all levels on the education continuum analysing and interpreting data in educational body of each institution. Where there is a research studies. conflict in regulations and procedures: • contribute to the solution of problems/ issues in Canadian education EDUC 5V96*** 2003-2004: Educational Internship • in academic matters, the regulations of the • promote scholarly enquiry and the A one-semester field experience for MEd institution offering the course will prevail; development of methodological advances in students not normally available through either the study of education integrate theory and course-work or the exit requirements. • in non-academic matters, the regulations of practice in education; and Provides an opportunity for a supervised the institution at which the student is placement that may entail one or more of the registered will prevail. • assume positions ofleadership in Faculties following outcomes: limited fieldwork; of Education, school systems, and other writing of an analytical report; critical self­ public-and private- sector institutions performance evaluation with supervisory Program Goals and Objectives concerned with education assistance; effective professional networking. Prerequisite: Permission of department chair on the basis of a written application. The joint program will accomplish the Admission Requirements Note: Only one internship course may count following goals: towards the MEd degree. • provide greater access to advanced study in The mm1mum academic requirement for education for qualified candidates across a *Course may be counted for credit in admission to the PhD is successful completion Curriculum Studies or Studies in Teaching wider geographic range in the province of a Master of Education or a Masters degree and Learning or Integrated Studies. in a cognate discipline, normally with an A • promote the growth ofresearch activity and . standing.

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Applicants must provide evidence of research basic requirements for admission the Sociocultural Contexts of Education a) Course Requirements competence normally demonstrated by a Program Director and a potential supervisor master's thesis. Students who have not will assist the applicant in developing a plan This field draws upon diverse disciplines Candidates may meet the requirement for a completed a thesis must submit evidence of of study which will be presented to the such as comparative education, cultural specialization elective in the field through a equivalent research capability. Program Committee for approval. If psychology, history, philosophy, sociology graduate level course offered at any of the approved, the applicant will proceed to and traditional curriculum areas to advance participating institutions. English is the primary language of register as a doctoral student at the home understanding of the sociocultural contexts communication and instruction in the university of the dissertation supervisor and which influence curriculum, teaching and b) Comprehensive Portfolio program. Applicants from other countries will be subject to the general degree learning, to generate theory and to plan, who have not completed a degree at a regulations of that university. The offer of develop, implement and evaluate programs, The portfolio requires doctoral candidates to university where the primary language of admission will be made to the applicant by teaching and learning. demonstrate their potential as scholars instruction is English must pass the Test of the.home university. through the satisfactory completion of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with Cognition and Learning authentic tasks. The criteria used by the a minimum score of 600 (250 computer­ Dissertation supervisors will be required to dissertation supervisory committee to set tasks based) or an equivalent demonstration of report candidates' progress annually to the This field draws primarily upon psychology and assess a candidate's performance are: proficiency. Program Committee and to appropriate and educational psychology to examine authorities at the participating universities. critically the cognitive processes of teachers an understanding of the concepts, Candidates who are working on the degree at Normally, candidates will be expected to and learners as they engage in teaching and theories and issues in the field of study a distance from the home university must complete course requirements and the learning. Integral components of this field are purchase the software and access to the comprehensive portfolio, and to submit a assessment and the adaptation of instruction a knowledge of current literature and internet which will enable them to participate research proposal within three years of their to the needs of the individual learners. research methods in the field of study fully in the required courses. initial registration. Applicants to the program must declare a field the ability to analyse and synthesize Changes to the approved plan of study must of study prior to admission to the program. current literature on a specific problem Admission With Advanced Standing be approved in advance by the supervisor and within the field of study the Program Director. Program Requirements an understanding of and ability to Students may receive advance credit for a critique research in the field of study and maximum of one-half course specialization Program research paradigms. elective at the graduate level provided that this PhD students are expe~ted to complete the course has not been credited to a degree or following course requirements: both core The tasks candidates are expected to complete certificate already awarded, is relevant to the FIELDS OF STUDY seminars, a half-course Joint PhD specialization include the dissertation research proposal and proposed area of study and has been taken elective via distance, a half-course specialization three other tasks. Candidates must defend within three years of admission. Requests for their portfolios. Policy and Leadership elective and a research proposal colloquium via advanced credit must be declared prior to distance. Students must also complete a admission. No substitution may be made for The candidate's defence will be evaluated by This field focuses upon the study ofpolicy and comprehensive portfolio as well as the PhD Core Seminars I and II or the joint the dissertation supervisory committee and at leadership within educational systems. It dissertation. specialization elective via distance. least one other member of the core faculty draws upon organizational and administrative selected by the Program Director. Candidates studies to construct critical perspectives on Academic Regulations are required to present their completed Plan of Study actions and structures at the macropolitical portfolio to an audience in a forum such as the and micropolitical levels and examines how Core Seminar. these influence the climate and the quality of curriculum and learning. Doctoral candidates must be familiar with the Candidates may not begin their dissertation Applicants must submit a description of their academic regulations governing graduate research until the portfolio requirements have proposed area of research (approximately 2- studies at the home university. been completed successfully. 3 typed pages). When an applicant meets the.

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The Introductory and Advanced Core leadership in Canadian and international c) Dissertation Specialization Electives Course List Seminars are compulsory for all students. The contexts. Current debates and research . seminars promote breadth in understanding approaches inform candidates' decisions The dissertation supervisory committee will and interdisciplinary dimensions of involve faculry from at least two participating about their dissertation work and its likely universitices, including whenever possible and educational studies and will focus on current impact upon the field. 1. Poliq and Leadership reasonable, a member from the universiry research, theories and issues. The Core Seminars are the primary vehicle for EDUC 7P31 closest to the candidate's home to serve as co­ EDUC 7P21 Education Policy and supervisor in cases where the supervisor is at integration across fields and universities and Sociocultural Contexts of Curriculum Leadership:Historical operate face-to-fuce. The Core Seminars are (Lakehead 6311, Western 731, Windsor 631) some distance. The regulations and Contexts procedures governing the preparation of held each July and rotate to different home The traditional bases of curriculum theory are universiry campuses annually. examined in relation to the perspectives drawn theses and conduct of examinations will be EDUC 7P23 Contemporary Issues in from diverse disciplines such as comparative those of the supervisor's universiry. Educational Policy and EDUC7F40 education, cultural psychology, history, · Leadership d) Residenq Requirement Core Seminar II: Current Research, philosophy and sociology to advance Theories and Issues understanding of the social historical and 2. Sociocultural Contexts of Education Candidates must meet a minimum residency (Lakehead 6040, Western 704, Windsor 604) cultural influences on curriculum, teaching The Introductory and Advanced Core of four terms. Two terms of residenq may be EDUC 7P31 Sociocultural Contexts of and learning. Candidates will analyse existing Seminars are compulsory for all students. The fulfilled by completion of the Core Seminars Curriculum theories and models and construct alternative I and II. The other two terms of residency seminars promote breadth in understanding frameworks. must be consecutive. It is strongly EDUC 7P33 Selected Topics in the interdisciplinary dimensions of recommended that candidates complete two Sociocultural Contexts of educational studies and will focus on current EDUC7P33 of the terms of residenq after they have Education research, theories and issues. The Core Selected Topics in Sociocultural Contexts defended their comprehensive portfolio and Seminars are the primary vehicle for of Education are authorized to commence their doctoral 3. Cognition and Learning integration across fields and universities and (Lakehead6313, Western 733, Windsor633) research. Credit for residency may be given, operate face-to-face. The Core Seminars are Sociocultural issues related to such themes as with the approval of the Program Committee EDUC 7P41 Conceptual Bases for held each July and rotate to different home gender, race, ethniciry and their influences on and the home universiry, for research carried Cognition and Learning universiry campuses annually. education are examined and deconstructed. out off-campus. EDUC 7P43 Contemporary Issues in EDUC7P21 EDUC 7P41 Candidates are required to maintain Research on Cognition and Educational Policy and Leadership: Conceptual Bases for Cognition and. continuous registration. They shall complete Learning Historical Contexts Learning the requirements for the degree within a (Lakehead 6211, Western 721, Windsor621) (Lakehead6411, Western 741, Windsor641) minimum ofthree years and a maximum ofsix The global development of theories related to Current theories and models of teaching, years. Course Descriptions educational policy and leadership are learning and assessment are analysed from the analysed. Candidates critically examine the perspective of the potential and implications Recommendations for a time extension or history of Canadian schools at all levels and Not all courses are offered in every session. of such models for research on cognition and leave of absence are subject to the regulations consider how policy and leadership practices learning. and procedures at the home universiry and Students should refer to the academic relate to theoretical traditions. timetable. must be approved in advance by the supervisor EDUC7P43 and the Joint Program Committee. EDUC7P23 EDUC 7D80 Comprehensive Portfolio Contemporary Issues in Research on Contemporary Issues in Educational (Lakehead 6080, Western 780, Windsor 680) Cognition and Learning Policy and Leadership (Lakehead6413, Western 743, Windsor643) (Lakehead 6213, Western 723, Windsor 623) Selected contemporary research issues relating EDUC7F20 Selected case studies are used to analyse Core Seminar I: Current Research, Theories to cognition and learning are studied. Topics contemporary social, economic and political and Issues issues affecting educational policy and (Lakehead6020, Western 702, Windsor602)

109 108 www. brocku.ca/gradstudies/ www. brocku.ca/ gradstudies/ Education will vary from term to term. Candidates' Philosophy 1. Contemporary Studies: Husser!, research concerns and interests will help to Heidegger, Sartre, Marcel, Buber, guide the selection of topics. Scheler, Merleau-Ponty, Gadamer, Chair Luhmann or some contemporary EDUC7P51 Hans-Georg Moeller European movement, such as Directed Study Structuralism, the Frankfurt School, or (Lakehead6511, Western 751, Windsor651) Profissors Emeriti Postmodernism: Derrida, Levinas, Under the supervision of a faculry member John R. A. Mayer, Debabrata Sinha Deleuze, or Bataille. with appropriate expertise, the candidate may complete a sustained program of study Profissors 2. Eastern Studies: Indian and relating to a topic ofcurrent theoretical and/ or Murray L. Miles, R. Raj Singh Upanishadic Philosophy: texts from the empirical interest within the program field six orthodox schools of Indian and leading to the production of a substantial Associate Profissors philosophy, especially Advaita Vedanta, research paper. Subject to the approval of the Richard S. G. Brown, Wing-Cheuk Chan, Early Indian Buddhist traditions, Joint Program Committee, directed studies Robert W. Malone, Hans-Georg Moeller, especially Madhyamika schools; Bhakti are intended for students with special interests George J. Nathan traditions, Gandhi; Chinese which cannot be satisfied by courses that are Philosophy, especially Confucianism, otherwise available. Assistant Profissors Taoism, and Chinese Buddhism. Michael Berman, Christine Daigle EDUC7P69 3. Comparative Studies: Comparison of Research Proposal Colloquium Eastern and Western traditions with (Lakehead6219, Western 769, Windsor669) Master of Arts Program respect to problems of being, Candidates develop the dissertation proposaL knowledge, person, values, and Participants registered in the colloquium will philosophical method. be in contact through a computer program. Administrative Assistant Irene Cherrington In addition, from time to time, half courses and tutorials may be offered on the following EDUC7Z90 905-688-5550, extension 3315 topics: Issues in recent Anglo-American PhD Dissertation Schmon Tower 1130 (Analytic) Philosophy, Studies in Classical (Lakehead6901, Western 791, Windsor798) www. brocku. calphilosophyl Philosophy (Pre-Socratics, Plato and/or Aristotle), Process Philosophy (Bergson, The Master's Program focuses on rwo areas: Whitehead, Hartshorne). These areas of recent and contemporary European thought, . specialization fall outside the principal focus and Asian (especially Indian and Chinese) of the graduate program, but are represented thought. While the essential framework ofthe by individual members of the department. program has changed little in the last two decades, specific additions have been made to If in a given year a half-credit in one of the accommodate the rise in importance of above happens not to be offered, an individual postmodern continental thinkers (mainly tutorial therein may be arranged. Scheme A French and German philosophers). Such candidates are limited to a maximum of one­ inclusions indicate the type of dynamic half credit tutorial; scheme B candidates may rapport the department wishes to keep with take up to two half-credit tutorials. The the wider philosophical community. graduate officer of the department must Consequently, the majoriry of courses offered approve the program of any graduate student. in any one year will be selected from: Although the time limit for completion of the degree b>: full-time students is three years, it is

110 www. brocku.calgradstudies/ www. brocku.ca/gradstudies/ 111 Philosophy Philosophy to be noted that the program is designed to be PHIL 5P20 2003-2004: (5V03) Studies in completed in one year (twelve months) offull­ Modern Philosophical Studies: Kant and the Contemporary European Philosophy time studies. Full-time students receiving 18th Century financial assistance should not expect such Historical study of the thought of Immanuel PHIL 5V05-5V14 assistance to extend beyond the first year. Kant in the context of the 18th century Studies in Contemporary European enlightenment, focusing primarily on Kant's Philosophy Critique of Pure Reason. A study of the work of one or more thinkers Admission Requirements Seminar, 3 hours per week. prominent in recent continental thought.

PHIL 5P21 2003-2004: (5V08) Nietzsche Candidates should normally have an honours Modern Philosophical Studies: Hegel and Seminar, 3 hours per week. BA in philosophy with a minimum B average the 19th Century (75 percent). Those with a pass BA in Historical study ofthe thought ofGeorg W. F. PHIL 5V15-5V29 philosophy will normally require a qualifYing Hegel in the context of the 19th century. Modern Philosophical Studies year. Students may choose either scheme A or An advanced course devoted to one or more of scheme B. Knowledge of languages, as PHIL 5P91 the major thinkers of the tradition from appropriate, other than English may be Graduate Tutorial I Descartes to the present day. required. Research course with directed study and regular meetings with a faculty member,. 2003-2004:(5¥15) Heidegger covering topics not offered in a designated Course Descriptions course. 2003-2004:(5V24)Modern Philosophical Studies PHIL 5P92 Seminar, 3 hours per week. Graduate credits are to be obtained by Graduate Tutorial II completing courses designated at the Research course with directed study and PHIL 5V30-5V45 5 level. A course previously taken for (alpha)OO regular meetings with a faculty member, Advanced Studies in Eastern Philosophy undergraduate year four credit may not be covering topics not offered in a designated Concentrated critical and interpretative study taken for graduate credit. course. of selected texts in the areas of: Advaita Vedanta, Yoga, etc., or Madhyamika and PHIL 5F98 PHIL 5V00-5V04 Yogacara schools of Buddhism. MA Major Essay Advanced Studies in Political Philosophy A critical examination of either a particular 2003-2004: (5V34) Yogacara Buddhism PHIL 5F99 thinker or problem in political philosophy. Seminar, 3 hours per week. MA Research and Thesis Political thinkers may include Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant,]. S. Mill, PHIL 5V46-5V60 PHIL 5P07 Rawls and Nozick. Problems may include. Advanced Studies in Comparative Husser! and Transcendental liberty and political organization, justice and Philosophy Phenomenology equality, human nature and order, civil Selected issues on the basis of&cultyexpertise. Basic issues and methods of Pheno­ disobedience, participation and consent, menological philosophy will be studied and liberalism, anarchism, socialism and 2003-2004: (5V50) Advanced Studies in explored with reference to some of the major conservatism. Comparative Philosophy: Merleau-Ponty works of Husser!. Seminar, 3 hours per week. and Nagarjuna Seminar, :} hours per week. Seminar, 3 hours per week.

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Physics qualifYing year similar to year 4 ofthe honours Transport in metals: transport properties of complexes. Investigation of energy and program before formally applying for entry to heavy fermion systems. electron transfer and spin dynamics in these the MSc program. systems. Chair Non-crystalline materials: calculation of Applicants may be required to write the Shyamal K. Bose electronic structure and transport properties Experimental research facilities are supported Graduate Record Examination and/or an ofamorphous and liquid metals, quasicrystals, by electronics, glassblowing and machine English language pr9ficiency test. Full-time Profossors Emeriti alloys and semiconductors, vibrational and shop services. The University provides candidates with an honours degree or who John E. Black, Colin A. Plinr, Ramesh C. magnetic properties of amorphous solids. extensive computing facilities using Silicon have completed a qualifYing year require a Shukla Graphics UNIX servers and high performance minimum of one year of resident study in a Quantum Monte Carlo studies of physical Beowulf clusters. Profossors program that must be approved by the Chair properties of isolated atoms and molecules. Shyamal K. Bose, Douglas H. Bruce, Bozidar of the Department. Mitrovic, Fereidoon S. Razavi, Stuart M. Experimental physics Undergraduate Courses Rothstein Investigation of the optical properties of Program Requirements materials with phase transitions (e.g., Associate Profossors ferromagnets, superconductors, heavy A number of fourth-year courses carrying David A. Crandles, Maureen Reedyk, Kirill fermion, spin- and charge-density wave graduate credit are offered by the department Samokhin, Edward Sternin, Art van der Est The program must include PHYS 5F90 and compounds) via optical spectroscopy from mm wave to uv. and can be selected with the permission of the two credits, of which at least one must be a Supervisor and the Chair. Senior Laboratory Instructor graduate course. Further credits may be Preparation and characterization of ceramic, Frank A. Benko required where a candidate is deficient in a single crystal and thin film (using pulsed-laser particular area. Course Descriptions Laboratory Demonstrator dep;sition) high Tc superconductors, CMR materials (manganites) and amorphous alloys. Fulvio (Phil) Boseglav Part-time candidates may be considered, in Magnetic and transport properties at ambient which case at least two years of study beyond A selection of the following courses, and high pressure utilizing measurement the honours degree is required. determined in part by student interest, will be Master of Science Program techniques such as SQUID magnetometry, offered each year. Further information about specific heat and de-resistivity. the courses to be offered in any year may be Research Fields obtained from the Chair of the Department. Administrative Assistant Biophysics Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy Alice Witvoet and relaxation measurements in soft PHYS 5F90 The department's main research emphasis is condensed matter systems. Study of collective MScThesis 905-688-5550, extension 3412 on condensed matter physics. The following motions in model membranes, phase A research project involving the preparation Mackenzie Chown B210 research fields are currently being pursued: transitions in liquid crystals. and defence ofa thesis which will demonstrate www.physics. brocku. calg_program.html a capaciry for independent work. The research Theoretical physics Biophysics of photosynthetic energy shall be carried out under the supervision of a Lattice dynamics: lattice vibrations in simple conversion using a combination ofspecialized faculty member and the thesis defended at an Admission Requirements metals, thermodynamics of anharmonic optical spectroscopic techniques and oral examination. crystals, formalism of interacting many-body theoretical models for excitation energy systems, Monte Carlo and molecular transfer and electron transport. PHYS 5POO Candidates with an honours BA or BSc degree dynamics simulations. Quantum Chemistry: Theory in Physics may apply to the Chair of the Time resolved Electron Spin Resonance (also offered as CHEM 5POO) Department for entry into the program. Superconductivity: unconventional pamng, spectroscopy and light-induced spin Self-consistent-field (SCF) method: Candidates holding a pass degree without novel materials (high-Tc, magnetic, etc.), polarization in photosynthetic membrane configuration interaction; basis functions; sufficient concentration in Physics may, with localization and superconductivity, proteins and donor acceptor molecular electron correlation; physical properties of the consent of the department, enrol in a superconducting glassy state. atoms, diatomic and polyatomic molecules.

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PHYS 5P30 PHYS 5P75 Political Science enough to allow students to be treated as Advanced Electromagnetism Optical Properties of Solids individuals and to have close contact with Electromagnetic wave propagation in Measurement techniques; reflectivity, the faculty, yet large enough to provide diversity vacuum, dielectrics, conductors and ionized dielectric function and the optical Chair and an active intellectual community. gases; wave guide and transmission line conductivity; Lorentz-Drude oscillator Garth Stevenson Students come from across Canada, as well as propagation; dipole and quadrupole radiation model; Kramers-Kronig transformations and from Africa, Asia, Europe and the United fields; relativistic transformation of the sum rules; properties of metals, insulators and Proftssors Emeriti States. electromagnetic fields; radiation by moving superconductors. Victor M. Fie, W.H.N. Hull, William A. charges. Matheson,]. Patrick Sewell Courses of study and research are designed to PHYS 5P76 meet the needs and interests of each student. PHYS 5P41 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Proftssors The Department of Political Science can Advanced Statistical Physics Density matrix formulation ofNMR theory; Carl Baar (on leave), Gerald E. Dirks (on provide for a wide range of specific interests, Statistical ensembles, mean field and Landau spectroscopy of simple spin systems and spin­ leave), W. D. Kenneth Kernaghan, Daniel including political philosophy, Canadian theory, critical phenomena and the dependent interactions, relaxation theory; Madar, David T. Siegel, Garth Stevenson politics, comparative politics, international renormalization group; quantum fluids; spin temperature; dipolar broadening in relations and public administration. Faculty superfluidity; linear response theory; selected solids; NMR of soft condensed matter Associate Proftssors expertise and library resources support each topics on disordered systems. systems; practical aspects of high-fidelity Leah Bradshaw, Charles Burton, Terrance G. area of concentration. solid-state NMR; NMR spectrometer design; Carroll, Juris Dreifelds, Pierre Lizee, Ingrid PHYS 5P50 NMR imaging and microscopy. Makus, William Mathie The program provides a sound basis for those Advanced Quantum Mechanics I Prerequisite: PHYS 5P50, PHYS 2P31 and wishing to proceed elsewhere to PhD or Angular momenta, relativistic Schrodinger 3P92 for the technical pan- if given; strong Assistant Proftssors professional programs or for those seeking equation, Dirac equation, positron theory and background in quantum mechanics wni be Hevina Dashwood, Paul Hamilton, Matt creative careers, with government, many electron problems. assumed. Henniger, Luvianna Tossutti international organizations, the courts, schools and public service groups. PHYS 5P51 Lecturers Advanced Quantum Mechanics II Jennifer Bernacki, David Whorley Admission Requirements Symmetry, collision theory, Green's function, S-matrix, field quantization. Seminar Coordinator Jacqueline Dix Admission normally requires at least a high PHYS 5P70 secondclass average and an honours degree. Advanced Condensed Matter Physics Full-time candidates are required to complete Master of Arts Program Topics to be selected. at least three terms of study. The program is designed so that students can fulfil degree PHYS 5P72 Administrative Assistant requirements within twelve months of Many Body Theory Chris Schacht admission. Government policy requires that Green's functions at zero and finite full-time MAcandidates who do not complete temperature; perturbation theory and 905-688-5550, extension 3476 their program within twelve months shall Feynman diagrams; linear response theory; Taro Hall468 continue to pay full fees on a termbyterm basis electron- electron interaction; electron­ www. brocku. calpoliticsl until all course work has been completed and phonon interaction; electrons in disordered the first draft of their thesis or major essay has systems; Fermi liquid theory; BCS theory of The MA program in Political Science began in been approved by their adviser and superconductivity. 1973 and admits 12 to 15 new full-time department Chair. Prerequisite: PHYS 5P50 and 5P51. students each year. Generous fellowships and other forms of assistance are awarded on the basis of merit and need. The program is small

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in consultation with the graduate officer, Individual courses and concentrations cannot the integration and disintegration of political Graduate Courses graduate students follow either thesis option be guaranteed every year. A student who is communities, elites and mass media, and civil of major essay option. interested in a particular professor's courses or society and development. a particular concentration should indicate this Thesis Option consists of four half credit Thesis Option: Four half credit courses There are three types ofcourses in the Political when applying to the MA program. The courses, normally including POLl 5P80 and including POLl 5P80; normally at least Science MA program and all are one term in department will advise the student whether or one other core seminar, and a thesis. The onehalf credit from POLl 5P82, 5P84, 5P85 length. First, there are core courses, which are not these opportunities will be available in the thesis is a major piece of research and writing, (strongly recommended) and 5P86; with the taught as seminars and which are reserved for coming year. equivalent to three full credits. Scheme A is remaining courses selected from POLl 5P32, graduate students. These include POLl 5P80, intended for students who are prepared to do 5P34, 5P36, 5P38, 5P39, 5P46, 5P47 and 5P82, 5P84, 5P85 and 5P86 and, for students advanced research on a specialized topic. Canadian Politics 5V30 5V39; a thesis in comparative politics. in Scheme B only, 5P91. These core seminars provide an opportunity for critical Major Essay Option consists of seven half Major Essay Option: Seven half credit courses examination of some of the most significant credit courses, normally including POLl including POLl 5P80 and POLl 5P91; writings in the various subfields of the Several areas of Canadian politics are of 5P80 and rwo other core seminars, POLl particular concern to Brock faculty, including normally at least rwo half credits from POLl discipline and constitute a key component in 5P91 and a major essay. The Major Essay 5P82, 5P84, 5P85 (strongly recommended) the Brock MA program. POLl 5P80 is communications and mass media, federalism, Option is equivalent to one and a half credits. law and politics, and political economy. A and 5P86; with as many as three half credits normally required for all students and it is Major Essay Option is for students who will selected from POLl 5P32, 5P34, 5P36, 5P38, expected that one or rwo additional core study of Canada is also an important part of benefit from a broader range of courses. many of the other concentrations. 5P39, 5P46, 5P47 and 5V30 5V39; a major courses will be included in each program of essay in comparative politics. study. Four of the five core seminars listed In some cases, courses in other departments above will normally be offered each year, but Thesis Option: Four half credit courses may also be appropriate parts of an MA including POLl 5P80; normally at least one other courses may also be offered as core program in Political Science. Honours courses International Relations seminars in some years. half credit from POLl 5P82 (strongly in business administration and graduate recommended), 5P84, 5P85 and 5P86; with courses in philosophy are examples. It is also Second, there are specialized courses, most of the remaining courses selected from POLl possible to arrange to take graduate courses at 5PI4, 5Pl5, 5Pl9, 5P50, 5P52, 5P54 and Brock's concentration in international which are taught in conjunction with other Ontario universities. 4(alpha)OO level honours courses. These are 5VIO 5Vl9; a thesis in Canadian politics. relations provides the diverse viewpoints also seminar courses with small class sizes. necessary to understand today's world of Major Essay Option: Seven half credit courses Students in the graduate course have Areas of Concentration threat and opportunity. Several faculty assignments and responsibilities different including POLl 5P80 and POLl 5P91; members specialize in international relations from those students in the 4(alpha)OO level normally at least rwo half credits from POLl and offer courses which reflect actororiented honours course when the rwo meet as a 5P82 (strongly recommended), 5P84, 5P85 and systemoriented perspectives and which combined class. Programs of study are developed with the and 5P86; with as many as three half credits address problems of effective action as well as needs and interests of individual students in selected from POLl 5PI4, 5Pl5, 5Pl9, 5P50, intellectual comprehension. Third, there are tutorial courses. These are mind and these are often quite specialized for 5P52, 5P54 and 5VI 0 5Vl9; a major essay in individualized reading courses approved for example, modern political philosophy, Canadian politics. Thesis Option: Four half credit courses students who want to pursue a topic not Canadian political economy and Third including POLl 5P80; normally at least one covered in the graduate curriculum. The World development. What follows are some half credit from POLl 5P82, 5P84, 5P85 and precise requirements and topics are a matter of ofthe typical patterns ofcourse selection in the Comparative Politics 5P86 (strongly recommended); with the agreement berween instructor and student, most common general areas of concentration. remaining courses selected from POLl 5P20, subject to general departmental regulations. It should be noted that students need not 5P22, 5P26, 5P27, 5P46 and 5V20 5V29; a The Asia-Pacific region, Europe, the Middle specialize in a single area of concentration and thesis in international relations. A thesis or major essay is also a part of all that those who do opt for a specific East and sub-Saharan Mrica are areas of focus courses of study. In designing their programs concentration may often benefit by including for members of the department. Subjects of Major Essay Option: Seven half credit courses courses from other areas within their special interest are federalism, nationalism, including POLl 5P80 and POLl 5P91; programs of study. normally at least rwo half credits from POLl

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5P82, 5P84, 5P85 and 5P86 (strongly areas of focus are business/government POLl 5F99 POLl 5P05 recommended); with as many as three half relations, public administration theory and MA Research and Thesis Shakespeare's Politics credits selected from POLI 5P20, 5P22, policy making. A research project involving the preparation Issues of justice; politics, law and moraliry; 5P26, 5P27, 5P46 and 5V20 5V29; a major and defence of a thesis which shall republican, monarchical and tyrannical essay in international relations. Thesis Option: Four half credit courses demonstrate a capacity for independent work. government as explored in selected including POLl 5P80; normally at least one The research shall be carried out under the Shakespearean comedies, tragedies, and half credit from POLI 5P82, 5P84 (strongly supervision of a faculry member and shall be histories. Political Philosophy recommended), 5P85, and 5P86; with the defended at an oral examination. Note: Taught in conjunction with POLI remaining courses selected from POLl 5P50, 4P05. 5P51, 5P52, 5P54 and 5V50 5V59; a thesis in POLl 5P01 Political philosophy addresses the perennial public administration. The Philosophy of Law POLI 5P06 questions posed by conflicting accounts of Traditional and contemporary accounts of Philosophy, Politics and the Family how the political community should be Major Essay Option: Seven half credit courses law and their implications for issues of An examination of the relations that comprise organized and by the tension between the including POLI 5P80 and POLl 5P91; contemporary concern. the family and the significance of these for the requirements ofpolitical life and the pursuit of normally at least two half credits from POLl Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P01. political community as both have been treated truth. This concentration pays particular 5P82, 5P84 (strongly recommended), 5P85 by ancient and modern political philosophers attention to the distinctive features of ancient and 5P86; with as many as three half credits and by contemporary feminists and their ~nd modern political philosophy, to such selected from POLI 5P50, 5P51, 5P52, 5P54, POLl 5P02 critics. themes as justice, law and the theory of rights 5P59 and 5V50-5V59; a major essay in public Ancient Political Theory and to a close study of major political administration. Premodern political philosophy examined in Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P06. philosophers. the works of Plato and Aristotle, emphasizing those features distinguishing ancient political POLI 5P07 Thesis Option: Four half credit courses Further Information science and philosophy from that of Postmodern Political Theory including POLI 5P80; normally at least one modernity. Perspectives on the postmodern condition in half credit from POLI 5P82, 5P84, 5P85 and Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P02. the works of selected 20th century thinkers. 5P86; with the remaining courses selected Topics may include notions of the self, For further information about the MA from POLl 5P01, 5P02, 5P04, 5P05, 5P06 POLl 5P03 aesthetics and politics, reason and power, the program, specific concentrations and and 5VOO 5V09; a thesis in political Modern Political Theory construction of meaning. philosophy. fellowships, contact the Graduate Admissions Modern political theory examined in selected Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P07. Officer, Department of Political Science. texts. May focus on a theme such as Major Essay Option: Seven half credit courses historicism, consent, progress, equality or on POLl 5P14 including POLl 5P80 and POLI 5P91; a selected author, such as Rousseau, Kant, Federalism in Canada Course Descriptions normally at least two half credits from POLI Hegel. Aspects of the Canadian federal systems. 5P82, 5P84, 5P85, and 5P86; with as many as Note: taught in conjunction with POLI 4P03. Topics may include social diversity and three half credits selected from POLI 5P01, federal institutions; the role of courts; federal! All course selections require the permission of 5P02, 5P04, 5P05, 5P06 and 5VOO 5V09; a POLI 5P04 provincial financial relations; federalism and the Graduate Adviser. Students who wish to major essay in political philosophy. Politics and Tyranny the policy process; the evolving role of arrange tutorial courses must first consult the Comparative accounts of ancient and modern provincial authorities; and intergovernmental Graduate Adviser. tyranny are examined with a view to assessing relations. Public Administration whether political domination has varied Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P14. POLI 5F90 significantly in the western tradition. MA Major Essay Note: taught in conjunction with POLI 4P04. POLI 5P15 This concentration provides a distinctive A major essay required of students following Canadian Political Economy blend of the political, legal and administrative Scheme B, presented for discussion in a The political economy tradition in Canada, departmental forum. dimensions of public administration at the from the writing of Innis, Mackintosh and federal, provincial and local levels. Special Creighton to contemporary neoMarxist and dependency theorists. Topics may include

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foreign investments, regional development, POLl 5P26 communist, nationalist and religious in POLl 5P50 the labour movement, resources and Canada's International Politics and International different parts of the world are drawn upon to Machinery of Government place in the new international economic Security examine the dynamics of political and social The structures and processes of federal and order. Conditions affecting the use of force in the change. provincial government in Canada. Emphasis Note: taughtin conjunction with POLl 4Pl5. postCold War international system, with Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P36. on the operation of government departments, emphasis on the basis of state security and the Students completing this course will forfeit central agencies, regulatory agencies and POLl 5Pl9 effects of the security dilemma. credit in POLl 5V36. crown corporations. The Canadian Judicial Process Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P26. Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P50. Procedures and processes ofcourts in civil and POLl 5P38 criminal cases and the impact of the POLl 5P27 Nationalism-and Ethnic Politics POLl 5P52 procedures and practices on the Theories of International Relations A combination of theory and specific case Managing the New Public Organization administration of justice. Examination of international relations theory studies exam1mng the causes and Political and managerial dimensions of new Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4Pl9. with emphasis on the nature of the consequences of nationalism. The origins and developments in government organizations. international system and its relationship to the resolution· of national conflict, the Topics include administrative reform, POLl 5P20 choices and actions of individual states. mobilization of ethnic groups and the role of innovation, collective bargaining, human Globalization and Global Governance Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P27. international forces in what have been viewed resource issues, budgeting and comparisons Factors explaining the globalization of traditionally as domestic conflicts. Case with business organizations. studies situate Canada's ethnic tensions Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P52. national politics and the reconstruction of POLl 5P32 within a broader comparative perspective. politics at a global level. Topics may include Comparative Mass Media Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P38. policy problems linked to the effectiveness of Selected problems concerning the mass media POLl 5P54 international and national institutions; and the political process in Canada and other Business-Government Relations theoretical considerations on new concepts of states. POLl 5P39 The politics and management of relations politics and democracy in the globalized Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P32. Elites and Power between business organizations and world. The bases of power and of the degree of power governments in Canada, with par~icular concentration in government, industry, Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P20 POLl 5P34 emphasis on current research and Issues. bureaucracy and media in Canada, United Topics include theories of business­ Comparative Judicial Systems States and other selected countries and an government relations, the legislative and POLl 5P21 The nature of judicial power and legal analysis of characteristics, life styles, regulatory environment of business, public The Global Political Economy processes throughout the world. Topics may interrelationships and actions of the enterprise and privatization, lobbying and Mechanisms and practices which shape the include common law systems in the first world individuals in senior positions of power. interaction among government, business, the emerging global political economy. Topics and Third World in such countries as Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P39. media and labour. may include theories ofpolitical economy; the Australia, England, India and Singapore; civil Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P54. role of international economic institutions law systems in the first world and third world (World Bank, IMF, WTO, G8); policy in selected countries in Europe and Latin POLl 5P47 making and global economics; Canadian America; communist and post communist Arab Politics POLl 5P59 involvement in the global economy. judicial systems in countries such as Cuba and Topics include religion, panArab nationalism Electronic Government Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P21 Russia; evolution and change in legal systems. and political culture; problems of economic The politics and management of information Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P34. development; the Palestinian factor in Arab and information technology. Prospects for POLl 5P22 politics; the GulfWar and its aftermath and a electronic democracy in such areas as citizen comparative analysis of ways in which participation, electronic voting, lobbying and Foreign Policy Analysis POLl 5P36 political processes and institutions have political campaigns. Implications of Major domestic and external factors Revolution or Reform? Political Change in influenced and responded to these forces. electronic government in such areas as service determining the content of the foreign the Modern World Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P47. delivery, government reorganization, privacy, policies of selected states. Comparative study of patterns of security, equity and accountability. Note: taught in conjunction with POLl 4P22. transformation and transition of totalitarian, Note: taught in conjunction with POLl authoritarian and paternalistic systems 4P59. towards political pluralism and democracy. Democratization in selected regimes

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POLl 5P80 POLl 5V00-5V09 perspective, and its pluralistic approach is Great Works in Politics Problems in Political Theory Popular Culture reflected in the number ofdifferent disciplines A critical examination of some of the most A particular writer, work or theoretical from which participating faculry are drawn. significant writings in political science. problem in political theory is examined. Director However, the faculry all share the common Core seminar. Jim Leach view that the study of Popular Culture is a POLl 5Vl0-5VI9 valuable and worthwhile scholarly endeavour, POLl 5P82 Issues in Canadian Politics Professors enabling us to understand how societies, Graduate Seminar in Canadian Politics A selected aspect of Canadian government Sandra L. Beckett, Leslie A. Boldt-Irons, including our own, function and thrive. An examination of major aspects of Canadian and politics or an issue of contemporary Barry K. Grant, Rosemary Hale, Jim Leach, government and politics and of different concern. Mary Jane Miller, Marilyn Rose, John approaches to the study of Canadian politics Sainsbury, Elizabeth Sauer Admission Requirements through the discussion and analysis of POLl 5V20-5V29 significarg books in the field. Topics may Selected Problems in International Relations Associate Professors include political institutions, parties and Selected problems and issues drawn from both Nicolas Baxter-Moore, Glenwood H. Irons, Applications for admission to the MA interest groups, political culture and the the system and nationstate levels of Deborah Leslie, John Mitterer, Jeannette Program, on either a full-time or a part-time politics of specific regions. international politics. 3loniowski, Bohdan Szuchewycz basis, will be accepted from persons holding Core seminar. an honours degree in a relevant discipline (for POLl 5V30-5V39 Assistant Professors example, English, Film Studies, Fine Arts, POLI5P84 Selected Topics in Comparative Politics Dale Bradley, Marian Bredin, Russell History, Music, Political Science, Sociology, Graduate Seminar in Public Administration A comparative study of selected political Johnson, Sarah Matheson, Barbara Seeber Canadian Studies, Communications Studies, An examination of significant writings and institutions, processes or policies in various or Women's Studies) with an overall average issues in public administration and states. of at least 75 per cent. Applicants will usually bureaucracy. Master of Arts Program be expected to have completed some courses Core seminar. POLl 5V50-5V59 related to Cultural Studies, Popular Culture Selected Topics in Public Administration or Media Studies as part of their POLl 5P85 Selected problems and issues in public Co-ordinator undergraduate programs. Applicants must Graduate Seminar in Comparative Politics administration drawn from the federal, Anne Howe supply a personal statement, outlining their A critical examination of significant writings provincial and/or municipal levels. research or study interests in the field of and issues in comparative politics. 905-688-5550, extension 3553 Popular Culture, and letters from three Core seminar. POLl 5V60-5V69 Thistle I46F referees who can attest to the applicant's Selected Topics in Canadian Public Policy www. brocku. ca/cpcfl suitability for graduate level study. POLl 5P86 A field or topic in Canadian public policy, Graduate Seminar in International Relations including the analysis of policy making and The Master of Arts Program in Popular Potential applicants with a pass degree in a A critical examination of significant writings policy outcomes. Culture is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing relevant field or with an honours degree in a and issues in international relations and on the theoretical perspectives, approaches non-related discipline, but who have a demonstrated interest in the field of Popular foreign policy. POLl 5V70-5V79 and methods from a variety of disciplines in Core seminar. Political Science Tutorial the Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as Culture (for example through work experience) may be required to complete a Guided readings on a particular topic which is the established interdisciplinary field of qualifYing year (taking senior undergraduate POLl 5P91 not covered in the department's regular course Cultural Studies. The study of Popular Directed Reading offerings. Culture ranges from traditional textual courses in the Department of Communications, Popular Culture and Film A reading course for students preparing for the Topics must be chosen in consultation with a analysis to ethnographic observation and or other appropriate department) before major essay, POLl 5F90. faculry member willing to supervise the participant interviews. Themes and topics tutorial. addressed in the program will emphasize both admission to the MA Program. Prerequisite: permission of the graduate historical and contemporary perspectives in adviser and faculty supervisor. Popular Culture. The program espouses no single methodological or theoretical

124 www. brocku.ca/gradstudies/ www.brocku.ca/gradstudies/ 125 Popular Culture Popular Culture PCUL 5P01 Program Requirements Cultural Theory and Popular Culture pCUL 5P61 PCUL5P66 Historical and critical analysis of theories of Popular Culture of the English Revolution Print, Performance, and Early Modern Select popular literary, dramatic, political and Popular Culture popular cu~ru.re . from different disciplinary and cross-d!sc1plmary perspectives. religious writings from the 1640s to the Various historical and theoretical perspectives All students are required to complete five half­ Rest~ration in England from various of changes in popular culture created by print credit (one semester) courses, including the Seminar, 3 hours per week. historical and theoretical perspectives. culture and specialized arenas for performance graduate core courses (PCUL 5POI, 5P02, Seminar, 3 hours per week. in England from 1550 to the Restoration. 5P03), in addition to the MA thesis. PCUL 5P02 Research Methods in Popular Culture Seminar, 3 hours per week. PCUL 5P62 Students should consult with the Director of Survey of research methods in Popular The Western Genre the MA Program when planning their C_ultur~ and Cultural Studies, including their PCUL5P67 A critical examination of the western genre programs of study. h1stoncal development, theoretical Witchcraft and Its Meanings assumptions and practical application. from its antecedents in colonial America to Witchcraft as an aspect of popular culture in contemporary Hollywood cinema, including the Early Modern period (1500-1700). With the approval of the Director, students Seminar, 3 hours per week. its influence on other areas of popular culture Considerations of religious change, socio­ may substitute a reading course/tutorial for (e.g. fashion, music). Issues of genre, cultural economic friction and gender relations. one ofthe regular scheduled non-core courses. PCUL5P03 history and myth, national identity, ideology, Seminar, 3 hours per week. Normally, no student may complete more Seminar in Popular Culture and representation will be explored. than one reading course/tutorial and no Advanced application of theories and Seminar, 3 hours per week. student may take a reading course/tutorial methods introduced in PCUL 5P01/5P02 to PCUL5P68 with her/his thesis supervisor. topics relevant to individual student research. Representations of Peoples in Seminar, 3 hours per week. PCUL 5P63 Canadian Popular Culture In addition to course requirements, each Popular Religion and the Christian Church The representation of Canada's First Nations student must complete, and defend at a public PCUL5P04 The interaction between the vox populi and Peoples in drama, television, short stories and the vox ecclesiae throughout the history of other popular media. oral examination, a thesis that demonstrates Directed Reading in Popular Culture Christianity, focusing particularly on the Seminar, 3 hours per week. capacity for independent work and original Directed individual or group reading in an Middle Ages and early modern Europe. research or thought. The thesis topic shall be area of Popular Culture. Seminar, 3 hours per week. chosen in consultation with the supervisor Restriction permission of the Director PCUL 5P69 a~d o~her members of the Supervisory Note: may not be taken in place of either Geographies of Consumption Commmee. A formal thesis proposal must be PCUL 5P01 or 5P02. PCUL 5P64 Examination of the ways social theorists approved before research commences on the The Romance conceptualize consumption. Various popular thesis. PCUL5P60 Focuses on the popularity of the Romance sites of consumption will be considered from its origins in theArthurian legends to its including the mall, theme park and the home. Crime and Detection in Literature, Film and Television modern and mass incarnation in movies, Seminar, 3 hours per week. television and the internet. An examination of Course Descriptions Investigation and critique of the detective the changing face of the form, with particular genre from its nineteenth century literary PCUL 5P70 emphasis on its construction of sexual ongms to the present time in a variety of Studies in Popular Music identity. PCUL 5F90 media. Particular emphasis on contemporary Popular Music as popular culture. Cultural Seminar, 3 hours per week. MA Thesis theoretical approaches, and postmodern theory as applied to popular music, with A research project involving the preparation challenges to generic convention. · emphasis on such topics as genre, authorship and defence of a thesis which shall Seminar, 3 hours per week. PCUL 5P65 and performance; technology and political demonstrate capacity for independent work Recycling Fairy Tales in Contemporary economy; race, gender and national identities; and original research and thought. Literature, Film and Other Media popular music in Canada. An examination of our continued fascination Seminar, 3 hours per week. with fairy tales and the diverse forms in which they survive in modern society. How and why fairy tales are used to address contemporary socio-cultural and literary preoccupations. Seminar, 3 hours per week.

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PCU15P71 Digital Culture Psychology General Information Examination of digital culture from the perspective of critical theory, feminism, and Chair p~y~hology: Exploration of the potential for Dawn E. Good Administrative Assistant d1gnal technology to radically transform Linda Pidduck popu~a~ culture in areas ranging from science Graduate Officer to rehgwn and art to communication. Jane Dywan 905-688-5550, extension 3543 Seminar, 3 hours per week. Mackenzie Chown B326 Proftssors Emeriti www.psyc. brocku.ca/ John J. Lavery, Edward W.G. Pomeroy The Department offers MA and PhD Proftssors programs. Students may select Behavioural Jack R. Adams-Webber, Kathryn Belicki, , Lifespan Development, or John G. Benjafield*, Stefan M. Brudzynski, Social/Personality as their focus. Both MA David DiBattista, Harry T. Hunt, Robert D. and PhD programs are characterized by active Ogilvie*, Joan M. Preston, Linda D. Rose­ faculry collaboration within and across areas Krasnor, Stanley W. Sadava, Sidney J. and by both basic and applied research. Both Segalowitz, Paul D. Tyson, William G. programs have a parr-time option. The PhD Webster program offers special opportunities for students to individualize their learning Associate Proftssors experience through independent study papers Karen Arnell, Anthony Bogaert, Nancy and apprenticeships. DeCourville, Jane Dywan, Dawn E. Good, Carolyn L. Hafer, Darla MacLean, John 0. Fields of Study Mitterer, Peter Ramm*, Teena Willoughby Behavioural Neuroscience Assistant Proftssors Behavioural neuroscience integrates concepts Michael Ashton, Willard Bradley, Kimberly and methods from biology, chemistry, Cote, Andrew Dane, Cameron Muir physiology, pharmacology, and psychology in the study ofthe neurological underpinnings Adjunct Proftssors ofbehaviour. The basic tenet ofthe field is thai: Michael Alexander, Sherrie Bieman­ behaviour ultimately reflects brain function Coplahd, Nancy Johnston, Don McCreary, and that understanding brain function helps Tomoka Takeuchi, Barry Willer us to understand behaviour. Research in behavioural neuroscience may be on any of a Associate Graduate Core faculty number oflevels of analysis, ranging from the Gary Pickering, Miriam Richards single cell to the whole organism. Individual students working in the field at Brock will *on leave specialize in a particular area but they also must also learn to appreciate the concepts and methods related to other areas and other levels of analysis.

Within the program, students can gain experience working with neuroanatomical,

128 www.brocku.ca/gradstudies/ www.brocku.ca/gradstudies/ 129 Psychology Psychology neuropharmacological, electrophysiological, Close links with faculty in Behavioural a PhD so that their application can be and behavioural methods. Current research Neuroscience allow interested students to Research Facilities considered in the context of their academic involves behavioural pharmacological studies work towards an integration of neurological goals of major neurotransmitter systems and experiential factors that help shape (cholinergic, gluramatergic, dopaminergic, development throughout the lifespan. Brock The department has well-equipped RF­ GABAergic) and their role in the production Master of Arrs University also enjoys strength in its Faculty of shielded, sound-attenuated rooms for the of vocalization and initiation of locomotor Education and interdisciplinary Department collection of GSR, EKG, EMG, and high­ activity in rodents and the role ofhormones in of Child and Youth Studies. Opportunities to densiry EEG and ERP data with dipole human health and behaviour. At more molar Program Objectives engage in developmental research may be localization software for the study of levels, Brock researchers use a variety of available through the Centre ofExcellence for The objectives are to provide intensive neurocognitive and psychophysiological electrophysiological and behavioural research training in the fields of Behavioural Youth Engagement and the Youth Lifestyle function; a two-bedroom sleep laboratory techniques to investigate, for example, the Neuroscience, Lifespan Developmental Choices - Community University Research equipped with multiple channel digital physiological basis of sleep, the consequences Alliance (YLC-CURA). In addition, faculty Psychology, and Social/Personality amplifiers and specialized software for of sleep deprivation, the neural correlates of are involved in the Brock Research Institute Psychology and to develop an appreciation of recording and analysis of human sleep and normal and disrupted attentional and the scientific basis of psychology and the skills for Youth Studies (BRIYS), a multidis­ alertness in a 24-hour context; enzyme linked memory processes, developmental and age­ ciplinary initiative involving faculty across the necessary to systematically examine basic or immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for the related change in cognitive and emotional applied issues in the field of interest. Many university engaged in youth-related research. detection of steroid hormones in biological function, and the long-term sequelae ofclosed These associated departments and research graduates will pursue further training at the fluids and tissue samples collected from head injury. A strong interdisciplinary team doctoral level; others will be prepared to work initiatives provide unique opportunities for rodents or humans; animal housing has formed the Brock Institute for research and thesis collaboration. in a wide variety of occupations in which an equipment for neurobehavioural studies, Electrophysiological Research to help advance appreciation of the theoretical, conceptual, particularly for bioacoustic and locimotor this field within neuroscience. Social/Personality and methodological basis of psychology is of analysis; animal labs with operant chambers, value. Y-mazes, automated activity cages, and Lifespan Development Social/personality psychology at Brock provisions for surgery and histology; one-way encompasses a continuum of interests, from From birth to death, development is shaped mirror and video-equipped rooms and play Admission Requirements basic research to applied social issues. Our rooms for behavioural assessment and by changes both within the individual and in faculty members are actively involved in the observation; laboratory space for individual his or her environment. The Brock program study of such diverse phenomena as states of and group testing; and an easily accessed pool Applications for admission to the MA emphasizes development through the lifespan consciousness; the structure of personality; of Psychology undergraduates who regularly program, on either a full-time or a parr-time studied from social, emotional, cognitive, media psychology; expert systems; factors volunteer for research participation. basis, will be accepted from students holding and/or neuropsychological perspectives. related to mental and physical health, an honours BA in Psychology or equivalent, Particular emphasis will be given to the sexuality, forgiveness, and justice. Social/ Research activities are supported by highly with an average of not less than 75 percent. theoretical and practical implications of Personality graduate students will enjoy a efficient Electronics and Machine shops. The Scores on the Graduate Record Examinations, measuring change over time in the contexts of broad theoretical and methodological University Library has extensive holdings of both General and Psychology sections, must normal development and decline experience designed to prepare them for material relevant to the three areas of be submitted along with three academic Laboratories are available for the study of careers in academic, research, and applied specialization including substantial on-line reference letters and a personal statement of infant cognitive development, parent-child settings. At both the master's and doctoral interactions, children's peer relationships, access to scientific databases and journals, as interest and goals. levels, requirements are intended to give well as system-wide access to the many play patterns in exceptional or normal students breadth and depth of knowledge in children, childhood aggression, adolescent libraries in Southern Ontario universities and The Graduate Admissions Committee will the field. Opportunities are available for teaching hospitals. review all applications and will consult with lifestyle choices and resilience in children and research experience in health care and youth, youth engagement, adolescent potential supervisors of suitable candidates. community agencies. At the doctoral level, GRADUATE STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY The Committee will offer admission to a learning disabilities, and the neuropsychology students wilf extend their teaching, research, of normal and abnormal aging, as well as limited number of acceptable applicants. and applied skills to allow them to pursue Students applying at the MA level should atypical age-related decline. Current research Please note that in any given year students may post-graduate careers. indicate on their application whether they involves special populations in the not be admitted to all three fields ofstudy. intend to pursue graduate studies through to community from infants to older adults.

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Part-time students must take the research outside of a student's primary area of interest appropriate potential research supervisor Degree Requirements methods course in the first year and in addition to active attendance at the from within the Department. Applicants successfully complete at least one half credit Departmental colloquium and proseminar must have completed a Master's thesis in course per year thereafter. The thesis must be series. Required course work provides the another discipline that involved empirical Basic degree requirements include successful completed within three years ofcompletion oF foundation for advanced statistical and research of scope and complexity comparable completion of the core course in research the program course requirements. Students methodological skills in preparation for thesis to that of a Master's Psychology thesis. design, colloquium seminar, the thesis, and who are employed must ensure that there is research. The acquisition of applied and job­ Applicants must present recent evidence of three additional half courses, at least two of sufficient flexibility in their work schedules to related skills is facilitated through the suitable background knowledge in the form of which are in the field of specialization. allow for attendance at courses, seminars, completion of two of three apprenticeship a score for the Advanced Psychology (and/or Students will consult with the Graduate colloquia, and examinations, to engage in data credits from among teaching, research, and Neuroscience equivalent) section of the Officer and their thesis supervisor when collection, and to participate in meetings with community options. All PhD students have Graduate Record Examination. planning a program of study. supervisors as required. the opportunity to serve as teaching assistants in each year of their program and they are Required courses for Behavioural given opportunities to increase their teaching Degree Requirements Neuroscience include PSYC 5F90, 5FOI, PhD Program responsibilities as they progress through the 5PIO, 5Y05 and one of PSYC 5PII, 5PI2, program. General degree requirements are the 5P13, 5P23, 5VI0-5Vl9, plus one half-credit completion of two of PSYC 7FOI, PSYC course. Program Objectives 7F02 and 7F03; PSYC 7F90, PSYC 7P03, Admission Requirements The objectives of the PhD program in Required courses for Lifespan Development PSYC ?POI or PSYC 7P02; PSYC 7P40, Psychology are to develop a high level of include PSYC 5F90, 5FOI, 5P20, 5Y05 and PSYC 7P41 research expertise and the capacity for one ofPSYC 5P23, 5P24, 5P26, 5P27, 5V20 assuming a critical and scholarly approach to Admission to the PhD program requires Additional required courses for each of the -5V29, plus one half-credit course. completion of an MA, M.Sc., or MASc in basic and/or applied issues in the fields of focal area programs are as follows: Social/Personality, Lifespan Development, Psychology or its equivalent. Students must Required courses for Social/Personality have achieved an A average for the previous and Behavioural Neuroscience. The program Behavioural Neuroscience include PSYC 5F90, 5FOI, 5P30, 5Y05 and two years of graduate study and evidence of adopts a skills-based approach, ensuring that one of PSYC 7Vl 0 or ?VII; PSYC 7YI 0 - oneofPSYC 5P32, 5P33, 5P37, 5P55, 5V30- research competence, normally demonstrated 5V39, plus one half-credit course. students have access to hands-on training in 7Yl9 basic research, teaching, and applied areas that by a Master's thesis. Students are selected by the Graduate Admissions Committee in Thesis will prepare them well for a broad range of Lifespan Development post-graduate situations. They will build on consultation with a core faculty member who one of PSYC 7V20 or 7V2I; PSYC 7Y20 - A thesis research proposal will be evaluated by is willing to act as the student's supervisor. the experiences acquired at the MA level by 7Y29 the student's thesis committee before thesis Please note that in any given year students may developing further the skills needed to achieve research may formally begin. The thesis not be admitted to all three fields of study. committee is comprised of the student's independent responsibility for learning, for Social/Personality seeking out and integrating relevant one of PSYC 7V30 or 7V3I; PSYC 7Y30 - supervisor and two other faculty members Master's students with backgrounds other associated with the program in a core, resource information from a variety of sources and 7Y39 perspectives, for achieving depth of than Psychology or extradepartmental support capacity. An In recognition of the interdisciplinary nature open thesis oral defence is required with the understanding in a specific area of expertise, Dissertation of Psychology, the Admissions Committee A dissertation research proposal will be participation of an examiner external to the and for making original contributions to knowledge. will consider applications from students evaluated by the student's dissertation department. The thesis will demonstrate the holding degrees in allied fields. To ensure that student's capacity for independent work of committee before dissertation research may Depth of knowledge is fostered through such applicants have a background in acceptable scientific calibre. formally begin. The committee is comprised required courses and individual study within psychology adequate for successful of the student's supervisor and two other the student's area of interest in addition to completion of their graduate program, the Residency faculty members associated with the program their dissertation research. Breadth and following conditions for eligibility to the PhD For full-time students, minimum residencv in a core, resource or extra departmental integration are achieved through a minimum program have been established. Applicants for the program is one year of full time study. of one course and one individual study paper must first be sponsored in writing by an

132 www. brocku.ca/gradstudies/ www.brocku.ca/gradstudies/ 133 Psychology Psychology support capacity. An open dissertation oral neurophysiological characteristics of sleep, PSYC 51'24 defence is required with the participation ofan Course Descriptions anatomical and chemical mechanisms of Social Development examiner external to the University. The sleep, phylogeny, and functions of sleep. An examination of current theoretical, dissertation is expected to make a substantial methodological and applied issues in social contribution to scientific knowledge and pSYC 5P12 development, including topics such as Note: not all courses are offered in every demonstrate the candidate's ability for Behavioural Neuroscience Techniques ecological perspectives on social competence, session. Refer to the applicable timetable for independent research, integration of Completion of a research project carried out the interaction of family and peer details. Courses are open only to gntdutat<' knowledge, and depth of understanding. under the supervision of a behavioural relationships and lifespan approaches to students in Psychology or with permtssion neuroscience faculty member other than the attachment. the instructor and Grnduate Officer. Residency thesis supervisor and outside the thesis area. For full-time students, the residency Note: open to students outside neuroscience PSYC 5P25 PSYC 5F01 requirements will be a minimum of two years only with special permission. Learning Environments (six terms), post-Master's degree. Research Methods and Data Analysis The impact of the environment on Statistical analysis and research design with an PSYC 5P13 development and learning is considered from emphasis on the Multivariate General Linear Students who hold an MA., MSc, or MASc in Cognitive Electrophysiology the point of view of extant development and Psychology (or equivalent) may be admitted model as exemplified in basic and advanced An introduction to theory, methods and cognitive theory. The focus is on the multiple regression analysis, ANOVA, to the PhD program on a part-time basis. Part­ application of event-related potentials and deliberate construction of environments and ANCOVA. time students are expected to complete the EEG in the context ofinformation processing. in particular, computer environments, which required statistical and methods course in the Students completing this course will forfeit Seminar, lab, 2 hours per week. are thought to foster development and first year of their program, the two individual credit in PSYC 5P01 and PSYC 5P02 learning. study papers within three years, and all non­ PSYC 5P20 PSYC 5F90 dissertation courses before the PhD defence. The Concept of Development PSYC 5P26 MA Thesis The sequence ofother courses will be planned analysis of the meaning of the concept .of Developmental Disorders jointly with the dissertation supervisor and the The preparation and public defence ofa thes~ development. Lifespan developmental A study of atypical developmental patterns, Graduate Officer. Students who are employed which will demonstrate the candidate's theories and principles will be discussed. including genetically linked syndromes, must ensure that there will be sufficient capacity for independent research, integration Methods associated with different psychosocial interference, discontinuities of knowledge, and depth of understanding. flexibility in their work schedule to allow for conceptions of development will be related to trauma and diagnostically attendance at courses, seminars, colloquia, examined, with applications to .specific recognized categories. In the latter part of this and examinations, to engage in data PSYC 5P03 (e.g., social competence, course intervention options and evaluation collection, and to participate in meetings with Introduction to Psychological Assessment strategies will be examined, with a practicum supervisors as required. Theoretical issues and basic techniques will be being an integral part of the requirements. explored. Students will gain experience in the administration of standard testing materials, Lifespan Cognitive Development PSYC 51'27 Undergraduate Courses the interpretation of test results, and the The origins and development of cognition Lifespan Developmental Techniques preparation of reports. over the lifespan from a dynamic systems Completion of a research project carried out From time to time, students may wish to enrol under the supervision of a developmental in undergraduate courses to obtain PSYC 5PIO faculty member other than the thesis proficiency in certain areas important to their Behavioural Neuroscience supervisor and outside the thesis area. graduate education. Such courses will not An overview of current issues in behavioural Biological Perspectives in Development neuroscience. count toward academic credit in the A critical analysis of the usefulness of PSYC 51'28 Psychology MA and PhD programs. biological constructs in psychological Advanced Developmental Neurobiology PSYC 5Pll development throughout the lifespan. Topics (also offered as BIOL 51'28) Advances in Sleep Research focus on the relation between brain A seminar course on the principles of neural . Current research regarding sleep and development and behavioural capacity. development. Topics include cell lineage and circadian rhythms. Topics early determinative events, trophic functions,

134 www.brocku.ca/gradstudies/ www.brocku.ca/gradstudies/ 135 Psychology Psychology growth and plasticity, synaptogenesis and PSYC 5P35 PSYC 5Y05 teaching portfolio will be required. Students gene expression in the establishment of the Dreaming, Imagination and Metaphor Colloquium Seminar I will attend teaching workshops and courses nervous system. Review of methods used in dream research In advance of each of 12 departmental offered by the Brock Centre for Teaching and Prerequisite: BIOL 3P28 or 3P34 or (experimental and correlational colloquia, students will review and discuss Learning and participate in an observation­ permission of the instructor. content analysis and reading(s) recommended by the speaker prior based assessment of their teaching skills. description), emphasizing ro their attendance at the colloquium. Specific requirements and evaluation criteria PSYC 5P30 complementary nature of these apjpro1ad1es. will be determine.d by the teaching Research and Theory in Personality and The contrast between normative features PSYC 5Y06 apprenticeship supervisor and the student Social Psychology dreaming and forms of dreaming in special Colloquium Seminar II prior to course registration and subject to Fundamental and contemporary issues in groups (lucid dreaming, nightmares) will be In advance of each of 12 departmental approval by the Graduate Committee. personality and social psychology are examined. The relation of dreaming and colloquia, students will review and discuss explored. Emphasis will be placed on the related imaginative states of current research reading(s) recommended by the speaker prior PSYC 7F02 integration of the two fields from the on metaphor will also be considered. to their attendance at the colloquium. Research Apprenticeship perspective of interactionism. Students will take a major "hands on" role in PSYC 5P36 p$YC 5VO 1-5V09 a research project, under the supervision of a PSYC 5P31 Communication, Media and Technology Special Topics in Psychological faculty member other than the thesis Social Psychology of Health Social/personality aspects of media and, Measurement and Analyses supervisor. It is expected that the student will Situational variables in the development of technology; e.g., genre sel Selected topics and issues may include produce a research report of publishable specific diseases. Role of social support and programming techniques influencing · qualitative data collection and analysis, quality that will be submitted for publication. social resources in dealing with stress and absorption, theoretical and research multidimensional scaling, nonlinear Specific requirements and evaluation criteria health promotion. Focus on health risk approaches and current topics such as fantasy, regression and survival analysis. for the apprenticeship will be determined by behaviour, including extensive study of virtual reality and immigration into the research apprenticeship supervisor and the psychological models of alcoholism and interactive internet communities. PSYC 5V10-5V19 student prior to course registration and problem drinking, along with a consideration Topi~ in Behavioural Neuroscience subject to approval by the Graduate of approaches to behavioural changes m PSYC 5P37 Selected topics in Behavioural Neuroscience. Committee. clinical and nonclinical populations. Social and Personality Research Techniques Prerequisite: PSYC 5P 10 or permission of the Completion of a research project carried out instructor. PSYC 7F03 PSYC 5P32 under the supervision of a social personality Community Apprenticeship Social Cognition faculty member other than the thesis PSYC 5V20-5V29 Students will participate in one of a variety of Classic and current issues in social cognition supervisor and outside the thesis area. Topics in Lifespan Development approved community settings and engage in research. General topics include attribution, Selected topics in Lifespan Development activities such as policy analysis, needs social schemata, the self, affect and cognition PSYC 5P55 Prerequisite: PSYC 5P20 or permission of the assessment, community education, program and applications of social cognition. Social Psychology of Justice instructor. evaluation, and service delivery. Specific Basic and applied research in the social requirements and evaluation criteria for the PSYC 5P33 psychology ofjustice. Basic research questions PSYC 5V30-5V39 apprenticeship will be determined by the on­ Community Psychology include: Is there a justice motive? What is a Topics in Social/Personality site community mentor, the university-based An analysis of the contribution of individual 'just' distribution of resources? What Selected topics in Social/Personality. community mentor, and the student prior ro difference and social influence traditions on processes underlie responses to perceived Prerequisite: PSYC 5P30 or permission of the course registration and subject to approval by the emerging field of community psychology. injustices? Applied questions focus primarily instructor. the Graduate Committee. Particular emphasis upon changes raking on the social psychology of the trial and will place in the mental health system reflecting cover such topics as jury selection, eyewitness PSYC 7F01 PSYC 7F90 both an interactionist and social testimony, jury decision making. Teaching Apprenticeship PhD Thesis interventionist perspective. Students will take major responsibility for the The preparation and public defence of a thesis development and delivery of a half-credit that makes a substantial contribution to undergraduate course, under the menrorship scientific knowledge and demonstrates the of a faculty member. Development of a

136 www. brocku.ca/ gradstudies/ www. brocku.cal gradstudies/ 137 Psychology Psychology candidate's ability for independent research, PSYC 7V01 pSYC 7¥10-PSYC 7Yl9 integration of knowledge, and depth of Special Topics in Psychological Research Proseminar in Behavioural understanding. Measurement and Analyses Neuroscience Selected topics and issues may include Faculty and students will meet each week to PSYC 7POI qualitative data collection and analysis, discuss ongoing research and contemporary Multivariate Statistics for Psychological multidimensional scaling, and survival issues in Behavioural Neuroscience. In Research analysis. addition, students are required to attend Application of multivariate statistical departmental colloquia. techniques such as MANOVA, discrimi~ate PSYC 7VIO function analysis, simultaneous equation Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience I pSYC 7¥20-PSYC 7¥29 modelling, and loglinear analysis of Selected topics in Behavioural Neuroscience. Research Proseminar in Lifespan psychological data. Prerequisite; PSYCSPIO or equivalent or Development Prerequisite: PSYC 5F01 or equivalent. permission of the instructor. Faculty and students will meet each week to discuss ongoing research and contemporary PSYC 7P02 PSYC 7Vll issues in Lifespan Development. In addition, Psychological Measurement Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience II students are required to attend departmental Classical test theory and test construction Selected topics in Behavioural Neuroscience. colloquia. principles, as well as measurement issues in the Prerequisite: PSYC 5Pl0 or equivalent or analysis of quasi-experimental designs in field permission of the instructor PSYC 7¥30-PSYC 7Y39 settings. Research Proseminar in Social/Personality Prerequisite: PSYC SFOI or equivalent or PSYC 7V20 Faculty and students will meet each week to permission of the instructor. Topics in Lifespan Development I discuss ongoing research and contemporary Selected topics in Lifespan Development. issues in Social/Personality. In addition, PSYC 7P03 Prerequisite: PSYC 5P20 or equivalent or students are required to attend departmental Professional Issues in Psychology permission of the instructor colloquia. Ethical, social, and legal issues emerging from psychological research, teaching, and practice. PSYC 7V21 Topics in Lifespan Development II PSYC 7P40 Selected topics in Lifespan Development Individual Study I Prerequisite: PSYC 5P20 or equivalent or Preparation ofa paper in the student's primary permission of the instructor. area of interest but different than the thesis topic, usually directed by a faculty member PSYC 7V30 other than the student's dissertation Topics in Social/Personality I supervisor. The paper should be ·potentially Selected Topics in Social/Personality. publishable. Prerequisite: PSYC 5P30 or equivalent or permission of the instructor. PSYC 7P41 Individual Study II PSYC 7V31 Preparation of a paper outside of the student's Topics in Social/Personality II pnmary area of interest, directed by a faculty Selected Topics in Social/Personality member other than the student's dissertation Prerequisite: PSYC 5P30 or equivalent or supervisor. The paper should be potentially permission of the instructor. publishable.

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Social Justice and Equity and research methods that explicitly link local, Major Essay Option: Course Work and national and global processes to social justice Degree Requirements Major Essay Studies and equiry issues. The program unites scholars from distinct academic disciplines to provide All students must successfully complete six Director an exciting breadth and diversity of half credit courses in addition to the major Students will consult with the Director when Jane Helleiner perspectives. While the program is housed in essay. The program ofstudy will include three planning their programs of study. Graduate the Department of Sociology, it is made up of required courses, three additional courses and students follow either scheme A or scheme B. Professors partici paring faculty from Sociology, a major essay. Of the three additional courses, Geography, the Centre for the Environment, June Corman, Ann DuffY, Daniel Glenday, Thesis Option: Course W ark and Thesis two will normally be offered within the Social Jane Helleiner, Murray E.G. Smith, John History, English, Applied Language Studies, Justice and Equiry Studies program and one Sorenson and Modern Languages, Literatures, and All students must successfully complete four will be normally be a course offered by another Cultures. Students will be equipped to pursue half credit courses in addition to the MA Brock graduate program or a Directed Studies Associate Professors doctoral studies and to offer their expertise as thesis. The program ofstudy will include three course. All courses must be pre-approved by Judith Blackwell, David Butz, Karen Krug, policy makers or policy consultants to social required courses, one elective and a thesis. The the Director. Additional credits may be Deborah Leslie, Martha NandorfY, Carmela advocacy and social movement organizations elective will normally be offered within the required of candidates with insufficient Patrias, Donna Patrick, Michael as well as a wider public. Social Justice and Equiry Studies program; preadmission background. Ripmeester, Susan Spearey however, subject to the approval of the Required courses are: SJES 5F91 (major Director, students may fulfill this Admission Requirements essay), SJES 5POI, SJES 5P02, SJES 5P03 Assistant Professors requirement by taking a course offered by plus three additional courses (two of these will Kathryn Bezanson, Jonah Butovsky, Ana another Brock graduate program or a normally be offered within the Social Justice Isla, Anna Pratt, Mary-Beth Raddon, Kim Directed Studies course. Additional credits In keeping with its interdisciplinary character, and Equiry Studies program). Varma, Michelle Webber may be required of candidates with the program welcomes students from a variety insufficient preadmission background. of academic backgrounds. Applicants will Major Essay Master of Arts Program normally hold an honours undergraduate Required courses are: SJES 5F90 (thesis), In addition to course requirements, each degree in a relevant discipline with a SJES 5POI, SJES 5P02, SJES 5P03 plus an student must complete a major essay that minimum average of75%. Applicants will be elective. expected to demonstrate adequate training in demonstrates capacity for independent work and original research or thought. The major General Information research skills as well as proficiency in English. Thesis Applicants must supply a statement outlining paper shall be chosen in consultation with a their research background, interests and goals. In addition to course requirements, each Supervisor and will be evaluated by the Administrative Assistant The Graduate Admissions Committee will student must complete, and defend at a public Stipervisor and a second faculty reader. Linda Landry review all applications and offer admission to oral examination, a thesis that demonstrates a Students interested in a pursuing a broader a limited number of suitable candidates. capacity for independent work and original range of courses should enroll in the Major 905-688-5550, extension 3455 research or thought. The thesis topic shall be Essay Option. Academic South, 401 Full-time students may complete the program chosen in consultation with the supervisor www. brocku. ca/sociologylsocialjustice Full-time students must complete one year of in one year. Individuals interested in part­ and other members of the Supervisory full-time study (three successive terms). Full­ time options should consult with the Committee. A formal thesis proposal must be The ability to understand and analyse time students in the Thesis Option will Director. approved by the Committee. The Thesis struggles and inequities associated with normally enrol in SJES 5P02, SJES 5P03 and Option is intended for students who are gender, sexuality, racism, and class has SJES 5P01 in the fall term (note that SJES University policy requires that full-time MA prepared to do an in-depth project on a become increasingly important at the dawn of 5POI normally runs over two terms), and an candidates who do not complete their specialized topic. the 21st century. This innovative program within twelve months shall continue elective in the winter term. Full-time students interdisciplinary MA program responds to the to pay full fees on a term-by-term basis until all in the Major Essay Option will normally enrol growing need for individuals trained in the course work has been completed and the first in SJES 5P02, SJES 5P03, and SJES 5POI expanding field of social justice and equiry draft of their thesis approved by their scholarship by offering preparation in theory supervisor and the Director.

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(note that SJES 5P01 normally runs over two SJES 5P01 SJES 5P40 terms) and a minimum of one additional Graduate Seminar Gender and Sexuality course in the fall term. In the winter term In a small group forum, students hone their Theories and case studies examining the social students in Scheme B will normally enrol in skills in developing research projects. A broad inequities and social movements associated two additional courses. range of theoretical, methodological and with issues such as gender and sexual identities empirical approaches to social justice and and their articulation with other social Part-time students will normally take one of equity research are introduced through a inequities and struggles at local, national and either SJES 5P02 or SJES 5P03 in the first speaker series incorporated within the course. global levels. term and at least one half-credit course per year thereafter. S]ES 5P02 S]ES 5P50 Theorizing Social Justice and Equiry Studies Labour and Family Research Facilities Students are prepared to critically evaluate Theories and case studies examining historical classical and contemporary theories of social and current social inequities and social inequality and social justice through case movements associated with such issues as studies drawn from local, regional, national family life, work and employment and their The program has a graduate student office and international levels. articulation with other social inequities and equipped with a computer and internet access. struggles both historical and at local, national Participating faculty are affiliated with S]ES 5P03 and global levels. international, national and local agencies and Research Methods in Social Justice and organizations working in the areas of social Equiry Studies S]ES 5P60 justice and equity issues. These linkages have Students are prepared to critically evaluate Human Rights and SoCial Justice the potential to facilitate exciting research major research methods used in social justice Theories and case studies of the historical opportunities for students in this program. and equity research through case studies at development and implementation of legal local, national and international levels. initiatives in the broad field of social justice and equity at local, national and global levels. Course Descriptions S]ES 5P20 Domination and Resistance S]ES 5P70 Theories and case studies of domination and Social Justice and the Arts Note: Not all courses are offered in every resistance in both historical and global Theories and case studies exammmg how session. The Director will advise students contexts. Topics may include exploitation, social justice and equity issues emerge in which courses are to be offered in each colonialism, postcolonialism, globalization, literary texts, plays, films, music and other session. counter-hegemonic social identities. media, and how the arts and media are linked to struggles for social justice at local, national S]ES 5F90 S]ES 5P30 and global levels. Thesis Consumption and Environment An in-depth research project involving the Theories and case studies examining the social SJES 5V80-89 preparation and defense ofa thesis which shall inequities and social movements associated Selected Topics in Social Justice and Equity demonstrate capacity for independent work with issues such as consumerism, Studies and original research or thought. environmentalism, sustainable development, A topic in social justice and equity studies that and their articulation with other social will vary by instructor. S]ES 5F91 inequities and struggles at local, national and Major Essay global levels. SJES 5VI0-5V29 A major essay which shall demonstrate Directed Studies capacity for independent work and original Specialized study on an individual basis under research or thought. the direction of a faculty supervisor.

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Financial Assistance, Excellence in Research Award record in research, course work and Professor John R. A. Mayer Graduate Value: $1,250 demonstrating. Preference will be given to Scholarship Awards and Awarded annually in May to two full-time international students. Value: to be determined graduate students at the Master's or Doctoral Donor: The G. R. Finlay Family An award made annually to a graduate student Scholarships level who have demonstrated excellence in in the Master's degree program in Philosophy research. Students are eligible for the award if Richard L. Hearn Scholarship who has the highest academic standing. Brock University and external agencies offers they are actively engaged in thesis research. Value: to be determined Applicants must meet OSAP residency fe~lowships, assistantships, scholarships, Candidates for the award will be nominated To be awarded to the Brock Physics graduate, requirements and complete a bursary pnzes and grants. Prospective students are by the department/program in March and with the highest major average, entering the application, available from the Office of strongly urged to apply for any of the awards recipients will receive acknowledgment at the graduate program in physics. Established in Graduate Studies. for which they are eligible. Scholarships from Spring convocation. 1989 in memory of Dr. Richard L. Hearn, Established: 1997 external agencies are listed on the Graduate Brock University's first Chancellor. Donor: Brock Philosophical Society. Faculty of Education Fellowships Studies website- www.brocku.ca/gradstud~es Donor: The family ofR. L. Hearn. Value: $1,500 Wendy Murphy Memorial Award Brock University Fellowships, Scholarships A maximum of three graduate fellowships are The Thompson-Harrison Graduate Value: $1000 and Awards awarded each year to new and continuing full­ Scholarship The award will be made annually to a Various forms of financial assistance are time students in the Master of Education Value: $1,250 returning Psychology graduate student based program who have achieved high academic available to graduate students. In addition to The recipient will be a visa student studying on consistent academic excellence and the scholarships and awards listed below, standing. Prospective candidates for physics at the graduate level who has achieved collegiality. The candidate will be nominated Brock awards fellowships, teaching and fellowships will be considered on application a high academic standing in-course and whose by a selection committee appointed by the for admission to the Master of Education research assistantships to incoming and full­ studies are not fully funded by his/her Psychology Department. time returning students on the basis of program. Continuing students will be government. Should no physics visa graduate Donor: Family and friends ofWendy Murphy considered after successful completion oftheir academic merit. No special application is qualifY, the scholarship will be awarded to a Established: 1998 first year ofstudy. In order to qualifY, students requ!red as all applicants are automatically top chemistry graduate student, qualifYing must be registered as full-time students. considered for awards. Prospective candidates under the same conditions. In the event that Niagara District Chartered Accountants should direct their inquiries to the chair or no visa student qualifies, the scholarship will Association Award in Master of Accounting graduate officer ofthe department concerned. Faculty of Education Graduate Bursary be awarded, in the first instance, to a physics Value: $1000 Value: $1,000 student who has attained a high academic Awarded to a student entering the Master of G. Ronald Brown Graduate Award A number of graduate bursaries are awarded standing on entry or in-course. Should no Accounting (MAce) program with the highest Value: to be determined each year to continuing full.:time students in physics student qualifY, the scholarship will be entering average and demonstrated financial An annual award to a full-time student in the Master of Education Program who are awarded to a chemistry student, qualifYing need. Preference will be given to students from good standing, in the Faculty of Mathematics experiencing financial difficulties. Only one under the same conditions: the Niagara Region. Applicants must meet and Science who has demonstrated financial such bursary can be obtained during the Donor: Bernard Harrison. OSAP residency requirements and complete a need. Established in 2002 in memory of Dean student's MEd program. Application details Established: 1991. bursary application, available from the Ron Brown. Applicants must complete a and deadlines can be obtained from the Graduate Studies Office. bursary application, available from the Office Faculty of Education. Applicants must Ralph D. Morris Graduate Student Award Donor: Niagara District. Chartered of Graduate Studies. The award will be made provide evidence of on-going participation in Value: to be determined Accountants Association. by the Brock University Senate Committee on the department, a statement outlining An annual award to a student in the first or Graduate Studies, based on the financial need and a reference letter from a second year of graduate studies at Brock who Edgar and lrmgard Penner Scholarship recommendation ofthe Dean 'or designate' of full-time faculty member describing the has been involved in university activities Value: to be determined the Faculty of Mathematics and Science. The student's academic progress. which reflect well on graduate students or To be awarded annually to an international value of the award will be calculated as the extracurricular activities which enhance the student in any field, in the first or subsequent interest earnings from the endowment The Gordon R. Finlay Scholarship University's role in the community. The year of a graduate program, who has achieved contributed by the family and friends of Ron Value: to be determined successful candidate will be selected on the high academic standing and does not receive Brown and the faculty and staff of Brock An annual award to an outstanding graduate strength of responses to areas that reflect these financial support from his/her country. University. student in chemistry who has an excellent qualities. Donor: Irmgard Penner. Donor: Graduate Student Association. Established: 1994. Established: 1995. 144 www. bro~ku.ca/ gradstudies/ www. brocku.ca/ gradstudies/ 145 Financial Assistance Awards and Scholarships Financial Assistance Awards and Scholarships

Department of Physics Graduate eligible post-secondary institution in Ontario Canadian citizen and is entering a master's or application, be either in the final year of an Scholarship may apply for an award under this program. doctoral program at an Ontario university honours degree program in science or Value: to be determined To receive an award a student must establish with a major emphasis in Canadian history. engineering or in a qualifYing year. Awards are To be awarded annually to a full-time a need for assistance and enrol in an eligible Value: $8,500 per year (tenable for three initially for two years, with possible renewal graduate student in the first or subsequent institution in the year of the award. An award years) for the third and fourth years. year of a graduate degree in Physics. The under this program will be made to the extent Deadline date: June 1. recipient will be selected on the basis of of established need. Normally assistance will Information on these and other NSERC academic performance and demonstrated be in the form of a loan. Application forms are Department of National Defence awards may be obtained from the Office of financial need. available from the Financial Aid Office. Scholarship and Fellowship Program Graduate Studies or from the NSERC Bursary application forms are available from The Department of National Defence has website: www.nserc.ca the Graduate Studies Office. Canada Student Loan Program established a number of scholarships and Established: 1997 Students not eligible under the Ontario fellowships within the framework or strategic The Social Sciences of Humanities Research Donor: Dr. Maureen Reedyk Student Assistance Plan may be eligible for a studies of relevance to current and future Council Doctoral Fellowships Canada Student Loan. The Application form Canadian security. Studies may relate to any Value: $17,700 per annum The Governor General's Gold Medal for the Ontario Student Assistance Program is of the economic political, technological or The Social Sciences and Humanities Research The Governor General's Gold Medal is also used for the Canada Student Loan sociological dimensions of national security. Council Offers a number of doctoral awarded at Spring convocation to a graduate Program. The forms are available from the Applicants must be Canadian citizens. fellowships in the social sciences and student who achieves the highest academic Financial Aid Office, Room ST402. Value: up to $10,000 humanities to Canadian citizens and landed standing in a graduate degree program. Deadline date: February 1. immigrants who are registered in a program of Graduands from both the Spring and the Commonwealth Scholarships studies leading to a doctoral degree or the previous Fall convocation are eligible. The The Commonwealth scholarship plan Natural Sciences and Engineering Research equivalent. medal will be awarded on the provides opportunities for Commonwealth Council Graduate Scholarships Application forms and further details may be recommendation of the Senate Committee on students to pursue advanced studies in other NSERC offers two types of postgraduate obtained from the website: www.sshrc.ca Graduate Studies. commonwealth countries. The scholarships scholarships to students pursuing graduate are awarded to graduates of recognized studies at Brock. Postgraduate scholarships Northern Bursary Program Jack Noble Book Prize universities for a period of two academic years are awarded to students of high academic The Ministry of Community and Social The book prize is awarded every year at both and will cover the holder's travel, living and achievement who are working towards a Services offers financial assistance to post­ the Spring and Fall convocations to a Master study expenses during the period of tenure. master's or doctoral degree in the natural secondary students pursuing careers in ofEducation student who achieves the highest Commonwealth scholarships tenable at sciences or engineering. specialized social services. The program is academic standing in the MEd program. The Canadian universities are open to Applicants must be Canadian citizens or designed to help students in psychology, social prize is awarded in the name ofJ ack Noble on commonwealth citizens other than residents permanent residents. work, speech pathology and persons of native the recommendation of the Faculty of of Canada. Citizens of commonwealth Support at the master's level is limited to a ancestry, interested in working in Northern Education. countries should make application in their maximum of two years. Ontario. own country for commonwealth scholarships Value: $17,300 per year for master's studies; Bursary recipients are required to work in tenable at Canadian universities. Information $19, 100 per year for doctoral studies. areas of the province designated by the Loans and Awards by Government Agencies and application forms may be obtained from Deadline date: Completed application must Ministry. the Graduate Office, Office of the Registrar or be returned to the appropriate department Deadline date: June 1. from the Association of Universities and chair by mid-November. Ontario Graduate Scholarships Unless otherwise noted information and Colleges, 151 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario, KIP 5Nl. 1967 Science and Engineering Scholarships Value: $5,000 per academic term application forms may be obtained from the The Province of Ontario offers scholarships Office of Graduate Studies. Deadline dates: October 31 (Australia), Value: $21,300 December 31 (New Zealand). Three scholarships are offered to outstanding (in conjunction with Brock University) to students in or entering graduate~programs. Ontario Student Assistance Program students to enable them to undertake graduate The Scholarships are tenable at the Ontario All students who are residents of Ontario. Sir John A. Macdonald Graduate Fellowship studies and research leading to a doctorate university of the student's choice. The awards Canadian citizens or permanent residents of in Canadian History degree in one of the natural sciences or Canada and who satisfY the admission This award is made available to a candidate engineering. Candidates are nominated by the requirements of a Canadian university or an who is a resident of Ontario and who is a University and must, at the time of

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are tenable in all disciplines and the applicant countries. COS helps stientiests and scholars lODE Awards Fax: 416-926-4765 must have high academic achievement and find funding, promotes their research and IODE War Memorial Scholarships for E-mail: stuserv@oise. utoronto.ca meet certain citizenship requirements. collaborate with colleagues in a customized Doctoral Study Website: ro. oise. utoronto. ca!bulpage 177. htm For further information and application web community. Value: $15,000 for study in Canada; $15,000 forms, contact the Office of Graduate Studies for study overseas within the Commonwealth Soroptimist Foundation of Canada or check the web at http://osap.gov.on.ca! Canadian Federation of University Women Candidates must be Canadian citizens and Value: $7,500 Various scholarships offered to candidates must hold a first degree from a Canadian The Soroptimist Foundation of Canada Ontario-Quebec Exchange Fellowships who are Canadian citizens. University and be enrolled in a program at the annually offers several $7,500 grants to female Value: $10,000 masters; $12,000 doctoral Margaret McWilliams Pre-doctoral doctoral level. graduate students in Canada to assist them The two provincial governments will award Fellowship: $10,000 Deadline date: December 1 with university studies which will qualifY ten fellowships to masters or doctoral students Dr. Marion Elder Grant Website: www.iodecanada.ca/ them for careers which will improve the to study in the respective provinces in any field Fellowship: $10,000 quality of women's lives. Examples include of study. CFUW Memorial Fellowship: $5,000 MacKenzie King Travelling and Open but are not limited to: providing medical Deadline date: January 31. Beverley Jackson Fellowship: funded by Scholarships services, providing legal counselling and UWC North York: $ 3,000 Value: $10,000. The MacKenzie King assistance, counselling mature women John Charles Polanyi Prizes 1989 Polytechnique Travelling Scholarship entering or re-entering the labour market, Value: $15,000 Commemorative Award: $2,800 Value: $7,500. The MacKenzie King Open counselling women in crisis, counselling and The Government of Ontario has established a Bourse Georgette Lemoyne: $2,500 Scholarship training women for non-traditional fund to provide annually up to five prizes to Alice E. Wilson Awards (3): $2,500 employment and positions in women's outstanding young researchers who are Margaret Dale Philp Biennial The Mackenzie King Open Scholarship is centres. continuing to postdoctoral studies at an Award $3,000 open to graduates of any Canadian university Website: www.soroptimistfoundation.ca Ontario University of physics, chemistry, A. Vibert Douglas International who engage in postgraduate study in any field, medicine or economic science. Fellowship $8,000 in Canada or elsewhere. Deadline date: January 1. Deadline: November 1 Website: www.cfow.org The Mackenzie King Travelling Scholarship is open to graduates of any Canadian Awards and Scholarships by External Agencies Pestcon Graduate Scholarship university who engage in postgraduate study, Value: $3,000 in the United States or the United Kingdom, The scholarship is open to Canadian Students or international relations or industrial In addition to the University and government (indu~ing landed immigrants) for graduate relations (including the international or awards described above, there exist numerous study many area ofpesticide and contaminant industrial relations aspects of law, history, other awards fo: graduate students offered by research including alternative pest control politics and economics). external agencies, foundations, companies strategies. Preference will be given to students Candidates are nominated by the University and fraternal organizations. Some of these already actively engaged in a research program from which they have received, or will receive awards are briefly described below. For a i.e. in their second year of a Ph.D. program. their most recent degree. listing of external funding opportunities Deadline date: March 1. Website: www. mkingscholarships. cal please visit the Office of Graduate Studies Website: www. chemimt. calpestcon.html criteria. html website: www. brocku. calgradstudies Frank Knox Memorial Fellowships Program Graduate Studies in Education Brock University has joined with the The Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship Various Financial Support, Assistantships, Commu~ityofScience, Inc. (COS), a leading program provides funding for students from Scholarships, Fellowships. For more Web SJto:; for scientist and scholars, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the information please contact: www.cos.com. COS provides access to an United Kingdom to conduct graduate study at OISE/UT Student Services Office international network of nearly half a million Harvard University. · Graduate Financial Awards peers at 700 universities and R & D Deadline date: December 31. 252 Bloor Street West, 5th floor institutions and corporation in more than 125 Website: www..frankknox.harvardedul Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6 Telephone: 416-923-6641 ext. 8157

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Student Services and services assistants, the student peer advisory assist secondary and college students with committee on non-academic discipline and the application process Academic Support student representation on other Student Services committees. The Associate Vice­ II. Student Development Centre maintaining an Aboriginal resource President's ·office co-ordinates several library including newspapers, texts, and I. Office of the Associate Vice­ committees which provide a forum for CD's President student input on issues such as student affairs, Administrative Assistant providing training to Brock faculty and campus accessibility, equity, race relations, Peggy Karges non-academic discipline and campus alcohol staff policy and education. Associate Vice-President, Student Services 905-688-5550, extension 3240 2. Learning Skills Services Kim Meade Schmon Tower 400 The Associate Vice-President is available to assist students with their concerns. Students Learning Skills Instructor Administrative Assistant are invited to contact the Administrative 1. Aboriginal Stude1,1t Services Fran Young Rose Delazzer Assistant to arrange an appointment. The Associate Vice-President provides leadership Adviser 905-688-5550, extension 3114 905-688-5550, extension 3418 Sabrina Redwing Saunders and direction to the following Student Schmon Tower 400 Schmon Tower 401 Services administrative units: Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 905-688-5550, extension 4273 Learning Skills Services helps you as a Brock Closed: 12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m. Student Development Centre Mackenzie Chown C302 student improve your academic success at Aboriginal Student Services Monday-Friday: 8:30a.m.- 4:30p.m. university. Assistance is available to help Y?U The Associate Vice-President (Student Campus Ministries Closed: 12:00 noon -1:00 p.m. with any study or writing issues that anse Services) has two central mandates. The first Leadership Programs while you are a student at Brock. These issues mandate is the development, enhancement Our goal is to help Native, Inuit, and Metis Learning Skills Services may range from the ch~len?es of transit~on and integration of student services, policies students make a smooth transition to life at Personal Counselling Services from high school to umvemty, to prepanng and programs to support a high quality Brock. We offer services in a culturally Services for Students for upper-year exams or writing your honours student life at Brock, and improve students' sensitive manner and encourage students to with disABILITIES thesis. Learning Skills Services will help you success in their academic experiences. maintain or even increase their cultural Student Non-Academic Discipline develop the study strategies you need to reach identity while in the university setting. your full learning potential. The second mandate is the development and Career Services Services include: implementation of enrollment management A variety ofworkshops is available througho~t policy and programs to build an entering class liaison and referral services for students to Financial Aid and Awards the_year for a nominal fee. Worksh?ps w1ll with excellent and diverse backgrounds both the Brock campus and the local address students' study skills needs m areas through recruitment initiatives, and retain communities Health Services such as: managing your time, taking no~es, students through· the completion of their reading, writing university essays, preparmg degrees, by implementing advising and providing programming and campus for exams and more. Collaborate with a group Office of the Registrar support services to increase student success. wide Aboriginal events of your new Brock friends: any group of five Academic Services (Advising) students can "order a workshop" at a time Academic Appeals Students are encouraged to engage in and promoting awareness of Aboriginal convenient to them. In addition, Study Write!, support student affairs on campus through Admissions culture on campus participation in volunteer activities, paid work Examinations and Scheduling placements and committee involvement. Recruitment and Liaison Services advocating on behalf of Ab?rigi1_1al Opportunities for student participation in Student Records and Registration students within the Umverslty Student Services include residence life staff, community residence advisory council, residence security, Residence and Food Services residence dons, campus tour guides, health providing information on ~ative, Inuit, peer educators, financial peer assistants, career and Metis specific scholarships

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3. Personal Counselling Services designing and facilitating training 4. Services for Students with accessible focilities: most facilities at Brock workshops for student and staff groups in disABILITIES are wheelchair accessible. For a special Manager areas such as basic listening skills, accessibility tour of campus, please Les McCurdy-Myers meeting/group skills, stress management Manager contact the Recruitment and Liaison and team building; and providing on­ Judith Brooder Office. There are 17 accessible housing 905-688-5550, extension 4750 going clinical supervision wirh student units on campus Schmon Tower 400 groups such as the residence life staff and 905-688-5550, extension 4122 www. brocku.calstudentdevcentre/counselling the financial peer assistants Schmon Tower 400 attendant care: limited attendant care service is available through the Ontario Personal Counselling Services provides three offering the Foundations in Leadership Brock encourages and supports the full March of Dimes. If you require in key areas of service to the Brock community: practica series. www.brocku.ca/ participation ofstudents with disabilities in all attendant care, contact the Student studentdevcentrelleadership aspects of campus life. Services for Students Development Centre. group and individual services to students with disABILITIES provides accomm­ who are experiencing social/personal Our Manager acts as a consultant to the Brock odations and services for students who require Students are advised to contact the Student difficulties while studying at Brock; University community in a number of areas academic support due to the impact of a Development Centre early in the application leadership development; and consulting by: physical, medical, sensory, mental health or process to exchange information about their with students, faculty and staff. learning disability. needs and the services available. This providing psycho-educational pro­ exchange will in no way impact your Personal Counselling Services assists Brock gramming on topics such as anger All services and accommodations are acceptance at Brock. Afi:er being admitted to students with personal concerns in a number management, grieving and assertiveness determined on an individual basis, depending Brock, you must make an appointment with ofways. Many students seek help with specific on your documented need~. Services include: your case manager to provide appropriate concerns about relationships, self-confidence, advising students, faculty and staff who documentation of your needs, preferably weight preoccupation, loneliness, loss, stress are concerned about the behaviour of support services: use of a note taker, before the beginning of term. Your case management, sexuality, academic difficulties someone they know compensatory strategy assistance, exam manager will review your needs and assist in ere. Others ask for our help on less clearly accommodation, use of adaptive setting up the accommodations and support defined issues such as low motivation or a assisting with student projects, theses and equipment and liaison with faculty. services you require. feeling that things just are nor right. If semmars Screening and limited diagnostic something is bothering you, there is someone assessment for learning disabilities are 5. Student Non-Academic Discipline fostering and asststmg in the objective who cart help with: available on campus development of self help groups, and University Discipline Officer professional, confidential, individual adaptive technology. specialized computer acting as liaison with the Residence Life Cathie Closs counselling, at no cost to you. Individual sofrware and other technical aids are Staff and the Brock Off Campus Society. counselling is typically short-term, available for use in the Student 905-688-5550, extension 3240 averaging three to five sessions and builds Development Centre and in locked To meet with a Counsellor/Therapist to see if Schmon Tower 400 on students' strengths carrels in the Library. Please see your case we can help, just call extension 4750 or drop manager about your technology needs The University Discipline Officer provides in to ST400 to set up an appointment. multiple session group programs and to obtain access to equipment advice and support to students, faculty and developed to meet students' interests staff related to issues of non-academic library services: a designated reference discipline for students. The U niversiry responding to crises situations librarian to co-ordinate library services Discipline Officer sits on the Committee on throughout the Brock community for students with disabilities. Library Non-Academic Discipline to advise on policy and procedures, supervises the training, self-help materials in our resource area organization and implementation of student

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peer Discipline Hearing Panels, attends The chaplains are appointed by several faith Career Services is dedicated to helping Career Services for the current workshop hearings, and relays hearing decisions to gr.oups and are ~vailable to discuss any topic students and alumni explore career options, schedule! individual students, the Associate Vice­ wnh you, parncularly concerning spiritual define career goals and plan their academic, President (Students Services), Campus Police and ethical aspects of your life. work and volunteer opportunities to meet Events - Visit our website for a schedule of and, where appropriate, the BUSU Business those goals. Stop by to see us- no appointment events designed to connect you with Manager, the Director of Residences and Anyone who wants to be a part of a faith is necessary! The following services, resources, volunteer, employment, and educational others. For more information on Non­ community, to share concerns and events, opportunities, and programs are opportunities, such as the Career Fair, Academic Discipline, see the University experiences or to speak in confidence about available to you: Graduate Education Fair, Volunteer Fair, Calendar (Code of Student Conduct and any matter is welcome to contact any of the and more. These fairs are usually all day Appeals in Non-Academic Matters, or see campus chaplains in our DeCew Residence Career Resource Library - Our resource events, hosted on-campus, allowing students Brock's web page, www.brocku.ca Offices. library contains information pertaining to to drop by as they please. career exploration, job search, employment 2. Rita Welch Meditation Centre III. Campus Ministries- Brock trends, educational and employment Graduate Recruitment- We host employers Multifuith Centre The Rita Welch Meditation Centre was directories, and degree-specific occupational on campus from a variety of sectors dedicated April1 0, 1996. I twas established in information. Meet our trained Career throughout the year. These companies memory of Rita Welch, wife of the late Assistants who will provide you with practical conduct information sessions and arrange Chancellor, Robert Welch. The facility is resources and hands-on assistance with your interviews with Brock students and alumni. DeCew Residence 216 and 217 available both for individual meditation and career planning and job search. We also host representatives from educational 905-688-5550, for all groups who wish to use it for spiritual/ institutions, offering students and graduates extensions 4705, 3977, 4764 and 3134 religious purposes. Job Opportunities - Getting a job can be a opportunities to further their education here _ www. brocku. calministries great way to make some extra cash during the in Canada or abroad. For use at a particular time it can be booked school year and to gain experience in a specific through the Campus Ministries - Brock career field. There are a number of job EXPERIENCE Plus- Designed to give you a Chaplains Multifaith Centre. The meditation Centre is opportunities available: on-campus* and off­ competitive edge in the job market after Reverend George Addison, extension 3977 open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and at campus, full-time and part-time, volunteer, graduation, EXPERIENCE Plus is a careers­ (Anglican, Presbyterian, United Church other times as arranged; all are encouraged to ·and summer positions. Check out the Career oriented, work and skill-building program. Ecumenical Chaplain) use it when they can. A monthly schedule of Services website to view current postings! 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905-688-5550, extension 3243 It is the University's policy to accept medical Geeta Powell The Director and Assistant Director also assist Monday to Thursday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. certificates from qualified medical Canadian students interested in studying or Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. practitioners attesting to a student's inability 905-688-5550, extension 4318 working in other countries. They administer to write a test, examination etc. due to an Decew Residence R209 exchange programs to Argentina, Australia, Walk-In Clinic-Thursday: 4:30p.m. - 7:00 p.m. incapacitating medical condition at the time www. brocku. calinternational Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Finland, France, (closed holidays) of the scheduled test, examination etc. The Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Sweden, Closed: May- August University may, at its discretion, request more "Every student is an international student", the United Kingdom, the United States and www. brocku. calhealthservices detailed documentation in certain cases. according to John Kaethler, Director of Uruguay. They are also responsible for International Services. international development activities on Medical documentation must be written on a 1. General Information campus. Student Health Services Medical Excuse Form 1. International Student Advising Don't feel you have to wait for a problem to or the physician's letterhead and must show arise to visit the Student Health Services. the physician's address and telephone International students may find it helpful to VII. Recruitment and Liaison Services number. It must include the student's name, discuss academic or personal problems with A team of nurses and physicians provide date the student was examined at Student the director and his assistant. They can offer comprehensive medical/clinical services as Health Services or by the physician and must assistance with such things as immigration, Assistant Director well as health education and counselling. We bear the physician's signature. The letter must health, banking, accommodation and the Beth Natale can help you with a medical problem, provide include an indication of the severity of the completion of various forms, as well as treatment or a referral, give allergy injections illness. Please note that some faculties require providing liaison with instructors, the Administrative Assistant or update your immunization. We provide their own Medical Excuse letter to be University administration and the Cindy Curtis health education and counselling about many completed. community at large. It would be useful to see issues including contraception, pregnancy, them when you arrive at Brock. 905-688-5550, extension 4293 sexually transmitted diseases, nutritional or Student Health Services Policy Thistle Eist 261 weight concerns, stress or lifestyle issues. Student Health Services will provide medical 2. Host Family Program documentation only if: Monday to Friday: 8:30a.m.- 4:30p.m. The health fee paid by all full-time students at International Services, in conjunction with www. brocku.calliaison first installment covers many value added I. Medically warranted the St. Catharines University Women's Club, services including the Health Education offers international students a Host Family Recruitment and Liaison staff communicate Program etc. OHIP, UHIP or other health 2. The student presents him/herself to Program. This is not an accommodation information about Brock's academic programs insurance is needed in order to be seen by a Student Health Services before the exam service, but an opportunity for international and campus life to high schools, prospective physician. All visits and treatments are students to meet informally with Canadian students, parents and the general public. strictly confidential. 3. The student is seen in our office the day of families. the exam Recruitment and Liaison Services coordinates Students with special needs who are carrying 3. Peer Partner Program Brock's undergraduate recruitment activities, fewer than three credits, but for whom this is If your exam is at a time of day when the including: a full-time academic load, can request to pay Student Health Services is not open, then you The office offers this program to new the full-time student health fee and thus be must go to another medical facility to obtain international students at Brock. Each • Fall Preview Day and Spring Open House eligible to access all services at Student Health the necessary written medical excuse interested international student is matched • responses to queries about Brock programs Services. Students wishing to be considered documentation. with an international or Canadian student • presence at educational fairs across Ontario should contact the Student Development who is familiar with Brock and Canada. Each and Canada Centre. peer partner can help international students • defining advertising needs VI. International Services adjust to life at Brock. • direction of Campus Tour program Ifyou have questions or require any additional • hosting families or students during; their information about a health issue or specific 4. International Study, Employment and campus visits health concern, feel free to drop in. Director Development John Kaethler There are many opportunities for students to 2. Required Medical Documentation Assistant Director

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assist with open houses and campus tours. Students who indicate an interest in residence The Centre is a non-profit charitable, parent offence. For more information visit our web on their OUAC form will be sent information co-operative and is operated by a volunteer site at www.BrockU. CA/ohps. For confidential Campus tours are available weekdays about applying for residence along with the board of directors. All the staff are qualified advice or assistance, phone or drop by the throughout the year at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 University's offer of admission. There are a Early Childhood Educators. The Day-care is Office of Harassment Prevention Services p.m., and select Saturday dares at 12:00 p.m. limited number of rooms available for located in a large, well equipped building that located at 221 DeCew Residence, extention Advance registration is appreciated. Tours for students with wheelchair accessiblity needs was completed in 1995. Subsidy is available 4019. students with special needs are available and Special housing needs should be discussed for those families who qualifY. outline specific access routes to buildings, with both the Department of Residences and classrooms and parking and may include the the Services for Students with disABILITIES XI. University Library wheelchair accessible housing units on campus. Office. X. Harassment Prevention Services

To arrange a tour, call the Office of In addition, the Department of Residences University Librarian Recruitment and Liaison Services at 905-688- staff posts listings of available rooms, Harassment Prevention Advisor/Employee Margaret Grove 5550, extension 4293 or visit apartments and houses for those looking fur Ombudsperson www. brocku. caliaison off-campus accommodations. Off-campus Carolyn Brendon Assistant to the University Librarian housing listings are available on the Web at Fatima Noorbhai www. brocku. ca/och DeCew Residence VIII. Residence and Food Services 905-688-5550, extension 4019 905-688-5550, extension 3226 Decew Residence R221 Schmon Tower IX. Day-care Centre www. brocku. callibrary/ Director, Residence and Food Services E-mail: [email protected] www. brocku. calohps James R. Fleming The Library is central to the academic Director Harassment means engaging in a course of programs of the University. Irs function is to Decew Residence 205 Leah Lautenbach vexatious conduct which is known or cQught provide access to information in a variety of 905-688-5550, extensions 3370, 3594 reasonably to be known to be unwelcome. formats, in order to support both teaching and www. brocku. calresidence Day-care Centre Unwanted attention of a sexual or gender­ research. The University Library system 905-688-5550, extensions 3515 and 4433 oriented nature is referred to as sexual includes the James A. Gibson Library, which Brock has four residences: DeCew, a www. brocku. caldaycare harassment and may include sexual advances, is the main research library, and the Map traditional-style on-campus residence with requests for sexual favours, sexual touching, Library. all-male, all-female and co-ed The Rosalind Blauer Centre for Child Care and suggestive or demeaning remarks. Brock accommodations and a self-contained dining offers licensed day care for 56 children from University endeavours at all times to provide The James A. Gibson Library is housed on hall; Vallee and Earp Residences are also three months to five years, 12 months per year. a learning and working environment that eight floors of the Schmon Tower, the focal traditional-style residences on campus, having A school age program for six to 12 year old allows for the free and full participation of all point of the campus. All students have access all single rooms and students eat in the same children is available during the summer members of the community. Harassment to its collections, which contain over one dining hall as DeCew residents; or The months. The centre offers full- and part-time undermines these objectives and violates million items. Individual study space and Village, that combines the independence of programs and is open to Brock students, staff fundamental human rights. Consequently, it specialized. seating is available for more than townhouse living with the convenience of an and faculty of the University and community 700 users. The Library is open for 90 hours on-campus location. is considered by the University to be a serious members. Hours of operation are Monday each week, including evenings and weekends. through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 6:00p.m. Library hours are extended during exam All residence rooms provide the basic periods. necessities including phone, internet and cable television connections and all residences Detailed information on collections, services provide opportunities for residents' input and hours can be found in a series of printed through the Residence Action Council or the guides available on the main floor of the Residence Life Staff. Library. This information is also available on the Library's web page www.brocku.calibraryl

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Access to Resources and journal articles on tape. Students with (especially extensive runs of major collection of digital geospatial data, including Access to the collections is available through special needs are encouraged to ask library newspapers), books, theses and a complete Canada topographic, soil, agriculture and the online catalogue, which may be searched staff for assistance in retrieving library collection of ERIC reports. The University census data, outline maps, as well as a selection from computer workstations on each floor of materials or in using equipment. Further Map Library contains roughly 73,500 maps of electronic world atlases. A PC cartographic the Library. Access to library resources is also information is available at the Reference and air photos, and offers a growing number workstation is available for accessing digital available throughout the Universiry and from Information Desk or from Doug Suarez, of digital resources and services. For more map products and also supports GIS off campus. Librarian for Students with Special Needs, ext derail, refer to the section on the Map Library. (Geographic Information Systems). A 4083. description of the collection, an electronic The Library Home Page Borrowing from Other Libraries census atlas of Niagara, and digital outline www.brocku.ca/library/ offers direct access to Other Library Services Items not available in the Library's collections maps are accessible through the web site at the online catalogue, a large number of Debit card photocopy machines are located may be borrowed from other libraries through www. brocku. ca/maplibrary/ electronic databases, electronic journals and a throughout the Library. One coin-operated the Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery broad range of other subject resources, machine is available on the main floor. Service. Students may also visit any other A colour Laser printer and a black and white including specially designed gateways to Equipment is available for reading and for university library in Ontario to use its photocopier with enlargement and reduction subject-specific web resources. making paper copies from microforms resources and, while there, may borrow books features are available. (microfilm and microfiche). Printing can be that normally circulate. However, Assistance in Using the Library done from all library workstations. Requests undergraduate students may not borrow from The Map Library is wheelchair accessible. Librarians and reference assistants staff the for special copying should be directed to staff the or the Ontario Students with special needs who require Reference Information Desk on the main in the Photocopy Office. As well, the College of Art and Design. Books may be assistance in retrieving library materials or in floor to assist in the use of the collections and Photocopy Office offers a large-format returned directly to the library from which using equipment should ask Library staff. other resources. Individual and group library printing service for items such as posters or they were borrowed, or may be returned via orientation tours are provided at the maps. the Circulation Desk at Brock. The Library The Map Library resources and facilities are beginning of term. Library instruction and also takes part in the National Reciprocal available to the general public for reference subject-related seminars designed to teach Library Collections Borrowing Agreement. Under this purposes. Orientation tours are available on students about research are scheduled on The Library maintains a number of separate agreement, students may borrow books from request. request. Special services are provided for collections. The Reserve Collection provides university libraries across Canada, with some students who are taking courses at off-campus required readings for courses on a short-term exceptions. teaching sites. Details on these services may be loan basis. The Government Documents XIII. Instructional Resource Centre obtained from the Reference Information Collection contains official publications from Desk or from the library web pages. all levels of government and international XII. Map Library organizations and is an important source for Manager Services for Students with disABILITIES information on a wide variety of economic, Joanne Smith The Library is wheelchair accessible. social and political subjects. The Library is a Map Librarian Specialjzed equipment for use by students selective depository for Canadian federal f>:olleen Beard Faculty of Education with special needs has been installed in the publications and is a full depository for www. ed. brocku.calirc Library. Access to this equipment must be Ontario provincial publications. The Niagara MacKenzie Chown C306 arranged with the Services for Students with Regional Collection, located in Special www.brocku.ca/maplibrary/ The Instructional Resource Centre provides disABILITIES Office in the Student Collections, contains materials published specialized library, media production, and Development Centre (Schmon Tower, fourth about or in the Niagara Region. The Sound The Map Library is located in the Mackenzie computer services for the Faculty of floor). Individual closed study carrels and and Video Collection contains recordings of Chown Complex, Room C306. It contains Education. lockers are available in the Library. music, plays, documentaries and lectures, as 54,000 map sheets, including a complete set Applications for their use may be made at the well as a collection of instructional and of Canadian federal topographic maps, The IRC curriculum libraries are located on Circulation Desk. A special version of the cultural videos. Players for records, compact geologic maps, hydrographic charts, local Floor 2 of Roberts S. K. Welch Hall (St. Brock Library onlinecatalogue with voice­ discs and cassette tapes are provided, plus trails and many other special-purpose maps, Catharines Campus) and in Room 6 at the over and large print display capabilities is viewing stations for videos, DVDs and 1,000 atlases and 16,800 air photos of the Hamilton Campus (1842 King Street East, available at a height-adjustable workstation. laserdiscs. The Microforms Collection is a Niagara Region dating from 1921 to the Hamilton). The curriculum libraries offer a The Library can also provide access to books major research resource and includes journals present. The Map Library carries an extensive variery of curriculum resources to support

160 www. brocku.ca/ gradstudies/ www.brocku.ca/gradstudies/ 161 Student Services and Academic Support Student Services and Academic Support elementary and secondary teaching as well as The University's Computing Centre, which terms, some micro computing labs are open a special collection of Master of Education services both the academic and administrative from 7:30a.m. until1:00 a.m. All computer projects and theses. needs of the University, is located in F block of labs are networked and have Internet access. the Mackenzie Chown Complex. It houses a Each year the technology is reviewed and IRC Media Production Services are located on Unisys Clearpath NX4600 enterprise server upgraded as required in order to have the floor 2 of Robert S. K. Welch Hall (St. and several NT servers to support necessary equipment for academic needs. All Catharines Campus) and in Room 6 at the administrative computing and 4large Silicon computer labs have a wheelchair accessible Hamilton Campus. The Hamilton Campus Graphics UNIX servers to support academic work station. Library provides classroom audio-visual teaching and research. Information equipment. IRC media production areas Technology Services also supports many Communications and Network Services, a include laminating presses, lettering systems, departmental UNIX machines placed division oflnformation Technology Services, video editing facilities, and other equipment throughout the University. All of these provides multiple services for Faculty, Staff to assist in the production of teaching aids. machines are networked via the campus-wide and Students. Located in the west corridor of fiber optic backbone which is also connected the Thistle Complex, the Media Services IRC Computer Services offers one computer to the Internet. section supplies portable computers for laboratory in Robert S. K. Welch Hall teaching and student presentations. Other (WH311A). In addition, Graduate office Computing facilities are available to all equipment available for classroom use (WH319) has 3 computers for MEd studevt faculty, staff and students. Students requiring includes overheads, flip-charts, slide use. Two computer laboratories are located at the use of specific pieces of software on the projectors, video cassette recorders, portable the Hamilton Campus in Room 8 and Room servers are supplied with a user code by their stereo systems, and video projection systems. 14. The computers are equipped with instructor, otherwise general Internet access Equipment requests must be at least 24 hours software used in various MEd courses. and electronic mail accounts are freely in advance and can be scheduled by calling available via an automated system in any ofthe extension 3588. The IRC is wheelchair accessible. Students general computer labs on campus. with special needs are welcome to ask library Our technical support team services Brock staff for assistance in retrieving library The academic systems support standard University's microcomputers and associated materials or in using equipment. Although programming languages such as FORTRAN network infrastructure. Additionally, focusing on th-e specialized needs of the (77/90), PERL, C and C++, together with a Communications Services ensure telephone, Faculty of Education, all members of the number of application packages which network access and cable television is University community may use the IRC's include SAS, SPSS, IMSL, Gausian94 and available to all on campus residential library and media facilities. MATHEMATICA. students. During the academic term staff may also assist students with configuring The University supports scheduled micro labs their personal computers for network access XIV. Information Technology Services and drop-in labs for general purpose academk and when appropriate, repair computers. use. The scheduled facilities are located in The network centre staff is responsible for rooms A203, F316, F317, ]201, ]202 and network operations and assigning network TA304. The largest lab is a drop-in lab, addresses to student computers. Student Director Computer Commons in Academic North photo identification cards are produced TBA which will open September, 2002. A203 and during normal working hours. T A 304 support the Windows operating Administrative.Assistant system on 76 Pentium microcomputers; F316 Office hours are: Monday to Thursday, 8:00 Barb White contains 24 Power Macintosh computers; a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Friday, 8:00 a.m. to F317 is a Windows lab with 20 Pentium 4:00 p.m. Communication and Network 905-688-5550, extension 3479 computers installed with colour monitors; Services can be contacted by dialing extension MacKenzie Chown F301 ]201 supports 48 Pentium microcomputers; 3260. www. brocku. calits ]202 supports 41 Pentium colour microcomputers. During the Fall and Winter

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Life at Brock found later in this calendar. The Office of the The mission of the Department of Recreation Ombudsman is located in the Alumni II. Athletics Services is to provide a wide variety of Students' Centre. recreation programing and services that encourages a healthy, active lifestyle. I. Student Organizations 3. The Alumni Students' Centre Director Lome]. Adams Facilities This is the eleventh year of operation for the Walker Complex 213 The Walker Complex includes our new Alumni Students' Centre. This building is a Student/Community Health and Fitness 1. Graduate Students' Association milestone on Brock's history as it is funded Administrative Assistant Centre with its 4-court gymnasium, indoor and operated solely by students. Some of the Sandra Boone, Marilou Iusi 200 metre running/walking track and the The Graduate Students' Association (GSA) services found in the Students' Centre are: the 905-688-5550, extension 4398 Zone (fitness centre). Facilities also include a represents the interest ofall graduate students. BUSU offices, Isaac's Bar and Grill, Sophie's· Walker Complex 213C 50 metre, 8 lane Olympic sized The purpose of the association is to promote Variety store, the Central Advertising Bureau, www. brocku. calathletics pool, dry saunas, a whirlpool, two gymnasia, the interests of graduate students in academic the Brock Press, the BOC Lounge, the Health squash and racquetball courts, an indoor and social matters, to facilitate interaction Plan Office, Pick up/Drop off Pharmacy Brock University's Department of Athletics training centre for and 2 studios. among graduate students from the Service, PBB Travel Agency, Brock Foot provides students with the opportunity to take participating graduate programs and to Patrol, Office of the Ombudsman for part in athletics both as participants and fans. As the largest assembly area on campus, the enhance the profile of graduate students Students and a photocopy service. Interuniversity activities are available to all complex is also used for examinations and internal and external to the University students and cater to those interested in the convocation. community. All graduate students are 4. Ontario Public Interest Research Group pursuit ofexcellence. Each year approximately automatically members of the GSA and are (OPIRG- Brock) 560 student-athletes compete on Badger Four outdoor all-weather courts and charged a membership fee at registration. The teams. Weekly training and competition numerous fields compliment the indoor GSA welcomes the interest and participation OPIRG is a student-funded and directed provide student-athletes some of the best facilities. of all graduate students. organization located in Symphony House, by competitive opportunities in Canada. parking lot Zone 2 (Lots T, U, V). Our Recreation Services offers a wide range of In addition to sponsoring various activities, mandate is research, education and action. Our It is the mission of the Department to enrich competitive and instructional activities for all the association provides funds for the Ralph Resource Centre is a place for everyone, to the overall student life experience by levels of ability. Morris Graduate Student Award, donat~s study, converse and debate environmental providing quality sport programs and funds to the graduate departments for travel and social justice issues that could affirm or leadership in the pursuit ofathletic excellence. The aim of our programs is to provide varied and conference expenses. challenge your thinking. Interuniversity sport is an experience of a opportunities for physical activiry through lifetime. Not only will student-athletes earn a access to competitive leagues, recreational Everyone is encouraged to volunteer, join a 2. Office of the Ombudsman for Students degree but they will also develop athletic and leagues and instructional programs that can Working/Action Group or participate in the life skills that will last forever. enrich student and community life. There may be occasions which cause students activities of OPIRG. We provide volunteer to feel that they are victims of unfair training at the local and provincial levels. Aquatics treatment. For guidance in both academic and Students who do not wish to support the work III. Recreation Services Over 64,000 people used the Brock pool this personal matters, students can contact the of OPIRG may get a refund of their student past year. Aquatics provides students and Ombudsman fee from OPIRG during the first three weeks community alike, with many opportunities of classes. Director including adult learn to swim levels, scuba, For assistance in getting through red tape, snorkelling, diving and lifeguarding related injustice, conflict and harassment, although "Study without action is futile. Action without Karen McAllister-Kenny Walker Complex 214A courses. Swim teams for all ages and skill not lawyers, the office of the Ombudsman for study is fotal. " abilities can be seen practising in our facility Students has access to expert legal advice, if from dawn to dusk. necessary. It is important that all students Administrative Assistants become familiar with their academic rights Georgeann Watson, extensions 4089, 3387 and responsibilities. Read the regulations Sandra Boone, extension 3018 www. brocku. calrecserve

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Recreation Book Store hours: September to June: work closely with the volunteer members of For those who prefer not to participate in IV. Parking Services Monday- Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., the Alumni Association representing the structured programs, our new facilities Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; July and collective interests of Brock's alumni. provide the opportunity for recreational August: Monday- Friday 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 activities of your choosing. 905-688-5550, extension 4309 p.m. Contact is maintained with our growing Alan Earp Residence, Room 126 - number of graduates through Surgite! Intramural Sales Hours: 9:00a.m.- 4:00p.m. Monday to magazine, published four times a year. Also, VI. Alumni Affairs Brock's TeleGrad Office contacts all Competition: Team and individual leagues Friday (Office closed on Official University are offered through our Intramural program Holidays) graduates to provide an update on what is on a scheduled basis, with officials, league www. brocku.calparking happening at Brock and to invite support for Director standings and playoffs. Different levels ofplay E-mail: [email protected] the University's annual giving program, are available. Men's, women's and co-ed Christine Jones capital appeals or surveys. The students are the programs are offered. Leagues include slow At a busy universiry the demand for parking 905-688-5550 extension 4320 beneficiaries of the support from Brock's pitch, flag football, , , facilities is great, and Brock is no exception. graduates. soccer, inner tube water polo, underwater There are plenry of parking options available Administrative Assistant For information about Alumni Affairs hockey, squash, tennis, badminton and at the Universiry. For a detailed list ofoptions, Vera Terpak broom ball and more. please visit our website at: 905-688-5550, extension 3816 programs, contact the Office of External Relations, 905-688-5550, extension 3251. www. brocku. calparking THe265 Instructional www.brocku.ca/extrel/alumni If you want to be introduced to a new activity VII. Alumni Association or want to improve existing skills, join one of V. The Book Store With your graduation comes a new the instructional programs. Non-credit relationship with the Universiry. You will courses are offered in many forms of dance, have joined the more than 42,000 members of fitness, racquets, personal training, , Director, Bookstore Operations Brock's Alumni Association. Full Alphie's Trough swimming, yoga and tai chi. Over 40 different Trudy Lockyer membership privileges (including special 905-688-5550, extension 3029 fitness and spinning classes are offered. membership prices in the Walker Complex, www.alumniassociation. brocku. ca Certification programs including First Aid, Assistant to the Director the Brock Centre for the Arts and the James A. Fitness Leadership, Personal Training, Sports Caroline Lidstone Gibson Library) are available to anyone who The mission of the Brock Universiry Alumni Injury Prevention and Care, National 905-688-5550, extension 3237 holds a degree or certificate from the Association is to foster a spirit ofloyalry to the Coaching Certification, Aquatic Leadership Thistle South 219 University. Universiry among the graduates; to support programs are available. www. bookstore. brocku. ca the Universiry by promoting its welfare and As part of a worldwide nerwork, there are advancing its interests and influence; to Access The Book Store, conveniently located in the many ways to keep in touch with the maintain and promote unity and a spirit of All activiry areas within the Walker Complex Thistle Corridor, is the primary source of Universiry and your fellow graduates. The friendship among graduates; to raise funds on are accessible to students with special needs. required textbooks (new and used) and Alumni Affairs staff are your main contact. behalf of the Universiry; and to maintain a Program areas are accessible by the elevators recommended reading materials. It also stocks The goal of the Alumni Affairs program is to fund or funds and to apply the interest from near theWelcome Desk, main lobby area and a wide selection of academic and general develop and foster programs that serve Brock this for charitable purposes including making outside the Zone or directly from the ground books including dictionaries, study and essay graduates. The programs organized by awards to individuals or organizations with entry level. writing guides. A special order service is Alumni Affairs include Brock Days: a the U niversiry to assist in the promotion of available at any time. The Book Store also Communiry and Homecoming Celebration, education, arts and recreation; and to develop Employment stocks stationery, cards, magazines, clothing affiniry programs, nerworks of graduates and maintain strong links to the various Many employment opportumnes are and memorabilia, computer hardware, across Canada and internationally, reunions, bodies within the Universiry, both academic available in the Department of Recreation software and computing supplies. Help is student alumni program and the Brock and administrative, to foster a greater Services for students. We look forward to readily available, on request, for persons with Ambassadors. The Alumni Affairs staff also understanding of alumni issues and needs. seeing you working out, swimming, taking a special needs. course or playing an Intramural sport. Each year, the Alumni Association presents a number of awards and scholarships for

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academic excellence. A $500 Alumni Student The Development staff are responsible for the The Development staff also maintain a list of Award is given to a third- or fourth-year co-ordination of all fund-raising activities at those companies which will match your student who has contributed to the extra­ Brock. donation. curricular life of the University while maintaining a satisfactory grade. The Badger Gifi:s can be made to one of three charitable In these times of diminished tax based Award is to honour a graduating student who organizations that have been created to serve support, the contributions of individuals and has demonstrated outstanding leadership the needs of Brock University; Brock organizations have never been more necessary. qualities by their involvement in the extra­ University (a registered charity), The Brock Donations large and small will make a great curricular life of the University, while University Foundation (a Crown difference to the long term stability of Brock. maintaining an above average academic foundation), and the Friends of Brock Our donors help us to improve our programs standing. The Jim Gayman Bursary is University Inc. (a foundation established to and facilities and greatly assist our ability to presented to an outstanding residence student facilitate receiving charitable gifi:s from U.S. continue to attract and keep deserving and and the Distinguished Alumni Award is citizens). excellent students, faculty and staff. presented to an outstanding graduate recognizing his/her exceptional professional Outright gifi:s of cash, either pledged over The Development staff welcomes the and personal achievements. In addition, the time or as a one-time donation, gifi:s-in-kind opportunity to consult with you. The Alumni Assocation has established a such as scientific or office equipment, University's Donor Recognition Policy will scholarship to support a Brock University departmental and library books and journals, suitably acknowledge your support. gradutate entering the Cool Climate and financial support for student awards, are Oenology and Viticulture program. some of the many ways donors support the For further information please write or call: work of Brock University. For information about the Alumni The Office of External Relations Association, contact the Executive Director, Donations to Brock University are eligible for Brock University 905-688-5550, extension 3029 or visit the a charitable receipt for income tax purposes. St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Alumni Association's website at: ' L2S 3A1 www.a!umniassociation. brocku.ca Your interest in the University can be 905-688-5550, extension 4320 perpetuated with a planned gifi:. A bequest is Fax: 905-641-5216 an example of a planned gifi:. It is expressed www. brocku.calextrel!extern VIII. Development Office • through your will by simply stating that Brock University is to receive a certain sum of Charitable Business Number money, a specified piece of property (art, R118819531RR Director books, life insurance, real estate, etc.), a stated Christine Jones percentage, or residual interest in your estate 905-688-5550 extension 4320 afi:er other obligations have been satisfied. Life insurance, annuities, residual/remainder Administrative Assistant interest and trusts are some of the ocher forms Roseann Conte of planned gifi: arrangements available to a 905-688-5550, extension 4009 donor. These gifi:s are designed to meet the Office of External Relations needs of the donor and Brock University by THe 265 maximizing the potential of the value of the www. brocku. ca/extrel!develop gifi: over extended periods of time. Deferred giving allows you the opportunity to provide The aim of the Development program is to the financial support for an endowed gifi: in develop and maintain initiatives which will honour of an individual. attract maximum private sector support to advance the objectives of Brock University.

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2. User codes for networked facilities are 10. Any attempt to hide the identity of the Academic Computing available to the Brock community and must sender/originator of a message will be treated be protected and not shared. Users are as a serious infraction. Information expected to keep their password secret and secure. 11. Any violation or attempted violatio~s of these guidelines should be reported quickly 3. Use of any facilities for business or to the lab supervisor or the appropriate system I. Computing Access for Students financial gain is specifically prohibited, unless administrator for further action. prior written approval is obtained from the Vice-President, Administration. Users will be required to acknowledge the Students may obtain a user code for access to content of this document. Further the Badger server. This user code will authorize 4. As Brock's network facilities are connected clarification of any points should be addressed electronic mail (E-mail) and Internet access to to the Internet, usage of the network is the Chair, Senate Committee on from within and outside the University. There governed by the acceptable use policies of Computing and Communications Policy, in is no charge for access from within the connected nets and the laws ofother countries. care of the University Secretary. University; the charge for access from outside Users are urged to be sensitive and aware of the University is on a "per hour" basis. Such a other cultures and nations in their postings to user code is to be regarded as a privilege, not a the Internet. III. Computer Based Training right.

5. It should not be assumed that E-mail and All Brock students have access to computer other data is private as it traverses Brock's II. A Guide to Academic Computing based training modules covering a wide range internal network or the Internet. Users are Behaviour of topics in computer use. The modules can urged to act accordingly. be used to enhance course material and leads ro Microsoft certification at a variety oflevels. 6. Due to inevitable system upgrades or The purpose of these guidelines is to promote malfunctions, Brock's system administrators the ethical, considerate and responsible use of may need to inspect user directories. If any Brock's computing facilities. In a community data are required to remain private at all times, of users, one should not do anything that then the user must use encryption or would place at risk these facilities, the network removable storage media. or its users. 7. Any deliberate attempt to discover or alter The following points are ofgeneral nature aud other users' passwords is expressly prohibited, are not meant to be definitive. Clarification as are any attempts to subvert system security of individual concerns may be done through or operation of any of Brock's computers or the use of readily available public documents other networked computers. such as, bur not limited to, Brock's Academic Misconduct Policy, the Criminal Code, the 8. Brock's facilities may not be used for illegal Libel and Slander Act of Canada and purposes and it is expressly noted that copying individual academic department policies. copyrighted software and the execution of Disciplinary or legal actions could be illegally copied software on Brock's facilities instituted by Brock if there are infractions of is prohibited. such policies. 9. Harassment in any form is not allowed. 1. Computers in labs may be used only with Brock has specific policies regarding authorization. harassment which will be enforced.

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7. The term "Discipline Officer' means Code of Student Conduct where respect for individual worth prevails, to present and examine witnesses, and to and Disciplinary University official authorized by the Associat a and where violence is not tolerated in any cross examine witnesses present who Vice-President, Student Services to determin: form. testifY against him or her Procedures in Non­ ";hether a, student has violated the Code of Academic Matters Student Conduct and to impose sanctions This Code of Conduct and statement of to be accompanied by an adviser and/or The. Associate Vice-President, Studen~ disciplinary procedures seeks to support the support person from the Brock Services may authorize the Discipline Officer above principles by outlining student community as outlined in the relevant to serve simultaneously as the Discipline responsibilities, rights and privileges, by panel's policies and procedures Officer and the sole or one of the members of detailing specific behaviours which are I. Definitions the Discipline Panel. unacceptable and by describing the The University upholds and will take disciplinary procedures for dealing with reasonable steps to ensure students of the 8. The term "shall" is used in the imperative infractions of the Code. Brock University is a following privileges: sense. community which exercises jurisdiction and 1. The term "University" means Brock authority on campus as far as it is necessary to 1. Participation in University and Student University. 9. The term "may" is used in the permissive sense. ensure a safe and orderly operation of the Government University. Students may participate in formulation and 2 ..The term "student" includes all persons application of institutional policy affecting takmg one or more courses at the University, 10. The term "Associate Vice-President academic, extra-curricular and student union both full-time and part-time, pursuing Ser:'ices" is. that person designated b; Studen~ III. Student Responsibilities, Rights undergraduate, graduate or professional the U mversity President to be responsible for affairs. and Privileges studies. the administration of the Code of Student Conduct. 2. Freedom of Discussion 3. The term "University official" means any Traditional privileges of a university of person employed by the University or by the 11. The term "policy" is defined as the written Students may think, speak, write, create, freedom of inquiry and freedom of expression Stu~e~ts' . Union performing assigned regulations of the University as found in but study, learn, pursue social, cultural and other can be assured only if all members of the administrative or professional duties. not limited to, the Code of Student Conduct interests and associate together for these community share the responsibility of Residence Handbook and Graduatei purposes subject to the principles of mutual granting these freedoms to others and accept 4. The ~er~. "member of the University Undergraduate calendars. respect for the dignity, worth and rights of the obligation for a standard of behaviour commumty mcludes any person who is a others as outlined by the Ontario Human which respects the rights of others. student, faculty member, staff member, Rights Code. All members of the University U niver.sity ~fficial or any person employed by II. University Jurisdiction community, as members ofsocieryatlarge, are 3. Assembly t?e U ~Ivemty. A person's status in a particular responsible to abide by federal, provincial and Peaceful assemblies, demonstrations and situatiOn shall be determined by Brock municipal laws in addition to University lawful picketing are allowed within University. regulations. Every student has the right to a established laws to the extent that they do not Broc~ endea_vours to provide a working and full, equal and fair hearing by an impartial interfere with the rights and privileges of learnm~ environment of the highest quality, 5. The term "University premises" includes tribunal for any disciplinary charges brought others or with the normal functions of the supportive of scholarship and research and all land, buildings, facilities, roadways, and against him or her under University University. other property in the possession of or owned, free from stereotyping, harassment and regulations. Every student who is charged discrimination. We believe that the members used, or controlled by the University. with a disciplinary offense has a right to of the University community must lead the 4. Fairness present a defence. Particularly every student Consistency and fairness are ensured by the 6. The term "Discipline Panel" includes any wa~ toward be~oming a humane and just society - where Interpersonal interactions are has a right: procedures outlined in sections IV, V, VI and person or persons authorized by the Associate VII below. Vice-President, Student Services to determine based on honesty and integrity, where race, to be promptly informed in writing of the whether a student has violated the Code of ancestry, place of origin, citizenship, creed, nature of the charge 5. Confidentiality Student Conduct and to impose sanctions. sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, Confidentiality ofUniversity records relating family status or disability make no difference, to refuse to answer incriminating to each student is protected. For further details questions refer to the following published statements:

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Student Record Policy (Office of the are not limited to rea~h.ing, ~esearch, studying, 5. Unauthorized Entry and/or Presence and documents include but are not limited to Registrar), . C?nfidemiality in Counselling, student events, admimstranon, meetings and equipment, keys, records and permits. Confidennahty and Security of Library public service. No student shall enter or remain in any Records. University facility, room or office without 9. Misuse of Library or Computer 2. Verba.l/Physical Abuses, Threatening proper amhority. Facilities include bur are nor Resources 6. Safety BehaVIour and Dangerous Activity limited to the following: the Student Centre, The Unive;s!ty is com~itted to maintaining parking lots, athletic fields, campus buildings, No student shall: safe condmons of living, learning and No student shall: campus areas, off-campus residences and studying. reaching sires. Campus Police may charge remove books or other library material verbally abuse any member of th students under the Trespass to Property Act. from the university libraries without 7. Access to Facilities and Services University community e proper authorization Access to buildings and facilities is governed 6. Damage and Destruction of Property by regulations which are necessary for the physically abuse, threaten or cause any mutilate or deface library books or safetyandsecurityofstudents. The University other member of the university No student shall: material accepts the obligation to provide adequate community to fear physical abuse access to persons with physical disabilities. misappropriate, destroy or otherwise purposefully misplace library books or create a condition which endangers or damage University property material or in any way deprive others of 8. Access to Licensed Facilities and Events threatens the health, safety or well-being the opportunity to have access to library Access to campus events where alcohol is of themselves or others misappropriate, destroy or otherwise resources served is subject to restrictions for persons damage any property not the person's under 19 years of age. Students who are of age 3. Inciting Violence own on University property abuse any University computer or must make responsible choices regarding the ~o. st.udent shall, on University property, computer related facility or software, alter use of alcohol in order to maintain their Individually or with a group and in deface the inside or outside of any or remove computer files or sofrware privilege to attend such events. connection wirh a demonstration including building or property of the University without proper authorization, picketing or a rally: purposefully misplace them, or anyway be found in possession offood or drink in deprive others of the opportunity to have IV. Non-Academic Misconduct use words which threaten violence or any of Brock's performance spaces access to computer resources physical abuse to any group or individual 7. Unauthorized Use of Facilities, use computer equipment on campus to use words in a situation of clear and Equipment, Materials or Services download, distribute or send sexually Recognizing that an exhaustive list of all imminent danger which incite others ro explicit materials possible misconduct cannot be provided, the behaviour which violates any article of No student shall: follow~ng list i.s ?f:Fered as a guide. Any of the this Section 10. Identification followmg actiVIties constitutes an offense use any facility, equipment, material or under the Code and is subject to disciplinary 4. Harassment service contrary to express instruction or No student shall refuse to identifY himself or procedures and sanctions outlined in sections without proper authority herself upon request by a University official V and VI below. Furthermore, the activity No student shall harass another person. Harassment is defined as any unwanted acting in the course of that person's duties. may be subject to criminal prosecution obtain any University equipment, notwithstanding and in addition to this Code. behaviour (physical, verbal, written or otherwise) directed at an individual or group material or service by fraudulent means or 11. Aiding and Abetting by providing false information 1. Disruptions by another individual or group who know(s) or ought reasonably to know that rhis No student shall aid or abet another person in 8. Misuse of University Supplies or the commission of any infraction ofthe Code. No student shall, by action, words, written beh_aviour is unwanted (see also the University Documents Students who assist in misconduct will be material, or by any means whatsoever, Policy on Harassment and Discrimination). No student shall, without proper authority, liable for that infraction. obstruct University activities or services. make, alter, use, receive or possess University University activities and services include bur supplies or documents. University supplies

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12. False Charges 15. Theft, Illegal or Unauthorized knowingly falsifY an incident report on residence trespass sanction, in the appropriate Possession another student circumstances. These circumstances are where No student shall bring a false charge against they determine there are reasonable grounds any member of the University community. No student shall: attempt to discourage an individual's to believe that the safety of other people is proper participation in, or use of the endangered, that there is a high potential of 13. Misconduct Related to the Use of possess University property or the disciplinary system physical danger in the student's continued Alcohol property ofany member ofthe University presence, that damage to University property community without the consent or attempt to influence the impartiality of a is likely, or that the continued presence of the No student shall: authority of the U niversiry or the rightful member of the Discipline Panel prior to, student would be disruptive. Upon such a owner and/or during the disciplinary decision, the student will be excluded from be intoxicated on University premises proceeding residence or campus effective immediately, for use, possess, or distribute a narcotic or as long as reasonably required by the nature of invite, sign in, or admit as his/her guest a other controlled substance except as harass (verbally or physically) and/or the danger. A formal discipline hearing should non-student of Brock except as s/he expressly permitted by law intimidate a member of a Discipline· be held within 10 working days of notice to assumes full responsibility for the guest's Panel prior to, during, and/or afi:er a the student of this decision, during which behaviour as it relates to the Code of use, possess, or distribute alcoholic disciplinary proceeding time the student may only enter the residence Student Conduct beverages except as expressly permitted by and/or campus for discipline appointments law and by the University regulations fail to comply with the sanction imposed with proper notice and an escort. be in possession of or consume alcoholic beverages at an event designated as a" dry" possess illegally or without authorization influence or attempt to influence another 2. Criminal Offenses event firearms, explosives, other weapons or person to commit an abuse of the discipline system dangerous chemicals on University Criminal offenses committed on the be in possession of or consume alcoholic premises beverages while not in possession of If the panel deems any ofthe above offences to University campus against persons or authorized admission to a pub or event have occured during the course of a property reported to Brock University 16. Failure to comply Campus Police normally will be dealt with disciplinary proceeding, there will be an at~eording to the law. When a student is consume alcohol anywhere on campus if No student shall: immediate and automatic doubling of all under the age of 19 years involved, Campus Police will notifY the sanctions. Associate Vice-President (Student Services). fail to comply with directions of knowingly furnish alcoholic beverages to The Associate Vice-President (Student University Officials, Campus Police, or Services) will determine if the matter may be any person under the age of 19 years V. Non-Academic Misconduct other law enforcement officers acting in subject to University discipline under this performance of their duties Sanctions NOTE: Intoxication is never grounds for Code, notwithstanding and in addition to criminal prosecution or civil actions. leniency. Rather, excessive drinking itself is fail to comply with published University subject to sanctioning, notwithstanding and policies, rules or regulations in addition to sanctions imposed for 1. Temporary Suspension and Trespass 3. Residence Offense Sanctions misconduct associated with drinking. Sanctions Sanctions for residence offenses are defined 17. Abuse of the Disciplinary System under the Residence Agreement and Rules 14. Hazing The University reserves the right to intervene and Regulations of Residence. No student shall: in disciplinary situatio.ns where students' No student shall engage in hazing which is behaviour affects others' use and enjoyment of 4. Minor Offense Sanctions falsifY, distort, or otherwise misrepresent defined as an act which endangers the mental University privileges and facilities. Pending information before the Discipline Panel or physical health orsaferyofastudent, for the convening of a Discipline Panel hearing, the Minor misconduct is dealt with in the area or Associate Vice-President (Student Services) or department where it occurs. The officer of the purpose of initiation, admission into, disrupt or interfere with the orderly the Vice-President (Academic) may apply a University in whose jurisdiction an incident affiliation with, or as a condition for conduct of the disciplinary hearing continued membership in, a group or temporary university-wide trespass/ occurs may apply the following minor organization. suspension sanction and the Director of sanctions: Residence Services may apply a temporary

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In addition to sanctions applied The University Discipline Officer may: hours (by the Chief of Campus Police or within the Department of Residences, in the BUSU Business Manager) serious offenses the Director ofResidence and A period ofservice to the U niversi·ty h dismiss the matter S d u · orr e Food Services may forward the case to the exclusion from a class for the clas . d , tu ent mon not to exceed 21 hours . h" h speno University Discipline Officer for action under interview the student independently and ~n w IC the misconduct occurs (by the the "Other University Offenses" section of impose any of the offense sanctions listed mstructor) Comp_letion of an educational pro r or project g arn this code. in Section IV or V exclusion f~om other University facilities Su~~~nsion from extra-curricular 2. Minor Offense Procedures refer the matter to the University fo: a maximum of 48 hours (by the Minor misconduct is dealt with in the area or Discipline Panel, and arrange for the Director of the facility) acnvltles of the University comm . for a specified period oftime not toe~:~~ department where it occurs. The official ofthe student to appear at a specified hearing of one year e University in whose jurisdiction an incident the Panel, providing the student with a exclusion from access to c . ampus occurs will notifY the University Discipline copy of University Discipline Panel compunng resources fur a maximum of The University Discipline Panel rna Procedures one week (by the Systems Services Officer when: recommend to the Associate Vice Pr "d y Department's Systems Administrators) (St d S . ) h - esi em u ent ervices t e following sanctions: satisfactory resolution of minor VII. Student. Appeal Procedures exclusion. &om the Student Centre Pub allegations and sanctions cannot be Exclusion from facilities ofthe u · . ~nd/or. hqu~r service events for an C h . nivefS!ty achieved between the student and the Ind~fimte period of time (by the BUSU m ~ ole or m part) for a specified period University official of time not to exceed one year 1. Informal Appeals Busmess Manager the Student C p b ' ' entre minor infractions are repeated by the Students who believe that they have been u. Manager, or the Director of Suspension from the University treated in an unfair or otherwise inappropriate Residence and Food Services) same student manner in the course of their dealings with an Expulsion from the University the University official believes the office of the University are encouraged to paym~nt for damages of $100 or less (b infraction warrants a sanction greater address their concerns in the first instance the _Director of the facility, the BUS!; The Associate Vice-President (S d Busmess Manager or the C I . S · ) tu ent than the minor offense sanctions listed in directly to the office in question, normally to Librarian) ' >Ircu atwn ervices may uphold the recommendation Section V the senior administrator of the office. Where anld apply.,th~ sanction to the student, or apply this seems inaJ?propriate or does not lead to a a esser sancnon. Any University Officials who apply these satisfactory resolution, students may wish to 5. Other Offense Sanctions minor sanctions shall report to the Associate consult the Ombuds Officer for advice In . un~sual circumstances, where the Vice-President (Student Services) annually in regarding formal avenues of appeal. The University Discipline Panel may apply Umversity. Discipline . . Panel d ec1"d es on a May regarding the number and type of minor any o_ne or any combination of the followin sanction which IS not listed above, the Panel sancnons: g sanctions imposed in the preceding 12 Formal appeal procedures are available as may :ecommend an exceptional sanction to be months. outlined below. considered, by. the Associate v,·c e-p res1"d em A letter of reprimand (s tud em Services). 3. Other University Offense Procedures 2. Residence Appeals A perio~ o~ probation during which Notice of an alleged offense under the Code further Incidents will b b" may be filed with the University Discipline The Associate Vice-President (Student e su jeer to VI. Student Discipline Procedures automatic sanctions Officer by any member of the Brock Services) will act as the final avenue of appeal community within 10 business days of the for residence cases which have not been Restitution for damages incident in question. This time period for referred to the University Discipline Officer and the University Discipline Panel. 1. Residence Offense Procedures filing an alleged offense may be extended at A verbal and/or written apology An! breaches of the Residence Agreement or the discretion of either the Associate Vice 3. Minor Offense Appeals :esidence rules or regulations will be handled President Student Services or the Discipline Fines not to exceed $500 Officer. Incident report forms must be m ~he first case by the Department of The University Discipline Panel will act as the Residences disciplinary procedures and completed in full and are available from the University Discipline Officer. avenue of appeal for minor offenses where

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sanctions were applied by departmental expel or exclude a student from academic the Associate Vice-President (Student a student appointed by the Associate Vice­ officers. Students should forward their written areas of the campus may be appealed to Services) may uphold the sanctions President (Student Services) from the student appeal within 10 working days of receiving the University Appeal Board through the applied by the University Discipline members of the Discipline Advisory their sanction to the University Discipline Office of the Vice-President (Academic); Panel, or may lessen the sanction Committee. All student members of the Officer, c/o the Office of the Associate Vice­ University Non-Academic Discipline President (Student Services). appeals must be submitted in writing to Advisory Committee participate on the the Office of the Vice-President VIII. Administration of Non-Academic attendance roster for Discipline Panel 4. Appeals from sanctions applied by the (Academic) within 10 working days ofthe Conduct Policy hearings. The University Discipline Officer University Discipline Panel student having received notification of serves as a voting member and senior sanctions from the Associate Vice­ University adviser on all University Discipline Eligibility for appeals: President (Student Services) 1. Authority and Amendments Advisory Panel hearings. The University Either party, appellant or complainant, may Discipline Officer reports statistics on the appeal the decision of the University the appeal must be signed by the student Amendments to the Student Code of Non­ numbers of cases, outcomes and sanctions Discipline Panel with respect to student non­ and include the grounds of the appeal Academic Conduct must be recommended to annually to the Associate Vice-President academic conduct or discipline, under the the Associate Yice-President (Student (Student Services). following circumstances: within 10 working days of receiving an Services). appeal, the Vice-President (Academic) 3. Student Discipline Records where the appellant or complainant will establish a University Appeal Board The Associate Vice-President (Student believes the sanction(s) imposed were hearing panel and notifY appropriate Services) administers non-academic student Records of charges and sanctions, other than inappropriate for the violation parties as outlined in the Policies and conduct policy and procedures, and chairs the suspension or expulsion, will not be placed in Procedures of the University Appeal University Non-Academic Discipline student academic records. Records of all where the student can demonstrate that Board Advisory Committee. The Committee meets University Discipline Panel decisions, the facts of the case were insufficient to ·rwice annually, in the fall and the spring. The including charges and sanctions, will be establish that a violation of the Code of Appeals from sanctions applied by the Committee maintains written procedures for maintained as part of the confidential records Student Conduct. occurred University Discipline Panel: the conduct of individual University in the Office of the Associate Vice-President, Discipline Panel hearings and written Student Services and Registrar for a period of where new evidence which was not students may appeal to the Associate sanction guidelines, which are reviewed and up to four years afi:er the student graduates or available to a party at the time of the Vice-President (Student Services) any approved annually by the Associate Vice­ ceases to be a student. original hearing has been discovered, or sanctions applied by the University President (Student Services). where a breach of natural justice has Discipline Panel occurred (Note: natural justice has two The University Discipline Officer, and a elements, the rule against bias and the appeals must be submitted in writing to back-up University Discipline Officer, are right to a hearing) the Office ofthe Associate Vice-President appointed by the Associate Vice-President (Student Services) within 10 working (Student Services) from University staff or AND d~ys. ~f the student's University faculty. The current University Discipline Disc1plme Panel hearing Officer is Ms. Cathie Closs, Director, Student where the outcome of the case at the Development Centre, 4th floor, Schmon original hearing might have been the appeal must be signed by the student Tower. The current back-up Discipline substantially affected. by any of these and include the grounds of the appeal Officer is Ms. Leanne Perry, Residence Life circumstances Coordinator, Residences Department. within 10 working days of receiving an 5. Appeals from sanctions applied by the appeal, the Associate Vice-President 2. University Discipline Panel Associate Vice-President (Student (Student Services) will contact the Services) student and arrange a meeting time with The University Discipline Panel hearings will the student to review the appeal normally be scheduled on a weekly basis to sanctions applied by the Associate Vice­ ensure timely attention to non-academic President (Student Services) to suspend, discipline cases. 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Arthur H. Houston, BSc MA, Dean, Faculty of Mathematics and Science: McMaster, Administrative Officers Ian D. Brindle, BSc Manl:hester, MSc Brock, Professors Emeriti PhD British Columbia FRSC (UK) Biological Sciences (As of March 31, 2003) William H. N. Hull, BA, MA Western Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences: David T. Howard E. Bell, BS Union College: Ontario, PhD Duke Siegel, BSc Louisville, MA Carlton, PhD Schenectady, MS, PhD Wisconsin Chancellor: Dr. , OC, Political Science OOnt, FRAIC, HonFAIA, FSA Toronto Mathematics John N. Jackson, BA Birmingham, PhD President and Vice-Chancellor: David W. Associate Dean, Faculty of Applied Health John E. Black, BEng McGill, MSc Queen's, Manchester Atkinson, BA, MA, PhD Calgary Sciences: MichaelJ. Plyley, BSc, PhD Western PhD Saskatchewan Geography Ontario Physics Vice-President, Academic and Provost: R. J. John Lavery, BA Manitoba, PhD Montreal Terrance Boalq BSc, MEd Manitoba, PhD Associate Dean, Faculty of Business: Donald Shao-Chien Chang, BSc Taiwan Normal, Psychology Calgary A. Cyr, BSc Concordia, MBA Saskatchewan, MSc, PhD Carleton MA, PhD Alberta Mathematics Vice-President, Finance and Administration: William A. Matheson, BA Dalhousie, MBA Associate Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences: Western Ontario, MA, PhD Carleton Steven Pillar, MPA Carleton Victor M. Fie, BA, MA British Columbia, David DiBattista, AB Brown, MA, PhD Political Science MA, PhD Columbia, PhD Delhi Waterloo Associate Vice-President, Research and Dean Political Science of Graduate Studies: Jack M. Miller, BSc, Professor of Psychology John P. Mayberry, BA Toronto, MA, PhD PhD McGill, PhD Cambridge, FCIC, FRSA, MartinS. Gibson, BA, MA, DPhil Oxford Princeton FRSC (UK), CChem University Librarian: Margaret Grove, BA, Mathematics Brock, MA Toronto, MLS SUNY, Bujfolo Chemistry John H. R. Mayer, BA McMaster, AM Associate Vice-President, Student Services: John Robert Hanrahan, BComm St. Mary's, Kim Meade, BA, MAAcadia University Secretary: Evelyn Janke Rochester, PhD Emory MBA Harvard Philosophy Director of Human Resources: TBA Registrar, Barb Anderson, BA, MEd Brock Finance Ralph D. Morris, BSc Saskatchewan, DipEd Craig Hanyan, BA Yale, AM, PhD Harvard Associate Vice-President, International Co­ Colorado, PhD Saskatchewan History operation: David T. Brown, BSc, PhD Biological Sciences McGill Velmer B. Headley, BSc London, MA, PhD Presidents Emeriti David C. Moule, BSc, PhD McMaster British Columbia Dean, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences: Chemistry John T. Corlett, BSc Brock, MSc, PhD Simon Mathematics Fraser Peter Nicholls, BA, PhD, SeD Cambridge James A. Gibson, CM, BA British Columbia, Richard R. Hiatt, BA Wooster, MA, PhD Biological Sciences Dean, Faculty of Business: Martin I. Kusy, MA, MLitt, DPhil Oxford, LLD Brock, LLD Harvard, FCIC Carleton BComm Sir George Williams, MBA Windsor, Chemistry Maurice F. Perkins, BA British Columbia, PhD British Columbia MSc Iowa State, PhD Harvard Alan J. Earp, OC, BA Toronto, MA Robert C. Hoover, AB Allegheny, MReg Plan, Economics Dean, Faculty of Education: Michael Cincinatti, MLitt Cambridge, LLD Brock, PhD Cornell LLD New Brunswick, LLD Trent Manley-Casimir, BA Exeter, MEd British Environment Colin A. Plint, BA, MA Oxford, PhD Toronto Columbia, PhD Chicago Physics Michael S. Hornyansky, BA Toronto, MA Dean, Faculty of Humanities: Rosemary Oxford Edward W. G. Pomeroy, BA Victoria (BC), Drage Hale, BA Kent State, MA Eastern English Language and Literature MA, PhD Colorado Michigan, MTS, PhD Harvard Psychology

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R. Peter Rand, BSc Carleton, MSc, PhD A. T aosu Barker, BSEE Robert College, MSEE R. T erraoce Boak, BSc, MEd Manitoba, PhD Western Ontario, FRSC Faculty St. Louis, MBA Wake Forest, DBA Istanbul Calgary Biological Sciences Professor of International Business and Vice-President and Provost, Academic Marketing Professor of Education J. Patrick Sewell, BEd, MEd North Texas Lorne J. Adams, BA, MA Western Ontario, State, PhD Berkeley, California EdD SUNY, Buffalo Thomas H. Barnes, BA Loyola, Montreal, Anthony F. Bogaert, BA, MA, PhD Western Political Science Associate Professor of Physical Education and MBA Pittsburgh, PhD Kentucky Ontario Kinesiology Associate Professor of Finance Associate Professor of Community Health Ramesh C. Shukla, BSc, MSc, PhD Sciences Allahabad Jack R. Adams-Webber, BA Haverford, MA Nicolas Baxter-Moore, BA Manchester, MSc Professor of Physics Ohio State, PhD Brandeis London School ofEconomics, PhD Carleton Leslie A. Boldt-Irons, BA Brock, MA, PhD Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Political Science and SUNY, Buffalo Debabrata Sinha, BA, MA, PhD Calcutta Communications Studies Professor ofF rench Philosophy lao L. Adamson, BSc, MBA McMaster, PhD Waterloo, CA Saodra L. Beckett, BA Wilfrid Laurier, MA, Richard Bond, BA McMaster, MA Niagara, Robert R. Taylor, BA, MA British Columbia, Associate Professor of Accounting PhD Manitoba PhD SUNY, Buffalo PhD Stanford Professor ofF rench Associate Professor of Education History Susao M. Arai, PhD Guelph Assistant Professor of Recreation and Leisure Kathryn Belicki, BA Brock, PhD Waterloo Saodra Leaone Bosacki, BA Western Ontario, Gabriel Temkin, BA Leningrad, MA Lodz, Studies Professor of Psychology BEd, MEd Windsor, PhD Toronto PhD Warsaw Assistant Professor of Education Economics Karen Arnell, BA Calgary, MA, PhD Waterloo John G. Benjafield, BA, MA Western Ontario, Associate Professor of Psychology PhD Brandeis Shyamal K. Bose, BSc, MSc Patna, MSc Donald}. Ursino, BAPomona College, DipEd Professor of Psychology Dalhousie, PhD Simon Fraser Toronto, MSc, PhD Queen's Michael Ashton, BSc Toronto, MA, PhD Professor of Physics Biological Sciences Western Ontario Michael Berman, BA Binghamton, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychology SUNY Buffalo Alao W. Bown, BSc, PhD Liverpool Assistant Professor of Philosophy Professor of Biological Sciences Graduate Studies Barbara J. Austin, BA McMaster, MA Bishop's, MBA, PhD Concordia Kathryn Bezanson, BA Trent, MA, PhD York Dale Bradley, BA, MA Queens, PhD York Professor of Strategic Management Assistant Professor of Sociology Assistant Professor of. Communications, Dean of Graduate Studies: Jack M. Miller, Popular Culture and Film BSc, PhD McGill, PhD Cambridge FCIC, Mohamed Ayadi, BComm HEC Tunisia, Michael Bidochka, BSc Brock, MSc Regina, FRSA, FRSC (UK), CChem MSc HEC School ofBusiness, Montreal PhD Saskatchewan Leah C. Bradshaw, BA Bishops, MA, PhD Assistant Professor of Finance Associate Professor of Biological Sciences York(Can.) Director, Office of Graduate Studies: Gail Associate Professor of Political Science Pepper, BA, MEd Brock Jeffrey Atkinson, BSc Trent, PhD Ottawa Ernest N. Biktimirov, Methodologie Associate Professor of Chemistry Tashkent Institute, MBA, PhD Kentucky Uwe Braod, BSc Waterloo, MAMissouri, PhD Assistant Director, Office of Graduate Assistant Professor of Finance Ottawa Studies: Charlotte Sheridao, BA Brock Mohamed Ayadi, BComm, HEC Tunisia, Professor of Earth Sciences MSc, HEC School ofBusiness, Montreal Judith C. Blackwell, BA Carleton, MA New Assistant Professor of Finance School for Social Research, PhD London School Mariao F. Bredin, BA Trent, MA Leicester ofEconomics PhD McGill Carl Baar, BA Calgary, AM, PhD Chicago Associate Professor of Sociology Assistant Professor of Communications, Professor of Political Science Popular Culture and Film

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Ian D. Brindle, BSc Manchester, MSc Brock, Alan J. Castle, BSc, PhD Western Ontario Paulette Cote-Laurence, BSc Montreal, MSc Charles Despres, PhD Montreal FRSC (UK) Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Florida State, PhD Wisconsin Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Dean, Faculty of Mathematics and Science Associate Professor ofPhysical Education and Professor of Chemistry Wing-Cheuk Chan, BA, MA Chinese HK, Kinesiology David DiBattista, AB Brown, MA, PhD PhD Ottawa Waterloo Donald Brown, MSc Saskatchewan, MDiv. Associate Professor of Philosophy Laura Cousens, BA Waterloo, MA Ottawa, Professor of Psychology Emmanuel & St. Chad, CMA, CA PhD Alberta Assistant Professor of Accounting Richard]. Cheel, BAMcMaster, MSc Ottawa, Assistant Professor of Sport Management Gerald E. Dirks, BA British Columbia, MA PhD McMaster Queens, PhD Toronto Richard S. G. Brown, BA Brock, MA, PhD Professor of Earth Sciences David A. Crandles, BSc Western Ontario, Professor of Political Science McMaster MSc Ottawa, PhD McMaster Associate Professor of Philosophy Danny Cho, BA, BSc, MEng Toronto, PhD Assistant Professor of Physics Maureen E. Donnelly, BA McMaster, LLB, McMaster LLM Toronto, CA Douglas H. Bruce, BSc, PhD Simon Fraser Associate Professor Management, Marketing Carmen W. Cullen, BA BComm, MBA Associate Professor of Accounting Professor of Biological Sciences and Human Resources Manitoba, PhD Western Ontario Associate Professor of Marketing Mohammed H. I. Dore, BA Zambia, MPhil, Stefan M. Brudzynski, MSc. PhD Lodz Ronald W. Common, BA, MEd Manitoba, DPhil Oxford Professor of Psychology PhD Ottawa Louis Culumovic, BA, BSc, MSc, Certificate Professor of Economics Professor of Education in Business Administration Ottawa, MSc, Charles Burton, BA, PhD Toronto PhD Western Ontario, CA Susan M. Drake, BA Western Ontario, MEd Associate Professor of Political Science Maureen Connolly, BPE, MPE Memorial Associate Professor of Accounting Brock, PhD Toronto PhD Alberta Professor of Education Jonah Butovsky, BA McGill, MA, PhD Professor of Physical Education and Donald A. Cyr, MSc Concordia, MBA Toronto Kinesiology Saskatchewan, MA, PhD Alberta Juris Dreifelds, BScF, MA, PhD Toronto Assistant Professor of Sociology Associate Dean, Faculty of Business Associate Professor of Political Science Gail Lynn Cook, BSc Rampado, CPA Associate Professor of Finance David A. Butz, BA, MA Wilfrid Laurier, PhD Louisiana, MS New Orleans, PhD Utah Ann D. Dufl}r, BA, MA, PhD McMaster McMaster Associate Professor of Accounting Andrew Dane, BA Queens, MA, PhD Professor of Sociology Associate Professor of Geography Toronto Stephen J. Cook, BSc Rutgers, MSc, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychology Paul Dunn, BA, MA Toronto, DBA Boston, John Caimey, BA Brock, MA Queens, PhD Utah CA Western Ontario Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences Hevina Dashwood, BA Toronto, MA McGill, Assistant Professor of Accounting Associate Professor of Community Health PhD Toronto Sciences John T. Corlett, BSc Brock, MSc, PhD Simon Assistant Professor Political Science Jane Dywan, BA Brock, PhD Waterloo Fraser Associate Professor of Psychology Alfredo Capretta, BSc, PhD McMaster Professor of Physical Education and Nancy H. DeCourville, BA New Brunswick, Associate Professor of Chemistry Kinesiology MA, PhD Waterloo Brent Faught, PhD Toronto Dean of Applied Health Sciences Associate Professor of Psychology Assistant Professor of Community Health Robert L. Carlone, BAAmherst College, PhD Sciences New Hampshire June Corman, BA Regina, MA, PhD Toronto Vincenzo De Luca, BSc Concordia, MSc Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Professor of Sociology Queens, PhD Concordia Sandra M. Felton, BA Western Ontario, PhD Professor of Biological Sciences N. Y. State, CA Terrance G. Carroll, BA::Manitoba, MA, PhD Kimberly Cote, BABrock, MA Toronto, PhD Associate Professor of Accounting Carleton Ottawa· Shen Deng, BAHuazhong, MBA, PhD Boston Associate Professor of Political Science Assistant Professor of Psychology Professor of Management, Marketing and Human Resources

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David A. Fennell, BES, MA Waterloo, PhD Dawn E. Good, BSc Trent, PhD McMaster JaneL. Helleiner, BA, MA, PhD Toronto Eugene Kaciak, DEcon CSPC, Warshaw Western Ontario Associate Professor of Psychology Professor of Sociology Associate Professor of Operations Associate Professor of Recreation and Leisure Management Studies Heather L. Gordon, BSc Trent, MSc Brock, Harry T. Hunt, BA Harvard, PhD Brandeis PhD Guelph Professor of Psychology James B. Kelly, BA Toronto, MA, PhD McGill Hilary Findlay, BA, BPE McMaster, MSc Assistant Professor of Chemistry Assistant Professor of Political Science Oregon, PhD, LLB Alberta Fiona F. Hunter, BSc, MSc Toronto, PhD Associate Professor of Sport Management Barry K. Grant, BA, PhD SUNY, Buffalo Queen's W. D. Kenneth Kernaghan, BA McMaster, Professor of Communications, Popular Professor of Biological Sciences MA, PhD Duke, FRSC Gregory C. Finn, BSc Queens, MSc Western Culture and Film Professor of Political Science Ontario, PhD Memorial Peggy Hutchison, BA/BPHE Queen's, MA Associate Professor of Earth Sciences Dorothy Griffiths, BA Brock, MA Guelph, Dalhousie, EdD Boston Heather-Lee Kilty, BA Goddard College, PhD Toronto Professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies MEd Harvard, PhD Walden Jean-Jacques G. Flint, BA Colby, MA, PhD Professor of Child and Youth Studies Assistant Professor of Community Health SUNY, Buffalo Debra Inglis, BSc, PhD McMaster Sciences Associate Professor of Earth Sciences Ann Marie Guilmette, BPHE, MPE, PhD Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Windsor Panagiota Klentrou, BSc Athens, MSc, PhD Susan Forbes, PhD Western Ontario Associate Professor of Recreation and Leisure Glenwood H. Irons, BA Brock, MAH, MA, Montreal Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Studies PhD SUNY, Buffalo Associate Professor ofPhysical Education and Kinesiology Associate Professor of Applied Language Recreation Carolyn H. Hafer, BA McGill, MA, PhD Studies and Communications Studies Gail Frost, BPE McMaster, BEd Toronto, Western Ontario Michael Kompf, BA, MEd Brock, PhD MEd Temple University, PA, PhD McMaster Associate Professor of Psychology Anna Isla, BA Iquitos-Pern, Lima-Peru, MA Toronto Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Mexico D.F., PhD Toronto Associate Professor of Education Kinesiology Yousef Haj-Ahmad, BSc, MSc Brock, PhD Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and McMaster Sociology Karen L. Krug, BA, MTS St. Andrew's College, Frank Fueten, BSc, MSc McMaster, PhD Professor of Biological Sciences ThD Toronto Toronto Brian Jeynes, BSc Toronto, MSc, BEd OTC. Associate Professor of Environment Professor of Earth Sciences Rosemary Drage Hale, BA Kent State, MA Toronto, PhD Western Ontario Eastern Michigan, MTS Harvard, PhD Assistant Professor of Community Health Renee Kuchapski, BAA Ryerson, BEd David A. Gabriel, BEd McGill, MSc Massachusetts Sciences Toronto, MEd, PhD Saskatchewan Massachusetts, PhD McGill Dean of Humanities Assistant Professor of Education Associate Professor ofPhysical Education and Paula Johnson-Tew, BA Waterloo, MA Kinesiology J. Stephen Hartman, BSc Queen's, MSc Wilfrid Laurier, PhD Waterloo Martin I. Kusy, BComm Sir George Williams, Ottawa, PhD McMaster Assistant Professor of Recreation and Leisure MBA Windsor, PhD British Columbia Kimberly L. Gammage, BA Queen's, MA Professor of Chemistry Studies Dean, Faculty of Business North Carolina, PhD Western Ontario Professor of Management, Marketing and Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Atsuko Hashimoto, BA British Columbia, Russell Johnston, BA McMaster, MA, PhD Human Resources Kinesiology MSc, PhD Surrey Queens Assistant Professor of Recreation and Leisure Associate Professor of Communications, Michel Ladouceur, BSc, MSc Sherbrooke, Daniel G. Glenday, BA Sir George Williams, Studies Popular Culture and Film PhD McGill MA McGill, PhD Carleton Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Professor of Sociology John A. Hay, BA/BPHE Queen's, MA Wayne T. Jolly, BFA, MA Texas, PhD Recreation Alberta, PhD McMaster SUNY, Binghamton David L. Goicoechea, BA St. Thomas Professor of Community Health Sciences Professor of Earth Sciences Seminary, PhD Loyola, Chicago Professor of Philosophy

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Anna H. Lathrop, BPhEd Brock, MA Western Darla J. MacLean, BA Brock, MA Central Sarah Matheson, BA Queens, MA, PhD Jack M. Miller, BSc, PhD McGill, PhD Ontario, EdD Toronto Michigan, EdS Michigan State, PhD Maryland Southern California Cambridge FCIC, FRSA, FRSC (UK), Associate Professor ofPhysical Education and Associate Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Communications, CChem Kinesiology Popular Culture and Film Associate Vice-President, Research and Dean Joanne MacLean, MPE New Brunswick, PhD of Graduate Studies Kelli-an G. Lawrance, BA Western Ontario, Ohio State Daniel P. McCarthy, BSc Alberta, MSc Professor of Chemistry MSc Guelph, PhD New Brunswick Associate Professor of Sport Management Western Ontario, PhD Saskatchewan Associate Professor of Community Health Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Mary Jane Miller, BA, MA Toronto, PhD Sciences Daniel Madar, BA San Francisco, MA, PhD Earth Sciences and Geography Birmingham Toronto Professor of Dramatic Literature and Film James C.M. Leach, BA Exeter, MA, PhD Professor of Political Science Francine M. McCarthy, BSc Dalhousie, MSc Studies Birmingham Toronto, PhD Dalhousie Professor of Communications, Popular Ingrid Makus, BA Winnipeg, MA, PhD Professor of Earth Sciences Coral Mitchell, BA, BEd, MEd, PhD Culture and Film Toronto Saskatchewan Associate Professor of Political Science Hedy M. McGarrell, BA Concordia, Associate Professor of Education Deborah Leslie, BA, MA Queens, PhD Montreal, MA, PhD Ottawa British Columbia Robert W. Malone, BS, MS Florida, PhD Associate Professor of Applied Language Bozidar Mitrovic, Dip!. Phys. Belgrade, MSc, Associate Professor of Geography Miami, Coral Gables Studies and Education PhD McMaster Associate Professor of Philosophy Professor of Physics Eli Levanoni, BA, MBA Tel Aviv, PhD Michelle McGinn, PhD Simon Fraser Toronto James Mandigo, BA Wilfrid Laurier, MA Assistant Professor of Education John Mitterer, BA Calgary, PhD McMaster Associate Professor Human Resource Miami, Coral Gables Associate Professor of Computer Science and Management Assistant Professor of Physical Education and James McNulty, BSc, MSc, PhD Toronto Psychology Kinesiology Associate Professor of Chemistry J. Cameron Lewis, BSc, MSc Western Hans-Georg Moeller, BA, MA, PhD Bonn, Ontario, PhD Belfast Michael Manley-Casimir, BA Exeter, MEd John Menzies, BSc Aberdeen, PhD Edinburgh Germany Associate Professor of Biological Sciences British Columbia, PhD Chicago Professor of Earth Sciences and Geography Associate Professor of Philosophy Dean, Faculty of Education Xiaobin Li, BA Anqing, MAFudan University Professor of Education Teresa V. Menzies, DipCom Abertay, Cameron Christian Muir, BSc, PhD, Shanghi, China, MEdLakehead, PhD Toronto DipComHon Robert Gordon, MEd Brock, McMaster Assistant Professor of Education Zopito A. Marini, BSc Dalhousie, PhD PhD Toronto Associate Professor of Psychology Toronto Associate Professor of Management William W. Liddell, BBA Western Michigan, Professor of Child and Youth Studies Eric R. Muller, MSc Natal, PhD Sheffield MBA Wayne State, PhD Pennsylvania A. Joffre Mercier, BSc, MSc McGill, PhD Professor of Education and Mathematics Professor of Management Voula Marinos, BA, MA, PhD Toronto Calgary Assistant Professor of Child and Youth Professor of Biological Sciences Thomas M. Mulligan, BA Brock, MA, PhD Pierre Lizee, BA, MA Laval, PhD York Studies Northwestern Associate Professor of Political Science H. Brian W. Metcalfe, BA Queens Belfast, Associate Professor of Management E. Sharon Mason, BComm, MBA Concordia, MSc Strathclyde, PhD Belfast Kelly Lockwood, BPhE Toronto, MSC PhD Toronto Associate Professor of Marketing Nancy R. Murray, BEd Alberta, MSc Oregon, Lakehead, PhD Alberta Associate Professor of Human Resource EdD Toronto Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Management John Middleton, BSc Trent, MSc, PhD Associate Professor ofPhysical Education and Kinesiology Carleton Kinesiology William R. Mathie, BA McMaster, AM, PhD Associate Professor of Environment Kenneth E. Loucks, BA, MBA, PhD Western Chicago Ontario Associate Professor of Political Science Murray L. Miles, BA Toronto, D Phil Freiburg Professor of Business Policy Professor of Philosophy

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Martha J. Nandorfy, BA, MA Ottawa, PhD Onem Ozocak, BS Marmara, Istanbul, MBA Rebecca Raby, BA Simon Fraser, MA, British A. William Richardson, BSc, PhD, MBA Toronto Fairleigh Dickinson Columbia, PhD York McMaster, CMA Associate Professor of Modern Languages, Assistant Professor Finance Assistant Professor of Child and Youth Professor of Accounting Literature and Culture Studies Carmela Patrias, BA British Columbia, MA Michael R. Ripmeester, BA, MA British George J. Nathan, BA Canisius, PhD Toronto Sussex, PhD Toronto Mary-Beth Raddon, BA McMaster, MA, Columbia, PhD Queens Associate Professor of Philosophy Associate Professor History PhD Toronto Associate Professor of Geography Assistant Professor of Sociology Howard B. Nemiroff, BA Western Ontario, Donna R. Patrick, BA, MA McGill, PhD Ian Ritchie, BA, MA Western Ontario, PhD MA, PhD Concordia Toronto Peter Ramm, BA Waterloo, MA, PhD Quebec Bowling Green State, Ohio Assistant Professor of Finance Associate Professor ofPhysical Education and Associate Professor of Psychology Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Kinesiology Kinesiology Jonathan Neufeld, BAManitoba, BEd, MEd Fereidoon S. Razavi, BSc, MSc, PhD Toronto, PhD Simon Fraser Sandra Peters, BSc McMaster, MSc, PhD McMaster Linda Ritchie, BScN McMaster, MHealthSc Associate Professor of Education Guelph Professor of Physics McMaster, PhD North Territory, Australia Assistant Professor Physical Education and Assistant Professor of Community Health Joan Nicks, BA Brock, MA Carleton Kinesiology Candace Johnson Redden, BA, Toronto, MA, Sciences (Nursing) Associate Professor of Communications, PhD Dalhousie Popular Culture and Film Gary Pickering, BSc Wellington (NZ), Post Assistant Professor ofApplied Health Sciences Marilyn J. Rose, BA McMaster, MA Graduate Diploma, PhD Lincoln Cant. (NZ) Concordia, PhD McMaster GeorgeS. Nogradi, BSc Waterloo, MSc, PhD Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Maureen Reedyk, BSc Trent, MSc, PhD Professor of English Language and Literature Oregon !oYfcMaster Associate Professor of Recreation and Leisure Ryan Plummer, MA New Brumwick, PhD Associate Professor of Physics Linda Rose-Krasnor, BA Boston, MASc, PhD Studies Guelph Waterloo Assistant Professor of Recreation and Leisure Lynn A. Rempel, BScN Western Ontario, Professor of Psychology John M. Novak, BA Ohio, MA Western Studies MASc, PhD Waterloo Carolina, EdD .Plorida Assistant Professor of Community Health Danny Rosenberg, BA, MA Western Ontario, Professor of Education Mike Plyley, BSc, PhD Western Ontario Sciences (Nursing) PhD Tennessee, Knoxville Associate Dean, Department of Physical Associate Professor ofPhysical Education and Robert D. Ogilvie, BA Carleton, MA Hollins, Education and Kinesiology Andrew Reynolds, BSc, MSc Guelph, PhD Kinesiology PhD Cambridge Professor of Physical Education and Cornell Professor of Psychology Kinesiology Professor of Biological Sciences and Ronald H. Rotenberg, BComm Sir George Chemistry Williams, MBA McMaster, PhD Pennsylvania G. Patrick O'Neill, BA Wilfrid Laurier, MEd, Anna Pratt, BA, MA, PhD Toronto State PhD Toronto Assistant Professor of Sociology Jean M. L. Richardson, BSc, MSc Toronto, Associate Professor of Marketing Professor of Education PhD Dartmouth College Joan M. Preston, BA, MA, PhD Western Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Stuart M. Rothstein, BSc Illinois, MSc, PhD Thomas O'Neill, BFA York (Can.), MA, PhD Ontario Michigan McMaster Professor of Psychology Miriam Rich~ds, BSc Brock, MSc Q;Jeen s, Professor of Chemistry and Physics Assistant Professor of Child and Youth PhD York(Can.) Studies Howard W. Prout, BASe British Columbia, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Raafat R. Roubi, BComm, MSc Ain Shams, MBA, PhD Western Ontario MBA, PhD North Texas State, CMA Frances Owen, BA New Brunswick, MA Associate Professor of Management Mary Frances Richardson, BSc, PhD Professor of Accounting Acadia, PhD Toronto Kentucky Associate Professor of Child and Youth Sanjay Putrevu, MMS Birla Institute of Professor of Chemistry Studies Technology and Science, PhD SUNY, Buffalo Associate Professor of Marketing

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Brian D. Roy, BA, MSc McMaster, PhD Sidney J. Segalowitz, BA McGill, PhD John Sorenson, BA, MA Alberta, PhD York David J. Telfer, BA, BEd Western Ontario, Waterloo Cornell (Canada) MA, PhD Waterloo Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Professor of Psychology Professor of Sociology Associate Professor of Recreation and Leisure Kinesiology Studies Kirill Samokhin, MSc Moscow Institute of Susan Spearey, BA Trent, MA, PhD Leeds Stanley W. Sadava, BA Carleton, PhD Physics and Technology, PhD L.D. Landau Associate Professor of English Language and Lucie Thibault, BEP Ottawa, MA, PhD Colorado Institute, Moscow Literature Alberta Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Physics Associate Professor of Sport Management Gaynor E. Spencer, BSc, MSc Leeds, PhD Kojo Saffu, BA Ghana, MSc Newcastle, DBA Carmen Shields, BA, BEd, MEdAcadia, EdD Calgary MarkJ. Thomas, BASt. Francis College, NY, Southern Cross, Australia Toronto Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences MA, PhD New , MBA Toronto Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship Assistant Professor of Education Associate Professor of Human Resource Edward Sternin, BSc, MSc, PhD British Management John A. Sainsbury, BA, MA Cambridge, PhD Anamitra Shome, BSc Delhi, MA Meerut, Columbia McGill MBA St. Mary's, PhD Concordia Associate Professor of Physics and Susan Tilley, BA, BEd, MEdMemorial, PhD Professor of History Associate Professor of Accounting Biotechnology Simon Fraser Assistant Professor of Education BarbaraJ. Sainty, BAdmin Regina, MA, PhD David T. Siegel, BSc Louisville, MA Carleton, Diane E. Stevens, BA, MA Carleton, PhD Ohio State, CA, CMA PhD Toronto Western Ontario Keith J Tinkler, BA, PhD Liverpool Associate Professor of Accounting Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences Associate Professor ofPhysical Education and Professor of Earth Sciences and Geography Professor of Political Science Kinesiology Carol A. Sales, BA Western Ontario, MEd Andrea P.R. Toepell, BA York (Can.), MA Toronto, MASc, PhD Waterloo Ravindra R. Singh, BA, MA Punjab, MA Julie Stevens, BPhe, MA, Queen's, PhD PhD Toronto Professor of Human Resource Management Brock, PhD Ottawa Alberta Assistant Professor of ComfllUnity Health Professor of Philosophy Associate Professor of Sport Management Sciences Ana Sanchez, MSc University ofHonduruas, PhD Karolinska, Sweden Shalini Singh, BA Lucknow, MA Kanpur, Garth Stevenson, BA, MA McGill, PhD Evangelia Litsa Tsiani, BSc Aristotle Assistant Professor of Community Health PhD North Bengal Princeton University of Thessaloniki, MSc University Sciences Associate Professor of Recreation and Leisure Professor of Political Science College Lond, PhD" Toronto Studies Assistant Professor bf Community Health Elizabeth Sauer, BA Wilfrid Laurier, MA, Professor of Philosophy Linda Stillabower, BA, MS Kent State, PhD Sciences PhD Western Ontario Case Western Reserve Professor of English Language and Literature Adonis Skandalis, BSc Brock, PhD York Associate Professor of Accounting Paul D. Tyson, BA, MA Miami, PhD (Can.) Waterloo Paul Scarbrough, BA T exas-El Paso, MBA Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Philip J. Sullivan, BA Memorial, MA Professor of Psychology Trinity, Texas, PhD Virginia Tech Windsor, PhD Michigan State Associate Professor of Accounting Jeannette M. Sloniowski, BA Toronto, BA Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Arthur van der Est, BSc, PhD British Brock, MA SUNY, Bujfolo, PhD Toronto Kinesiology Columbia, PhD Habilitation Free University, Alice Schurz, BA,MEd Brock, PhD Toronto Associate Professor of Communications, Berlin Assistant Professor of Education Popular Culture and Film Bohdan G. Szuchewycz, BA Regina, MA, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Physics MLS, PhD Toronto Barbara K. Seeber, BA Victoria, MA Western Murray E.G. Smith, BA, MA Manitoba, PhD Associate Professor of Communications, Kimberly N. Varma, BA Wilfrid Laurier, · Ontario, PhD Quebec British Columbia Popular Culture and Film MA, PhD Toronto Assistant Professor of English Language and Associate Professor of Sociology Assistant Professor of Sociology Literature Glen Tattersal, BSc Guelph, PhD Cambridge Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

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James Wagner, BA McMaster, MEd, EdD Allister Young, BAdmin Brock, MAce Toronto Waterloo, LLM Osgoode, CMA Associate Professor of Education Assistant Professor of Accounting

John Walker, BSc Waterloo, MBA, PhD Rosemary E. Young, BA McMaster, MA McMaster, BEd Brock Toronto, PhD McMaster Associate Professor of Management, Associate Professor of Education Marketing and Human Resources Deborah Zinni, BAS, MBA York, PhD Hui Di Wang, BSc Shanghai Medical McMaster University, PhD Saskatchewan Assistant Professor of Management, Associate Professor of Community Health Marketing and Human Resources Sciences

Michelle Webber, BA Brock, MA Toronto Assistant Professor Sociology

Robert Welch, BSc, MA, MBA Western Ontario, PhD SUNY, Bu.lfolo, CGA Professor of Finance

Alan R. Wheeler, BSc, BEd, MEd, PhD Alberta Professor of Education

J. David Whitehead, BA Toronto, MBA York (Can.), PhD Chicago, PhD Western Ontario Associate Professor ofindustrial Relations ~ Teena Willoughby, BA Western Ontario, MA, PhD Waterloo Associate Professor of Psychology

Vera Woloshyn, BA McMaster, MA, PhD Western Ontario Associate Professor of Education

Peter P. Yannopoulos, BA, MA York (Canada), MBA, PhD Toronto Associae Professor of Marketing

John K. Yardley, BA, BSc Otago, DipTchg Dunedin, MA Alberta, l\1A, PhD SUNY, Ruffolo Associate Professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies

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