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Faculty of Communication and Culture 63 Faculty of Communication and Culture Summary of Degree Programs Degrees Offered Faculty of Communication and Culture 63 Faculty of Communication and Culture Summary of Degree Programs Degrees Offered e Faculty of Communication and Cultur Undergraduate Development Studies Law and Society Table of Contents Programs Available Leisure, Tourism and Society Summary of Degree Programs .......... 63 Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science with Women’s Studies Faculty Information ............................ 64 a Major Field Faculty Regulations ........................... 64 Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science BA Honours Details of Major Programs Honours with a Major Field Canadian Studies • Canadian Studies ....................... 67 Bachelor of Communications Studies Communications Studies • Communications Studies ............ 69 Bachelor of Arts, General Degree (20-course Development Studies • Development Studies .................. 71 Program) Law and Society • Law and Society ......................... 73 Bachelor of Science, General Degree (20- Leisure, Tourism and Society • Leisure, Tourism and Society...... 73 course Program) Women’s Studies • Science, Technology & Society.... 74 Bachelor of General Studies (15-Course • Urban Studies ............................. 75 Program) BA or BSc Major • Women’s Studies ........................ 75 Programs leading to a second baccalaureate • World Areas Science, Technology and Society degree in the Faculty of Communication and • Africa ........................................... 76 Culture • Asia ............................................. 76 Co-operative Education BA Major and BA or BSc Honours • Central and Eastern Europe ............. 76 Honours programs in Communications Science, Technology and Society • Latin America ............................... 76 Studies and Development Studies • Native North America ................... 76 Combined Degree Program BA Majors General Degree Programs ................. 76 Bachelor of Arts (Canadian Studies)/ Collaborative Programs .................... 78 Canadian Studies Bachelor of Education (Master of Teaching Minor Programs ................................. 78 Communications Studies Program) Administration .................................... 82 64 Faculty of Communication and Culture Collaborative Degree For information on the Honours program, have missed admission deadlines may be contact the Graduate Programs Office, 220- eligible to begin studies as an unclassified Programs 6357. student. This category has registration limits. Bachelor of Arts in East Asia Please refer to “Unclassified Student” under Bachelor of Arts Honours in East Asia Undergraduate Programs Classification of Students in the Academic Regulations section of this Calendar for Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies Office more information. All students should apply Bachelor of Arts Honours in Latin American for admission to the Faculty of Communica- Studies The Undergraduate Programs Office advises students on academic program matters tion and Culture as soon as possible. Minor Programs relating to: • course selection Faculty Regulations African Studies • changing programs Architectural Studies • dropping and adding courses Admission Canadian Studies New applicants should refer to “Admis- Central and East European Studies • overloading courses • Letter of Permission for Visiting students sion Requirements” in the Academic Communications Studies Regulations section of this Calendar for Development Studies • graduation requirements regulations regarding University admis- East Asian Studies • other student records and program sion requirements. management issues e Film Studies Latin American Studies • deferred term work Application and Law and Society • deferred Registrar-scheduled examinations Documentation Deadlines for Leisure, Tourism and Society Museum and Heritage Studies Introduction Admission Northern Planning and Development Studies Quota Major Programs — Communications The programs offered by the Faculty of Studies (Bachelor of Arts in Communications Science, Technology and Society Communication and Culture are designed to Studies and Bachelor of Communications South Asian Studies provide students with a broadly integrative Studies) and Law and Society Women’s Studies education and to prepare students for life and work in the 21st century. These Quota Minor Program — Architectural Graduate programs offer students an opportunity to do Studies concentrated work in an area which crosses May 1 Application for Admission/ Graduate program in Communications the boundaries of traditional disciplines. Readmission or On-Line Studies under the jurisdiction of the Faculty Each program incorporates required and Change of Program Application of Graduate Studies (see the Faculty of recommended interdisciplinary courses, Graduate Studies calendar). May 30 Submission of all required along with a selection of courses from the documents and forms relevant specialized disciplines from which a student may plan his or her program. Non-Quota Programs Faculty of Communication and Cultur Faculty Information June 1 Application for Admission/ Weekend University Readmission or On-Line Contact Information Change of Program Application Weekend University is a joint offering Web page URL: August 15 Submission of all required between the Faculty of Communication and http://www.comcul.ucalgary.ca/ documents Culture and the Faculty of Continuing Academic Programs Office Education that provides an opportunity for a Location: SS110 non-traditional student to complete a BA, BSc, BGS and BCS Telephone: (403) 220-6343 University degree through part-time study. Programs Courses offered on Saturdays are organized E-mail: [email protected] so that students may complete the interdisci- Students wishing to enroll in one of the Undergraduate Programs Office plinary General degrees (Bachelor of degree programs of the Faculty of Communi- Location: SS209 General Studies or Bachelor of Arts in cation and Culture must meet the following General Studies) solely through attending admission requirements: Telephone: (403) 220-5490 classes on Saturdays. Minor programs 1. Students applying to the Major programs E-mail: [email protected] offered through classes on Saturday are: and the Bachelor of Communications Graduate Programs Office Canadian Studies and Communications Studies must present the following: Studies (both through the Faculty of Commu- Location: SS 222 nication and Culture) and English (Faculty of (a) satisfactory matriculation or Adult Telephone: (403) 220-6357 Humanities). The Faculty of Communication Student standing as outlined in the Academic Regulations section of this E-mail: [email protected] and Culture also accepts the Workplace Learning Minor for their degrees (see the Calendar Academic Programs Office Faculty of Continuing Education for details). (b) English 30 Students in other programs may access (c) one of Mathematics 30 or Mathematics The Academic Programs Office provides related degree courses through Weekend 31 or Pure Mathematics 30 or advice relating to: University as well. Students who begin their Applied Mathematics 30. • contacting academic staff and program studies through Weekend University are not required to complete their degrees through 2. For the general programs, English 30 directors/coordinators and at least one of the following are • scheduling of courses in the faculty Saturday study; but may access daytime, late afternoon or evening courses across campus required: • appeals of grades on a part-time or full-time basis. (a) Mathematics 30 or Mathematics 31 • special topics/reading courses Students wishing to complete a degree or Pure Mathematics 30 or Applied • problems with instruction through Weekend University are expected to Mathematics 30, or • research ethics procedures meet all of the requirements for admission to (b) a language other than English at the the Faculty of Communication and Culture 30 or 31 level. • curriculum matters and the University of Calgary. Students who Faculty of Communication and Culture 65 3. Transfer students seeking admission operative Education students who are ate Program Office (UPO) will provide should refer to “Admission Require- considering Honours should consult with the students with a detailed assessment of ments” in the Academic Regulations Career Services office as soon as they are the requirements to be completed for the section of this Calendar. accepted into the Co-operative Education second degree. For further details and 4. Admission to the quota Majors — program to ensure that they are placed in a advice students should contact the UPO. Communications Studies (Bachelor of course sequence that will accommodate the The second degree may be awarded Arts in Communications Studies and Honours thesis in their last year. “With Distinction” at the discretion of the Bachelor of Communications Studies) Faculty if a grade point average of at and Law and Society — will be granted Graduation Requirements least 3.60 on all additional courses required together with the applicable in the Fall Session only, and in accord- Degrees with Honours are awarded in two courses from the first degree is achieved. ance with academic merit. A minimum classes: Honours and First Class Honours. grade point average of 2.50 is required Degrees with Honours are awarded to for consideration for admission but does students who have successfully completed Effective Writing not guarantee admission. Grade point an approved program equivalent to 20 full- Requirement average over the most recent course course equivalents with a grade
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