Undergraduate Calendar 1999

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Published by the Office of the Registrar under the auspices of the Vice-Rector, Services Editor: Cynthia Foster Design: Christopher Alleyne, Marketing Communications, Concordia University Photographs: S. Bourboulis, P. Carpenter, L. Clemen, B. Hynes, S. Kretzschmer, M-J. Morel, X. Nuez, C. Skarstedt, T. Too, É. Tremblay Printed by: Interglobe Beauceville Inc. Printed on Recycled Paper Copyright • Concordia University • March 1999 Printed in Canada ISBN 0-88947-344-7 CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY’S MISSION STATEMENT Concordia is an urban university which is responsive to the needs of a diverse student population as well as to the bilingual and multicultural environment in which it resides. It is a welcoming community where values of equality, non- discrimination and tolerance of diversity are appreciated and actively promoted. Furthermore, Concordia is committed to responsible and innovative leadership in fulfilling the mission of universities to develop and disseminate knowledge and values and to act as a social critic. The University seeks to achieve this end by offering its students inclusive and accessible academic programmes which stress a broad- based, interdisciplinary approach to learning, as well as by a dedication to superior teaching supported by the best possible research, scholarship, creative activity and service to society. Through these means, the University prepares its graduates, at all levels, to live as informed and responsibly critical citizens who are committed to learning and to the spirit of enquiry. The Calendar is an official University document defining academic programmes and the regulations which pertain to them. It is accurate as of its printing date. The University Senate reserves the right to modify the academic programmes and regulations at its discretion after the publication date of the Calendar. In addition, the University reserves the right to modify the published scale of tuition and other student fees at any time before the beginning of the upcoming academic year. The most current information is available from the Office of the Registrar and, for graduate programmes, the School of Graduate Studies. Moreover, the information contained in the Calendar or any other University document related to academic programmes and regulations is subject to verification and correction by the Office of the Registrar and the School of Graduate Studies. • Not all courses listed in this Calendar are offered this year. Students are advised to consult the Undergraduate Class Schedule for a timetable of courses offered. • For information concerning graduate programmes, contact the School of Graduate Studies — (514) 848-3800. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page ACADEMIC CALENDAR ........................... 11 13 ADMINISTRATION ................................ 12 19 ADMISSION REGULATIONS ........................ 13 25 MATURE ENTRY ................................. 14 33 TUITION AND FEES ............................... 15 39 ACADEMIC INFORMATION: DEFINITIONS AND REGULATIONS 16 45 RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES .................... 17.10 68 OMBUDS OFFICE ................................ 17.20 77 STUDENT LIFE AND STUDENT SERVICES ............. 18 79 Student Life and Student Services . 18.1 80 Dean of Students . 18.2 80 Advocacy and Support Services . 18.3 80 Counselling and Development . 18.4 82 Health Services . 18.5 84 Recreation and Athletics . 18.6 85 Financial Aid and Awards Office . 18.7 85 Socio-Economic Services . 18.8 90 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ....................... 19 91 STUDENT AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS .............. 20 99 CENTRE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION .............. 21 103 OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING ................... 22 109 TEACHER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION ............ 23 111 INSTITUTE FOR CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION .......... 24 113 CONVOCATION MEDALS AND PRIZES ................ 25 119 FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE . 31 123 Arts and Science . 31.001 124 Programmes and Admission Requirements . 31.002 125 Degree Requirements . 31.003 128 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Adult Education (see §31.090.1) Applied Human Sciences . 31.010 133 Biology . 31.030 142 Chemistry and Biochemistry . 31.050 151 Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics . 31.060 158 Communication Studies . 31.070 174 Economics . 31.080 184 Education . 31.090 192 English . 31.100 203 English as a Second Language (see §31.320) Études françaises . 31.110 216 Exercise Science . 31.120 232 Geography . 31.130 238 Geology . 31.140 245 History . 31.160 250 Interdisciplinary Studies . 31.170 262 Journalism . 31.180 267 Leisure Sciences (see §31.010) Library Studies . 31.190 271 Mathematics and Statistics . 31.200 274 Philosophy . 31.220 284 Physics . 31.230 290 Political Science . 31.240 296 Psychology . 31.250 306 Religion . 31.270 316 Science and Human Affairs . 31.300 324 Sociology and Anthropology . 31.310 327 Southern Asia Studies (see §31.170) Teaching of English as a Second Language . 31.320 339 Theological Studies . 31.330 346 Urban Studies . 31.340 350 Women’s Studies (see §31.560) Computer Science (Minor) . 31.400 353 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Colleges, Institutes and Schools . 31.500 353 Co-operative Education . 31.515 353 Liberal Arts College . 31.520 354 Lonergan University College . 31.530 358 School of Community and Public Affairs . 31.540 361 Science College . 31.550 364 Simone de Beauvoir Institute and Women’s Studies . 31.560 367 FACULTY OF COMMERCE AND ADMINISTRATION ...... 61 373 Commerce and Administration . 61.10 374 Admission Requirements . 61.20 374 Undergraduate Degree Programmes . 61.21 375 The Credit Core . 61.22 375 General Information . 61.30 377 Faculty of Commerce and Administration Courses . 61.35 378 Accountancy . 61.40 380 Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems . 61.50 384 Economics . 61.60 388 Finance . 61.70 389 International Business . 61.80 393 Management . 61.90 395 Marketing . 61.100 399 Administration . 61.120 402 Programme Options for Non-Commerce Students . 61.140 403 Computer Science . 61.150 404 Special Certificate Programmes . 61.160 404 Special Programmes in Accountancy . 61.170 404 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE .. 71 407 Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science . 71.10 408 BEng . 71.20 411 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering . 71.30 415 Department of Mechanical Engineering . 71.40 420 Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering . 71.50 425 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 Engineering Course Descriptions . 71.60 429 Department of Computer Science . 71.70 451 FACULTY OF FINE ARTS .......................... 81 461 Programmes and Admission Requirements . 81.10 462 Degree Requirements . 81.20 464 Fine Arts Courses of Faculty-Wide Interest . 81.30 466 Interdisciplinary Studies in Sexuality . 81.35 467 Art Education and Art Therapy . 81.40 468 Art History . 81.50 472 Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema . 81.60 478 Contemporary Dance . 81.70 489 Design Art . 81.80 491 Digital Image/Sound and the Fine Arts . 81.90 494 Music . 81.100 496 Studio Arts . 81.110 506 Studio Art . 506 Ceramics . 507 Fibres . 508 Interdisciplinary Studies . 509 Painting and Drawing ..

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