1.0 ORGANIZATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION 1.1 Submission Title Page Full Legal Name of Organization: Breakwell Education Association Operating Name of Organization: The Stratford College of Liberal Arts Common Acronym of Organization: SCLA URL for Organization Homepage: Not applicable Degree to be awarded for the program or part Baccalaureate: Honours of program: Proposed Degree Title and Nomenclature: Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Honours Date of Submission: August 13, 2004. 1st Revision: September 29, 2004. 2nd Revision: December 22, 2004. Location of where program is to be delivered: 45 Waterloo Street South Stratford, Ontario N5A 4A8 Contact Information: Dr. Todd Smith Secretary, Breakwell Education Association 210 Water Street Stratford, ON N5A 3C5 See Above Tel: 519-273-9217 Cell: 519-777-1707 (mobile) Fax: 519-273-2419 Email: [email protected] Site Visit Coordinator: Same as above. 1.2 Quality Assessment Panel Nominees Name and Full Tel: Academic Professional Designations Nominee Arm’s length Address Fax: Credentials accepted from E-mail organization’s organization nomination for past 7 years Pierre-Yves Tel: (403) 220-3674 Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Mocquais Fax: (403) 284-0848 Ph.D. University of Calgary, 1999-2004 Yes Yes Email: Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts, [email protected] University of Regina, 1997— 1999 Andy Knight Tel: (780) 492-9970 Full Professor, Dept. of Political 816 Ryan Pl, North Fax: (780) 492-2586 Ph.D. Science, University of Alberta Yes Yes West Edmonton, Email: Editor, Global Governance Alberta T6R 2K3 [email protected] Journal Todd Lawson Tel: 416-978-3080 Associate Professor of Islamic University of Fax: 416-978-3305 Ph.D. Thought, University of Toronto Yes Yes Toronto Email: Dept. of Middle [email protected] Eastern Civilizations 4 Bancroft Ave. Toronto ON M5S 1C1 Kamran Sedig Tel: (519) 661-2111 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Middlesex College, x86612 or 88487 Ph.D. Information and Media Studies & Yes Yes UWO, London, Fax: none Dept. of Computer Science, Ontario, N6A 5B7 Email: [email protected] UWO Don Rogers Tel: (613) 476-9707 Instructor, and then full RR #2 Milford ON Fax: none B.Sc. professor - University of Sask. Yes Yes K0K 2P0 Email: M.SC. 1959 – 1988. Head of [email protected] Department of Art and Art History for two terms SCLA Quality Assessment Review, December 22, 2004 (Revision) 2 Anne Boyles Tel: (902) 894-5503 Assistant Professor, Dalhousie 86 McGill Ave Fax: (902) 894-8797 B.Ed. English Department, 1989—94 Yes Yes Charlottetown PEI Email: M.A. Currently Sessional Lecturer in C1A 2K4 [email protected] Ph.D. the English Department, UPEI Senior editor of "The Bahá’í World" volumes and Executive Editor of "One Country". Arash Abizadeh Tel: 514-278-8438 M.Phil Assistant Professor, McGill 5118 Hutchison St. Fax: (514) 398-1770 Oxford University, Depart. of Political Yes Yes QC H2V 4A9 Email: Ph.D. Science [email protected] Harvard SCLA Quality Assessment Review, December 22, 2004 (Revision) 3 1.3 Table of Contents 1.0 ORGANIZATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION.................................................................1 1.1 SUBMISSION TITLE PAGE ..............................................................................................................1 1.2 QUALITY ASSESSMENT PANEL NOMINEES ...................................................................................2 1.3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................4 2.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...............................................................................................................6 2.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY..................................................................................................................6 3.0 PROGRAM ABSTRACT...............................................................................................................26 3.1 PROGRAM ABSTRACT..................................................................................................................26 4.0 PROGRAM DEGREE LEVEL STANDARD................................................................................27 4.1.1 Degree-Level Summary.......................................................................................................27 4.1.2 Samples of Student Work.....................................................................................................33 5.0 ADMISSIONS, PROMOTION, GRADUATION STANDARD ...................................................34 5.1.1 Program Admission Requirements......................................................................................34 5.1.2 Mature Students Policy .......................................................................................................36 5.1.3 Credit Transfer/Recognition Policy....................................................................................36 5.1.4 Entrance Examinations and Prior Learning Assessment Policy ........................................38 5.2 PROMOTION AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS POLICY ..........................................................39 5.2.1 Grade Point Average Calculation.......................................................................................39 5.2.1 Warnings, Suspensions and Dismissals .....................................................................................40 6.0 PROGRAM CONTENT STANDARD ..........................................................................................42 6.1 PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE (WHERE APPLICABLE) .........................................................42 6.1.1 Program Advisory Committee Membership........................................................................42 6.1.2 Program Advisory Committee Minutes...............................................................................44 6.2 PROFESSIONAL/ACCREDITATION OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT ................................45 6.2.1 Current Professional/Accreditation or Other Requirements ..............................................45 6.2.2 Letters of Support: Professional/Accreditation or Other Requirements.............................45 6.3 PROGRAM COMPARISON STATEMENT AND TABLES ...................................................................46 6.3.1 Program Comparison Statement.........................................................................................46 6.3.2 Program Comparison .........................................................................................................46 6.4 PROGRAM LEVEL LEARNING OUTCOMES ...................................................................................56 6.5 ACADEMIC COURSE SCHEDULE INFORMATION ..........................................................................58 6.5.1 Program Hour/Credit Conversion ......................................................................................58 6.5.2 Academic Course Schedule – Honours Baccalaureate.......................................................59 6.5.3 Academic Course Schedule - Graduate ..............................................................................68 6.6 COURSE OUTLINES AND OTHER GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ................................................69 6.6.1 Calendar Course Descriptions............................................................................................69 6.6.2 Course Outlines.................................................................................................................124 6.6.3 Online Course Information ...............................................................................................281 6.7 WORK EXPERIENCE/INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT EXPERIENCES REQUIRED FOR DEGREE COMPLETION .........................................................................................................................................281 6.7.1 Work Experience/Internship Outcomes.............................................................................281 6.7.2 Work Experience/Internship Commitments.......................................................................281 7.0 PROGRAM DELIVERY STANDARD .......................................................................................282 7.1 COURSE/REQUIREMENT DELIVERY POLICIES ...........................................................................282 7.2 POLICY ON STUDENT FEEDBACK ..............................................................................................284 7.2.1 Policy on Student Feedback..............................................................................................284 7.2.2 Student Feedback: Criteria and Instruments ....................................................................285 7.3 ON-LINE LEARNING POLICIES AND PRACTICES........................................................................287 7.4 ACADEMIC COMMUNITY POLICY..............................................................................................287 SCLA Quality Assessment Review, December 22, 2004 (Revision) 4 8.0 CAPACITY TO DELIVER STANDARD ...................................................................................288 8.1 CURRICULUM VITAE OF CURRENT FACULTY ASSIGNED TO THIS DEGREE PROGRAM .............288 8.1.1 Curriculum Vitae Exception Statements ...........................................................................288 8.1.2 Curriculum Vitae for Faculty Responsible for Teaching and Curriculum Development of DW Courses. .....................................................................................................................................288