Summer Calendar - St. Francis Xavier University

ONLINE SPRING COURSES DATES DESCRIPTIONHIST 399.66Selected Topics: CanadianImmigration, Race andEthnicity Since 1896CRN 14253J. CameronApril 24 - June 18 This course traces the history of Canadian immigration, settlement,ethnicity, race relations, and multiculturalism since 1896. Itexamines influential immigrant movements, such as the settlementof western Canada, the Home Children, the War Brides, and postwarrefugees. Other topics include the role of Pier 21 in Halifax, theVancouver Riot of 1907, illegal immigration, and anti-Semitism. Itprovides an opportunity to look at Canada, past and present,through the eyes of immigrants and diverse ethnic groups, and toexamine the responses and policies of the receiving society. Threecredits.HKIN 301.66Elementary StatisticsCRN 14254J. ApalooINFO 446.66Electronic BusinessCRN 14255G. TritesMATH 111.66Calculus ICRN 14256Lab CRN 14257P. WangNURS 260.66/67/68/69Developmental PsychologyCRN 14258CRN 14259CRN 14260CRN 14288Lab CRN 14277P. Hauf / J. SullivanApril 24 - June 18April 24 - June 18April 24 - June 18April 24 - July 16This course teaches statistics for students in business and arts.Topics include: descriptive statistics; data collection, tabulation, andpresentation; measures of central tendency and variability;binomial, normal, and chi-square distribution; estimation ofparameters and tests of hypothesis; simple linear regression andcorrelation; introduction to statistical computer package. Crosslistedas STAT 201. Three credits.Business is increasingly conducted through electronic means, oftenon the Internet. This presents many challenges, includingtechnology, marketing, strategy, operation, and systems issues. Thiscourse explores the current state of electronic commerce, relevantissues, and their relative importance to the success of a businessventure. Students will read case studies and analyze existingbusiness ventures on the Internet. Cross-listed as BSAD 415. Threecredits.This course is an introduction to differential calculus of a singlevariable, with applications to the physical, life, and social sciences.Topics include limits; differentiation of polynomial, exponential,logarithmic, and trigonometric functions; inverse functions andtheir derivatives; implicit differentiation; curve sketching, andapplied max-min problems. Prerequisite: Grade 12 pre-calculus orequivalent. Three credits.This course is a study of major environmental and maturationalinfluences and their relationship to the growing person. Labcomponent included. Prerequisite: PSYC 100. Cross-listed as PSYC260. Six Credits19