undergraduate

Prerequisite: Math 30 (Pure or Applied), PS 121 and SO
121
This course has an existing transfer credit agreement
through Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer. Visit
www.transferalberta.ca for details.
BHS 304 Behavioural Science Education Travel (3) O
This course provides an introduction to international
community development incorporating the disciplines of
community psychology and the sociology of development.
It involves pre-reading assignments as well as post-travel
written assignments that allow students to apply both
theoretical and practical understandings of international
community development. The practical component of the
course involves volunteering for two weeks at a Two-
Thirds World site, where students learn about community
development first-hand. One of the main aims of the
course is to help empower students to contribute to
positive social change in both local and international
communities.
BHS 310 Quantitative Methods for Behavioural
Science (3-3) A
This course is designed to give students a basic
understanding of descriptive and inferential statistics.
Emphasis is placed on practical application and students
will learn to analyze and interpret basic statistical
research. They will also learn to use computer software
(SPSS) to analyze data. Lecture and laboratory
components. Class limit of 30 students.
Prerequisite: BHS 240 or permission of the department
This course has an existing transfer credit agreement
through Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer. Visit
www.transferalberta.ca for details.
BHS 320 Practicum 1 (3–1) A
A supervised practical experience with a community or
social agency closely related to the student’s interest
and/or future plans. Readings, written assignments and
group meetings will help students reflect on and integrate
knowledge with practical experience.
Prerequisite: BHS 240. Restricted to students in BA:
Behavioural Science (Concentration or Major) with a CGPA
of not less than 2.0. Permission of the department
required.
This course has an existing transfer credit agreement
through Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer. Visit
www.transferalberta.ca for details.
BHS 350 Shock Poverty (3) A
Shock Poverty is defined as instantaneous in its occurrence
and devastating in its impact. Shock Poverty can be viewed
through two lenses: the global and the personal. What
leads to each? How do they impact each other? Poverty is
a major theme in Christian Scripture and it is on that base
that poverty in the modern world will be examined. In
class, through readings and reflection, we will consider the
impact of poverty in our world, we will address the
question of poverty elimination and consider the root
causes of poverty.
Prerequisite: Completion of 60 credits or permission of
department
BHS 400 Seminar in Behavioural Science (3) A
An integrative capstone seminar based on the
contributions of both sociology and psychology for
understanding human behaviour. The course will integrate
the method, academic content, and pragmatic application
of those fields of knowledge to the social context of
human behaviour and explore the ways this can lead to
vocation and service in the world community. A variety of
methodological, theoretical, and practical questions will be
addressed.
Prerequisite: Restricted to students in the BA: Behavioural
Science (Concentration or Major) programs in their final 15
credits of study. Permission of the department required.
BHS 404 Behavioural Science Educational Travel Study
(3) O
This course provides an introduction to international
community development incorporating the disciplines of
community psychology and the sociology of development.
It involves pre-reading assignments as well as post-travel
written assignments that allow students to apply both
theoretical and practical understandings of international
community development. The practical component of the
course involves volunteering for two weeks at a Two-
Thirds World site, where students learn about community
development first-hand. One of the main aims of the
course is to help empower students to contribute to
positive social change in both local and international
communities.
BHS 405 Special Topics in Behavioural Science (3) O
Special studies in Behavioural Science, as announced.
Prerequisite: Permission of the department
BHS 410 Basic Multivariate Statistics (3–3) A
Multivariate analysis as applied to behavioural science.
Correlation, simple and multiple regression, discriminant
function analysis, canonical correlation, factor analysis,
theories and applications of behavioural measurement,
reliability, and validity will be presented. Lecture and
laboratory components.
Prerequisite: BHS 240 and BHS 310
This course has an existing transfer credit agreement
through Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer. Visit
www.transferalberta.ca for details.
BHS 415 Advanced Qualitative Methods (3-1) B
This seminar style course examines the basic techniques
for collecting, interpreting, and presenting qualitative
data, drawing on research methodologies in areas such as
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