undergraduate

classrooms; and, (3) cross-cultural classrooms in
developing countries where children and youth face
special challenges of poverty, historical and ethnic
oppression, violence, and other forms of injustice. Largescale
assessment and assessment for, of, and as learning
are emphasized.
Prerequisite: LTA 600
SOCIETY AND CULTURE: METHODOLOGY AND PRACTICES
SCMP 500 Introduction to Curriculum Contexts:
Learning and Learners (6) A
Students will study underlying philosophical and
epistemological bases of educational practices and
transitions in educational practices at different historical
periods of time in Canada and other western countries.
Students will critically analyze how and why disciplines
normally used to organize and present information have
shifted over time. The course will pay particular attention
to cultural and societal anomalies, as well as current
debates regarding educational practice (e.g.,
inclusion/non-inclusion, constructivist/transmission-based
approaches).
SCMP 600 Understanding and Applications of
Curriculum Contexts: Teachers and Teaching (3) A
This course introduces student teachers to selected ideas
and practices teachers use to develop a teaching
worldview and for students to understand how worldview
knowledge influences teaching and teachers. In this
course, the second of three graduated and integrated
courses in the Society and Culture: Methodologies and
Practices component, student teachers pay particular
attention to various forms of teacher and teaching
knowledge and the influence of this knowledge in both
human behaviour and current practices in teaching.
Student teachers will be given opportunities to integrate
into a personal learning plan, mission statement, and
philosophy of teaching statement their understanding of
teaching and teachers and the emerging worldview
regarding both. This course will provide student teachers
with an opportunity to begin developing a teaching e-
portfolio.
Prerequisite: SCMP 500
SCMP 700 Schools and Classrooms: Society and
Culture (3) A
This course introduces students to action-based learning
and problem-solving approaches to school, culture and
society. In this online course students will develop a
strategic plan to provide transferable solutions to a living
case, an actual school and culture and society problem.
This course emphasizes large scale assessment and
effective student assessment.
Prerequisite: SCMP 600
English Literature
EN 100 Introduction to Creative Writing (3) A
This course is introductory workshop course in the writing
of poetry and short prose fiction, emphasizing the
centrality of reading and revision to successful literary
composition. Students will engage in regular writing
assignments and discuss the craft of creative writing. The
class will also develop students’ literary analytical skills
through discussion of both students’ own work and that of
published authors. There may also be additional in-class
writing exercises from time to time.
Prerequisite: EN 115
EN 115 Introduction to Literature and Language (3) A
This course introduces students to post-secondary studies
in English by exploring developments in literature and
language in and over time. Students will have
opportunities to study particular themes and compare
different genre.
This course has an existing transfer credit agreement
through Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer. Visit
www.transferalberta.ca for details.
EN 200 Intermediate Creative Writing (3) A
This course is an intermediate workshop course in the
writing of poetry and short prose fiction, developing the
foundation of reading and revision skills laid down in
ENCW 200. Students will engage in intensive writing
assignments and discuss detailed aspects of the craft of
creative writing. The class will also further develop
students’ literary analytical skills through discussion of
both students’ own work and that of published authors.
There may also be additional in-class writing exercises
from time to time.
Prerequisite: EN 200 or portfolio
EN 220a Representative Literary Works: Medieval to
Romanticism (3) A
A foundational course in literary studies, this class
provides an introduction to a wide range of literary works
in English from the eighth century to the late eighteenth
century. The course introduces students to the breadth of
genres that comprise the English literary tradition.
Significant attention will be given to critical reading skills
and further development of writing skills.
Co-requisite: EN 115
This course has an existing transfer credit agreement
through Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer. Visit
www.transferalberta.ca for details.
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