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University of Lethbridge Graduate Calendar 2016-2017

Abstract

The official University of Lethbridge academic graduate studies calendar for 2016-2017.2016/17 Graduate Studies Calendar and Course Catalogue This Calendar sets forth the intention of the University, at the time of its publication, with respect to all matters contained therein. The University reserves the right at any time to deviate from what appears in the Calendar, either in order to serve the best interests of the University, or because of circumstances or occurrences beyond the University’s reasonable control. The University expressly denies responsibility or liability to any person who may suffer loss or who may be otherwise adversely affected by such change. The Calendar is updated annually. If necessary, a list of corrections and post-publication updates to the print edition of the 2016/2017 Calendar, which have been changed in the online edition, will be posted at www.uleth.ca/ross/academic-calendar/updates. Check this web page regularly to keep informed of changes. ©2016 - University of Lethbridge Graduate Studies Calendar and Course Catalogue 2016/2017 The University of Lethbridge Graduate Studies Calendar and Course Catalogue is also available online at www.uleth.ca/ross/academic-calendar 3 MANDATE STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 OUR PROMISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 DESTINATION 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 OUR FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 LIBERAL EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 THE UNIVERSITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 THE UNIVERSITY SHIELD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE PRINCIPLES OF STUDENT CITIZENSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 NOTICES TO STUDENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ERRATA AND ADDENDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ACADEMIC SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 REGISTRATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Student Records Retention Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Advice and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Terms Used During Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 When to Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Order of Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Registration Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Classroom Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Course Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Western Deans’ Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Appeal of Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 FEES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Self-service Resources and General Information. . . . . . . . . 29 Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Cancellations, Refunds, and Withdrawals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Non-refundable Application and Registration Fees . . . . . . . 31 Non-refundable Deposits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Graduate Programs 2016/2017 Fee Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Master of Education and Master of Counselling Programs 2016/2017 Fee Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Master of Science (Management) 2016/2017 Fee Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Master of Nursing 2016/2017 Fee Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Doctor of Philosophy in Education 2016/2017 Fee Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Graduate Programs Summer Session 2016 Fee Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 ACADEMIC REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Academic Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Academic Standings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Grade Appeal Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Student Discipline Policy - Academic Offences . . . . . . . . . . 47 Student Discipline Policy - Non-Academic Offences . . . . . 49 Caveat - Authority to Rescind Registration Privileges/ Prohibit Access to University Property . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Appeal of Application of Policy Other than Grade or Student Discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Assessment of Student Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Other Policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 GRADUATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Application for Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Outstanding Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Convocation Invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Conferral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Conferral in Absentia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Names on Parchments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Awarded Posthumously. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Transcripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Parchment Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Convocation Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Revoking Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL. . 63 International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Exchange Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 International Student Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Language Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 MASTER OF ARTS (M.A.) PROGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 M.A. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Statement of Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Admission Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Co-operative Education/Internship Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 General Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Supervision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 MASTER OF COUNSELLING (M.C.) PROGRAM . . . . 81 M.C. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Statement of Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Admission Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Standards Of Professional Conduct For Counselling Psychology Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 General Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Practicum Placement Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Graduate Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 MASTER OF EDUCATION (M.ED.) PROGRAMS . . . . 93 M.Ed. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Master of Education (General) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Master of Education (Educational Leadership) . . . . . . . . . . 99 Master of Education (Counselling Psychology) . . . . . . . . . 105 Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Graduate Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 MASTER OF FINE ARTS (M.F.A.) PROGRAMS . . . . . 123 M.F.A. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Statement of Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Program Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Admission Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 General Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Supervision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 MASTER OF MUSIC (M.MUS.) PROGRAMS . . . . . . . 133 M.Mus. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Statement of Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Program Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 General Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 MASTER OF NURSING (M.N.) PROGRAMS . . . . . . . 141 M.N. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Statement of Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 General Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Financial Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.SC.) PROGRAM . . . . . . . . 149 M.Sc. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 All Majors Delivered By The Faculty of Arts and Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 All Majors Delivered By The Faculty of Health Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Co-operative Education/Internship Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 General Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 MASTER OF SCIENCE (MANAGEMENT) PROGRAMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 M.Sc. (Mgt.) Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Campuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Statement of Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Requirements for Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 General Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PH.D.) PROGRAMS . . 171 Ph.D. Program Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 All Majors Except Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Major in Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Financial Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 English Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 COURSE CATALOGUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Course Subject Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Where to Get More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Course Numbering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Timetable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 How to Read a Course Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Application for Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Entrance Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Entrance or Continuing Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Graduate Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Academic Medals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Financial Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 GENERAL SERVICES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Accommodated Learning Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Bookstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Bus Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Campus ID Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Campus Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Campus Women’s Centre (CWC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Career & Co-op Services (CCS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Catering and Food Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Chaplaincy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 CKXU Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Conference and Event Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Convocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Counselling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Enrolment Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 First Nations, Métis and Inuit Student Services . . . . . . . . 238 Graduate Students' Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Health Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Housing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Information Technology Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 International Student Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 International Student Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Mail Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Off-Campus Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Office of the Associate Vice-President (Students) . . . . . . 244 Printing Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Registrar’s Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Sport and Recreation Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Student Awards - Scholarships and Bursaries. . . . . . . . . . 245 Student Finance - Government Student Loans and Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Teaching Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 The Meliorist (Student Newspaper) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Undergraduate Students' Union Services For Graduate Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 University Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Writing Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 ACADEMIC STAFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 AWARDS OF DISTINCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 5 MANDATE STATEMENT The University of Lethbridge is a public, board-governed university operating as a Comprehensive Academic and Research Institution under the authority of the Post-secondary Learning Act of Alberta. Founded on the principles of liberal education, the University of Lethbridge provides undergraduate and graduate programs in education, fine arts, health sciences, humanities, management, nursing, sciences, and social sciences, leading to bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. The institution also provides certificate programs, post-baccalaureate certificate programs, post-graduate certificate programs and post-master’s certificate programs that lead to professional specialization, and open studies for lifelong learners. The University of Lethbridge conducts pure and applied research and establishes and sustains facilities for pursuing original research. The University develops centres of research excellence in areas in which it has special expertise or that have particular relevance to the region or province. Programs of research, scholarship and creative activity include the study of fundamental issues for their intrinsic intellectual, aesthetic or philosophical interest, and of practical challenges of direct importance for social, cultural, economic or environmental wellbeing. The University of Lethbridge protects free inquiry and scholarship, facilitates access to scholarly resources, and supports artistic expression and the free and open scholarly discussion of issues. In support of Campus Alberta, the University of Lethbridge collaborates with other institutions to ensure transferability within the province’s postsecondary education system and delivers seamless learning opportunities. As part of this commitment, the University works with other institutions to provide degree completion opportunities for university transfer students and diploma graduates. Across the spectrum of intellectual pursuit, the University of Lethbridge continually develops innovative programs and research collections in existing and emerging disciplines to meet the needs of students, society and the economy. This includes collaborating with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples to develop programs and collections that are relevant and accessible to them. The University of Lethbridge serves a variety of student groups: undergraduate and graduate students;

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