Fall 2014 Calendar 200+ courses and programs to satisfy your curiosityLearning that shapes who you are. We’re all born LearningThatShapes.ca/Fall curious.
The common thread—curiosity.Find out how Renée O’Leary (above left) went from wondering what life’s next step should be, toembarking on a Humanities diploma, earning a master’s degree, and now researching and working onher PhD. Read her story on page 38.Gina Martin (centre) needed to add a very specialized skill set to advance her work in the health field.Read her story on page 48.Eric Akis (right) transformed a consuming interest in working with food to a career as a writer—via aprogram of business courses. Read his story on page 54. If you are naturally curious about things—all kinds of things—then you’ll find yourself in good company at Continuing Studies. Satisfy your curiosity about many aspects of life and the world around you by engaging in some of the fascinating and often surprising courses we offer every fall and spring. You may find that one interest leads to another and opens up possibilities you hadn’t considered before. Continuing Studies is a place to connect with ideas and people in a way that is accessible, challenging and fun! Learning that shapes who you are.This calendar is also available on our website in a user-friendly interactive format—nothing to download, just turnthe pages and click on a course title to get to registration. Take a look: www.LearningThatShapes.ca/calendar/ Designed and produced by the marketing unit of the Division of Continuing Studies. Printed in Canada on 10% recycled paper (Nature Web) using vegetable based inks. ®Printed by Mitchell Press, Vancouver, BC, an environmental award winning, FSC certified and G7 accredited company.2 CALENDAR Section Certificate/diploma Credit options Distance/online
Contentstopic areas Indigenous Language Useful Information and Culture..........................................37The Arts ................................................ 5 Courses Starting by Month ................ 2 Certificate in Aboriginal Language Revitalization Certificates, Diplomas, GraduateHistory in Art Professional Certificates/Diplomas,Music Intercultural Education ..................... 39 Professional SpecializationTheatre Certificates............................................ 4Visual Arts Intercultural Education ProgramWriting and Literature Applying to Our Programs Languages .......................................... 41 Credit/Non-Credit StudyBusiness and Management .............. 13 World Languages General Information andBusiness and Management Programs French Language Programs Campus Services................................ 64On-Campus Courses English Language Centre Visiting the UVic Campus.................. 65Online CoursesIntensive Courses on Campus Population Health Data .................... 47 How to Register ................................. 66Certificate in Business AdministrationDiploma in Business Administration Population Health Data Analysis Professional Cancellations, Withdrawals, Refunds Specialization Certificate Gift CertificatesCareer Planning and Skills Bursary ProgramUpgrading .......................................... 17 Public Relations ................................. 49 Holiday ClosureComputing and Technology ............. 19 Diploma Program in Public Relations Registration Form.............................. 67Computer Based Information Systems Science and Nature ........................... 51 Index ................................................... 68Certificate ProgramOnline Courses General Courses Continuing Studies Building..............72 Nature Explorations on Vancouver IslandDistance Learning Online ................. 22 Campus Map.............. inside back cover Social Justice Studies ........................ 53Health, Wellness and Safety ............. 24 Contact Information............ back cover Diploma in Social Justice StudiesCertificate Program in Environmental andOccupational Health Sustainability and Environment ...... 55Online CoursesEducation for the General Public General CoursesEducation for Health and Helping Professionals Restoration Speaker Series Restoration of Natural Systems ProgramHeritage, Culture and Museums ...... 28 Native Species and Natural Processes Professional Specialization CertificateCultural Resource Management ProgramOn-Campus Immersion Courses Teacher ProfessionalOnline Courses Development ..................................... 58Graduate Professional Certificate in CulturalHeritage Studies Professional Development Workshops Credit Courses OnlineHumanities, History and Programs for TeachersContemporary Issues..........................30 Non-Credit Course for Aspiring TeachersGeneral Courses Training and Adult Education .......... 60The Amica at Somerset House SessionsThe Berwick House (Royal Oak) Sessions Certificate in Adult and Continuing EducationIn Pursuit of Knowledge Lecture Series (CACE)Deans’ Lunchtime Lecture Series Online Courses28th Annual Medieval Studies Workshop (2015) CACE WorkshopsCanadian Studies Diploma ProgramHumanities Diploma Program / Humanities courses Travel Study ....................................... 62SAGE Study Groups 2015 Travel Study Programs: Discover the World with UVic 2016—Do These Trips Interest You?www.LearningThatShapes.ca • 250-472-4694 fall 2014 1
Courses Computing and Technology Population Health Data Starting by Month Computing Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Working with Administrative Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Human Side of Information Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Longitudinal Analysis and Multi-level Modeling ofseptember Project Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Web Design and Management I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Population Health Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47The Arts Web Design and Management II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Relational Database Management Systems . . . . . . . 21 Public RelationsPicasso and 20th Century Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 IT Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Architectural Insight—Part II: How we Interact with Programming with Java . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Public Relations Theory and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Digital Identity Management: Concepts and Writing for Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Case Studies in Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Sing! Level I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Social Media for Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Sing: Level II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Voci Belle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Health, Wellness and Safety Science and NatureMasterworks of Symphonic Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Sight Singing, Ear Training: Level I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Tools for Learning Online for Environmental and Marine Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51A Song for the Ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Occupational Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Overcoming Vocal Difficulties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Teacher Professional DevelopmentThe Devil, Death and the Supernatural in Romantic Occupational and Environmental Health Law . . . . . 25 Occupational Health Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Literacy Strategies for Supporting Struggling Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Environmental Health Economics . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Learners I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Expressive Drawing and Mark-Making . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Wound Management for Health ProfessionalsYes, You Can Draw! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Principles of Teaching English to Second LanguageWatercolour for Beginners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Level I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Learners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Introduction to a New Medium: Watercolor Pencils Wound Management for Health Professionals Multidisciplinary Foundations of Physical Activity . 58 and Art Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Level II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Foundations of Recreation and Leisure . . . . . . . . . . . 58Introduction to Collage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Teaching English as a Foreign Language for NativeiPad Art: Awesomely Fearless Creativity . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Heritage, Culture and MuseumsPhotographer Plus: Improving your Photography Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Museum Principles and Practices I . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29 Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Cultural Landscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 octoberPhotographer as Artist, Artist as Photographer . . . . 9 Heritage Resource Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Freelance Journalism in 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Curatorship: Contemporary Perspectives . . . . . . . . . 29 The ArtsWriting for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Managing Archival Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29From Journal to Story: Using Life Experience to An Introduction to Turkish Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Humanities, History and The Jazz Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Create Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Contemporary Issues Opera Live and in High Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Mirror, Window or Magnifying Glass? Canlit Visions Saturday Mornings at the Opera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 European Borders without Walls: An Open Online Opera: The Beginnings to the 18th Century . . . . . . . . 8 for Young Adult Readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Improvisational Comedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Documentary Photography: Creating The PersonalBusiness and Management Liberating our Mind, Liberating our Life: How to Free our Mind from Uncontrolled Desire and Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Business Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The Altered Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Financial Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Glorious Phonetography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Exploring Aging through Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Travel Photography Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Marketing Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Destination: Balkans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Poetry Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Operations Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Revitalizing Indigenous Law and Changing the Writing Memoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Professional Sales Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Write Now! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Economics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Lawscape of Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Writing, Revising and Publishing Young AdultInterpersonal Business Communications . . . . . . . . . 14 Introduction to Canadian Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Strategic Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Issues and Ideas in Canadian Environmentalism . . 36 Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Business Writing and Presentation Skills . . . . . . . . . . 15 Arts Journalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Intercultural EducationCareer Planning and Skills Upgrading Business and Management Topics in Intercultural Education: Beyond DiversityChem 091 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 and Human Rights: Creating Spaces for Social Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Planning or Enriching Your Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Enhancing Your Life: Self-Discovery and Action . . . 18 Career Planning and Skills Upgrading Languages Mathematical Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Structures of Arabic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 German: Intermediate—Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Health, Wellness and Safety German Intermediate Conversation . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Japanese for Beginners—Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Healthy Aging and the Anti-Inflammatory Diet . . . 25 Japanese: Intermediate—Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Feeling Positive! Applying the Benefits of Positive Mandarin for Beginners—Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Mandarin: Advanced—Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Psychology in Everyday Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Spanish for Beginners—Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum© . . . . . . . . . . 27 Spanish for Beginners—Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Spanish: Advanced Conversation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Heritage, Culture and Museums Volunteer Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Courses starting by month
Humanities, History and november january 2015Contemporary Issues The Arts Humanities, History andThe Answers are Written in Bone: Forensic Contemporary Issues Anthropology of the Human Skeleton . . . . . . . . . 31 The Fashionable Body in the History of Art . . . . . . . . 6 Monumental Carving of the Northwest Coast . . . . . . 6 28th Annual Medieval Workshop: Burnt at theAncient Trade Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Eine Heilige Kunst (A Sacred Art): Operatic Stake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Amazonia Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Gandhi: An Introduction to his Life, Thought and Masterpieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Sustainability and Environment Writing for Children: Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Significance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Winter Storm Watching at Wickanninish Inn . . . . . . 52From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Business and Management Spring Explorations at Yellow Point Lodge . . . . . . . . 52 Expedition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 International Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The constantVictoria’s Colonial Homes and Families . . . . . . . . . . . 33A History of the James Bay Neighbourhood . . . . . . 33 Health, Wellness and Safety happinessDestination: Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Deans’ Lunchtime Lecture Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Emotional Intelligence Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 is curiosity. Emotional Intelligence Level 2—AdvancedLanguages – Alice Munro Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Conversational Arabic for Beginners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Reiki Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26German for Beginners—Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Reiki Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Italian for Beginners—Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Boundaries 101: Where You End and I Begin . . . . . . . 26Italian for Beginners—Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Current Concepts in Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Japanese for Beginners—Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Mandarin: Advanced—Part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Heritage, Culture and MuseumsMandarin for Beginners—Part 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners—Part 1 . . . . . . 43 Communicating through Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Brazilian Portuguese: Intermediate—Part 1 . . . . . . 43Spanish for Beginners—Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Humanities, History andSpanish for Beginners—Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Contemporary IssuesSwedish for Beginners—Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Arabia Felix: A Journey through Yemen . . . . . . . . . . 32Science and Nature Deans’ Lunchtime Lecture Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Topics in Space Exploration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Science and NatureSustainability and Environment Birding Basics II—Waterbirds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Journey to the Red Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Restoration Speaker Series: Oceans, Carbon and Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Urban Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Rain Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 decemberLakes in Garry Oaks Ecosystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 The ArtsTraining and Adult Education (CACE) Contemplative Watercolour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Dynamic Presentations: A Public Speaking and Contemporary Chinese Brush Painting . . . . . . . . . 11 Presentation Skills Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Health, Wellness and SafetyTravel Study Health is the Greatest Wealth: Aging Well withFree Preview: 2015 Travel Study Programs . . . . . . . . 62 Healthy Hormone Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Pain Beyond Words: Recognizing Pain in People with Dementia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Humanities, History and Contemporary Issues Living Lightly: The Wisdom of Dependent Relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 From Chicken Livers to the Quadrivium: The Place of Astronomy in Ancient Worldviews . . . . . . . . 32 The Ukrainian Crisis in Historical Perspective . . . 34 Deans’ Lunchtime Lecture Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35www.LearningThatShapes.ca • 250-472-4694 Courses starting by month 3
Certificates, Diplomas, Graduate Professional Certificates/Diplomas, Professional Specialization CertificatesApplying Graduate Graduate Professionalto OURProgramS: Programs Professional Professional Specialization Professional Distancenon-credit Aboriginal Language Revitalizationand credit Certificate Diploma Certificate Diploma Certificate Development Part-time Options Pagestudy options 37 You can find application formsfor our certificate or diploma Adult and Continuing Education 60programs on the web pagesfor each program. Go to www. Business Administration 13continuingstudies.uvic.ca/programs/diplomas. You can Business and Management 13also contact the individualprogram by phone or email Business Studies for International Students *and request an applicationform by email, mail or fax. Canadian Studies 35Contact information is also onthe relevant program pages Collections Management **in this calendar and under“Contact Us”on the back Computer Based Information Systems 19cover. Computing and Technology 19You may apply directly toContinuing Studies to study Cultural Heritage Management **as a non-credit student and,once accepted, enter your Cultural Heritage Studies **chosen program andbegin course work. Cultural Resource Management 28If you want to earn university Environmental and Occupational Health 24credits (or study part timetoward a degree), you must Foundations in Indigenous Fine Arts **first apply for admission tothe University of Victoria via French as a Second Language Credential 58the regular Admissionsprocedures. Our program French Language 44staff can advise you on howto proceed. Courses and Health and Helping Professionals 26programs available for creditare marked with “ ”. Humanities 36There are opportunities Intercultural Education 39to study on campus, bydistance, or through a Native Species and Natural Processes 57blended format. See thechart to the right for a Population Health Data Analysis 47summary of our currentcertificate, diploma and Public Relations 49other in-depth programs. Restoration of Natural Systems 56Distance online studyoptions make these Social Justice Studies 53programs even moreaccessible. See page 22. Teacher Professional Development 58 Teaching English as a Foreign Language 59 Teaching French Immersion 58 * For more information on business studies for international students, please call 250-721-6412. ** For more information on these arts, cultural and heritage programs, please call 250-721-8457.4 Certificates, diplomas, professional specialization certificates
What’s the difference betweena photograph and a snapshot?It depends who’s looking through the lens.The Arts NEW Architectural Insight—Part II: Fee: $70 plus GST How We Interact With BuildingsHistory in Art Code: ASHA094 2014F C01 This course continues the exploration of how NEW Picasso and 20th Century Art we create and respond to architecture, begun in NEW An Introduction to Turkish Architectural Insight: How We Understand Buildings ArchitectureMany would argue that Picasso is the greatest (no prerequisite is required). Architectural designartist of the 20th century. He was a great painter, shapes how we build and move through spaces, The landmass of what is today the country ofan innovator almost without equal, a founder of and how we maintain and add to existing struc- Turkey straddles western Asia and Eastern Europe.the Cubist movement, co-developer of the art of tures. We work, worship, participate in ceremonies, The architectural history of this region goes backcollage, sculptor, theatre designer, printmaker attend performances, and go about our everyday millennia and includes some of the most impressiveand ceramicist. The range of styles in which he lives in architectural settings. We will look at the structures of the ancient, medieval and modernworked throughout his long life is astonishing different building materials people use around world. This course will cover the architecture of theand his influence incalculable. This course will the world, experiments with architecture and its prehistoric and ancient Near Eastern, Hellenistic,examine Picasso’s life and work, and that of some ideologies and architectural symbols. How do we pre-Christian Roman, Byzantine, Armenian,of his great contemporaries such as Braque and feel about buildings? How do we remember them? Seljuk, Ottoman and Republican eras. ThroughDuchamp. Represent them? We will also engage in discussion images, lecture and discussion, we will look at howInstructor: John Lucas, MA, BFA about the role of an architectural“message”for architecture is a result of an ever-changing culturalDate: Wednesdays, September 17 to November 5 class, politics, religion and other societal issues. and societal environment.Time: 2:30 to 4:30 pmSessions: 8 Instructor: Angela Andersen, MA History in Art, Instructor: Angela Andersen, MA History in Art,Fee: $130 plus GST is currently working on her PhD dissertation and has been conducting research and fieldwork inCode: ASHA090 2014F C01 research focused primarily on the architecture of Turkey for more than a decade. Islamic societies, and the inter- and intra-religious interactions that take place through architectural Date: Tuesdays, October 14 to November 18 sites. Time: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Date: Tuesdays, September 16 to October 7 Sessions: 5 Time: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Fee: Fee: $125 plus GST Sessions: 4 Code: ASHA095 2014F C01www.LearningThatShapes.ca • 250-472-4694 The Arts 5
NEW Monumental Carving of the Music Masterworks of SymphonicNorthwest Coast Literature Sing! Level IThis course focuses on the various poles in Develop your listening skills and aestheticNorthwest Coast cultural groups: house posts, Share the joy of singing with other novice singers. appreciation of classical music in preparation forcommemorative, clan/crest, memorial and mortu- This fun, mixed-voice class is for singers who may the Victoria Symphony’s 2014-15 season. Eachary poles from Coast Salish, Nuu-Chah-Nulth, be preparing to join a choir or who simply love to session in this course corresponds with a differentKwakwaka’wakw, Tsimshian, Gitxan, Nisga’a, Haida sing. An overview of the singing process will be program from the Symphony’s Signature andand Tlingit communities. In looking at the earliest followed by developing the basic technical skills Legacy series, including such highlights as theknown poles as well as contemporary carvings, of posture, breathing, tone, resonance and diction. Bruch’s poignant Violin Concerto, Britten’s stark Waryou will learn about the context and function of Many styles of music will be explored, including Requiem, Rachmaninoff’s dazzling Piano Concertopoles as well as their iconography, including the folk songs, ballads, art songs, musical theatre No.3, and Mendelssohn’s vivacious Midsummercrests, legends and history associated with a wide and basic harmony, through the use of canons Night’s Dream. Through guided listening andrange of poles. The course will take in the work of and rounds. No previous musical knowledge or discussion, you will learn how to discern elementsmany well-known Northwest Coast carvers such as experience is required. of form, instrumentation and style in these worksCharles Edenshaw and Susan Point. Instructor: Debra Laprise and gain more enjoyment at concerts. GuestInstructor: Kerry Mason, MA Two sections; Friday afternoon section: Symphony musicians will share their expertiseDate: Thursdays, Nov. 6 to December 11 Date: Fridays, September 12 to December 12 and offer personal insights into the works we areTime: 1:30 to 3:30 pm Time: 11 am to 12:30 pm studying. All levels of listeners, from beginners toSessions: 6 Sessions: 14 veteran Symphony enthusiasts, are welcome.Fee: $105 plus GST Fee: Fee: $155 plus GSTCode: ASHA092 2014F C01 Code: ASMU204 2014F C01 Instructor: Mikki Reintjes, MMus Tuesday evening section: NEW The Fashionable Body in the Date: Tuesdays, September 9 to December 16 Dates: Thursdays, September 18, October 2, History of Art Time: 7:15 to 8:45 pm November 6 and 27 (2014); January 15 Sessions: 14 and 29, February 26, March 26 (2015)We constantly “edit” our bodies in many ways, Fee: $155 plus GSTthrough diet and exercise, and clothing of different Code: ASMU204 2014F C02 Time: 7:15 pm to 9:15 pmmaterials, structures, colours and textures. Fashionand design create the fashionable body, which Voci Belle Vocal Ensemble Sessions: 8changes with each period of history. This coursewill examine the fashionable male and female Have fun exploring classical, musical, theatre Fee: $130 plus GSTbody types from ancient times to the present, and (Broadway), madrigals and pop music. This mixed-show how artists and designers have often influ- voice vocal ensemble is at the intermediate level Code: ASMU212 2014F C01enced the appeal of certain body types along the and each session starts with a 15-minute technicalway. Illustrations will include paintings, sculpture, warmup. Sight Singing, Ear Training Level 1prints, fashion plates and film clips. Prerequisite: Choral experience in the course Sing!Instructor: John Lucas, MA, BFA Instructor: Debra Laprise Are you intimidated and confused by the myriadDate: Wednesdays, November 12 to December 17 Date: Thursdays, September 11 to December 11 cryptic signs that represent your favorite song onTime: Time: 2:30 to 4:30 pm Time: 7 to 8:30 pm a page of music? Have you ever dreamt of learningSessions: 6 Sessions: 14 new music on your own? If so, then this series isFee: $105 plus GST Fee: $155 plus GST definitely for you—no prerequisites!Code: ASHA093 2014F C01 Code: ASMU304 2014F C01 Together we will develop our inner ear through Let There Be Music ... Sing! Level II introducing simple music patterns and working with them to expand our music vocabulary. We Enjoy special recitals given by faculty, students This course is for those of you who have completed will also familiarize ourselves with the elements and well-known guests of UVic’s School of Sing! Level I—continue to work on improving your of music notation, and then will free them into Music, Faculty of Fine Arts. For details of the vocal technique and enhancing your choral skills. music. The course will combine music theory and full and diverse array of programs planned for Instructor: Debra Laprise practical exercises for development of skills and this semester, call 250-721-7903 between Date: Fridays, September 12 to December 12 confidence in discovering the world of music. 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, weekdays. Time: 12:30 to 2 pm Sessions: 14 Instructor: Teodora Georgieva-Gitberg, MA, has Fee: $155 plus GST been a choral conductor and educator since 1999, Code: ASMU310 2014F C01 when she graduated from the State Academy of Bulgaria with a master’s degree in choral conducting, with musicology as her second major. Date: Sundays, September 28 to December 7 (no class October 12) Time: 1 to 3 pm Sessions: 10 Fee: $150 plus GST Code: ASMU338 2014F C016 the arts Certificate/diploma Credit options Distance/online
NEW A Song for the Ages with gothic themes and tales of antiheros. Music We pick up after Pacific Opera Victoria’s Das was the most powerful means to convey the Rheingold in October with the Met’s pairing of twoFor the past thousand or so years people have shadowy metaphysical realm, unveiling new multi- one-act operas: Tchaikovsky’s rarely performedcommitted songs to parchment and paper, leaving media “events.” Join us, if you dare, as we grasp the romantic fairytale, Iolanta, coupled with the darkeran unparalleled legacy. It’s possible that humans central musical “narrative”—our personal guide psychological tale, Bluebeard’s Castle by Bélahave always sung songs. In this course we will through terrifying scenes of wanderlust, purga- Bartók. A charming comedy follows in which theexplore a selection of these beautiful expressions tory, sexual obsession, torment, the taboo, and a “how” of making music becomes the subject ofof the human spirit that have enchanted listeners view of the eternal. the opera itself in Wagner’s Die Meistersinger. Afterthrough the ages. Over the years, simple songs POV’s Lucia di Lammermoor and Madama Butterfly,became madrigals and motets, operas and song Instructor: Allison Star, PhD explore dual operas centered on the theme ofcycles, orchestral songs and intimate chamber jealous and adulterous love in the new Metropoli-songs—we’ll look at examples drawn from the Date: Wednesdays, October 1 to November 5 tan Opera production of Pagliacci, and Cavalleriaperiod before Alphonso X through Richard Strauss Rusticana.and beyond, embracing the potency of words and Time: 7 to 9 pmmusic made one. Instructor: Mikki Reintjes, MMus Sessions: 6Instructor: Mary Byrne, PhD, is head of Wood- Date: Thursdays, October 9, November 13, winds, Brass and Percussion at the Victoria Conser- Fee: $105 plus GST December 11, February 5, April 2 and vatory of Music. April 23 Code: ASMU383 2014F C01Date: Mondays, September 29 to December 1 Time: 7:15 to 9:15 pm (no class November 10) NEW The Jazz Age Sessions: 6 Discover how the rage for jazz—from theTime: 9:30 to 11:30 am decadent and the risqué, to popular home Fee: $105 plus GST entertainment—came to epitomize an entireSessions: 8 era, known as the Jazz Age (a term coined by F. Code: ASMU381 2014F C01 Scott Fitzgerald). In a period of unprecedentedFee: $145 plus GST cultural shifts after World War I, jazz—in many guises—accompanied extraordinary prosperityCode: ASMU380 2014F C01 and a fast-living “anything goes” attitude that, to Saturday Mornings at the Opera some, represented a threat by association with (formerly Enchanted Evenings at NEW Overcoming Vocal the immoral. It existed on the fringes of society in the Opera)Difficulties: Survival Techniques illegal speakeasies and taboo nightclubs wherefor Singers and Speakers “hot” performances by African-American artists Are you new to opera or already captivated by the of the Blues, Ragtime, and Early Jazz Bands were experience? This Saturday morning course willMany people experience problems with their considered a danger that stimulated the “nerve- help you to appreciate and understand opera’svoices. There are times when the voice is hoarse or irritating, sex-inciting jazz emotions.” exciting world. Join your instructor and specialwhen sound is difficult to produce. Aging, health musical guests as we explore the three produc-issues, self doubt—any one of these can affect the Jazz gradually mainstreamed into polite society tions of Pacific Opera Victoria’s 2014-15 season.voice. through new dances, like the Charleston; racially Each session will give you background to the story, integrated entertainment, like vaudeville; popular a comparison of great singers past and presentDiscover the general rules of good vocal health, songs, classical-jazz hybrid forms produced in each role, and insights into how each operaand learn about solutions to vocal problems by white Tin Pan Alley composers; and in early emerged from the composer’s first musings tothrough the use of proper vocal technique and films and on the newly established public radio finished stage spectacle. Staged only once beforepositive thinking. networks. by a Canadian opera company, Wagner’s Das Rhe- ingold is the first opera of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle.Instructor: Debra Laprise Instructor: Allison Star, PhD It tells the tale of the forging of a magic gold ring and sets in motion the conflicts that will ultimatelyDate: Tuesdays, September 30 to November 25 Date: Thursdays, October 2 to November 20 destroy the gods. A more earthly kind of madness is to be found in Donizetti’s Lucia di LammermoorTime: 6:15 to 7:15 pm Time: 7 to 9 pm and in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, the story of an outcast geisha’s tragic love affair.Sessions: 8 Sessions: 8 Instructor: Mikki Reintjes, MMusFee: $70 plus GST Fee: $130 plus $GSTCode: ASMU386 2014F C01 Code: ASMU388 2014F C01 NEW The Devil, Death and the Opera Live and in High Definition Date: Saturdays, October 11, February 7 and Supernatural in Romantic Music (formerly Enchanted Evenings March 28 ‘Encore’)Meet the devil, death and the supernatural in the Time: 10 am to nooncontroversial “program music” of Hector Berlioz Opera enthusiasts of all levels—including thoseand Franz Liszt. Experience the evil supernatural just beginning an affair with opera—join us and Sessions: 3interwoven with eroticism and decadence in the go beyond Pacific Opera Victoria’s (POV) season tooperas of Wagner, Verdi and Strauss. At the core of explore three of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2014-15 Fee: $55 plus GSTthe Romantic spirit is the belief in the Apoca- high definition broadcasts. This course includeslypse. In the early 19th century, events such as the same three lectures as Saturday Mornings at Code: ASMU382 2014F C01the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars the Opera (see below) plus three operatic master-marked an entire generation with mal du siècle, pieces offered at Cineplex theatres in Victoria ona type of post-traumatic stress combined with Thursday evenings.great hopes for the coming of a better world. Thisresponse manifests in the Romantic obsessionwww.LearningThatShapes.ca • 250-472-4694 the arts 7
NEW Opera: The Beginnings to NEW Opera: 19th Century and the pure excitement of mark making using differentthe 18th Century Beyond media, the class projects will give you an under- standing of lighting effects, volume, structure,Curious about how opera developed as a musical Following Opera: The Beginnings to 18th Century, texture and space. This will lead to renderings thatform? For centuries, music has reflected society’s this course continues the exploration of opera of build on the fundamentals, adding rhythm andstruggles, hopes and dreams, and celebrated its the 19th and 20th centuries. Learn about the social, mood to arrive at strong compositions and yourtriumphs and achievements. From Ancient Greece ideological and political changes that influenced own personal creative expression.to the 20th century, vocal and opera composers each composer, and explore the movements of belhave responded to the changing demands of their canto, verismo, and realism in opera. We’ll examine Note: A comprehensive supply list will be sent prioraudience and their society with their most creative the works of significant French, German, Russian, to the start of class. A limited amount of suppliesand poignant works. British and American composers of the period using will be provided by the instructor ($5 charge the best available audio and video performances. included in class fee).Discover what gave rise to the invention of opera,as we explore works from ancient times through Instructor: Zhila Kashaninia (see instructor bio for Instructor: Jenn Whitford Robins, BFA, is an award-to the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical eras. Opera: The Beginnings to 18th Century) winning printmaker who specializes in traditionalAlong the way, we will look at the social and politi- and innovative forms of printmaking. She has beencal events of each era—and their most significant Date: Tuesdays, February 10 to March 31 teaching various art forms for over 10 years, withopera composers—using the best available audio students often returning for more encouragementand video performances. Time: 7 to 9:30 pm and inspiration.Instructor: Zhila Kashaninia is a graduate of Victoria Sessions: 8 Dates: Tuesdays, September 23 to October 21; Conservatory of Music and York University and has and Saturday, October 18been teaching opera history courses since 2009. In Fee: $150 plus GSTMay 2010, Zhila was invited by the Director of the Times: Tuesdays: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm; Cultural Institute in Campeche, Mexico to perform Code: ASMU385 2015S C01 Saturday: 10 am to 4 pma concert of Spanish songs and hold a lecture onthe history of the art of Spanish songs. Theatre Sessions: 6Dates: Tuesdays, October 28 to December 9 Improvisational Comedy Fee: $130 plus GST (plus $5 for materials)Time: 7 to 9:30 pm Saturday Workshop Code: ASVA081 2014F W01Sessions: 6 Improvisation isn’t just a necessary and powerful Yes, You Can Draw! tool for actors, it can also help you to improve yourFee: $120 plus GST public speaking skills, give you more confidence If think you can’t draw, or feel you have limited and stimulate your creativity. Join us to let loose drawing abilities, this course offers you theCode: ASMU384 2014F C01 and have fun in a friendly, non-threatening envi- opportunity to learn to draw with confidence ronment. The lively exercises and small group (lim- and achieve the accuracy you wish for while NEW Eine Heilige Kunst (A Sacred ited to 17 people) will give you lots of opportunity developing your own natural style. The first stepArt): Operatic Masterpieces to perform and discover your inner comic. is to recognize the approach to drawing that we have unconsciously followed since childhood, andRobert Holliston invites you to look at some Note: There will be a one-hour break for lunch (not then learn to see and draw what is really there.of his favourite operas, from Mozart’s famous provided). Working with inexpensive materials and usingDon Giovanni to the lesser-known L’enfant et les easy-to-follow exercises, you will be guided toSortilèges by Maurice Ravel. Learn about the back- Instructor: Mr. Jan Rabson is a former member of the gain hand-to-eye connectivity while exploringground and performance history of each opera, Los Angeles improv group, The Groundlings, was a mark making and tonal options. Perspectiveand the historical context of the time in which regular on the Tonight Show, and has taught improv will become a natural element of your drawing.each piece was written. comedy and voice-over for more than twenty The classes will include drawing projects and years. For more information about Jan’s work, suggested assignments outside the class to bringVideos of the best representations of the operas please visit his website at http://janrabson.com. out the artist in you.will be shown and audio recordings will be playedto enhance your appreciation of the works. Date: Saturday, November 1 Note: A comprehensive supply list will be sent prior to the start of class. A limited amount ofInstructor: Robert Holliston, an accompanist and Time: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm supplies will be provided by the instructor ($5chamber player, is currently Keyboard Department charge included in class fee).Head and a vocal coach at the Victoria Conser- Sessions: 1vatory of Music, as well as Principal Coach and Instructor: Jenn Whitford Robins BFA (see instructorRépétiteur, Pacific Opera Victoria. Fee: $50 plus GST bio above for Expressive Drawing and Mark Making)Dates: Wednesdays, November 12 to Code: ASTH636 2014F W01 Dates: Tuesday September 23 to October 21; December 17 and Saturday October 4 Visual ArtsTime: 7 to 9 pm Time: Tuesdays: 1:30 to 3:30 pm; Expressive Drawing and Mark Saturday: 10 am to 4 pmSessions: 6 Making Sessions: 6Fee: $105 plus GST Stretch your creative muscles in this companion course to Anyone Can Draw. Explore drawing and Fee: $130 plus GST (plus $5 for materials)Code: ASMU387 2014F C01 mark making through interesting yet easy-to-follow class projects using both wet and dry media, such Code: ASVA069 2014F W01 as charcoal, ink, watercolor and pencil. As well as8 the arts Certificate/diploma Credit options Distance/online
Watercolour for Beginners Introduction to Collage Bring your camera, a notebook and pen to class. For the first session please bring ten of yourWeekend Workshop This course will inspire you, whether you are just dis- images, either as 4 x 6-inch prints or as .jpg files on covering the medium of collage or would like to add a digital memory stick.This course will introduce you to some of the to your knowledge and skills. We will cover differenttechniques and rewards of watercolour painting. approaches to collage using colour, surface treat- Instructor: Donald Denton is a documentaryThrough demonstrations, individual and small ments, typographic elements, photographs, found photographer, newspaper journalist, editor andgroup (limited to 10 people) instruction, you will objects, ephemera and image transfer. We’ll also educator. He is currently the photo supervisor forbe guided through the use of basic watercolour explore various media and techniques used to aug- Black Press newspapers in Greater Victoria.tools and materials, with explorations of wet-on- ment finished pieces. Each class will involve demon-wet and wet-on-dry methods. Expect to have fun strations in a relaxed, fun and creative environment. Dates: Tuesdays, September 30 to November 25and learn through still life and abstract painting. No experience is required, just your enthusiasm! Time: 7 to 9 pmA supply list will be sent to you prior to the start A supply list will be sent to you prior to the firstof the course. Please bring a bag lunch or use UVic session. Sessions: 8dining services on Saturday. Instructor: Tony Bounsall Fee: $130 plus GSTInstructor: Joanne Thomson, MAdEd, is anaccomplished artist in watercolour and illustration. Dates: Mondays, September 29 to December 8 Code: ASVA085 2014F C01For more information about Joanne’s philosophyon teaching, please visit her website at www. Time: 6:30 to 9 pm NEW Photographer as Artist,joannethomson.com. Artist as Photographer Sessions: 10Dates: Friday, September 26; Saturday, When is a photograph just a photograph? What September 27; and Sunday, September 28 Fee: $195 plus GST can elevate your photographs into works of art? This course will explore this enduring question andTimes: Friday, 7 to 9 pm, Saturday, 9 am to 4 pm; Code: ASVA056 2014F C01 help you to grow, artistically and stylistically, as a Sunday, 1 to 5 pm. photographer and artist. NEW iPad Art: AwesomelySessions: 3 Fearless Creativity Although entrenched in technology, photography shares much with classical art forms. TechniqueFee: $150 plus GST iPad art making is pure fun, experimenting boldly (and equipment) may indeed be the foundation with colour and composition without the anxiety of photographic expression, but that foundation isCode: ASVA019 2014F W01 of wasting expensive art materials. Make collages vulnerable without an understanding of the core and alter photos, combine patterns and design, disciplines, such as composition and tonal layering. NEW Introduction to a New seamlessly mix layers of text, drawing and digitalMedium: Watercolour Pencils and painting. Make art to learn, to share, or to soothe. While the emphasis is on creativity, other topicsArt Bars Your iPad is a studio, an art box, a gallery and covered include outputting options (silver halide, a path to awesomely fearless creativity. If you digital, alternative processes), articulating anThe watercolor pencil offers the best of both suspect that you might be even a little creative, artistic vision and gallery protocol, as well as pho-worlds—wet and dry medium in one! Whether jump in! tography’s status within the fine art community.you have an art background or not, you’ll beguided with ease into discovering the delights of Instructor: With more than 14 years’ experience You will be encouraged to prepare two singlethis two-dimensional medium. Working with a lim- teaching in the arts, photographer and visual artist image assignments to be respectfully critiqued byited number of materials and using easy-to-follow Claudia Lorenz, MEd, communicates both the your class group and instructor. Some experienceexercises, this one-day workshop will cover various technical and aesthetic skills of art making with with photo editing software and/or darkroomrendering options using the watercolor pencil and humour and persuasive enthusiasm. Her students skills is an asset for this course.art bar, while exploring some basics on how to return time and again for her workshops, newapproach colour. Simple imagery will be created courses and more art making adventures. Instructor: Gerry Schallié is an accomplishedworking with the dry pencils onto a wet surface, photographic artist with over twenty years ofthen exploring the options right through to work- Dates: Tuesdays, September 30 to December 9 gallery exhibitions in Canada and the United States,ing with the wet medium onto a dry surface. Other represented regionally by Victoria’s Winchestertechniques such as spatter color combinations, Times: 7 to 8:30 pm Galleries.embossing, burnishing and ink application willbe demonstrated and readily available for you to Sessions: 10 Dates: Tuesdays, September 30 to November 25experiment. Fee: $125 plus GST Time: 7 to 9 pmNote: a short, basic supply list will be sent prior tothe start of class. Watercolour art bars will be pro- Code: ASVA083 2014F W01 Sessions: 8vided by your instructor for use in the workshop($8 charge included in the class fee). NEW Photographer Plus: Fee: $130 plus GST Improving Your Photography SkillsInstructor: Jenn Whitford Robins BFA (see instructor Code: ASVA089 2014F C01bio above for Expressive Drawing and Mark Making) Do you love photography? Are you unhappy with the results you’re getting with your photographs Documentary Photography:Date: Saturday, September 27 of family, travel, landscape etc? In this course we Creating the Personal Project will cover the basics of camera use and composi-Time: 10 am to 4 pm tion and how to improve the photographs you Learn how to use the techniques of documentary want to take. We’ll look at photographs to see work to create a personal photo project. ExamineSessions: 1 what works (and what doesn’t work!), discuss pho- the work of other documentary photographers tographic techniques, try some creative exercises and see how and why certain ways of seeing andFee: $65 plus GST (plus $8 for materials) and shoot some new images. photographing are applied to their work.Code: ASVA088 2014F W01www.LearningThatShapes.ca • 250-472-4694 the arts 9
This course is about creativity, not equipment. NEW Glorious Phonetography Time: 7 to 9 pmYou can use whatever equipment you own, digital (for iOS and Android)or film. You will learn how to organize your own Sessions: 1projects, budget time, edit a project and discover Use your iOS or Android smartphone to take bril-different ways to bring that project to a larger liant, creative, professional-looking photos! Learn Fee: $21 plus GSTaudience. the tried-and-true techniques of traditional natural light photography adapted to the fixed lens, and Code: ASVA087 2014F C01You’ll work on a project throughout the dura- the in-device editing abilities of your smartphone.tion of the course; it can be an existing project or Make beautiful images with the camera that’s Travel Photography: Architecturesomething new, initiated by the class experience. always with you! Suitable for everyone who lovesThis work will serve as a catalyst for class discus- taking photos but doesn’t want to take a big You have the equipment and you know how to usesions and critiques. camera bag! it. However, once you begin travelling, how do you deal photographically with all those monumental,Instructor: Don Denton is a documentary You will need iOS 6 or later, or Android 4.0 or later. exotic, extravagant, and beautiful architecturalphotographer, newspaper photojournalist, editor A list of essential apps will be provided upon structures you encounter? Architecture symbolizesand educator. He is currently the Photo Supervisor registration. much of what civilizations and cultures are about,for Black Press newspapers in Greater Victoria. and is a vitally important element in capturing Instructor: Claudia Lorenz, MEd (see instructor bio your travel experiences.Dates: Wednesdays, October 1 to December 3 for iPad Art: Awesomely Fearless Creativity) Join us as we explore the tombs, temples, tents,Time: 6:30 to 9 pm Dates: Thursdays, October 2 to December 4 stonework, brickwork, woodwork and glasswork from countries around the world and learn how toSessions: 10 Time: 7 to 8:30 pm best depict the essence of that architecture and the spirit of the cultures that produced it.Fee: $195 plus GST Sessions: 10 Dates: Thursday, October 30Code: ASVA064 2014F C01 Fee: $125 plus GST Time: 7 to 9 pm NEW The Altered Landscape Code: ASVA084 2014F W01 Sessions: 1Throughout history artists, including photog- Travel Photography Series:raphers, have chronicled every era of human Fall Session Fee: $21 plus GSTexistence in their depictions of the world aroundthem. From early cave paintings to state-of-the-art Address your travel photography concerns Code: ASVA063 2014F C01digital photographs, all have the makings of his- through time-honoured tips and techniques andtorical documents. The impact of human activity modern innovations. In addition, develop your Travel Photography: Cultures andon the natural world has spawned a subcategory understanding of the benefits of cultural sensitiv- Landscapesof landscape imagery that embraces anthropologi- ity and awareness of foreign surroundings in yourcal content. efforts to tell the story of your travels. Travel photography is so much more than just well known landmarks and postcard images, it’sIn this course we will examine early examples of This series of four classes may be taken indi- finding what’s at the heart and soul of the placesmodified landscapes spanning the Age of Discov- vidually, or you may register for all of them at a you visit. Explore what you need to know toery, the use of devices such as the camera lucida, discounted fee. understand the nuances of photographing people,the lesser known “Fiat Lux” commissions by Ansel and the landscapes of which they’re a part, onAdams, as well as the contemporary large scale Instructor: Chris Mundigler, ACA, BA your travels—whether close to home or on theworks of Edward Burtynsky. other side of the globe. Learn how to get the best, Dates: Thursdays, October 23 to November 13 culturally sensitive, least intrusive photographsIn addition to class time, you’ll be asked to possible.complete two single image assignments (self or Time: 7 to 9 pmcommercially printed). Dates: Thursday, November 13 Sessions: 4Suggested pre- course viewing: Manufactured Time: 7 to 9 pmLandscapes (2006 film), directed by Jennifer Series registration:Baichwal. Sessions: 1 Fee: $70 plus GSTInstructor: Gerry Schallié (see instructor biography Fee: $21 plus GSTunder Photographer as Artist) Code: ASVA070 2014F C00 Code: ASVA040 2014F C01Dates: Thursday, October 2 to November 6 Travel Photography: a History Travel Photography: StorytellingTime: 7 to 9 pm Travel and photography have gone hand-in-hand since the first photographic image was made with Explore ways in which you can tell captivatingSessions: 6 a camera in the 1820s. From the mid-to-late 19th stories about your travel adventures and century, people began bringing back images of encounters through the medium of digitalFee: $105 plus GST their adventures and memories of the places they photography. The greater availability of visited to those at home, opening up the world to technologically advanced avenues forCode: ASVA090 2014F C01 everyone. However, before the invention of the storytelling—social media, eBooks and so on— instant-gratification digital revolution in cameras, still requires good, lively storytelling that conveys the combination of travel and photography moods, narratives, ideas and emotions. wasn’t always easy, and sometimes it was near impossible. Join us for an amazing investigation Dates: Thursday, November 20 of the birth and evolution of photography-on- the-go, and the trials and tribulations of recording Time: 7 to 9 pm our travel memories. Sessions: 1 Dates: Thursday, October 23 Fee: $21 plus GST Code: ASVA044 2014F C0110 the arts Certificate/diploma Credit options Distance/online
Contemplative Watercolour Writing and Literature From Journal to Story: Using Life Experience to Create FictionIf you have some basic knowledge of watercolour Freelance Journalism in 2014painting you will enjoy this exploration of wet According to the American writer and essayist,on dry technique for laying washes, glazing and How do you get started as a freelancer? Do you Flannery O’Connor, “Anybody who has survived hiscreating volume. The approach in class is quiet, work for free? Should you focus on websites or childhood has enough information about life toand time is taken for the colours to flow together magazines? How do newspapers fit into things? last him the rest of his days.”as only watercolour allows. Our subjects will be What is the proper query etiquette? There are sostill life objects and you are encouraged to bring many questions when you’re trying to navigate the Find out how you can draw inspiration fromsomething you’d like to use or share. wilderness of freelancing. This course will help you life events to write powerful short stories or make sense of them all, while reviewing some of novels for children, teens or adults. You’ll useA supply list will be sent to you prior to the start the basics of what makes good journalism. Learn life-writing exercises to access memories andof the course. Please bring a bag lunch or use UVic tips on what editors want and how to keep editors deepen observations of human interactions anddining services on Saturday. coming back to you; learn how to avoid doing relationships. The basics of life writing (personal what makes editors run the other direction. Learn writing which draws on and records the memoriesInstructor: Joanne Thomson, MAdEd who you should be writing for, how to find your and experiences of the writer) will be used to craft(see instructor biography under Watercolour for identity as a writer, how to deal with finances, and original and compelling fiction.Beginners on page 9) go over some basic journalism skills. Instructor: Robin Stevenson is the author ofDates: Friday, December 5; Saturday, December 6; Instructor: Greg Pratt is a local freelance writer and 13 books for children and teens, including the and Sunday, December 7 editor who writes regularly for Douglas, Revolver, Governor General’s Literary Awards finalist Island Parent, Brave Words, Snowboard Canada and A Thousand Shades of Blue. Her most recent novel,Times: Friday, 7 to 9 pm; Saturday, 9 am to 4 pm; other publications. His work has also appeared Hummingbird Heart, was a 2012 Junior Library Sunday, 1 to 5 pm in Wired and Today’s Parent. He has made editors Guild selection. For more information, visit www. happy and angry, and will share what he has robinstevenson.com.Sessions: 3 learned along the way. Dates: Thursdays, September 25 to October 30Fee: $150 plus GST Dates: Tuesdays, September 16 to October 21 Time: 6:30 to 9 pmCode: ASVA076 2014F W01 Time: 7 to 9 pm Sessions: 6Contemporary Chinese Brush Sessions: 6Painting and Calligraphy Workshop Fee: $135 plus GST Fee: $110 plus GSTAre you curious about these oriental techniques? Code: ASWL076 2014F C01This one-day workshop will focus on a creative Code: ASWL081 2014S C01exploration of the brush painting medium and NEW Mirror, Window, orexpand your visual vocabulary. You will be encour- Writing for Children: Releasing the Magnifying Glass? CanLit Visionsaged to explore contemporary styles by using this Child Within for Young Adult Readersancient art medium. Some experience in paintingwill help, but is not necessary. Do you long to write picture books for children This course is designed for the Language Arts or stories for young adults, but don’t know where teacher and also for educators across theYou’ll be introduced to both traditional and con- to start? Join us in exploring the delicate art of curriculum, for social workers and those workingtemporary techniques of Chinese brush painting, writing compelling stories in few words. Activities with young people, for parents, and for those withand learn about Chinese ink, rice paper, colour, and discussion will focus on techniques for an interest in Canadian studies. The readings andtexture, composition, and aesthetic principles. building character, setting, plot and perspective, conversations will be based on issues explored inYou will also learn technical skills, such as loading and crafting an exciting story for young audiences. the (optional) book Reading Canada.the brush with ink and water, and dry and wet We will practice writing techniques, examinebrush stroke control. The workshop will involve successful children’s books and discover why it is We will discuss issues raised in contemporary novelsdemonstrations by the instructor, discussions and important to be aware of the child as audience. by award-winning Canadian authors. These include:your own hands-on practice. You will also learn what editors look for in a cover literature and empathy, poverty, the environment, letter, and how manuscripts should be formatted censorship and appropriation, freedom andChinese calligraphy has its roots in painting and is for submissions to a publisher. Come with oppression (bullying, racism, sexism, homophobiathe most ancient and most condensed of abstract enthusiasm and bring your ideas. and disability), identity and citizenship—all ofart. We’ll look at the evolution of writing style, his- these as they relate to coming-of-age, both of thetory, and the development of different techniques. Instructor: Carol Ann Sokoloff, recipient of the individual and of the nation. Peabody Award for educational radio, is a poet,A supply list will be sent to you prior to the start of author, editor and songwriter. Author of two Instructor: Wendy Donawa, PhD, is a poet andthe workshop. Materials cost approximately $50. picture books and editor of the Cherubim Books independent scholar. She is co-author (with LeahPlease bring a bag lunch or use UVic dining ser- imprint, she enjoys sharing the imaginative world C. Fowler) of Reading Canada: Teaching Canadianvices on Saturday. of children’s literature and the excitement of the Fiction in Secondary Schools (2013, Oxford writing process. University Press). www.wendydonawa.com.Instructor: Andy Lou, MFA Dates: Thursdays, September 25 to October 30 Dates: Tuesdays, September 30, October 7 and 14Date: Saturday, December 6 Time: 6:30 to 9 pm Time: 7 to 9 pmTimes: 10 am to 4 pm Sessions: 6 Sessions: 3Sessions: 1 Fee: $135 plus GST Fee: $55 plus GSTFee: $65 plus GST Code: ASWL041 2014F C01 Code: ASWL083 2014F C01Code: ASVA005 2014F C01www.LearningThatShapes.ca • 250-472-4694 the arts 11
Poetry Writing Instructor: Carol Ann Sokoloff is a Peabody-award Time: 7 to 9 pm winning poet, author, editor, playwright andPoetry is a part of the apprenticeship of writing. songwriter. She enjoys sharing the excitement of Sessions: 6From the consideration of language, image, and the writing process with fellow writers in severaldetail we become effective and engaging writers genres. Fee: $110 plus GSTof other genres as well. Date: Mondays, October 20 to November 24 Code: ASWL084 2014F C01During these classes, you will have the opportunityto learn helpful approaches to creating, editing, Time: 6:30 to 9 pm Writing for Children: Advancedand revising your own poetry and the poetry ofothers. We will explore several technical aspects Sessions: 6 For those who have completed the Writing for Chil-of poetry such as stanza, line-break, metaphor, dren course, the advanced program offers a deeperand enjambment. Creative assignments, exercises, Fee: $135 plus GST exploration focusing on language, style, content,and in-class reading will help with the generation character and conflict, as well as the editing andof poems and with the creative process alike. You Code: ASWL064 2014F W01 submission processes. Develop and polish ongo-must be prepared to submit poems for the course ing projects, whether picture or chapter books, insessions. Writing, Revising and Publishing a supportive atmosphere with in-class writing and Juvenile and Young Adult Fiction suggested assignments to keep the creative juicesInstructor: Joelene Heathcote, BA, MFA flowing. You’ll be assisted in setting goals, organiz- Are you interested in writing fiction for pre-teen ing your work, researching publication prospectsDate: Wednesdays, October 1 to November 26 (aged 9-12) and teen readers? The course will and preparing book submissions. You’ll also have begin with a discussion of the genres of juvenile the opportunity to refine and submit a poem orTime: 7 to 9 pm and young adult, followed by writing exercises story for publication in a forthcoming anthology of that focus on developing character, plot, setting, new Canadian writing for children.Sessions: 9 point of view, dialogue and voice. We will discuss revision and the editing process, and use hands-on Instructor: Carol Ann Sokoloff (see instructorFee: $160 plus GST exercises to help you revise your work. Finally, we biography under Writing for Children) will discuss how to research publishing marketsCode: ASWL073 2014F W01 and submit work for publication. Date: Thursdays, November 6 to December 11Writing Memoir Instructor: Robin Stevenson (see instructor Time: 6:30 to 9 pm biography under From Journal to Story)You have a story to tell about somewhere you’ve Sessions: 6been, a turning point in your life: a time you faced Date: Tuesdays, October 28 to December 9a challenge, learned something or were forced to Fee: $135 plus GSTreassess your values. You are a miner of memory Time: 6:30 to 9 pmand self. Code: ASWL059 2014F W01 Sessions: 6In this course you will learn through writingexercises and assignments, reading published Fee: $135 plus GSTnon-fiction essays, and through focused writingthat everyone can write. You will translate Code: ASWL058 2014F C01memories and learn what they have taught youabout life, the world, and yourself. NEW Arts JournalismWhether you are a new or more experienced Do you want to write about music, plays, movies,writer, you’ll find something you can use in this theatre, and other arts and entertainmentworkshop-based, essay-writing course. subjects? Do you yearn to see your work published? This course will guide you through theInstructor: Joelene Heathcote, BA, MFA potential ups and downs of arts writing.Date: Thursdays, October 2 to November 27 Learn how to write critical reviews, concert previews and artist profiles. Dissect and analyzeTime: 6:30 to 9 pm specific pieces of arts writing to see what worked and what didn’t. Get feedback on your work andSessions: 9 quick primers on pitching ideas to magazines and keeping editors happy.Fee: $185 plus GST We’ll also discuss other issues, such as:Code: ASWL068 2014F W01 • Critical reviews (being honest, dealing withWrite Now! A Creative Writing fallout, ethical concerns regarding getting freeSurvey music, tickets, etc.)This course gives both new and experienced • Event previews (making them more than just anwriters the opportunity to examine and advertisement)experiment with a variety of literary forms. Therewill be in-class writing and suggested weekly • Profiles (what makes a good one? what makes aassignments to nurture the writing genie! bad one?)New writers will investigate numerous genres as • What is the role of the arts reporter? Are youthey develop voice and style, exploring poetry, promoting artists?fiction, non-fiction, drama and songs. Experiencedwriters will find renewed creativity from trying Instructor: Greg Pratt (see instructor biographynew approaches. under Freelance Journalism in 2014) Date: Tuesdays, October 28 to December 912 the arts Certificate/diploma Credit options Distance/online
How will customers buy your product, if they don’t know that you’re selling it? Behold, the power of marketing.Business and evening Courses On Time: 7 to 10 pmManagement Campus Sessions: 13 Fee: $495The Business and Management programs have a For refund information visit the policies section Code: BMBA100 2014F C01proven track record for providing the essentials on our website: www.continuingstudies.uvic.ca/and credentials to make you and your organization business/register/policies. Financial Accounting an even greater success. Business Administration CBA/DBA/CBISWhether you are an employee or an employer,or whether you want to specialize or acquire a CBA/DBA/CBIS This course introduces you to the essentialbroader understanding of business practices, we accounting principles and techniques used incan help you achieve your goals, anticipate prob- This course introduces you to the nature and scope reporting and analyzing the financial aspectslems and opportunities and prepare for change. of decision-making in business, and provides an of a business. Particular emphasis is placed overview of the functional areas of management, on developing a practical understanding ofThe following courses can be taken on an indi- finance, marketing and organizational behaviour. the preparation and interpretation of financialvidual basis or as part of the Certificate or Diploma statements.Program in Business Administration (CBA or DBA). Using a business case approach, you will develop Instructor: Betty Weber, BA, BCom, MBAThere is a complete description of the format, a personal framework for defining and analyzing Date: Thursdays, September 11 to December 4program requirements, curriculum and admis- business problems and developing solutions and Time: 7 to 10 pmsion requirements for the certificate and diploma plans of action. Sessions: 13programs on pages 15 and 16. Fee: $495 Note: This course is a prerequisite to many courses Code: BMBA140 2014F C01Specific business and management courses are in the CBA/DBA/CBIS programs. We strongly recom-accredited by the Canadian Institute of Manage- mend that you take this course at the beginning ofment (CIM). your certificate or diploma program.For more information, phone 250-721-8073/8072, Instructor: TBAemail [email protected], or visit our website: bmt.uvic.ca Date: Tuesdays, September 9 to December 9 (Note: No class November 11)www.LearningThatShapes.ca • 250-472-4694 Business and Management 13
Marketing layout; capacity management; scheduling; mate- Interpersonal Business rial management; human resources; and quality.CBA/DBA Communications Instructor: Ari Vainionpaa, BA, MBAMarketing has two essential functions: to identify CBA/DBA/CBISand to satisfy a buyer’s needs. In this introduction Date: Tuesdays, September 9 to December 9 to marketing management, you examine the con- (Note: No class November 11) The primary objective of this course is to assist youcepts and techniques used by business to perform to improve the effectiveness of your interpersonalthese functions. Time: 7 to 10 pm business communication skills. Topics include the communication process, perception, self-Topics include: target market definition; buyer Sessions: 13 assessment, conflict, relationships, language andbehaviour; demand forecasting; product, pricing, needs, beliefs and values. Emphasis is placed oncommunications and distribution strategies; Fee: $495 developing effective approaches to personal andmarketing research; and market planning and professional relationships.organization. Code: BMBA260 2014F C01 Instructor: Pat Micek, BA, MEdInstructor: Ari Vainionpaa, BA, MBA Professional Sales Skills Date: September 8 to December 5 (13 weeks)Date: Wednesdays, September 10 to December 3 CBA/DBA Fee: $595Time: 7 to 10 pm Focusing on Relationship Selling, this course is an introduction to, review of, and update on the sell- Code: BMBA120 2014F D01Sessions: 13 ing process from prospecting to close. Particular emphasis is placed on customer needs and service. Strategic Leadership Fee: $495 This course will be of interest to those contem- plating a career in sales and sales professionals CBA/DBACode: BMBA240 2014F C01 wishing to learn, share and exchange ideas on their chosen career. The objective of this course is to create an aware-Marketing Communications ness of what constitutes the process of leadership, Topics include: selling as a profession; social and and the skills needed to effectively lead in a com-CBA/DBA ethical issues; buyer behaviour; preparation for plex and constantly changing environment. This Relationship Selling; the Relationship Selling course is competency based and emphasizes fiveMarketing Communications builds skills based process; time management; negotiation skills and essential elements: taking charge, strategic vision-on the promotion strategy concepts introduced other keys to a successful sales career. ing, communications, teamwork and integrity.in the Marketing course. In this course you willfurther explore the promotional mix, including a Instructor: Rhordon Wikkramatileke, PhD A variety of approaches are used in the deliverycomprehensive review of advertising, promotion, of the course. Selected movies bring to life in theand public relations from a strategic perspective. Date: Mondays, September 8 to December 8 classroom different leaders from a variety of back-Through project work, you will build skills in (Note: No class October 13) grounds. In addition to discussing these leaders,developing and implementing a workable, cost- short lectures develop in more depth the elementseffective promotional plan. Time: 7 to 10 pm of leadership. Role-playing and other experiential exercises demonstrate some of the skills that areTopics covered include: speeches and Sessions: 13 required to lead effectively.presentations; brochures, posters and other printmedia; mass media; public relations tools; paid Fee: $495 Instructor: John Kyle, PhDadvertising, including television, radio, newspaperand other media; and special promotion and Code: BMBA270 2014F C01 Date: September 8 to December 5 (13 weeks)ancillary strategies. online Courses Fee: $595Note: Fieldwork and group work may be required. Note: For refund information visit the policies Code: BMBA410 2014F D01Instructor: Joan Yates, BA, CertPR, APR section on our website: www.continuingstudies. uvic.ca/business/register/policies. For additional online courses see Computing,Date: Thursdays, September 11 to December 4 Technology section, page 19 for courses that apply Economics to the CBA/DBA programs.Time: 7 to 10 pm CBA/DBA Intensive Courses onSessions: 13 Campus This course provides an overview of CanadianFee: $495 micro- and macroeconomics. Topics include: The following one-week intensive courses are the theory of supply and demand; competitive open to CBA/DBA and CBIS students. Please con-Code: BMBA330 2014F C01 markets; costs curves; production choices tact the Business, Management and Technology and costs; characteristics of monopolies and office at 250-721-8072/721-8073 to register.Operations Management oligopolies; economic efficiency in the allocation of resources and markets; national outputCBA/DBA and determinants of gross national product; investment, money, prices, and inflation; goals ofThis course covers the basics of operations, the economic policy; and international trade.challenges encountered, and the techniques toeffectively meet these challenges. The emphasis is Instructor: Laurie C. Phipps, PhDon the service industry, but the knowledge gainedis also applicable to the manufacturing industry, or Date: September 8 to December 5 (13 weeks)support departments within an organization. Fee: $595Topics covered include: the characteristics ofoperations; process planning; facility location and Code: BMBA230 2014F D0114 Business and Management Certificate/diploma Credit options Distance/online
Interpersonal Business and distribution strategies; marketing research; Program Format: Study at your own pace via and market planning and organization. convenient evening lectures, online or intensiveCommunications courses to complete the program in two or three Instructor: Cheryl Fitzpatrick years. Courses are normally 13 weeks in duration.CBA/DBA/CBIS On-campus courses are usually one night per week Date: October 20 to October 24 from 7 to 10 pm. This schedule may vary.The primary objective of this course is to assist youto improve the effectiveness of your interpersonal Time: 9 am to 4:30 pm Program Requirements: To qualify for the Univer-business communication skills. Topics include sity of Victoria’s Certificate in Business Administra-the communication process, perception, self- Sessions: 5 tion, you are required to successfully completeassessment, conflict, relationships, language and eight courses: the foundation course, Businessneeds, beliefs and values. Emphasis is placed on Fee: $580 Administration, and seven specialized courses ondeveloping effective approaches to personal and key aspects of business administration selectedprofessional relationships. Code: BMBA240 2014F E02 from the following:Instructor: Pat Micek, BA, MEd International Business • Applied Communication Concepts • Business EthicsDate: September 8 to September 16 CBA/DBA • Business Law • Business Writing and Presentation SkillsTime: 9 am to 4:30 pm Today’s rapidly changing and complex global busi- • E-Commerce and Social Marketing ness environment necessitates the need for highly • EconomicsSessions: 7 competent management skills. Global trade is vital • Employment Law and Labour Relations as companies look at how to grow their business, • FinanceFee: $580 and the management skills required to do so will • Financial Accounting become increasingly important throughout the • Human Resource ManagementCode: BMBA120 2014F E02 21st century. This course covers the importance of operating globally, strategies for reaching global (formerly Personnel Management)Business Writing and Presentation markets, the forces that have an impact on doing • Human Side of Information Systems business in global markets, trade agreements and • International BusinessSkills establishing global operations. • Interpersonal Business Communications • Management AccountingCBA/DBA/CBIS Instructor: Doug Taylor, BA, MSc, CITP • Management Communication • Management Computing or Computing ConceptsIf you want to assess and add to your business Date: November 17 to November 21 • Management Consultingwriting skills you will find this course a • Management Practicesconfidence builder. Developing the self- Time: 9 am to 4:30 pm • Managing Changeassurance to communicate effectively in the • Marketingworkplace will be the main objective, and you Sessions: 5 • Marketing Communicationswill benefit from the practical approach to • Negotiation Skillsbuilding these skills. Identify the characteristics Fee: $580 • Operations Managementof effective communication and learn how to • Organizational Behavioursuccessfully critique business documents. A Code: BMBA430 2014F E02 • Professional Sales Skillsrepeatable writing process and strategic planning • Project Managementguides for specific applications will be introduced CERTIFICATE IN BUSINESS • Selected Management Topicsand practised through in-class learning activities. ADMINISTRATION • Small Business ManagementPeer support and feedback will be emphasized. • Strategic LeadershipBusiness communication formats covered will The Certificate in Business Administration is • Strategic Managementinclude letters, memos, business reports and designed for the mid-career adult learner, and • Strategy Executionemail. Please note that this is not a remedial is a convenient part-time program of study thatEnglish language course and that you are focuses on the practical application of key busi- Admission Requirements: Graduation from sec-expected to have a good grasp of secondary ness concepts and tools. ondary school is normally required for admission toschool composition skills. the Certificate in Business Administration. Mature Emphasis is placed on the development and applicants who do not meet this requirement mayInstructor: Murray Cornish, BA refinement of: written, oral and interpersonal also be considered on the basis of a minimum of communications; team building and conflict five years’ work experience. Registrants who wantDate: September 22 to September 30 resolution; decision making and creative problem to enrol in individual courses, but do not wish solving; and client service. to complete the requirements of the certificateTime: 9 am to 4:30 pm program, are also welcome. If, at a later date, you The certificate will be of value to you if: decide to enter the certificate program,you maySessions: 7 • you want to enhance your professional request advanced standing for any certificate courses you have successfully completed. ThereFee: $580 expertise; is a $150 administrative fee for admission to the program.Code: BMBA110 2014F E02 • a business credential would be useful in advancing your career;Marketing • your previous education is of a specializedCBA/DBA nature and you wish to acquire a broader understanding of management; orMarketing has two essential functions: to identifyand to satisfy a buyer’s needs. In this introduction • as a business owner or manager, you wish toto marketing management, you will examine the encourage your staff to enrol in a systematicconcepts and techniques used by business to program of professional development inperform these functions. Topics include: target business administration.market definition; buyer behaviour; demandforecasting; product, pricing, communications,www.LearningThatShapes.ca • 250-472-4694 Business and Management 15
To apply for admission, contact Business and plus a maximum of six electives selected from For More InformationManagement Programs or complete the online other certificate and diploma courses offeredapplication form. Please see the end of this calen- by Business and Management Programs. See Business and Management Programsdar section for contact information. full course list under Certificate in Business Division of Continuing Studies Administration. University of VictoriaCertificate IN BUSINESS PO Box 1700 STN CSCADMINISTRATION: Fast Track It is recommended that candidates for the Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2 Diploma in Business Administration consult Phone 250-721-8072/8073The Certificate in Business Administration can with program staff prior to enrolling in courses Fax 250-721-8774also be completed in just 12 weeks through our to ensure that their selections satisfy program Email [email protected]“Fast Track” program. Applicants for this program requirements. Web bmt.uvic.caare asked to contact the Business and Manage-ment Programs office to confirm course offerings, Admission Requirements: Graduation from the Using Mobile Devices forspecific dates, tuition fees and to register. University of Victoria’s Certificate in Business Your Courses Administration or an equivalent level of academicFor more information, contact: preparation. There is a $150 administrative fee for If you are planning on accessing your online admission to the Diploma in Business Administra- courses using a mobile device such as a tabletPhone 250-721-8072/8073 tion Program. or a smartphone, please note that not allEmail [email protected] required course features will be accessible Advanced Standing: You may transfer up to three with these devices. Your mobile devices canDIPLOMA IN BUSINESS courses from UVic credit programs or other col- be used to access some of your online courseADMINISTRATION leges or universities, provided that course content tools; however, to fully function in your online and requirements match certificate and diploma courses, you will need to have access to aThe Diploma in Business Administration is designed courses. To obtain advanced standing, send a computer running Windows or MacOS. Pleaseto enable graduates of the Certificate in Business written request along with course outlines (if see the “Computer Requirements” page onAdministration, and other mid-career learners with available) to the program director, and arrange to the Distance Education Services website forsimilar levels of academic preparation, to pursue have official transcripts sent direct from the issu- more information: http://distance.uvic.ca/further studies for career or professional develop- ing institution. Please see the end of this calendar onlinehelp/tutorials/compreq.htmment needs and/or bridging programs designed to section for contact information. There is a transfersatisfy block transfer arrangements with cooperat- credit fee of $150 per course. DRESSED FORing undergraduate or graduate programs. SUCCESS? Grades and Student Evaluation: StudentProgram Requirements: To qualify for the evaluations are based on management projects, Why not add another language to yourDiploma in Business Administration, candidates assignments and exams. business wardrobe?are first required to complete the Certificate inBusiness Administration (eight courses) and then Refunds, Withdrawals and Cancellations: See Languages, page 41go on to complete an additional six courses from A full refund will be issued for individual coursesthe selection available through Business, Manage- if you withdraw from a course prior to the startment and Technology Programs. Out of the result- date of the course. A course refund, minus a $60ing total of 14 courses, candidates for the Diploma administration fee, will only be provided within sixin Business Administration must ensure that they calendar days after the course start date for onlineplan their program of studies so that they include and part-time courses. A request to withdraw fromthe following courses. a course must be submitted in writing to the Busi- ness and Management Programs office.Required Courses: • Business Administration Course Workload: Varies from course to course; • Business Writing and Presentation Skills you can expect to spend approximately six to • Management Computing or Computing Concepts eight hours per week per course, in addition to in-class time, to complete the required readingplus a minimum of five courses below: and assignments. • Business Law (formerly Commercial Law) • Economics DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS • Finance (formerly Business Finance) ADMINISTRATION: • Financial Accounting AVIATION/ACCELERATED • Management Accounting • Management Practices The Diploma in Business Administration can also be • Marketing completed in nine months through our specialized • Organizational Behaviour Aviation or Accelerated option programs. Applicants • Operations Management for these programs are asked to contact the Busi- ness and Management Programs office to confirm • Strategic Management (formerly Business course offerings, specific dates and tuition fees. Strategy)16 Business and Management Certificate/diploma Credit options Distance/online
One third of today’s workers are considering a job change. Where do you fit?Career Planning will be available online 24/7 to help you with any 11, or their equivalents. Transcripts must be pro-and Skills unfamiliar terms or confusing concepts. vided to show successful completion.Upgrading Once you successfully complete this course, you Instructor: Monica ReimerMathematical Skills may apply to UVic’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics for permission to take Math 120, Date: September 3 to December 3, 2014Are you looking to review some fundamental Math 151 or Math 161. (13 weeks)math concepts and problem solving skills? Thisnon-credit course will cover material taught prior Instructor: Chedomir Barone Fee: $171.97 plus GSTto Grade 12 including:• fractions, ratios and proportions Dates: Mondays and Thursdays, Thursday Code: ASCH091 2014F D01• shape, space and geometry October 2 to Monday December 1• right triangle trigonometry, exponents and lines (no class October 13 or November 10) Planning or Enriching Your Career• polynomials and factoring• functions, coordinate systems, graphing Time: 5:30 to 7:30 pm What do you really want from your career? This functions and equations course will help you discover ways to enrich yourIn addition to the classroom sessions, course Sessions: 16 career, whether you are seeking alternate careernotes, resources, practice assignments and quizzes possibilities or simply more satisfaction in your Fee: $300 plus GST current work. In three individual sessions you will develop career goals by exploring your interests, Code: ASMA099 2014F C01 needs, values, passions, priorities, personal characteristics and lifestyle preferences. Chem 091 Note: You may take up to six months to complete If you intend to enroll in a university-level intro- this individualized program of three sessions with ductory general chemistry course, this online a counselor who is a registered psychologist. The tutorial will provide the background you need. If second and third sessions must be scheduled you do not have the equivalent of Chemistry 12 within six months of the first session. you may be allowed to use this course to fulfill that prerequisite. Prerequisites: Successful completion of Principles of Mathematics 12 or Pre-Calculus 12, and Chemistrywww.LearningThatShapes.ca • 250-472-4694 CAreer planning and skills upgrading 17
Please note: completion of the Myers-Briggs Type Enhancing Your Life: GOOD TO KNOWIndicator (MBTI) is required before meeting with Self-Discovery and Actionthe counselor. Learning another language can Do you know what you want from life but not how help your brain function better.Instructor: Dr. Kathryn Jardine is a registered to achieve it? It’s possible to develop an actionpsychologist in private practice (www. plan that will enable you to create with more pur- Before you go rushing off to see thejardinetherapy.ca). She has a wide range of pose the quality of life you want for yourself. world, consider the benefits of learningexperience as a therapist, consultant and another language. Not only will it givefacilitator, in a variety of settings. Throughout In three individual sessions with a counselor you you a different view of the world throughher career she has been particularly interested in will begin the process of learning to: more mind- the culture to which that languagepeople’s strengths and resiliencies, and in helping fully examine and articulate your goals; explore belongs and make your travels morethem to discover ways to flourish and excel. your values, preferences and priorities; and how to rewarding, but it will also give your more closely match your intentions with actions. brain a healthy challenge that can offsetDate: September 1 to December 31 (times to the effects of aging. Choose from a be determined with the instructor) Please note: completion of the Myers-Briggs Type wide range of world languages—from Indicator (MBTI) is optional before meeting with beginner to advanced.Sessions: 3 the counselor. See page 41Fee: $379.50 plus GST (plus $50 MBTI fee) Instructor: Dr. Kathryn Jardine (see instructor bio GOOD TO GO? above)Code: ASAE009 2014F E01 Travel broadens the mind … Date: September 1 to December 31 (times to be determined with the instructor) Consider one of our Travel Study tours. Sessions: 3 See page 62 Fee: $379.50 plus GST (MBTI $50 fee is optional) Code: ASAE010 2014F E01We don’t restrict ourselves.Tseheehcoalwenmdaar naryricvoesuarnsdeswewe can fit into a week!– Continuing Studies Student18 CAreer planning and skills upgrading Certificate/diploma Credit options Distance/online
Having a website is a must forany successful enterprise.But do you know how to build one?Computing and You’ll learn to: The distance delivery model provides studentsTechnology with ample opportunity to balance a full-time • Use computer systems to process information career with part-time studies or full-time studiesCOMPUTER BASED and solve problems; while re-training to increase employability.INFORMATION SYSTEMSCERTIFICATE PROGRAM • Describe computer systems from both the user Required Core Courses and analyst point of view;www.cbis.ca • Computing Concepts • Understand the relationship betweenWho is taking this program? technology and the managerial role; • Database ConceptsThis non-credit, certificate program has estab-lished a reputation of providing well-rounded • Use relational database management systems; • Human Side of Information Systemseducation in information technology for mid-career professionals. Courses reinforce analytical • Understand computer networking and current • Networks and Network Managementskills and encourage critical thinking in reflecting IT security developments;on the impact of information technology in our • Systems Analysis and Design Iworkplace and society. Upon completion of the • Use systems analysis and design methodologiesCBIS program, students will receive a Certificate and practices; and You may choose four electives from three areas ofin Computer Based Information Systems from the interest:University of Victoria. • Explain elements of project management and use MS project 2013. Electives Technology and Analysis Electives What is the program format? • Database Application Development The CBIS certificate—delivered exclusively online— • Digital Identity Management: Concepts and allows students incredible flexibility. The program Technologies consists of nine courses: five required core courses and four electives. Electives may be chosen from • IT Security three areas of interest: Technology and Analysis, Business and Technology, and Education and Work- • Programming with Java place Training. The majority of the courses run for 13 weeks, during which students will interact with • Relational Database Management Systems seasoned instructors and fellow students through online posting, open forums and group work. All • Web Design and Management I courses have an online final exam component. • Web Design and Management IIwww.LearningThatShapes.ca • 250-472-4694 computing and technology 19
Business and Technology Electives Courses by Distance Project Management • Project Management CBA/DBA: Certificate/Diploma in Business Admin- CBIS Business and Technology istration, see page 13 Elective, CBA/DBA* Course • Business Administration* Computing Concepts This course covers all stages of projects, • Financial Accounting* including feasibility, development, management, CBIS Core Course, CBA/DBA* Course administration and completion. Standard project • Business Writing and Presentation Skills* management tools, such as Critical Path Method This course is the first core course in the CBIS (CPM) and network diagrams, are also covered. • Interpersonal Business Communications* program. It introduces current information Concepts and methodologies needed to plan, technology concepts including computer manage and track performance over a complete • Management Practices* hardware, operating systems, productivity project life cycle will be presented. These concepts software, networks, the Internet and basic web include cost–benefit analysis, change control*Offered through the Certificate in Business design. You will create your own word processor management, quality control, performance Administration Program; see page 13 documents, spreadsheets, databases, slideshow tracking and corrective action. Further topics presentations and websites, gaining useful will include time and cost estimating, resourceEducation and Workplace Training Electives hands-on experience and discovering new features levelling, critical path analysis and charting. You to make you more productive. will use Microsoft Project software with a case • Strategies and Tools for Teaching Adults Online† study to gain practice in applying these concepts. Prerequisite: Ability to launch a program, save and • Adult Learning and Development† load documents in Microsoft Office or LibreOffice, Required Software: MS Project 2013 visit a website and send an email. Course requires • Facilitating Adult Learning† Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office Professional Note: It is strongly recommended that students 2007/2010 (including Access) or LibreOffice. use Microsoft Windows. Use of a Mac OS is not • Organizational Change through Transformative LibreOffice is an open source application that can be advisable at this time. Learning† downloaded from the internet at no cost. For further information, please visit www.libreoffice.org Text: Revised, An Introduction to Project • Training and Development† Management (Fourth Edition), by Kathy Text: Digital Planet: Tomorrow’s Technology Schwalbe†O ffered through the Certificate in Adult and and You (10th intro. ed.) by Beekman Continuing Education Program; see page 60 and Beekman Instructor: Terri Cheeseman, BSc, PEng, PMPApplications, Refunds and Withdrawals Instructor: Tim Mitchell, BA, MFA Date: September 8 to December 5 (13 weeks) Applications: Effective September 1, 2014, all new Date: September 8 to December 5applicants must submit a completed application (13 weeks) Fee: $595form accompanied by a $60 application fee. Fee: $595 Code: TECJ410 2014F D01Refunds: A full refund will be issued if you with-draw from a course prior to the official start date. A Code: TECJ100 2014F D01 Web Design and Management Irefund, less a $60 administrative fee, will be issuedwithin six calendar days after the official course Human Side of Information start date. Systems CBIS Technology and Analysis ElectiveWithdrawals: A request to withdraw from acourse must be submitted in writing/via email to CBIS Core Course, CBA/DBA* Course This course will provide you with the technical skillsthe program’s administrative office before the last and conceptual understanding to create and manageday of the course. This course provides you with an understanding of professional websites. Web Design and Management the impact that information technology (IT) and I provides a rationale for the use of the web as anPrior Learning and Assessment (PLA): You may systems have on our society. You will explore how effective tool in meeting businesses’needs. You willbe eligible to receive advanced standing in the emerging trends in IT are transforming business, learn the basics, such as hypertext markup languageprogram. Please contact the program’s administra- health care, entertainment, the fight against global (HTML), how to create links, add graphics and applytive office: [email protected] poverty and other aspects of society. You will also cascading style sheets (CSS) to web pages. Advanced research and discuss current issues in privacy, learnings include navigational graphics and image Using Mobile Devices for security, collaboration, intellectual property and maps, and how to incorporate different graphic Your Courses community building in our digital world. formats, video and/or sound into web pages. You will also gain an understanding of the more complex If you are planning on accessing your online Text: Web based readings workings of site management and use of online courses using a mobile device such as a tablet forms. Many of these skills will be developed through or a smartphone, please note that not all Instructor: Tim Mitchell, BA, MFA hands-on exercises. required course features will be accessible with these devices. Your mobile devices can Date: September 8 to December 5 Prerequisite: TECJ100 Computing Concepts be used to access some of your online course (13 weeks) tools; however, to fully function in your online Text: HTML and CSS (8th ed.), by Castro and courses, you will need to have access to a Fee: $595 Hyslop computer running Windows or MacOS. Please see the “Computer Requirements” page on Code: TECB402 2014F D01 Instructor: Peter Lindsay, BFA the Distance Education Services website for more information: http://distance.uvic.ca/ Date: September 8 to December 5 onlinehelp/tutorials/compreq.htm (13 weeks) Fee: $595 Code: TECJ230 2014F D0120 computing and technology Certificate/diploma Credit options Distance/online
Web Design and Management II IT Security CBIS seminar CBIS Technology and Analysis Elective Digital Identity Management:CBIS Technology and Analysis Elective This course provides you with the background Concepts and Technologies to evaluate the risks and assess the availableThis course—aimed at non-programmers who tools to provide a secure environment for the Eligible for 0.5 Technology andalready have experience creating basic, static IT infrastructure of an organization. Security Analysis Elective in CBISwebsites using HTML and CSS—introduces you to issues and solutions are discussed both from athe creation of dynamic websites using server-side management and a technical perspective. This seven-week elective seminar will providescripting and relational databases. Students will you with an understanding of the emerginggain a good conceptual understanding of how Upon completion of IT Security, you will complexities surrounding digital identitydynamic websites, such as shopping carts or blog understand the security threat and the risk management, covering topics such as:applications, are created. The course complements assessment process and how to apply it toWeb Design and Management I by exploring the operating system and network communications • digital identity lifecycletechnologies used to create data-driven websites. security in a way that supports businessTechnical topics include an introduction to requirements. In addition, you will learn about • levels of assurance, identity and trustPHP programming, variables, data types, error security policies, procedures and user awareness,handling, validation strategies and text handling. as well as disaster recovery and business • enterprise identity management architectureMathematical operations in web script, control continuation planning. Case studies and self-structures and loops, and handling user sessions assessment exercises provide for self-evaluation, • identity management maturity modelsusing a login form will also be addressed. Other reinforcing the concepts presented in the course.course topics include the design and management • identity federation and inter-operabilityof server-scripted, data-driven web applications, Prerequisites: TECJ100 Computing Concepts andincluding information architecture and roles and TECJ420 Networks and Network Management • identity management strategiesresponsibilities in a typical web development team. Text: Web-based readings You will benefit from having user accounts forPrerequisite: TECJ100 Computing Concepts and online resources in enterprise and internet-basedTECJ230 Web Design and Management I or Instructor: Richard Barlow, CISSP settings.equivalent experience (the ability to read/writeHTML and CSS without the use of web-editing Date: September 8 to December 5 Text: Digital Identity: Unmasking Identity software, and the use of FTP software to transfer (13 weeks) Management Architecture (2008 e-Book files to an external server). edition), by Phil Windley Fee: $595Text: PHP for the World Wide Web (4th ed.), by Instructor: Corey Scholefield, BSc Ullmann Code: TECJ425 2014F D01 Date: September 8 to October 24Instructor: Dave Shaykewich, BSc NEW Programming with Java (7 weeks)Date: September 8 to December 5 CBIS Technology and Analysis Elective Fee: $325 (13 weeks) This course introduces you to Java programming Code: TETS461 2014F D01Fee: $595 language and the basics of program development. You will create simple Java applications using theCode: TECJ340 2014F D01 Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The course will present fundamentalsRelational Database Management of programming concepts, including creating variables, expressions, methods and controlSystems structures, manipulating data values, arrays, and debugging. You will be introduced to moreCBIS Technology and Analysis Elective advanced concepts including graphical user interface (GUI) development, use of additionalThis online course will provide you with an collections and strings, and how to implementunderstanding of the design, creation, maintenance more advanced classes and interfaces (libraries).and management of a relational database In addition, you will learn how to access andmanagement system (RDBMS). You will learn how manipulate a MySQL database using Java databaseto create and access data using Structured Query connectivity (JDBC) and to work with Java GraphicsLanguage (SQL), the programming language used and Applets. You will work with practical examples ofby most large RDBMSs, such as Oracle, IBM DB2, Java Console applications and Applet developmentMS SQL Server and Sybase, as well as open-source through hands-on exercises and assignments.products like MySQL and PostgreSQL. Prerequisite: TECJ100 Computing ConceptsPrerequisites: TECJ100 Computing Concepts andTECJ432 Database Concepts Text: Java Foundations, Introduction to Program Design and Data Structures (3rd Text: SQL Queries for Mere Mortals (3rd edition), Lewis, DePasquale, Chase edition) by Viescas and Hernandez Instructor: Jeanette AubryInstructor: Jeanette Aubry Date: September 8 to December 5 (13 weeksDate: September 8 to December 5 (13 weeks Fee: $595Fee: $595 Code: TECJ460 2014F D01Code: TECJ315 2014F D01www.LearningThatShapes.ca • 250-472-4694 computing and technology 21
Students taking courses onlineshow a 60% faster learning curve.More control, better results?Distance This is what makes us different and this is why Check out the many resources available to helpLearning we won the Award for Excellence and Innovation you get started with your online studies atOnline in Student Services, 2007, from the Canadian www.LearningThatShapes.ca/learnonline/ Association for Distance Education.The Best of Both Worlds Please note: All distance learning courses require Learn more about being an online student with us access to the Internet. Refer to the “Courses byFor over 30 years, Continuing Studies has been by visiting this website: Distance” sections as you browse through thisoffering distance education for working adults http://distance.uvic.ca/programs/work.htm publication for courses offered by distance. Lookacross BC and beyond. We help you stay home inyour community and still stay on track with your Prospective students are urged to seek advice for this symbol:personal or professional development. from the program area offering the course(s) or program in advance of the date of registration. Some diploma and certificate programs areContinuing Studies online learners never feel There may be special registration procedures or delivered via a blend of distance learning onlinealone. Our innovative approach to distance special application/administration fees required. and face-to-face learning.education maximizes the flexibility of online Please read the FAQ pages that are available onlearning while helping to make the learning many program areas’ websites before contacting a Interested in a Degree?experience engaging, fun and productive. The staff member.Online Help Desk supports students in their use For information about UVic distance programsof course learning tools such as Moodle, while our For complete registration information, visit: leading to degrees and other qualifications,library staff help you carry out research and locate www.LearningThatShapes.ca/register/ consult the Distance Learning and Immersionmaterial online. Course Guide, which is now available in PDF format Programs only. It can be found at distance.uvic.ca/pdfs/ calendars/DEGuide.pdf. Many of the certificate/diploma programs listed in this calendar are available online for distance learning (see page 4). Please check in the relevant sections of this calendar before applying to a program, visit the Continuing Studies website at www. LearningThatShapes.ca, or contact the relevant program area for more information.22 distance learning online Certificate/diploma Credit options Distance/online
Courses by Distance in Humanities, History and Using Mobile Devices forthis Calendar Contemporary Issues Your CoursesBusiness and Management European Borders withoiut Walls: An Open Online If you are planning on accessing your online Course, page 35 courses using a mobile device such as a tabletEconomics, page14 or a smartphone, please note that not allInterpersonal Business Communications, page 14 Population Health Data required course features will be accessibleStrategic Leadership, page 14 with these devices. Your mobile devices can Working with Administrative Data, page 47 be used to access some of your online courseCareer Planning and Skills Upgrading Longitudinal Analysis and Multi-level Modeling of tools; however, to fully function in your online Population Health Data, page 47 courses, you will need to have access to aChem 091, page 17 computer running Windows or MacOS. Please Public Relations see the “Computer Requirements” page onComputing and Technology the Distance Education Services website for Public Relations Theory and Practice, page 49 more information: http://distance.uvic.ca/Computing Concepts, page 20 Writing for Public Relations, page 49 onlinehelp/tutorials/compreq.htmHuman Side of Information Systems, page 20 Case Studies in Public Relations, page 49Project Management, page 20 Social Media for Public Relations, page 49Web Design and Management I, page 20Web Design and Management II, page 21 Teacher Professional DevelopmentRelational Database Management Systems, page 21IT Security, page 21 Literacy Strategies for Supporting StrugglingProgramming with Java, page 21 Learners I, page 58Digital Identity Management: Concepts and Principles of Teaching English to Second LanguageTechnologies, page 21 Learners, page 58 Multidisciplinary Foundations of Physical Activity,Health, Wellness and Safety page 58 Foundations of Recreation and Leisure, page 58Tools for Learning Online for Environmental and Professional Specialization Certificate in TeachingOccupational Health, page 25 French Immersion, page 58Occupational Health Hazards, page 25Environmental Health Economics, page 25 Training and Adult Education (CACE)Wound Management for Health Professionals,Levels I and II, page 27 Certificate in Adult and Continuing Education,Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum©, page 27 page 60Heritage, Culture and MuseumsMuseum Principles and Practices I, page 28Heritage Resource Management, page 28Curatorship: Contemporary Perspectives, page 29Managing Archival Collections, page 29 Ofofrfewrionrgkdiinstganacde uedltuscaactiroonss BC and beyond.www.LearningThatShapes.ca • 250-472-4694 distance learning online 23
Our bodies, like cars, require routinemaintenance to perform their best.Do you know how to get the best mileage?Health, • those looking for a change in career to a Application: All new applicants to the certificateWellness rapidly expanding field and wishing to obtain a program are required to submit an application forand Safety professional certificate; admission before registering for their first course. There is a $60 applicaton fee.Certificate Program • managers in environmental and occupationalin Environmental and health who are seeking continuing professional Refund Policy: A course refund, less a $75Occupational Health education; and administration fee, will only be provided up to six calendar days following the course start date.This certificate program, a recipient of the Project • those who would find the certificate program inMinerva Canada Award from the Canadian Society environmental health personally rewarding. Transfer Credit: Athabasca University, Thompsonof Safety Engineering, is for: Rivers University (formerly Open University) and This distance education program consists of eight the University of Phoenix accept the Certificate • individuals working in the fields of courses: four mandatory and four elective courses. Program in Environmental and Occupational environmental health, or related occupations Health for transfer credit toward their degree ,who want to specialize in the field of Mandatory Courses programs. environmental health; • Occupational and Environmental Health Law For details about the program, please call 250-721- • those seeking employment in either the private • Risk Management: Perception and 6129, email [email protected] or visit the program or public sectors where there is an increasing website at www.LearningThatShapes.ca/health/. concern for employee health and protection of Communication the environment; • Human Health Risk Assessment • Occupational Health Hazards Electives • Health Protection Technology • Ergonomics • Environmental/Occupational Epidemiology • Hazardous Waste Management • Environmental Health Economics24 health, wellness and safety CCeertritfiifcicaatete/d/dipiplolommaa CCrereddititoopptitoionns s DDisitsatannccee/o/onnlilninee
Courses by Distance Education for the mood of the workshop will be upbeat, inspiring General Public and will offer you an “aha!” moment or two.Note: Prerequisite for all courses: Admission tothe Certificate Program in Environmental and Note: Course withdrawal must occur at least 48 Instructor: Jason Cressey, PhD (psychology),Occupational Health hours prior to course commencement to receive lectures for UVic’s Department of Educational a refund less a $25 administrative fee. Psychology and Leadership Studies, and is direc-Tools for Learning Online for tor of “Motivation in Mind” corporate seminarsEnvironmental and Occupational Healthy Aging and the Anti- and motivational training. He specializes in bodyHealth Inflammatory Diet language, interspecies communication, social skills, interpersonal relationships and culturalInstructor: Keith Webster, MA, Online Course Inflammation is now recognized as a common differences.Developer/Consultant, UVic Department of contributor to a range of chronic health problems,Technology Integrated Learning Services including some that we associate with aging. Date: Saturday, October 18Date: September 1 to September 7 Heart disease, cancer, arthritis, colitis, asthma andSessions: 1 week many other conditions have been linked to inflam- Time: 11:30 am to 5:30 pmFee: $20 plus GST mation. In this class you will learn how and whyCode: HPEO436 2014F D01 inflammation occurs, how certain health condi- Sessions: 1Note: Tools for Learning Online is strongly tions can perpetuate chronic inflammation, how torecommended for students who have not identify food allergies that may be contributing to Fee: $95 plus GSTpreviously completed a course by distance inflammation and poor health, and how to exploreeducation. dietary strategies for preventing and treating Code: HPHE250 2014F C01 conditions associated with inflammation.Occupational and Environmental Emotional Intelligence Level 1 Instructor: Maureen Williams, ND, graduatedHealth Law from Bastyr University in Seattle and practiced Recognize, understand and handle emotions in in Vermont for 13 years. She is an instructor at an effective, responsible and powerful way. LearnInstructor: Laurie Soloway, MEd, LLB Pacific Rim College, an author and researcher. She to decode and respond constructively to theDate: September 8 to November 28 has a naturopathic family practice at the Victoria emotionally-driven comments and behaviours ofSessions: 12 weeks Community Health Co-op in James Bay, with a family members, friends, colleagues and clients.Fee: $425 until August 24; $465 after August 24; special interest in seniors health care. Develop effective listening skills and avoid the $500 international students subtle“miscommunication traps”and obstacles toCode: HPEO401 2014F D01 Date: Thursdays, October 9 and October 16 effective interactions. Practical exercises, researched findings and applied techniques will be presented.Occupational Health Hazards Time: 7 to 9 pm Identify, express and integrate your brain’s intuitive and emotional right-hemisphere with the logical,Text: Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene (6th Sessions: 2 fact-driven left-hemisphere. This is a hands-onedition) by Plog and Quinlan (eds.) course, but will not require personal disclosure,Instructor: Tracy Kirkham, BSc, MSc, PhD Fee: $60 plus GST nor is it a group therapy experience—rather, theDate: September 8 to November 28 emphasis is on“going inside”. Enrolment is limited.Sessions: 12 weeks Code: HPHE246 2014F C01Fee: $425 until August 24; $465 after August 24; Instructor: : Jason Cressey, PhD (see instructor $500 international students Feeling Positive! Applying the biography under Feeling Positive!).Code: HPEO408 2014F D01 Benefits of Positive Psychology in Everyday Life Date: Saturday, November 1Environmental Health Economics Do you want to “re-program your brain” to feel Time: 11:30 am to 5:30 pm happier and calmer? Do you ever get stuck in a mood, a rut or incessant negative thoughts? Do Sessions: 1Text: Economic Principles: Seven Ideas for emotions like anger or sadness sometimes over-Thinking… About Almost Anything (7th edition) whelm you? Do you feel you need to find more Fee: $95 plus GSTby Douglas W. Allen balance in your work or personal life?Instructor: Janice Williams, BA (economics), MA Code: HPHE202 2014F C01(economics) The world of positive psychology introducesDate: September 8 to November 28 simple, effective and practical tools to help you Emotional Intelligence Level 2—Sessions: 12 weeks look at the world in ways that help you feel happy, Advanced PrinciplesFee: $425 until August 24; $465 after August 24; optimistic and in control of your life. This is not $500 international students about faith, affirmations or getting a personality Building on Level 1, this course breaks downCode: HPEO409 2014F D01 transplant. Instead, it’s about looking inside and emotional intelligence into four major areas and gently challenging the way you see your life . . . explores the main principles and skills involved prepare to be surprised! in each, as well as the common traps that many people unwittingly fall into. Examine the nature Presented in a lively, frank, hands-on and often of negative emotions, including fear and guilt, humorous way, this workshop is about recogniz- and receive practical advice on how to over- ing unconscious patterns and how we all have the come destructive behaviours that can arise from potential to be the architects of our own happi- widespread difficulties we face in managing such ness. There is no need to share anything personal, emotions. Bring an open mind and heart—ready to nor is this a group therapy session. In fact, the grow by integrating new (and sometimes challeng- ing) ideas. The focus is on you! Enrolment is limited. Instructor: Jason Cressey, PhD (see instructor biog- raphy under Feeling Positive!).wwwwww..LLeeaarrnniinnggTThhaattSShhaappeess..ccaa •• 225500--447722--44669944 health, wellnCeAsLEsNaDnAdRsSaefcettioy n 257
Date: Sunday, November 2 Fee: $100 plus GST ($25 discount if Instructor: Dr. Maureen Sweeney, MD, Board taken with Reiki Level 1) Certified in Anti-Aging Medicine, has advancedTime: 10 am to 4 pm training and experience in cosmetic medicine. Code: HPHE249 2014F C01 She founded Live Young Medical Clinic in 2003.Sessions: 1 Dr. Sweeney draws from 20 years of clinical Boundaries 101: Where You End experience in traditional medicine, as well as fromFee: $95 plus GST ($25 discount if taken and I Begin complementary medical practices. with Level1) The most important relationship you’ll ever have Date: Thursday, December 4Code: HPHE217 2014F C01 is the one with yourself. Healthy boundaries are essential, both to one’s sense of self and in having Time: 7 to 9 pmReiki Level 1 quality relationships with others. Yet for many, the concept of boundaries is foreign or confusing, and Sessions: 1Reiki, or “universal life force energy”, is a tech- it can be difficult to know where to begin. Tradi-nique commonly referred to as “palm healing” tional approaches to learning about boundaries Fee: $55 plus GSTor “hands-on healing”. It is through the use of often focus on assertiveness training—come andsystematized hand-placements that a person may learn about boundaries through the exploration Code: HPHE219 2014F C01self-heal and find a state of equilibrium. Learn to of yourself and adult development. Learn how todraw out stress, imbalance and dis-harmony in the “grow up” and to differentiate and, in the process, Education for Health andbody with this alternative healing method. Learn develop and enforce healthy boundaries in your Helping Professionalshow this complementary medicine is applied to life. Ultimately, come prepared to learn moreour everyday life. The history, philosophy and about yourself in this skill-building session. NEW Pain Beyond Words:principles of this ancient therapy will be discussed Recognizing Pain in People withthrough a series of activities, including work in Instructor: Maryse Neilson, MSW, has over 17 years Dementiaself-reflection, energy, lifestyle and connection— of experience in the social wellness and mentalexploratory self-treatment is the key to this level. health prevention fields. She is currently the The assessment of pain in clients with Director of Health Promotion for the Department dementia poses a significant clinical challenge.Text: Reiki the Healing Touch: First and Second of National Defence at Canadian Forces Base This interactive workshop, aimed at healthDegree Manual by William Lee Rand (not included Esquimalt in Victoria, where she is responsible for professionals working in dementia care, identifiesin course fee) directing one of the largest devoted and in-house why people with dementia are at a higher risk for workplace wellness programs in the country. under-assessment and under-treatment of pain.Instructor: Pasquale Fiore, MSc (Health Admin), You will be provided with tools to identify andBScN, CertEd, RN, and PhD student in pedagogy, Date: Tuesday, November 25 and Thursday, describe pain behaviour, differentiate pain fromspecializing in higher education, is a Reiki master November 27 other sources of distress, locate sources of painand instructor at Camosun College and the UVic and recognize pain behaviour.School of Nursing. Time: 7 to 9 pm Instructor: Susannah Stewart, BScPT, is aDate: Saturday, November 15 Sessions: 2 physiotherapist who is passionate aboutTime: 9 am to 5 pm improving the care of people with dementia. Fee: $60 plus GST She graduated with a Bachelors of Science inSessions: 1 Physiotherapy from the University of Ottawa in Code: HPHE245 2014F C01 2004 and has 10 years of experience in elder care,Fee: $100 plus GST with six specializing in dementia care. Health is the Greatest Wealth: AgingCode: HPHE125 2014F C01 Well with Healthy Hormone Levels Date: Tuesday, November 18Reiki Level 2 Hormones often begin to change in our 40s, Time: 7 to 9 pm physical and mental function starts to declineBuilding upon Reiki Level 1, you will be initiated and aging accelerates, influencing not only our Sessions: 1into Reiki Level 2 where the focus is on how this energy and vigour, but also the body’s ability to“universal life force energy” can be transferred repair itself. Dr. Sweeney’s wellness programs Fee: $70 plus GSTto another human being. The future practitioner focus on attainment and maintenance of optimalis the channel, transferring the energy to assist functioning, disease prevention and bioidentical Code: HPPD272 2014F C01the client into a deep relaxation and state of hormone rebalancing for all hormone systems. Herwell-being. A series of activities and demonstra- programs incorporate diet, exercise, nutritional Refund Policy: Course withdrawal must occur attions will be provided, exploring a deeper level supplements and lifestyle changes including sleep least 48 hours prior to course commencement toof commitment to holistic health. Healing for and stress management. This seminar focuses receive a refund less a $25 administration fee.you and others is the key to this level. The future on key elements of this strategy with a specificpractitioner will be accessing the second level with emphasis on screening and evaluation of youra Reiki attunement. health status, with the use of six biomarkers for aging. Discover why maintaining normal, youthfulText: Reiki the Healing Touch: First and Second hormone levels as we age is crucial in achievingDegree Manual by William Lee Rand (not included optimal health and longevity.in course fee)Instructor: Pasquale Fiore, MSc (Health Admin),BScN, Cert.Ed., RN (see instructor bio under ReikiLevel 1)Date: Saturday, November 29Time: 9 am to 5 pmSessions: 1286 hCAeaLEltNhD,AwReSlelcnteisosnand safety CCeertritfiifcicaatete/d/dipiplolommaa CCrereddititoopptitoionns s DDisitsatannccee/o/onnlilninee
Current Concepts in Dentistry Courses by Distance Wound Management for Health Professionals Level IContinuing dental education that is Canadian Falls Preventionrelevant and topical Curriculum© Multidisciplinary health care professionals are provided with essential tools and strategies toThe University of Victoria is an ADA CERP- An E-Learning Course for Health and confidently address wound management in thisrecognized provider. Helping Professionals comprehensive online course. Course concepts include prevention, assessment, healing, infection,For full course and instructor descriptions, Those working with older adults will acquire the dressings and pain management.please visit our website at knowledge and skills needed to apply an evidence-www.LearningThatShapes.ca/28dentalcecredits based approach to the prevention of falls and fall- A challenge exam for Level I is available for qualifying related injuries. In this course, you’ll learn to define students who wish to take the Wound ManagementFull series registration: the scope and nature of the problem with falls, to Level II course. Please call 250-721-8558 for more identify and assess fall risks, and to use evidence- information.Code: HPDS005 2014F C00 based practice to identify prevention strategies. Other areas of discussion include social and policy Required Text: Acute and Chronic Wounds (4thSaturday, November 8 contexts, application of a program planning model edition) by Ruth Bryant and Denise Nix and evaluation of the effectiveness of a falls preven-The Impact of All-Ceramics on tion program. Fee: $265 plus GST; $292 plus GST for Contemporary Dental Practice: An international studentsUpdate Text: Fall Prevention Programming by Dr. Vicky Scott (required); through Lulu Marketing at www.lulu.com. TWO offerings:Presented by: Dr. Ariel Raigrodski, DMD, MS, FACPCode: HPDS005 2014F C01 Instructor: Anne Higginson, PT, MA (Health Instructor: Jennifer Dunlop, RN, MSN, ONC(C), NP(P) Education), has over 20 years of experience asSunday, November 9 a physical therapist working with older adults Dates: September 19 to October 31 (6 weeks) across the continuum of care. She currentlyThe Renaissance of Local Anesthesia holds positions in both residential and home and Code: HPPD257 2014F D01 community care where she does clinical work asPresented by: Dr. Stanley Malamed, DDS well as fall prevention programming. She also ORCode: HPDS005 2014F C02 collaborates with stakeholders across BC and Canada to promote fall prevention activities. Instructor: Lindsay Wheelock, BScNMonday, November 10 Date: October 3 to November 7 (5 weeks) Dates: October 17 to November 28 (6 weeks)Management of Dental Patients withMedical Problems: How They Affect Fee: $210 plus GST; $250 plus GST for Code: HPPD257 2014F D11Your Treatment international students Refund Policy: Refunds are subject toPresented by: Dr. James Garibaldi, DDS, MA Code: HPCF215 2014F D01 administration fee of $75 up until the start of theCode: HPDS005 2014F C03 course. No refund will be issued after the start of Refund Policy: Refunds are subject to an this course.Tuesday, November 11 administration fee of $75 up until the start of the course. No refund will be issued after the start of Wound Management For HealthEmbracing the “Doctor” in Dental this course. Professionals Level IIMedicine: The Dental Team inComprehensive Health Using Mobile Devices for This blended learning course continues to develop Your Courses your clinical skills and knowledge of advancedPresented by: Dr. Sara Gordon, DDS, MS, FRCD practice wound care. During eight weeks of(Canada), RDS-RCS (Edinburgh) If you are planning on accessing your online online instruction, you will focus on pressure andCode: HPDS005 2014F C04 courses using a mobile device such as a tablet vascular ulcers, VAC usage, debridement, high-risk or a smartphone, please note that not all foot, lymphedema, surgical wounds, burns andADA CERP is a service of the American Dental required course features will be accessible oncology. The on-campus workshop allows you toAssociation to assist dental professionals in with these devices. Your mobile devices can practice your skills, including debridement, and toidentifying quality providers of continuing dental be used to access some of your online course undergo a performance evaluation.education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse tools; however, to fully function in your onlineindividual courses or instructors, nor does it imply courses, you will need to have access to a Required Text: Acute and Chronic Wounds (4thacceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. computer running Windows or MacOS. Please edition) by Ruth Bryant and Denise Nix see the “Computer Requirements” page onThe University of Victoria designates this activity the Distance Education Services website for Prerequisite: Successful completion of Woundfor seven continuing education credits per day. more information: http://distance.uvic.ca/ Management Level I onlinehelp/tutorials/compreq.htm Instructor: TBA Date: September 26 to November 21 (8 weeks plus one day on campus: on-campus workshop to be held Saturday, November 29) Fee: $385 plus GST; $421 plus GST for international students Code: HPPD258 2014F D01 Refund Policy: Refunds are subject to an administration fee of $130 up until the start of the course. No refund will be issued after the start of this course.wwwwww..LLeeaarrnniinnggTThhaattSShhaappeess..ccaa •• 225500--447722--44669944 health, welClAnLeEsNsDaAnRdSescatfieotny 297
Canada’s National Gallery houses the most comprehensive collection of Canadian art. Hefty collections require a hefty skill set.Heritage, program in a related discipline. Courses are offered Communicating through ExhibitsCulture and in face-to-face immersion format over a six-dayMuseums period or by distance online. Instructors are leading experts in their fields.CULTURAL RESOURCE For more information, visit HA488C (0.5 units)MANAGEMENT PROGRAM www.LearningThatShapes.ca/cultural/ Instructor: Tim Willis, BA, BSc (Hons.)This innovative program enables people working ON-CAMPUS IMMERSION COURSES Date: November 3 to 8as professionals, board members and volunteers Time: 9 am to 4 pmin the museum, gallery, heritage and cultural Museum Principles and Practices I Fee: $717.97sectors to stay current with their practice and earnprofessionally recognized credentials. Volunteer Management Whether courses are taken individually to HA486A (A02) (1.5 units) HA488M (1.5 units)address an interest or professional need, oras part of a program, they provide engaging Instructor: Mary Jo Hughes, BA, MA Instructor: Lisa Mort-Putland, MAlearning experiences that balance theory with Date: September 3 to December 3 Date: October 2 to 3practice. Courses taken for credit can lead to a Time: Wednesdays, 5 to 8 pm Time: 9 am to 4 pmDiploma in Cultural Resource Management or a Fee: $515.91 Fee: $271.97Professional Specialization Certificate in CollectionsManagement. You can also apply to a degree Cultural Landscapes HA489G (1.5 units) Instructor: Wendy Shearer, FCSLA Date: September 22 to September 27 Time: 9 am to 4 pm Fee: $717.973208 CHAeLrEitNaDgAeR, cSueclttuiorne and museums CCeertritfiifcicaatete/d/dipiplolommaa CCrereddititoopptitoionns s DDisitsatannccee/o/onnlilninee
COURSES BY DISTANCE fascinated by all things medieval?Museum Principles and The Division of Continuing Studies and the Medieval Studies Program at UVic invite you to join us for the 28th Annual Medieval Workshop:Practices I Saturday, January 31, 2015HA486A (A01) (1.5 units) Burnt at the StakeInstructor: Deborah Tuyttens, MA, MPA This workshop will examine some famous cases of burning at the stake—Date: September 8 to December 14 the Cathars, but also Abelard’s books, Joan of Arc, Savonarola and theFee: $515.91 witchcraft trials—and pay tribute to the memory of those who were persecuted and silenced.Heritage Resource Management For details, see page 35 HA487A (1.5 units)Instructor: Chris Wiebe, MADate: September 8 to December 14Fee: $515.91Curatorship: ContemporaryPerspectives HA488J (1.5 units)Instructor: Elizabeth Carter, BA, MPhilDate: September 8 to December 14Fee: $642.97Managing Archival Collections HA488U (1.5 units)Instructor: Jennifer Douglas, PhDDate: September 8 to December 14Fee: $642.97Graduate Professional Above: Paris, Bibl. Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 1128,Certificate in Cultural f.065: Cresus, condemned to be burned at theHeritage Studies stake by Cyrus the Great, was saved by the rain (547 BCE)The online Graduate Professional Certificate (GPC) Left: Our thanks to members of the Pacificin Cultural Heritage Studies provides advanced Association for Recreating the Middle Ageseducation in either a museum studies or heritage (PARMA) for their generous participation in theconservation specialization. Taught by leading annual Medieval Workshop.practitioners in the field, this five-course program isperfect for those pursuing related academic study Heritage, CultCuArLeEaNnDdARMSuescetuiomns 2391 or professionals looking to advance their career andcompetence with graduate-level education.For more information on our programs andcourses, please contact: Cultural Heritage Studies Program Division of Continuing Studies University of Victoria PO Box 1700 STN CSC Victoria BC V8W 2Y2 Phone 250-721-8457 Fax 250-721-8774 Email [email protected] Web www.LearningThatShapes.ca/cultural/wwwwww..LLeeaarrnniinnggTThhaattSShhaappeess..ccaa •• 225500--447722--44669944
He was one of the strongest symbolsof non-violence in the 20th century.Gandhi was never awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.Humanities, Instructor: Gen Kelsang Zopa is a Buddhist monk process from those who have embarked on thisHistory and who has studied Kadampa Buddhism for more later life journey? Do they ring true to our ownContemporary than 20 years. He has taught extensively through- experiences? We will watch four feature films: TheIssues out Canada and is currently the Resident Teacher Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Still Mine, Savages and at the Bodhichitta Buddhist Centre in Victoria. Beginners. NEW Liberating our Mind,Liberating our Life: How to Free Date: Saturdays, September 13 to October 4 This course is offered in partnership with UVic’sour Mind from Uncontrolled Centre on Aging and will include undergraduateDesire and Attachment Time: 10 am to noon students who are taking the course for credit.Although we yearn to be happy, our uncontrolled Sessions: 4 Instructors: Holly Tuokko, PhD, Department ofdesires cause us harm and can produce the oppo- Psychology; Karen Kobayashi, PhD, Department ofsite of what we really want. Our strong attachment Fee: $83 plus GST Sociology, and Denise Cloutier, PhD, Departmentto fulfilling our own desires creates problems for of Geography. All instructors are research affiliatesothers and ourselves. In these sessions you will Code: ASHI598 2014F C01 with the Centre on Aging.learn how to control your mind by controlling yourdesire. We will explore how to free ourselves from Exploring Aging through Film Dates: Tuesdays, September 16 to December 2 compulsive ways of thinking and acting that com- (no class November 11)pel us to seek satisfaction from the wrong sources. The quality and nature of later life experience is changing, and so are attitudes towards aging. Time: 5:30 to 8:20 pm Older, healthier adults continue to contribute to society and engage in a variety of meaningful Sessions: 11 activities, and more and more of us are recogniz- ing this new, emerging vision as our own. Through Fee: $110 plus GST film screenings, readings and group discussions, we will explore these central questions: How is Code: ASHI504 2014F C01 the journey through later life depicted in modern films? What are the implications of these depic- tions for modern society? How do these portrayals relate to the scientific data available on aging and development? Do these films reflect what we have learned and are learning about the aging302 CHAuLmEaNnDiAtRieSse, chtisiotonry and contemporary issues CCeerrttiiffiiccaattee//ddiipplloommaa CCrreeddiitt ooppttiioonnss DDiissttaannccee//oonnlliinnee
NEW The Answers are Written in Ancient Trade Routes Destination: AmazonBone: Forensic Anthropology ofthe Human Skeleton Ancient trade routes connected cities, civilizations, The Amazon River is the largest freshwater empires and continents. They are most famous drainage system in the world, at more thanIn this course you will examine topics of foren- for carrying exotic goods and spices across vast 6,900 kilometers long and 48 kilometers widesic anthropology and learn how to create an regions but early humans migrating out of Africa in some places during the wet season. In thisindividual profile for unidentified human skeletal also used them. We will look at the archaeologi- session we will go on a photographic expeditionremains. You will learn what happens to bodies cal evidence for these ancient routes that moved along two stretches of this majestic river systemwhen they decay in various environments, how people, armies, goods and technology across in the northeastern and southeastern cornersto personally identify the deceased (including inhospitable deserts, mountains and oceans on an of Peru.sex, age, stature) and how to determine causes of inexorable march to who we are today.death from trauma or pathology. Each session will Date: Tuesday, October 14feature a hands-on lab exercise that may include We’ll work our way from North Africa acrossthe handling of human remains. We will also the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea into Time: 1 to 3 pmexplore the processing of outdoor crime scenes. Europe, and then cross into Asia along the SilkThe final session will take place outside (rain or Road before venturing into the South Pacific and Sessions: 1shine on the UVic campus) and will involve crouch- across to the Americas.ing, as well as hands and knees searching. You will Fee: $23 plus GSTreceive information about appropriate outdoor Instructor: Chris Mundigler, ACA, BA, is a localattire at the first session. archaeologist and anthropologist. Code: ASHI585 2014F C01Instructor: Stephanie Calce is a skeletal biologist Date: Tuesdays, October 7 to November 18 NEW Amazonia: Explorers in aand PhD Candidate at the University of Victoria, (no class November 11) Counterfeit Paradise?specializing in bioarchaeology and forensicanthropology. Stephanie has fieldwork experience Time: 10 am to noon The early Amazon explorers of the 16th andin cultural resource management and in the search 17th centuries were one-of-a-kind madmen in aand recovery of human remains in a forensic Sessions: 6 “Green Hell,” heading into the unknown for king,context. She served as a search and excavation country, spices and gold. The next generationtechnician for the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Fee: $105 plus GST of explorers found vast regions of resources tounder the Major Crime Scene Investigations Unit exploit and scientific wonders to catalogue. Inand assisted the Coroner in determining the Code: ASHI600 2014F C01 this session, we’ll investigate these latter bravenature of found remains. men (and a few women) who led the way into the NEW The Amazonia Series “Green Paradise”.Date: Wednesdays, September 17 and 24, October 1, and Saturday October 4 On Campus in the Cadboro Commons Date: Tuesday, October 21Time: 6:30 to 9 pm (except Saturday, You may register for individual sessions or receive Time: 1 to 3 pm October 4: 9 am to noon) a discount for the series registration. Descriptions for each session are below. Sessions: 1Sessions: 4 All sessions are in the Haro Room at Cadboro Fee: $23 plus GSTFee: $97 plus GST Commons except Amazonia: Explorers in a Counterfeit Paradise? on Tuesday October 21, which Code: ASHI606 2014F C01Code: ASHI599 2014F C01 is being held in the McKenzie/Sinclair Room. NEW Amazonia: Of Head Hunters NEW Destination: Balkans—Part 1 Instructor: Chris Mundigler, ACA, BA, is a local and Lost Tribes archaeologist and anthropologist.Join us on a photographic odyssey through the The 16th to 20th centuries were rife with talesfascinating Balkans region of Eastern Europe, Series registration: of warrior women and headless men, monsterswhere east meets west and ancient meets modern. and treasures, headhunters and cannibals, allIn countries such as Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Date: Tuesdays, October 7 to November 4 hidden away in the mysterious Amazon. WhatMontenegro, Croatia and Slovenia we will explore was the reality (if any) behind all those myths andmedieval towns, Roman ruins, Ottoman splendor, Time: 1 to 3 pm legends? In this session we’ll separate fact fromthe stunning Dalmatian Coast, national parks and fantasy and maybe see that, in some cases, realitymuch more. Sessions: 5 can be more amazing than imagination.Instructor: Chris Mundigler, ACA, BA, is a local Fee: $100 plus GST Date: Tuesday, October 28archaeologist and anthropologist. Code: ASHI604 2014F C00 Time: 1 to 3 pmDate: Wednesday, September 24 NEW Destination: Iquitos Gateway to Sessions: 1Time: 7 pm to 9 pm the Amazon Fee: $23 plus GSTSessions: 1 Iquitos, the gateway to the Amazon, is the largest city in the Peruvian Amazon and the largest city in the Code: ASHI607 2014F C01Fee: $21 plus GST world that can’t be accessed by road. In this session we will explore Iquitos from the Belen market to theCode: ASHI596 2014F C01 colonialist architecture and shanty-towns. Date: Tuesday, October 7 Time: 1 to 3 pm Sessions: 1 Fee: $23 plus GST Code: ASHI605 2014F C01wwwwww..LLeeaarrnniinnggTThhaattSShhaappeess..ccaa •• 225500--447722--44669944 Humanities, History and ConCtAemLEpNoDrAaRrSyeIcstsuioens 331
NEW Amazonia: From Bad to Worse? Instructor: Gen Kelsang Zopa is a Buddhist cultures who revered astronomy for the necessary monk who has studied Kadampa Buddhism for order it kept in their daily lives. In this session weThe Amazon rainforest has been through some more than 20 years. He has taught extensively will explore that reverence from its ancient roots todramatic changes in the past few centuries, from throughout Canada and is currently the Resident the Middle Ages, from the night sky to illuminatedthe decimation of the Indigenous tribes to the Teacher at the Bodhichitta Buddhist Centre in manuscripts and from science to the liberal arts.wholesale destruction of the forests for profit. In Victoria.this session we’ll explore what happened as well as Instructor: Chris Mundigler, ACA, BAthe current state of the Amazon rainforest. Date: Saturdays, November 1 to 22 Date: Wednesday, December 10Date: Tuesday, November 4 Time: 10 am to noon Time: 7 to 9 pmTime: 1 to 3 pm Sessions: 4 Sessions: 1Sessions: 1 Fee: $83 plus GST Fee: $21 plus GSTFee: $23 plus GST Code: ASHI602 2014F C01 Code: ASHI597 2014F C01Code: ASHI608 2014F C01 NEW Arabia Felix: A Journey through Yemen The AMICA at Somerset NEW Gandhi: An Introduction to House Sessionshis Life, Thought and Significance In the southwest corner of Arabia lies a mysterious country that once straddled the incense road, an Explore the world and history from the comfortIn its final issue of 1999, Time Magazine named ancient trade route that carried luxury goods from of Amica at Somerset House. You may register forMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) one as far away as Africa, India and China into the vast individual sessions or receive a discount for theof its three “people of the century.” Gandhi was a emporiums of the Mediterranean basin. Once the series registration.vigorous opponent of western imperialism and home of the legendary Queen of Sheba, and possiblya tireless campaigner for the civil rights of the the site of Ophir (King Solomon’s mines), today AMICA at Somerset House is located at 540 Dallasmarginalized in society. He was also a fierce critic Yemen is an impoverished country plagued by over- Road, Victoria.of modern capitalism and a pacifist whose unique population, water shortages and sectarian violence.method of nonviolent resistance (Satyagraha) In this session we will use maps, artifacts and pho- Series registration:enabled the resister to claim the moral high tographs to explore this little-known corner of the Date: Wednesdays, October 1 to 29ground. Through class lectures, readings, film and Arabian Peninsula. On our journey we will examinediscussions you will learn about Gandhi’s life, phi- Yemen’s colourful history as well as its contemporary Time: 1 to 3 pmlosophy, and his lasting influence on the world. geography. Your instructor will also briefly discuss the current political situation in the country. Sessions: 4Instructor: Chandar Sundaram, PhD, is a historianof South Asia who has taught and worked in North Instructor: Paul G. Chamberlain, PhD, is a historical Fee: $73 plus GSTAmerica, India and China. His new book, Little geographer who has travelled extensively throughGrace in the Giving: the Origins of the Indianization the Middle East over the past 13 years, researching, Code: ASHI569 2014F E00of the Indian Army’s Officer Corps 1817-1945, will be writing and lecturing about the region. Hispublished soon by Helion Press (UK). primary focus is on history, comparative religion Register for individual sessions below: and current events in the Arab world.Date: Thursdays, October 9 to November 13 NEW From Victoria to Vladivostok: Choose between a daytime or evening session: Canada’s Siberian ExpeditionTime: 7 to 9 pm Date: Monday, November 17 Amica at Somerset HouseSessions: 6 Time: 1 to 3 pm In this multimedia presentation, you will learnFee: $105 plus GST about the forgotten journey of 4,200 Canadian Sessions: 1 soldiers from Victoria to Vladivostok, Russia in theCode: ASHI601 2014F C01 wake of the Bolshevik Revolution. This thought- Fee: $21 plus GST provoking presentation challenges how Canada’s NEW Living Lightly: The Wisdom of military history and foreign relations have beenDependent Relationship Code: ASHI603 2014F C01 remembered.The Buddhist Master Je Tsongkhapa said that OR Instructor: Benjamin Isitt, PhD, is a historian,amongst all wisdoms, the wisdom realizing author, and legal scholar with research anddependent relationship is supreme. Called “The Date: Thursday, November 27 teaching interests in Canadian and world history,King of Reasons,” this is the best method for the law of employment and labour, and therealizing emptiness and experiencing happiness Time: 7 to 9 pm interaction between social movements andand peace of mind. In these sessions you will the state. He is the author of From Victoria tolearn about the wisdom realizing dependent Sessions: 1 Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19relationship and you will receive clear and (UBC Press) which was recently translated intopractical instructions for meditations. You will Fee: $21 plus GST Russian. For more information about Dr. Isitt,learn what emptiness is and how to meditate on it. please visit his website at: www.isitt.ca.Emptiness is not nothingness: it is the way things Code: ASHI603 2014F C02exist, as opposed to the way they appear. Date: Wednesday, October 1 NEW From Chicken Livers to the Quadrivium: The Place of Time: 1 to 3 pm Astronomy in Ancient Worldviews Sessions: 1 The Hubble, Spitzer and Webb Space Telescopes have been the talk of the town for more than Fee: $22 (for individual session or can be a decade now, but to appreciate how far we’ve taken as a series for a discount) come in terms of understanding our place in the universe, we have to go back further in time to Code: ASHI593 2014F E01342 CHAuLmEaNnDiAtRieSse, chtisiotonry and contemporary issues CCeerrttiiffiiccaattee//ddiipplloommaa CCrreeddiitt ooppttiioonnss DDiissttaannccee//oonnlliinnee
Victoria’s Colonial Homes and Families Destination: Rome NEW Destination: Balkans—Part 1Amica at Somerset House Amica at Somerset House At Berwick Royal Oak (See course description on page 31)In this illustrated talk, you will learn about some of Join us on a visual journey through Rome, a Instructor: Chris Mundigler, ACA, BAVictoria’s prominent families of the fur trade and city steeped in millennia of history, intrigue Date: Thursday, November 13gold rush eras: Sir James and Lady Douglas, Dr. and beauty. From the forums to the baths, the Time: 2 to 4 pmand Mrs. Helmcken, the Finlaysons, Works, Tolmies, fountains to the Vatican, Rome is one of the Sessions: 1Pembertons, McKenzies and O’Reillys. Where world’s favourite tourist destinations, and it’s easy Fee: $21 plus GSTdid they come from, where were they educated, to see why: once home to emperors and despots, Code: ASHI596 2014F E01how did they earn their living, what roles did the gladiators and Renaissance men, the city is nowwomen play? filled with business people, artists and tourists. We NEW From Chicken Livers to the will take a visual journey through the city as part Quadrivium: The Place ofNot surprisingly, even a few scandals will be tourist, part time-traveller and explore the culture, Astronomy in Ancient Worldviewsincluded in the stories. You will see pictures of the archaeology, sights and timelessness of Rome.family homes, some still standing and some long At Berwick Royal Oakago demolished, with some rare photographs of Instructor: Chris Mundigler, ACA, BA, is a local (See course description on page 32)the interior rooms. Find out more about houses archaeologist and anthropologist. Instructor: Chris Mundigler, ACA, BAwith names such as Fernwood, Cloverdale, Point Date: Thursday, December 11Ellice, Hillside, Craigflower, Duvals, Cary Castle and Date: Wednesday, October 29 Time: 2 to 4 pmothers both prominent and forgotten. Sessions: 1 Time: 1 to 3 pm Fee: $21 plus GSTInstructor: John Adams is an historian, author Code: ASHI597 2014F E01and heritage consultant. More information about Sessions: 1John’s heritage programs is available at www. In Pursuit of Knowledgediscoverthepast.com. Fee: $22 (for individual session or can be taken as a series for a discount) This series of daytime lectures will acquaint youDate: Wednesday, October 15 with UVic faculty and their many areas of interest. Code: ASHI595 2014F E01 You may register for individual sessions or receiveTime: 1 to 3 pm a discount for the series registration. Coffee and The Berwick House tea is included.Sessions: 1 (Royal Oak) Sessions Series Registration:Fee: $22 (for individual session or can be NEW Canadian Masterpiece Date: Thursdays, September 25, October 16 taken as a series for a discount) Series: A.Y. Jackson and December 4 Time: 9:30 to 11:30 amCode: ASHI465 2014F E01 At Berwick Royal Oak Sessions: 3 Fee: $64 plus GST NEW A History of the James Bay Well known as a member of Canada’s Group of Code: ASPT006 2014F C00Neighbourhood Seven, A.Y. Jackson travelled coast to coast to coast Register for individual sessions as follows: to capture the rich variety of landscape in Canada.Amica at Somerset House In this course we will trace the life and works NEW Revitalizing Indigenous Law of this Montreal-born artist including his time and Changing the Lawscape ofIn this session, illustrated with maps, paintings in France, first as an art student and then as an Canadaand photographs, you will learn about the official war artist for Canada. We’ll study paintingshistory of James Bay—Victoria’s oldest residential from private collections as well as Jackson’s most Across Canada, professional, academic anddistrict—from the 1840s to today. This visual famous works, many of which have become Cana- Indigenous communities have shown increasedtour will include the first government buildings dian icons. Two of Jackson’s favourite sketching interest in the proper place of Indigenous legaland surrounding homes and the introduction of locations were the St. Lawrence region and South- traditions within Canada’s legal framework. If thisindustry to the area including shipyards, grain ern Alberta: he returned to both areas repeatedly momentum is going to be sustained and growelevators, and chemical plants. You will learn over several decades while traversing Canada on productively, we need shared frameworks forabout First Nations’ extensive use of the shoreline his quest for adventure and new material. We will incorporating Indigenous legal traditions withinand the Hudson’s Bay Company’s establishment examine his unique contributions to Canadian art and across these same communities.of company homes and Beckley Farm. The history, and within this context his associationsneighbourhood developed a rough reputation with—and influence on—many other artists andby the mid-20th century, but now James Bay is gallery administrators.a vibrant area combining heritage streetscapes,seaside parks, deep-sea docks, commercial and Instructor: Kerry Mason, MAtourism nodes nestled beside the ParliamentBuildings. Date: Wednesdays, September 17 to October 29 (no class October 15)Instructor: John Adams (see instructor biographyunder Victoria’s Colonial Homes and Families) Time: 10 am to noonDate: Wednesday, October 22 Sessions: 6Time: 1 to 3 pm Fee: $105 plus GSTSessions: 1 Code: ASHA096 2014F E01Fee: $22 (for individual session or can be taken as a series for a discount)Code: ASHI594 2014F E01wwwwww..LLeeaarrnniinnggTThhaattSShhaappeess..ccaa •• 225500--447722--44669944 Humanities, History and ConCtAemLEpNoDrAaRrSyeIcstsuioens 335
In this talk you will learn about the work of three NEW The Ukrainian Crisis in What’s New in Fine Arts?organizations, including the Indigenous law Historical Perspectiveresearch unit at UVic, who worked together to Performing Diversity: Using Dancedesign and implement a national Indigenous law The recent pro-European revolution in Ukraine to Think about Race and Ethnicity inresearch project. elicited an aggressive response from Russia Canada including the annexation of Crimea and thePresenter: Val Napoleon, PhD, was appointed support of separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine. As Speaker: Allana Lindgren, PhD, Department ofLaw Foundation Professor of Aboriginal Justice Ukraine slides into a civil war and Russia enters Theatre, UVicand Governance in the Faculty of Law at UVic in a new Cold War against the West, commentators Date: Friday, October 3January 2012. She is from northeast BC and is a around the world are trying to make sense of Time: 12:30 to 1:45 pmmember of Saulteau First Nation. Dr. Napoleon has the conflict’s causes. In order to understand the Sessions: 1worked as a community activist and consultant Ukrainian crisis and the renewed tensions between Code: ASDS267 2014F E01specializing in health, education and justice issues. Russia and the West, we will begin with a broad historical survey of Russo-Ukrainian relations that What’s New in Engineering?Date: Thursday, September 25 will help explain why a resurgent Russia is using Ukraine as a battleground against the West. Situation-Aware Smart ApplicationsTime: 9:30 to 11:30 am Presenter: Serhy Yekelchyk, PhD, is cross-appointed Speaker: Hausi Müller, PhD, Department ofSessions: 1 with the departments of Germanic and Slavic Computer Science and Associate Dean Research, Studies and History at UVic. He teaches a variety of Faculty of Engineering, UVicFee: $25 (for individual session or can be courses including Russian History, Soviet Culture, Date: Friday, October 10 taken as a series for a discount) Modern Ukraine and Stalinism. Time: 12:30 to 1:45 pm Sessions: 1Code: ASPT006 2014F C01 Date: Thursday, December 4 Code: ASDS281 2014F E01 NEW Birding through the Lens Time: 9:30 to 11:30 am What’s New in Education?Are you having trouble deciphering ducks, sorting Sessions: 1 Exemplars of Servant Leadership inout sparrows, or handling hawks? Struggling Sport: Henrik and Daniel Sedinwith focus, exposure or composition? Using her Fee: $25 (for individual session or can be stunning photos as a guide, Dr. Blackstone will taken as a series for a discount) Speaker: Carolyn Crippen, PhD, Department ofdiscuss bird species and birding hot spots around Educational Psychology and Leadership StudiesVictoria. You will learn tips on bird watching and Code: ASPT006 2014F C03 Date: Friday, October 17bird photography, and see a range of equipment Time: 12:30 to 1:45 pmsuitable for both activities. Dr. Blackstone will Deans’ Lunchtime Sessions: 1explain how, with a minimum of effort, you Lecture Series Code: ASDS280 2014F E01can see eagles, owls, oystercatchers, warblers,ravens, crows, mergansers, ducks and more. She’ll Fall 2014 at the Greater Victoria Public What’s New in Humanities?also show you how, with a minimal amount of Libraryequipment, you turn a bird watching hobby into a Do No Harm: Human Trafficking,passion for bird photography. Research is reshaping the way we live and think. Human Rights, and Social Justice in Meet distinguished members of the faculties at CanadaPresenter: Sarah Blackstone, PhD, became Dean UVic and learn about their research interests. Findof the Faculty of Fine Arts at UVic in July of 2007. out what’s new and shape your understanding of Speaker: Annalee Lepp, PhD, Chair, Department ofHer academic background is in theatre history, the world around you. Women’s Studies, UVicspecifically popular entertainment forms of Date: Friday, October 31the late 19th century. Since arriving in Victoria, The series is presented in partnership with the Time: 12:30 to 1:45 pmSarah has been exploring the amazing natural Greater Victoria Public Library, the Division of Sessions: 1environment and spending every spare moment Continuing Studies and the Faculties of Education, Code: ASDS259 2014F E01on bird watching and bird photography. Engineering, Fine Arts, Graduate Studies, Human and Social Development, Humanities, Law, Science What’s New in Social Sciences?Date: Thursday, October 16 and Social Sciences. Deciphering Transgender IdentitiesTime: 9:30 to 11:30 am All lectures are held at the Greater Victoria Public Library, Central Branch, 735 Broughton Street. Speaker: Aaron Devor, PhD, Department ofSessions: 1 Parking is available underground and you are Sociology, UVic welcome to bring a bag lunch. Date: Friday, November 7Fee: $25 (for individual session or can be Time: 12:30 to 1:45 pm taken as a series for a discount) Admission to these popular lectures is free. Please Sessions: 1 register online or by calling 250-472-4747 to Code: ASDS240 2014F E01Code: ASPT006 2014F C02 reserve your seat. If you are unable to attend, please let us know so that we can offer a seat to someone on the waitlist. Registration for these lectures will open on Wednesday August 6. Register for individual sessions below:364 HCAuLmEaNnDiAtRieSse, cHtisiotonry and Contemporary Issues CCeerrttiiffiiccaattee//ddiipplloommaa CCrreeddiitt ooppttiioonnss DDiissttaannccee//oonnlliinnee
The European Union in Transition: • Governments and borders – The ongoing the meanings of punishing practices in ChristianToward a European Federation or the struggle Europe as well as in other cultures and religions.Resurgence of the Nation-State? • Environmental challenges Our keynote speaker, Dr. Madeleine Jeay fromSpeaker: Oliver Schmidtke, PhD, Departments of McMaster University, will discuss Burning at thePolitical Science and History and Director of the • Security policies and border challenges Stake: from XIIIth-Century Heretics to XVIIth-Centre for Global Studies, UVic Century ‘empoisonneuses’. Instructor: Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, PhD, is theDate: Friday, November 28 director of the European Studies Program and the Register before October 31, 2014 and pay last European Union Centre of Excellence at UVic. He year’s price.Time: 12:30 to 1:45 pm is also the Jean Monnet Chair in EU Border and Urban Region Policies and a leading EU border CURRENT UVIC STUDENTS: Please call 250-472-Sessions: 1 expert. 4747 to register at the student rate.Code: ASDS240 2014F E02 This course is open, on a non-credit basis, to Faculty Coordinator: Hélène Cazes, PhD, Director, community members and professionals in the Medieval Studies Program, UVicWhat’s New in Science? public and private sector with a strong interest in borders. Participants enrolled on a non-credit Date: Saturday, January 31, 2015The Science of Sticky basis will be required to complete assignments to receive a certificate of course completion. Time: 9 am to 4:30 pmSpeaker: Dennis Hore, PhD, Department ofChemistry, UVic This course is also open to UVic students as a third- Sessions: 1 year undergraduate online credit course, whichDate: Friday, December 5 is assessed according to university standards and Fee: $55 plus GST; ($50 plus GST for early subject to tuition fees. registrations as per above)Time: 12:30 to 1:45 pm This course is made possible thanks to the gener- Code: ASMS006 2015S W01Sessions: 1 ous funding of the European Union Centre of Excellence and the Jean Monnet Chair in European Canadian StudiesCode: ASDS268 2014F E01 Border and Urban Region Policies, at the University of Victoria. Diploma ProgramWhat’s New in Law? If you have questions about the course content or Why Study Canada?Images of Shame: Yellow Peril are a UVic student who would like to register forLiterature and Anti-Asian Legislation credit please contact [email protected]. A country as vast, diverse and ever-changing asin Canada Canada offers near-limitless opportunities for Dates: Monday, September 22 to Monday, study and reflection.Speaker: Rodney Hayley, JD, Professor of Law and December 1.Lawson Lundell Practitioner in Residence, Faculty Multicultural and multilingual, with a uniqueof Law, UVic Fee: Free for non-credit participants political, economic and social history, Canada defies easy definitions and continues to fuelDate: December 12 Registration is available on an ongoing basis and debate about its identity as a nation. will be open until November 24. Register onlineTime: 12:30 to 1:45 pm at: www.uvic.ca/interdisciplinary/europe/euce/ The Canadian Studies Program is designed for full- courses/index.php or part-time local and international students whoSessions: 1 wish to broaden their knowledge and understand- Medieval Studies ing of Canada. In addition to three core courses inCode: ASDS255 2014F E01 Canadian culture and issues, students may choose 28th Annual Medieval Workshop from a range of other courses related to Canada NEW European Borders without offered by the faculties of Humanities, SocialWalls: An Open Online Course Saturday, January 31, 2015 Sciences and Fine Arts. Burnt at the StakeBorders are becoming more difficult to define Canadian Studies courses can be taken for creditand manage. Increasingly, policy makers must To people living in medieval and early mod- (1.5 units) or for non-credit. Proficiency in Englishdeal with the multiple and complex activities of ern times in Europe, burning at the stake was is required. A fee differential applies to interna-governments and the actions of private and public more than an execution: presented as a Biblical tional students.organizations across international boundaries. punishment, the ritual was intended to constructIn this free online survey course you will have and instruct the community. From heretics to For more information about the Canadian Studiesaccess to a wide range of literature on border witches, philosophers to scientists, the victims program, please contact the program assistant orstudies including the history, culture, economics of the pyres changed with times and places, but visit the website:and security of borders. There will be a special the purpose was always the same: the flamesfocus on the politics and policy making processes would destroy not only their bodies, but also their Phone 250-721-8458; Fax 250-721-8774which span the study of international borders. We names and memories. This workshop will examine Email [email protected] compare European borders to those in North some famous cases of burning at the stake—the Web www.LearningThatShapes.ca/humanities/America and elsewhere in the world. Some of the Cathars, but also Abelard’s books, Joan of Arc, programs/topics we will cover include: Savonarola and the witchcraft trials—and pay tribute to the memory of those who were perse- • Defining borders, boundaries, and frontiers cuted and silenced. It will also contrast historical documents with modern perceptions and explore • Political, ethno linguistic and religious communities and borders • Markets and borders • Migrations and borderswwwwww..LLeeaarrnniinnggTThhaattSShhaappeess..ccaa •• 225500--447722--44669944 Humanities, History and ConCtAemLEpNoDrAaRrSyeIcstsuioens 357
Introduction to Canadian Culture Humanities Dates: Tuesdays, Thursdays, September 9 to December 11 Humanities Diploma Program Time: Tuesdays, 6 to 9 pm; Thursdays, 4:30 CS101 The humanities are academic disciplines that to 9 pm (with a break from 5:30 to study human culture – history, classical traditions, 6:30 pm)An introduction to the multidisciplinary study literature, language and philosophy. We study theof cultural structures and expression in Canada, humanities to learn how to construct an argu- Sessions: 28including literature, the fine arts, mass media and ment, how to think critically: in short, to learn howcommunications. to learn. The skills acquired in the humanities will Code: ASHU101 2014F C01 benefit you in your personal and professional life,Textbooks: Multiculturalism and Immigration in but are also valued by society. University 201Canada, by E. Cameron (ed.); and Monkey Beach, byEden Robinson The Humanities Diploma Program (HDP) is an This course is for people who have completed at award-winning program designed to help mature least one of the University 101 or University 102Instructor: Andrew Murray, Department of English, students access a university education in the courses. The course runs in all three academicUVic humanities. HDP students range in age from terms and covers a wide range of different topics late-20s to mid-80s and have a wide range of back- on a monthly basis.Date: Tuesdays and Thursdays, September 4 to grounds. They engage in full- or part-time study December 2 for career or personal development, and benefit See University 101 for application and contact details. from individual support from program and facultyTime: 4:30 to 6 pm coordinators and from the community they build Instructors: Various with their peers. In return, they bring their exten-Sessions: 24 sive life experience, diverse cultural backgrounds Dates: Tuesdays, September 2 to November 25 and passion for learning to undergraduate coursesFee: $615 plus GST (non-credit); $950 plus GST at the University of Victoria. Time: 6 to 9 pm for international students This life-changing diploma program, offered in Sessions: 13Code: ASCS100 2014F C01 partnership with the University of Victoria Faculty of Humanities, is available to students who have Code: ASHU201 2014F C01Issues and Ideas in Canadian life experience and an interest in studying some area or areas of the humanities. There are no SAGE—STIMULATE, ADVANCEEnvironmentalism formal educational prerequisites. The first course is AND GUIDE EDUCATION for HDP students only and provides an introduc-CS201 tion to university study. A diploma is awarded SAGE Study Groups—An Exciting upon completion of 18 units of undergraduate Learning Alternative!This course gives you an opportunity to explore offerings (twelve courses).how the physical environment of this country Would you like to exchange ideas and pursuehas shaped the Canadian people. What are the For more information about the Humanities some of your favourite subjects with a small groupconnections between our environment and the Diploma Program, please visit our website at www. of other interested people? Sage Study GroupsCanadian identity? How has the environment LearningThatShapes.ca/humanities or contact us are not taught by instructors; instead, a facilitatorinfluenced our culture? How have received notions at 250-721-8481 or [email protected]. assists in coordinating the presentations of groupof wilderness affected our environment? How members and in moderating the discussions.has Canada’s environment been interpreted and University 101protected, despoiled and worshipped, and what An important aspect of these groups is their smallcan we learn from this story? A desire to learn is all you need for University 101. size (maximum 15 participants). Members quickly This non-credit course in the humanities is for get to know each other, and learning takes placeThroughout the course we will explore the you if your economic and social circumstances in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere.differences between European and non-Western normally pose obstacles to university educationapproaches to environment and land use. We (e.g., low income, mental health challenges, single There is a limited number of fee waivers availablewill examine theories as to how our environment parenthood, homelessness). Classes are presented for all study groups.has influenced Canada’s position in the global by UVic instructors and include topics such asenvironmental movement. We will also look at critical thinking, philosophy, creative writing, local For more information about these groups, callenvironmental activism, and the meaning of and world history, classics of English literature 250-721-7797.sustainability and environmental justice, from a and an introduction to art history, along withCanadian perspective. additional topics. Study groups happen through your initiative, so if there is a subject you would love to learn moreNote: This is an online course. If you are interested This program is sponsored by the Faculty of about and you are willing to facilitate a group,in taking this course for credit, please call 250-721- Humanities and the Division of Continuing Studies. please call Janet McDonald at 250-721-8827. No8458 for more information. There are no tuition fees; however, you must still experience necessary! We provide the training. apply and be accepted into the program.Textbook: The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth,Madness and Greed, by John Vaillant Note: For more information or to apply to the program, contact Becky Cory at [email protected]: Norman Fennema, PhD, Department of ca, or phone 250-721-6516 (9:30 to 11:30 am) andHistory, UVic leave a message.Dates: September 4 to December 3, 2014 Instructors: VariousSessions: 24Fee: $615 plus GST (non-credit); $950 plus GST for international studentsCode: ASCS201 2014F D01386 CHAuLmENaDniAtRieSse, cHtisiotonry and Contemporary Issues CCeerrttiiffiiccaattee//ddiipplloommaa CCrreeddiittooppttiioonnss DDiissttaannccee//oonnlliinnee
Two thirds of the Aboriginal languagesspoken in Canada originate in BC.Let’s keep spreading the word.Indigenous your foundation of knowledge and skills. Select Photo: Amanda Thomson, Continuing StudiesLanguage and 4.5 units (3 courses) of elective courses basedCulture on personal interest. Courses can be taken on an • LING 184 Indigenous Language Materials individual basis, towards the certificate program or DevelopmentCERTIFICATE IN another program with departmental approval.ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE • LING 185 Indigenous Language RevitalizationREVITALIZATION Core Courses (1.5 units unless indicated): Practicum (1.5 or 3.0 units)This award-winning and accessible program is • LING 180A Dynamics of Indigenous Language • LING 186 Language in Indigenous Culturedesigned to strengthen your understanding of Shift • LING 187 Special Topics in Languagelanguage loss, maintenance and recovery, anddevelop knowledge and strategies for language • LING 180B Issues, Principles and Practices in Revitalization (1.5 units; topics vary)revitalization within communities. It is offered by Language Revitalization • LING 158 Indigenous Language I: Mentorshipthe University of Victoria’s Department of Linguis- • LING 258 Indigenous Language II: Mentorshiptics and Division of Continuing Studies, in partner- • LING 181 Introductory Linguistics for Language • LING 358 Indigenous Language III: Mentorshipship with the En’owkin Centre in Penticton. Revitalization • LING 379 Language and LandApplications to this innovative 13.5-unit program • LING 458 Indigenous Language IV: Mentorshipare accepted year round. You complete 9.0 units • LING 182 Language Learning, Language • LING 459 Indigenous Language IV(6 courses) of required core courses that build Revitalization and Social Action Contact information: • LING 183A Field Methods for Language Aboriginal Language Revitalization Program Preservation and Revitalization: Documentation and Recording Phone 250-721-8504 Fax 250-721-8774 • LING 183B Field Methods for Language Email [email protected] Preservation and Revitalization: Project Web www.LearningThatShapes.ca/aboriginal/ Development Elective Courses (1.5 units unless indicated): • LING 159 Indigenous Language I • LING 259 Indigenous Language II • LING 359 Indigenous Language III • LING 172 Introduction to the Languages of BCwwwwww..LLeeaarrnniinnggTThhaattSShhaappeess..ccaa •• 225500--447722--44669944 indigenous langCuAaLgEeNaDnAdR cSeuclttuiorne 397
Photo: Nik WestI Graduate Profile Renée O’Leary, Humanities Diploma Program doctoral student, social dimensions of healthI had no inkling when I started in the Humanities Diploma Program in Still in the diploma program, I took courses in Linguistics, English, French,January 2004 that I would be a health care researcher. I had entered the and Philosophy. My brain was on fire! I completed the diploma program inprogram with the primary goal of obtaining a university credential for points December 2005, and knew I wanted to go on. It was helpful that the diplomafor my immigration application. courses were credited to my next program, a BA Honours in Sociology (2007). I went on to obtain my MA (2011) while working as a Research Assistant for theI discovered a weekly delight of lectures, slides, music and readings by BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health. Now I am completing my PhD inprofessors from many different disciplines. I could ask all kinds of questions the Social Dimensions of Health.and hear fascinating replies. I did not like writing (then), so I was pleasedthat the assignments were only a few pages each. Looking up references and yOonuycoaunrroewdnispcaothv,ersharing what I read was more enjoyable than I expected. I appreciated theprofessor’s feedback on how to better express my information. So when I got the joy of learning.an “A,” I chalked it up to a nice prof and my interesting essay topics. – Renée O’LearyThat summer, I took Moral Problems in Modern Philosophy. My prior experiencein hospice care provided material for an interesting paper, and I“aced”anothercourse. I felt like I had a fever in my brain. How would I apply my newly discoveredabilities? My late life career goal was to make a difference by reducing humansuffering and death. I read that tobacco-related deaths were approaching fivemillion annually. Tobacco control became my focus, and Sociology my lens.4308 CcAoLnEtNinDuAiRnSgescttuiodnies: Learning that shapes who you are Certificate/diploma Credit options Distance/online
In Tibet, it’s polite to stick outyour tongue at guests.Let’s enjoy our differences.Intercultural • undergraduate students seeking to combine fall CourseEducation the diploma program with their undergraduate degree Note: Credit and non-credit registration is avail-Intercultural Education able. Regular UVic students can register by signingdiploma Program • community and social workers, counselors, in at www.uvic.ca/current/ using the CRN 21887 police officers, health care providers, employeeThis program gives you the opportunity to equity and diversity officers IET420 Topics in Interculturalengage in a wide range of current issues including Education: Beyond Diversity anddiversity, power and prejudice, intercultural • teachers, instructors and administrators in Human Rights: Creating Spacesrelationships, social justice and cross-cultural public and private educational institutionscommunication. The courses within the diploma for Social Change program will strengthen your understanding of • people working with diverse employee or clientintercultural dynamics and challenges, along with groups and not-for-profit sectors 1.5 units, on campusyour ability to work effectively among diversecommunities. Certain courses may be open for • people interested in working abroad As Canadians, we strive to accept and appreci-non-credit registration. ate the qualities that make everybody unique. There is a one-time program admission fee of But have we really embraced diversity? Are ourThe program consists of 4 core courses (6 units), $150. Diploma students pay regular UVic under- communities and organizations truly inclusive4 interdisciplinary elective courses (6 units), graduate tuition and fees for program courses in their practices? This course will provide youand a final practicum and/or project (3 units). (international fees apply). with the specific knowledge you need to developParticipants include: a personal competency framework for creating For more information or to apply for the program: inclusive spaces, organizations and communities. Phone: 250-721-6460 This will involve critical discussions addressing Email: [email protected] issues of social justice and human rights with Web: www.LearningThatShapes.ca/intercultural/ regards to diversity and inclusion. Instructor: Moussa Magassa Date: September 9 to December 2, 2014 Time: 6 to 8:50 pm Fee: $515.91wwwwww.L.LeeaarrnnininggTThhaattSShhaappeess.c.caa •• 225500--447722--44669944 interculCtAuLrEaNlDeAdRuSceacttioionn 3491
TO-DO LISTþ learn to speak Spanish¨ travel to Spain ...oh, what the heck... ¨ travel to Peru & Ecuador too!&LLeaanrgnuaage Travel!Travel Study Programs offered by UVic:• Northern Spain – May 31 to June 21, 2015• Highlights of Peru and Ecuador... including a four-night cruise of the Galapagos Islands – November 2015• Free Preview Event – October 5, 1:30 – 3:30 pm Discuss upcoming tours with our academic specialists, watch presentations and meet your potential travel companions. Free admission, but you must pre-register as seating is limited.SEE page 62 for details420 CcAoLnEtNinDuAiRnSgesctuiodnies: learning that shapes who you are Certificate/diploma Credit options Distance/online
In Swedish, there’s a word that canmean either “married” or “poison”.You don’t want to mess that one up!Languages Conversational Arabic for The Structures of Arabic BeginnersWorld Languages This course can be taken concurrently with Intro- This course is a very basic introduction to the duction to Arabic. Those who prefer a more formalOur portfolio of world language courses is con- Arabic language. You will learn “survival” words and structural approach to the language can evenstantly evolving to meet a growing demand for and phrases, as well as how to read and write the take it as an introductory course.more languages and more levels. Below are the Arabic alphabet. We recommend that participantscourses we are planning to offer from September bring a recording device to class. For a more struc- Required Texts: Easy Arabic Script and Easy Arabicto December. tured, grammatical approach, please register for Grammar, both by M. Gaafar and J. Wightwick The Structures of Arabic. Both courses can be takenPlease note that we have three sessions of courses concurrently or consecutively. Instructor: Nooshafarin Saberi (See instructorper academic year, thus, in many cases, you biography under Introduction to Arabic abovecan take up to three successive levels between Required Texts: Easy Arabic Script and Read andSeptember and June. Speak Arabic for Beginners, both by McGraw-Hill Date: Mondays, September 29 to December 8 (no class on October 13)If you are interested in one of the courses where Instructor: Nooshafarin Saberi was born in Kuwaitmore than one level is offered and are not sure to a Persian family and grew up speaking, reading Time: 7 to 9 pmabout your level, please leave your name and tele- and writing Persian and Arabic. She also becamephone number with the Language Programs office fluent in English after spending a year in England, Sessions: 10(250-721-8630) and an instructor will call you to and then 22 years in Luxembourg added anotherassess your level of proficiency. three languages to her palette. She and her family Fee: $200 plus GST came to Canada in 2002, and she has enjoyedThe University of Victoria’s language labs provide teaching at Continuing Studies since 2006. Code: ASLA298 2014F C02students with the latest technology in the art oflearning a language. They are available to students Date: Wednesdays, October 1 to December 3 German for Beginners—Part 1who register for language courses in this section. Time: 7 to 9 pm This course, which requires no previous knowledge of German, is designed for people who would like Sessions: 10 to travel to German-speaking countries or who have an interest in learning another language. Fee: $200 plus GST We’ll use a conversational approach to learn basic vocabulary and simple sentence structures. By Code: ASLA098 2014F C02www.LearningThatShapes.ca • 250-472-4694 CALENDlAaRnSgeucatigoens 431
the end of the term you will be able to talk about Italian for Beginners—Part 1 ment in which to learn Japanese. She has enjoyedfriends, family, homes, weather, food and clothing. teaching at Continuing Studies since 2007. This course is designed for people with no previ-Text: Course manual will be provided in class. ous knowledge of Italian who want to learn basic Date: Mondays, September 29 to December 8 conversation, reading and writing skills. You will (no class on October 13)Instructor: Joanna Schaller has a passion for learn about Italy and Italian culture through shortlanguages and cultural awareness. She completed lectures and videos, and there will be plenty of Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pmher master’s degree in German language and opportunities to speak in Italian. Oral participationliterature, as well as in pedagogy. She worked as is encouraged. Sessions: 10an interpreter, tour guide and language teacher inGermany and Poland before moving to Canada in Text: Course manual will be provided in class. Fee: $225 plus GST (includes course manual)2004. In Victoria, Joanna has been teaching Ger-man, translating, interpreting and tutoring. Instructor: Rossana Vincenti was born and raised Code: ASLA008 2014F C02 in Italy. She moved to Canada in 1995 and hasDate: Wednesdays, October 1 to December 3 been teaching Italian for Continuing Studies Japanese for Beginners—Part 2 since 2005. She loves teaching her native lan-Time: 5 to 7 pm guage and the opportunity it gives her to meet This course is designed for those who have many interesting people. completed Japanese for Beginners—Part 1 or whoSessions: 10 have some prior knowledge of the language. You Date: Wednesdays, October 1 to December 3 will gain proficiency in the understanding, speak-Fee: $225 plus GST (includes course manual) ing, reading and writing of Japanese in practical Time: 7 to 9 pm situations. You will also learn more about Japan’sCode: ASLA016 2014F C02 culture and people. Sessions: 10German: Intermediate—Part 1 Text: Course manual will be provided in class. Fee: $225 plus GST (includes course manual)This course is designed for those who completed Instructor: Keiko Tachibana, BA (linguistics)German for Beginners—Part 2 or who have good Code: ASLA049 2014F C02 See instructor biography under Japanese for Begin-knowledge of basic German grammar and would ners—Part 1 above.like to improve their skills, widen their vocabulary Italian for Beginners—Part 2and become a more fluent German speaker. The Date: Wednesdays, October 1 to December 3course is filled with fascinating cultural facts, fun This near beginner course is intended for thosevideos and interesting audio materials. of you who have completed Italian for Begin- Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pm ners—Part 1 or who already have some basic skills.Text: Course manual will be provided in class. Videos and cultural discussions will enhance your Sessions: 10 learning and strengthen your basic knowledge in aInstructor: Joanna Schaller, MA (pedagogy and fun and interactive atmosphere. Fee: $225 plus GST (includes course manual)German language)See instructor biography under German for Begin- Text: Course manual will be provided in class. Code: ASLA208 2014F C02ners—Part 1 above. Instructor: Rossana Vincenti Japanese: Intermediate—Part 1 See instructor biography under Italian for Begin-Date: Mondays, September 29 to December 8 ners—Part 1 above. Designed for those who have completed Japanese (no class on October 13) for Beginners—Part 2 or who have strong knowl- Date: Thursdays, October 2 to December 4 edge of the language with recognition of hiraganaTime: 5 to 7 pm and katakana letters. This course further develops Time: 7 to 9 pm your grammatical and conversation skills whileSessions: 10 exploring various aspects of the Japanese culture. Sessions: 10Fee: $225 plus GST (includes course manual) Fee: $225 plus GST (includes course manual)Code: ASLA316 2014F C02 Text: Course manual will be provided in class. Code: ASLA249 2014F C02German: Intermediate Conversation Instructor: Keiko Tachibana, BA (linguistics) Japanese for Beginners—Part 1 See instructor biography under Japanese for Begin-This course is designed for students who are familiar ners—Part 1 above.with intermediate German grammar and feel con- Whether you are hosting a Japanese visitor orfident discussing general topics such as travel, Ger- planning a trip to Japan, it’s fun to learn Japa- Date: Tuesdays, September 30 to December 9 man culture and everyday events, but would like to nese! This course is designed for people with no (no class November 11)deepen their knowledge and practice in a friendly previous knowledge of Japanese who are eager toatmosphere. The main focus of this highly interac- take up a new challenge. In addition to learning Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pmtive course is oral practice. Lessons are enriched survival words and phrases, you will be introducedwith fun and useful multimedia materials. to the basics of Japanese grammar and the hira- Sessions: 10 gana and katakana characters. Particular emphasisInstructor: Joanna Schaller, MA (pedagogy and will be given on developing practical conversation Fee: $225 plus GST (includes course manual)German language) skills. Some cultural aspects of life in Japan willSee instructor biography under German for Begin- also be highlighted. Code: ASLA308 2014F C02ners—Part 1 above. Text: Course manual will be provided in class. Mandarin for Beginners—Part 1Date: Tuesdays, September 30 to December 9 Instructor: Keiko Tachibana, BA (linguistics) was Learning Mandarin, China’s official language, can (No class on November 11) born in Osaka, Japan. She came to Canada in 1995 improve your travel experiences, career opportu- and studied linguistics at UVic, where she started nities and discovery of one of the world’s oldestTime: 5 to 7 pm working as a teaching assistant when she was a civilizations. Join us and learn the Mandarin lan- graduate student. She genuinely cares about her guage in a fun and encouraging atmosphere. ThisSessions: 10 students and creating an encouraging environ- course is designed for those who have no previous knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. You will learn theFee: $225 plus GST tones of the language and pinyin of the characters, and will have ample opportunity to practice yourCode: ASLA416 2014F C024442 ClAaLnEgNuDaAgResSection CCeerrttiiffiiccaattee//ddiipplloommaa CCrreeddiitt ooppttiioonnss DDiissttaannccee//oonnlliinnee
listening and speaking skills so that you will be NEW Mandarin: Advanced—Part 3 you the opportunity to practice conversation andable to carry on basic conversations. extend your knowledge of Brazilian Portuguese. This is the most advanced level that we offer inRequired Text: Practice Makes Perfect: Beginning Mandarin. You may take this course if you have Text: Course manual will be provided in class.Chinese (book and CD-ROM set), by Live ABC completed our other two advanced levels or already have a level of proficiency in Mandarin that allows Instructor: Danielle Ramos (see instructor biogra-Instructor: Ye (Dawn) Yuan has reached her goal in you to function easily in everyday situations and in phy under Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners—Partmaking Mandarin learning easy, fun and educa- some specialized areas such as business, travel, etc. 2 above)tional for her students. In China, Dawn taught as You will learn to improve your pronunciation, writea part of the International Baccalaureate Program paragraphs, develop your vocabulary and grammar, Date: Thursdays, October 2 to December 4team at an international school. In Canada, she has and engage in fluent conversation.taught Mandarin for both adults and families at Time: 7 to 9 pmUVic and at community centres. Text: Living Language Chinese, Complete Edition by Living Language (optional) Sessions: 10Date: Tuesdays, September 30 to December 9 (no class November 11) Instructor: Ye (Dawn) Yuan Fee: $225 plus GST (includes course manual) See instructor biography under Mandarin for Beginners—Part 1 above. Code: ASLA300 2014F C02Time: 7 to 9 pm Date: Thursdays, October 2 to December 4 Spanish for Beginners—Part 1Sessions: 10 Time: 7 to 9 pm Two sectionsFee: $200 plus GST Sessions: 10 This is an introduction to Spanish designed for those of you who have no previous knowledge ofCode: ASLA013 2014F C02 Fee: $200 plus GST the language and who wish to acquire basic pro- nunciation, vocabulary, grammar and conversationMandarin for Beginners—Part 4 Code: ASLA1013 2014F C02 skills.This course is intended for students who have com- Brazilian Portuguese for Oral participation is encouraged with student part-pleted Mandarin for Beginners—Part 3 or who already Beginners—Part 1 ners and in small groups. Videos and audiovisualhave an intermediate level of fluency in the language. materials are used to enhance each class.This course will give you the tools to achieve a more With the 2016 Summer Olympics taking place inadvanced command of the oral and written language Rio, Brazil will be very much in the spotlight in the Text: Course manual will be provided in class.and a greater appreciation of Chinese culture. next few years. Why not take a course about the language of this fascinating country? This course Morning section:Text: Living Language Chinese, Complete Edition by aims to help real beginners of Brazilian PortugueseLiving Language (required) develop their reading, writing, and mainly their Instructor: Maria Elena Cuervo-Lorens was born and listening and speaking skills, in order to success- raised in Mexico City where she taught ESL beforeInstructor: Ye (Dawn) Yuan fully communicate in general daily-life situations. moving to Canada in 1976. She has always beenSee instructor biography under Mandarin for The classes will include games, music, videos connected with the education field, and has beenBeginners—Part 1 above. and Internet to facilitate the learning process. An teaching Spanish for more than 10 years in commu- overview of important sociocultural characteristics nity schools and at Continuing Studies. She is also theDate: Wednesdays, October 1 to December 3 of Brazil will also be covered. author of Maria Elena’s Mexican Cuisine and Mexican Culinary Treasures.Time: 7 to 9 pm Text: Course manual will be provided in class. Date: Tuesdays, September 30 to December 9Sessions: 10 Instructor: Danielle Ramos is a Brazilian Portuguese (no class on November 11) native speaker, born and raised in São Paulo. SheFee: $200 plus GST is currently doing her Master studies in Curriculum Time: 9:30 to 11:30 am and Instruction at Simon Fraser University and hasCode: ASLA413 2014F C02 over 10 years experience as a language teacher. Teaching has always been her passion and sheNEW Mandarin: Advanced—Part 2 loves to share her culture with her students… So Sessions: 10 don’t be surprised if you encounter some dancing and singing in her classes. Fee: $225 plus GST (includes course manual)If you have completed Mandarin: Advanced—Part 1 Date: Wednesdays, October 1 to December 3 Code: ASLA025 2014F C01or have an advanced level of proficiency in the lan-guage, this course will give you an opportunity to Time: 7 to 9 pm Evening section:practice your oral and written skills at an advancedlevel. It will also deepen your knowledge and appre- Sessions: 10 Instructor: Alicia Brown was born in Mexico, whereciation of the Chinese culture. Interactive activities she was a civil engineer and a tutor before sheintroduced in class will help you experience the use Fee: $225 plus GST (includes course manual) came to Canada in 1992. Her involvement at UVicof the language in an authentic context. began in 1993 when she started as a lab monitor Code: ASLA100 2014F C02 for the Hispanic and Italian Studies Department.Text: Living Language Chinese, Complete Edition by She has been teaching Spanish at ContinuingLiving Language (required) Brazilian Portuguese: Studies since 1998. Intermediate—Part 1Instructor: Ye (Dawn) Yuan Date: Wednesdays, October 1 to December 3See instructor biography under Mandarin for This level is intended for learners who have takenBeginners—Part 1 above. Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners—Parts 1 and 2, Time: 7 to 9 pm or who already have an intermediate knowledge of the Portuguese language. This course will give Sessions: 10Date: Mondays, September 29 to December 8 Fee: $225 plus GST (includes course manual) (no class on October 13) Code: ASLA025 2014F C02Time: 7 to 9 pmSessions: 10Fee: $200 plus GSTCode: ASLA913 2014F C02wwwwww..LLeeaarrnniinnggTThhaattSShhaappeess..ccaa •• 225500--447722--44669944 CALENDlAaRnSgeucatigoens 4453
Spanish for Beginners—Part 2 Required Texts: Colloquial Swedish: The Complete In both programs you join at the level that is Course for Beginners, 3rd edition and Swedish: An appropriate for you.Two sections Essential Grammar, 2nd edition, both by Routledge Blended version of FLDPThis course is for those of you who have completed Instructor: John Dingley is a professor of SlavicSpanish for Beginners—Part 1, or have a basic languages who has taught in England, the USA, We are pleased to offer the option to take bothknowledge of the language and wish to improve Canada and Germany. He shares his passion of terms of FLDP100 (fall and spring) in a blendedyour writing and speaking skills. This course gives languages at Continuing Studies where he has format.you the opportunity to participate in class and taught Finnish, Russian and Polish courses.strengthen your oral skills in a friendly atmosphere. This blended version features mostly online com-Essential grammar points will also be covered. Date: Thursdays, October 2 to December 4 ponents as well as five face-to-face sessions on campus to provide the necessary oral communica-Text: Course manual will be provided in class. Time: 7 to 9 pm tion opportunities. It offers an alternative to those of you who do not have time to come to campusMorning section: Sessions: 10 frequently. Our long-term plan is to develop further levels using the same delivery method soInstructor: Maria Elena Cuervo-Lorens (see instruc- Fee: $200 plus GST that eventually all levels can be taken in a blendedtor biography under Spanish for Beginners—Part 1 format if preferrred.above) Code: ASLA035 2014F C02 Intermediate and beyond: two optionsDate: Mondays, September 29 to December 8 FRENCH PROGRAMS (no class on October 13) Work your way to the French Language Have fun learning French at all levelsTime: 9:30 to 11:30 am in our flexible programs! Diploma, with the advanced levels of the French Language Diploma Program (FLDP300,Sessions: 10 Have you always dreamed of speaking French? FLDP400 and FLDP500). Classes meet once Would learning French help you advance your weekly for three hours.Fee: $225 plus GST (includes course manual) career? Is your child enrolled in French Immersion Fee: $410 and in need of your support? Are you a teacherCode: ASLA225 2014F C01 looking for a refresher course? Or, do you simply OR plan to travel to a French-speaking destination?Evening section: Continue to practise your French conversation Choose a program that’s right for you. skills at your level with the French LanguageInstructor: Alicia Brown (see instructor biography Conversation Classes. We offer courses forunder Spanish for Beginners—Part 1 above) We have structured our programs to meet your those of you who are high intermediate or specific needs. You will: advanced (FLCC400/500). Classes meet onceDate: Wednesdays, October 1 to December 3 weekly for two hours. • learn in a relaxed, encouraging atmosphere; Fee: $329Time: 7 to 9 pm • join the program of your choice at your own level; Conversational component for advancedSessions: 10 diploma course • have access to the many resources available atFee: $225 plus GST (includes course manual) UVic, including the digital language labs and In addition to the FLDP300, FLDP400 and FLDP500 the library; and core courses, you can now register for conversa-Code: ASLA225 2014F C02 tional classes specifically created to provide you • Use the available Moodle support to enhance with the opportunity to practise the structuresSpanish: Advanced Conversation your learning experience and to communicate introduced in the core class: online with your instructor and with each otherThis is an advanced conversation class for those of (all FLDP courses). FLDP301, FLDP401 and FLDP501 are available asyou who have already reached at least a high inter- supplementary but optional classes which meetmediate to advanced level and wish to maintain Getting Started: reach an Intermediate once a week for 1.5 hours for an additional $165your fluency and enrich your vocabulary. Typical level in one, two or three years per term.activities will include oral presentations, discussionof current events, etc. For beginners and near beginners there are two Which level is right for me? options:Instructor: Maria Elena Cuervo-Lorens If you are a true beginner, you do not need a levelSee instructor biography under Spanish for Begin- French Language Diploma Program assessment; you can call us now to register forners—Part 1 above. Levels 1 and 2 (FLDP100 and FLDP200) FLDP100 or FLCC100 at 250-721-8630.Date: Wednesdays, September 10 to Two 2-hour classes per week Already have some experience? We want to make November 19 (no class October 1) Textbook required sure that you are placed at a level consistent with One exam per session your current ability in French: please call 250-721-Time: 9:30 to 11:30 am Emphasis on oral and written communication 8630 to arrange for an assessment. Starting this Fee: $495 per term term, there is a $15 fee to book your assessment,Sessions: 10 which we will refund when you register for one of OR our French courses offered this fall.Fee: $200 plus GST French Language Conversation Classes, Code: ASLA425 2014F C01 Levels 1 and 2 (FLCC100, FLCC200) One 2-hour class per weekSwedish for Beginners—Part 1 No mandatory textbook No examsThis course is intended for students with no Emphasis on oral communicationprior knowledge of Swedish. In this course, you Fee: $329 per termwill learn the basics of Swedish grammar andconversational skills through a combination of in-class and online resources. We will also watch twoSwedish movies.464 ClAaLnEgNuDaAgResSection CCeerrttiiffiiccaattee//ddiipplloommaa CCrreeddiittooppttiioonnss DDiissttaannccee//oonnlliinnee
Schedule and program length Continue Learning at the Royal BC MuseumAs each level consists of two terms (fall and Make learning fun for everyone with a throughout the province are doing to helpspring), you will need to register for each term visit to the Royal BC Museum. The world- their languages survive and flourish.separately. This fall, classes will be held from Sep- renowned First Peoples and Natural Historytember 22 to December 15 and spring term will be galleries offer visitors a chance to learn Your experience doesn’t end with ouroffered from January to April (2015). about British Columbia’s past and how galleries, there are featured events thatEnrolment permitting, we may offer a choice of it affects the future of the province. As bring our exhibitions to life.daytime and evening sections. Any section may be an added bonus visit the current featurecancelled due to insufficient enrolment. exhibitions Vikings: Lives Beyond the “Whim rules the child”: ArchaeologicalTo obtain a detailed schedule, please contact our Legends and Our Living Languages: First evidence for childhood in the Viking Ageoffice at 250-721-8630 or [email protected]. Peoples Voices in BC. Before the Vikings sail off, join Dr ErinStill have some questions? Vikings challenges our commonly held McGuire from the University of Victoria for beliefs as they emerge in a fascinating your last chance to learn more about theWe will be glad to assist you, please give us a call new light. Insights into Viking domestic modern interpretation of Viking culture, asat 250-721-8630 or send us an email to french@ life, death rituals, the significance of their based on recent archaeological evidence.uvcs.uvic.ca. craft, the power of mythology and the symbolism of their ships are explored in The evidence for childhood in the earlyHow do I get more information? this interactive exhibition. See hundreds of Middle Ages is elusive. In this talk, we’ll rare artifacts—jewellery, swords, axes, and bring together the diverse evidence fromWhether you have questions, would like to obtain clothing—many of which have never been across the Viking World to attempt to piecea brochure or a detailed schedule, or to find out shown outside Scandinavia. together the puzzle of childhood in thethe best time to drop by in person, we will be Viking Age. (September 23)happy to hear from you: Our Living Languages celebrates the French Language Programs resilience and diversity of First Nations For more information on programs and languages in BC in the face of change. events visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca Third floor, Continuing Studies Building Learn what First Nations communities Corner of Ring Road and Gabriola Road University of Victoria Phone 250-721-8630 or 250-721-8511 Fax 250-721-8774 Email [email protected] Web www.LearningThatShapes.ca/languages/ programs/french/ The Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies at the University of Victoria invites you to: 30th Annual Colloquium Performing Genre and Gender in the Hispanic and Italian World University Centre, Room A180 Wednesday – Thursday, March 4 and 5, 2015 9:30 am – 3:45 pm FREE ADMISSION Guest speakers will include: Francisco García Vicente (University of Murcía, Spain)wwwwww..LLeeaarrnniinnggTThhaattSShhaappeess..ccaa •• 225500--447722--44669944 CALENDlAaRnSgeucatigoens 475
English Language Centre 2015 Program Dates: Study ToolsThe ELC has been delivering outstanding English January 5–30 Jason’s World/Judy’s Worldprograms since 1970—right in your own backyard! February 2–27 March 2–27 These specially-developed audio soap operas,We offer a variety of short and long-term programs April 7–May 15 Jason’s World (for intermediate ESL students), andthroughout the year for international and Cana- May 25–June 26 Judy’s World (for upper intermediate/low advanceddian students wishing to improve their English and July 6–31 ESL students), were created for classroom use tocross-cultural skills. If you have relatives who plan July 13–August 21 provide students with the opportunity to practiseto visit and would like to brush up their English August 4–28 and August 10–28 their listening skills, increase their vocabulary, andskills, or friends abroad who are looking for an August 31–September 25 discuss important and controversial social issues.intensive English immersion experience—tell September 28–October 23them about us! October 26–November 20 Jason’s World tells the story of Jason, a university November 23–December 18 student. Jason faces various problems, pressures,Our ESL programs offer challenging classes and challenges and successes. Issues raised in this soapsociocultural activities for students aged 18 and University Admission Preparation opera include relationship difficulties, plagiarism,up. Each year, a diverse community of over 2800 (UAP) and Canadian Studies depression, parental pressures, drugs, homesick-students from countries including Japan, Saudi ness, honesty, trust, renting an apartment, workArabia, Mexico, China, Brazil, Turkey, Korea, Ven- This four-week intensive summer program and school issues and more.ezuela—and many more—study English with us combines advanced English classes with a valuablein programs such as: introduction to Canadian culture. Successful Judy’s World relates the story of Judy, a young graduates meet the English requirement for woman who is living with her boyfriend. Issues12-Week Intensive English admission into undergraduate programs at the raised in this story include relationship difficulties, University of Victoria. unmarried couples living together, drinking andStudents at the upper beginner to advanced level driving, sexuality, male/female roles, child raising,are accepted into January, April and September 2015 Program Dates: life priorities and more.sessions each year. Classes are held Monday toFriday for 22 hours per week. Optional pronuncia- August 4–28 Teachers will find this series an invaluable aid fortion clinics and tutorials offer an additional 8 hours language lab listening practice and classroomper week. English and Volunteering vocabulary development and discussion.Program dates for 2015: Additional volunteer terms may be added after the The series components include a teacher’s manualJanuary 5–April 1 12-week intensive program, giving students the with answer key and audio CD, and a studentApril 13–July 8 opportunity to practise real English with Canadi- workbook with an answer key and audio CD.September 14–December 9 ans and learn new skills in a professional setting. Get involved!University Admission Preparation For program dates and options, please visit: www. LearningThatShapes.ca/elc/programs/. Become a Homestay HostThis course represents the highest academiclevel of the 12-Week Intensive Program. Success- TOEIC and IELTS Preparation For more information about hosting a student,ful graduates meet the English requirement for please contact UVic Homestay by email atadmission into undergraduate programs at the These part-time courses offer four hours of weekly [email protected] or phone 250-472-4268.University of Victoria. exam preparation over 11 weeks. They focus on test-taking skills and strategies. Volunteer at the ELCUniversity Pathways Program forInternational Students For program dates and options, please visit: www. The ELC always welcomes new volunteers in LearningThatShapes.ca/elc/programs/. our Study Centre, Classrooms and ConversationStudents who wish to attend the University of Partners Program. You can learn about anotherVictoria but do not yet meet the language require- UVic Homestay Accommodation culture and meet new people while helping aments can apply for the University Pathways Pro- student develop English skills and adjust to lifegram. This 12-month program will allow academi- This service is available for all sessions of the in Canada with as little as one hour a week!cally admissible students to take credit courses 12-week Intensive Program, and most of theand English programs at the same time, allowing short-term programs. Students are matched with For information about ELC volunteer opportuni-them to finish their undergraduate degree in less Canadian hosts carefully selected for their ability to ties, please email: [email protected]. The program begins in September each year. provide a safe, comfortable and friendly home. Join our online communityMonthly Language and Culture For further information about Homestay, pleasePrograms visit: www.LearningThatShapes.ca/elc/homestay/ www.facebook.com/EnglishLanguageCentreThree- to six-week programs are perfect for stu- For more information about hosting a student, @elc_uvic [twitter]dents wishing to spend vacation time in Victoria please contact UVic Homestay by email atperfecting their English in beautiful surroundings. [email protected] or phone 250-472-4268. Contact usA free activity calendar plus a range of optionalexcursions are offered to take full advantage of If you have questions about our programs, orVictoria’s many attractions. would like to receive an ELC brochure, please free to get in touch with us! Phone: 250-721-8469 Email: [email protected], or visit our website at www.LearningThatShapes.ca/elc486 ClAaLnEgNuDaAgResSection CCeerrttiiffiiccaattee//ddiipplloommaa CCrreeddiitt ooppttiioonnss DDiissttaannccee//oonnlliinnee
Population Health Data Analysis isn’t just ones and zeroes. There’s a story behind every piece of data.Population need for trained professionals who understand the enrolling in the program. All students must meetHealth Data intricacies of population health, have the tools to program prerequisites. accurately examine, analyze and evaluate healthProfessional Specialization Certificate in data, and realize the importance of this work in The course offerings and expected dates are: both informing and advancing positive health out-Population Health Data comes within our society. It is these needs that the PHDA01: Working with Administrative Data Analysis Professional Specialization Certificate in Population (September 2014) Health Data Analysis (PHDA) program addresses.Make a difference and move your PHDA02: Epidemiological Statistics (January 2015)career forward. Learn online. Build the skill sets you need in a high-quality data-driven PHDA03: Population Health and Geographic You believe that every data point has a story environment. Information Systems (May 2015)and there’s a person behind each piece of datacode. You want to be able to apply integrity and This non-credit certificate, offered in partnership PHDA04: Spatial Epidemiology and Outbreak specialized skills to your research work to influence with Population Data BC and the University of Detection (January 2015)population and public healthcare policy-making. Victoria Department of Geography, will provide youYou also want to demonstrate your commitment to with the strong foundational knowledge and data PHDA05: Longitudinal Analysis and Multi-level advancing a very specialized professional field. analysis skills you need to support your work within Modeling of Population Health Data the health and social services sector. Courses are (September 2014)Given society’s growing interest in maintaining provided completely online, and course schedulesand improving the health of our entire population and online learning formats are designed to meet PHDA06: Health Services Program Monitoring and as well as reducing inequalities in health between the time constraints and flexibility needs of work- Evaluation (May 2015)population groups, the demand for this special- ing professionals. You will use software and realized form of data analysis work is high. There is a data sets within a secure research environment. For more information about program prerequisites, The certificate requires completion of four courses structure and offerings, please visit our website and, if space is available, you may register in up to at www.LearningThatShapes.ca/population or two courses for professional development without contact us at 250-721-8481 or [email protected] •• 225500--447722--44669944 populaCtAiLoEnNhDeAaRlStehcdtaiotna 479
Graduate Profile Gina Martin by the Petch Fountain, UVic campus. Photo: Ann GreenwoodGina Martin, Professional Specialization Certificatein Population Health Data AnalysisSee page 47 for program details.Gina Martin is the first graduate from the Professional Specialization When asked about the biggest benefit the program has given to advancingCertificate in Population Health Data Analysis (PHDA) program delivered her career in Population Health, Gina replied, “Learning analytic skills and thenin partnership by Population Data BC and the Division of Continuing Studies applying them using training data that’s similar to real data I come across in myand Dept of Geography at UVic. day-to-day work has been invaluable. It really gives you a good idea about all the statistical methods that are commonly used when analyzing data.”With a Masters in Health Geography from the University of Victoria, Gina workedfor the Centre for Addictions Research of BC during the past three years. eI qfeuelipbpetetderand much“It was really good for me to gain more experience working with large data more confident.sets and use a secure research environment to get used to the complexities ofvarious kinds of datasets we come across daily. The spatial data and network – Gina Martinanalysis work, applied longitudinal analysis techniques and foundational SASskills I learned really benefitted my research work,” said Gina.“I have done some online courses before. I felt the courses in this programwere well organized. The labs were very useful and very applied, instructorswere always available to answer questions and the weekly or biweekly coursemodules provided structure but also some flexibility”.5408 cCoAnLEtNinDuAiRngSescttuiodnies: Learning that shapes who you are Certificate/diploma Credit options Distance/online
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