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Published by the Office of the Registrar under the auspices of the Vice-Rector, Services Editor: Cynthia Foster Design: Christopher Alleyne, Marketing Communications, Concordia University Photographs: S. Bourboulis, P. Carpenter, L. Clemen, B. Hynes, S. Kretzschmer, M-J. Morel, X. Nuez, C. Skarstedt, T. Too, É. Tremblay Printed by: Interglobe Beauceville Inc. Printed on Recycled Paper Copyright • Concordia University • March 1999 Printed in Canada ISBN 0-88947-344-7 CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY’S MISSION STATEMENT Concordia is an urban university which is responsive to the needs of a diverse student population as well as to the bilingual and multicultural environment in which it resides. It is a welcoming community where values of equality, non- discrimination and tolerance of diversity are appreciated and actively promoted. Furthermore, Concordia is committed to responsible and innovative leadership in fulfilling the mission of universities to develop and disseminate knowledge and values and to act as a social critic. The University seeks to achieve this end by offering its students inclusive and accessible academic programmes which stress a broad- based, interdisciplinary approach to learning, as well as by a dedication to superior teaching supported by the best possible research, scholarship, creative activity and service to society. Through these means, the University prepares its graduates, at all levels, to live as informed and responsibly critical citizens who are committed to learning and to the spirit of enquiry. The Calendar is an official University document defining academic programmes and the regulations which pertain to them. It is accurate as of its printing date. The University Senate reserves the right to modify the academic programmes and regulations at its discretion after the publication date of the Calendar. In addition, the University reserves the right to modify the published scale of tuition and other student fees at any time before the beginning of the upcoming academic year. The most current information is available from the Office of the Registrar and, for graduate programmes, the School of Graduate Studies. Moreover, the information contained in the Calendar or any other University document related to academic programmes and regulations is subject to verification and correction by the Office of the Registrar and the School of Graduate Studies. (cid:127) Not all courses listed in this Calendar are offered this year. Students are advised to consult the Undergraduate Class Schedule for a timetable of courses offered. (cid:127) For information concerning graduate programmes, contact the School of Graduate Studies — (514) 848-3800. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page ACADEMICCALENDAR ........................... 11 13 ADMINISTRATION ................................ 12 19 ADMISSIONREGULATIONS ........................ 13 25 MATUREENTRY ................................. 14 33 TUITIONANDFEES............................... 15 39 ACADEMICINFORMATION:DEFINITIONSANDREGULATIONS 16 45 RIGHTSANDRESPONSIBILITIES .................... 17.10 68 OMBUDSOFFICE ................................ 17.20 77 STUDENTLIFEANDSTUDENTSERVICES ............. 18 79 StudentLifeandStudentServices .................... 18.1 80 DeanofStudents................................. 18.2 80 AdvocacyandSupportServices ...................... 18.3 80 CounsellingandDevelopment ....................... 18.4 82 HealthServices .................................. 18.5 84 RecreationandAthletics ........................... 18.6 85 FinancialAidandAwardsOffice ...................... 18.7 85 Socio-EconomicServices ........................... 18.8 90 INTERNATIONALSTUDENTS ....................... 19 91 STUDENTANDALUMNIASSOCIATIONS .............. 20 99 CENTREFORCONTINUINGEDUCATION .............. 21 103 OPENANDDISTANCELEARNING ................... 22 109 TEACHERTRAININGANDCERTIFICATION ............ 23 111 INSTITUTEFORCO-OPERATIVEEDUCATION .......... 24 113 CONVOCATIONMEDALSANDPRIZES ................ 25 119 FACULTYOFARTSANDSCIENCE................... 31 123 ArtsandScience ................................. 31.001 124 ProgrammesandAdmissionRequirements .............. 31.002 125 DegreeRequirements ............................. 31.003 128 3 TABLEOFCONTENTS AdultEducation(see§31.090.1) AppliedHumanSciences ........................... 31.010 133 Biology ........................................ 31.030 142 ChemistryandBiochemistry ......................... 31.050 151 Classics,ModernLanguagesandLinguistics ............. 31.060 158 CommunicationStudies ............................ 31.070 174 Economics ..................................... 31.080 184 Education ...................................... 31.090 192 English ........................................ 31.100 203 EnglishasaSecondLanguage(see§31.320) Étudesfrançaises ................................ 31.110 216 ExerciseScience ................................. 31.120 232 Geography ..................................... 31.130 238 Geology ....................................... 31.140 245 History ........................................ 31.160 250 InterdisciplinaryStudies ............................ 31.170 262 Journalism ..................................... 31.180 267 LeisureSciences(see§31.010) LibraryStudies .................................. 31.190 271 MathematicsandStatistics .......................... 31.200 274 Philosophy ..................................... 31.220 284 Physics ........................................ 31.230 290 PoliticalScience ................................. 31.240 296 Psychology ..................................... 31.250 306 Religion ....................................... 31.270 316 ScienceandHumanAffairs ......................... 31.300 324 SociologyandAnthropology ......................... 31.310 327 SouthernAsiaStudies(see§31.170) TeachingofEnglishasaSecondLanguage ............. 31.320 339 TheologicalStudies ............................... 31.330 346 UrbanStudies ................................... 31.340 350 Women’sStudies(see§31.560) ComputerScience(Minor) .......................... 31.400 353 4 TABLEOFCONTENTS Colleges,InstitutesandSchools ...................... 31.500 353 Co-operativeEducation ............................ 31.515 353 LiberalArtsCollege ............................... 31.520 354 LonerganUniversityCollege ......................... 31.530 358 SchoolofCommunityandPublicAffairs ................ 31.540 361 ScienceCollege ................................. 31.550 364 SimonedeBeauvoirInstituteandWomen’sStudies........ 31.560 367 FACULTYOFCOMMERCEANDADMINISTRATION ...... 61 373 CommerceandAdministration ....................... 61.10 374 AdmissionRequirements ........................... 61.20 374 UndergraduateDegreeProgrammes ................... 61.21 375 TheCreditCore.................................. 61.22 375 GeneralInformation ............................... 61.30 377 FacultyofCommerceandAdministrationCourses ......... 61.35 378 Accountancy .................................... 61.40 380 DecisionSciencesandManagementInformationSystems ... 61.50 384 Economics ..................................... 61.60 388 Finance........................................ 61.70 389 InternationalBusiness ............................. 61.80 393 Management .................................... 61.90 395 Marketing ...................................... 61.100 399 Administration ................................... 61.120 402 ProgrammeOptionsforNon-CommerceStudents ......... 61.140 403 ComputerScience ................................ 61.150 404 SpecialCertificateProgrammes ...................... 61.160 404 SpecialProgrammesinAccountancy .................. 61.170 404 FACULTYOFENGINEERINGANDCOMPUTERSCIENCE .. 71 407 FacultyofEngineeringandComputerScience............ 71.10 408 BEng ......................................... 71.20 411 DepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineering ....... 71.30 415 DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering ................. 71.40 420 DepartmentofBuilding,CivilandEnvironmentalEngineering . 71.50 425 5 TABLEOFCONTENTS EngineeringCourseDescriptions ..................... 71.60 429 DepartmentofComputerScience ..................... 71.70 451 FACULTYOFFINEARTS .......................... 81 461 ProgrammesandAdmissionRequirements .............. 81.10 462 DegreeRequirements ............................. 81.20 464 FineArtsCoursesofFaculty-WideInterest .............. 81.30 466 InterdisciplinaryStudiesinSexuality ................... 81.35 467 ArtEducationandArtTherapy ....................... 81.40 468 ArtHistory ...................................... 81.50 472 MelHoppenheimSchoolofCinema ................... 81.60 478 ContemporaryDance .............................. 81.70 489 DesignArt ...................................... 81.80 491 DigitalImage/SoundandtheFineArts ................. 81.90 494 Music ......................................... 81.100 496 StudioArts ..................................... 81.110 506 StudioArt ..................................... 506 Ceramics ..................................... 507 Fibres ........................................ 508 InterdisciplinaryStudies ........................... 509 PaintingandDrawing............................. 509 Photography ................................... 510 PrintMedia .................................... 511 Sculpture ..................................... 512 WomenandtheFineArts ......................... 512 Theatre ........................................ 81.120 522 FACULTY ...................................... 100 531 EQUIVALENTSINDEX ............................. 200 555 AWARDS,PRIZESANDSCHOLARSHIPS .............. 300 573 GRADUATEPROGRAMMES ........................ 400 591 INDEX ......................................... 500 595 6 TABLEOFCONTENTS ConcordiaUniversityisoneofthelargesturbanuniversitiesinCanada.Ithastwocampuses—one indowntownMontréal(SirGeorgeWilliams),theotherinaresidentialsettinginthecity’swestend (Loyola). TheUniversityhaslongpromotedaccessibility,innovationandaninterdisciplinaryapproachto learningasitsfundamentalcharacteristics.Asanurbanuniversity,itisalsoresponsivetoMontréal’s bilingualandmulticulturalenvironment,andhasastrongtraditioninpart-timeeducation. Approximately95%ofConcordia’sstudentsareCanadiansand5%areInternationalstudents. Approximately15%ofConcordiastudentslistFrenchastheirmothertongue. Morethan4,000studentsayeararegranteddegreesatthegraduateandundergraduatelevels. Over500studentsearnscholarshipsandfellowships. Concordiaemploysabout3,000people,bothfull-timeandpart-time,including696full-timeprofessors, 958part-timeinstructors,and33professionallibrarians.Amongthepart-timeinstructorsisalarge numberofprofessionalsdrawnfromtheartisticcommunityandthebusinessworld. Forthelastfiscalyear,thevalueofgrantsandcontractsallottedtoConcordiaresearchersisinthe amountof15milliondollars.ParticularlyactiveareasofresearcharePsychology,Electrical Engineering,MechanicalEngineering,andComputerScience.OtherresearchstrengthsareBuilding Studies,TransportationEngineering,CellandMolecularBiology,BehaviouralNeurobiology,Human DevelopmentandManagementStudies. Concordiarecognizestheincreasingimportanceofinternationalacademicrelationsanditoperatesa CentreforInternationalAcademicCooperationtoencourage,monitorandco-ordinatetheUniversity’s internationalactivities.Duringthepastdecade,Concordiaprofessorshavetravelledtomorethan 100countries,andConcordiacontinuestoplayhosttovisitingstudentsandprofessorsfromevery corneroftheglobe.FormallinkageshavebeenestablishedwithuniversitiesinBrazil,thePeople’s RepublicofChina,France,theFederalRepublicofGermany,HongKong,India,Israel,Japan,the Netherlands,Poland,TrinidadandTobago,theUnitedStatesandZimbabwe.Researchandstudy programmeshavealsobeenheldinCostaRica,GreatBritain,Greece,andItaly,amongothers. TheUniversityholdsthedistinctionofbeingthefirstinthewesternworldtoestablishajointdoctoral programmewithauniversityinThePeople’sRepublicofChina,andConcordiaisstillactiveinthat country.FormalexchangeprogrammeshavebeenestablishedwitheightofthePRC’sleading academicinstitutions.Asaconsequence,ConcordiaprofessorsnowtraveltoChinatoteachPhD coursesinCivilEngineering,ComputerScience,andagrowingarrayofotherdisciplinesinthearts, sciencesandengineering. ConcordiaistheonlyEnglish-languageUniversityinQuébecwithaCo-operativeEducationprogramme, aprocessbywhichacademicstudytermsarealternatedwithworktermsinbusinessandindustryto givestudentspractical,on-the-jobexperience.TheareasofworkexperienceincludedintheConcordia programmeareAccountancy,Biochemistry,BuildingEngineering,Chemistry,CivilEngineering, ComputerScience,Economics,ElectricalEngineering,FrenchTranslation,IndustrialEngineering, ManagementInformationSystems(MIS),Mathematics,MechanicalEngineering,andPhysics. Establishedin1974withthemergerofLoyolaCollegeandSirGeorgeWilliamsUniversity,Concordia offersmorethan250graduateandundergraduateprogrammesinfourFaculties(ArtsandScience, CommerceandAdministration,EngineeringandComputerScience,andFineArts)andtheSchoolof GraduateStudies.Attheundergraduatelevel,theUniversityoffersBAdmin,BA,BComm,BCompSc, BEd,BEng,BFA,andBScdegrees. Atthegraduatelevel,theUniversityawardsMA,MSc,MTM,MBA,MASc,MCompSc,MEng,and MFAdegrees. ProgrammesleadingtothePhDdegreeareofferedinAdministration,ArtEducation,ArtHistory,Biology, BuildingStudies,Chemistry,CivilEngineering,Communication,ComputerScience,Economics, EducationalTechnology,ElectricalandComputerEngineering,History,Humanities,Mathematics, MechanicalEngineering,Physics,Psychology,Religion,andinSpecialIndividualizedprogrammes. 7 CONCORDIAUNIVERSITY Thefollowinggraduatecertificateprogrammesareoffered:CulturalAffairsandEventManagement, CommunityOrganizationalDevelopment,ManagementAccountancy,ManagementofHealthCare Organizations,BuildingEngineering,andMechanicalEngineering. TheUniversityalsooffersgraduatediplomaprogrammesinAccountancyandAdministration,Adult Education,AdvancedMusicPerformanceStudies,ArtEducation,CommunicationStudies,Computer Science,EconomicPolicy,InstructionalTechnology,Journalism,SportAdministration,andTranslation. Enrolmentinthe1998-99AcademicYearwas: Full-timeundergraduate 10,775 Full-timegraduate 2,598 Part-timeundergraduate 8,333 Part-timegraduate 762 Independentstudents 2,164 InadditiontotheprogrammesdescribedinthisCalendarandintheSchoolofGraduateStudies Calendar,theUniversityoffersawiderangeofsummercoursesandprogrammesonboth campuses.Aseparatepublicationlistingsummerofferingsispublishedannually. ConcordiaisontheInternetwithaWebsitethatallowsvisitorstolearnallabouttheUniversity. Optionsallowtheusertoaccessacademicinformation,goonatourofthelibraries,locatecampus activities,findinformationforstudentsandaboutadministrativeservices,searchthroughthe directoryandsigntheguestbook.Concordia’sWebsiteaddressishttp://www.concordia.ca. ServiceCentre LocatedintheJ.W.McConnellLibraryBuilding,theBirksStudentServiceCentreisaone-stop servicecentrethatprovidesintegratedfront-lineAdmissions,StudentAccountsaswellasall registrarialservices.Inaddition,theCentremaintainsaself-servicetouch-screenterminalforreports ofstanding.Otherself-serviceapplicationsavailabletostudentsincludeCARL—Concordia AutomatedResponseLine,abilingualtouch-tonesystemforgradesandregistration. TheBirksStudentServiceCentrealsooffersCampusToursservices.Theseincludenotonly informationonacademicprogrammesanduniversityactivitiesbutalsoself-guided,general,and customizedvisitsofbothcampuses. Libraries ConcordiaUniversityLibrariesincludetheWebsterLibraryontheSirGeorgeWilliamsCampus (downtown)andtheVanierLibraryontheLoyolaCampus.Bothlibrariesofferthesameservices, althoughtheircollectionsdifferincontent.Collectionsincludebooks,periodicals,indexes, governmentpublications,microforms,audio-visualmaterialsandelectronicresources. Bothlibrarieshavereferenceandresearchcollectionsinsupportoftheprogrammesandcourses offeredontheirrespectivecampuses.TheWebsterLibrarymeetstheneedsofstudentsin commerceandadministration,finearts,particularlythevisualarts,humanities,socialsciences (includingeducation),engineeringandcomputerscience,andpureandappliedsciences. TheVanierLibrarycollectionincludestheareasofcommerceandadministration,finearts, particularlytheperformingarts,theatreandmusic,humanities,socialsciencesandsomesciences (mathematicsandexercisescience). Variouselectronicinformationservicesareavailableinbothlibraries.CLUES,thelibraryinformation system,includesthecatalogueofthelibraries’collectionsandlinkstoexternaldatabases.Students canalsochoosefromanumberofbibliographicandfull-textdatabaseswhichprovidereferencesto periodicalliteratureinmostsubjectareas;manyofthesedatabasescanbesearchedfromhome. Userscanconsultsubjectlibrarians,whoareresponsibleforbothselectionandreferencework withindefinedsubjectareas.Inadditiontoprovidingassistancetoresearchers,subjectlibrarians offerindividualandgroupinstructioninresearchmethodology,includingtheuseofelectronic resources. Undergraduatestudentsmayborrowbooksforatwo-weekperiod.Audio-visualmaterialsmayhave ashorterloanperiod.Thelibraries’interlibraryloanservicefacilitatesdocumentdeliveryand borrowingofmaterialsfromotherlibrariesatthelocal,nationalorinternationallevel. Completeinformationconcerningthelibraries’collectionsandservices,includingthenamesof subjectlibrarians,ismadeavailableinprintformatinthelibrariesorinelectronicformatonthe libraries’Websiteathttp://juno.concordia.ca. 8 CONCORDIAUNIVERSITY