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N D E R 6 Car0l igouUI pjchis SGW lOl5 University Mailing Addresses Sir George Williams Campus Loyola Campus 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd W. 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. Montréal, Québec Montréal, Québec H3G 1M8 H4B 1R6 Web Address http://www.concordia.ca CommunicationofInformationtoProvincialMinistryofEducation UnderthetermsofanagreementbetweenConcordiaUniversityandthe provincialMinistryofEducation,approvedbytheQuébecAccesstoInformation Commission,ConcordiaUniversityisrequiredtotransmittotheMinistrysomeor allofthefollowinginformationconcerningitsstudents:thestudent’spermanent code,completename,dateofbirth,gender,father’scompletename,mother’s completenameandplaceofbirth.Thisinformationisbeingtransmitted,atthe Ministry’srequest,inordertoprovidetheMinistrywiththetoolstoproperly calculatefundingforConcordiaUniversity,forplanningpurposesandtoensure thepropermanagementofpublicfunds. 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 (cid:127) Concordia University (cid:127) December 1999 Printed in Canada ISBN 0-88947-364-1 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 86 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 ......................... 31.050 150 Classics,ModernLanguagesandLinguistics ............. 31.060 157 CommunicationStudies ............................ 31.070 173 Economics ..................................... 31.080 183 Education ...................................... 31.090 191 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 ........................................ 31.160 249 InterdisciplinaryStudies ............................ 31.170 260 Journalism ..................................... 31.180 265 LeisureSciences(see§31.010) LibraryStudies .................................. 31.190 269 MathematicsandStatistics .......................... 31.200 272 Philosophy ..................................... 31.220 282 Physics ........................................ 31.230 288 PoliticalScience ................................. 31.240 294 Psychology ..................................... 31.250 304 Religion ....................................... 31.270 314 ScienceandHumanAffairs ......................... 31.300 322 SociologyandAnthropology ......................... 31.310 325 SouthernAsiaStudies(see§31.170) TeachingofEnglishasaSecondLanguage ............. 31.320 337 TheologicalStudies ............................... 31.330 344 UrbanStudies ................................... 31.340 348 Women’sStudies(see§31.560) ComputerScience(Minor) .......................... 31.400 351 4 TABLEOFCONTENTS Colleges,InstitutesandSchools ...................... 31.500 351 Co-operativeEducation ............................ 31.515 351 LiberalArtsCollege ............................... 31.520 352 LonerganUniversityCollege ......................... 31.530 356 SchoolofCommunityandPublicAffairs ................ 31.540 359 ScienceCollege ................................. 31.550 362 SimonedeBeauvoirInstituteandWomen’sStudies........ 31.560 365 FACULTYOFCOMMERCEANDADMINISTRATION ...... 61 369 CommerceandAdministration ....................... 61.10 370 AdmissionRequirements ........................... 61.20 370 UndergraduateDegreeProgrammes ................... 61.21 371 TheCreditCore.................................. 61.22 371 GeneralInformation ............................... 61.30 373 FacultyofCommerceandAdministrationCourses ......... 61.35 374 Accountancy .................................... 61.40 376 DecisionSciencesandManagementInformationSystems ... 61.50 380 Economics ..................................... 61.60 384 Finance........................................ 61.70 385 InternationalBusiness ............................. 61.80 389 Management .................................... 61.90 391 Marketing ...................................... 61.100 395 Administration ................................... 61.120 398 ProgrammeOptionsforNon-CommerceStudents ......... 61.140 399 ComputerScience ................................ 61.150 400 SpecialCertificateProgrammes ...................... 61.160 400 SpecialProgrammesinAccountancy .................. 61.170 400 FACULTYOFENGINEERINGANDCOMPUTERSCIENCE .. 71 403 FacultyofEngineeringandComputerScience............ 71.10 404 BEng ......................................... 71.20 407 DepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineering ....... 71.30 411 DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering ................. 71.40 416 DepartmentofBuilding,CivilandEnvironmentalEngineering . 71.50 421 5 TABLEOFCONTENTS EngineeringCourseDescriptions ..................... 71.60 425 DepartmentofComputerScience ..................... 71.70 448 DigitalImage/SoundandComputerScience ............. 71.80 458 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 ................. 81.90 495 Music ......................................... 81.100 497 StudioArts ..................................... 81.110 507 StudioArt ..................................... 507 Ceramics ..................................... 508 Fibres ........................................ 509 InterdisciplinaryStudies ........................... 510 PaintingandDrawing............................. 510 Photography ................................... 511 PrintMedia .................................... 511 Sculpture ..................................... 512 WomenandtheFineArts ......................... 513 Theatre ........................................ 81.120 523 FACULTY ...................................... 100 531 EQUIVALENTSINDEX ............................. 200 557 AWARDS,PRIZESANDSCHOLARSHIPS .............. 300 575 GRADUATEPROGRAMMES ........................ 400 595 INDEX ......................................... 500 599 6 TABLEOFCONTENTS ConcordiaUniversityisoneofthelargesturbanuniversitiesinCanada.Ithastwocampuses—one indowntownMontréal(SirGeorgeWilliams),theotherinaresidentialsettinginthecity’swestend (Loyola). TheUniversityhaslongpromotedaccessibility,innovationandaninterdisciplinaryapproachto learningasitsfundamentalcharacteristics.Asanurbanuniversity,itisalsoresponsivetoMontréal’s bilingualandmulticulturalenvironment,andhasastrongtraditioninpart-timeeducation. Approximately94%ofConcordia’sstudentsareCanadiansand6%areInternationalstudents. Approximately15%ofConcordiastudentslistFrenchastheirmothertongue. Morethan4,000studentsayeararegranteddegreesatthegraduateandundergraduatelevels. Over500studentsearnscholarshipsandfellowships. Concordiaemploysabout2,600people,bothfull-timeandpart-time,including696full-timeprofessors, 795part-timeinstructors(CUPFAonly),and26professionallibrarians.Amongthepart-timeinstructors isalargenumberofprofessionalsdrawnfromtheartisticcommunityandthebusinessworld. Forthelastfiscalyear,thevalueofgrantsandcontractsallottedtoConcordiaresearchersisinthe amountof16.5milliondollars.ParticularlyactiveareasofresearcharePsychology,Electricaland ComputerEngineering,MechanicalEngineering,andComputerScience.Otherresearchstrengths areBuildingStudies,TransportationEngineering,CellandMolecularBiology,Behavioural Neurobiology,HumanDevelopmentandManagementStudies. Concordiarecognizestheincreasingimportanceofinternationalacademicrelationsanditoperatesa CentreforInternationalAcademicCooperationtoencourage,monitorandco-ordinatetheUniversity’s internationalactivities.Duringthepastdecade,Concordiaprofessorshavetravelledtomorethan 100countries,andConcordiacontinuestoplayhosttovisitingstudentsandprofessorsfromevery corneroftheglobe.FormallinkageshavebeenestablishedwithuniversitiesinBrazil,thePeople’s RepublicofChina,France,Germany,HongKong,India,Israel,Japan,theNetherlands,Poland, TrinidadandTobago,theUnitedStatesandZimbabwe.Researchandstudyprogrammeshavealso beenheldinCostaRica,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,EnvironmentalEngineering,andMechanicalEngineering. TheUniversityalsooffersgraduatediplomaprogrammesinAccountancyandAdministration,Adult Education,AdvancedMusicPerformanceStudies,ArtEducation,CommunicationStudies,Computer Science,EconomicPolicy,InstructionalTechnology,Journalism,SportAdministration,andTranslation. EnrolmentasofFall1999was: Full-timeundergraduate 11,482 Full-timegraduate 2,612 Part-timeundergraduate 8,304 Part-timegraduate 662 Independentstudents 2,258 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