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Business Mathematics (MATH-111)
If your career plan includes working in the business world or not, MATH-111 is a valuable elective. Be prepared for the mathematical applications needed in the business world, including calculating GST and PST on a retail item, finding ratios or proration of an expense, determining cash or trade discounts, calculating a markup or markdown on an item, and finding the breakeven point between sales and costs.
In this course you’ll do a lot of problem solving (i.e., word problems and calculations), but interest rate calculations are the primary focus. With all the changes in interest rates in Canada over the last few years (and years to come), this is an important topic to understand for anyone with a mortgage or loan or looking to get a mortgage or loan. Learn to calculate a loan or investment’s interest portion, or how long it takes to pay off a loan at different payment points, or how to decide between different payment cycles (i.e., bi-weekly or monthly payments). Make sure you’re informed for these types of decisions – this is the time to enrol in business mathematics.
Film Adaptation (ENGL-280)
Step away from the typical English course and into the world of film adaptation. In this course, you’ll study a lot more than just literature; it is a course about popular culture, visual technologies, and film. Take part in workshops to learn to build your own pinhole camera and process the images and attend Cranbrook Community Theatre’s dramatic reading of A Christmas Carol.
Films you can expect to discuss are Barbie (2023), Echo (2023), and A Muppet’s Christmas Carol (1992). Readings include comic books (Echo), a Stephen King novella, and the young-adult classic Are you there, God? It’s me, Margaret.
Still not sure or concerned you don’t meet the pre-requisites, reach out to instructor Caley Ehnes at cehnes@cotr.bc.ca to discuss potential options.
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GEOG 211)
What are Geographic Information Systems (GIS)? They are computer systems used for capturing, storing, analyzing, and displaying geographical (spatial) data. Used in several fields including natural resources, public health, urban planning, agriculture, and more, the need for GIS specialists is growing and expected to continue to grow. As a GEOG 211 student, you’ll collect and process actual data signals from GPS satellites, discover how to make digital maps from self-provided and existing data sources, including meaningful maps related to personal journeys, events, and locations.
Led by instructor Dr. Nicholas Kinar, learn skills useful for application in environmental monitoring and real-world careers. Download data directly sent from GOES-18 and/or NOAA satellites in real time, learn techniques related to Structure from Motion (SfM), and process LiDAR point clouds to obtain digital models of the land surface and the built environment. As a GEOG 211 student, you will have access to professional GIS software, including Free and Open Source software that can be accessed indefinitely outside of the classroom at no cost to you.
Personal Financial Planning (FINS-215)
Is buying a home always a better choice than renting? How do you finance a home? Do you understand all the components of your vehicle insurance or the benefits of health and life insurance? Personal Financial Planning provides you with the opportunity to learn the answers to these questions – and more.
Get started on a lifetime path of financial responsibility and stability. Personal finance, wealth accumulation, and financial planning are skills you’re going to need, whether for your career or your life. Gain the knowledge and tools you need to understand and develop your personal financial plan through practical decision-making in real-world scenarios and the application of basic concepts through case studies.
Computer Applications in Business (COMP-154)
Theory and practical skills come together in COMP 154 to give you a solid foundation in a variety of business applications like Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, and Outlook). If you’re looking to take the CPA program in the future, COMP 154 combined with MGMT 320, fulfill part of the IT prerequisites for that program.
Our students tell us that the skills and knowledge gained in this course helps lead to success in other areas with many reporting the skills they developed in this course helped them to find and retain lucrative employment opportunities. COMP 154 can also prepare you for other courses, whether you need to write documents, create and manage spreadsheets, design and create databases, deliver presentations, or use any of the other features for communication and scheduling available in Outlook.
Introduction to Politics and Government (POLI-100)
Gain a foundational understanding of political science’s key concepts and practicalities, including the fundamental nature of politics; power in all its guises; government systems; political beliefs, attitudes, and values; and various ideologies. From these bases, we’ll then consider constitution(s), executive(s), bureaucracy(ies), party(ies), interest group(s), election(s), and international relations. From your study and by working up case studies, you should become better informed politically and able to proceed to other political science courses.
Pre-Confederation Canada (HIST-201)
This course surveys Canada’s past to 1867, exploring the original inhabitants, Indigenous Peoples; French settlers and English conquerors; colonial immigrants, labourers, businessmen, politicians, and women. We’ll look at these historical agents through associated significant events, such as group contact/relations, expansion/settlement processes, military battles/rebellions, economic undertakings, and political evolutions. Major analytical categories of race/ethnicity, class, and gender as well as
concepts of historical consciousness help inform these examinations. From your study, you should come to better understand the time before Confederation and be more able to place Canada’s current context into perspective.
Canadian-American Relations 1867 to the Present (HIST-208)
Canada and the United States’ relationship has been framed as special. For some time, it included Great Britain, so that adjunct partner must be incorporated. Over time, the relationship hasn’t always been peaceful, so military, political, economic, and cultural annexation attempts must be studied. Finally, it featured demands and missteps, so disinterest and awkwardness must be explored. Ultimately, students come to understand how a shared history based upon Canadians’ anti-American beliefs resulted in a mercurial, ambivalent, and three-sided relationship.
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