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(Spring CRN / / Fall CRN /) This course analyzes the marriage and family life from a sociological perspective. It provides an overview of social changes over the past century, such as the falling birth rate, the rise in cohabitation and the legalization of same-sex marriage. Topics include marriage and fertility trends, the rise of intensive parenting and the dual earner family, the normalization of separation and divorce, the social cost of family violence, and how technology is influencing parenting. Cross-listed as WMGS 221. Three credits

(Spring CRN  |Summer CRN ) This course will give an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics include descriptive statistics; graphical display of data, random variables and probability distributions, parameter estimations, hypothesis testing and simple linear regression. Students will learn to use statistical software tools; to identify bias in data collection; to organize and summarize data; to make inferences from data and to be able to test the significance of the results. Acceptable for credit in the Faculties of Arts and Business, and the Departments of Human Kinetics, Human Nutrition and B.Sc. Nursing. STAT 101.H will focus on applications to health sciences and STAT 101.B will focus on applications to business and economics. Credit will be granted for only one of STAT 101, STAT 224, STAT 231, or PSYC 292(290). Three credits. 

The Library provides a variety of library skills workshops, including Library Research 101, Managing References with Zotero, Citing Your Sources, and Data, among others. Workshops are free of charge and open to all. Participants can choose a workshop and register online. 

Module 1: Assessing, Introducing, and Developing Strategies for Professional Development

The StFX Centre for Online Learning & Professional Studies is pleased to offer this six-week, non-credit course in Assessing, Introducing, and Developing Strategies for Professional Development. This course offers practical strategies for improving skills in assessing, introducing, and developing strategies for professional development.

Participants will be guided synchronously through weekly topics such as assessing training needs, introduction to research, acknowledging the various styles of learning, developing learning objectives, and designing instruction initiatives. Topics will be reinforced through interactive activities, group engagement and instructor feedback.

Synchronous Class Dates: Synchronous (Wednesdays 7-10pm Atlantic Time) January 8 - February 12

Participants MUST complete this module prior to completing Module 2: Facilitating, Implementing, and Evaluating Effective Learning Outcomes.

Participants will earn a Certificate in Professional Development & Facilitation when they have completed both Module 1: Assessing, Introducing, and Developing Strategies for Professional Development and Module 2: Facilitating, Implementing, and Evaluating Effective Learning Outcomes.

Module 2: Facilitating, Implementing, and Evaluating Effective Learning Outcomes

Participants must complete Module 1: Assessing, Introducing, and Developing Strategies for Professional Development prior to completing this module.

The StFX Centre for Online Learning & Professional Studies is pleased to offer this six-week, non-credit course in Facilitating, Implementing, and Evaluating Effective Learning Outcomes. This course offers practical strategies for improving skills in facilitating, implementing, and evaluating effective learning outcomes.

Participants will be guided synchronously through weekly topics such as facilitating learning, lifelong learning principles, implementing theories of practice and learning, understanding change management strategies, and evaluating learning principles. Topics will be reinforced through interactive activities, group engagement and instructor feedback.

Synchronous Class Dates: Februrary 26 - April 2 

Participants must complete Module 1: Assessing, Introducing, and Developing Strategies for Professional Development prior to completing this module.

Participants will earn a Certificate in Professional Development & Facilitation when they have completed both Module 1: Assessing, Introducing, and Developing Strategies for Professional Development and Module 2: Facilitating, Implementing, and Evaluating Effective Learning Outcomes.

In Youth-Focused Community Outreach, participants will build on the fundamentals of the Introduction to Community Outreach course and learn how to engage with youth in a way that is meaningful and impactful for all parties. Course facilitators Addy Strickland and Hannah James will support participants to define youth outreach and engagement, share strategies for creating welcoming, youth-friendly spaces, and explore a variety of tools for use in outreach and engagement activities. Participants will make connections and explore various tools and approaches that can be applied to their own contexts. Individual module topics include: defining youth outreach and engagement, meeting youth where they’re at, creating welcoming youth-friendly spaces, tools and strategies to engage youth, asset-based approaches to youth outreach, and trust in action.

Dans le cadre de ce cours, les participants consolideront les bases du cours d’introduction à la sensibilisation communautaire et apprendront à interagir avec les jeunes de façon significative et pertinente pour tous les intervenants. Les facilitatrices de ce cours, Addy Strickland et Hannah James, aideront les participants à définir la sensibilisation et l’engagement des jeunes, à échanger des stratégies pour créer des espaces accueillants et conviviaux pour les jeunes et à découvrir une multitude d’outils pouvant servir aux activités de sensibilisation et d’engagement. Les participants créeront des liens et exploreront divers outils et approches qu’ils peuvent utiliser dans leurs propres situations. Voici les sujets de chaque module : définir la sensibilisation et l’engagement des jeunes; aller à la rencontre des jeunes; créer des espaces accueillants et conviviaux pour les jeunes; les outils et les stratégies pour engager les jeunes; les approches fondées sur les atouts en matière de sensibilisation des jeunes; et la confiance en action.