Liberal Education
These courses are restricted to students who have been accepted
into the third year of a Kwantlen’s degree program
Work, Technology and Society
Students will learn to critically examine technology’s impact on
work and the relationships of people, groups and systems.
Study of Cultures
Students will use inter-disciplinary perspectives and techniques to
study various human cultures. They will develop a sense of the
cultural elements they will encounter in their careers and
communities.
Critical Thinking, Logic and Scientific Reasoning
Students will develop skills in close reading, rational
argumentation, rhetoric and analysis and evaluation of scientific,
statistical and causal arguments.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1100 or 1110
Deduction and Induction
Students will develop skill in deductive logic and in analysis and
evaluation of scientific, statistical and causal arguments.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1100 or 1110
Science and Technology -An Historical & Philosophical
Overview
Students will examine key debates concerning science and
technology from an inter-disciplinary approach. They will also be
introduced to historical and philosophical perspectives on science
and technology.
Power Relationships I
Students will study a variety of perspectives on many forms of
power, collective and personal. They will analyze the evolution and
transformations of power, the relationships between power and
powerlessness, internal and external power, and the rewards and
costs of power. Students will learn the causes and effects of power
in a variety of contexts, including the workplace.
Power Relationships II
Students will examine collective and personal power in a variety of
contexts. They will analyze structures of state power as well as
structures of inequality and oppression in the state, the legal
system, the workplace and the home.
Literature of the Humanities
Students will study influential writers and thinkers who have
helped shape western culture, imagination, and thought. They will
read, discuss, and write about imaginative literature such as poetry,
plays, and novels; and non-fiction prose drawn from religious,
philosophical, political or scientific thought. Students will examine
the language and ideas of such diverse writers as Plato,
Shakespeare, or John Stuart Mill to come to a better understanding
of how western assumptions about human nature and society have
been formed.
Prerequisites: A C grade or better in one of the following courses:
ENGL
1100 or ENGL 1110 or equivalent
Themes in Contemporary Culture
Students will study issues and arguments in contemporary culture
reflected in essays or articles, and selected prose readings from the
Massey Lectures series. They will read, discuss and write about
contemporary issues related to science and technology; politics and
democratic citizenry; language, education, and the media.
Prerequisites: A C grade or better in one of the following courses:
ENGL
1100 or
1110
Ethics and Social Issues
Students will be introduced to a variety of approaches to ethical
issues related to business, technology and society. They will
examine select philosophical and ethical theories, as well as specific
topics such as the conflict between the rights of the individual and
the interests of society.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1100 or 1110
Innovation and Creativity
Students will explore the nature and role of creativity, from an
individual and team perspective with particular emphasis on
business environment. They will examine principles, theories and
models for creativity, with a heavy emphasis on experiential
techniques. Students will investigate the role of the creative process
within various organizational contexts in an effort to stimulate and
develop their personal creative process, with emphasis on creative
leadership and the case study approach.
Prerequisites: A min. of 60 credits of any 1100 or higher level courses.
Community Involvement and Contribution
Students will work with a community oriented agency to complete
a mutually agreed upon project that focuses on an issue or problem
faced by the agency. Through this project, they will integrate liberal
education and business concepts. Students will also be involved in
classroom-based analysis and reflection about the
interrelationships among organization, culture and society.
