Academic Calendar 2022-2023

Bader College (BADR)

BADR 100  Thinking Locally  Units: 3.00  

This introductory course provides first-year students with a selection of key skills and theories from across a number of disciplines (Film and Media, Geography, History, Sociology) that will allow them to engage with their further studies and their role in a globalised environment with confidence, intelligence and ambition.

Learning Hours: 152.4 (14.4L, 12 Seminar, 6 Practicum, 6 Group Learning, 42 Off-Campus Activity, 72 Private Study)  
Requirements: Prerequisite Level 1 or above. Exclusion FILM 106; GPHY 101. Equivalency BISC 100/3.0.  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  
BADR 101  Acting Globally  Units: 3.00  

This is an introductory course, complementing and extending BISC 100, focused on skills and approaches from a number of disciplines (Film and Media, Geography, History, and Sociology). Academic skills will be honed by centering on centrifugal forces of mobility, exchange and action. Processes such as warring, colonizing, trading, connecting and leading are highlighted.

Learning Hours: 152.4 (14.4L, 12 Seminar, 6 Practicum, 6 Group Learning, 42 Off-Campus Activity, 72 Private Study)  
Requirements: Prerequisite Level 1 or above. Equivalency BISC 101/3.0.  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  
BADR 200  Creativity and Activism in a Postcolonial World  Units: 3.00  

In this course students will work collectively to investigate creative and activist responses to colonialism and its long aftermath. The course uses case studies from several locations and students will become confident in using cultural theory to analyze how colonialism permeates many aspects of these countries' lives.
NOTE  BADR 200 will be offered in person at, and synchronous remotely from Bader College (formerly the BISC), Herstmonceux, UK.
LEARNING HOURS  117.2 (15.6L;15.6S;12G;8O;6Oc;60P).

Requirements: Prerequisite   Level 2 or above or BADR 100. 
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science 
 
BADR 300  Dynamic Collaboration in a Global Environment  Units: 3.00  

Academic and professional collaboration is now increasingly taking place in a global environment. This course highlights the opportunities and challenges of global collaboration with the objective of teaching students key skills for successful collaborative work using inquiry-based group research projects.
NOTE  BADR 300 will be delivered from Bader College (formerly the BISC) as a synchronous remote offering.
LEARNING HOURS  117 (12S;12G;9I;24O;60P).

Requirements: Prerequisite   Level 3 or above or (BADR 100 and BADR 101) or BADR 200.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science