University Credit Distance Courses

Winter 2012

CRIM 213-3.0: Women and Crime

This course will examine the history of women and crime and consider crime as constructed discourse with particular gendered implications. An examination of the Canadian social control apparatus and how, historically it has been used in relation to women as both offenders and as victims. Finally, a look at the criminal justice processing of women, with a focus on rural and Aboriginal peoples to illustrate how the conceptualization and response to crime reflects and reproduces our stratified social order.
Prerequisites: CRIM 101 or CRIM 131

GEOG 204-3.0: Spatial Analysis and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Introduction to the theory and practical applications of analytic techniques used to study spatial information in Geography and other disciplines. The types of spatial data that exist together with methods of collection in the field and analysis of spatial data using statistical methods are examined. Concepts associated with integrating spatial data in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are presented as well as techniques used in planning and resource management. Laboratories emphasize gaining practical skills in analyzing spatial data with computers. This course is relevant to all students who deal with spatial information including those interested in Geography, Biology, Ecology, Forestry and Environmental Sciences.
Prerequisites: GEOG 150 or GEOG 160 or GEOL 157 and CPSC 111 or CPSC 141