Courses

January 9, 2009

Competitive Bidding Seminar
Purchasing Services and Corporate Administration are hosting a two-day seminar entitled Update on Competitive Bidding Law 2008-09 and Avoiding Legal Risk in Project Management Jan. 19-20. The lecturer will be lawyer Robert C. Worthington. For more information, contact Purchasing Services at 966-6704.

Continuing Nursing Education
For information, call 966-8360

• Feb. 6, (e-learning event) Alcohol: Exploring Practical Strategies for Creating Community Change
• Feb. 7, Neonatal Resuscitation Program Provider Update 

Continuing Professional Learning - Medicine
For information, call 966-7787

• Jan. 16-17, Infectious Diseases: Are you doing the Right Thing?
• Jan. 16-17, International Medical Graduate Orientation Conference
• Feb. 5-6, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology 2009
• Feb. 7, Neonatal Resuscitation Program

The Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness
Room 50 Murray Building, unless otherwise noted. For information, call 966-2231

• Jan. 12, 2-3:30 pm, Motivation: How Stimulating is Your Teaching? with Edwin Ralph, Education
• Jan. 14, 3:30-4:30 pm, The W. Brett Wilson Centre: Creating Collisions of Ideas with Sanjeev Singh, Edwards School of Business
• Jan. 15, 12:30-1:30 pm, Qu'Appelle Hall 125, Book Club with John Thompson
• Jan. 15, 2:30-4 pm, Peer Evaluations of Teaching and their Impact on Tenure and Promotion with Jim Greer, director of the University Learning Centre
• Jan. 16, 12:30-1:30 pm, Qu'Appelle Hall 125, Book Club with John Thompson
• Jan. 19, 3:30-5 pm, SecondLife Users' Group with Frank Bulk, Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)
• Jan. 21, 2-3 pm, Blogs on campus with ITS staff
• Jan. 21, 3:30-4:30 pm, Teaching in Canada with Mel Hosain, engineering professor emeritus, 3M Fellow Andrew Robinson from the Dept. of Physics, and Angela Ward, College of Education and Fall 2008 master teacher award winner
• Jan. 26, 1:30-4 pm, Reflecting On Your Teaching Philosophy with Kim West, the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness
• Jan. 29, 3-4:30 pm, Interpreting and Using SEEQ Results with Jim Greer and Steve Reid
• Jan. 30, 2:30-4:30 pm, Traveling Roadshow in Kinesiology: Using Clickers in the Classroom with Cyril Coupal of ITS

Edwards School of Business Courses
For information, contact Edwards Business Advisory Services at 966-8686

• Jan. 26-28, Project Management Course

Information Technology Services (ITS)
For info or to register, call 966-4866

• Access 2007 - Intermediate, Jan. 13 & 15, 1:30-4:30 pm, $150 for faculty, staff & students; $185 for others
• Access 2007 - Introduction, Jan. 27, 9 am-4 pm, $125 for faculty, staff & students; $160 for others
• Adobe Acrobat Introduction, Jan. 20 & 22, 9-noon, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $150 for others
• Adobe Illustrator CS3 Introduction, Jan. 20 & 22, 1:30-4:30 pm, $150 for faculty, staff & students; $185 for others
• Adobe Photoshop CS3 Level 1, Jan. 28, 9 am-4 pm, $150 for faculty, staff & students; $185 for others
• Creating Web Forms, Jan. 15, 1:30-4:30 pm, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $70 for others
• Dreamweaver CS3 Intermediate, Jan. 29, 9 am-4:30 pm, $125 for faculty, staff & students; $160 for others
• Excel 2007 Advanced, Jan. 12 & 14, 1:30-4:30 pm, $150 for faculty, staff & students; $185 for others
• Flash Introduction, Jan. 12 & 14, 6:30-10 pm, $180 for faculty, staff & students; $225 for others
• MS Office What's New Seminar, Jan. 16, 1:30-3 pm, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $70 for others
• Podcasting Introduction, Jan. 15, 9-noon, $0 for faculty, staff & students; n/a for others
• PowerPoint Introduction, Jan. 19 & 21, 1:30-3 pm, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $130 for others
• PowerPoint Advanced Workshops, Jan. 9, 1:30-3 pm, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $65 for others
• SAS for Windows Introduction, Jan. 27 & 29, 6:30-8:30 pm, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $130 for others
• SPSS Adv Tech in Output Editor, Jan. 20, 6:30-8:30 pm, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $65 for others
• SPSS Import/Export, Jan. 22, 6:30-9:30 pm, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $65 for others
• Using the U of S Wiki, Jan. 13, 9-noon, $0 for faculty, staff & students; n/a for others
• Word 2007 Footnotes & Figures / Master Documents, Jan. 23, 1:30-3 pm, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $70 for others
• UniFi and EMAP course information may be found at http://training.usask.ca

Online Courses: TeachUSIT are free online courses for U of S faculty, staff and students and include Microsoft Office applications training and Windows operating systems training. For more information and to register, visit http://teachusit.usask.ca

Workplace Safety & Environmental Protection
Classes held in Room 140 Research Annex unless otherwise noted. For info, call 966-8492 or visit www.usask.ca/dhse

• Biosafety: Jan. 14, 8:30 am-4 pm; Feb. 26, 8:30 am-4 pm
• First Aid: Feb. 18, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
• Laboratory Safety: Jan. 19 & 21, 1-4:30 pm; Feb. 23 & 25, 8:30-noon
• Laser Safety: Jan. 16, 1:30-3:30 pm; Feb. 27, 9-11 am
• Office Ergonomics, March 4, 9-11 am
• Radiation Safety: Jan. 26, 27 & 29, 1-4 pm
• Safety Orientation for Employees: Jan. 13, 1:30-3:30 pm; Feb. 4, 9-11 am
• Safety Orientation for Supervisors: Feb. 4, 1:30-3:30 pm
• Transportation of Dangerous Goods (Receiver): March 26, 10:30-noon
• Transportation of Dangerous Goods (Refresher): March 26, 1-4 pm
• Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Air/Road (Shipper): March 23, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS): Feb. 25, 1:30-3:30 pm

Centre for Continuing & Distance Education
For information call 966-5539

Certificate Programs
Students must be admitted to the program before registering. Go to ccde.usask.ca for a complete list of courses for each certificate area.

Adult & Continuing Education

• Teaching Skills, Jan. 16 & 17
• Train The Trainer: A Short Course in Adult Learning, Feb. 9,10 &11

Business & Leadership Programs
All workshops held at the Holiday Day In Express Saskatoon from 8:30 am-4:30 pm. To register, call 966-5539

• Communicating with Integrity from the Inside Out, Jan. 28
• Putting HR into Practicie, Jan. 29, Feb. 26 & March 26 (three separate days)
• Integrative Leadership: Taking Leadership to the Next Level, Feb. 11-13
• Leadership Conference 2009: The Next Generation, May 12-13

Community Arts Program

• Visual Art Survey, Mon., Jan. 19 – April 20, evening
• 2D Design I, Thurs., Jan. 22 – April 23, afternoons
• Drawing I,  Mon., Jan. 19 – April 20, mornings
• Drawing I, Thurs., Jan. 22 – April 23, evenings
  
• Drawing II, Thurs., Jan. 22 – April 23, mornings
  
• Life Drawing II, Wed., Jan. 21 – April 22, evenings
  
• Painting I, Mon., Jan. 19 – April 20, evenings
  
• Painting II, Tues., Jan. 20 – April 21, evenings
  
• Painting II, Tues., Jan. 20 – April 21, mornings
  
• Painting/Mixed Media II, Wed., Jan. 21 – April 22, evenings
  
• Developing the Imagination, Painting II, Sat., Jan. 17 – April 25, afternoons
  
• Painting Towards Abstraction II, Tues., Jan. 20 – April 21, afternoons

USCAD Information Session

• Jan. 12, 7 pm in Room 118, Williams Building

Community Music Education Programs (CMEP)
Parenting with Music for Parents, Their Infants and Toddlers, fee: $120 per 10-week session

• 0-12 months: Wednesdays at 10:30 am
  
• 12-23 months: Wednesdays at 11:15 am, Saturdays at noon
  
• 24-36 months: Tuesdays at 11:15 am, Saturdays at 11:15 am

Starting on Saturday, Jan. 24, there will be a 10-week three-year-old class at 1pm.

Environment, Science & Technology

• Jan. 30 – Feb. 15, Cuba Birding and Culture with Leslie Tuchek

Environment, Science and Technology Programs

• February Break Feb. 17- 20 Snow Ecology Camp for Kids 7-12 years, 9 am-4 pm, Williams Building.  Fee: $168. Before and after care available
  
• Easter Break April 14-17, Rainforest Ecology Camp for Kids 7 -12 years, 9 am-4 pm, , Biology Lab.

Fee: $168. Before and after care available.

Indigenous Peoples Program

• Nehiyawewin (Cree) Language Immersion Circles, Jan. 20-Mar. 24, Room 261, Williams Bldg.
• Cuba Green Economic Development Tour, Early February, Round trip from Saskatoon to Havana

Language Centre Programs
For information or to register call 966-4351

English Language Programs

• Graduate-Level Writing, Tues., and Thurs., Jan. 20-March 19, 7-9 p.m.
• Spoken English, Tues. and Thurs., Jan. 20-March 12, 7-9 pm
• Pronunciation, Thursdays, Jan. 15-March 19, 7-9 pm plus tutorial
• Effective Writing and Grammar, Mon. and Wed., Jan. 19 – March 16, 4:45-6:45 & 7-9 pm
• Advanced Reading Skills, Thur., Jan. 22-March 12
• TOEFL & CanTEST Prep., Tues. & Thurs., Jan. 22-March 12, 4:45-6:45 p.m.

Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). For information call 966-2085.

• Spring Intensive, May 4-May 29
• Summer Intensive, July 13-Aug. 8