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2022 BCPSA Articulation Meeting Okanagan College/TRU - Virtually Friday May 6, 2022

12 Jul 2022

Okanagan College: • Enrollment and budget constraints continue • A new BA of Arts Degree has been approved • Broader question on how to communicate political science outside department • Concern about quality of new courses and about course transfers • Academic integrity concerns • Equity and digital divide, mental health continue to be challenges for students Northern Lights College: • No particu. [...] • One faculty member has retired and is being replaced by 0.5 instructor • Indigenization of curriculum is priority College of the Rockies • Large numbers enrolled, and then some left because of scheduling issues • Theory is that there are internal scheduling conflicts • Challenge that a generation of students in the area are coming out of high school and not knowing anything about CDN politics an. [...] • More transfers in which is detailed in report • Department is undergoing a review 9(see report) • Incentives to do research (SSHRC workshops and Social Science and Research Committee) • New campus being built. [...] • Associates’ concentration in political science (42 students in program) – lots of interest in the intro courses Langara • Enrolments down about 12 percent • Role of mixed-mode technology on the rise (see report) • Admin is keen to return to normal, and now it seems all is back to normal • Intro to Canadian has been dropped as a service course after 30 years which is concerning to the department. [...] Lots of programs • One political science course • Long history of asynchronous • New building being constructed near Renfrew • Academic integrity issues on the rise Corpus Christie • 66 students, 74 last year • Energy down, less enthusiasm given online course • Fewer taking it as a major • 5 faculty members, (trying to bring it up to 8) • Decrees in plagiarism TRU • Student enrolment stable (up in.

Authors

Alexander Netherton

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