Introduction to Canada

Ernest J. Yanarella, Professor of Political Science
University of Kentucky, ejyana@uky.edu, course coordinator

Jason Holcomb, Assistant Professor of Geography,
Morehead State University, j.holcomb@morehead-st.edu

Harold Tallant, Professor of History
Georgetown College, Harold_Tallant@georgetowncollege.edu

Steven Savage, Professor of Anthropology
Eastern Kentucky University, Steve.Savage@eku.edu

John Petersen, Professor of Government
Western Kentucky University, John.Petersen@fsmail.wku.edu

William Green, Professor of Government
Morehead State University, w.green@morehead-st.edu

Introduction to Canada is a multi-disciplinary online course which explores the geography, history, society, politics, and economy of America's northern neighbor with particular attention to contemporary Canadian domestic and international issues, including Quebec's role in the Canadian federation, trans-border economic and cultural relationships with the United States, and Canada's active participation in world affairs.

Introduction to Canada is a Canadian Studies Online Program (CSOP) which will originate from the University of Kentucky, use the UK Blackboard server, and be coordinated by Ernest J. Yanarella, Professor of Political Science at UK and team taught by him and five CSOP faculty identified above. This CSOP course may be taken by students at five Kentucky Canadian Studies Consortium campuses. At UK, this course is listed as A&S 300, at MSU, it is GOVT 399; at EKU, it is ANT 375; at WKU, it is POL 205; and at Georgetown College, it is HIS 470.

After you register for this course on your home campus, you must do 3 things. First, email or phone Professor Ernest J. Yanarella at ejyana@uky.edu (859-233-7513) and provide him with your email address, phone number, and mailing address. Second, purchase your textbooks from the University of Kentucky campus bookstore. Third, self-enroll in this MSU Blackboard course. If you have any MSU Blackboard-related questions, you may contact Drew Henderson, MSU Distance Learning Coordinator, at d.henderson@morehead-st.edu or 606-783-2082.

First Nations of Canada

Steven Savage, Professor of Anthropology
Eastern Kentucky University, Steve.Savage@eku.edu

Canada's First Nations are its native peoples who live from the Atlantic Provinces to British Columbia and the forty-ninth parallel to the Arctic Circle and who include the Ojibwe (Chippewa), Huron, Cheyenne, Lillooet, Nootka, subarctic Dene, and Inuit (Copper Eskimo). In this course, these nations will be described and compared using the concepts of culture area and culture change, the techniques of ethnography and ethnohistory, and anthropological models.

First Nations of Canada is a Canadian Studies Online Program (CSOP) course which will originate from Eastern Kentucky University, use the EKU Blackboard server, and be taught by Steven Savage, EKU Professor of Anthropology. This CSOP course may be taken by students at five Kentucky Canadian Studies Consortium campuses. At EKU, the course is listed as ANT 375, at MSU, it is SOC 399, at WKU, it is ANTH 366; at UK, it is SOC 350; and at Georgetown College, it is SOC 470.

After you register for this course on your home campus, you must do 3 things. First, email or phone Professor Savage at Steve.Savage@eku.edu (859-622-1646) and provide him with your email address, phone number, and mailing address. Second, purchase your textbooks from the EKU campus bookstore or go to http://www.socialscience.eku.edu/ant/SAVAGE/firstnations/syllabus.html and follow the textbooks heading to order online. Third, self-enroll in this EKU course. If you have any EKU Blackboard-related questions, you may contact Gene Kleppinger, EKU Blackboard Administrator, at Gene.Kleppinger@eku.edu,

Government and Politics of Britain and Canada

John Petersen, Professor of Government
Western Kentucky University, John.Petersen@fsmail.wku.edu

Canada and Britain have shared a lengthy common experience which will provide the opportunity to study the history of their parliamentary political systems, the characteristics of their political cultures, the role of public opinion, pressure groups, and political parties, the evolution of their governments, the behavior of their legislatures, prime ministers, cabinets, and civil servants, the nature of their regional and local governments, and the manner in which they have made and implemented major contemporary public policies with comparisons to the political system of the United States.

Government and Politics of Britain and Canada is a Canadian Studies Online Program (CSOP) course which will originate from Western Kentucky University, use the WKU Blackboard server, and be taught by John Petersen, WKU Professor of Government. This CSOP course may be taken by students at five Kentucky Canadian Studies Consortium campuses. At WKU, the course is listed as GOVT 360, at MSU, it is GOVT 399, at EKU, it is POL 405; at UK, it is PS 491; and at Georgetown College, it is POS 470.

After you register for this course on your home campus, you must do 3 things. First, email or phone Professor Petersen at John.Petersen@fsmail.wku.edu ((270-745-5468) and provide him with your email address, phone number, and mailing address. Second, purchase your books through the WKU campus bookstore. Third, contact Beth Laves, the WKU Distance Learning Coordinator, at Beth.Laves@wku.edu, for information on the usernames and passwords you will need to access the WKU Blackboard course site and library's electronic course reserve readings.

MNGT 399-201: North American Marketplace/NAFTA

Terri Friel, Associate Professor of Management
Butler University, tfriel@butler.edu

The United States, Canada, and Mexico now constitute a North American marketplace defined by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This course will investigate the historical development of the NAFTA and a focus on Canadian, US, and Mexican issues and perspectives on the developing a North American business environment: its trade, financial and investment issues; its labor, environmental energy and water rights issues; and its cultural and political impacts.

North American Marketplace is a Canadian Studies Online Program (CSOP) course which will originate from Eastern Kentucky University, use the EKU Blackboard server, and be taught by Terri Friel, Associate Professor of Management at Butler University. This CSOP course may be taken by students at four Kentucky Canadian Studies Consortium campuses. At EKU, the course is listed as ECO 345 (with the title: NAFTA); at MSU, it is MNGT 399; at WKU, it is MKT 420; at UK, it is ECO 499; and at Georgetown, it is BUA 470.

After you register for this course on your home campus, you must do 3 things. First, email or phone Professor Friel at tfriel@butler.edu (317-940-8470) and provide her with your email address, phone number, and mailing address. Second, purchase your books through the EKU campus bookstore. Third, self-enroll in this EKU course. If you have any EKU Blackboard-related questions, you may contact Gene Kleppinger, EKU Blackboard Administrator, at Gene.Kleppinger@eku.edu.