The MNGD program consists of the following course requirements:
NORD 836 – Strategic
Communication for Northern
Development
NORD 836 introduces students to communications with a focus on professional
communications and applied academic research relevant to the provincial North in
Saskatchewan and Canada. Students will learn the form and function of key
professional documents, such as the formal report and the press release, as well as
principles of oral communications in a professional environment. Through the
experiences and perspectives of a variety of communication specialists from the
North, students will also be exposed to communications in a northern environment.
NORD 857 explores the economic concepts related to the management of
renewable and non-renewable resources in the northern world. Students will
NORD 857 – Northern Resource examine competing theories in resource and environmental economics and learn to
apply analytic models. Students will also compare and contrast international
Economics and Policy
resource policies that enhance their understanding of how resources are distributed
and managed, and how different economic and policy regimes contribute to
sustainability. This course will have a field school component that will involve
international travel.
NORD 860 – Internship
NORD 847 – Circumpolar
Innovation
NORD 860 provides students an opportunity to conduct applied research for a
northern community organization, industry, or government. Based on consultation
with northern communities and organizations, a series of well-defined internships
will be developed and assigned to each student. The goal of the internship is for
students to engage in practical research and discovery around critical issues in
Northern governance and development while developing confidence, capacity, and
skills in professional leadership, research and evaluation.
NORD 847 examines the manner in which scientific and technological innovation is
shaping the Circumpolar world. Nations around the world have identified innovation
as being the cornerstone of economic competitiveness and critical to everything
from job creation to environmental sustainability. Comparatively little effort,
however, has been made to develop the research capabilities, highly qualified
personnel and commercial environments necessary to promote northern economic
and social development. This course looks at the global role of scientific and
technological innovation and examines ways in which new technologies and new
commercial processes can have a beneficial impact on the North.
NORD 990 provides professional training and information to students in the Master
NORD 990 – Graduate Seminar
of Northern Governance and Development program. This course will consist of
Series
monthly seminars plus a student research poster presentation.
NORD 992 – Project
NORD 992 requires students to write a research paper of 10,000 to 12,000 words
based on original research carried out within Northern and Aboriginal communities
during the NORD 850 internship. The research paper is the final component of the
program.
POLS 855 – Topics in Northern
Governance
POLS 855 examines issues of Northern governance, politics, and policies within a
Circumpolar comparative perspective. This course explores diverse topics such as
regional governance, devolution, co-management, self-government and land claims,
resource development, Arctic sovereignty, climate change, and international
cooperation. Students will gain an understanding of the key issues facing the
Canadian and Circumpolar North in the 21st century.
POLS 858 provides students with an overview of various conceptual, theoretical,
methodological, ethical, and political issues of relevance for policy and program
POLS 858 – Policy Planning and planning, analysis and evaluation. This course also provides students with an
Evaluation in Northern
opportunity to produce documents that are commonly used for policy and program
Communities
planning, analysis and evaluation in the governmental and non-governmental
sectors in northern communities. Students will critically analyze policy issues, make
policy presentations, and create policy documents.
GSR 960 is a required course for all first year graduate students at the University of
Saskatchewan. The purpose of this course is to discuss ethical issues that graduate
GSR 960 – Introduction to Ethics students may face during their time at the University. All students will complete
modules dealing with integrity and scholarship, graduate student-supervisor
and Integrity
relationships, conflict of interest, conflict resolution and intellectual property and
credit.