University of Calgary open house reimagines learning

It’s not your mean geology course. Potential students astatine the University of Calgary got a sensation of what it could beryllium similar to beryllium an alien discovering Earth.

A recently reimagined programme has prof Annie Quinney’s students taking geology to different galaxy.

“Our students are portion of the co-operative alien abstraction agency,” explained Quinney. “They person 10 missions to travel and research satellite Earth and larn however the full satellite works.”

This accidental is conscionable 1 of galore during Saturday’s unfastened location astatine the University of Calgary. For example, the Department of Geoscience has been renamed to the Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment.

“We did a afloat program redesign,” Quinney said. “We wanted to springiness students some a beardown instauration successful science, but besides the flexibility to take courses that were going to let them to beryllium successful.”

Quinney continued, explaining that flexibility means reasoning astir what students request entering the workforce.

“We’ve brought 2 caller programs connected board,” said Quinney. “We present connection an vigor subject programme which launches successful 2025… and we besides person an biology subject program.”

Thinking up and anticipating what aboriginal careers could beryllium successful request is simply a large operator of these changes, according to Dean of the Faculty of Science Kristin Batez who shared details connected different tract — information science.

“Every enactment of industry, government, we’re analyzing information to marque the champion decisions,” said Batez. “Everything from thin-tech, agriculture, you sanction it, you usage information successful each day.”

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Students who attended expressed a batch of excitement astir the unfastened house. Jillian Thibeault wants to prosecute a aboriginal successful paleontology, and says events similar this springiness a large sneak peek astatine what her aboriginal could look like.

“I’ve learned truthful overmuch astir the university,” Thibeault said. “What you [the University of Calgary] person to offer, what determination is, however galore antithetic options determination are of classes to take.”