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World Peace – A Spiritual Issue

by
Paul Ellingham
on
Jul 25, 2002
held at
University of Waterloo

Paul Ellingham offered this seminar at the University of Waterloo with an audience of approximately 25 persons. Paul Ellingham has served as the chaplain for the United Church of Canada at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier for ten years, and as minister of the Bloomingdale United Church for seven years. Paul has been involved in a wide spectrum of interfaith events in Waterloo and Edmonton and has a special interest in the spiritual development of young people. Paul has also been actively involved with Habitat for Humanity for ten years and chairs an affordable housing corporation. In this seminar, Paul discussed spiritual dimension of world peace – how people’s spirituality and spiritual actions stemming from the underlying unity of the entire humanity as expressed through the principle of non-violence can contribute to peace.

New Cohort and Coursework Scheduling

 

Ubiquity University requires a SHEN coursework certificate worth 16 credits for their MASc degree, 24 credits for a combined MASc/PhD, and 13 credits beyond MASc for a PhD degree, a credit being one hour of engagement for a 15-week semester. 

To understand how SHEN plans for you to qualify for various SHEN Coursework certificates, you need to understand the following:

  1. SHEN divides a calendar year into three 10-week academic terms, 
  2. The academic terms begin on the third Monday of January, April, and September, 
  3. An academic term is followed by a free period,
  4. New students are admitted three times a year in the three academic terms, 
  5. Participating students take a minimum of one 3-hour/week course in each term (2 credits), 
  6. A course is scheduled for three hours per week, usually in one continuous session,
  7. MASc level certificate requires 8 30-hour  courses,
  8. Combined MASc/PhD level certificate requires 12 30-hour  courses,
  9. PhD level certificate requires 5 30-hour courses and 1 45-hour course after their MASc.
  10. The maximum number of participating terms required to qualify for a MASc level certificate is 8, for a combined MASc/PhD level certificate is 12, and for a PhD level certificate is six after obtaining a MASc level certificate. 

Here is a pictorial view of the above coursework scheduling description.

  

New Cohort and Course Scheduling