Bigger-picture training for industry leaders

Bigger-picture training for industry leaders

New online, interdisciplinary master카지노 게임 컬렉션s program offers energy and minerals/mining professionals a chance to zoom out, gain new knowledge for complex workplace.

By Wanda Praamsma

July 19, 2016

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A new interdisciplinary master카지노 게임 컬렉션s program at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s wants to take professionals already working in the energy and minerals/mining sectors and zoom them out to see the bigger picture.

카지노 게임 컬렉션The working environment for those in oil and gas, and minerals and mining, has increased in complexity, and leaders in those fields need to have a solid understanding earlier in their careers of all the interconnections playing out,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Ione Taylor, Executive Director of the program.

The Queen's Master of Earth and Energy Resources Leadership provides professionals with a flexible, mostly online format to allow them to keep working while they complete the degree.

The , which is accepting students for the January 2017 start, is an 80 per cent online, 20 per cent residential program that allows professionals to keep working as they complete the degree.

카지노 게임 컬렉션This is a very exciting program that integrates many different components, from examining the resource life cycle, with its fundamental earth science and engineering aspects, to the economic and business side, and the legal, policy, regulatory and ethical considerations of working in these industries,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Jean Hutchinson, Professor and Department Head for Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering.

An important facet of the program is its broad range of faculty members and instructors. The program draws from the Faculty of Law, Smith School of Business, Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Political Science, and Economics, as well as external industry leaders.

카지노 게임 컬렉션Many people working in these fields recognize that having an undergraduate degree is not enough going into the future 카지노 게임 컬렉션 they need more sophisticated analytical skills, to deal with a changing environment that demands they have an understanding of human rights and environmental issues, on top of earth systems science and business knowledge,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Taylor, who came to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s from the petroleum industry and the U.S. Geological Survey to lead, and teach in, the program. 카지노 게임 컬렉션This program will help shape the next generation of leadership in these fields 카지노 게임 컬렉션 people who will help Canada and the world move forward in a sustainable way.카지노 게임 컬렉션

Students can study in the program on a part-time basis and will complete the master카지노 게임 컬렉션s in 20 months, ideally.

카지노 게임 컬렉션This program sets a new standard for course design at the graduate level and exemplifies Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s mission to provide innovative, interdisciplinary programs that offer students flexibility and both on-campus and online components,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Jill Scott, Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning). 카지노 게임 컬렉션The (CTL) and its staff have been integral to this program카지노 게임 컬렉션s launch and in making it a dynamic and fluid learning experience for students.카지노 게임 컬렉션

The CTL worked with faculty and program staff to take input from an extensive external market survey and shape it into an innovative curriculum, which effectively addresses the skill and competency development needs identified in the survey as priorities for the program. 

In addition, Continuing and Distance Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science provided instructional designers and developers, who are experts at online and blended delivery programs, to guide faculty in creating the online format for the courses offered in the program.  

For more information, visit the or email Dr. Taylor.

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