Keltie Gower
Contact
ATS Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology
- kgower@ualberta.ca
ATS Assistant Lecturer, Alberta School of Business - Marketing, Business Economics and Law
- kgower@ualberta.ca
Courses
BUS 101 - Foundations of Business
This course is designed for incoming School of Business students. It provides students with an introduction to the business environment along with exposure to foundational knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in the School of Business. Students learn how to engage with business cases and problems while improving their entrepreneurial thinking, data analysis, ethical decision making, communications, presentation, leadership and group skills. This course is intended for first year students. Students in higher years may take this course only if they have not yet taken BUS 222 or BUS 202.
BUS 303 - Business and Society
The course emphasizes the role of organizations in solving complex challenges on local, national and global scales. Students will continue building upon professional and interpersonal skills practiced in earlier courses. Collaboration and critical thinking will continue to be honed through cases and projects that will explore broader societal and global issues. Students will use a systems thinking approach to analyze complex business topics. Topics will be explored from a variety of perspectives including their relation to Indigenous peoples and global sustainable development goals. Prerequisite: BUS 222.
SUST 202 - Global Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals
An introduction to sustainable development with a global perspective and a focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
SUST 502 - Integrated Sustainability Solutions
This course equips students with practical skills to apply sustainability principles across various sectors, incorporating tools for impact assessment and case studies, including Indigenous approaches to contemporary challenges. Students will develop practical problem-solving abilities and gain the capacity to implement culturally inclusive and contextually relevant sustainable solutions.