Faculty of Arts & Science Program Resources

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SHARCNET

SHARCNET is a consortium of 18 colleges, universities and research institutes operating a network of high-performance computer clusters across south western, central and northern Ontario.

Our technological facilities are ​up-to-the-minute, including computer labs and robotics labs. We also provide access to SHARCNET, a consortium of universities who share a network of high performance computers that enables research.

  • The Sun Lab (a dedicated Computer Science instructional space).
  • Physics Lab
  • Robotics Lab

About the CoSys Lab

members of the Collaborative Systems Lab

Location: Room R230

Current research in the CoSys Lab is focused on Collaboration Theory, Technologies, Systems, and Applications (Role-Based Collaboration and Adaptive Collaboration), Human-Machine Systems, CSCW (Computer-Supported Cooperative Work), Multi-Agent Systems, Software Engineering, and Distributed Intelligent Systems.​

Creative Writing Courses

Students wishing to enroll in ENGL 3516 and/or ENGL 3517 must prepare the following application package:

  • A letter of application containing all contact information, including student number, and indicating which course(s) student is applying for entry to
  • A portfolio of the student’s best work in poetry (5-10 pages, double-spaced) or prose (5-10 pages, double-spaced) or both, as required
  • Packages should be submitted, in paper copy, to the Chair of English Studies by April 15
  • Students will be contacted by the Course Instructor

 

Honours Seminars

Nipissing University Geography Club

Dedicated to enhancing the social and educational well being of geography students at Nipissing University, North Bay.

Student Resources

Nipissing BFA Portfolio Assessment Guidelines

Community Resources

Fine and Performing Arts Facilities

Jane Street studio

Location: Jane Street Studio

This large studio space houses the sculpting and casting facilities. The flexible nature of this building makes it ideal for performing arts production.

Drawing studio at Monastery Hall

Location: Monastery Hall

Situated on 22 acres of scenic forest, is home to Nipissing Fine Arts studios and classrooms. In this location we have dedicated painting, printmaking and drawing studios, as well as a generous lecture space and semi-private studio spaces for our 4th year BFA studio students.

Natural light floods the drawing and painting studios, each equipped with sinks, easels, tables, storage and presentation space. The printmaking studio accommodates intaglio, relief, monotype, screen printing and lithographic processes, with individual storage space for student work. The common kitchen and lounge, along with extended building hours for Open Studio time fosters a spirit of community and camaraderie amongst both students and faculty.

Biidaaban Community Service-Learning (BCSL)

Community Service-Learning (CSL) is a form of experiential learning that addresses community needs. Faculty incorporate CSL opportunities in their courses for students to support community organizations in many ways. 

Indigenous Studies Student Showcase

A showcase of photos, artwork and cultural learning by our talented Indigenous students, staff and faculty. Plus, find details about upcoming indigenous events as well as an archive of past events, posters and other information.

Indigenous Resources Guide

A guide highlighting works by and about Indigenous Peoples.

Math Drop-In Centre

You can participate in math competitions like the Kangaroo Contest or in student-organized events like Pi Day. If you’re interested in teaching, you can get involved in running math circles at local elementary schools. You can also tutor your fellow students—or get some help yourself, if you need it—at the Math Drop-In Centre.

NUMERIC

The Nipissing University Mathematics Education, Research, and Information Centre (NUMERIC) represents a group of educators from the Faculty of Arts and Science (Mathematics/Physics), the Faculty of Education (Mathematics), and the local community who share an interest in promoting the learning and appreciation of mathematics through a variety of sponsored events.
We are pleased to announce that Nipissing University is an Afilliate Member of The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. The Fields Institute, while focusing much of its attention on mathematics as a discipline, also features the Math Ed Forum which offers regular public meetings at Fields, as well as sponsoring a variety of mathematics education events and projects. 

Nipissing Computational Physics Laboratory (NCPL)

The general focus of the NCPL is to develop, implement and apply advanced numerical algorithms and computational methodologies for the solution of problems arising from nanophotonics for nanotechnology and nanomedicine applications. The NCPL is an advanced physics lab intended for junior and senior level students in science and engineering. We are primarily engaged with the design of algorithms for nanoscale and multiphysics problems described by 3D fully coupled partial differential equations. Our lab is equipped with high performance computational server and several workstations with multiple operating system environments, and running a number of computational and simulation programs including COMSOL Multiphysics, MATLAB, Maple, Mathematica, Numerical Recipes, the Electronic Workbench, and others.

Topology Research Group

Topology is a study of very far reaching generalization of geometric properties of objects, invariant under special types of deformations. Topological methods are widely used in functional analysis, differential equations, algebra, and other areas of mathematic. The following topics are of particular interest for the members of the department: dimension theory (classical, cohomological, extension, and asymptotic dimensions; infinite-dimensional spaces), selections, continuum theory, dynamical systems. 

Nipissing University Philosophy Society (NUPS)

Get involved beyond the classroom, the Nipissing University Philosophy Society is a monthly gathering where you can hang out with your peers and discuss ideas.

Nipissing University Peace Research Initiative

  • Alternatively, you may want to get involved with NUPRI, the Nipissing University Peace Research Initiative, which is dedicated to facilitating, coordinating, and providing common space for individuals and organizations to meet and develop peace-building projects and events. Its Agents of Peace project includes an innovative online database that catalogues the work of people who are dedicated to promoting peace, and you can participate.​
  • You can further your learning as an undergraduate student by taking on a research assistant role and working with a professor, which is excellent preparation should you want to pursue graduate studies.

Political Science Student Goals

1st Year - Educating intelligent, engaged citizens
Goal: To be able to speak and write intelligently about current politics using key concepts of political science.

2nd Year - Basic training in political science scholarship
Goal: To be able to write a political science essay referring to primary sources in the discipline.

3rd Year - Advancing scholarship through debate and collaboration
Goal: To be able to lead a seminar discussion, referring to key concepts and advanced texts using current political events for examples.

4th Year - Preparation for graduate or professional studies through specialized independent study
Goal: To be able to organize and write a major research paper and present an original thesis.

“…one must go the longer way and must labour no less in studies than in the exercises of the body, or else, … he will never come to the end of the greatest study and that which most properly belongs to him.” Plato Republic, 6.504d

Political Science Resources

  • CIA World Fact Book: From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, current information on a country's government, economy, geography, people, military from the perspective of this American intelligence agency.
  • Constitute Project: The World's Constitutions to Read, Search, and Compare. Links to full-text versions of documents available on the web.
  • ElectionGuide.org: Guide for election dates, information, and results for countries around the world covering 1998 to present.
  • openDemocracy.net: An online global magazine of politics and culture.
  • Government of Canada
  • Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  • Perseus Project: an extensive searchable digital collection of classic texts.
  • Wikipedia: An online open-source encyclopedia. A good place to begin identifying unknown terms or names.
  • Millennium: A progressive, graduate-student-run journal of international relations.
  • Foreign Affairs: A highly reputable journal of international relations. Use the sign up feature to have new issues delivered to your email address before they arrive on news stands.
  • Foreign Policy: An on-line compliment to the magazine on global politics, economics and ideas.
  • The Economist: Much more than economics: global news and views.
  • American Journal of Political Science
  • Human Rights Watch: An organization dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. Detailed issue and area specific reports are available to download.
  • Ceasefire: A web-based resource maintained by the Polaris Institute to collect news on Canada's military spending while promoting peace, disarmament and social justice.
  • Polaris Institute: A think-tank, media relations agency and lobby group working towards peace while providing orientation for citizen movements fighting for democratic social change in an age of corporate driven globalization.
  • Project Ploughshares: An ecumenical agency of the Canadian Council of Churches established in 1976 to implement the churches' call to be peacemakers. Their mandate is to work with churches and related organizations, as well as governments and non-governmental organizations, in Canada and abroad, to identify, develop, and advance approaches that build peace and prevent war, and promote the peaceful resolution of political conflict.
  • The Maps of War: A Flash animation of the various empires that have carved up the Middle East from 3000 BCE to the present.
  • Princeton Web Lectures: A selection of lectures delivered at Princeton University by distinguished scholars in streaming video.
  • Derrida and the Ends of Man: An account of Derrida's deconstruction of modernity and the sort of self that sustains that civilization.
  • Allan Bloom on Nietzsche: Audio of an Allan Bloom lecture on the relevance of Nietzsche.
  • Slavoj Zizek on love: Zlavoj Zizek on how to love the world.
  • China and the Olympics: Naomi Klein on China's role as a player on the global stage, and the emergence of its 'authoritarian capitalism'.
  • Chomsky on U.S. policy: Noam Chomsky on why the US expresses hostility towards Iran.
  • Justice vs. Power: Does progress have its basis in an underlying human nature? Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault debate.
  • Stop the Clash of Civilizations: Avaaz.org - 'the world in action' - is an on-line advocacy group and an instrument of an emergent global civil society.

SWLF 2995 Community Service-learning for Social Development

In recent years, students in SWLF 2995 (Community Service-learning for Social Development) have undertaken placements at a number of local agencies.

Use the document below to see names for local agencies

Graduate Studies Workshops