About the Institution
Athabasca University was established by Order in Council of the Government of Alberta on June 25, 1970. Originally conceived as a traditional campus-based institution, AU changed course in 1972 through a pilot project to test the concept of an open, distance university. The first AU course, World Ecology, was offered in 1973, and AU’s first
Convocation, for two graduates, was held in 1977. The university achieved self-governing status as Alberta’s fourth public university on April 12, 1978. By 1984, AU had outgrown its original facilities in Edmonton and, in accordance with the policy of decentralization favoured by the provincial government of the day, the university moved 145 kilometres north to the Town of Athabasca. Satellite campuses were established in Calgary, Edmonton and Fort McMurray, Alberta, to enable students to receive first-hand educational support services and to write invigilated examinations. The Fort McMurray location closed in 2000. During the 1980s, in keeping with its mandate to explore new ways of delivering post-secondary education to students anywhere, any time, AU pioneered the use of computers to deliver online courses. AU’s
Executive MBA program, the world's first online EMBA, was introduced by AU’s Centre for Innovative Management in 1994. Today, AU is one of the world’s foremost and fastest growing online and distance education institutions, serving over 37,000 students worldwide.
Undergrad Programs / Areas offered :
Bachelor of Science in Accounting
Bachelor of Science in Administration
Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies
Bachelor of Science in Communications
Bachelor of Science in Computers and Management Information Systems
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice
Bachelor of Science in e-Commerce
Bachelor of Science in Economics
Bachelor of Science in Educational Psychology
Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship
Bachelor of Science in Finance
Bachelor of Science in Governance
Bachelor of Science in Health Administration
Bachelor of Science in Health Studies
Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management
Bachelor of Science in Indigenous Studies
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Relations
Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies
Bachelor of Science in Management Science
Bachelor of Science in Marketing
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Bachelor of Science in Organizational Behaviour
Bachelor of Science in Taxation
Bachelor of Science in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science
Bachelor of Science in Geography
Bachelor of Science in Geology
Bachelor of Science in Health Studies
Bachelor of Science in Laboratory (Biology)
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
Bachelor of Science in Nutrition
Bachelor of Science in Physics
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Bachelor of Science in Science
Bachelor of Arts in Art History
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies
Bachelor of Arts in English
Bachelor of Arts in French
Bachelor of Arts in German
Bachelor of Arts in Heritage Resources Management
Bachelor of Arts in History
Humanities
Bachelor of Arts in Indigenous Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Information Systems
Labour Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Legal Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Music
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Spanish
Bachelor of Arts in Women's and Gender Studies
Bachelors in Criminal Justice
Bachelors in Education
Bachelors in Global Studies
Bachelors in Health Administration
Bachelors in Human Services
Bachelors in Industrial Relations
Bachelors in Labour Studies
Bachelors in Political Economy
Bachelors in Political Science
Bachelors in Social Science
Bachelors in Women's and Gender Studies
Graduate Programs / Areas offered :
Master of Arts - Integrated Studies (MAIS)
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma: Heritage Resource Management
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma: Legislative Drafting
Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Master of Counselling
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Counselling
Post-Masters Certificate in Counselling
Doctor of Education in Distance Education
Master of Distance Education
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Distance Education Technology
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Instructional Design
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Instructional Design
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Technology-Based Learning
Master of Health Studies
Master of Nursing
Post-Masters Diploma: Advanced Nursing Practice
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