Canadian Universities With Astronomy Programs | Canadian Universities with Distance Learning Astronomy Programs | Resources In-Print

Canadian Universities offering an Astronomy Program

• Bishop's University (graduate program only)
• Brandon University (undergraduate courses only)
• Laurentian University (graduate program only)
• McGill University (graduate program only)
• McMaster University
• Queen's University
• St. Mary's University
• Trent University (undergraduate courses only)
• University of Alberta
• University of British Columbia
• University of Calgary
• University of Guelph (undergraduate courses only)
• l'Université Laval (graduate program only)
• University of Lethbridge (undergraduate courses only)
• University of Manitoba
• l'Université de Montréal (graduate program only)
• University of Regina (undergraduate courses only)
• University of Saskatchewan (minor degree only)
• University of Toronto
• University of Victoria
• University of Waterloo
• University of Western Ontario
• York University

Canadian Universities offering Astronomy as a Distance Learning Course:

• Athabasca University

Resources In-Print:

• Comins, N.F. 2001, "Heavenly Errors: Misconceptions about the Real Nature of the Universe", Columbia, ISBN 0-231-11644-6. 
  • The wide variety of types of misconceptions which students have about astronomy, and how to deal with them.
  
  
• Fraknoi, A. (editor) 1998, "Cosmos in the Classroom 1998: A Symposium on Teaching Astronomy for Non-Science Majors", Astronomical Society of the Pacific: www.astrosociety.org. 
  • Informal proceedings of a practical symposium, focused on Astro 101.
  
  
• Fraknoi, A. (editor) 2000, "Cosmos in the Classroom 2000: A Symposium on Teaching Astronomy for Non-Science Majors", Astronomical Society of the Pacific: www.astrosociety.org. 
  • Informal proceedings of a practical symposium, focused on Astro 101.
  
  
• Green, P.J. 2003, "Peer Instruction for Astronomy", Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-026310-9. 
  • Inexpensive, user-friendly paperback which shows    how you can implement interactive teaching, even in a large lecture course.
  
  
• Percy, J.R. (editor) 1996, "Astronomy Education: Current Developments, Future Coordination", Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, Volume 89, ISBN 1-886733-10-4; www.astrosociety.org. 
  • Proceedings of a major conference on formal and informal astronomy education in North America.
  
  
• Slater, T.F. and Adams, J.P. 2003, "Learner-Centered Astronomy Teaching: Strategies for Astro 101", Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-046630-1. 
  • Inexpensive, user-friendly paperback which covers most aspects of teaching a large Astro 101 class.
  
  
• Tobias, S. 1990, "They're Not Dumb, They're Different", Research Corporation, ISBN 0-9633504-0-4. 
  • A very perceptive discussion of the nature and needs of the students who are likely to take Astro 101

compiled by the CASCA education Webteam, (2009)