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DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
HELD MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1975, 3172 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 7:30 P.M.
Present:
OPEN SESSION
Jewett, P., Chairman
Allen, D. I.
Aronoff, S.
Ba r low, J. S •
Birch, D. R.
Blaney, J. P.
Brown, R. C.
Calvert, T. W.
Carlson, R. L.
Catalano, J. A.
Curzon, A. E.
Debo, R. K.
Dorsel, M. M.
Ellis, J. F.
Emery, B. E.
Fattah, E. A.
Finlayson, T.
Holmes, R. A.
Hutchinson, J. F.
Ironside, R. A.
Jones, C.H.W.
Latham, L.
Mackauer,
J.P.M.
Martel, A. G.
McCoy, C. G.
McWhinney, E.
Overholt,
:M.
J.
Smith, W.A.S.
Thomas, S.
Wallbaum, D. C.
Wheatley, J.
lvilson, B. G.
Evans, H. M., Secretary
Nagel, H. D.
Absent:
In attendance:
Norsworthy, R., Recording Secretary
Baird, D.
A.
Cunningham,
F.
Davison,
A. J.
Diamond,
J.
Doherty,
P.
M.
Erickson, D.
A.
Harrison,
S.
Hindle,
L.
Kazepides, A.
Knight,
D. E.
McCoy,
S.
G.
Morin,
S.
Pate,
B. D.
Rieckhoff,
K.
E.
Schiffer,
R.
Shillow, M.
Sterling,
T. D.
Versfelt,
J.
A.
Walkley,
J.
Williams,
w.
E.
Alspach, B.
R.
Russell,
R. D.
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It was noted that the Special Meeting of Senate had been convened
to consider the balance of the agenda for the December 1, 1975 meeting
of Senate.
5.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
ii) Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
1) Paper S.75-l73 - Faculty of Education - New Course Proposal
- EDUC 406-0
MO"\7ed by
D~
Birch, seconded by J. Ellis,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval
to the Board of Governors, as set forth in
8.75-173, EDUC 406-0."
Question was called, and a vote taken.
~10TION
CARRIED
m) Paper 8.75-174 - Proposed Changes - Computing Science
Moved by D. Birch, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve, as set forth in 8.75-174,
the vector change, prerequisite change, and
special note change proposed for CMPT 260-3."
R. Brown drew attention to an editorial change whe
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rein the pre-
requisite change for CMPT 260-3 should read, "CMPT 103-3 or eMPT 105-3
(or CMPT 001 for students not taking Computing Science programs), and
completion of 45 semester hours of credit."
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
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i) Paper S.75-l75 - New Course Proposal - KIN. 220-3
Moved by D. Birch, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval
to the Board of Governors the new course, KIN.
220-3 -
Human Foods and Nutrition, as set forth
in 8.75-175."
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
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Paper 8.75-176 - Proposed Changes - Department of Kinesiology
Moved by D. Birch, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval
to the Board of Governors, as set forth in
Paper S.75-l76:
1. That the Mathematics requirements for a Major in
Kinesiology, originally (a) be changed to (a) or
(b) :
2.
3.
(a) MATH 151-3 - Calculus I
MATH 152-3 - Calculus II or
(b) MATH 154-3 - Calculus for the Biological Sciences
MATH 155-3 - Calculus II for the Biological Sciences
and that this change be made wherever it appears in
the submission.
That the Computing Science requirements for a Major
in Kinesiology be changed as follows:
Delete CMPT 100-3 (now CMPT 105-3) - Introduction
to Computing;
Add CMPT 142-1 - Computing Project - Kinesiology.
That there be a change in the wording of the course
description and the addition of a recommended pre-
requisite for KIN. 100-3 - Introduction to Human
Structure and Function to read as follows:
'This course provides an insight into the structure,
function and organization of the various systems of
the body and how they interact to form a living
organism. Material includes: the nervous system;
structure and function of muscle; the cardiovascular
system; respiration energy metabolism; endocrinology
and reproduction. Recommended: A knowledge of
Biology, Chemistry, and Physics to a Grade XI level.'
4. That the vector for KIN. 330-3 be changed from 2-0-4
to 2-1-0, with the corresponding word description
changing from Lecture/Tutorial/Laboratory to Lecture/
Tutorial.
5. That the prerequisite for KIN. 442-3 - Biomedical
Systems be changed:
From: CMPT 100-3, MATH 101-3, MATH 152-3, KIN.
100-3;
To:
CMFT 103-3, MATH 152-3, or MATH 155-3,
KIN. 100-3.
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6. That the prerequisite for KIN. 480-3 - Human Factors
in Working Environments be changed:
From: 'A minimum of 90 semester hours credit with
not less than 45 hours credit from courses
in at least three of the following: Science,
Computing
Science~
Economics and Commerce,
Psychology and Kinesiology.'
To:
'KIN.
100-3~
PHYS 101-3, MATH 151-3 or 154-3
and not less than 45 hours credit from Science,
Computing Science, Psychology, Economics and
Commerce and
Kinesiology recommended.'
7. That a prerequisite be added for KIN. 496-3 - Directed
Study, to read:
8.
Consent of advisor. This is to be obtained before the
start of the examination period of the semester prior
to the one in which the student plans to register for
this course.
That the prerequisite for KIN. 498-3 - Undergraduate
Research be changed from 'Consent of Chairman' to
'Honors standing or consent of chairperson. Approval
of the resear
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ch project is to be obtained before the
start of the examination period of the semester prior
to the one in which the student plans to register for
this course.l
9. That the requirements for a Minor in Kinesiology be
changed to:
'The basic requirements will be (a) KIN. 100-3, (b)
21 hours of additional course work in the Kinesiology
Department~
of which at least 15 hours must be selected
from courses numbered 300 and above. Students using
this minor in preparation to teach are urged to select
the courses for the minor program in consultation with
the Faculty of Education and the Department of Kinesi-
ology. '"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
0) Paper S.75-177 - Proposed Changes - Canadian Studies Program
Moved by D. Birch, seconded by R. BralY'll,
"That Senate approve the revision of the Canadian
Studies Program, as set forth in S.75-177."
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
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p) Paper S.75-l78 - Proposed Changes - Latin American Studies
Moved by D. Birch, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.75-l78,
the recommended addition and deletion of courses
identified as containing partial Latin American
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Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
q) Paper S.75-l79 - Proposed General Changes - Faculty of Science
Moved by D. Birch) seconded by S. Aronoff,
1. "That
Se~ate
approve, as set forth in S.75-l79
(a),
the
deletion of notes A and B following BISC 101-4 and 102-4
in the undergraduate calendar entry.1I
2.
"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.75-l79 (b), the
proposed modification of requirements in the Biochemistry
Core Program to make BISC 101-4 and 102-4 required rather
than merely strongly recommended."
3. IIThat Senate approve, as set forth in S.75-l79 (c), the
change in prerequisite for BISC 410-3 - Ethology from
BISC 305-3 - Animal Physiology to BISC 304-3 - Animal
Ecology, or permission of the Department."
4. "That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board
of Governors, as set forth in S.74-l79 (d), the following
revision to the requirements for majors in Biology:
Delete: 'Three courses from Group II - The Biology
347-3.' Replace with: 'Four courses from Group II - The
Biology of Organisms. One course from BISC 326 and 337,
one course from BISC 303, 306, 316, 317, 326 and 337, and
one course from BISC 305 and 347.'"
5. "That Senate approve, as set forth in S.75-l79 (e), the
revision of notes under CHEM 251-3 and CHEM 256-2 as
follows:
After CHEM 251-3 add: 'CHEM 256-2 should ordinarily be
taken concurrently.'
After CHEM 256-2, delete 'this course may be taken concur-
rently with CHEM 251-3 or 252-3.' Add after prerequisite:
'CHEM 115-2. CHEM 251-3 should ordinarily be taken con-
curren tly • ' "
6. "That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board
of Governors, as set forth in 5.75-179 (f), the addition
of PHYS 202-2 to the statement of Chemistry Core Program
requirements."
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"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.75-l79 (g),
deletion of the first footnote under Chemistry Minor
- Inorganic/Radiochemistry and both footnotes under
Chemistry Minor - Physical and Nuclear Chemistry."
8. "That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.75-179 (g),
the addition of the words 'or MATH 154-3' after MATH
151-3 in the statement of prerequisites for CHEM 104-3
- General Chemistry I, and the addition of 'or MATH
155-3' after MATH 152-3 in the statement of pre-
requisites for CHEM 105-3 - General Chemistry II."
9. "That Senate approve, as set forth in S.75-l79 (h),
the addition of a note following
MATH
101-3 - Intro-
duction to Statistics to read 'students who have
obtained credit for ARC. 376-5, ECON 332-3, or MATH
371-3 cannot subsequently receive credit for MATH
101-3' and the alteration of the prerequisite state-
ment following MATH 302-3 to read as follows:
'Prerequisite:
~~TH
101-3 or MATH 371-3 or ARC.
10.
376-5 or ECON 332-3.'"
"That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of
Governors for approval, as set forth in S.75-l79 (i),
the recommended changes in prerequisites, course titles,
and course descriptions in Physics."
D. Birch drew attention to Hotion 9, wherein MATH 371 had been
inadvertently omit ted from the blue motion sheet in the prerequisite
for MATH 302-3.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
r) Paper S.75-l80 - New Course Proposals - Biological Sciences
Moved by D. Birch, seconded by S. Aronoff,
1. "That Senate approve and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors, as set forth in S.75-l80,
the following courses:
BISC 337-3 - Comparative Morphology, Distribution
and Evolution of Vascular Plants
BISC 437-3 - Plant Development and Morphogenesis
BISC 347-3 - Physiology of Plant Nutrition and
Metabolism
BISC 447-3 - Control and Regulation in Plants
(Note: The approval of BISC 337-3 and 347-3 will
result in the deletion of BISC 336-3 and BISC 315-3
respectively from the Biological Sciences curriculum.)
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2.
"That Senate approve that BISC 447-3 may be first
offered in the Sununer semester 1976-2."
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
s) Paper S.75-181 - New Course Proposal - BICH 412-3
Moved by D. Birch, seconded by S. Aronoff,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors, as stated in 8.75-181 -
BICR 412-3 - Enzymology."
(Note: If BICR 412-3 is introduced, BICR 411-2
will be discontinued.)
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
t) i) Paper 8. 74-182 - Proposed Changes - Mathematics Low'er
Division Course Requirements
Moved by D. Birch, seconded by S. Aronoff,
"That Senate approve the lower division course
requirements for Mathematics majors and minors,
as set forth in Paper S.75-182."
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
ii) Paper 8.75-183 - Proposal for Computational Mathematics Option
Moved by D. Birch, seconded by S. Aronoff,
"That Senate approve, and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors, the following new courses
as set forth in 8.75-183:
MATH 243-3 - Discrete Mathematics
MATH 408-3 - Discrete Optimization
MATH 450-8 - Job Practicum in Computational
Mathematics."
D. Birch noted that he had received material from the Interdisciplinary
Committee representing Mathematics and Computing Science documenting consul-
tation and the extent that the courses proposed will meet the needs of the
two groups. Professors
B~
Alspach and R. Russell were invited to join the
assembly as departmental representatives and proponents of the proposal.
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D. Wallbaum expressed his concerns with regard to MATH 450-8 and
the possibility of students being placed with commercial organizations
without provision for payment; also with credit so obtained not being
applicable towards requirements for the major. D. Birch explained that
discussion by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies had ensured
the intention was not to exclude payment but not guarantee it, and that
students would not be competing unfairly or be exploited.B. Emery commented
that the proposal smacks of union busti.ng.
Moved by B. Emery, seconded by R. Ironside,
"That MATH 450-8 be referred back to the
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies."
R. Ironside stated that he was under the impression that a study is
currently underway on the practica field and it was appropriate to refer
to permit time for study and evaluation. S. Aronoff added that there
were a number of work practica in existence and the matter should be
deferred pending resolution of the study.
It was moved by J. Ellis, seconded bY?
"That the motion to refer be tabled to
permit discussion of the substance."
Question was called on the motion to table, and a vote taken.
MOTION TO TABLE CARRIED
The resource people stressed that the proposal was an experiment and
the Department assumed on the basis of the enthusiastic responses received
from interested concerns that the demand could exceed the supply; that
there was every possibility that students involved would be remunerated
for their contributions which would involve statistical as well as comput-
ing abilities.
A number of Senators commended the proponents of the proposal for
their initiative, while several students remained cynical in their views
of the business community. It was agreed that the minutes would reflect
the consensus of the meeting that a practicum should not preclude payment.
Moved by R. Ironside, seconded by B. Emery,
"That the motion to refer be brought back
to the table."
MOTION CARRIED
Question was called on the motion to refer, and a vote taken.
MOTION TO REFER FAILED
Question was called on the main motion, and a vote taken.
MAIN MOTION CARRIED
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u) Paper S.75-l84 - New Course Proposal - PHYS 131-2
Moved by D. Birch, seconded by S. Aronoff,
1.
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors, as set forth in S.75-184,
PHYS 131-2 - General Physics Laboratory."
2.
l1That Senate approve the offering of PHYS 131-3 -
General Physics Laboratory first in the Sununer
semester 1976-2."
D. Birch stated that offering of the course, if approved, would
be contingent upon resources and approval of the course by SCUS and
Senate does not imply allocation of resources. A. Curzon, in response
to a question raised by R. Ironside, read details of the estimated
equipment funding, and stated that experiments would be set up many
times over 13 weeks of offering the laboratory. It was estimated that
between 15 and 20 would enrol in the course.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
v) Paper S.75-185 - Courses to be
Delete~
Moved by D. Birch, seconded by S. Smith,
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"That Senate approve and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors
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as set forth in S.75-l85,
that the following courses be discontinued and
deleted from the Calendar:
GERM 406-5 - Medieval German
RUSS 405-5 - Introduction to Slavic Linguistics
RUSS 409-3 - Readings in Russian Linguistics
PHIL 454-5 - Po&itivism and Pragmatism."
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
iii) Senate Graduate Studies Committee
a) Paper S.75-l86 - Biochemistry Graduate Calendar Entry
Moved by J. Wheatley, seconded by S. Aronoff,
"That Senate approve the entry for Biochemistry
as set forth in Paper S.75-l86."
J. Wheatley noted that the proposal was permission to advertise
specialities of participating faculty in the Biochemistry Program and
no change in regulations.
Question was cailed, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
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b) Paper S.75-l87 - Proposed Changes - Graduate Studies Regulations
Moved by J. Wheatley, seconded by J. Ellis,
1. "That Senate approve the following change in the
Graduate Studies Regulations:
'3.7 Conditional Admission
A student who wishes to apply in any of the
above categories can be given Conditional
Admission before he has all the qualifications
for admission. In that case, he is conditionally
admitted contingent upon his fulfilling certain
specified requirements. ,It
2. "That Senate approve the follmving change in the
Graduate Studies Regulations:
That the word 'graduate' be inserted between the
'vords 'the' and 'courses' in the second to last
line of the second paragraph of 5.1 in the General
Regulations."
It was agreed that Motion 1 be altered to clarify the intent, and
the motion would then read,
'3.7 Conditional Admission
A student who wishes to apply in any of the
above categories can be given Conditional
Admission before he has all the qualifications
for admission. In that case, he is admitted
conditional upon his fulfilling certain speci-
fied requirements.'"
Attention was directed to Motion 2, and S. Aronoff thought it would
be deleterious if professors require undergraduate courses which are not
counted towards graduate credit. J.
~~eat1ey
objected to Senate facing
questions which should be directed to the appropriate Committee.
Moved by S. Aronoff, seconded by J. Catalano,
"That Paper S.75-187 be referred back to the Senate
Graduate Studies Committee."
Question was called on the motion to refer, and a vote taken.
MOTION TO REFER FAILED
Question was called on the main motion, and a vote taken.
MAIN MOTION CARRIED
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REPORTS OF FACULTIES
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There were no reports from Faculties.
7.
OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
8.
NOTICES OF MOTION
i) Paper S.75-l89 - Two Semester Time Lag Requirements (J.P.H. Mackauer)
- For Discussion
Moved by M. Mackauer, seconded by J. Hutchinson,
"That Senate delegate to the Senate Comrilittee on
Undergraduate Studies the responsibility for con-
sidering and applying existing regulations and
practices related to the two semester time lag
requirement before new undergraduate courses may
normally be offered; Senate to be advised of the
action(s) taken with respect to a particular
course(s) by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies at the time the course proposal is pre-
sented to Senate for consideration."
S. Aronoff supported the motion but suggested on matters of delegation
Senate should have the opportunity to retrieve its authority where it feels
it is necessary. M. Mackauer responded that Senate was protected from any
action of SCUS as matters were transmitted to Senate in advance of their
submission to the Board of Governors.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
ii) Paper S.75-l90 - Amendment to the Rules of Senate (Senate Committee on
Agenda
and Rules) - Not for Discussion
The Chairman noted that Paper S.75-190 was introduction of a notice
of motion for discussion at the January 1976 meeting of Senate.
9.
INFORMATION
It tY'as noted that the next meeting of Senate is scheduled for
Monday, January 12, 1976 at 7:30 p.m.
The assembly moved immediately into Closed Session at 8:31 p.m.
H. M. Evans
Secretary