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NEW GRADUATE COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
Department MBB
Course Number MBB 566-3
~~~--------------
Course Title
Host-Microbe Interactions
(inax. 80 char.)
Short Title
(appears on transcripts etc.)
Host-Microbe Interactions
(max.
25
char.)
Course Description for Calendar:
(append a course outline as a separate document)
Infectious pathogens (viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, helminths), their life cycle including vectors of
transmission, the biological mechanisms by which they establish infection and cause disease in humans.
Pathogenic and protective aspects of the human response to infection; roles of vaccines and chemotherapy
in reducing disease transmission. Impact of environmental, ecological and sociallbehavioral factors,
including health-care financing and policy, on the host-pathogen relationship.
Credit Hours
----
3 Vector hour Lecture
---
Seminar
-------
3 Lab
Prerequisites
(if
allJ~
Admission to the graduate program, or pennission of the instructor.
Estimated Enrolment
20
when the course will first be offered Spring 2010
Frequency of course offering _an_n_u_a_I .....
I>_' _______________________ _
Grading: regular grading or satisfactory/unsatisfactory?
-..."..R_eg~u_l_a_r
=-:- ____ --:- _______ --:- __ ,,-....,....,..-..,.._
Justification:
Facilitates interdisciplinary discussion in Infectious Diseases in areas associated with the
recent appointments
in FHS. Strengthens our offerings in infectious disease courses for students across
campus.
Resources:
Faculty member(s) who will normally teach this course: J.K.
Scott
(Appelld information about tlteir competency to teaclt tlte co"rse)
Number of additional faculty members required in order to offer this course
None
Additional space required in order to offer this course
(append details)
----------------
None
Additional specialized equipment required in order to offer this course:
(append details)
None
Additional Library resources required:
(appelld details)
Annually
$
----
0 One-time $
------
0
If
additional resources are required to offer this course. the department proposing the course should be prepared
10
pro\'ide information on the source(s) of those additional resources.
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
SENATE GRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE FORM
213
MBB566.REVISED.OCT 26.09.DOC
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FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Earth Sciences Department
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DEAN OF GRAOUATr:;
STUDIES OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
ATIENTION
Wade Parkhouse, Dean of Graduate
Studies
DATE November 26,2009
FROM
Dan Gibson, Earth Sciences Graduate
PAGES 1/1
Program Chair
RE:
Amended EASC 601 & 602 course proposals
Dear Wade,
The accompanying graduate course
proposals for EAse 601 and EAse 602 have been amended
to address the issues that were raised, and subsequently brought to my attention by you.
Below is a summary of the issues raised (to my knowledge) and our response:
1)
Potential content overlap with undergraduate courses in Chemistry (CHEA1371) and Nuclear
Science (NUSe 341-344):
• Both EASC 601
&
602 course outlines and justification sections have been modified to
highlight the advanced Graduate level topics
of groundwater (subsurface) and isotope
geochemistry that will be offered in each course. Advanced concepts that will be covered
include Earth
Science specific topics that are not covered in undergraduate
ChemistryfNuclear Science courses. To name a few, these include groundwater-rock
interactions, acid mine drainage, diagenesis (chemical and physical changes undergone
by a sediment after its initial deposition as it turns into rock), silicate weathering, isotopes
and Water-Rock Interactions, Geochemical Modeling, etc.
• Students enrolled in the EASC 60 I
&
602 Graduate level courses will be expected to
already have a good understanding
of basic Chemistry principles (e.g. radiogenic
&
stable
isotopes; oxidation-reduction reactions, thermodynamics, balancing chemical equations),
which
will include, but are not specific to, the concepts covered in CHEM 371 and NUSC
341-344. These principles will be applied to Earth Science specific problems/topics (see
above), and at a more advanced level than what is currently offered in any
of the Earth
Science or Chemistry undergraduate courses.
• The Chemistry Graduate Program Chair, Dr. Erika Plettner, has had opportunity to review
the Graduate courses we are proposing, and after we addressed her suggestions she gave
her consent.
In fact, Dr. Plettner asked that we increase our estimated enrollment and adjust
our prerequisites for the proposed courses in order
to accommodate the possible enrollment
of graduate students from Chemistry. We made these adjustments, and made
it
clear that
we would gladly accept enrollment
of Chemistry graduate students who are qualified to
take either
of the proposed courses.
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
THINKING OF THE WORLD
2)
Only one faculty member listed as someone "who will normally teach this course":
• We have a relatively small department (13 Research Faculty) with a broad range of
research and teaching expertise, and therefore there is limited overlapping expertise
amongst faculty members. This makes it difficult at the Graduate level to offer a course
that can be taught by more than one faculty member. Nevertheless,
to ensure the proposed
courses can be offered without interruption, Dr. Diana Allen has agreed to serve as an
alternate instructor for the proposed courses
in
the event that Dr. Dirk Kirste, the person
who will normally teach the proposed courses, is unable
to offer either course in a given
year (e.g., due to Study Leave
or Sabbatical).
3) Textbook listed as the primary source of information for topics covered in a Faculty of
Science Graduate course:
• The textbooks suggested by Dr. Kirste are written for
4th
year and Graduate level students.
Nevertheless, he has adjusted the outlines for the courses to reflect the fact that journal
articles will serve as a primary source
of information for the topics covered. This will be
augmented by upper level textbooks that provide background information on the principles,
concepts and techniques covered in the journal articles.
4)
Could the proposed courses simply be offered as "Special Topics" or "Directed Readings"
courses?
• In Earth Sciences, our MSc students are required to take four 3-credit Graduate courses,
and only two of the four courses can be a "Special Topics" and/or "Directed Readings"
course, the other two must be formally registered Graduate courses. Currently in Earth
Sciences, there are no Graduate courses listed in the SFU Calendar that cover the topics
specific
to Dr. Kirste's research, and that of his Graduate students or any other students
dealing with groundwater geochemistry. Thus, Dr. Kirste would like to offer the
1\\10
proposed courses as officially listed Graduate courses, as opposed to simply offering them
as a
"Special Topics" or "Directed Readings" course.
5)
Will the courses still be offered
if
ollly
2
students enroll (i. e. minimum number listed for estimated
enrollment)
?
• Yes. In the Earth Sciences department, we do not get credit for teaching Graduate level courses, so
there is no restriction on the number of students needed in order for the course to be offered.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require more information or clarification.
Sincerely,
Dr.
~~
Dan Gibson
EASC Graduate Program Chair
Department of Earth Sciences
Email: hdgibson@sfu.ca
Tel: ext. 27057
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NEW GRADUATE
COURSE
PROPOSAL
FORM
S b'
EAse
C I N
b 601 - 3
u Ject:
(max.
4
chars)
ata og. urn er:
--------
Course Title: Advanced Groundwater Geochemistry
(max. 80 char.)
Short Title
(appears on transcripts etc.)
Adv. Groundwater Geochem
(max.
25
char.)
Course Description for Calendar:
(append a course outline as a separate document)
fA.dvanced topics in understanding water-rock interactions and the geochemistry of groundwater during
processes such as weathering and recharge, acid mine drainage, diagenesis and hydrothermal ore deposit
ormation. The course focuses on
the physical and chemical principles that govern the geochemistry of
~roundwater
with emphasis on water sample collection and analysis, chemical thermodynamics, gas-water-
ock interactions and geochemical modeling.
Units:
------
3.0
Available Course Components:
(select all that apply)
0Lecture
0Seminar
0Laboratory
DPracticum
Prerequisites:
(if
any)
Recommended: undergraduate course in hydrogeology (or permission of instructor)
Estimated
Campus
at
Enrolment:
which
course
2-'
will
°
be
offered:
The
--------------------------------------
Burnaby
term
course
will
first
be
offered:
Fall
2010
Frequency of course offering: Every year
Grading
Basis: 0Graded
DSatisfactory/Unsatisfactory DIn Progress/Complete
Justification:
his course enables graduate students who focus on groundwater studies to access the area of specialization
pf the instructor. The course is designed to provide a graduate level understanding of groundwater
geochemistry and gas-water-rock interactions
that is not met by any undergraduate or graduate courses
urrently offered by Earth Science
or other departments at SFU. Offered as EASe 704 SpeCial Studies 2007-2009
Resources:
Faculty member(s) who will normally teach this course:
(append in/ormation about their competency to teaclt the course)
Dr. Dirk Kirste (Dr. Diana Allen as alternate)
Number
of additional faculty members required in order to offer this course: _0 _________ _
Additional
Additional
space
specialized
required
equipment
in
order
required
to
offer
this
in
order
course:
to
offer
(append
this
details)
course:
---------------------------
0
(append
details)
°
Additional
Library
resources
required:
(appelld
details)
Annually
$
°
---------
One-time
$
---------
0
If
additional resources are required to oiftr this course. the department proposing the course should be prepared to provide
information
on the SOIITCe(s) of those additional resources.
Upon approval of the course proposal. the Dean a/Graduate Studies office will consult with thl! department or school regarding
other course attributes
that may be required to enable the proper entry of the new course in the student record system.
SIMONFRASER
UNIVERSITY
SENII.TE
GRAOUII.TESTUOIES
COMMlnEE
FORM
NEW GRADUATE
COURSE
PROPOSAL
FORM
Subject:
Course Title:
----------------
EAse
Environmental Isotopes
(max.
4
chars)
Catalog Number:
--------------
602 -
3
(max. 80 char.)
Course
Short Title
Description
(appears on
for
transcripts
Calendar:
etc.)
(append
-----------------------
Environmental
a course outline
Isotopes
as a separate document)
(max.
25
char.)
his course reviews the principles of isotope geochemistry and examines case studies on the application of
sotopes to hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry.
Problems in groundwater quality/resource evaluation
neluding the origin of recharge, identifying and quantifying evaporation and water balance, ground
waterl
~urface
water interactions and groundwater mixing will be addressed. Isotope methods in groundwater age
~ating
will be discussed as well as the use of environmental isotopes in understanding water-rock interactions
~nd
groundwater flow paths.
Units:
------
3.0
A
vail able Course Components:
(select all that apply)
0Lecture
0Seminar
[{]Laboratory
DPracticum
Prerequisites:
(if any)
Recommended: undergraduate courses in hydrogeology and ground water geochemistry (or permission of
instructor)
Campus
Estimated
at
Enrolment:
which course
2-10
will be offered:
The
--------------------------------
Burnaby
term course will first be offered: Spring
.2o~O
Frequency of course offering:
Every
2nd year
Grading Basis:
0Graded
DSatisfactorylUnsatisfactory DIn Progress/Complete
Justification:
his course enables graduate students who intend to focus on groundwater related studies to access the area
pf specialization of the instructor. The course is designed to provide a graduate level understanding of isotope
~eochemistry
and the application of environmental isotopes to groundwater systems that is not met by any
~ndergraduate
or graduate courses currently offered by Earth Sciences or other departments at SFU.
Resources:
Faculty member(s) who will normally teach this course:
(append information about their competency to teach the course)
Dr. Dirk Kirste (Or. Diana Allen as alternate)
Additional
Number
Additional
of
space
specialized
additional
required
faculty
equipment
in order
members
required
to offer
required
this
in order
course:
in order
to offer
(append
to offer
this
details)
course:
this course:
-----------------------
0
(append
---------------
0
details)
o
Additional Library resources required:
(appelld details)
Annually $
----------
0
One-time $
--------
0
If
additional resources are required to offer this course, the department proposing the course should be prepared to provide
information on till' source(s) of those additional resources.
Upon approval of the course proposal, the Dean o/Graduate Studies office will consult with the department or school regarding
other course attributes that may be required to enable the proper entry of the new course in the student record system.
SIMONFRASER
UNIVERSITY
SeNATE
GRAOUAT!STUOIES
COMMITTEE
FORM