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Dean of 

Graduate Studies 

STREET ADDRESS 

Maggie Benston Student 

Services Centre 1100 

Burnaby BC V5A 1I.6 

Canada 

HAILING ADDRESS 

8888 University Drive 

Burnaby BC V5A 1A6 

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Senate

(for information)

Mary Ann Gitties, FASS Graduate Studies Committee

John Harriss, School for

International Studies

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Senate

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FROM

Jonathan Driver, Dean

Graduate Studies

Cohort Special Arrangements

M.A.

Pro

ram in International Studies

(GS2007.17

DATE

June 12, 2007

TIME 2:37 PM

I enclose a proposal for a cohort special arrangements master of arts

program in International. Studies. This was approved by Senate

Graduate Studies Committee at its meeting of April 16, 2007.

This is a pilot program for a permanent master's program currently

under development. Approval of a cohort special arrangements

program will allow the School to advertise and recruit students to begin

in September 2007. It is anticipated that all students will transfer to the

permanent program once that is approved.

Under rules approved by SCUP and Senate, cohort special

arrangements programs are approved by SGSC

and sent for

information to SCUP and Senate.

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

THINKING OF THE WORLD

GS2007.17

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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Office of the Dean

MEMORANDUM

Faculty of Arts and

Social Sciel

ces

Subject:

School for International Studies:

New Programs

From:

Mary Ann Gullies, Chair

PASS Graduate Studies Committee

Date:

March 29, 2007

At its meeting of March 29, 2007, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Graduate

Studies Committee approved the Cohort Special Arrangements M.A. Program in International

Studies and the Full Program Proposal (FPP) for the M.A. Program in International Studies

(copies attached).

Would you please place these items on the agenda of the next meeting of the Senate

Graduate Studies Committee.

Mary Ann Gillies, Chair

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Graduate Studies Committee

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

School for International Studies

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

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DEAN OF GRADUATE

STUDIES

OFFICE

Program proposal for the establishment of the

Master of Arts degree in International Studies

(Cohort Special Arrangements Program)

Submitted on March 16, 2007

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

School for International Studies

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

MEMORANDUM

To: ?

Mary Ann Gillies, Chair

From:

John Harriss, Director

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School for International

Graduate Studies Committee

Studies

Subject:

Cohort Special Arrangements Program

Date:

March 16,2007

Proposal

At its meeting of October

2006, the School for International Studies approved the

attached cohort special arrangements program proposal.

Would you please place this proposal on the agenda of the next meeting of the Faculty of

Arts and Social Sciences Graduate Studies Committee.

Jo?Director

School for International Studies

TABLE

OF CONTENTS

MEMORANDUM.............................................................................................................. 2

Proposal for the Establishment of the Master of Arts Degree.......................................................

Cohort Special Arrangements Program for international Studies.................................................

LearningMethodologies..........................................................................................................

Faculty....................................................................................................................................

Needfor Program....................................................................................................................

Admissions.............................................................................................................................

MEMORANDUM.............................................................................................................

New Graduate Course Proposal Form.......................................................................................

IS 800-4 Problems in International Development Policy and Practice....................................

IS 80 1-4 Institutions, Policies and Development....................................................................

IS 802-4 Directed Readings A...............................................................................................

IS 803-4 Economics of International Organizations and Development...................................

IS 804-4 Historical Perspectives on Diplomacy & International Security...............................

IS 806-4 State Failure and Reconstruction: Comparative Perspectives...................................

IS 807-4 Complex Emergencies and Humanitarian Intervention............................................

IS808-4 Directed Readings B...............................................................................................

IS 809-4 Selected Topics - Economic and Social Development of Selected Regions.............

IS888-6 M.A. Project...........................................................................................................

IS 889-3 M.A. Project Completion........................................................................................

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Appendix A:

Library report for International Studies courses...................................................

MEMORANDUM....................................................................................................................

Appendix B: Calendar Entry.....................................................................................................

AppendixC: Budget .................................................................................................................

Appendix D: ?

Curriculum Vitae: ?

Lenard J. Cohen....................................................................

StephenT. Easton.................................................................................................................

AndréGerolymatos...............................................................................................................

DominiqueM. ?

Gross.............................................................................................................

JohnC.

Harriss......................................................................................................................

MichaelC. Howard...............................................................................................................

PaulWarwick........................................................................................................................

NOTE TO SENATE 

Pages 12 - 96 are available for review by contacting Bobbie Grant at 604 291-3168 

or email bgrant@sfu.ca 

In accordance to the policy for Special Arrangement Cohort Programs, this 

program is to be offered at standard fees; and will be taught by faculty 

members in base positions. The program will be taught from Fall 2007 for a 

maximum of three years. 

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Simon Fraser University

School for International Studies

Proposal for the Establishment of the Master of Arts Degree

Cohort Special Arrangements Program for International Studies

Executive Summary

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is proposing a M.A. Cohort Special Arrangements

Program in International Studies with specializations in International Development and Complex

Emergencies. The programme will provide those students specializing in the stream on

International Development with the tools to understand and analyse policy implementation and

outcomes in various institutional, political and geographical contexts pertaining particularly to

developing countries. For those specializing in the stream on Complex Emergencies the aim is to

equip students to understand and analyse the causes and processes of state failure, and to

evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different policy approaches to the problems to which

they give rise, domestically and internationally.

The program will appeal to students interested in working professionally in international

development, or on problems of conflict, conflict resolution and state building, with

bilateral/multilateral agencies or NGOs, with research organizations or private consultancy

companies. It will equip them with the analytical skills and the contextual knowledge expected in

such agencies. Study at the graduate level that is required for such a formation calls for students

with a strong foundation at the undergraduate level.

The approach of the program is multidisciplinary, with a focus on institutional analysis. This

implies a significant engagement with the politics of development (now recognized in

development agencies as being of central importance), elements of economic analysis, and a

clear understanding of social development. The expanding role of international and regional

organizations in dealing with the prevention, mediation, and consequences of conflicts among

and within sovereign states warrants a multidisciplinary institutional focus as part of a program

devoted to the difficulties of state fragility, state failure, and the international response to

Canada has a long history of involvement in global affairs through various international treaties,

its internationally recognized development policies and its general openness to the world.

Canadian society has been and continues to be built on immigration and its highly multi-cultural

nature ensures that privileged links with many nations in the world are maintained and

developed. As a prosperous country with this unique experience Canada should play a growing

international role in the 21

century. The Simon Fraser University School for International

Studies wants to address the significant demand both within Canada, and internationally, from

students for advanced education and training in international development, and in analyzing the

causes and conditions of state failure and of 'complex emergencies', and of the possible courses

of public action to deal with them.

The MA Cohort Special Arrangements Program in International Studies intends to provide

participants with the necessary knowledge to perform successfully in an increasingly globalised

and diversified world. The aim of the programme is to provide those students specialising in the

stream on International Development with the necessary tools to understand and analyse policy

implementation and outcomes in various institutional, political and geographical contexts

pertaining particularly to developing countries. For those specializing in the stream on Complex

Emergencies the aim is to equip students to understand and analyse the causes and processes of

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state failure, and to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different policy approaches to the

problems to which they give rise, domestically and internationally. The program will draw on

detailed comparative analyses of different cases of state failure and of complex emergencies in a

range of contexts. Students interested in working professionally in international development, or

on problems of conflict, conflict resolution and state building, with bilateral/multilateral agencies

or NGOs, with research organizations or private consultancy companies, will find the program

appealing as it will equip them with the analytical skills and the contextual knowledge expected

in such agencies. The approach of the program is multidisciplinary, with a focus on institutional

analysis, implying also a significant engagement with the politics of development (now

recognized in development agencies as being of central importance). Study at the graduate level

that is required for such a formation calls for students with a strong foundation at the

undergraduate level.

Courses and Curriculum Requirements:

The program will require the completion of six seminar courses each accounting for a minimum

of four credit hours, and a project course accounting for 6 credit hours. Courses will be

dependent upon which Stream a student is completing:

Stream A: International Development

Stream B: Complex Emergencies

The courses that will constitute the program are:

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(1)

IS 800-4

Problems in International Development Policy and Practice,

in which students will

work in small teams with different faculty members on specific current problems (for example,

debt relief or the problem of HIV/Aids), examining policy approaches and practical issues of

implementation.

(2)

IS 801-4

Institutions, Policies and Development,

examining institutional theories in relation

to economic development and development management, and development policies.

Stream A: International Development:

(3A) IS 8024

Directed Readings

on the historical political economy of development

(4A) IS 8034

Economics of International Organizations and Development,

focussing on the role

and functioning of the international financial institutions, in particular.

(5A) IS 809-4

Selected Topics.' Economic and Social Development of Selected Regions,

examining the pattern of development in one or other of the major regions of the developing

world historically (the regions covered may include South Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America

and Sub-Saharan Africa).

(6A) POL

830-5

Comparative Government and Politics,

with a strong focus on approaches and

methods of analysis, reflecting the recognition in leading development agencies of the centrality

of politics in economic and social development (no matter how intractable these problems may

be).

Stream B: ComDlex Emergencies

(3B) Is

806-4

State Failure and Reconstruction: Comparative Perspectives,

examining the

causes and consequences of state failure through comparative political analysis.

(4B) IS 807-4

Complex Emergencies and Humanitarian Intervention,

examining policy and

practice in regard to state failure, conflict, conflict resolution and problems such as the internal

displacement of people associated with them, by means of comparative analysis of a range of

different experiences.

(5B) Is 808-4

Directed Readings B,

focusing on international organization, and on the principles

and practice of international law bearing specifically on conflict and on humanitarian concerns

POL

842-5

International Law and Organizations.

(6B) Either:

POL

830-5

Comparative Government and Politics

(see 6A above),

Is 8 04-4

Historical Perspectives on Diplomacy and

International

Security,

in which

problems of state failure will be examined historically and in the context of wider issues of

international security.

(7) MA Project

required for either stream, involving either two extended essays (each of not

more than 8000 words) based on core readings, gr (with the approval of the program director) a

project.

Students may substitute courses selected from other graduate programs for up to two of the

courses, determined by the students' stream. Stream A: International Development substitutions

can be used for: IS 809-4 or POL 830-5. Stream B: Complex Emergencies substitutions can be

used for: IS 808-4 or POL 842-5, and POL

830-5

or IS 804-4. Substitution courses selected will

have to be approved by the program director who will look for coherence and consistency with

the overall objectives of the selected stream of the degree program. Examples of suitable courses

are those dealing with policy analysis taught within the Master of Public Policy Program, or

some of those concerned with Latin American development taught within the Latin American

Development Studies program.

Course Descriptions:

The following course descriptions are found in Appendix A:

1S8004: Problems in International Development Policy and Practice

1S801-4: Institutions, Policies and Development

1S8024: Directed Readings A

1S8034: Economics of International Organizations and Development

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1S8044: Historical Perspectives on Diplomacy and International Security

1S806-4: State Failure and Reconstruction: Comparative Perspectives

1S807-4: Complex Emergencies and Humanitarian Intervention

1S8084: Directed Readings B

1S8094: Selected Topics-Economic and Social Development of Selected Regions

1S888-6: M.A. Project

1S889-3: M.A. Project Completion

P0L830-5:

Comparative Government and Politics, POL 842-5: International Law and

Organizations and POL 844-5: International Political Economy are existing courses.

A full calendar description can be found in Appendix B.

Program/Course Structure and Class Sizes:

The Program Structure is that described at section 2. The course 1S800-4; Problems in

International Development Policy and Practice will be taught with students organised in small

groups or teams of about 5 persons, each working with a member of the teaching faculty; the

courses IS 801 through to IS 808 will each be taught through seminars with 20-25 students; IS

809-4 will be taught through seminars or tutorial groups of about 8 students (depending on

students' choices about the particular region they wish to study); each student will be allocated to

a faculty supervisor for individual work on the MA Project (IS 888-6 or IS 889-3).

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5. Research:

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While this is not a research degree it is intended that the courses it includes will also be

appropriate components of the research training to be offered for those wishing to undertake

doctoral research in the School for International Studies.

Learning Methodologies

Learning Environment and Methodologies.

This

is an academic program in which the accent will be on students' individual study of the

relevant literature, and their analysis in some cases of data from primary sources - all with the

guidance of their teachers - and their writing of essays, reviews and project papers. This

individual study will be supported and facilitated through seminar discussion of individual

student presentations, and through detailed feedback from teachers on written assignments.

There is to be a departure from this robust though conventional methodology in the course IS

800-4 when students will work together in small teams (whilst also writing individual reports).

The purpose of this element in the program is to give students experience of working with others,

in small teams, in a way that is expected in many contexts of professional work in international

development. Students will be supervised individually by faculty members in their preparation of

the MA Project.

Experiential Learning:

While co-operative learning or the completion of a practicum are not required elements in this

program, it will be open to suitably qualified students, such as those from the McRae Institute at

Capilano College, who have undertaken such learning experiences, and these students will be

encouraged to base their MA Projects on analysis and reflection drawing on their experience.

This will also be the case for students who are already working, or who have work experience in

international development.

Faculty

The program will be taught by the following nine members of the faculty of the School for

International Studies. A short curriculum vitae for each faculty member is included in appendix

Dr Lenard Cohen BA, MA (Illinois), PhD (Columbia) [Director, Stream B]

Political scientist specializing in state building and state failure with experience in foreign policy

analysis, and a specialist knowledge of the Balkans.

Dr Stephen Easton BA (Oberlin), MA & PhD (Chicago)

Economist and Economic Historian

Dr Andre Gerolymatos BA (Concordia), MA, PhD (McGill)

Historian with particular interests in diplomacy, the organization and uses of intelligence, and

international security, in Greece and West Asia

Dr Dominique M. Gross MA (Carleton), PhD (Toronto)

Economist specialising in international finance and labour issues.

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Dr John Harriss MA (Cantab), PhD (East Anglia) [Director, Stream A]

Specialist in institutional theories and the politics of development, with particular reference to

South Asia

Dr Michael Howard BA, MA, PhD (Waust)

Social/cultural anthropologist who will provide specialist teaching on development in Southeast

Asia.

Dr Paul Warwick BA (McMaster), MA and PhD (Chicago)

Specialist in comparative politics.

The eighth faculty member will be a new appointee, recruited in 2006-07, and due to start her

appointment in August 2007. The person appointed is a political scientist working on human

rights law and international organization.

The ninth faculty member is another new appointee, an economic historian of development who

takes up his post in August 2007.

Needfor Program

There is evidence of a considerable demand internationally, and within Canada, for graduate

• training in international development and on problems of state building and state failure - for

example from the experience of the Development Studies Institute at the London School of

Economics and Political Science. Yet there are no existing master's programs in these fields

either at Simon Fraser University or elsewhere in British Columbia.

Admissions

To be considered for admission, applicants must have a bachelor's degree with a cumulative

grade point average of at least 3.0 from a recognized university, normally in an arts or social

sciences discipline. Those admitted with other credentials, or those with arts degrees who, in the

judgment of the program director are without adequate foundation in the social sciences, may be

required to make up any deficiency without receiving graduate credit for those courses.

Students are normally admitted in September.

Application Requirements

The following application information is required.

• A Simon Fraser University graduate application form completed by hand or on line

• The applicant's official undergraduate transcript(s) showing all grades (mailed

directly from the granting institution)

• Three confidential letters of reference (mailed directly from referees), at least two

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of which are from university faculty members. This requirement may be waived for

mid-career applicants with professional experience

A one page letter of intent that explains why the applicant wishes to pursue the MA

Special Arrangements Program in International Studies, and which stream they

wish to pursue

A student whose first language is not English and whose undergraduate degrees

were from institutions where English is not the language of instruction is required to

submit English language test scores:

IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with a minimum score of 7

on the Academic Modules; or

TOEFL IBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language internet based test) with an

overall score of 88 or better with a minimum score of 20 in each of the four

components (listening, speaking, writing, reading); or

TOEFL PBT (Test of English as a Foreign language paper based test) with a

minimum score of

570

including a minimum essay score of 5; or

TOEFL CBT (Test of English as a Foreign language computer based test) with a

minimum score of 230 including a minimum essay score of 5.

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

School for International Studies

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

MEMORANDUM

To: ?

Mary Ann Gillies, Chair

From: John Harriss, Director

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School for International

Graduate Studies Committee

Studies

Subject:

New course proposal

Date:

March 16, 2007

At its meeting of October

2006, the School for International Studies, approved the attached

new course proposals:

New course proDosal:

IS 800-4 Problems in International Development Policy and Practice

IS 801-4 Institutions, Policies and Development

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IS 802-4 Directed Readings A

IS 803-4 Economics of International Organizations and Development

IS 804-4 Historical Perspectives on Diplomacy and International Security

IS 806-4 State Failure and Reconstruction: Comparative Perspectives

IS 807-4 Complex Emergencies and Humanitarian intervention

IS 808-4 Directed Readings B

IS 809-4 Selected Topics - Economic and Social Development of Selected Regions

IS 888-6 M.A. Project

IS 889-3 M.A. Project Completion

Would you please place this proposal on the agenda of the next meeting of the Faculty of Arts

and Social Sciences Graduate Studies Committee.

io)ffflarrid, Director

School for International Studies

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