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SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
AGENDA – OPEN SESSION
Monday, November 1, 2010 –
5:30 pm
Room 3210 West Mall Complex
1. Approval of the Agenda
2. Approval of the Minutes of the Open Session of October , 42010.
3. Business Arising from the Minutes
4. Report of the Chair
5. Question Period *
6. Reports of Committees
A) Senate Committee on University Priorities( SCUP)
i)
Creation of the Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics (VIVA)
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ii) Proposal for a Concentration in Early Moden r World History within the
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
iii) Establishment of Undergraduate Programs under the Development and
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Sustainability Program within the Faculty of Environment
iv) Dissolution of the W.J. VanDusenB .C. Business Studies Institute within the
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Faculty of Business Administration
v) Change in the W.J. VanDusen Endowment Terms of Reference
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vi) Proposal to halt admission and discontinue the Integrated Studies Program
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within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
vii) Transfer of Department of Archaeology from Faculty of Arts and Social
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Sciences to the Faculty of Environment
viii) Name change of the Institute for Critical Studies in Gender and Health
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ix) External Review ofthe Department of History within the
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
x) External Review ofthe School of Resource and Environmental
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Management within the Faculty of Environment
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B) Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies(S CUS)
i)
Closure of Student Record (For Information)
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ii) New B.C. Math Curriculum (For Information)
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iii) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology
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(For Information): BA Degree Options
iv) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Education (For Information)
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v) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Environment (For Information): REM
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C) Calendar Committee (CC)
i)
Calendar Publication and Revision Guidelines (For Information)
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D) Senate Nominating Committee(S NC)
i)
Elections
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7. Other Business
i) Academic Amnesty Motion
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8. Information
Date of the next regular meeting – Monday, December 6, 2010.
Agenda items and papers for theDecember meeting will be required by the Secretary atnoon , Thursday,
November 18, 2010. Submissions may be e-mailed to
shelley_gair@sfu.ca
but must be followed up by signed
paper submissions.The se items will be considered by the Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules on Tues, day
November 23, 2010 with Senate distribution on Frida, yNovember 26, 2010.
The Senate agenda and Senate papers arave ailable on the Web
http://www.sfu.ca/senate/Senate_agenda.html
.
Papers for Senate meetings are also accessible in the Libray r Reserves (SEN.000).
Kate Ross
Registrar and Secretary of Senate
* Questions should be submitted in writing to Kate Ros(es mail
kuross@sfu.ca
) with Senate Question in the
subject line by Wednesday October 27, 2010 at 10:00 am.