SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
AGENDA – OPEN SESSION
Monday, September 13, 2010 –
7:00 pm
Room 3210 West Mall Complex
1. Approval of the Agenda
2. Approval of the Minutes of the Open Session of July 5, 2010.
3. Business Arising from the Minutes
4. Report of the Chair
A) Annual Financial Report (For Information)
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5. Question Period *
6. Reports of Committees
A) Senate Committee on University Priorities (SCUP)
i)
Closure of the Collaborative Major Program with Thompson
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Rivers University
ii) Creation of the First Nations Language Centre
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iii) New Programs in the School of Criminology:
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a) Certificate in Correctional Studies
b) Certificate in Forensic Studies
c) Certificate in Legal Studies
d) Minor and PBD in Police Studies
iv) Certificate in French and Education
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v) SFU/ZU Dual Masters of Science and PhD Degrees in Computing Science
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vi) Notices of Intent for Program Proposals (For Information)
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B) Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies(S CUS)
i)
Degree Designation – Introduction of the designations “with distinction” and
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“first class with distinction” for students in honours and nonhonour-
s programs
ii) Aboriginal Undergraduate Admission Policy
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iii) Linguistics Honours Program
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iv) Curriculum Revisions –Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (For Information): S.10-111
Gerontology, History, Humanities, International Studies,
Linguistics, Political Science, World iLterature,
French Cohort
v) Curriculum Revisions –Fa culty of Business Administration (For Information)
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vi) Curriculum Revisions –Fa culty of Education (For Information)
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C) Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules (SCAR)
i)
Amendment to Policy S.10.03, Univesirty Board on Student
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Discipline (For Information)
D) Senate Nominating Committee(S NC)
i)
Elections
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7. Information
Date of the next regular meeting – Monday, October 4, 2010.
Agenda items and papers for theOcotobe r meeting will be required by the Secretary by noonT, hursday,
September 16, 2010. Submissions may be e-mailed
to
shelley_gair@sfu.ca
but must be followed up by signed paper
submissions. These items will be considered by the Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules on
Tuesday,
September 21, 2010 with Senate distribution on Frida, ySeptember 24, 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 September 8, 2010 at 10:00 am.