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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
To: ?
Senate
From: ?
Allan MacKinnon, Chair
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
Subject: ?
Faculty of Science
(SCUS reference 02-28 a)
(SCUS reference 02-28 e)
(SCUS reference 03-3)
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Date: ?
January 16, 2003
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at its meetings of October
29, 2002 and January 14, 2003 gives rise to the following motions:
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MOTION 1
"That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors approval of the deletion of the
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Environmental Toxicology, as set forth in S. 03 -22 , effective
2003-3."
MOTION
2
"That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors approval of the deletion of the
Minor in Quaternary Studies, as set forth in S. 03 -22 , effective 2003-3."
FOR INFORMATION
Acting under delegated authority of Senate, SCUS approved at its meeting of January 14, 2003 a
new course in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry: MBB 323 - Introduction
to physical biochemistry. SCUS also approved a two semester lag waiver for offering in 2003-3.
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Any Senator wishing to consult the full report of curriculum revisions should contact
Bobbie Grant, Senate Assistant at 291-3168 or email bgrant@sfu.ca
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C4i4r chan g e -
Biolo gical Sciences
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AUG 1 2002
Cancellation of post-baccalaureate di
p
loma (PBD) in
Environmental Toxicology
Post-baccalaureate diplomas (PBD)
are
designed for people who
already
have a
science^degj
ree "and
who wish to upgrade their academic credentials". The general PBD should
consist
of one year o study
with 30+ credit hours from upper division courses (though
graduate
courses can be included).
1.
In the last 4 years we have only
graduated
1-2 students/year in the
Ent
Tox PBD program. Currently
no students
are
registered in the PBD for En Tox
and only
1 in the general PBD.
2.
We have no other specific PBD programs. However, students
registering
for a general PBD can
choose to
specialise in gg
y
area of biology (with
advice from ulg advisor and/orfa
culty),
i.e. we do not
need to
specify
programs.
3. There is considerable overlap between PBD
and
the newly established
Masters in
Environmental
Toxicology.
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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Program Change Form
Elimination of Minor in Quaternary Studies
Deletion of QUAT 400-1
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RATIONALE:
For the last 15 years or so the Department of Geography has acted as a home for the
Quaternary Studies program. The program was initially intended to serve as a meeting
ground-for students in-physical geography, archaeology, etc., who had an interest in the
environmental changes accompanying the 'Ice Ages' of the Quaternary period. Students
wishing to declare a minor in Quaternary Studies could take two one-credit courses
(QUAT 400 and 401) and a four-credit directed readings course (QUAT 403). There
have been three major changes in the last few years at SFtJ, however, which have
rendered the program obsolete.
I. QUAT 400 was a complement to the seminar programe of the Institute for Quaternary
Research (IQR). The demise of the IQR has meant that QUAT 400 can no longer be
offered.
2.
Students registered in QUAT 401 were expected to attend the GEOG 412 (Quaternary
geomorphology) field trips and hand in reports to obtain a grade for this course. For
the last several years, however, this limited-enrollment course has been very heavily
subscribed, with few available spaces for QUAT minors.
3.
The Quaternary minor program was devised prior to the advent of the Earth Sciences
department at SFU, and was meant, in part, to serve as mitigation for the absence of
such a program in environmental and Quaternary geology. The recent establishment
of a vigorous program in Quaternary geology in the new Earth Sciences department at
SFU, however, means that students now have access to a broad array of 'regular'
courses in Quaternary environmental science.
The impact of these changes in the university has been felt in enrollment in the
Quaternary Studies program. Previously, a couple of students per year were enrolled in
QUAT courses; no students are enrolled at the present time.
Comments from Department of Earth Sciences:
Ian talked to me earlier about this; I agree with the reasons given by him
to eliminate the QUAT minor; it served us usefully but its time has passed.
EASC has no objection to the proposal.
E. J. Hickin, Chair, Earth Sciences
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Comments from Department of Archaeology:
Thank you for sending my department advance notification on the possible
elimination of the Quaternary Minor in Geography. I have discussed this
with relevant faculty in Archaeology who appreciate your department's
position fully. Consequently we support the decision arrived at by your
committee.
Dave Burley, Chair, Archaeology
Approved by Geography UGSC: ?
10 January 2002
Approved by Department of Geography: 31 January 2002
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