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DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE
Minutes of a meeting of the Senate of Simon Fraser University held on
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Monday, May 14, 2007 at
5:30
pm in Room 3210 WMC
Open Session
Present:
Schellenberg, B., Vice-Chair and Senator
Absent:
Breden, Felix
Black, Sam
Delgrande, James
Brennand, Tracy
Dickinson, Peter
Caufield, Sarah
Driver, Jon
Corbett, Kitty
Dunnet, Margo
Dagenais, Diane
Ester, Martin
Easton, Stephen
Fairey, Elaine (representing L. Copeland)
Fox, Sasha (Graham)
Fizzell, Maureen
Francis, June
Gencay, Ramo
Gordon, Robert
Gordon, Irene
Gregory, Titus
Haunerland, Norbert
Harder, Derrick
Javed, Waseem
Hayes, Michael
Jones, John (representing B. Lewis)
Honda, Barry
Krane, Bill
Joffies, Michel
LaBrie, John
Kelly, Vanessa
Lewis, Glyn
Li, Wei
Liljedahl, Peter
Louie, Brandt
MacKenzie, Christine
McArthur, James
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MacLean, David
Peters, Joseph
Percival, Cohn
Pinto, Mario
Percival, Paul
Rebman, Rachelle
Perry, Thomas (representing J. Pierce)
Russell, Robert
Plischke, Michael
Shermer, Thomas
Shaker, Paul
Stevenson, Michael
Smart, Carolyne
Warner, D'Arcy
Smith, Don
Weeks, Daniel
Vaid, Bhuvinder
Williams, Peter
van Baarsen, Amanda
Waterhouse, John
Zandvliet, David
Ross, Kate, Registrar and Senior Director, Student Enrolment
Watt, Alison, Director, University Secretariat
Grant, Bobbie, Recording Secretary
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1.
Approval of the Agenda
The Agenda was approved as distributed.
2.
Approval of the Minutes of the O
p en Session of April 2, 2007
The Minutes were approved as distributed.
3.
Business Arisin
g from the Minutes
A question regarding Spring 2008 undergraduate admissions to the Faculty of Business
Administration had been raised at the previous meeting concerning targets that appeared
to favour international students to the apparent detriment of domestic students. Senate
was advised that enrolment numbers were actually being maintained so the overall
admission balance in the Faculty for both categories had not changed. However, the
different admission numbers were required due to different graduation and continuance
rates.
Report of the Chair
There was no report from the Vice- Chair.
Question Period
There were no questions.
Re
p orts of Committees
A)
Senate Committee on University Priorities
i) ?
Paper S.07-73 - Annual Re
port
(For Information)
Following a correction to the name of N. Haunerland on page
5,
the Annual Report of the
Senate Committee on University Priorities for the period of April 1, 2006 to March 31,
2007 was received by Senate for information.
B)
Senate Committee on Under
g
raduate Studies
i)
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Curriculum Revisions - Facult
y
of App
lied Sciences
a) ?
Paper S.07-74 -Changes to the Admission Requirements for Hi
gh
School
A pp licants to the Facult
y
of Applied Sciences
Moved by B. Krane, seconded by D. Smith
"that Senate approve program specific admission requirements for the
Faculty of Applied Sciences as follows:
Computing Science: One of Biology 12, Chemistry 12 or Physics 12
Engineering Science: Chemistry 12 and Physics 12
Kinesiology: ?
Two of Biology 12, Chemistry 12 or Physics 12
Interactive Arts/Technology: One science course"
4.
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Reference was made to the table on page 2 concerning the information in the current
column versus the information in the proposed column. A question arose as to why only
science-related courses were shown in the proposed column and not other courses such as
Principles of Math 12. It was pointed out that admission requirements now have a
hierarchical structure - University level, Faculty level, and program specific - and that
Senate, at its last meeting, approved (in Senate paper S.07-61) the University level and
the Faculty level requirements, and these are the additional program specific
requirements beyond the two previous sets of requirements. Since the other two levels
were already dealt with, only the program specific requirements were shown.
Senate was assured that this motion did not affect the Faculty level requirement for
Principles of Math 12. [Secretary's note: Principles of Mathematics 12 applies to all
admissions to the Faculty
of
Applied Sciences, except for admission to the School of
Communication.]
Question was called, and a vote taken. ?
MOTION CARRIED
b)
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Paper
S.07-75 -
Course Deletions (For Information)
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, acting
under delegated authority, approved the deletion of TAT 430 and TECH
159.
ii)
Paper S.07-76 - Curriculum Revision - Faculty of Business Administration (For
Information)
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, acting
under delegated authority, approved the Temporary Withdrawal of BUEC 384.
iii)
Paper S.07-77 - Curriculum Revision - Facult
y
of Education (For Information)
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, acting
under delegated authority, approved the deletion of EDUC 470.
iv)
Paper
S.07-78 - Curriculum Revisions - Facult
y
of Science (For Information)
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, acting
under delegated authority, approved the deletion of EASC 409, and the Temporary
Withdrawal of EASC 417.
7.
Other Business
There was no other business.
8.
Information ?
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The date of the next regularly scheduled meeting of Senate is Monday, June 11, 2007.
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On behalf of Senate, the Chair expressed thanks to the following retiring Senators and
presented them with a Certificate of Appreciation: F. Breden, J. Deigrande, M. Dunnet, I.
Gordon, G. Lewis, C. MacKenzie, and D. Zandvliet. Thanks to the retiring Senators not
present at the meeting were noted [S. Caufield, T. Gregory, B. Honda, V. Kelly, and W.
Li].
A special thank you and presentation of a Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of Senate
was given by the Vice-President, Academic to B. Schellenberg, retiring Senator, for her
services as Vice-Chair of Senate.
Open Session adjourned at
5:45
pm and Senate moved directly into Closed Session.
Alison Watt
Director, University Secretariat
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