SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES
MEMORANDUM
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Senate
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Jonathan Driver
Senate Graduate Studies Committee
SUBJECT: Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences: Latin American Studies Program
Curriculum changes
(GS2006.44)
DATE: ?
January 12, 2007
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M. A. Gillies, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
E. Hershberg, Latin American Studies
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For information
At its 20
th
November 2006 meeting, SGSC approved the following curriculum and
calendar changes in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences:
Latin American Studies Program
Program description and degree requirements
• Course changes - credit hours, descriptions
LAS 800-5 to 800-4 Approaches to Research in Latin American Studies
LAS
815-5
to 815-4 Theories of Latin American Development
LAS 825-5 to 824-4 Latin American History and Culture
LAS
835-5
to
835-4
Social and Political Change in Latin America
LAS
851-5
to
851-4
Directed Readings in Latin American Studies
Rationale:
Program description and courses were re-defined subsequent to an external review - these
changes would bring the M.A. in LAS program in line with other graduate programs in
Arts & Social Sciences.
Senators wishing to consult the documents concerning this item should contact Bobbie Grant, Senate
Assistant at (604) 291-3168 or bgrantsfu.ca
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Dean of
Graduate Studies
STREET ADDRESS
Maggie Benston Student
Services Centre 1100
Burnaby BC V5A 1A6
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TIME 2:04:12 PM
8888 University Drive
Burnaby BC V5A 1A6
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For information
At its 8th January 2007 meeting, Senate Graduate
Studies Committee approved the following curriculum
and calendar changes in the Faculty of Arts & Social
Sciences:
Philosophy (GS2007.03)
Program description changes for the calendar -
application procedures, degree requirements for the
M.A. and Ph.D. programs - these were noted as
housekeeping items.
English - M.A. program (GS2007.04)
Master of Arts for Teachers of English (MATE)
A new stream to the M.A. program for Surrey campus -
designed as a refresher course for school teachers to
teach English literature with current critical
approach. Calendar changes to the program
description, admission requirements and some
housekeeping items were included.
Economics - minor course changes (GS2007.05)
ECON 88-4
Advanced topics in Finance
(title)
ECON 900-0 PhD Field paper (description)
Urban Studies - minor course changes (GS2007.06)
URB 660-4
Transportation and urban
development (
title
and description)
Senators wishing to consult the documents concerning these items
should contact Bobbie Grant, senate Assistant at 604.291.3168 or
bgrant.ca
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