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OFFICE OF THE
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT ACADEMIC AND ASSOCIATE PROVOST
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Bill Krane, Chair
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences SCUS 07-411
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October 9. 2007
For information:
Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of October 2, 2007, SCUS
approved the following curriculum revisions:
FACULTY OF ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES
1. Department of English
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(a) Changes to course description and prerequisite
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for ENGL 496.
2. De
p artment of History
(a)
change to course title for HIST
205,
and change to course title
and description for HIST 308
(b)
change to course title, description and prerequisite for HIST 344
(c)
new courses
HIST 304 Alexander the Great and the Quest for World Empire
HIST 317 From Reconstruction to Destruction: The Byzantine
Empire from the
9th
to the 15
th
Centuries
HIST 460 Themes in Byzantine History
(d)
Re-instatement of HIST 360 (from Temporarily Withdrawn
status)
3. Department of Humanities
(a)
changes to the Lower Division requirements for the Humanities
Major and Joint Major programs
(b)
changes to the Upper Division requirements for the Humanities
Minor program
(c)
changes to the Humanities Post Baccalaureate Diploma
(d)
changes of prerequisites in HUM 201 and 202, and changes to
Calendar descriptions in HUM 390 and 400
4. Department of Linguistics
(a)
change to course number for LING 260 and consequential changes
to program
(b)
change title, description and prerequisite in LING 221
(c)
change of prerequisite in LING
350,
360, 362, 370, 480, 481 and
482W
(d)
changes to the Upper Division requirements for the Linguistics
Major and Honors Programs
(e)
changes to the Lower Division requirements for the Linguistics
Major, Honors and Minor Programs
(f)
changes to the Lower Division requirements for the Joint Major
Program in Computing Science and Linguistics; the Cognitive
Science Major, the Joint Major in Linguistics and Anthropology,
the Certificate in Teaching ESL Linguistics, and the list of courses
of interest to students outside the department
(g)
new courses
LING 295-3 Language and the Law
LING 410-3 Theories of Applied Linguistics
LING 411-3 Topics in Applied Phonetics
LING 412-3 Topics in Applied Grammar and Discourse
LING 415-3 Neurolinguistics
(h)
changes and additions to the Course Challenge section
(i) new courses
PORT 102-3 Introductory Portuguese I
PORT 103-3 Introductory Portuguese II
PERS 118-3 Introduction to Persian I
PERS 168-3 Introduction to Persian II
(j) change of credit hours for GERM 102 and 103.
5.
Department of Philosophy
(a)
change of prerequisites in PHIL 201, 203, 341, 343, and 344
(b)
change of credit hour in PHIL 210
6. Department of Political Science (07-410)
(a) change of course titles in POL 231, 300, 337, 342, 344, 346 and
347.
(b)
change of course number and prerequisite in POL
355;
course
title in POL 381; course title and description for POL 433; course
titles in POL 442, 445 and 447; and course title and description in
POL 455 and 481
(c)
deletion of POL 336 and POL 414
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(d) new courses
POL 357-4 Selected Topics in Urban and Local Government
POL 358-4 Selected Topics in Public Policy
POL 360-4 Ethics and Governance
POL 361-4 Policy Communities and Policy Networks
POL 362-4 Comparative Public Policy
POL 374-4 Africa in the Global Political Economy
POL 453-4 The Political Economy of Cities and City Regions
POL 460-4 Selected Topics in Public Policy
POL 461-4 The Risk Society and Risk Management
POL 462-4 Non-Profit Organizations and Alternative Service
Delivery
POL 470-4 African Social and Political Thought
POL 471-4 Political Economy of North America
7. Department of Psychology
(a)
changes Admission Requirements for the Honors Program
(b)
changes to the Group A and B requirements for the Majors
Program
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(c) changes to the Joint Major (Criminology) Program requirements
(d)
changes to the Minor Program requirements
(e)
change of prerequisites in PSYC 207, 300W,
357, 358,
371, 402,
410, 411, 415, 430, 432, 441, 450, 451, 452,
453,
461, 462, 463,
464, 476, 477, 479, 480, 482, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494 and 495
(f)
change to course title for PSYC
335
8. Department of Sociology and Anthropology
(a)
changes to the Anthropology Major and Minor Programs
(b)
changes to the Anthropology portion of the Joint Major with
Archaeology, Art and Culture Studies, Sociology,
Communication, Criminology, Latin American Studies,
Linguistics, and the Joint Major Program in Sociology or
Anthropology and Women's Studies
(c)
changes to the Anthropology and Sociology Minor Programs
(d)
changes to the Honors and Joint Honors Programs
(e)
change of title in SA 100, 302W, 315,
357W;
to title and
description in SA 201W and 275; and to title, credit hour and
description in SA 499
(f)
changes of title and prerequisite in SA 203, 210, 218, 231, 245,
255,
260, 300, 301, 304, 316, 318, 319, 321, 322, 323, 325, 326,
327, 331, 332, 333, 335, 337, 340, 345, 352, 353
355, 356W,
358, 360, 362 363, 364,
365,
371, 386, 388, 392, 396, 401, 402,
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403 , 410, 416, 417, 418, 420, 421, 429, 430, 447,
450,
451,
455,
460, 463, 472, 486, 496, 497, 498 and 499
(g)
new course SA 368 Language, Ideology, and Power (A)
(h)
deletion of SA 361 Gender, Colonialism, Post-Colonialism
9. Latin American Studies
(a) change of title for Latin American Development Studies
(b)
revisions to courses with primary Latin American focus list
(c)
change of title in LAS 200
10. Department of Women's Studies
(a)
changes to the list of Upper Division courses for the Minor in
Gender Studies
(b)
new course WS 317-4 Bread Riots to Riot Grrls: Gender,
Resistance and Protest in Historical Perspective
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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