S.06-52

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY?

DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES

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MEMORANDUM

TO:

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Senate

FROM: ?

Jonathan Driver, Chair, Senate Graduate Studies Committee

SUBJECT: Faculty of Health Sciences: Calendar changes

DATE: ?

February 24, 2006

cc: ?

R. Lockhart, Faculty of Health Sciences

For information

At its meeting of 13 0

' February 2006 Senate Graduate Studies Committee'approved the following

curriculum and calendar changes in the Faculty of Health Sciences:

1.

M.Sc. in Population

&

Public Health (GS2006.06)

Curriculum changes included:

i)

a simplified program description for the Calendar

ii)

coursework requirement from 36 to 43 credit hours

iii) minor course changes to:

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HSCI 691-1 Seminars in population and public health (description)

HSCI 801-4 Biostatistics I (prerequisite)

HSCI 802-4 Principles of epidemiology for public health (title, description)

HSCI 803-5 Research methodology for the health sciences (credit hours, description)

PPH 823-3 Analysis of health caidelivery systems (from HSCI 804-4; name, title, credit

hours, description)

PPH 880-0 Practicum (from USC! 896-4 - name, credit hours, title, description; S/U

grading)

PPH 897-3 Seminar in workplace integrated learning (from HSCI 897-4; credit hours,

prerequisite, description)

PPH 822-3 Social and behavioral contexts of health and disease (from PPH 801-4; title,

credit hours, description)

GLOH 670-3 Disease prevention and control (description)

iv)

deletion of course:

USCI 895-4 Research conceptualization and design in the health sciences

v)

new course proposal:

PPH 821-4 Concepts and principles of population and public health

Rationale: These changes would enhance the quality of the program, and bring it into line with

international accreditation standards for master's degrees in community/public health.

2.

Graduate Diploma in Global Health (GS 2006.07)

Changes to the description of coursework requirements - a detailed list of electives was

deleted; credit hours and core course requirements were not affected.

Senators wishing to consult the documents concerning these items should contact Bobbie Grant,

Senate Assistant at (604) 291-3168 or bgrantsfu.ca

SGSC-Senate-GS2006.06-07

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