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Senate Committee on University Priorities
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Memorandum
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John Waterhouij Y
Chair, SCUP
Vice Presideji't,. Academic
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RE:
Proposal for a Dialogue Minor in
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DATE
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April 18, 2006
Communication, Faculty of Applied
Sciences (SCUP 06-19)
At its April 12, 2006 meeting SCUP reviewed and approved the proposal from the
Faculty of Applied Sciences for a Dialogue Minor in Communication.
Motion
That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors, the
Dialogue Minor in Communication, in the Faculty of Applied Sciences.
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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To: ?
Senate Committee on University Priorities
From: ?
C. MacKenzie, Chair
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
Subject:
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Faculty of Applied Sciences -
Dialogue Minor Program
(SCUS Reference: SCUS 06-09b)
Date: ?
April 4, 2006
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at its meeting on April 4,
2006 gives rise to the following motion:
Motion:
"that SCUP approve and recommend to Senate the new Dialogue Minor Program"
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The relevant documentation is attached for review by SCUP.
Proposal for a Dialogue Minor?
School of Comm unication
Faculty of Applied Sciences ?
(approved by CMNS USC and FAS October 2005)?
(revised following SCUP meeting 8 March 2006)
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Justification:
This Minor is a concentration in studies on dialogue to enable students with interests in many disciplines,
including communication, to focus on the conceptual framework, technique, and practice of creating, sustaining,
and evaluating dialogue. The Minor highlights
the relationship of dialogue with public issues.
Whether or not
this relationship takes the form of cooperation, controversy, or confrontation, and whether or not there are
already visible forms of intervention (e.g., negotiation around public issues), the role of dialogue will be
thoroughly explored as a contributing factor. Emphasis is on the relevance of dialogue as an approach to
difficult public issues, including situations where conflict resolution or conflict management is evident. The
levels of analysis range from local to global. The dis-entanglement of persuasive rhetoric, propaganda, and
reasoned public policy communication in controversial public issues is at the center of the training for students in
the Dialogue Minor.
There are courses already taught in Communication which are now being articulated in terms of their relationship
to dialogue. The courses in the Dialogue Minor are similar to the Undergraduate Semester in Dialogue in their
teaching approach, and the two programs will share resources, guest speakers, common events and programs, etc.
Applicants to the Semester in Dialogue will be informed about the Dialogue Minor program, and vice versa. The
relationship between the two will be complementary and mutually strengthening. To the extent possible, the
Dialogue Minor will expose students to dialogue in the Wosk Centre for Dialogue, enabling them to contribute to
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its work
Governance:
while learning from its experience.
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The Dialogue Minor will be governed and managed by the School of Communication, in conformity with Faculty
and University regulations, and in regular communication with the Semester in Dialogue and the Steering
Committee of the Centre for Dialogue at Harbour Centre. The Undergraduate Studies Committee of the School
of Communication and the Director of Semester in Dialogue shall meet twice each year to discuss management
of this program. The School and Semester in Dialogue will co-operate to form a cohort of students taking a
Dialogue Minor in a given year, and that cohort will be involved in the Centre for Dialogue (as described above)
to the extent possible.
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Access and Management:
I) Courses will be open to students from all faculties who have completed 50 credit hours, and who have
achieved a CGPA of
3.0.
2)
Declaration of a commitment to the Dialogue Minor may occur prior to taking any of the listed courses,
when enrolling in one of the six listed courses (e.g., CMNS 347), or at the entry to, or completion of, the
Dialogue Semester.
3)
Approved Communication students will have a pre-established proportion of spaces in CMNS courses listed in
the Dialogue Minor so that their progress is not impeded.
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4) Students registered in the Dialogue Minor program will have second priority (after CMNS students) for
registration in these courses; otherwise, admission to any course will be based on the order in which students
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register. Students registered in the Dialogue Minor will be exempt from prerequisites if they are not
Communication majors. Students in the Dialogue Minor will be tracked through SIMS as a 'group'. Waiver of
the prerequisites will be managed by the School of Communication's advisor, semesterly.
5) Enrollments generally will be limited to about
25-30
students per course, or such other limits as the School
may set from time to time.
6) Students should consult with their major Department prior to their first Dialogue course to determine the
application of DIAL credits to fulfill major, non-Dialogue minor, or elective course requirements. Students'
inquiries about the Dialogue Minor itself would be addressed to the School of Communication.
7) Students require 19 upper division credits and can take two paths to completion of the Dialogue Minor:
(a)
Students enrolled in the Semester in Dialogue [15 UD credits] must complete CMNS/DIAL 460-4 to
satisfy requirements for the Dialogue Minor.
(b)
Students taking the Dialogue Minor program, but not enrolled in the Semester in Dialogue, will
complete three(3) 4-credit courses from the approved list, plus CMNS/DIAL 460-4, plus CMNS/DIAL
461-3.
8) Normally students will complete CMNS/DIAL 460-4 after completion of the Semester in Dialogue, or after
completion of at least two of the three other required CMNS courses in the Dialogue Minor list (see below).
9) Courses listed here have a strong international character, emphasize writing and oral presentation, and have a
broad multi-disciplinary character. The School of Communication and Centre for Dialogue will, from time to
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time, identify further courses both in Communication and other departments/ schools/units that could be listed as
electives to strengthen the breadth, quantitative, international or writing-intensive character of the Dialogue
Minor. These will be brought for discussion to the regular meetings of the two units (see Governance above).
The purpose of listing such electives will be to ensure a more intellectually-complete and well-rounded program
through collaboration with other departments
10) Best efforts will be made to form a cohort among the Dialogue Minor and Dialogue Semester students by
inviting them to participate in special common events, not limited to their joint participation in CMNS/DIAL
460-4. Instructors of courses listed in the Dialogue Minor will be consulted once a semester about planning and
timing of courses, and will be invited to take part in Centre for Dialogue events in order to bring about a similar
approach to teaching and supervision, and greater coherence in the Dialogue field.
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Continuing Requirements:
A CGPA of
2.75
is required to remain in good standing in the program. Students who do not maintain this
requirement may be dropped from the program but may apply for re-admission at a later date. ?
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Completion of a Minor in Dialogue:
19 upper division credit hours, by following one of these two paths:
(a)
Completing the 15-credit Undergraduate Semester in Dialogue plus CMNS/DIAL 460-4.
(b)
Completing three courses from the list below, plus CMNS/DIAL 460-4 plus
CMNS/DIAL 461-3.
The Communication courses listed here will satisfy the writing-intensive and breadth requirements.
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Existing Communication Courses listed in the Dialogue Minor:
CMNS 332-4
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Communication and Rhetoric
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G. McCarron
CMNS 347-4
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Communication in Conflict and Intervention ?
R.Anderson
CMNS 425-4 ?
Applied Communication for Social Issues ?
M.Laba
CMNS 437-4
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Media Democratization: From Critique to Transformation
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R. Hackett
CMNS 447-4 ?
Negotiation and Dialogue as Communication
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R.Anderson
CMNS 432-4
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Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Political Communication
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C. Murray
(The agreement to waive prerequisites for each of the above listed courses, for Dialogue Minor students without a
Communication background, has been received from each instructor.)
The School has identified some courses in political science, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology which would
in the future be considered for inclusion as optional courses in this Minor. Appropriate arrangements will be
made with those departments and course-instructors before agreement about their inclusion is sought. The intent
behind this process is a collaborative process across faculties and departments, with a mutually beneficial
outcome in the long run. We wish to operate this version of the Minor for a year or two before such
collaboration is discussed.
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New Required CMNS/DIAL Course:
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CMNS/DIAL 460-4 Seminar in Dialogue and Public Issues.
This seminar course is intended for Minor in Dialogue students. If space is available, non-Minor students may be
accommodated. This course focuses on practical tools and strategies used in dialogue, comparing the role and
impact of dialogue when employed by corporate, government, legal, regulatory, community, political, First
Nations, union, and advocacy groups. Emphasis will be on the nature and dynamics of interactions among
multiple stakeholders, cultures of negotiation and decision-making, techniques for facilitation, and the
development of perspectives, tools, and strategies for effective dialogue.
This seminar course will normally be taken after the Dialogue in Semester [15 credits] or after two of the three
required listed CMNS courses (see list above). Attendance at a number of dialogue events is required during this
course, particularly at the Wosk Centre for Dialogue. These are to include a mix of lectures, public events, and
other venues approved in advance by the program Director and Instructor(s). Students will assist with, analyze
and evaluate these dialogues, and will write/create public communication projects ready for public media.
Students will be provided with a list of approved events prior to each semester, and other events will be added as
each semester proceeds, so that students need to maintain a somewhat flexible schedule outside class time.
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New Optional CMNS/DIAL course:
CMNS/DIAL 461-3 Field Placement in Dialogue.
Students work under faculty supervision in a field placement situation
related to dialogue and negotiation.
This
course may normally be taken only after completion of CMNS/DIAL 460-4 with consent of the instructor.
This
course is a mandatory requirement only in path (b) above.
Arrangements for both field placement and faculty
supervision are the responsibility of the student, and enrollment will depend on the availability of faculty
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resources in any semester. Agreement for co-supervision by a responsible person in the field must be in place
prior to instructor's consent for a student to enroll in this course.
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Calendar Entry:
This Dialogue Minor should be inserted between the CANS Minor and Publishing Minor program info
(p.
125 in
2005106 calendar).
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DIALOGUE MINOR PROGRAM
This Minor is a concentration in studies on dialogue to enable students with interests in many disciplines,
including communication, to focus on the conceptual framework, technique, and practice of creating, sustaining,
and evaluating dialogue. The Minor highlights
the relationship qf dialogue with public issues.
Emphasis is on
the relevance of dialogue as an approach to difficult public issues, including situations where conflict resolution or
conflict management is evident. The levels of analysis range from local to global. The dis-entanglement of
persuasive rhetoric, propaganda, and reasoned policy communication in controversial public issues is at the
center of the training for students in this Minor.
Entry Requirements
Acceptance into the Dialogue Minor program is subject to enrollment limitations. Applicants will be accepted
who have a minimum CGPA or transfer CGPA of 3.00, upon completion of 50 credit hours (at SFU and/or
transfer credits).
Continuation Requirement
Once approved for a Dialogue Minor program, a student must maintain a minimum CGPA of 2.75 to remain in
good standing. Students who do not maintain this requirement may be dropped from the program, but may apply
for re-admission at a later date.
Upper Division Requirements
19 upper division credit hours, by following one of these two paths:
(a)
Completing the 15-credit Undergraduate Semester in Dialogue
(DIAL 390-5, DIAL 391-5 and DIAL
392-5),
plus CMNS/DIAL 460-4.
(b)
Completing three courses from the list below, plus CMNS/DIAL 460-4 plus
CMNS/DIAL 461-3.
CMNS 332-4
Communication and Rhetoric
CMNS 347-4
Communication in Conflict and Intervention
CMNS 425-4
Applied Communication for Social Issues
CMNS 432-4
Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Political Communication
CMNS 437-4
Media Democratization: From Critique to Transformation
CMNS 447-4
Negotiation and Dialogue as Communication
Note: Prerequisites for the above-mentioned CMNS courses may be waived for Dialogue Minor students, in
consultation with the CMNS Undergraduate Advisor.
Note: Upper Division CMNS courses taken for credit towards the Dialogue Minor may
not
be counted as part of
CMNS credit needed for an honours, joint major, major, extended minor, or minor in Communication; or minor
in Publishing.
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