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MEMORANDUM
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Rolf Mathewes, Vice-Chair
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
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Proposed Revisions to Criteria for Admission of College or University Transfer
Students (Fall 2006)
(SCUS Reference 05-2)
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January 20, 2005
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at its meeting of January
18, 2005 gives rise to the following motion:
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"that Senate approve the proposed revisions to the criteria for admission of
college or university transfer students asset forth in S. 05-30 , in effect as of
Fall 2006."
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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Undergraduate Curriculum Implementation Task Force
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Office of the Vice-President, Academic
MEMORANDUM
To: Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
From:
UCITF; Barbara Frisken, Chair
Re: College transfer admission criteria
Date:
January
18,
2005
Proposed Revisions College Admissions for Fall 2006
In June, 2004, SFU Senate approved the following criteria for admission of students
transferring to SFU from colleges:
Current: Admission by college or university transfer
Students. transferring from other post-secondary institutions must either:
(a)
fulfill the requirements for direct admission from high school; or
(b)
obtain a grade of C- or better in a certified W course that is transferable to
SFU.
The above noted criteria are in addition to current admissions criteria which state that
students applying with transfer courses from other post-secondary institutions may fall
into one of two categories: (1) those with fewer than 30 credit hours of transferable work,
or (2) those with 30 credit hours or more of transferable work. Students in the first
category are considered equivalent to "direct from high school" for admissions purposes.
Following discussions with college administrators and faculty in Fall 2004, we propose
the following revised criteria for admission of students transferring to SFU from colleges.
The changes are based on convincing arguments from the colleges about the quality of
college English instruction and the rigour of college admission standards, which already
include the use of proficiency tests such as the LPI and homegrown tests at many of our
sending institutions. Concerns have also been raised that an insufficient number of
college English courses focusing on composition (as opposed to genre-based writing) will
be certified as W by SFU, thereby unintentionally reducing the number of college
students admissible to SFU.
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The UCITF and the Writing Support Group believe that the original criteria for college
transfers were unintentionally stringent, and the following proposed criteria will maintain
an expectation of adequate preparation for those students to take W courses at SFU and
more effectively support recruitment of students from colleges.
Proposed: Admission by college or university
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Students transferring from other post-secondary institutions must either:
(a)
Obtain a grade of C- or better in a college English course that is transferable
to SFU for English (ENGL) credit, designated or undesignated (No LPI score
required), or
(b)
Obtain a grade of C- or better in a college course that is certified W
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(No LPI score required).
In all other cases, English admission requirements shall be the same as for secondary
school graduates:
Requirements for direct entry from high school
(a)
a grade of 86% (A) or higher in a course equivalent to (or more advanced
than) English 12 (more advanced English courses would include Advanced
Placement and International Baccalaureate); or
(b)
a grade of 60% -
85%
(C to B) in a course equivalent to (or more advanced
than) English 12 plus a score of 4 or
5
on the essay portion of the Language
Proficiency Index (LPI) or an equivalent score on an accepted language
proficiency exam; or
(c)
a score of 6 on the essay portion of the LPI or an equivalent score on an
accepted language proficiency exam.
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