SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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S-05-94

MEMORANDUM

To: ?

Senate

From: ?

R.

Blackman, Chair

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies

Subject: ?

Faculty of Science

(SCUS reference 05-15)

Date: ?

June 23, 2005

FOR INFORMATION

Acting under delegated authority, at the June 14, 2005 meeting, SCUS approved curriculum revisions in

the Faculty of Science:

a)

Biological Sciences

i. BISC 202 added as one of the choices for BISC Minor Requirements

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ii.

PHYS 125 and PHYS 126 added as course options for BISC Majors

b) Chemistry

i. New courses: CHEM 191 - Living in a Materials World: From the Stone Age to

Nanoscience

CHEM 192— Chemistry in Your Home, Work, and Environment

CHEM 193 - Close Encounters of the Radioactive Kind

c)

Molecular Biolo

gy

and Biochemistry

i. Program Change to MBB degree requirements in order to specify the number of

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research/readings courses that a Major student may apply towards a degree

ii.

MBB

402 - Change of description and title (from

Molecular Genetics

to

Molecular and

Developmental Genetics)

d)

Physics

i.

Changes to Physics section of the calendar

i.i. Addition of a description of first year Physics Streams/Options

i.ii Removal of reference to Engineering Transfer Program

ii.

New course: PHYS

255 -

Vibrations and Waves

iii.

PHYS 211 - Change of description and prerequisite

iv. PHYS 221,

285,

332, 431 - Change of prerequisite

v.

PHYS 326 - Change of credit hour, prerequisite and vector

vi.

PHYS 430 - Change of credit hour, description, prerequisite and vector

vii.

NUSC 485 - Change of course number from NUSC

485

to PHYS

485

.

Any Senator wishing to consult the full report of curriculum revisions should contact Bobbie