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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
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Senate
From: Jon Driver
Dean of Graduate Studies
Date: November 21, 2002
Subject: Graduate Curriculum Revisions - Faculty of Arts
SGSC Reference GS.2002.23
For Information
Acting under delegated authority, the Senate Graduate Studies Committee, at its Meeting on
November 18, 2002, approved curriculum revisions in the following departments:
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Department of Economics
Gerontology Program
Department of History
Department of Linguistics
Department of Political Science
Department of Psychology
Women's Studies
Any Senator wishing to consult the full report of curriculum revisions within the Faculty of
Arts should contact Bobbie Grant, Senate Assistant at 291-3168 or email bgrant@sfu.ca
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Department of Economics
i)
New Courses:
ECON 828-4 Experimental Economics
ECON 832-4 Computational Methods in Economics
ECON 892-4 Public Economics: Taxation
ii)
Change of title and course description for ECON 890
iii)
Proposed new M. .A. Exam Option and corresponding course number:
ECON 997-0 to facilitate student registration for this Option
iv)
Change of date for the Theory and Comprehensive Exams for the PH.D.. Program
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Gerontology Program
i)
New Course:
GERO 822-4 Families, Communities and Health
ii)
Proposed change to the number of required courses students must take to complete
The MA program
iii)
The addition of GERO 803 to the core course requirements for the MA Project and
Thesis Options
iv)
Change GERO 802 from a core required course to an elective course
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The deletion of GERO 821 and the addition of GERO 822 to the requirements for
The Areas of Concentration section.
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Department of History
i)
To Offer HIST 814 in the Fall Semester rather than the Spring Semester
ii)
Admit PH.D. and part-time MA students in the Fall Semester only
iii)
Change the Ph.D. program specifying the Department's expectation that doctoral
students take at least one graduate seminar course in the first year of the program
iv)
The addition of Early Modern European History to the Ph.D. fields listing
d)
Department of Linguistics
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Change to the requirements for the PH.D. course work and thesis proposal
e)
Department of Political Science
i)
Proposed changes in text pertaining to the Supervisory Committee for students in
the MA program
ii)
The deletion of text pertaining to the department field committee for students
pursuing the thesis and field exam MA options
iii)
The reduction of fields from which students will chose their required courses
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Proposed changes to the program description and admission requirements for the
PH:D. program
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Proposed changes in text pertaining to the composition of the Supervisory Committee
and the clarification of comprehensive examination requirements for students in the
PH.D. program
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Change to the thesis requirements for students in the PH.D. program
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Department of Psychology
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New Course:
PSYC 881-3 Senior Practicum
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Course description changes for PSYC 820-6, 821-4, 822-6, 823-4 and
825
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Women's Studies
h)
New Course:
WS 899 MA Extended Essays
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