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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?
MEMORANDUM
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TO: ?
Senate
FROM: ?
J. H. Waterhouse, Chair,
Senate Committee on Enr4Tint anagement and Planning
SUBJECT:
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Undergraduate AdmissTargets for
2003/04
DATE:
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February 13, 2003
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Enrollment Management and Planning
(SCEMP) gives rise to the following motions. Please note that all enrollments and targets
referred to in this document include SFU Surrey but exclude new international students admitted
to SFU in fall, 2003 or later. A separate item on Senate's agenda will address the issue of
enrollment targets for undergraduate international students at SFU.
Motion
1:
"That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the
following undergraduate admission targets for
each basis-of-admission
group and for each semester in 2003/04, and that SCEMP be delegated
authority to make
further adjustments based on actual enrollment
experience in 2003-2 and 2003-3.
.
2003-2
2003-3
2004-1
B.C. GRXII
100
2,450
100
2,650
B.C. College
400
750
350
1,500
"Other"
150
560
170
880
Total Intake
650
3,760
620
5,030
Motion 2:
"That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the
undergraduate admission targets to each Faculty as indicated in TABLE 1.
attached, and that SCEMP be delegated authority to make adjustments based on
actual enrollment experience in 2003-2 and 2003-3.
BACKGROUND
Enrollment Status Report for
2002/03
SFU was funded for
14,846
full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduates in 2002/03. This
included an increase of
136
FTE students in Computing Science and Engineering Science as part
of the Provincial Government's "New Era" commitments, a general increase of
170
FTE, and 400
FTEatSFU Surrey.
Based on actual enrollments for summer, fall, and spring, we will surpass our funded
enrollment target by approximately
715
FTE. The excess was due to significant increases in the
proportion of new students who accepted offers of admission and who registered for classes as
well as increases in the course loads taken by all students.
Enrollment Funding for 2003/04
The Provincial Government has increased our enrollment target by
370
FTE in 2003/04 to a at
total of
15,216
FTE students. This includes a second increase of
136
FTE students in Computing
Science and Engineering Science, a general increase of
34
FTE students, and an increase of
200
FTE students at SFU Surrey.
Meeting our provincial enrollment target in 2003/04 means we should reduce our actual
enrollment from last year by
345
FTE students. This would result in a reduction of 830 new
students relative to 2002/03. SCEMP concluded that this was too large a reduction since it would
have resulted in a steep increase in admission GPAs, particularly in the Faculty of Arts. SCEMP
therefore moved that the reduction be softened from 830 to 530 new students with the difference
going to the Faculty of Arts.
Admission Targets for 2003104 by Semester, Basis-of Admission, and Faculty
The admission targets for each semester are arrived at by first allowing for FTE capacity
required for undergraduates continuing from previous semesters. The remaining FTE capacity
dictates how many new students are to be admitted to meet the FTE targets of the University and
of each Faculty. The modeling is constrained by requiring that admission GPAs are roughly stable
over the three semesters, that historical proportions of new students by basis of admission are
roughly maintained, and course supply is available in each semester in order to meet student
demand.
Within the basis-of-admission targets identified, there are three groups of students for
which separate targets are identified. These are students entering from BC secondary schools,
transfer students from BC colleges and university colleges, and a collection of groups labeled as
"Other."
second degree,
"Other"
mature
includes
students,
students
secondary
transferring
school
from
graduates
other universities,
from other
students
Canadian
pursuing
provinces,
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is
visiting, special entry, concurrent studies, BC Grade 11, BC technical schools, etc.
For transfer students with an associate degree from a BC college, a minimum GPA of 2.00
is required consistent with Senate policy. Please note that a separate item on Senate's agenda will
address the issue of associate Degree students and will propose that the minimum GPA be
increased and tied to the minimum GPA required for regular transfer from a BC college.
The intake target for the Faculty of Applied Sciences is the sum over new-to-SFU students
entering Computing Science, Communications, Engineering Science, Kinesiology, SFU Surrey, and
the first year of the BGS program in the Faculty. Each School in Applied Sciences also admits
many continuing students into its programs through internal transfer. This is true for the Faculty of
Business as well. The Education intake target is an estimate of the number of new-to-SFU
students who will be admitted into the PDP and PBD programs.
Tables 2. and 3. below provide comparisons with actual new registrants from previous
years.
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TABLE 1.
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY .... INTAKE
TARGETS FOR NEW
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS BY
FACULTY, SEMESTER
AND BASIS
OF
ADMISSION (Excluding International
2003/04 PROPOSED
Students)
2003-2
2003-3
2004-1
TOTAL
Applied Science Surrey
BC
Secondary
375
375
BC College
25
25
Other
Total
400
400
Applied Science Regular
BC
Secondary
5
400
5
410
BC College
15
25
5
45
Other
20
40
10
70
Total
40
465
20
525
Arts
BC
Secondary
75
875
45
995
BC College
310
625
300
1,235
Other
120
380
115
615
Total
505
1,880
460
2,845
Business
BC Secondary
10
200
10
220
BC College
25
25
25
75
Other
Total
35
225
35
295
Education
BC
Secondary
BC College
Other
10
140
45
195
Total
10
140
45
195
Science
BC Secondary
10
600
40
650
BC College
50
50
20
120
Other
Total
60
650
60
770
University
BC Secondary
100
2,450
100
2,650
BC College
400
750
350
1,500
Other
150
560
170
880
Total
650
3,760
620
5,030
TABLE 2
SIMON FRASER
UNIVERSITY .... INTAKE TARGETS FOR NEW
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS BY
SEMESTER AND BASIS OF
ADMISSION
Actuals
98-2
98-3
99-1
1998/99
Year%
BCXII
66
1835
80
1,981
41.6%
BC Coll
320
660
301
1,281
26.9%
Other
287
841
375
1,503
31.5%
Total
673
3,336
756
4,765
100.0%
Actuals
99-2
99-3
00-1
1999/00
Year%
BCXII
66
1802
194
2,062
43.4%
BC Coll
353
587
553
1,493
31.4%
Other
174
636
385
1,195
25.2%
Total
593
3,025
1,132
4,750
100.0%
Actuals
00-2
00-3
01-1
2000/01
Yepr%
BCXII
87
2,144
131
2,362
42.2%
BC Coll
396
873
518
1,787
31.9%
Other
335
674
436
1,445
25.8%
Total
818
3,691
1,085
5,594
100.0%
Actuals
01-2
01-3
02-1
2001/02
Year%
BCXII
126
1,839
133
2,098
42.5%
BC Coll'
425
625
439
1,489
30.2%
Other
247
735
367
1,349
27.3%
Total
798
3,199
939
4,936
100.0%
Actuals
02-2
02-3
03-1
2002/03
Year%
BCXII
97
2,301
110
2,508
45.1%
BC Coll
481
893
397
1,771
31.9%
Other
280
754
247
1,281
23.0%
Total
858
3,948
754
5,560
100.0%
Targets
03-2
03-3
04-1
2003/04
Year%
BCXII
100
2,450
100
2,650
52.7%
BC Coll
400
750
350
1,500
29.8%
Other
150
560
170
880
17.5%
Total
650
3,760
620
5,030
100.0%
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TABLE 3.
INTAKE BY FACULTY, SEMESTER, AND BASIS OF ADMISSION
2002103 ACTUAL
Applied Science Surrey
BC Secondary
2002-2
2002-3
173
2003-1
TOTAL
173
BC College
16
1
17
Other
13
13
Total
202
1
203
Applied
Science Regular
BC Secondary
1
216
3
220
BC College
4
25
16
45
Other
17
49
20
86
Total
22
290
39
351
Arta
BC Secondary
74
1,129
44
1,247
BC College
370
785
348
1,503
Other
158
452
125
735
Total
602
2,366
517
3,485
Business
BC Secondary
3
130
133
BC College
19
19
7
45
Other
2
8
10
Total
24
157
7
188
Education
BC Secondary
BC College
4
5
9
Other
21
103
47
171
Total
21
107
52
180
Science
BC Secondary
18
651
63
732
BC College
83
44
21
148
Other
25
81
28
134
Total
126
776
112
1,014
Unspecified
BC Secondary
1
2
3
BC College
5
2
1
8
Other
57
46
26
129
Total
63
50
27
140
University
BC Secondary
97
2,301
110
2,508
BC College
481
895
399
1,775
Other
280
752
246
1,278
Total
858
3,948
755
5,561
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