For Information

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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DEAN

OF GRADUATE STUDIES

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MEMORANDUM

TO: ?

Senate

FROM: ?

Jonathan Driver, Dean of Graduate Studies

SUBJECT: course changes, for information

DATE: ?

11 September 2003

cc:

S.03-95

At its meeting of September

8th

2003 Senate Graduate Studies Committee considered a

series of "housekeeping" proposals to allow easier administration of graduate programs

through the new student information system. These changes can be summarized as

follows. Full documentation (SGSC 2003.23 and 2003.23a) can be obtained from the

secretary to SGSC (Director, Graduate Admissions, Dean of Graduate Studies office).

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1. All graduate courses identified as comprehensive exams, extended essays,

projects or theses that formerly lacked any associated credit hours, now have

credit hours attached.

2. In graduate programs that will be collecting fees on a "per credit" basis, students

will register in all "capstone" requirements (theses, projects, exams etc.) for one

semester. If subsequent semesters of registration are required, students will

register for a "completion" course, and such courses will have half

the

credit

value of the capstone course. This requires the creation of completion courses for

all capstone requirements in all graduate programs that collect fees on a per credit

basis.

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