That Senate approves and recommends to the Board of Governors the extension of the

Motion:

Cohort Special Arrangements in Computing Arts and Design Sciences to include PhD

students as outlined in SCUP 02-90.

Once approved by Senate, the proposal is to be submitted to the Board of Governors.

end.

c. J

Driver, Dean of Graduate Studies

Note: The Cohort Option for Masters Degrees under Special Arrangements procedures are

attached at the end of this package for information.

SCUP 02-90

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY PRIORITIES

DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES

CC:

FROM:

TRANSITION OF TECH BC GRADUATE PROGRAMS

RE: ?

At the March 2002 meeting of Senate the following motion was passed:

"that Senate approve in principle the admission of graduate students

currently enrolled at the Technical University of British Columbia into

appropriate graduate programs in accordance with Simon Fraser University

Graduate Programs policies and procedures"

At the Senate meeting I described the various options for undertaking this

transition, and stated that the Cohort Special Arrangements (CSAR) procedure

would be the simplest way to establish a short-term graduate program. With

considerable assistance from the staff, students and faculty at TechBC, as well

as SFU' s registrar's office and the SFUITechBC transition team, I developed a

proposal for a CSAR in Computing Arts and Design Sciences.

This proposal for the transition of TechBC graduate programs to SFU was

discussed at a special meeting of Senate Graduate Studies Committee on April

29th 2002. Six motions were passed concerning this proposal. Each is

presented below, with explanatory comments in some cases.

Motion 1

That the Cohort Special Arrangements in Computing Arts and Design

Sciences (CSARCADS) be approved. Passed

Motion

That the

CSARCADS

program be approved for part-time study. Passed

Motion 3

That SGSC recommend to SCUP and Senate that the CSARCADS

program be extended to include PhD students, as described in the proposal.

Passed

[note: The regulations for CSAR programs state that they are for masters

students; SGSC believes that in this exceptional case Senate should be asked

to approve the inclusion of current doctoral students]

Motion 4

That the new courses, described in the proposal, be approved. Passed

[note: The new courses are described briefly in the proposal. There is a

180 page document consisting of all new course approval forms that can be

consulted in the office of the Assistant Director, Graduate Records. Most of

these courses were previously TechBC courses, and have been renumbered to

conform to the SFU system]

Motion

That SGSC

approve the creation of directed studies courses and thesis

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course numbers, following the standard SFU format.

[note: This motion was required to correct two minor errors. First, we had

omitted to prepare new course proposal forms for the directed studies courses

and the thesis designations. Second, we need more directed studies course

numbers than described in the original proposal. The proposal has been

amended to add more directed studies course numbers, and course

descriptions have been added to the full course description package]

Motion 6

That students currently described as "unclassified" at TechBC will be

deemed to have the equivalent SFU status of "conditional admission".

[note: Some students were admitted to TechBC as "unclassified" to allow

them to make up some background material and decide upon an area of

specialization. Such students do not fall neatly into any SFU graduate

category, and combine aspects of our "qualifying" and "conditional" students.

As most of these students have now completed work that was required, they

should be allowed to proceed with their programs]

. I believe that all of these motions except Motion 3 are within the mandate

of SGSC, and therefore need only be reported to Senate for information.

However, in view of the considerable interest expressed by Senate concerning

the transition of TechBC programs, I hope that SCUP will forward the entire

proposal to Senate, and provide Senate the opportunity to examine the

proposal and ask questions about it.

I believe that Motion 3 requires Senate approval, and that SCUP should

propose a motion to this effect.

I would be pleased to attend SCUP and answer questions about this

proposal.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY PRIORITIES

DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES

MEMORANDUM

DATE: 8' MAY 2002

TO: ?

CC: ?

MARIAN MCGINN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, GRADUATE

RECORDS

FROM:

CHANGES TO C.A.D.S. GRADUATE PROGRAM

RE: ?

MINOR

I would like to submit a slightly revised version of the cohort special

arrangements proposal for Computer Arts and Design Sciences. In order to

transfer credit from the former Technical University of B.C. system to the

SFU system, we need to create course equivalents at SFU. In the version of

the proposal that was approved by SGSC I omitted directed studies courses in

the ETEC and MTEC areas. However, some students have already taken

special topics courses in those areas, and it may be necessary to offer some in

the future. Therefore I have added ETEC 691 through 699 and MTEC 691

through 699 to the proposal.

I will inform SGSC of this change and seek their formal approval.

Proposal for a Cohort Special Arrangements Program

Computing Arts and Design Sciences

Prepared for Senate Graduate Studies Committee

By ?

Jon Driver, Dean of Graduate Studies

April 2002 (revised 8

' May 2002)

Introduction

Early in 2002 the provincial government decided to close the Technical University of British

Columbia. In response to a request from the provincial government, SFU developed a proposal to

ensure that students currently enrolled at TechBC were given the opportunity to complete their

degrees. A second component of the proposal is that SFU will establish a branch campus in

Surrey, in order to continue the offering of university degrees.

At the March meeting of SFU's Senate the following motion was approved:

"that Senate approve in principle the admission of graduate students currently enrolled at the

Technical University of British Columbia into appropriate graduate programs in accordance with

Simon Fraser University Graduate Programs policies and procedures"

There are two ways in which SFU can accommodate TechBC graduate students. First, individual

students could be admitted to existing SFU programs, using normal admission procedures.

Students will be given this option, but it is unlikely that most will be able to find an appropriate

supervisor. A second method is to create one or more "Cohort Special Arrangements" programs,

as described in Graduate General Regulations 1.3.4a. This has a number of advantages:

much of the current program structure for TechBC students can be preserved, and current

students can make the transition to the SFU program easily;

it does not require existing SFU departments to find the resources to take in unexpected

enrollment increases;

it provides a cohort of graduate students who will be available as teaching assistants for the

undergraduate programs that will also be taken over by SFU;

it allows the graduate student group to remain associated with ex-TechBC faculty members

hired by SFU; these faculty members are already supervising the graduate students;

it allows a trial period in which SFU can evaluate the TechBC programs and plan for the

future of graduate programs in new fields, associated with either the Burnaby or the Surrey

campus.

The following proposal follows the format normally used for cohort special arrangements

programs. However, because the TechBC program already exists and has already received

approval by the Ministry of Advanced Education we have paid less attention to documenting the

demand for the program (which is demonstrated by the current enrollment). We are also less

concerned with documenting the costs (financial, facilities and personnel) because SFU has

received a budgetary allocation from the provincial government to cover the costs of running the

former TechBC programs.

Rationale and demand

• The rationale for this program has been described above. However, we should not overlook the

opportunity that this affords SFU. TechBC created distinct programs that served an educational

need that may have been lacking at other B.C. universities. In addition to fulfilling our obligations

to former TechBC students we can use the special arrangements program as a test of different

approaches to graduate education, and we can build on this temporary program to create a

permanent new graduate program. Indeed, this has been the primary use of cohort special

arrangements programs in the last few years, resulting in the establishment of the MBA(MOT)

and the current testing of the MBA(GAWM). The use of cohort special arrangements programs

for this purpose has been reported to the Ministry, and we provide an annual update of such

programs.

The demand for the TechBC programs is seen in the current enrollment of 31 students, and in the

more than 50 students interested in applying to the program in Fall 2002.

As will be seen, there are two features of this program that do not fit the normal profile of a

cohort special arrangements program. First, there are a number of streams within the program.

This has been done to accommodate the diversity of graduate programs offered at TechBC. It is

more efficient than proposing separate special arrangement programs for each of the TechBC

subject areas. It should be noted that although the streams differ, there are required courses

common to the streams. Secondly, and more significantly, a Ph.D program is incorporated. The

description of the cohort special arrangements program in the graduate general regulations states

that these programs are for master's students. When seeking approval for this program, Senate

Graduate Studies Committee will be asked to grant special dispensation for the addition of a

doctoral stream.

Pro g

ram structure

The program will have two streams:

o Information Technology concentrates on networked computing and communication systems

and their use in business, industry, learning and society-at-large.

o Interactive Arts focuses on new forms of communication, collaboration and performance

afforded by computing and communication technology.

The TechBC program was designed to allow students to learn from courses, faculty and other

students outside of their particular stream. This was accomplished through both shared curricular

elements and a negotiated research culture, much of which will transit to the proposed program

and its streams.

The streams will share the following broad features:

• A search for useful models of computation in and among key disciplines.

• Concern for the theory, development, practice and management of new and emergent media.

• A strategy of integration—the combination of disciplines to produce new knowledge and

technology beyond the reach of any single disciplinary perspective.

• Collaboration and teamwork across disciplines, as a strategy for innovation, an object of

research and as a primary mode of operation in research and teaching.

• Use of technology-mediated learning to enable students to use computing and digital media to

amplify their own learning.

In terms of curricula the streams will be joined at their start by a suite of shared courses on

research methods, in the middle by cross-stream elective courses and at their end by the thesis. In

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addition to these common components, each stream has a set of courses particular to its

discipline.

Program descriptions

The structure of the two programs is provided in Tables I and 2. A summary of graduate courses

is provided later in this document. Detailed course descriptions and approval forms have been

circulated electronically. A copy is available for consultation in the office of the Dean of

Graduate Studies, and will be archived with the SGSC minutes.

Admission criteria

Students currently enrolled at TechBC will be transferred automatically to the cohort special

arrangements program, beginning in 2002-2. If the program has not been approved by the start of

the summer semester, students will be admitted temporarily as individual special arrangements

students.

If further admissions occur (see below), the minimum standards will be those of SFU, as

described in the graduate general regulations. The following guidelines will be applied to new

admissions.

Graduate Program in Computing Arts and Design Sciences

Admission Requirements

The focus of the graduate programs in Computing Arts and Design Sciences is research

development and they will be closely linked with the research clusters and centres that are located

at SFU Surrey. The graduate programs will be subject to space availability and limited to those

candidates whose research and study interests we are able to support with available faculty

members.

Minimum Standard Entrance Requirements for the MASc Program:

An undergraduate degree in a field related to the proposed program of study. For example:

*For

Information Technology -

BSc Computer Science; BASc Engineering (Electrical

Communications, Computer Engineering).

•For

Interactive Arts -

BFA in Art, Design or Performing Arts; Bachelor of Design; BA

in Communications, Art, Art History, Architecture, Linguistics, Psychology, Philosophy; BSc

Computer Science. The MASc. In Interactive Arts would be most appropriate for those

individuals who have shown an interest in multimedia.

•An undergraduate degree in another related discipline. Applicants under this category

are required to make the case for (1) the relationship between the discipline in which they hold

their previous degree and this program, and (2) how they would benefit from this program.

A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better at a Canadian university, or equivalent, for the

undergraduate degree.

Minimum Standard Entrance Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Program:

A graduate degree in a field related to the proposed program of study. For example:

*For Information Technology -

MSc Computer Science, MASc Engineering

(Electrical, Communications, Computer Engineering).

*For Interactive Arts -

MFA in Art, Design or Performing Arts, MA in

Communications, Art, Art History, Architecture, Linguistics, Psychology,

Philosophy; MSc in Computer Science).

'A graduate degree in another, related discipline. Applicants under this category are

required to make the case for (1) the relationship between the discipline in which

they hold their previous degree or degrees and this program; and (2) how they would

benefit from this program.

A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better at a Canadian university, or equivalent, for

the Master's degree.

Additional Requirements for both Programs:

English language proficiency requirement:

• Demonstrated proficiency in the English language through one of the following means:

• A previous undergraduate or graduate degree completed at a university where

English is the applicant's primary language of instruction

• A minimum score of

570

on the paper-based TOEFL test with a minimum TWE

score of 5

• A minimum score of 230 on the computer-based TOEFL test with a minimum

TWE score of

Portfolio/Interview:

Candidates who are being considered for admission may be required to submit a portfolio of

their work and/or be required to attend a personal or telephone interview during the latter

stages of the admissions process.

Administrative structure

The cohort special arrangements program will be housed in whatever administrative structure is

devised for the former TechBC programs. This document assumes that SFU will develop a

program with a director who reports to a faculty dean. If this is the case, a graduate program

committee will be created, consisting of three faculty members from the program, and reporting

to the director of the program. The faculty members will undertake the normal tasks of a graduate

program committee, as outlined in SFU graduate general regulations.

The steering committee will be chaired by one of its members, who will fulfil all the normal

duties of a graduate program chair, and will sit on the relevant faculty graduate program

committee.

At the time of preparation of this proposal faculty hiring has not been confirmed, and the overall

administrative structure of the program has not been finalized. It is therefore not possible to

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supply names and curricula vitae for faculty members who will form the steering committee.

However, information about faculty members associated with the TechBC program can be found

at the TechBC website http://www.techbc.ca/a-people-people-facultvlist.html

. Many of these

faculty members will continue to supervise students as employees of SFU.

Once students are enrolled at SFU, all SFU graduate general regulations will apply; however,

there will be no retroactive application of SFU regulations.

The de

grees

to be awarded

Students who complete the masters program will be awarded a Masters of Applied Science

(Interactive Arts) or Masters of Applied Science (Information Technology). Students who

complete the doctoral program will be awarded a Ph.D.

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et and tuition

Starting in 2002-3, students will pay tuition fees based on SFU's standard fees for students in

research-oriented graduate programs. When calculating student fees and time in program, time

spent in the TechBC program will be counted as time spent in SFU's graduate program. For

example, if a student has been enrolled at TechBC for two semesters, we will assume that these

were the equivalent of two full-time semesters at SFU.

Because of the amount of disruption caused by the transfer of students, any student who will not

be taking courses during 2002-2 will be allowed to register on-leave, and on-leave fees will be

waived for that semester. (In SFU's fee system a student might be penalized financially for taking

an on-leave semester early in the program; no such penalty will be imposed on students who

• Students who wish to take courses in 2002-2 will either pay the full time fee or the part time fee.

Because courses in all programs are worth one credit, students may be classified as part-time if

they take 3 one-credit courses or less.

From the beginning of 2002-3 all SFU regulations concerning tuition fees will apply. Masters

students must pay a minimum of six full time fee units, unless they complete their programs in

less than six semesters; doctoral students must pay a minimum of eight full time fee units, unless

they complete in less than eight semesters. Once the minimum fee has been paid, future semesters

are charged at the "continuing fee"(half the full time fee). Refer to the SFU Calendar for details

of these regulations. For the purposes of these calculations, it will be assumed that every semester

of registration prior to 2002-3 can be counted as the equivalent of a full time fee semester. For

example, if a master's student completed two semesters at TechBC and registered on-leave for

2002-2, he or she will be required to pay the full fee for three more semesters. A doctoral student

in the same situation would pay the full fee for five more semesters.

New course proposals

The program structure has been described in Tables I and 2. This section provides brief details of

the courses to be offered. All of these courses were part of the TechBC program. It should be

noted that the TechBC program offered instruction in "modules", that were shorter and worth less

credit than an SFU semester-length course. It is intended to retain the structure in the cohort

special arrangements program, hence the small number of credit hours per course. Note that

ETEC and MTEC courses are not central to either program, but may be offered as electives.

These courses were offered in other graduate programs at TechBC that have not been transferred

to SFU.

Brief biographies of faculty members who will teach these courses are available on the TechBC

website http:llwww.techbc.cala-people-people-facultylist.phtml.

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Full course descriptions and sample course outlines have been sent electronically, a copy can be

consulted in the Dean of Graduate Studies Office, and an archived set will be stored with SGSC

minutes.

Interdisciplinary

INTD 600 Research Methods: Problem Formulation (1 credit)

The course outlines the research enterprise. It introduces concepts and methods by which

research is structured, understood and conducted. Key concepts include levels of

predictive power offered by different kinds of research, relationships between question

and methodology, the structure of models and issues of validity and causation.

INTD 601 Research Methods: Research Methodologies and Tools (1 credit)

The course has the dual purposes of introducing students to key methodologies used by

researchers in the graduate program and providing hands-on experience with several

basic research tools.

INTD 602 Research Methods: Anatomy of a Research Area (1 credit)

The course is a case study of a broad research area. Its goals are to show relationships

between question and method and how results are used both within a line of inquiry and

by other researchers working in the area.

INTD 603 Graduate Seminar (1 credit)

This is a weekly seminar featuring guest, faculty or graduate students presenting

overviews of their current research. The goal of these presentations for graduate students

is to help them analyze on-going research as a basis for formulating their own graduate

programme and thesis questions. By the conclusion of this seminar, graduate students

should have a first draft of their programme of study and a developed research (thesis)

question.

INTD 604 Graduate Seminar (1 credit)

As in the previous module, graduate students attend a weekly research discussion with

visiting and faculty researchers. The goal is to enable students to generalize their critical

abilities to diverse research beyond one's own "home" specialty. Outcomes of this work

are increased cross-disciplinary connections for framing research questions and

proposals, and a better basis to engage team research efforts. By the conclusion of this

module, students should be able to provide cogent, reasoned critiques of research from

varied disciplinary specialties.

Interactive Arts

IART 600 Performance in Media Practice and Theory (1 credit)

This course challenges learners to expand their practical and theoretical approaches to

performance by devising performance experiments with camera mediated telematic links

and avatar-based MUEs (multi user environments) while exploring critical discourses

around embodiment, virtuality, gender and communication.

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LART 601 The Body: Practice and Theory (1 credit)

This course is designed to explore philosophical and critical approaches to embodiment

and to challenge learners to apply these ideas to responsive spaces, artificial life and

wearables. Phenomenological skills for analyzing new physical and technological

hybrids will be cultivated.

IART 602 Non Linear Narrative (1 credit)

This course traces narrative concepts and processes, and their transformation across

media/domains. Learners investigate narrative dynamics, structures and aesthetics in

linear and multi-linear media. The course develops analytical and critical skills through

readings, discussions, and the evaluation of interactive experiences.

IART 603 Interface and Navigation (1 credit)

This course explores and critiques a range of contemporary design approaches to

interface and navigation. Research projects are in the form of a design brief, which

applies contemporary and historical models of interface, and explores interface mental

models as defined by representation, design and production. Topics include multi-

sensory interfaces, gaming interface, emerging device design, cognitive theories of

enactment and navigation.

IART 604 Electronic Culture (1 credit)

This course introduces key concepts in current discussions of electronic culture,

concentrating on complexity, identity, economy, and space and time; and explores their

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use as both analytical tools and frameworks for creative practice.

IART 605 Authoring Methodologies (1 credit)

A number of authoring methodologies will be examined in the context of new media. A

collaborative project will then be designed and implemented using one or more of these

techniques. Authoring methodologies have broad applications in a variety of

development contexts including interactive arts, IT, and management. The reading

resources for the course are drawn from these three areas.

IART 606 Multimedia Programming (1 credit)

This course will provide an introduction to programming theory and techniques for audio,

video, graphics and text manipulation. The concept of code as an artistic material and

formal compositional processes will be examined within a self-directed activity set.

IART 607 Designing Virtuality (1 credit)

This course explores and critiques a range of contemporary design approaches to the

concept of virtuality. Topics include virtuality and materiality, information design, and

post-cybernetic theory particularly in relation to representation, remote sensing and

display, networked environments and communities, augmented realities, and tele-

presence.

IART 608 Experience Design (1 credit)

This course examines the emerging concept of experience design. Computing technology

and its use has fundamentally changed design fields. It has emphasized the interaction

and experience of the user. This course provides methods and tools for learners to

critically analyze and generate experience design artifacts and events.

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IART 609 Design And Creative Methodologies (1 credit)

This course explores and critiques a range of contemporary creative and design

methodologies. Topics include strategies from a variety of disciplinary practices

including design process, scenario building, and theatrical structures. This includes

improvisational processes, collaborative processes, user-centered processes in networked

environments and communities, technologically mediated tools, and environments used

in the support of creative and design processes.

IART 611 Reception Analysis (1 credit)

The course introduces the learner to the terminology, concepts and techniques of

reception analysis. The course includes several analytical approaches, but favors an

understanding of the reader's active role in the construction of media meaning.

IART 612 Multimedia Applications (1 credit)

In this course learners will explore multimedia applications to produce an interactive non-

sequential work using graphics, sound, text, and typography. Through on-line

collaborative exchanges, learners will research and analyze contemporary works and

technical resources. Conceptual problem solving activities will be used in class to

emphasize visual literacy and foster the development of a personal visual vocabulary.

IART 613 Kinesthetic and Active Space (1 credit)

Kinesthetic and Active Space explores convergences between physical, architectural,

perceptual, invisible and networked space from the starting point of human kinesthetic

sensibility. This course takes a fundamentally dynamic approach to theoretical paradigms

and grounds these in physical experimentation.

IART 614 History of Art and Technology (1 credit)

This course will provide learners with an historical overview of the dynamic relationship

between art and technology. It will show how human creativity gives rise to technical

innovation and how those innovations shape cultural expression. Most importantly it will

demonstrate how digital media is an extension of human mind/body/culture rather than

something being imposed on it. Learners will be strongly encouraged to study in teams.

IART 691 to 699 Directed Studies (1, 2 or 3 credits per course)

IART 898 MASc Project/Research Paper

IART 899 PhD thesis

Information Technology

ITEC 600 Advanced Database Systems (1 credit)

This course expands the knowledge of the database systems into the area of multimedia

database systems and techniques used for indexing multimedia. Learners will use

advanced concepts and terminology of multimedia database systems. The focus is on the

advanced database topics covering indexing mechanisms for multidimensional data,

image databases, and text databases. Further the semi-structured data, XML and

metadata standards are presented together with their application to multimedia databases

and their querying.

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ITEC 601 Computer Graphics (1 credit)

A condensed graduate course for IT majors, with the emphasis on technical aspects of 3-

D computer graphics. Hands-on components include development of demo programs,

some of those implementing advanced algorithms. Although learners are allowed to use

any programming language, Java is the recommended one. The course level is

intermediate to advanced and requires from learners good math background and strong

programming skills. Learners will acquire new skills in implementing major computer

graphics concepts and methods whilst working on their individual projects. Some of

these methods, such as smooth shading and rendering are rather advanced and require

skills in developing efficient computer programs.

ITEC 602 Software Engineering Processes (1 credit)

The course builds on the knowledge of software engineering processes learners may have

acquired either from their previous study or via their practice in the software

development. The course provides an overarching and formalizing view of the software

engineering process and issues that impact on successful implementation. Starting with

best and worst practices, the Capability Maturity Model and its critique are presented.

Software development lifecycle with focus on the requirements process, architectural

design and development phase are covered.

ITEC 603 Distributed Operating Systems (1 credit)

This course extends the fundamentals of operating systems and guides the learners

towards the recent advancements in distributed operating systems. This course develops

a conceptual and practical understanding of distributed operating systems. It reviews the

basic features of operating systems, discusses the core concepts of distributed operating

systems, and enables learners to specialize in specific topics.

ITEC 604 Stochastic Signal Processing (1 credit)

This course provides an introduction to theory and algorithms used for analysis and

processing of stochastic signals and their applications.

Pre-requisite:

Familiarity with the following is required: Signal Processing and

Communications or equivalent. Basic Probability and Random Variables. Linear Algebra.

ITEC 605 Adaptive Filtering and Estimation (1 credit)

In conjunction with the Stochastic Signal Processing course, this course provides a

unified introduction to the theory, implementation, and applications of statistical and

adaptive signal processing methods. Focus is on the key topics of spectral estimation,

signal modeling, and adaptive filtering.

Pre-requisite:

Stochastic Signal Processing or equivalent

ITEC 606 Network Security and Cryptography (1 credit)

A practical survey of network security fundamentals, applications, and standards. The

emphasis is on applications that are widely used on the Internet and for corporate

networks, and on standards, especially Internet standards that have been widely deployed.

ITEC 607 Intelligent Interfaces (1 credit)

This course examines how intelligent interfaces can facilitate human-computer

interaction and collaboration. It introduces theories and techniques for intelligent

interaction, and then looks at examples of multi-modal and conversational interfaces.

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ITEC 608 E-Business Technology (1 credit)

This course examines E-Business protocols, such as auctions and fair division, from the

perspective of game theory and computational complexity.

ITEC 609 Advanced Networking Protocols (1 credit)

This course critically analyzes some of the networking protocols and synthesizes an

integrated review of the architectural foundations of networking in terms of the

underlying protocols.

ITEC 610 Wireless Communications (1 credit)

This course examines what is and isn't possible with contemporary wireless systems,

focusing on both the underlying technologies and applications. The course takes a

breadth wise look at the spectrum of wireless communications with a scope for specific

in-depth technological explorations.

Pre-requisite:

Learners are expected to have some computer programming and networking

background.

ITEC 611 Image Processing (1 credit)

The processing of digital images is given mathematical context by the notion of

experimental observation. This course introduces a selection of resulting techniques,

including linear system theory and fourier transforms, and an overview of the practical

problems that they solve.

ITEC 614 3D Computer Animation (1 credit)

This graduate course introduces 3D animation concepts while immersing the learners in a

team based, interdisciplinary animation project. The learners will create and update an in-

house standalone animation resource that will be available to the school and future

classes.

ITEC

615

Virtual Reality (1 credit)

The concepts and technology underlying engagement, immersion, presence, and

suspension of disbelief are introduced and related to the design of virtual environments.

The trade-off between task engagement and technical quality will be explored through

projects.

ITEC 691 to 699 Directed Studies (1,

2 or

3 credits per course)

ITEC 898 MASc Project/Research Paper

ITEC 899 PhD thesis

Educational Technology

Learning

ETEC 600 Learning with Asynchronous Communications (1 credit)

This course will introduce graduate learners to teaching and learning with asynchronous,

computer-mediated conferences. It will survey related learning theory, research on

effectiveness, design of learning activities, facilitation, assessment, and features of

conferencing systems.

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ETEC 601 Problem Based Learning (1 credit)

This course will introduce graduate learners to teaching and learning with problem-based

learning (PBL). Delivered using PBL, the course includes related learning theory,

research on effectiveness, design of learning activities, assessment, facilitation, and

computer-mediated delivery.

ETEC 691 to 699 Directed Studies (1, 2 or 3 credits per course)

Management

Technology

MTEC 600 Services Management (1 credit)

This course introduces graduate learners to the various services related business models,

both 132C and 13213, that are established and evolving in the realm of e-Business. The

issues of integration of web based services with traditional brick and mortar models are

also explored.

MTEC 601 Technology and Supply Chain Management (1 credit)

This graduate course introduces learners to the central ideas of supply chain management.

The web enabled approach is emphasized and compared with traditional methods.

Contemporary best practices are researched and discussed.

MTEC 602 Developing New Products (1 credit)

This course explores the strategic and operational aspects of new product development

including critical success factors. It also provides a focus on the pre-development phase

of product innovation.

MTEC 603 Branding (1 credit)

This course focuses on the ways that brands acquire and sustain value in the marketplace.

Learners study the meaning, uses, processes, and methodologies for creating effective

and winning brands. The evolution of brand value strategies is also explored.

MTEC 604 Internet Advertising (1 credit)

The focus is on the issues, theories, tools, and practice of marketing communications in

the Internet marketplace and the role of Internet advertising to businesses. Learners will

acquire the analytical skills that are needed to plan, design, implement and evaluate

internet advertising campaigns

MTEC 605 Management of High Tech Professionals (1 credit)

The course is focused on how to develop competitive advantage in e-business through

leadership and the effective management of people. Topics examined include corporate

culture, change management, learning organizations, and various human resource

practices.

MTEC 606 Global Business in Technology Industries (1 credit)

The course is focused on key issues in conducting international business. Learners study

strategy formulation for international markets, as well as the important role of national

culture in business. In addition, strategic alliances in technology companies are

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examined.

MTEC 607 Strategic Management of Innovation (1 credit)

This course reviews some fundamental concepts of strategy in the context of

technological innovation, examines the role of core competencies in technology

development, and identifies and discusses the various components or dimensions that

make up a technology strategy. Case studies are used to illustrate theory with application

in the e-business context.

MTEC 608 High Tech Entrepreneurship (1 credit)

In today's age of rapid technological progress, ventures are being created daily to satisfy

new business needs. The creation of new technology-based ventures is becoming a more

ambition. This is a fast-paced, hands-on course that takes the learner through the key

stages of new venture creation including researching the product opportunity, protecting

the venture's intellectual property, planning the venture's seed and start-up stages,

determining the financial needs and resources, developing the business plan and valuing

the venture.

MTEC 609 E-Customer Relationship Management (1 credit)

The course is focused on the evolution of customer relationship management from mortar

and brick establishments to the Web. Focus is on issues of e-loyalty and customer

services, as well as current practices.

MTEC 610 Social Context of E-Business (1 credit)

The human element on the Web is important. In this course focus is on the development

of trust in online communities, how virtual teams operate successfully, and ethical issues

that impact online interaction, with particular emphasis on e-business.

MTEC 611 Knowledge Management Tools

Technologies (1 credit)

This course investigates the various information systems and technologies used for

implementing knowledge management practices within an organization. It describes a

framework for analyzing these knowledge management tools in terms of knowledge

structure and knowledge services (KSS). Industry examples of knowledge services are

discussed in terms of infrastructure services, core services and packaged services.

MTEC 613 E-Business Strategy & Models (1 credit)

Effective strategy is central to e-business success. In this course, emphasis is on

examination on various strategies and models as they apply in c-business. Issues,

strategic choices and challenges are highlighted related to c-business implementation.

MTEC 691 to 699 Directed Studies (1, 2 or 3 credits per course)

Admissions planning

The cohort program will not run past August 31 2005. If permanent graduate program(s) are

established in relevant areas, students in the cohort program will be transferred to them. If

suitable permanent programs are not developed, any students remaining in the cohort special

arrangements program in 2005-3 will be transferred to individual special arrangements programs

in order to complete their degrees. ?

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No admissions of doctoral students will be permitted to the cohort special arrangements program

in the 2002/2003 academic year. If the planning for a permanent program is well advanced by

2003-1, doctoral admissions will be permitted. Masters admissions will be permitted for the

2002/2003 and 2003/2004 academic years in order to maintain a population of about 30 FTh.

Admissions should be allowed to this program for the following reasons:

to maintain a viable graduate population for the transition from TechBC to SFU programs

in anticipation of the development of a new permanent graduate program at SFU; according

to guidelines established by Senate this planning should be complete by spring 2003, and

admissions in 2003-3 will depend on this plan being developed.

In order to avoid excessive paperwork, all new course proposals have been circulated to

SGSC in electronic format. Originals may be consulted in the Dean of Graduate Studies

Office and office of the Assistant Director, Graduate Records (secretary of SGSC).

In order to minimise workloads, the following signature sheet will be substituted

for individual signature sheets on each proposed course:

The following signatures represent approval for all former TechBC graduate courses

transferred to SFU and given SFU course numbers, according to the attached conversion

table. The following signatures all represent approval for the development of directed

studies courses IART 691 to 699, ITEC 691 to 699, ETEC 691 to 699, MTEC 691 to 699

and for MASc projects and research papers and PhD theses IART 898, 899, ITEC 898,

899.

Chair, Graduate Program Steering Committee, Computing Arts and Design Science

Director, SFU Surrey Program

Chair, Graduate Program Committee, Faculty of Applied Sciences

Dean of Applied Sciences

Dean of Graduate Studies

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Extract Senate Paper 

S.97-68. Approved by 

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Senate October 1997. 

A COHORT OPTION

for the?

MASTERS DEGREE UNDER SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS

This is a proposal that Graduate Admission under Special

Arrangements be amended to provide for a cohort option for the

Masters degree.

I. BACKGROUND

Graduate study under Special Arrangements is defined as work

toward a degree that falls "outside or between existing programs"

but which has a "well-developed plan of studies in an area which can

be shown to have internal coherence and academic merit and in

which the University has appropriate expertise and interests among

its faculty members." (Graduate Regulation 1.3.4)

Until this time, this mode of study has been open only to individual

students, but it is becoming dear that the flexibility to create a

program focused on a specific interdisciplinary goal need not be

limited to individual students. The opportunity to apply the Special

Arrangements designation to groups of students would be very

useful. It would enable new and innovative programs to be offered

to specific groups of students (as with the individual program), it

would permit the prototyping of programs which might eventually

be regularly established under normal procedures, and it would give

the university the opportunity to respond quickly and responsibly to

new areas of need without creating cumbersome infrastructures that

then must be maintained.

As with the individual Special Arrangements, the cohort option

would exist only for the life of the cohort Special Arrangement and

resources would have to be assured only for the duration of the

particular program. Once the cohort had completed its work, the

program would cease to exist. Any subsequent cohort program in

the same area would require its own separate approval. Because the

approval for Special Arrangements rests with the Senate Graduate

Studies Committee, the review process can be done in a timely way.

Approval will be given only if the committee is confident that the

. proposed program has academic merit and that adequate resources

are available. The Dean of Graduate Studies will be responsible for

reviewing the program budget and insuring that all necessary

differ from the normal university fee schedule, Board of Governors'

approval will also be required.

II. STEERING COMMITTEE

The Academic Steering Committee will be composed of at least four

SFU faculty members drawn from the departments relevant to the

course of studies, including at least one faculty member from each

constituent discipline. The members of the committee will create

and present the proposal for the program, administer the individual

program, and provide for instruction and supervision. It will be

their responsibility to construct the curriculum for the program as

well as to insure that it is adequately delivered. They are also

responsible for recommending admissions and reviewing students'

progress. The Steering Committee will function as the cohort's

Graduate Program Committee as set out in Graduate General

Regulation 1.2.

ifi. PROPOSED CALENDAR ENTRY

1.3.4.a Cohort Special Arrangements (to follow current 1.3.4,

attached)

These highly structured cohort-based programs are designed to meet

the educational needs of specific student groups in fulfilling the

requirements for a Masters degree, where these needs cannot be met

within existing programs. Each program will integrate studies from

across two or more disciplines and will involve a curriculum and

requirements recommended by each program's Academic Steering

Committee and approved by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee.

Students may undertake this degree program only through specific

admission to the cohort program. The admission criteria, degree

requirements and any other special conditions for an individual

Cohort Special Arrangements Program must be approved in advance

by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee; these may not be below

the minimum admission and degree requirements of regular

graduate programs. In some instances, tuition fees for these

programs may differ from the regular graduate fee schedule

published

separately.

in the University Calendar, and will be announced

IV. FORMAT FOR PROPOSALS

Any proposal for a Cohort Special Arrangements Program will

include:

A statement of the field of study and its core areas to be

covered by the proposed arrangements and the rationale for the

program. This statement will indicate the academic merit and

coherence of the program; the expertise necessary to mount the

program and evidence that such expertise is present and available

within

the SFU faculty and that the program cannot be pursued

within existing SFU graduate Programs.

The names and curricula vitae of

all

members of the Steering

Committee. For each member, a brief statement of research interests

and their relevance to the proposed program must be provided. Each

member should indicate willingness to participate and each relevant

Department Chair should provide explicit assurances that the

required teaching and other resources will be made available, in

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accordance with point #5, below.

The criteria for admission into the program, including

provision for and scheduling of any qualifying work that may be

required of some students.

The minimum academic requirements for the degree, e.g.

courses, examinations, field work and/or thesis. To the maximum

extent possible, the academic requirements should resemble those of

graduate programs in relevant areas and should include where

possible regular SFU graduate courses.

S. A timetable for the completion of the requirements. This

statement should include provision for students who may be unable

to complete the requirements in a timely fashion for unexpected

reasons.

6. A statement as to what University facilities will be needed

with approvals for their use by the appropriate authorities.

7. A budget for the program which specifies any additional

direct costs and details the revenue sources through which these will

be met, including any unusual fee structure. The budget will be

r ev

iewed by the Dean of Graduate Studies before the program is

library resources must be confirmed by the University Librarian.

V. APPROVAL PROCESS

If the Dean of Graduate Studies is satisfied with the financial

arrangements for the program, the Senate Graduate Studies Committee

Senate Graduate Studies Committee or a

b-committee thereof.

Approved programs will be forwarded to the Senate Committee on

Academic Planning for information. Programs which involve

international activities will be forwarded to the Senate Committee on

Following all required approvals, the program may be advertised and

VU. FINAL REPORT

At the Conclusion of the cohort special arrangements program the

Steering Committee will submit a final report to the Senate Graduate

Studies Committee. In addition to detailing the outcome of the

program for individual students, the Committee will assess the

Success of the program and advise on its suitability for repetition

with a new group of studen's. This report will be forwarded to the

Senate Committee on Academic Planning for information.

March 25, 1997

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öFull Special Arrangements Calendar entry:

1.3.4. Admission Under Special Arrangementz

Exceplionall, able applicants,

who

wish to work for a Masters or Doctoral

degree outside or between existing programs at Simon Fraser University.

may apply to work under Special Arrangements. A student applying for

Special Arrangements must have a Well-developed plan of studies man

area which can be shown to have internal coherence and academic merit.

and in

which

the University has appropriate expertise and interests among

its faculty members.

Graduate students applying or working under Special Arrangements are

required to conform to Senate regulations for graduate students. However.

there are additional regulations which concern only students applying or

working under Special Arrangements. Enquiries about these regulations

should be directed to the Dean of Graduate Studies by January 1st of each•

year for admission to the Fall semester.

Students working under Special Arrangements may be required to take a

selection of courses from existing programs. Other courses open to Special

Arrangements students are:

SAR 895-3 Special Topics to be selected by the Student and the

Supervisory Committee.

SAR 896-6 Special Topics to be selected by the Student and the

Supervisory Committee..

SM 897-5 Special Topics to be selected by the Student and the

Supervisory Committee.

Special Arrangements Masters and Doctoral thesis work are assigned the

following numbers:

SAR.: 898: Masters Thesis ?

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SAR ?

899 PhD Thesis ?

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1.3.4.a Cohort Special Arrangements

These highly structured cohort-based programs are designed to meet

the educational needs of specific student groups in fulfilling the

requirements for a Masters degree, where these needs cannot be met

within

existing programs. Each program will integrate studies from

across two or more disciplines and will involve a curriculum and

requirements recommended by each program's Academic Steering

Committee and approved by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee.

Students may undertake this degree program only through specific

admission to the cohort program. The admission criteria, degree

requirements and any other special conditions for an individual

Cohort Special Arrangements Program must be approved in advance

by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee; these may not be below

the minimum admission and degree requirements of regular

graduate programs.

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DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES

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DATE: 3 JUNE 2002

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SENATE

CC:

FROM:

PROGRAM IN COMPUTER ARTS AND DESIGN SCIENCES

RE: ?

The description of the Cohort Special Arrangements Program in Computer

Arts and Design Sciences (S.02-47) should have included two tables

summarizing the proposed programs. These tables were seen by SGSC and

SCUP, but were inadvertently omitted from the package prepared for Senate. I

apologize for this omission, and I am providing the missing documents for

your files.

All courses are offered in five week, modular segments

IART ?

INTD ?

ETEC Educational Technology & Learning Courses

INTO 600 Research Methods Problem Formulation

Pre requisite(s) None

...................................................................................................

**....................

INTD 601 Research Methods: Research Methodologies and

Tools

Pre-requisite(s): INTO 603 or another approved research methods

INTD 602 Research Methods: Anatomy of a Research Area

Pre-requisite(s): INTO 600 and INTD 603 or another approved

INTD 603 Grad Seminar: Research Strategies

Co-requisite(s): Recommended that this course be taken in proximity to

INTD 600, INTO 601, INTO 602

INTO 604 Grad Seminar: New Research Directions

Co-requisite(s): Recommended that this course be taken in proximity to

INTO 600, INTO 601, INTO 602

i nese courses can

e sejectea trom our current iist OT offerings. Minimum required: 16 credits for MASc; 14 for PhD

Disciplinary Offerin

q s for Interactive Arts include:

IART 602 Non-Linear Narrative

tART 603 Interface and Navigation

IART 604 Electronic Culture

IART 606 Authoring Methodologies

[ART 606 Multimedia Programming

IART 607 Designing Virtuality

IART 608 Experience Design

IART 609 Design and Creative Methodologies

IART 610 (Currently Unassigned)

IART 611 Reception Analysis

IART 612 Multimedia Applications

IART 613 Kinesthetic and Active Space

IART 691 to 699 Directed Studies

IART 614 History of Art and Technology

Required Interdisciplinary Component - total of 3 credits for the MASc Degree; total of 6 credits for the PhD Degree.

These courses can be selected from disciplinary offerings in other program areas:

MTEC, ITEC

ETEC.

[ART 898

MASc

Project/Reseach Paper

IART 899 PhD Thesis

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IART ?

INTD ?

ETEC Educational Technology & Learning Courses

INTD 600 Research Methods Problem Formulation

, Pre requisite(s) None

......................................................................................................................... 

INTD 601 Research Methods: Research Methodologies and

Tools

Pre-requisite(s): INTD 603 or another approved research methods

INTD 602 Research Methods: Anatomy of a Research Area

Pre-requisite(s): INTD 600 and INTD 603 or another approved

INTD 603 Grad Seminar: Research Strategies

Graduate Program in

Computing Arts and

Design Sciences

Table 2

Co-requisite(s): Recommended that this course be taken in proximity to

INTO 600, INTO 601 INTO 602

INTD 604 Grad Seminar: New Research Directions

Co-requisite(s): Recommended that this course be taken in proximity to

INTO 600, INTO 601 INTO 602

nese courses can be selected from our current list of offerings. Minimum required: 16 credits for MASc and 14 for PhD

Disciplinary Offerings for Information Technology include:

ii ti. DUU

aavancea ualaDase systems

ITEC 602 Software Engineering Processes

ITEC 604 Stochastic Signal Processing

ITEC 606 Network Security and Cryptography

ITEC 608 E-Business Technology

ITEC 610 Wireless Communications

ITEC 612 Digital Communications

ITEC 614 3D Computer Animation

ITEC 601 Computer Graphics

ITEC 603 Distributed Operating Systems

ITEC 605 Adaptive Filtering and Estimation

ITEC 607 Intelligent Interfaces

ITEC 609 Advanced Networking Protocols

ITEC 611 Image Processing

ITEC 613 Multimedia Communications

ITEC 615 Virtual Reality

Required Interdisciplinary Component - total of 3 credits for the MASc Degree; total of 6 credits for the PhD Degree.

These courses can be selected from disciplinary offerings from other program areas: IART, ETEC or MTEC.

ITEC 898 MASc Project/Research Paper

ITEC 899 PhD Thesis

euds/SAR

Tables 2

20/3/02

DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES?

CC:

FROM:

PROGRAM IN COMPUTER ARTS AND DESIGN SCIENCES

RE: ?

The description of the Cohort Special Arrangements Program in Computer

Arts and Design Sciences (S.02-47) should have included two tables

summarizing the proposed programs. These tables were seen by SGSC and

SCUP, but were inadvertently omitted from the package prepared for Senate. I

apologize for this omission, and I am providing the missing documents for

your files.

All courses are offered in five week, modular segments

IART ?

INTD ?

ETEC Educational Technology & Learning

Courses

INTD 600 Research Methods Problem Formulation

Pre requisite(s) None

INTD 601 Research Methods: Research Methodologies and

Tools

Pre-requisite(s): INTO 603 or another approved research methods

course

INTD 602 Research Methods: Anatomy of a Research Area

Pre-requisite(s): INTD 600 and INTO 603 or another approved

INTO 603 Grad Seminar: Research Strategies

Co-requisite(s):

INTD 600, INTD 601 INTO 602

INTD 604 Grad Seminar: New Research Directions

Co-requisite(s):

Recommended

that this

These courses can be selected from our current list of offerings. Minimum required: 16 credits for MASc; 14 for PhD

be taken in proximity to

INTD 600, INTD 601 INTD 602

Disciplinary Offerings for Interactive Arts include:

IART 600 Performance in Media Practice and Theory

[ART 601

The Body: Practice and Theory

IART 602 Non-Linear Narrative

IART 603

Interface and Navigation

IART 604 Electronic Culture

[ART 605

Authoring Methodologies

IART 606 Multimedia Programming

IART 607

Designing Virtuality

[ART 608 Experience Design

IART 609

Design and Creative Methodologies

IART 41 " 6

(Currently Unassigned)

[ART 611

Reception Analysis

IART 612 Multimedia Applications

IART 613

Kinesthetic and Active Space

IART 691 to 699 Directed

Studies*

IART 614

History of Art and Technology

Required Interdisciplinary Component

total of 3 credits for the MASc Degree; total of 6 credits for the PhD Degree.

These courses can be selected from disciplinary offerings in other program areas: MTEC, ITEC or ETEC.

IART 898 MASc Project/Reseach Paper

[ART 899 PhD Thesis

All courses are offered in five week, modular segments

IART

INTD ?

ETEC Educational Technology & Learning Courses

INTD 600 Research Methods Problem Formulation

// Pre-requisite(s) None

..................................................................................................................................

INTD 601 Research

Methods: Research Methodologies and

Tools

Pre-requisite(s): INTD 603 or another approved research methods

INTD 602 Research Methods: Anatomy of a Research Area

Pre-requisite(s): INTO 600 and INTD 603 or another approved

INTD 603 Grad Seminar: Research Strategies

Co-requisite(s): Recommended that this course be taken in proximity to

INTD 600, INTO 601, INTD 602

INTD 604 Grad Seminar: New Research Directions

Co-requisite(s): Recommended that this course be taken in proximity to

INTO 600, INTO 601, INTO 602

I nese courses can be selected from our current list of offerings. Minimum required: 16 credits for MASc and 14 for PhD

Disciplinary Offerings for Information Technoloav include:

ITEG 600 Advanced Database Systems

ITEC 602 Software Engineering Processes

ITEC 604 Stochastic Signal Processing

ITEC 606 Network Security and Cryptography

ITEC 608 E-Business Technology

ITEC 610 Wireless Communications

ITEC 612 Digital Communications

ITEC 614 3D Computer Animation

ITEC 691 to 699 Directed Studies

ITEC 601 Computer Graphics

ITEC 603 Distributed Operating Systems

ITEC 605 Adaptive Filtering and Estimation

ITEC 607 Intelligent Interfaces

ITEC 609 Advanced Networking Protocols

ITEC 611 Image Processing

ITEC 613 Multimedia Communications

ITEC 615 Virtual Reality

Required Interdisciplinary Component

total of 3 credits for the MASc Degree; total of 6 credits for the PhD Degree.

These courses can be selected from disciplinary offerings from other program areas: IART, ETEC or MTEC.

ITEC 898 MASc Project/Research Paper

ITEC 899 PhD Thesis