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S.01-54
To: Members of Senate
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From: J. Driver
Dean of Graduate Studies
Subject: Graduate Curriculum Revisions -
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Date: May 23, 2001
Faculty of Arts
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For Information:
Acting under delegated authority of Senate, the Senate Graduate Studies Committee, at its Meeting of
April 30, 2001, approved the following revisions:
a)
Department of Archaeology
b)
Department of French
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Faculty of Arts -
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M.A. Co-Op Education Program Option
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Department of Philosophy.
e)
Department of Psychology
f)
Department of Sociology/Anthropology
J. Driver
Dean of Graduate Studies
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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 e-mail bgrant@sfu.ca
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(SGSC Reference: GS.2001.5)
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Department of Archaeology
i)
M.A. Program Change
The department has streamlined the MA program as a result of the External
Review data that MA completion times were unusually long, and at the
direction of SCUP. The revised program adopts the University requirements
for coursework for a thesis based M.A. These changes affect the following:
• Course Requirements
• Advancement to Candidacy
• Thesis (to provide a clearer indication of expectations of scale and
completion time)
ii)
Ph.D. Program Revisions
Change in calendar description. Clarification on expectations for a Ph.D.
thesis
iii)
Graduate Program Revision
ARCH 876 Research Design to be a required course for all graduate students
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b) Department of French
i)
Calendar Description: Degree Requirements and List of Courses
Addition of Option: MA with Project
ii)
Fren 811-5 Change of title
Fren
812-5
Change of title
Fren 8
16-5
Change of title
iii)
Course deletions
Fren 800-2, 801-2, 802-2,
807-5,
808-5, 809-5,
813-5,
814-5, 815-5, 817-5, 818-4
830-5,
831-5,
832-5 ?
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iv) New Courses:
Fren 803-5 Research Methods in French Linguistics and/or French Literature
Fren 804-5 Topics in the Structure of French I
Fren 805-5 Topics in the Structure of French II
Fren
806-5
Topics in the Acquisition of French
Fren 810-5 Pragmatics and the Structure of French
Fren 897-0 MA Project
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Faculty of Arts
M.A. Co-operative Education Program Option: Calendar Entry
including
New courses:
LBRL 750-0 Practicum I
LBRL 751-0 Practicum
II
LBRL 752-0 Practicum
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Department of Philosophy
(i)
The department has recommended the removal of language in the Calendar
describing the co-operative program with UBC as the level of co-operation has
diminished.
(ii)
M.A. Program
a)
Addition of option: Specialized Thesis Option. The new Specialized Thesis
Option is intended for students who have a particular project and supervisor in
mind, and especially students with interdisciplinary interests.
b)
The program introduces area distribution requirements. These are Value
Theory, Metaphysics and Epistemology, History of Philosophy, and are
intended to round out a student's education.
Other editorial revisions.
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(iii) Ph.D. Program
a)
Area distribution requirements are introduced in Value Theory, Metaphysics
and Epistemology, Logic/Formal Studies, History of Philosophy with exam
requirements in each area rather than comprehensives.
b)
Course requirements are reduced to 11 courses from 12 courses.
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Requirements for the "Thesis Proposal and Seminar" are changed to
"Dissertation Prospectus".
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"Thesis" is changed to "Dissertation", and Preliminary Dissertation
Examination added.
Other clarification and editorial revisions
(iv) Admission to graduate programs
Reference to University regulations is made more specific and only those features of
the department's standards which differ from or clarify the University standards are
mentioned. The importance of the Honours degree is downplayed as such degrees are
not universal.
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Department of Psychology
i)
Change all five (5) credit graduate seminars to three (3) credits in line with
current practice
ii)
Change in Calendar wording for PSYC 825-2 Intervention to reflect current
practice
iii)
Addition to the Calendar description of the Ph.D. Clinical Program
requirements to specify that at least two of the breadth/area courses must be
advanced topics in assessment or intervention
iv)
Removal of Table I, Experimental Graduate Program, and Table 3, Clinical
Psychology Program from the Calendar as they do not contain any
substantive material
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology
i)
Addition to Calendar entry: M.A. Co-Operative Program Option
ii)
New courses:
SA 890-0 Practicum I
SA 891-0 Practicum
II
SA 892-0 Practicum
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