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FOR INFORMATION

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC

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MEMORANDUM

To: ?

Senate

From: ?

J. Munro, Chair

Senate Committee on Academic Planning

Subject: ?

Faculty of Business Administration -

Changes to MBA

(SGSC Meeting November 8, 1999)

(SCAP Reference: SCAP 99-49)

Date: ?

December 10, 1999

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For Information:

Acting under delegated authority the Senate Graduate Studies Committee and

the Senate Committee on Academic Planning approved the following

curriculum changes in the Faculty of Business Administration:

1.

Temporary withdrawal of the following courses:

BUS 507-4

Managerial Economics

BUS 512-4

Introduction to Business Finance

BUS 527-3

Financial Accounting

BUS 528-3

Managerial Accounting

BUS 536-4

Quantitative Methods in Management

BUS 543-4

Introductory Graduate Marketing

BUS 572-4

Organizations and Human Resource Management

BUS 578-4

Strategic Management

BUS 727-0

MBA Co-op Practicum III

2.

Add, Page 327 - For the 2001 calendar year specializations in accounting

and policy will not be available

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Delete Page 327 - Students holding teaching assistantships will take two

courses per semester as a normal load.

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Change Page 327:

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FROM: ?

"Thus, the completion time for a student holding a teaching

assistantship over their whole program is typically five or six

semesters."

TO: ?

"The completion time for a student holding a teaching

assistantship over their whole program is typically five

semesters."

3.

Course deletions:

BUS 873-4 History of Accounting Thought

BUS 881-4 Trade Policy and Management

BUS 821-4 Analysis of Inventory and Queuing Systems

BUS 875-4 International Accounting

4.

Change "Score on the graduate management admissions test (GMAT)" to

"Score on the graduate management admissions test (GMAT min. 550)."

5.

Delete, page 327 under Admission: "In certain cases, students may be

admitted to the program in other semesters."

Any Senator wishing to consult the full report of curriculum revisions should

contact Bobbie Grant, Senate Assistant at 291-3168 or e-mail bgrant@sfu.ca

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