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FOR INFORMATION
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC
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MEMORANDUM
To:
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Senate
From:
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J. Munro, Chair
Senate Committee on Academic Planning
Subject: ?
Faculty of Science -
Graduate Curriculum Revisions
(SGSC Meeting November 8, 1999)
(SCAP Reference: SCAP 99-51)
Date:
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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 Science:
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Department of Biological Sciences
i)
New courses:
BISC 812-3 Marine Research Techniques: Scientific
Diving
BISC 839-3 Industrial Microbiology
ii)
Change in Ph.D. requirements which results in a change in the
Faculty of Science General Regulation.
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Department of Physics
i)
New courses:
PHYS 846-3 Nonlinear Physics
PHYS 847-3 Topics in soft-condensed matter and biological
physics
ii)
Change in description: PHYS 811, 812
iii)
Change in M.Sc. degree requirements
iv)
Change in admission from Master's program to the Ph.D.
program
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v) Change in grouping of Physics courses
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics
i)
Deletion of:
MATH 940 Mathematical Elasticity
MATH 945 Plasticity
MATH 948 Continuum Mechanics
MATH 950 Tensor Analysis on a Differentiable Manifold
MATH 960 Mathematics Foundations of Quantum
Mechanics I
MATH 961 Mathematical Foundations of Quantum
Mechanics II
MATH 964 General Relativity I
MATH 965 General Relativity II
ii)
Change in Calendar entry to indicate that it is expected for course
requirements to be completed in five semesters and projects in
one further semester
iii)
Change in core requirements to require only FOUR of MATH 900,
901, 920, 922, 930 and 935
iv)
Change in Calendar entry by changing the Ph.D. general
examination to an oral thesis topic defence
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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