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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC
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MEMORANDUM
To: ?
Senate
From: ?
Alison Watt
Director, University Secretariat
Subject: ?
Faculty of Arts -
Curriculum revisions
(SCSC Meeting: June 19, 2000)
Date: ?
June 22, 2000
For Information:
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Acting under delegated authority of Senate, the Senate Graduate Studies Committee
approved curriculum revisions in the following Departments in the Faculty of Arts:
a)
Department of English
b)
Department of History
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Department of Gerontology
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Department of Archaeology
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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MEMORANDUM
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
To: Alison Watt, Director
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From: Jon Driver
Secretariat Services
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Dean of Graduate Studies
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Subject: Calendar Changes
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Date: June 22, 2000
Department of English
For Information:
As delegated by Senate, the Senate Graduate Studies Committee, at their
Meeting on June 19, 2000, approved the following:
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Change to MA Field Examination
FROM: ?
Programs
while in Option B, they take six courses and write a field
examination in three of the six courses followed by an oral exam
based on the written.
TO: ?
Programs
while in Option B, they take six courses and write an MA
final examination.
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Change in Examinations
FROM: ?
Examinations
Thesis option students submit a thesis proposal and are examined by
the Supervisory Committee no later than one semester following the
completion of course work. Students proceed with the thesis only
after the approval of the Supervisory Committee and the Graduate
Program Committee. Students in the non-thesis option will be exempt
from this procedure.
TO: ?
Examinations
Add before Thesis option students...........Option A students take four
courses, write a thesis of about 100 pages and defend it in an oral
examination.
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Add after ..............and the Graduate Program Committee - Option B
students choose a paper (or project) from one of their six courses.
The paper (or project) is revised and expanded to make it suitable
for publication. The expanded work is a) examined by two faculty
members, and b) presented orally at a departmental symposium.
The paper (or project) must be completed and submitted for exam-
ination no later than the end of the semester following completion
of coursework, and is judged on a pass/fail basis. A student who fails
may be permitted a second and final attempt.
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New Course:
Engl 808-5 Theoretical Approaches to Print Culture, 1700-1900
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
To: Alison Watt, Director
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From: Jon Driver
Secretariat Services
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Dean of Graduate Studies
Subject: Calendar Changes ?
Date: June 22, 2000
Department of History
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For Information:
As delegated by Senate, the Senate Graduate Studies Committee, at their
Meeting on June 19, 2000, approved the following:
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Change of Title:
Hist 810 and 812
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MEMORANDUM
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
To: Alison Watt, Director
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From: Jon Driver
University Secretariat
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Dean of Graduate Studies
Subject: Calendar Changes
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Date: June 22, 2000
Department of Gerontology
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For Information:
As delegated by Senate, the Senate Graduate Studies Committee, at its
meeting on June 19, 2000, approved the following:
1.
The addition of GERO 803-4 to the project-stream option (required
for thesis stream)
2.
The addition of course description for GERO 898-0 and 899-0.
3.
New Course:
GERO 840-4 Special Topics in Gerontology
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MEMORANDUM
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
To: Alison Watt, Director
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From: Jon Driver
Secretariat Services
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Dean of Graduate Studies
Subject: Calendar Changes
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Date: June 22, 2000
Department of Archaeology
For Information:
As delegated by Senate, the Senate Graduate Studies Committee, at their
Meeting on June 19, 2000, approved the following:
1.
Change in Calendar Description for:
Arch
871-5, 876-5,
894-3,
895-5
and
896-5
2.
New Courses:
Arch
892-5
Directed Readings in Prehistory
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Arch 893-3 Directed Readings
3.
Deletion of Courses:
Arch 840-3,
875-5,
881-5, 882-5, 883-5 and
897-5
4.
Change in Calendar wording - Areas of Study
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