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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
To: ?
Senate
From:
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S. Dench, Secretary
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
Subject: ?
Curriculum Revisions
Faculty of Arts
(SCUS Reference 00 - 34)
Date: ?
October 19, 2000
For Information
Acting under delegated authority, SCUS approved curriculum revisions in the following
departments/schools/programs:
a)
Cognitive Science Program
b)
School of Criminology
C) Department of Economics
d)
Department of English
e)
Department of Geography
f)
Department of History
g)
Department of Humanities
h)
Department of Linguistics
i)
Asia-Canada Program
j)
Department of Psychology
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 email bgrant@sfu.ca
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(SCUS Reference: SCUS 00-34 c)
a) Cognitive Science Program
i.
Changes to the course description for COGS 491
ii.
Changes to the requirements for the Major and Honours Programs
iii. New courses for the Co-operative Education Program:
COGS 370 Cognitive Science Practicum I
COGS 371 Cognitive Science Practicum II
COGS 470 Cognitive Science Practicum III
COGS 471 Cognitive Science Practicum IV
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(SCUS Reference: SCUS 00-34 e)
b) School of Criminology
i.
Minor wording changes to the lower division requirements for the General
Certificate
ii.
Change of vector for CRIM 314
iii. New courses:
CRIM
352
Environmental Criminology; Theory and Practice
CRIM 402 Biological Explanations of Crime
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(SCUS Reference: SCUS 00—
34 f)
c) ?
Department of Economics
i.
Changes of course title:
ECON
250,
252
ii.
Changes of credit hour and vector:
ECON
353-5 (4-1-0)
to
3-1-0
iii.
Change of vector:
ECON
355
from
4-0-0
to
3-1-0
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(SCUS Reference: SCUS 00-34 g)
d) Department of English
i. Change of number and title:
Splitting ENGL 312 Shakespeare into ENGL 311 Early Shakespeare and
ENGL 313 Late Shakespeare
ii.
Deletion of ENGL 312
iii. Changes to Upper Division Requirements and Honours Program to reflect
resulting changes to ENGL 311/312/313
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(SCUS Reference: SCUS 00-34 h)
e) Depa rt ment of Geography
i.
Changes to requirements for Major in Geography, Geography Major in
Environmental Specialty, and Geography Honours Environmental Specialty
Programs
ii. Changes in number, credit hour and prerequisite
GEOG 212-3 (2-1-0) Geography of Natural Hazards becomes GEOG 312-4
(2-2-0)
Changes in prerequisite:
GEOG 317
Changes in prerequisite and description:
GEOG 389
GEOG 452
Changes in prerequisite, description and vector:
GEOG 446
Changes in description
GEOG 355
Changes in description and title
GEOG 385
iii. Deletion of GEOG 419 and 421
iv. Addition of MBB to the list of departments from which Arts breadth
requirements may be selected
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(SCUS Reference: SCUS 00-34 i)
f) Department of History
Title changes for Groups 2 and 3, and additions and deletions of courses from
these groups
ii.
Changes to the upper division requirements for Joint Major programs with
Canadian Studies, Humanities, Latin American Studies, and Women's Studies
iii.
Changes in title:
HIST 249,
350,465,
467
Changes in prerequisites
HIST 328, 413, 414, 430, 473
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Changes in description
HIST 215, 473
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(SCUS Reference: SCUS 00-34 j)
) Department of Humanities
i.
New course: HUM 101 Introduction to the Humanities
ii.
Changes in course descriptions for HUM 230, 302, 320, 321,
325,
340
iii.
Changes to lower division requirements for Major, Joint Majors, Extended
Minor, and Minor Programs
iv.
New courses for the Co-operative Education Program:
HUM 471 Practicum I
HUM 472 Practicum II
HUM 473 Practicum ifi
HUM 474 Practicum IV
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(SCUS Reference: SCUS
00-34 k)
h) Department of Linguistics
i.
Deletion of CHIN 102
ii. New course: CHIN
185
Intensive Mandarin Chinese in the China Field School
iii.
Changes to the program requirement for the Certificate in Spanish Language
Proficiency
iv.
Change in prerequisite for LING
350
v.
New courses for the Co-operative Education Program in Linguistics:
LING
370
Linguistics Practicum I
LING
371
Linguistics Practicum H
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LING
470
Linguistics Practicum HI
LING
471
Linguistics Practicum Iv
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(SCUS Reference: SCUS 00— 34 a)
1)
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Asia-Canada Program
i.
Changes to the requirements for the Minor program
ii.
Changes to the prerequisites for:
ASC 300, 301, 302, 303, 400,401
iii.
Addition of CHIN 185 to the core requirements for the Chinese Studies
Certificate Program
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j) Department of Psychology
i. Course changes as follows:
Changes in title
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PSYC 106, 201, 210,
250,
270,
325, 355,
357, 385, 450, 451, 452
Changes in title and description PSYC 280, 321, 381, 387
Changes in title and number
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PSYC
425
Language and Thinking becomes ?
PSYC 432
Changes in title and prerequisite PSYC 402, 430, 480
Changes in title, number
and prerequisite
Changes in title, prerequisite,
description, number
and credit hour
Changes in title, prerequisite,
number, credit hour and vector
Changes in title, credit hour
and vector
Changes in description
Changes in prerequisite
Changes in prerequisite and
description
Changes in prerequisite,
description and credit hour
PSYC 306 Psychological Assessment
Procedures becomes PSYC 206
PSYC 481 Laboratory in Biopsychology
becomes PSYC 386
PSYC 483 Seminar in Drugs and Behavior
becomes PSYC 383
PSYC 488 Seminar in Biological Rhythms
becomes PSYC 388
PSYC 308 History and Systems of Modern
Psychology becomes PSYC 207
PSYC 307
PSYC 221, 330
PSYC 311, 461,462
PSYC 303,
335
PSYC 382
/1
ii.
Course deletions: PSYC 302, 326,
345,
364, 367, 370, 373,
375, 425,
444,
456, 459, 465,470, 485
iii.
New courses:
PSYC
354
Development of Children's Thinking
PSYC 361 Social Cognition
PSYC 362 Interpersonal Relations
PSYC
365
Health Psychology
PSYC 371 Intervention: Process and Outcome
PSYC
415
Selected Topics in Measurement
PSYC 432 Selected Topics in Cognition
PSYC 441 Selected Topics in Clinical Psychology
PSYC 482 Selected Topics in Biological Psychology
iv.
Changes to the requirements for the Major, Honours, Minor and Joint Major
Programs
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