S.99-1l
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC
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MEMORANDUM
To: ?
Senate
From: ?
D. Gagan, Chair
Senate Committee on Academic PiaZing
Subject: ?
Faculty of Arts -
Curriculum revisions
Date: ?
November 5, 1998
Action undertaken by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee and the Senate
Committee on Academic Planning gives rise to the following motion:
Motions:
S"that Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors
as set forth in S.99 -
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/ the following:
New Graduate Co-op Option in the Department of Economics,
including:
New courses:
ECON 750-0
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Practicum I
ECON 751-0
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Practicum
II
ECON 752-0
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Practicum III."
For Information:
Acting under delegated authority of Senate, SGSC approved curriculum revisions in
the following Department/School/Program:
a)
School for the Contemporary Arts
b)
Gerontology Program
C) ?
Department of Political Science
Any Senator wishing to consult the full report of curriculum revisions within the
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Faculty of Arts should contact Bobbie Grant, Senate Assistant at 291-3168 or e-
mail bgrant@sfu.ca
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CALENDAR ENTRY FOR CO-OP PROGRAM:
ECONOMICS MA CO-OPERATIVE PROGRAM OPTION:
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he Department of Economics has co-operative education In its graduate
program to allow students to gain work experience that complements
their academic studies.
MA students in good standing with a minimum GPA of 3.0 may apply to
enter the co-op program after satisfactory completion of ECON 802, 805,
835 and 836 or equivalent. They may elect either the traditional co-op
program of two separate work semesters or the co-op internship program
of three consecutive work semesters.
Arranginents for the work semesters are made through the Faculty of
Arts Co-op Coordinator at least one semester in advance. For further
details, students should refer to the Co-operative Education section of
the calendar.
RATIONALE FOR CO-OP PROGRAM:
The Department of Economics feels that the opportunity for graduate
. students to undertake co-operative education allows them to gain work
experience that complements their academic studies. Students who are
currently enrolled in the department's MA program may apply for
admission to this component of the program.
A necessary step to establish the Co-Op Program is to add three non-
credit practicum courses to our list of Graduate Courses. Co-op
students register in these courses when they are on a work-experience
semester. These courses are not open to non-co-op students.
NEW CO-OP COURSES REQUIRED FOR PROGRAM:
Co-operative education integrates work experience and graduate studies.
The following courses consititute the work terms for the MA degree
(Economics) Co-op Option:
Course I. ECON 750: Practicum I: First semester of work experience
in the co-operative education program (0-0-0)
Course II. ECON 751: Practicum II: Second semester of work
experience In the co-operative education program (0-0-0)
Course III. ECON 752 Practicum III:
T
he third semester of
work experience in the co-operative education program
(0-0-0)
FOR INFORMATION
(SGSC Reference: Meeting November 30, 1998)
(SCAP Reference: SCAP 98-70)
a) ?
School for the Contemporar y
Arts
Acting under delegated authority, the SGSC approved curriculum
revisions as follows:
1) ?
New course: MFA 813-5 Interdisciplinary Graduate Studio
ii)
Course changes to WA Program: Elimination of the
requirement of five units selected from upper division or
graduate courses outside the student's main area of
concentration or outside the School.
iii)
Other changes reflect the addition of the proposed FPA 813-5
into the MFA Program requirements.
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FOR INFORMATION
(SGSC Reference: Meeting November 30, 1998)
(SCAP Reference: SCAP 98-72)
b)
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Gerontology Program
Acting under delegated authority, the SGSC approved curriculum
revisions as follows:
i) New course: GERO 803-4 ?
Analytical Techniques for
Gerontological Research
ii)
Calendar revisions including the addition of the e-mail address,
the name of student advisor, changes in instructions under
Admissions to reflect current procedure, changes to the
prerequisite listings, to the project or thesis option instructions.
and course descriptions to reflect the addition of GERO 803
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FOR INFORMATION
(SGSC Reference: Meeting November 30, 1998)
(SCAP Reference: SCAP 98-73)
C) ?
Department of Political Science
Acting under delegated authority, the SGSC approved curriculum
revisions as follows:
New MA Option
Addition of an extended essay or project option to the present
options which are a course intensive option and a thesis option.
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