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S-99-14
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC
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MEMORANDUM
To: ?
Senate
From: ?
D. Gagan, Chair
Senate Committee on Academic Planning
Subject: ?
Faculty of Science -
Curriculum revisions
Date: ?
December 14, 1998
For Information:
Acting under delegated authority of Senate, the Senate Graduate Studies Committee
approved curriculum revisions in the following departments:
a)
Department of Biological Sciences
b)
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
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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FOR INFORMATION
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(SGSC Reference: Meeting November 30, 1998)
(SCAP Reference: SCAP 98-75)
a)
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Department of Biological Sciences
Acting under delegated authority, the SGSC approved curriculum
revisions as follows:
Deletion of:
BISC 821-3 Biology of Visual Photoreceptors
BISC 832-3 Marine Microbiology
BISC 834-4 Marine Plant Ecology
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FOR INFORMATION
(SGSC Reference: Meeting November 30, 1998)
(SCAP Reference: SCAP 98-76)
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Acting under delegated authority, the SGSC approved curriculum
revisions as follows:
i)
Change of credit hours for STAT 811 and 812 from 0 to 2 credits
ii)
Change of total course requirements for the MSc program,
presently 28 hours including a minimum of 20 hours at the
graduate level, to 30 hours including a minimum of 24 hours at
the graduate level
iii)
New courses:
STAT 870-4 Applied Probability Models
STAT 880-0 Practicum I
STAT 881-0 Practicum
II
STAT 882-0 Practicum III
STAT 883-0 Practicum IV
STAT 894-2 Reading
STAT 895-4 Reading
STAT 898-0 M.Sc. Thesis/Project
STAT 899-0 Ph.D. Thesis/ Project
iv)
Deletion of:
MATH 871 —4
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Applied Probability Models
MATH 872-4
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Probability I
MATH 873-4
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Probability II
MATH 874-4 ?
Probability: Selected Topics
v)
Amendment of the Calendar for Statistics to highlight the
existence of the Co-op Option
vi)
Modify the format of comprehensive examinations by dropping
the second phase of the exam
vii)
Amendment of the Calendar entry to establish milestones for
M.Sc. students indicating expectation that course requirements
will be completed in four semesters and projects completed in
two further semesters
viii)
Deletion of reading papers in French, German or Russian
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