S.99-27

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC

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MEMORANDUM

To: ?

Senate

From:

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D. Gagan, Chair

Senate Committee on Academic Planning

Subject:

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Faculty of Arts -

Curriculum revisions

Date:

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February 11, 1999

For Information:

Acting under delegated authority of Senate, the Senate Graduate Studies Committee

approved curriculum revisions in the following

Department/Program:

Latin American Studies Program

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 e-

mail bgrant@sfu.ca

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FOR INFORMATION

(SGSC Reference: Meeting November 30, 1998)

(SCAP Reference: SCAP 99- 6)

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Latin American Studies Program

Acting under delegated authority, the SGSC approved curriculum

revisions as follows:

i)

Change of preamble for the Latin American Studies Program

because of the merger of the LAS Program and the Department

of Sociology and Anthropology

ii)

Change in admission requirements in that admissions will be

conducted on a biennial basis beginning in the 1999 Fall

Semester

iii) Change to the LAS MA course requirements because of the

proposed biennial entry system and that LAS 800 is a required

course for completion of the program

iv) Course title change: LAS 815 and 800

v)

Course deletions:

LAS 810-5 Latin America: Development Theory in

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LAS 811-5 Latin America and US Foreign Policy

LAS 812-5 Indigenism in Latin America

LAS 813-5 Agrarian Structure and Political Power

LAS 830-5 Literature and Ideology

LAS 831 -5 Colonial Discourse

LAS 850-5 Selected Topics in Latin American Studies

LAS 852-5 Directed Readings II in Latin American

Studies

vi)

New courses:

LAS 815-5 Latin American Economy and Society

LAS 825-5 Latin American History and Culture

LAS 835-5 Latin American Politics and the State"

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FOR INFORMATION

(SGSC Reference: Meeting November 30, 1998)

(SCAP Reference: SCAP 99- 7)

a) ?

Department of Psychology

Acting under delegated authority, the SGSC approved curriculum

revisions as follows:

i)

A Joint SFUIUBC Program in Law and Forensic Psychology

ii)

A specialty stream in Child Clinical Psychology

iii)

A reorganization of the general graduate programs to reflect the

areas of specialization that have been agreed upon by the

Department

iv)

Calendar changes - editorial changes to clarify the Calendar

descriptions of all graduate programs in the Department of

Psychology

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