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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
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Faculty of Education -
Curriculum revisions
Date: ?
December 9, 1996
Reference: GS.96.25
Reference: SCAP 96-63
For Information:
Acting under delegated authority of Senate, SGSC approved changes to the Administrative
Leadership Program Calendar entry (see attached).
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GS.96,25
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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FACULTY OF EDUCATION
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MEMORANDUM
To: Ron Heath
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From:
Robin Barrow
Registrar's Office
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Dean
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Subject: ?
Date:
October 28, 1996
The Faculty of Education approved the following at its meeting today:
That the Faculty of Education approve the following Administrative Leadership Program
calendar entry:
Changes to the ALP Calendar Entry
Administrative Leadership
This program leads to the MA or MEd degree. It is a late afternoon-evening program
offered to practising and prospective educational administrators. It is usually pursued as a
general program that promotes the acquisition of the knowledge and skills needed to
function effectively in increasingly complex educational settings.
Required course for either degree option:
EDUC 813-5 Organizational Theory and Analysis in Education
MEd requirements:
Students will normally be admitted to the MEd coursework/comprehensive exam option.
This option requires the completion of 36-40 course credits or 8 courses in total.
Students will choose
5
courses from the following list:
EDUC 803-5 Educational Program Supervision
EDUC 8
15-5
Administrative, Legal and Financial Bases of Education
EDUC
817-5
The Political and Social Environment of Public Education
EDUC 818-5 Administrative Leadership of Educational Personnel
EDUC 830-5 Implementation of School Programs
EDUC 831-5 Seminar in Philosophy and Educational Theory
EDUC 838-5 Judgment in Administrative Decision-Making
EDUC
855-5
Multicultural and Race Relations Education: Policy Development and
Program Implementation
In addition MEd students may choose 2 electives to complete coursework requirements
prior to the comprehensive exam.
MA requirements:
Students admitted to the MEd coursework/comprehensive exam option may, on the explicit
recommendation of the senior supervisor, transfer into an MA program. The MA route
requires EDUC 813 and a minimum of 4 courses drawn from the above list followed by the
completion of a research thesis. In the MA route students will be required to demonstrate
appropriate research competence; this may necessitate taking coursework in research
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methods; e.g. EDUC
8645
Research Designs in Education, EDUC
863-5
Quantitative
Methods in Educational Research, EDUC 867-5 Qualitative Methods in Educational
Research..
Rational for the Calendar change.
The rationale for the calendar change rests on several grounds: 1) the existing calendar
entry fails to distinguish between the requirements for the MEd and the MA, hence is
unclear both for students, faculty and administrative support staff; 2) the existing entry no
longer reflects the reality of administrative life
in schools that are increasingly multi-cultural
in character, hence the specification of Ed,
855
as a preferred course in the set of eligible
course; and 3) the Facully wish to formalize the MEd coursework/comprehensive exam
option both to respond to professional demand and to release existing
Faculty
resources to
supervise MA thesis students and Ed.D. students (once this degree is approved.)
Please include them on the agenda of the next meeting of the Senate
Graduate Studies Committee,
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cc: Stuart Richmond, Director, Graduate Programs
Stan Kanehara, Assistant to the Dean
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