S.96-54
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC
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MEMORANDUM
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Senate
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D. Gagan, Chair
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Senate Committee on Academic
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Change to Graduate General Regulation 1.8.1
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May 15, 1996
Action undertaken by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee and the Senate Committee
on Academic Planning gives rise to the following motion:
Motion:
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"That Senate approve
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to General Regulation
1.8.1 - Progress Evaluation."
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
To: Alison Watt, Secretary
Senate Committee on Academic
Planning
Subject: Progress Evaluations for
Students in Coursework
Masters' Degrees
From: B.P. Clayman
Vice-President Research!
Dean of Graduate Studies
Date: March 26, 1996
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The following addition to the General Regulation 1.8.1 -
Progress Evaluation - was approved by the Senate Graduate
Studies Committee, at its Meeting on March 25, 1996, and is
now being forwarded to the Senate Committee on Academic
Planning for approval:
'Pe evaluation of students in coursework Master's degrees will
rely on their maintenance of a CGPA of 3.0 as required by Graduate
Regulation 1.5; in such cases no separate evaluation is required."
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B.P. Clayman
Vice-President Research!
Dean of Graduate Studies
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Faculty
MEMORANDUM
of Education
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TO: Bruce Clayman
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FROM
Dean of Graduate Studies
RE: PROGRESS EVALUATIONS
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DATE:
FOR STUDENTS IN
COURSEWORK MASTERS'
DEGREES
Mike Manley-Casimir
Director
Graduate Programs
February 28th, 1996
Section 1.8.1 of Graduate General Regulations reads:
Masters and Doctoral Students
1.8.1 Progress Evaluation
At least once each year, the Supervisory Committee will report on the students
progress. This report will be sent, in writing, to the Graduate Program
Committee with a copy to the student
This regulation was written to apply to graduate students in Masters
and Doctoral programs who have Supervisory Committees and clearly is an
important step in monitoring student progress, especially with respect to their
independent research: thesis, project or extended essays.
Master's students in a coursework degree, however, only have a
Senior Supervisor and since by definition the degree consists of coursework
and comprehensive exam, it explicitly excludes a thesis, project or extended
essays. For such students a formal progress review seems redundant because
they must maintain a CGPA of 3.0 to remain in 'good standing.' Students
who fall below 3.0 are immediately brought to light because they must have
departmental approval to register for the next semester. If, however, they
maintain a CGPA of 3.0 their progress is ipso facto satisfactory.
Accordingly I wish to suggest the modification of s.1.8.1 as follows:
Add the text below to the present regulation:
The evaluation of students in coursework Masters degrees will rely on their
maintenance of a CGPA of 3.0 as required by Graduate 'regulation 1.5; in such
cases no separate evaluation is required.
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Mike Mañley-Casimir
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