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S.95-30

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC

MEMORANDUM

To:

From:

Subject

Date:

Senate

J .

M. Munro, Chair

Senate Committee on Academic Planning

School of Criminology

April 10, 1995

Action undertaken by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee and the Senate Committee

on Academic Planning, gives rise to the following motion:

• Motion:

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of Governors

as set forth in S.95 -

30, the renumbering

of CRIM 870 and 871 and the

proposed

New courses ?

CRIM 872-3 Selected Topics

CREM 873-3 Selected Topics."

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SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY ? 

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY 

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MEMORANDUM 

OFFICE OF THE

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To: Andrea Lebowitz, Associate Dean of Arts 

From: Bob Menzies, Criminology Graduate Director 

Re:

?

Proposed Revisions to Criminology Graduate Curriculum 

Date: 16 December 1994 

Attached is the revised proposal for the addition of Selected 

Topics seminars to the School of Criminology's graduate 

curriculum. This proposal was approved in meetings of the School 

of Criminology Graduate Programs Committee and Faculty (on 29 

• June and 14 July 1994 respectively), and it received provisional 

Faculty of Arts authorization in the FAGSC meeting of 24 November 

1994. The Library Course Assessment, which seems to be generally 

favourable, has now been completed. I've enclosed the 2 December 

1994 memorandum from Ralph Stanton, along with my reply of 16 

December (offering some additional clarification, in particular 

on the subject of projected seminar enrolments, which will be 

considerably lower than envisioned in the library report). 

Further, in response to suggestions from yourself and the FAGS 

Committee, we've decided to scale back the original proposal, 

such that we're now requesting the addition of only two, rather 

than four, new selected topics offerings. The re-enumeration of 

CRIM 870 and CRIM 871 will remain affected. When implemented, our 

proposed amendment will modify the Calendar listings as follows 

(1994-95 version, page 283) 

Currently reads: 

CRIM 870-3 Selected Topics 

Concentrated studies in areas of student specialization. 

CRIM 871-3 Directed Readings 

Intensive readings under the supervision of a faculty 

member, in areas of interest related to the student's 

program. 

continued/2 ..... 

1

2/continued..... 

To be revised to: 

CRIM 870-3 Directed Readings 

Intensive readings under the supervision of a faculty 

member, in areas of interest related to the student's 

program. 

CRIM 871-3 Selected Topics 

CRIM 872-3 Selected Topics 

CRIM 873-3 Selected Topics 

Concentrated studies in areas of student specialization. 

Once again, many thanks for your help with this proposal. If you 

need any additional details, don't hesitate to get in touch 

(phone 4763, fax 4140, email menzies@sfu.ca 

).

With best regards. 

C.C.

Neil Boyd, Director of Criminology 

Aileen M. Sams, Criminology Graduate Assistant 

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Faculty:

Senate

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SIMON

FRASER UNIVERSIU

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NEW GRADUATE COURSE PROPOSAL FORM

Calendar Information:

Department:

School

of

Criminology ?

Course Number: _

CRIM 870-3

Title: ? 

Directed Readings 

Intensive readings under the supervision of a faculty member, in areas 

Description:

of interest related

to

the student's program.

Credit Hours: 3

Vector:_03-0 Prerequisite(s) if

any:

None 

Enrollment and

Scheduling: 

Estimated Enrollment: _@5-10 When

will the course first be offered: _95-3

How often

will

the course be offered:

Ever

y

semester

Justification: 

?

?

This represents the re-numbering of an already-existing..? 

course (CRIM 871-3). 

Resources:

Which Faculty member will normally teach the course:

ODen

to

all

Criminology faculty

What are the- budgetary implications of mounting the course:

None

Are there sufficient Library resources (append details):

Yes

Appended: a) Outline of the Course

An indication of the competence of the Faculty member to

give the course

c) Library resources

Approved:

Departmental Graduate Program C

e ?

Date:17 October

1994

Faculty Graduate Studies Committee:

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t ^4  

J)ate: 22-

.

?

Senate: ?

Date:__________

leb. 93/02/18 

COURSE ALTERATION AND RATIONALE 

SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY 

FROM: ? 

Directed Readings CRIM 871-3 

TO: ? 

Directed Readings CRIM 870-3 

RATIONALE: With the proposed addition of 2 new Selected 

Topics seminars (CRIM 872-3 and 873-3), this re- 

enumeration, along with the transposing of 870-3 

to 871-3, will allow for the consecutive listing 

of all three Selected Topics offerings. 

.

ate:

ate:''_

Approved:

Departmental Graduatr, Program

994

Faculty

Faculty:,

LIMON FRASER UNIVERSIIY

NEW GRADUATE COURSE PROPOSAL FORM

Calendar Information:

Department: ?

School of Criminology 

?

Course Number:

CRIM871-3 

Title:

Selected Topics 

Description:

Concentrated stidfe

in areas of student specialization 

Credit Hours: _3

Vector:

_0.3-fl

Prerequisite(s) if any:

Enrollthent and Scheduling:

Estimated Enrollment: 5-10 Wien will th

course first be. offerc.d:_953

per semester across all Selected Topics offerings 

How often will the course be offered:_

One

to three Selected Topics offerings per 

semester. 

Justification: ?

This represents the re-numbering of a pre-existing course 

(CRIM 870-3). 

. ?

Resources:

Which Faculty member will normally teach the course:fln t

n rrimno1ogy faculty 

What are the

budgetary im

lications of mounting

the

course:

None 

Are there sufficient Library resources

(append details): 

_Yes 

Appended: a) Outline, of the Course

An indicat i

on of the competence of

the

Faculty- member

10

give the course

Library resources

Senate Graduate Studies Committee:

eb. 93/02/18 

COURSE ALTERATION AND RATIONALE 

?

SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY 

FROM: ? 

Selected Topics CRIM 870-3 

TO: ? 

Selected Topics CRIM 871-3 

RATIONALE: With the proposed addition of 2 new Selected 

Topics seminars (CRIM 872-3 and 873-3), this re- 

enumeration, along with the transposing of 871-3 

to 870-3, will allow for the consecutive listing 

of all three Selected Topics offerings. 

n

14,

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

NEW GRADUATE COURSE PROPOSAL FORM

Calendar Information;

Department:

_School of Criiitinnlogy

Coarse Number:

C.RTt 

8723

Title:

Selected Topics 

?

-

Description: ?

Concentrated studies in areas of student specialization. 

Credit Hours: 

?

3 ?

Vector: 0-3-0 

Prerequisite(s) if any:

None 

En.rollthert and

Scheduling-

Estimated Enrollment:

10-15 

When

will

the

course first be offerc.d:

95-3 

per semester across all Selected Topics offerings. 

?

-

How often will the course be offered:

fln _tn_ three _Slrtd_Tnpirc_nffring

per

semester. 

Justification: This course, along with GRIM 873, is added to the curriculum to permit 

greater flexibility of Selected Topics offerings in response to 

student and faculty demand. See attached justification. 

Resources;

Which Faculty member will normally teach the course:

OpentoallCriminology faculty 

What are the budgetary implicadons of mounting the course:

Open 

Are there sufficient Library 

resources (append de

ails): 

?

Yes

Appended: a) Outline of the Course 

An indicaon of the competence of the Faculty member to

give 

the. course 

Library resources

Deparunent2l

Approved: ? 

Graduate

Prorarn 

17 October 1994 

02Z

J1c9ç

Faculty -Graduate Studies Conuniue.e:

93/02/18

INON FRASER UNJYERSIIY

NEW GRADUATE COURSE PROPOSAL FORM

Calendar

Information:

Department:

School of Criminolo 

?

_Course Number: CRIM_873-3 

Title:

Selected Topics 

Description:

Concentrated studies in areas of student specialization.. 

?

Credit Hours: _

3Vector: _03-O 

Prerequisite(s) if

any: None 

Enrolhiicnt and Scheduling:

Estimated Enrollment:

_10-15 

Wen will the course first be offerc.d;

_95-3 

per semester across all Selected Topics offerings. ? 

-

How often will the., course be offered:_

One

to three Selected Topics offerings per 

semester. 

Justification:

This course, along with CRIM 872, is added to the curriculum to 

permit greater flexibility of Selected Topics offerings in 

response to student and faculty demand. See attached justification. 

Resources:

Which Faculty member will non-nally teach the course:_

O

en

to all Criminology f 

?

ty.

What art the budgetary irn

licaons of mou.nng the cou.rse:

None 

Are there sufficient Library resources

(append details): 

_Yes 

Appended:

a) Outline of the Course

Au indication of the competence of the Faculty member

give the. course

Library resources

Approved:

Departmental Graduate

Date: 17 October 1994 

Faculty Grduatc Stues Coiee:

JDatc:______

Faculty:,

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Senate Graduate. Studies

Comrnitee:') \' ?

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Senate: ? 

Date:_________ 

eb. 93/02/18 

. ?

RATIONALE FOR NEW COURSE PROPOSALS 

SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY 

CRIM 872-3 

?

Selected Topics 

CRIM 873-3 ? 

Selected Topics 

Concentrated studies in areas of student specialization. 

RATIONALE: 

Over the course of the past several years, School of 

Criminology faculty and graduate students alike have been 

undergoing a considerable diversification of academic 

background, theoretical perspective and substantive research 

expertise. In our ongoing efforts to shape course offerings 

to the academic needs of students, we find that our program 

has been increasingly confined by our inability to offer 

more than a single Selected Topics seminar in any given 

semester. An ever-expanding number of our M.A. and Ph.D. 

students are working in specialized disciplinary and inter- 

disciplinary subject areas that cannot be entirely 

accommodated by our five current "core d 

course domains 

• (Criminological Theory, Phenomena of Crime, Criminal Justice 

Policy Analysis, Law and Social Control, Research Methods). 

In addition, faculty interest in Selected Topics seminars 

has correspondingly intensified, to the point where we are 

now receiving an average of two or three ST outlines per 

semester. 

The addition to the calendar of these two proposed Selected 

Topics iterations, then, would very much enhance our 

programmatic versatility. We note, moreover, that various 

other academic units have already adopted a multiple 

Selected or Special Topics structure (there are, for 

example, 12 ST courses in Education, 8 in Business 

Administration, 7 in Computing Science, 6 in Physics, 4 in 

Linguistics, 3 each in Kinesiology, Economics and Biological 

Sciences, and two each in Engineering Science, Women's 

Studies, and History). In all instances, the mounting of 

courses in the CRIM 870-3 to 873-3 sequence will continue to 

be subject to the prior review and authorization of our 

Graduate Programs Committee. 

We don't anticipate any additional imposed burden on 

faculty, library or other resources. First, in general we 

expect the mounting of two or three Selected Topics 

offerings per semester (i.e. CRIM 871, 872 and 873) will 

involved an aggregate enrolment of only 10-15 students. 

. Second, it is important to stress that total registrations 

will not be affected,—as Selected Topics seminars will be 

chosen by students in lieu of other optional calendar 

listings within an overarching structure of degree 

requirements that remains unaltered. Third, faculty offer 

these courses on a voluntary "availability-demand" basis, 

beyond their normal obligatory teaching load, with pro-rated 

accumulation of credit that can be ultimately applied to 

course relief in subsequent semesters (2 student seminar = 

1/3 course credit; 3-5 student seminar = 1/2 course credit). 

Fourth and finally, given the low enrolments (almost never 

more than 3-5 per seminar), the majority of readings and 

other course materials can be assembled and distributed 

among participants and instructor without further stressing 

our university library resources. 

Selected Topics subject areas and seminar content will of 

course be changing on a semester-by-semester basis. We 

expect to witness the inclusion of several other seminar 

topics during the coming two years, reflecting the myriad 

and multi-disciplinary interests of Criminology faculty and 

students, and including, among others, courses on feminism, 

law and the state; global criminality; environmental crime; 

law and mental disorder; and aboriginal justice. Five 

illustrations of Selected Topics seminars previously 

approved by our GPC under under the CRIM 870-3 listing are 

appended hereto for the information of reviewers and 

committees. 

It).

Bruce Clayman, 6 Mar 11:45 -0..., library expenses

From: Bruce Clayman <clayman>    

•

Subject: library expenses 

To: mcgixul (Marian McGinn) 

Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 11:45:46 -0800 (PST) 

Cc: alderson (Evan Alderson) 

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Marian, please include this message with the material going to the 

SGSC on Faculty of Arts Curriculum changes: 

Bruce Clayman 

>From Evan_Alderson@sfu.ca 

Mon Mar 6 11:16:14 1995 

Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 11:16:09 -0800 

To: Bruce_Clayman@sfu.ca 

Subject: library expenses 

I will cover the library costs for graduate curriculum changes in Geography 

and Criminology fas put forward to the Senate Graduate Studies Committee by 

Andrea Lebowitz. 

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IPrinted for Marian_McGinn@sfu.ca ?