S.94-70
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
To:
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MEMORANDUM
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Supervisory Committees ?
Date:
SCAP Reference: SCAP 94-59
J. Munro, Chair
Senate Committee on
Academic Planning
November 16, 1994
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 and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors the change to Graduate Studies regulation 1.6.4
Supervisory Committee."
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SCAP 94 - 59
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
To: Alison Watt, Secretary
Senate Committee on Academic
Planning
Subject: Supervisory Committees
From: B.P. Clayman
Dean of Graduate' Studies
and Vice President, Research
Date: November 1, 1994
The proposed change to Graduate General Regulation
was approved, as follows, by the Senate Graduate Studies
Committee at its Meeting on October 31, 1994, and is now
forwarded to the Senate Committee on Academic Planning
approval:
From: 1.6.4 Supervisory Committee
1.6.4
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for
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In consultation with the student, the Senior Supervisor
shall recommend the composition of the Supervisory
Committee. The Committee consists of the Senior
Supervisor and, in most cases, at least one other faculty
member. For degrees designated by Senate as professional
degrees, the other member(s) of the Committee may be
other suitable qualified person(s). This recommendation
shall be made during the same semester in which the
Senior Supervisor is appointed. The composition of the
Supervisory Committee, for which the Senior Supervisor
is Chair, shall be approved by the Graduate Program Committee
and sent to the Dean of Graduate Studies for final approval.
It shall be sent to the Faculty Graduate Studies Committee
for information.
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1.6.4 Supervisory Committee
In degree programs in which there is a requirement for a
thesis, a project or extended essays, a Supervisory Committee,
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constituted as described below, must be established. For
students in other programs, the Senior Supervisor alone
may comprise the Supervisory Committee.
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In consultation with the student, the Senior Supervisor shall
recommend the composition of the Supervisory Committee.
The Committee consists of the Senior Supervisor and, in
most cases, at least one other faculty member. For degrees
designated by Senate as professional degrees, the other
member(s) of the Committee may be other suitable qualified
person(s). This recommendation shall be made during the
same semester in which the Senior Supervisor is appointed.
The composition of the Supervisory. Committee, for which
the Senior Supervisor is Chair, shall be approved by the
Graduate Program Committee and sent to the Dean of Graduate
Studies for final approval. It shall be sent to the Faculty
Graduate Studies Committee for information.
B.P. Clayman
Dean of Graduate Studies
and Vice President, Research
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GS. 94.23
OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES ?
Memorandum
TO: Senate Graduate Studies Committee
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FROM: Bruce P. Clayman
Dean of Graduate Studies
and Vice President, Research
SUBJECT:
Supervisory Committees ?
DATE: October 22, 1994
With the advent of several graduate programs which do not have a thesis, project or extended es-
says as a required culminating event, we need to consider the needs for supervision of students in
such programs. I suggest that they do not require a liii! supervisory committee as described under
Graduate Regulation 1.6.4, but only a single, properly qualified departmental advisor. It makes
sense to me to designate that person as the senior supervisor for maximum consistency with the
present situation. In some programs that person could be the Graduate Program Chair.
I propose the following change to Regulation 1.6.4 to accomplish this:
Add two new sentences at the start:
"For students in degree programs in which a thesis, project
or extended essays is required, a supervisory committee, constituted as described below, must be
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established For students in other programs, the senior supervisor alone comprises the supervi-
sory committee."
The rest of the regulation, including the requirement to form the committee in
the same semester as senior supervisor is appointed, remains the same.
This matter will be on the agenda of the next meeting of the Senate Graduate Studies Committee.
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