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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Office of the Vice-President, Academic
MEMORANDUM
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Senate
Subject: Department of Psychology -
New course - PSYC 99& q?
(SCAP 93-20)
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Senate Committee
on Academic Planning
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May 14, 1993
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning and the Senate Graduate
Studies Committee gives rise to the following motion:
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"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors, as set forth in S.93 -42 the following
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New course PSYC 990 PhD Comprehensive Examination."
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Roger Blackman
Department of Psychology
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Department Chair
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MEMORANDUM
To: Andrea Lebowitz, Chair,
Faculty of Arts Graduate Studies Committee
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Date:
November 2, 1992
Topic: New Course Proposal: PSYC -9e
The Psychology Department requests approval of a new course:
PSYC
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PhD Comprehensive Examination.
Calendar Changes (
p
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Program in Experimental Psychology
"A Committee consisting of the candidate's PhD Supervisory
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Committee and faculty members in areas related to the candidate's
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major interests will set a written PhD Comprehensive Examination
(PSYC ?
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Program in Clinical Psychology
"A written and oral PhD Comprehensive Examination (PSYC
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held in the spring semester of each year...."
Rationale
The Department of Psychology requires a Comprehensive Examination
in both graduate program areas, Experimental and Clinical. This
requirement is clearly specified in the calendar regulations, but
the students' transcripts have never provided any indication of
the Comprehensive Examination, its evaluation or completion date.
We have recently revised the departmental guidelines for the
Comprehensive Examination. As part of this work the Department
decided that completion of the Comprehensive Examination should
be recognized by an appropria
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regular course number (PSYC
94-)
as the form of entry.
Students in the clinical program may complete the Comprehensive Examina on
each semester
although it is initiated in the
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Graduate Course Proposal iorm
CALENDAR INFORMATION:,
Department:
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Course Number:
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Title:
Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination
Description:
All students in the Experimental and Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Programs
are required to successfully complete the Comprehensive Exam.
Credit Bours:
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Vector:
N/A
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Prerequisite(s) if
any:
None
ENROLLMENT AND SCHEDULING
Estimated Enrollment:12 pr
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When will the course first be offered:q_
Row often will the course be offe
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Every semester.
JUSTIFICATION: The Department of Psychology has a required Comprehensive Examination in
both graduate program areas, Experimental and Clinical. This requirement-is clear in the
calendar regulations, but the students' transcripts have never provided any indication
of the requirement, its evaluation or completion date. We have recently revised
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guidelines for the Comprehensive Examinations. As part of that work the
Department decided that completion of the Comprehensive Examination should be recognized
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RESOURCES:
Which Faculty member
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normally teach the course:
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As required.
What are the budgetary implications of
mounting
the course: None
Are there sufficient Library resources (append details):' ?
(the Exam is long-established;
only the course number is new)
Appended: a) Outline of the Course
b)
An indication of the competence of the Faculty member to give the course.
c)
Library resources
Approved: Departmental Graduate Studies Committee:
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