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S.92-5

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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MEMORANDUM

To:

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Senate

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From: ?

J.M. Munro, Chair

Senate Committee on

Academic Planning

Subject: Faculty of Arts -

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Date: ?

December 10, 1991

Graduate Curriculum Revisions

Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning and the Senate

Graduate Studies Committee, gives rise to the following motion:

Motion: that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors as set forth in S.92-5 graduate curriculum revisions

in the Faculty of Arts as follows:

i)

S.92-5a

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School of Criminology

ii)

S.92-5b

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Department of Economics

iii)

S.92-5c

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Department of History"

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S.92-5a

School of Criminology

Summary of Graduate Curriculum Revisions

SGSC Reference: Mtg. of November 25, 1991

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1.

Changes. to the requirements for the M.A. program

2.

Changes to the requirements for the Ph.D. program.

3.

M.A. and Ph.D. students to sit the Criminology Proseminar

4.

Course description changes for CRIM 800, 801, 810, 811, 820, 821, 830, 831, 860,

861,862,863

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New courses ?

CRIM 840-3 Proseminar

CRIM 862-3 Research Methods

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6.

Revision to existing CRIM 862-3 (revised to 863-3, Research Methods IV)

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SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

DATE: ?

26 November 1991

TO: ?

Bruce Clayman, Dean of Graduate Studies

FROM: ?

John Lowman, Director Criminology Graduate Programs

SUBJECT!

Rationale for proposed calendar changes

The main substantive changes to the program are as follows:

M.A.

Instead of two mandatory research methods courses (Research Methods I and Research

Methods Ii), students would take Research Methods I (a general introduction to methods)

and

either

Research Methods II (quantitative methods)

or

Research Methods III

(qualitative methods).

• Rationale:

In the past we have found that students coming into the program have

very different methodological skills. Only a few of them have sufficiently advanced

quantitative skills to be able to cope with graduate level statistics. As a result, we have

never really offered a graduate level statistics course. Many of our students do not need

such a training anyway. Those who do need such training should not be hindered by

those who do not. Those who do not should have the benefit of a specialized course

focusing on the other types of research methods that they will utilize in their thesis

(ethnography, participant observer studies, historical and legal research, documentary

analysis, etc.). In other words, we feel we need to stream our methods offerings at the

M.A. level.

Ph.D.

Instead of being required to take, two methods courses, Ph.D students would be required

to take at least three (normally, these would include

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required introductory methods

course, and both quantitative and qualitative methods). Students would be required to sit

two comprehensive exams instead of three: research methods would no longer be

mandatory.

Rationale:

Given that we are requiring that Ph.D students sit an extra methods

course, we thought that requiring them to sit a methods comprehensive exam as well

would represent overkill. We believe that passing three courses will provide our students

with a comprehensive knowledge of methods. In the proposed calendar changes we note

that both methodological and theoretical issues should be covered in all comprehensive

examinations.

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M.A. and Ph.D.

We will require all

incoming M.A. and Ph.D. students to sit the Criminology Proseminar,

a new course, on a pass\fail basis.

Rationale:

This course will consist of presentations by all our

faculty

members

describing their theoretical orientation and research interests. Its purpose is to introduce

graduate students to all the members of our faculty in the hope that supervision loads will

become more evenly distributed (there is a tendency for students to select as supervisors

and committee members faculty they already kn9w, particularly graduate course

instructors).

There are some other minor changes to the calendar (in the appended document, the

sections of the calendar to be changed are indicated by italics, the new sections are in

bold). The main changes are to course descriptions. The purpose of such changes is to

make the descriptions more accurately reflect the substance of our course offerings.

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CALENDAR DESCRIPTION

DEGREES OFFERED

The School of Criminology offers graduate programs leading to the M.A. and

Ph.D. degrees.

AREAS OF STUDY AND RESEARCH

The graduate programs in Criminology concentrate on advanced academic

study and have a strong research emphasis. The broad goal of the program is

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criminological -

research and in policy-making in criminal justice.

The emphasis of the graduate programs is to foster a spirit of inquiry and

creative endeavour among the students, to develop their critical and analytical

capabilities, and to train them In the various techniques of criminological

research.

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The graduate programs focus on five major (core) areas.

The Phenomena of Crime

Theories of Crime

Criminal Justice Policy Analysis

Methods

Law and Social Control

CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE

(See Research Institutes and Centres)

FEMINIST INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES ON LAW AND SOCIETY

(See Research Institutes and Centres)

INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY

(See Research Institutes and Centres)

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M.A.

PROGRAM

Admission

Students holding a baccalaureate or the equivalent

from a recognized

institution must meet the general admission requirements for graduate studies

(See sections 1.3.2 and 1.3.8 of the Graduate General Regulations).

Normally, an applicant should have at least one course In social science

research methods and one undergraduate introductory course in

statistics.

All applicants are required to forward official copies of their transcripts and to

send a short statement of interests. This statement should include a

description of previous employment, research or other work relevant to the

candidate's proposed graduate studies. In all cases, letters of recommendation

from people who know the candidates and are familiar with their work will be

required.

A cheque or money order for $25 (Canadian), made payable to the School of

Criminology, should be submitted with the application form.

Deadlines for completed applications are as follows:

For entrance commencing; Fall semester - February 1

Applicants wilIbe informed of the outcome

as soon as possible

thereafter.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Candidates for an M.A. degree must complete the following requirements:

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take a minimum

of

fifteen. (15) semester hours of course work consisting

of.*

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Research Methods I and II

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Theories of Crime I

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at least sL'c (6) hours selected from additional graduate curriculum

offerings

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satisfactory completion and oral defence of an original M.A. thesis.

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Take a minimum of eighteen (18) semester hours of course work

consisting of:

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Research Methods I (3 semester hours).

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Either Research Methods II (3 semester hours) and/or

Research Methods III (3 semester hours).

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Theories of Crime I (3 semester hours).

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Proseminar (3 semester hours).

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At least six (6) hours selected from additional graduate

curriculum offerings.

Satisfactory completion and oral defence of an original M.A. thesis.

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We thesis will not normally be more than 100 pages in length, including bibliography

and footnotes, but exclusive of appendices.

Admission requirements will continue as presently constitute Le., applicants must have

a Bachelor's degree with at least a 3.0 grade point average or equivalent. (DELETE

THIS PARAGRAPH)

SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE

The progress of each candidate will be assessed at least twice a year by the

school (Spring and Fall). Any student who performs unsatisfactorily will not be

permitted to continue in the program, subject to the procedure for the review

of unsatisfactory progress described in Graduate General Regulation 1.8.2.

PhD PROGRAM

ADMISSION

The minimum university requirements for admission to the Doctoral program are

provided in the Graduate General Regulations (section 1.3.3).

Normally, an applicant should have at least one course in social science

research methods and one undergraduate introductory course in statistics.

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Direct admission to the Ph.D. program in Criminology may be approved for persons

applying with a Master's degree in Criminology, a Master's degree in a discipline

other than Criminology, and, under exceptional circumstances, with an

undergraduate degree or its equivalent provided' that a cumulative grade point

average of at least 3.5 has been maintained.

All applicants are required to submit a statement of research interests and at least

two examples of previous academic work.

Under exceptional circumstances, persons with an undergraduate degree, or its

equivalent, may be admitted to the Ph.D. program. This may be possible for students

who meet the general University regulation for entry with a B.A., who have

demonstrated a capacity for original research at the undergraduate level, and are

recommended for direct entry by at least two members of the faculty of the School of

Criminology eligible to tach or supervise in the Ph.D. program. Applicants who meet

the GPA requirement who have demonstrated research ability through field

experience in criminal justice may also be considered on recommendation of at least

two faculty members Involved in the program. Persons admitted in this category are

subject to a review of their status no later than the end of the second semester

following admission. Through this review, the graduate program committee will

determine the ability of the candidate to complete the Ph.D. program by direct entry.

The student will either be confirmed as an approved candidate for the Ph.D. in

Criminology or directed to seek admission to the Master's program.

Because of the number of disciplines which are allied to Criminology, the graduate

program committee reserves the right to determine which equivalent courses have

been taken in the applicant's Master's program. At the time of

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admission the graduate program committee may waive up to fifteen (15)

semester credit hours of course requfrements on determining that equivalent

courses have been taken at the graduate level.

A cheque or money order for

$25

(Canadian), made payable to the School of

Criminology, should be submitted with the application

form.

beadlines for completed applications are as follows:

For entrance commencing; Fall semester - February 1

Applicants will be informed of the outcome

as soon as possible

thereafter.

Note: Students with two consecutive degrees from the School of Criminology at

Simon Fraser University will not normally be considered for admission to the

Ph.D. program.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Candidates for the Ph.D. must take a minimum of 30 hours of courses consisting

of:

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Research Methods I and 11(6 semester hours)

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Theories of Crime 1 (3 semester hours)

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at least twenty-one (21) hours selected from additional curriculum

offerings

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satisfactory completion and oral defence of an original Ph.D. thesis.

Candidates for the Ph.D. must take a minimum of 33 hours of courses

consisting of:

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At least three Research Methods courses (9 semester hours).

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Theories of Crime I (3 semester hours).

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Proseminar (3 semester hours).

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At least eighteen (18) hours selected from additional

curriculum offerings.

Satisfactory completion and oral defence of an original Ph.D. thesis.

A maximum

of nine semester credit hours of course work may be taken in

another department or at another university on approval 'of

,

the student's

supervisory committee and the graduate program committee. These courses

may be accepted as partially meeting the requirements for any courses, other

than core courses, in the Ph.D. program.

AU students will be required to write comprehensive examinations in three of the

five core areas of the graduate program core cuniculum. AU students are

required to write the comprehensive examination in research methods.

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students will be required to write comprehensive examinations in two of the

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vecore areas of the graduate program curriculum. Normally, students will be

expected to finish courses and comprehensives within two years of entering the

program. Note: While two of the core areas are entitled "methods" and "theory',

methodological and theoretical issues are relevant to all of the core areas.

DISSERTATION PROCEDURES

In the semester following that in which the comprehensive examinations have been

passed, each candidate is required to develop a prospectus for a thesis based on

original research. The prospectus will define the proposed investigation and

demonstrate the relationship between it and existing scholarship. The prospectus

will be presented to the supervisory committee for approval. On approval, the thesis

proposal shall be circulated to faculty and resident graduate students and presented

at a school colloquium.

The completed thesis will be defended in oral examination by an examining

committee constituted under the provisions of Graduate General Regulations section

1.9.3.

SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE

The progress of each candidate will be assessed at least twice a year by the school

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Spring and Fall). Any student who performs unsatisfactorily

will not be permitted

continue

in the program, subject to the procedure for the review of

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unsatisfactory

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progress described in Graduate General Regulation 1.8.2.

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GRADUATE COURS

*

Denotes a core

course.

(NOTE: DELETE)

'C11M 800-3 - THEORIES OF CRIME I (NOTE: DELETE ASTERISK)

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rehensive ovérUiew of, theories

lit

criminology. This sëthlnar will

faffLillarizè students with cOrnpetln lèveL of understanding vis-ã-vis ciime and

deviance -phenomena. The cduzse will emphasize the integratiOn of historical

,

and contemporary theory, and will trace the impact of ideology-9 politics, and

sOàtãl structure on the ë'thrgëncë of criminologicaL thought. Traditional theories

will, be analyzed through the lens of current perspectives oft Crime and justice.

A comprehensive overview Of theorieS and the development of theoretical

kiiowledge in criminology. This seminar will farnillà±ie students with

competing levels of understanding v

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AL

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crthié

and

deviance

will.

émphasi±e

pheñothena. The course

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the integration of historical and

contemporary

th

uch as Ide

èoi, theory construction and testing, and the impact of

factors s

ology, pOlitics and social struôtthe on the emergence Of

criininolbglcal thought.

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CRIM So1.-3.--THEOES OCRIME..II

ñënLve

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eo sure tOt

he

majOr strëãm.s of ôimiñolbicaL theOry. eu?tiñar topics

1ñd rèadings.uiill highLght the dëvelOpthënt of thinking about crime as a problerh

in thesociolOgy Of krLOthlëdge. EfrtphO.sis will be placed :° the relationship

bètweèn ideas and soctãLforcës, as well as the interplay if theory

and

practice.

Sttzäénts will be Expeëted to prepare

a

major reseaith paper focusing On one

theoretical schoOL it WILL be assumed that partictpantà 'hr.we already acquired a

fundamental background in the elements of crirninbldgical theOry.

intens ive exposure to major streams of criminological theory. Topics for

In-depth analysis will be selected according to the availability and inteest

Of specific course Instructors. Emphasis will be placed on the'rêlatiOflShtP

between ideas and social forces, as well as the interplay of theory and

.Practice.

'CRIM.8-10-3 - THE PHENOMENA 'OF CRIME I (NbTE: DELETE ASTERISK)

Dèsigned -for the beg1nñing graduate

this

student,

coUrse cOvs a wide variety

of topics all of ,h1ch deal with what we know about the phenomena Of crime

historically,

temp Orally

and geographically. This

•

ose will look at the

patterns of crime and victimization, and will explore

provincial, 'national and in'tërnàtlonal levels. Known

forms of

.

crime will be studied.

crime patterns at local,

characteristics of speclflc

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CPIM811-3- THE PHENOMENAO

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CRIME II

An advanced seminar which will build on what Is covered in Crim. 810. Topics

covered may Include historical criminology, the ecology of crime, environmental

criminology, the media and crime, fear of crime, victimization, organized crime, or

white collar crime.

Topics for in-depth analysis will be selected according to the availability

and interest of specific course instructors and selected from but not

limited to one or more of the following topics: historical criminology; the

ecology of crime; environmental criminology; the media and crime; fear of

crime; victimization; organized crime; or corporate crime.

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An introduction to policy development and policy analysis in the field of criminal

justice, including a general review of the function of bureaucratic agencies in the

public sector and the particular role of government ministries providing criminal

justice services. Major topic areas include: organization theory; policy planning

theory: decision theory: and inter-governmental analysis as it applies to the

administration. ofjustice.

An Introduction to policy development and policy analysis in the field of

. criminal justice, including a general review of the function of bureaucratic

agencies in the public sector and the particular role of government

ministries providing criminal justice services. Major topic areas Include:

organization theory; policy

planning theory; decision theory; inter-

governmental analysis as it applies to the administration of justice; and

comparative analyses of criminal justice policies especially related to

international or transnational crime.

CRIM 821-3 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY ANALYSIS II

Topics for in-depth analysis will be selected according to the availability and

interest of s

pec

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course instructors and may be selected from any area of

service delivery in criminal justice, including law enforcement, the judiciary, court

administration., corrections, or legal services. The course will provide an

overview of the systems approach in criminal justice planning and relate

program evaluation to the major types of planning initiatives taken within the

criminal justice system.

Topics for in-depth analysis will be selected according to the availability

and

interest of specific coarse instructors and may be selected from any

area of criminal justice practice including: law

enforcement; the judiciary;

court administration; corrections; or legal services. The course will

emphasize the systems approach in criminal justice policy planning.

Program evaluation techniques will be applied to the major types of

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planning and program initiatives taken within or across criminal justice

systems.

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'CR1M 830-3 - LAW AND SOCIAL CONTROL I (NOTE: DELETE ASTERISK)

This

course will offer students the opportunity to examine the' social utility

of

legal Intervention In the instance

of

criminal law; the relatlonsh4' between law

and social order; and the process ofi making and the social efficacy

of

specific

criminal sanctions. A wide range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies

will be accessed, with study or (sic) legal practice ultimately accountable to

theoretical explanations of law and social order.

An examination of the social utility of legal Intervention In the instance

of criminal law; the relationship between law and social order; and the

process of law-making and the social efficacy of specific criminal

sanctions.

CRIM 831-3 - LAW AND SOCIAL CONTROL II

While the overriding concern

of

the course will be the interaction between law

and

policy,

the context of the discussion might be found in such subjects as law

and mental health, the process of law reform, or' victimless crime. This course

supplements the more theoretically oriented content of the Law and Social

Control I Serrtinar.

Topics for In-depth analysis will be selected according to the availability

and interest of specific course instructors and selected from but not

limited to one or more

of

the following themes: theoretical perspectives

on punishment and social control; theoretical perspectives on policing;

law and mental health; law and the environment; and law and gender.

CRIM 840-3 - PROSEMINAR

Examination of 'current theory and research by fac

ul

t

y

in the School of

Criminology.

* CRIM 860-3 - RESEARCH METHODS I (NOTE: DELETE ASTERISK)

The course will cover 'basic research

design

for criminological problems and basic

techniques for the conduct of research

in

Criminology.

The researc h

methods

covered will comprise both quantitative and qualitative techniques most

frequently used in Criminolo

g

y. The course Is intended to establish fundamental

research skills to be applied in advanced Research Methods seminars, in other

core area courses, and in the preparation of theses and dissertations.

The course will cover basic research design for criminological, problems

and basic techniques for the conduct of research in criminology and

socio-legal study. The research methods covered will comprise both

quantitative

and

qualitative techniques. The course Is intended to

establish fundamental research skills to be applied in advanced Research

Methods seminars, In other core area courses, and In the preparation of

theses, and dissertations.

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CRIM 861-3 - RESEARCH METHODS II

This course covers both parametric andnon-parametric statistical techniques

with an emphasis on parametric analysis. basic descriptive and inferential

statistics will be covered, including univariate measures, analyses of cross-

classified data, correlation,

Ne sts, analysis of variance, regression, and related

measures. The approach will be conceptual and will emphasize the strengths,

weaknesses, selection and application of various statistical techniques. In

addition, through the application of computerized statistical packages to concrete

data

methods

sets,

in

seminar

criminological

participants

research.

will

be

given a hands-on exposure to statistical

This

course covers both parametric and non-parametric statistical

techniques with an emphasis on parametric analysis. Basic descriptive

and inferential statistics will be covered, including univariate measures,

analyses of cross-classified data, correlation, t-tests, analysis of variance,

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regression, related measures. Also discussed are the experimental

and statistical research strategies which produce those data. The

weaknesses,

approach

and quasi-experimental

will

selection

be conceptual

and

techniques.

application

and

of

will

various

emphasize

statistical,

the

experimental

strengths,

CRIM 862-3 - RESEARCH METHODS III

.

This

course will address a range of research techniques generally

subsumed under the rubric of "qualitative" research, including field

research, interview techniques, historical and legal research, and

documentary analysis. Emphasis will be on the logic underlying such

inquiry, the advantages and limitations associated with different sources

rigour

of information

is achieved.

and procedures, and the processes by which analytical

CPJM 863-3 - RESEARCH METHODS IV

(Note: This used to be RM. ill)

Advanced topics, Issues and techniques in criminological research. The subject

specialization.

matter of this

Spec

cow-se

We

will

areas

vary

of concentration

according to

may

instructor

include the

interests

following:

and

advanced multivariate statistical techniques, documentary and historical

methods, evaluative and predictive research, participant

observation/ethnography, systems analysis, and computer simulation modelling.

Advanced topics, issues and techniques in criminological and socio-legal

research. The subject matter of this course will vary according to

instructor interests and specialization. Specific areas of concentration

may include the following: advanced multivariate statistical techniques,

documentary and historical methods, evaluative and predictive research,

participant observation/ethnography, systems analysis, and computer

simulation modelling. Prerequisites: Crim. 860, 861, 862, or by

permission of the instructor.

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CRIM870-3 - 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.

CRIM 898 - M.A. THESIS

CRIM 899 - Ph.D. THESIS

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School of Criminology

Location: 7300 Bennett Library

Telephone: 291.3213

Acting Director (for Spring 1991): M.A. Jackson BA (Calif). MA. PhD (Tor)

Acting Director (for Summer 1991): N.T. Boyd BA (W Ont), 11.3. LIM

(0 Hall)

Graduate Program

Director:

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.J.J.cabi BA (Shelf), MA (York). PhD (Br Col)

291-3185/4762

Faculty and Areas of Research

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FOr a complete list of faculty, see

Cdni!no!ogy

undergraduate section.

0. Boyanowsky Community standards and the law, environ-

ment. emotion and behaviour, media and crime,

group behavior, police, gangs and juries

N.T. Boyd Critical analysis of Canadian criminal law.

homicide. Canadian narcotics legislation, legal

control of pornography

P.L.

Brantlngham

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P.J.

J.

Brockman

B.

Burtch

R.R.

Corrado

O.F.

Cousineau

J.W. Ekstedt

Environmental criminology, crime prevention

through environmental design, Criminal justice

planning, policy evaluations

Environmental and historical criminology

Feminist jurisprudence, social science evidence

in court, self-regulation and the sociology of

professions, white-collar and corporate crime,

criminal law, procedure and evidence

Penology, corrections, sociology of lavi, social

control, reproduction and law, state theory,

electronic monitoring of offenders

Comparative juvenile justice, terrorism, evatu-

• ation research, administration of justice in

Canada

Juvenile justice, deterrence, sociology of crimi-

nological research

Corrections criminal justice policy analysis,

criminal justice administration and planning

policy research, political bureaucratic decision.

making, staff development, offender rehabilita.

lion

Feminist theory, gender/race/class relations and

crime, media imagery of female criminals,

philosophicaflhistorical criminology, female in-

carceration, medieval to 201h century witch, - -

hunts, political economy and social problems

Punishment, corrections and deterrence, victi-

mology, ecological criminology

Research methodology, multivariate statistical

techniques, forensic psychology, perceptions

of crime

Mental heal

t

h law, young offenders and police,

political economy of crime, sociology of law

Corrections, Native American criminality, delin-

quency and involvement in the criminal justice

system, delivery of criminal justice services in

the North, cross-cultural studies in juvenile

justice

Criminal justice administration and planning,

judicial attitudes and sentencing behaviour;

corrections (including alternatives to incarcera-

tion), law enforcement management, psychiat-

ric decision- making. elderly, native, and female

offenders

Critical criminology, prostitution, sociology cI

social con:rol

Assessment ci dangerousness, sociology of

law, critical criminology, psychiatry and law,

dangerousness and violence, clinical and judi-

cial decision-making, history of crime and mental

heallh, research methods

Criminal law and procedure, human rights and

civil liberties, administration of criminal justice,

juvenile justice

Research methodology, evaluation and as-

sessment, decision-making, philosophy of sci-

ence/sociology of knowledge

Justice and world communities, native studies,

Third World, professional ethics, social impact

assessment

Criminal law, procedure and evidence, com-

parative criminal law and procedure, ju-

risprudence, sociology of law, interdisciplinary

criminal justice research, history of criminal

justice

K. Faith

E.A. Fattah

W.G. Glackman

R.M. Gordon

C.T. Griffiths

M.A. Jackson

J. Lowman

R.J. Menzies

J.A. Osborne

T.S. Palys

C. Singer

S.N. Verdun-Jones

Degrees Offered

The School of Criminology offers graduate programs leading to the MA and

PhD degrees.

Areas of Study and Research

The graduate programs In Criminology concentrate on advanced academic

study and have a strong research emphasis. The broad goal of the program is

to prepare students for careers In the teaching of criminology, in criminological

research and In policy-making in criminal justice.

The emphasis of the graduate programs is to foster a spirit of enquiry and

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creative endeavour among the students, to develop their critical and analytical

capabilities, and to train them in the various techniques of criminological

research,

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The graduate programs focus on five major (core) areas.

The Phenomenon of Crime

Theories of Crime

Criminal Justice Policy Analysis

Methods

Law and Social Control

Criminology Research Centre

(See

Research Institutes and centres)

Institute for Studies in Criminal Justice Policy

(See

Research Institutes and Centres)

MA Program

Admission

• Students holding a baccalaureate or the equivalent from a recognized

Institution must meet the general admission requirements for graduate studies

(See sections 1.3.2. and 1.3.8 of the

Graduate General Regulations).

All applicants are required to forward official copies of their transcripts and to

send a short statement of interests. This statement should include a description

of previous employment, research or other work relevant to the candidate's

proposed graduate studies. In all cases, letters of recommendation from people

who know the candidates and are familiar with their work

will

be required.

A cheque or money order for S25 (Canadian). made payable to the School of

Criminology, should be submitted with the application form.

Deadlines for completed applications are as follows.

For entrance commencing Fall semester - February 1

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graduate program committee reserves the right to determine which equivalent

courses have been taken in the applicant's Master'

' s program. At the time of

admission the graduate program committee may aive up

to

15 semester

credit hours of course requirements on determining that equivalent courses

have been

taken at the graduate level.

A cheque or money order for $25 (Canadian), made payable to the School of

Criminology, should be submitted with the application form.

Deadlines for completed applications are as follows.

For entrance commencing Fall semester - February I

Applicants will be informed of the outcome immediately thereafter,

Note: Students with two consecutive degrees from the School of Criminology

at Simon Fraser University will not normally be considered for admission to the

PhD program.

Degree Requirements

Candidates for the PhD must take a minimum of 30 hours of course work

consisting of:

- Research Methods I and 11(6 semester hours)

—Theories of Crime 1(3 semester hours)

—at least twenty-one (21) hours selected from additional curriculum offerings

- satisfactory completion and oral defence of an original PhD thesis

A maximum of nine semester credit hours of course work may be taken In

another department or at another university on approval of the student's

supervisory committee and the graduate program committee. These courses

may be accepted as partially meeting the requirements for any courses, other

than core courses, in the PhD program.

All students will be required to write comprehensive examinations in three of

the five core areas of the graduate program core curriculum. All students are

required to write the comprehensive examination in research methods.

Applicants

will

be informed of the outcome Immediately thereafter.

Degree Requirements

Candicates for an MA degree must Complete the following requirements.

—take a minimum of fifteen (15) semester hours of course work consisting of

• Research Methods I and II

• Theories of Crime I

• at least six (6) hours setecled from additional graduate curriculum offerings

- satisfactory completion and oral defence of an original MA thesis

The thesis will not normaty be more than 100 pages in length, including

bibliography and footnotes, but exclusive of appendices.

Admission requirements

will

continue as presently constituted, I.e., appli-

cants must have a Bachelcr's degree with at least a 3.0 grade point average or

equivalent.

PhD Program

Admission

The minimum university requirements for admission to the Doctoral program

are provided in the

Graduate General Regulations

(Section 1.3.3.)

Direct admission to the PhD program in Criminology may be approved for

persons applying with a Master's degree in Criminology, a ,

Master's degree in

a discipline other than Criminology, and, under exceptional circumstances, with

an undergraduate degree or its equivalent provided that a cumulative grade

point average of at least 3.5 has been maintained..

All applicants are required to submit a statement of research interests and at

least two examples of previous academic work.

Under exceptional circumstances, persons with an undergraduate degree, or

its equivalent, may be admitted to the PhD program. This may be possible for

students who meet the general University regulations for entry with a BA. who

have demonstrated a capacity for original research at the undergraduate level,

and are recommended for direct entry by at least two members of the faculty

of the School of Criminology eligible to teach or supervise in the PhD program.

Applicants who meet the GPA requirement who have demonstrated research

ability through field experience In criminal Justice may also be considered on

re

commendation of at least two faculty members involved In the program.

Persons admitted in this category are subject to a review of their status no later

than the end of the second semester following admission. Through this review.

the graduate program committee will determine the ability of the candidate to

complete the PhD program by direct entry. The student will either be confirmed

as an a

p

proved candidate for the PhD in Criminology or directed to seek

admission the Master's program.

Because of the number of disciplines which are allied to Criminology, the

Dissertation Procedures

Each candidate is required to develop a prospectus for a thesis based on

original research in the semester following that in which the comprehensive

examinations have been passed. The prospectus will define the proposed

Investigation and demonstrate the relationship between it and existing schol-

arship. The prospectus will be presented to the supervisory committee for

approval. On approval, the thesis proposal shall be circulated to faculty and

resident graduate students and presented at a school colloquium.

The completed thesis will be defended in oral examination by an examining

committee constituted under the provisions of

Graduate General Regulations

section 1.9.3.

Satisfactory Performance

The progress of each candidate will be assessed at least twice a year by the

school (Spring and Fall). Any student who performs unsatisfactorily may be

dropped from the program.

Graduate Courses

Denotes a Core-Course

CRIM 800 . 3 ?

Theories of Crime

A comprehensive overview of theories in criminology. This seminar will famil-

iarize students with competing levels of understanding vis-à-vis crime and

deviance phenomena. The course will emphasize the integration of historical

and contemporary theory, and will trace the impact of ideology, politics, and

social structure on the emergence of criminological thought. Traditional theo-

ries will be analysed through the lens of current perspectives on crime and

Justice.

CAlM

?

801 . 3 ?

Theories of Crime II

Intensive exposure to the major streams of criminological theory. Seminar

topics and readings will highlight the development of thinking about crime as a

problem in the sociology of knowledge. Emphasis will be placed on the

relationship between ideas and social forces, as well as the interplay of theory

and practice. Students will be expected to prepare a major research paper

focusing on one theoretical school. It will be assumed that participants have

already acquired a fundamental background in the elements of criminological

theory.

CRIM

810 .

3

?

The

Phenomena of Crime I

Designed for the beginning graduate student, this course covers a wide variety

of topics all of which deal with what we know about the phenomena of crime

historically, temporarily and geographically. This course will look at the patterns

of crime and victimization, and will explore crime patterns at local, provincial.

national and international levels. Known characteristics of offenders and

victims will be covered and characteristics of specific forms of crime will be

studied.

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.

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CRIM ?

811-3

?

The

Phenomena of Crime II

seminar which will build on what is covered In CRIM 810. Topics

An

covered

advanced

mayinclude historical criminology, the ecologyof crime, environmental

victimization, organized crime,

criminology, the media and crime, fear of crime,

or white collar crime.

CRIM ?

820-3 ?

Criminal Justice Policy Analysis I

analysis in the field of criminal

An

justice.

public

justice

theory;

introduction

sector

services.

including

decision

and

to

Major

a

theory;

the

policy

general

particular

topic

development

and

review

areas

Inlet-governmental

role

of

include:

of

the

and

government

function

policy

organization

of

analysis

ministries

bureaucratic

theory;

as

providing

it

policy

agencies

applies

planning

criminal

to

in

the

the

administration of justice.

CRIMTopics

Interest

service

court

?

administration,

for

of

delivery

821-3in-depth

specific

?

in criminal

analysis

course

Criminal

corrections,

instructors

justice,

will

Justice

be

or

selected

including

legal

and

Policy

services.

may

law

according

Analysis

be

enforcement,

selected

The

Ii

to

course

the

from

availability

will

the

any

provide

judiciary,

area

and

of

an

in criminal justice planning and relate

overview of the systems approach

evaluation to the major types of planning initiatives taken

within

the

- -- - ?

-

program

--

?

cnminal justice system

?

- ? - ?

- ?

- ?

- ?

-

'CRIM

?

830-3 ?

Law and Social Control I

This

legal

courseintervention

?

.vill

offer

in the

students

instance

the

of

opporlunily

criminal law;

to

the

examine

relationship

the social

between

utility

law

of

and the process of lawmaking and

the

social efficacy of

and

specific

social

criminal

order:

sanctions. A wide range of quantitative and qualitative meth-

study or legal practice ultimately accountable

odologies will be accessed, with

to theoretical explanations of

law

and social order.

CRIM ?

831-3

?

Law and Social Control II

While

the overriding concern of

the

course

will

be the interaction between

law

and policy, the context of the discussion might be found in such subjects as

law

law

reform, or victimless crime. This course

I ?

and mental health, the process

of

the more theoretically oriented content of the Law and Social

supplements

•

Control I Seminar.

'CRIM ?

860-3 ?

Research Methods I

The course will cover basic research design for criminological problems and

basic techniques for the conduct of research in Criminology. The research

and

qualitative techniques

methods covered

will

comprise both quantitative

frequently used in Criminology. The course is intended to establish

most

fundamental

seminars, in cther

research

core

skills

area

to

courses,

be applied

and

in

in

advanced

the preparation

Research

of theses

Methods

and

dissertations.

CAlM ?

661-3

?

Research Methods It

This course covers both parametric and non-parametric statistical techniques

with

statistics

an emphasis

will be

covered

on parametric

,

including

analysis.

univariate

Basic

measures,

descriptive

analyses

and inferential

of Cross-

t-tCSiS,

analysis of variance, regression. and related

classified date, correlation,

measures. The approach

will

be conceptual and

will

emphasize the strengths.

weaknesses,

concrete

addition,

data

through

sets,

selection

the

seminar

application

and

participants

application

of

computerized

of

will

various

be given

statistical

a

statistical

hands-on

techniques.

packages

exposure

In

to

to

statistical methods

in

criminoio;iCal research.

CRIM

?

862-3 ?

Research Methods ill

Advanced topics, issues and techniques in criminological research. The

subject matter of this course

will

vary according to instructor interests and

specialization. Specific areas of concentration may include the following:

techniques, documentary and historical meth-

advanced multivariate statistical

ods, evaluative and predictive research, participant observationlethnography,

systems analysis, and computer simulation modelling.

CRIM ?

870-3 ?

Selected Topics

Concentrated studies in areas of student specialization.

CRIM ?

8713 ?

Directed Readings

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

interest related to the student's program.

CAlM ?

898 ?

MA Thesis ?

-

CAlM ?

899 ?

PhD Thesis

Ile

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SIMON

FRASER

UNIVERSITY

New Graduate Course Pronosa]. Forte

CALENDAR

INFORMATION:

Departcent:

School

of Criminology ?

-

Course

Turtber:

Crim. 840

Title: ?

Proseminar

Description: Examination

of current research by faculty in the

School of Criminology

Credit Hours:

,

3

?

Vector:

?

3-0-0

?

Prerequisite(s) if any:_________

ENROLLMENT AND SCHEDULING:

Estimated Enrollment: ?

15 ?

When will the course first be offered-

?

September1992

11o, often will

the

course be offered:

?

Each Fall semester

JUSTIFICATION:

• This course will consist of 13 two hour seminars.

Each faculty

• member will present a one hour description of

their research

and publications. ?

The course will be graded on a pass/fail

basis.

_Thw_pour-59_will_r_ve._a.s_a_machnn-i.m_

tn_

jntrnThip

faculty to graduatestudents.

RESOURCES:

Which Faculty member will normally teach the

course:

_All _faculty

will be involved

What

are the budgetary implications of mounting the course:

none

Are there sufficient Library resources (aooend details):

?

not

applicable

Appended:

?

a)

?

Outline of

the

Course

will change each year depending upon

faculty

b)

c)

?

?

Library

An indication

resources

of

the

com

p

etence of the Faculty member to

give the course,

?

availability

Approved:

?

L)opnrtmental Graduate

cormiittee:'

^^i

Date

?

(coct

(CC%t

Faculty Graduate Studie

s

Date:

Faculty:

—Da

Senate Graduate Studies COrmittc

.

Date:)l,

27/7/

Senate:

?

_

Date:______________

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?

SIM04 FRASER UNtVF.ITY

New-

Graduate

Course Pronosal Toi*

**(What used to be 862

CALENDAR

t;Folt&TzoN:

?

will become 863)

Department:

School of Criminology ?

Course

urTher:

Crim.

862**

Title: ?

.Resi,chMethods III.

Descr[tton:This

course will address a range of research techniques

• ?

general.ly subsumed under •the rubric

of

"qualitative

h

• reseaec including field research, interview techniques,

Credit

Hours:_ ?

3

?

Vector: ?

_

3

-

0

-

0

?

Prerequisite(s) ?

if

arw

cont ......

ENROLUQt;t AND SCHEDULING:

Estimated Enrollment: ?

15 ?

when will the course first

bit

offered:

September1992

!b0

often will the course be offered-:

?

Once each year

JUStlFiCATtOI:

5

?

We

feel

that

?

we need a specialized qualitative methods course.

'We

currently do.not offer one.

RESOURCES:

Which Facult y

member will normally teach the coursit:

?

Ted S. Palys

What

are the budgetary implications of mountia the course:

Will mean provision

of

one extra graduate course each year (we are getting

two new

faculty position)

Are there sufficient Library

resources

(aoen4 details):

Most

of the listed books

Appended: a)

Outline

of the Course

?

are in our library

b)

An indication of the cooetence of

the

F

aculty inerThor to give

the

course.

c)

Library resources

ApproveJ:iepnrtmer

t

tal

Graduate Studios

cotttce: ?

Date: _

ç

?

CkJ

(9

Faculty Graduate Studlcs CoLttee:

?

• ?

iate: ?

l'J

J/ 9(

Faculty ?

QC.

A — Z^^

.

_

Date: __________

t:nate Graduate Studies

?

clI2t

__ ?

0ste:2et

-

Senate:

---

• ?

D.ite:

---

Description a ntiiiued

historical and legal research, and documentary analyéis

Emphasis will be onthe logic underlying such inquiry,

the advantages

,

and lin4tations associated with different

sources of

information

and procedures, and the processes by

which analytical rigour is achieved.

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APPENDIX

SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY?

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

CRIMINOLOGY 862-3?

RESEARCH METHODS III

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course will address a range of research techniques generally

subsumed under the rubric of "qualitative" research, including

field research, interview techniques, historical and legal

research, and documentary analysis. Emphasis will be on the

logic underlying such inquiry, the advantages and limitations

associated with different sources of information and procedures,

and the processes by which analytic rigour is achieved.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Presentations

10 Percent

Participation

10 Percent

Final Examination

30 Percent

Term Project

•

50 Percent

(Semester-long research project

involving ?

one ?

or ?

more

qualitative research methods in

criminology, which will address

and ?

resolve various

?

analytic,

substantive and methodological

issues ?

associated

?

with ?

the

selected ?

investigation. ?

This

will ?

culminate ?

in ?

a ?

research

paper ?

of ?

approximately

?

25

pages. ?

Students ?

will

?

be

encouraged ?

to ?

work ?

in

collaboration .

, with participants

in CRIM 861-3 (Research Methods

II).

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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University Press, 1982.

Adler, Leonore Loeb. Cross-Cultural Research At Issue. New York:

• ?

Academic Press, 1982.

Beauchamp, Tom L., Ruth, R. Faden, Wallace, R. Jay and Walters,

Leroy (eds.). Ethical Issues in Social Science Research.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982.

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Benson, D. and Hughes, J.A. The Pers

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of Ethnoinethodolocry.

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Longman,

1983.

Berger, P. and Luckmann, P. The Social

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Broadhead, R.S. ad Rist, R.C. Gatekeepers and the social control

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Brown, Gillian. Discourse Anal

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Burgess, R.G. In the Field: An Introduction to Field Research.

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Burke, P. Sociology

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Campbell, D.T. Qualitative knowing in action research. In M.

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Carr, E.H. What is History

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Cicourel, Aaron V. Method and Measurement in Sociolo

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Cook, T. D. and Reichardt, C. S. (eds.).

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Davidson, James West, and Lytle, Mark Hamilton. After the Fact:

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Denzin, Norman K. The Research Act: A Theoretical Introduction to

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Eichler, Margrit. Non-Sexist Research Methods. Boston: Allen and

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Jick, T. Mixing qualitative and quantitative methods: Triang-

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Kirk,

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Leiter, Kenneth. A Primer on Ethnomethodolocw. NewYork:Oxford

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Lof land, J. and Lof land, L.H. Anal

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CA: Wadsworth, 1984.

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Department of Economics

Summary of Graduate Curriculum Revisions

SGSC Reference: Mtg. of November 25, 1991

SCAP Reference: SCAP 91-49

1.

New course ECON 836-4, Applied Econometrics.

2.

Change to

M.A.

program to include ECON 836-4.

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MEMORANDUM

?

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

The Graduate Curriculum Committee of the Department of Economics, at the meeting held on June

25,

1991, approved the following:

1.

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL

--EC0N836-4 Applied Econometrics

?

- ?

-- ?

- -

(Documentation attached)

Rationale:

?

?

To make use of advances in computer technology and provide students

?

with "hands-on" instruction in the empirical investigation of economic

issues.

2.

Changing the calendar entry for the M.A. program so that ECON 836-4 becomes a required

•

course under the extended essay and project options:

FROM:

?

Section 2, under degree requirements in the M.A. program (p.255)

2. ?

Area Course Work

A minimum of eight (thesis option), sixteen (extended essays option), or twenty

(project option) additional credits of approved graduate course work in the

student's area(s) of interest. This area course work may be drawn from ECON

and BUEC graduate courses, or, with the permission of the Graduate Program

Chair and Supervisor, from graduate courses in Business Administration or other

subjects.

TO:

?

2. ?

Area Course Work

A minimum of eight (thesis option), sixteen (extended essay option), or twenty

(project option) additional credits of approved graduate course work. The area

course work must include ECON 836-4, Applied Econometrics, if either the

extended essay or project option is chosen. Other courses may be drawn from

ECON and BUEC graduate courses or with the permission of the Graduate

Program Chair and Senior Supervisor, from graduate courses in Business

Administration or other subjects.

Rationale:

?

?

To make ECON 836-4 a required course for most students in the M.A.

?

program. This requirement is intended to raise the quantitative skills of

•

?

our students to a level comparable to economics graduates of other

Canadian Universities.

OFFICE OF THE DEAN

GET ?

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FACULTY

OF

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?

SfliO1 MASER

U4LVEtSITY ? .

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..

•

CALENDAR

S

?

INFORMATION:'

• ?

...

Department ?

ECONOMICS ?

_Course

Nwnber

ECON 836

Title ?

Applied Econometrics

Description

A hnds-on' course in implementin

g

econometric techniques

?

-

for empirical investigation of economic

.

issues.

Credit Hours:

?

vector:

0/4/0

?

erequLtte(s) if

an

y

: ?

.

?

ECON 835 OR EQUIVALENT

?

S

ENROLLNT AND

SCHEDULING:

Ezjtirnated Enrollment

30

?

When Will

the

courae (it he offered:

19922

flow often

will

the

course be

offered:

?

Once per ;year

...

.TusrtrrcNrtoN: ?

. .

. ?

. ?

SEE ATTACHED ?

-

?

• ?

S.

RESOURCES:_

hich

Faculty ,ncmber'Lll

normally

teach the course: _

SEE ATTACHED

What are the budgetary implications of mounting the cour*e:

None - one less

optional

graduate course will be offered

?

I . ?

• ?

I

?

I

f ?

f f icient

Library

resources

(aop end

details)*

Yes

Appended: a)

Outline of the Course

?

I

b)

An

indication

of

the competence of the Faculty member to

give the

course.

)

'

Library

resources

?

/ ?

Approved Departm

e

nt

a

l Gr

a

duate Studies Cotttøe

?

J

?

fl

_

D

a

te:

.______

Faculty

Graduate

Studies Committee:

?

Date:

ik!

?

/tr

Faculty:_ ?

_

S

?

Date:_____________

Senate Graduate Studies

?

tce.T--:^

?

- ?

Date: _

)-J

Date:

Senate: ?

S ?

•

?

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is

?

Supplementary Material: Economics 836 Course Proposal

Justification

With recent advances in computer technology there has been a dramatic increase

in the quantity of empirical work done in economics. Our current course offerings

have tried to keep pace with this development by squeezing applications-oriented

material into existing courses, at the cost of diluting their regular content. This

dilution has now reached the point at which we feel we are not doint justice to

either the new or the old content. Introducing this course in applied econometrics

should rectify this situation; fortuitously, a particularly good textbook has just

appeared, virtually guaranteeing that this course will be of high quality. It will be

a required course for most of our MA students, increasing our econometrics

requirements to a level comparable to that of most other Canadian universities.

Faculty

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Faulty willing and able to -

teach this course rë j Frien, M. Kamstra, P.

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Kennedy, and D. Maki.

All

have experience teaching both applied and theoretical

econometrics, all do applied econometric research themselves, and one edits the

research section of an applied journal.

Library Resources

Current library holdings and data base holdings are adequate for this course.

Computer Resources

The Department has a commitment from the Dean of Arts office, through Bill

Crane, for 4 NEXT workstations and lab space to be temporarily shared with

Communications, and for the statistics software SAS, as well as SHAZAM. We

believe these will be adequate.

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Department of Economics

COURSE:

Econ 836

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SEMESTER

Summer 199?

TITLE: ?

Applied Econometrics ?

INSTRUCTOR ?

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This course will introduce students to several classic and contemporary

applications of econometrics by reviewing to economic theory lying behind these

applications, examining the econometric problems associated with their empirical

investigation, summarizing the results of published empirical studies, and

replicating/extending these studies using their actual data. This will be

accomplished by working through selected chapters of E.R. Berndt The Practice of

Econometrics: Classic and Contemporar

y (Addison-Wesley, 1991.) Computer

handbooks to supplement this text are available for SHAZAM users (White and

Bui), PC-TSP and TSP users (Hall_ and Micro TSP users (Greenberg).

Reference Texts:

Judge,

G.G. et al

[1985],

The Theory and Practice of Econometrics, Second Edition,

New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Kmenta,

Jan [1986], Elements of Econometrics, Second Edition, New York:

Macmillan.

Kennedy, Peter [19891, A Guide to Econometrics, Second Edition, Oxford, U.K.,

Basil Blackwell.

Goldberger,

A. [1991], Course in Econometrics, Cambridge, MA: Harvard

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University Press.

Chow,

G.C. [1983], Econometrics, New York: McGraw-Hill.

Intrilligator,

M.D. [19781, Econometric Models, techniques and applications,

Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice-Hall.

Griliches, Z.

and M.D.

Intrilhigator

(eds.)E19831, Handbook of Econometrics,

New York: North-Holland.

Christ,

C.F. et al [1963], Measurements in economics, Stanford, CA: Stanford

University Press.

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ECON 836

UST

OF TOPICS

SOME SELECTED

1.

Computer hardware and software; introduction to tools available and

tutorial on use of NEXT.

2.

Regression stability and tests on regression residuals for violations of

assumptions, with application to the Capital Asset Pricing Model from

Finance.

3.

Measurement Issues, o

mi

tted variable bias and individuald joint - -

hypothesis tests, with applications to learning curves and scale economies.

References:

Nerlove, Marc

[1963], "Returns to Scale in Electricity Supply" Ch. 7

Measurement in Economics, Stanford University Press.

Christensen

and

Greene

[1976], "Economics of Scale in U. S. Electric

Power Generation"

JEE

84:4, -

p.

655-676

4.

Price and Quality Indices, constructing Hedonic price indices.

References:

Adelman and

Griliches

(1961) "On an Index of Quality Change" TASA

56:295, p. 535-548

Ohta

and

Grillches (1968)

"Automobile Prices and Quality: Did the

Gasoline Price Increases Change Consumer Tasts in the U.S.?" Journal of

Business and Economic Statistics 4:2

p.

187-198

5.

Dummy Variables in Regression Models, with application to Wage

discrimination.

References:

Blinder [19731 "Wage Discrimination: Reduced Form and Structural

Estimates" Journal of Human Resources 18:4,

p.

436-455

6.

Distributed lags and Autocorrelations with application to aggregate

investment.

7.

Time Series and Structural Modelling approaches with application to

demand for electricity.

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References:

Algner

[1984] 'Welfare Econometrics of Peak-load Pricing for Electricity"

Annals of the Journal of Econometrics 26:12,

P.

1-252

Caves, et a!

[19871 "The Neo-classical Model of Consumer Demand with

Identically Priced Commodities: An Application to Time-of-use Electricity

Pricing," The Rand Journal of Economics 18:4, p.564-580

8.

Causality and Simultaneity, with application to advertising and sales, factors

of production, and macroeconomic models.

9.

Limited Dependent variable procedures with application to women in the

work force.

Reference:

Ham

[1986] "Testing Whether Unemployment Represents Intertemporal

Labour Supply Behaviour" REStud. 53:4, p.559-578

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To: Sheila Roberts

Faculty of Arts

Subject: NEW COURSE PROPOSAL,

From: Sharon Thomas

Collections Management

Date: November 27, 1991

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ECON 836-4

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APPLIED ECONOMETRICS

doesn't present any new problems for the Library. We are

already supporting research and teaching in econometrics and

have a reasonable collection of material on hand.

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Terry Heaps, Economics

Bruce Clayman, Graduate Studies

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Department of History

Summary of Graduate Curriculum Revisions

SGSC Reference: Mtg. of November 25, 1991

SCAP Reference: SCAP 91-50

1.

Changes to the M.A. Program

2.

Changes to the Ph.D. Program

3.

New courses - I-lIST 805-5, Western Canada; HIST 814-5, Research Seminar

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Graduate Program Committee

While our MA students are now completing their degree

requirements more quickly than the four-year average reported in last

year's statistics from the Dean's office, the History department wishes to

ensure that a two-year period becomes the norm rather than the ideal The

department was divided on the best approach - elimination of the full-length

thisis or incréasèd structuring of the program A compromise was - -

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reached whereby we would offer a non-thesis option - two extra courses

with a research paper - as well as take steps to ensure that the thesis is

completed within a year in most cases. In addition, the required seminars

have been altered in order to allow more flexibility, and increased in

number in order to ensure that fewer individual readings courses will have

to be offered. With our climbing enrolment, organization of these readings

courses has become a serious problem for

all

concerned. Finally, the only

significant change to the doctoral programme concerns the procedures to

be followed in the comprehensive

examinations

where some problems have

arisen in the past.

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UTION 7iAS1E1 UNIVERSITY

USTOY DEPARTMENT

MEMORANDUM

TO: Bruce Clayman, Dean

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FROM: Jack Little, Chair

Graduate Studies

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Graduate Program Committee

RE: History Program Changes DATE: 26 November 1991

As I mentioned in our conversation yesterday, the changes to Hist 806 are too

minor to have it considered a new course. We have simply decided to take a

broader

,

approach each year in this course, rather than focusing on

Political /Economic issu s one year and Social/Cultural the next.

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p. 262-A. MA Program

1. Conditions of Admission

From:

.

"the department requires a

3.25 average or Its equivalent In

the major subject over

the last two years of the undergraduate program"

To: "the department requires

a 3.33 (B+) average in History

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courses takenduring.the-

laSt.tWO-yearS of the. .undergraduateprograrn.

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Rationale - In this era of grade inflation, there is little point in encouraging

students to apply who have not achieved the equivalent of at least a B+ average

in their upper-levels History courses.

•2.

(a) From: "- 20 semester hours of course work of which at least 15

semester hours must be in graduate courses in the department."

To: "-

The Department of History offers a thesis option and a

project-option. For students choosing the thesis option,

20 semester

hours of course work of which at least 15 semester hours must be in graduate

courses in the department.

Students choosing the project-option will

take 30 hours of course work of which 20 semester hours must be

In graduate courses in the department; and present a research

project of approximately 7,500 words."

Rationale: Some members of the department feel that the solution to the

department's high drop-out rate and long average degree-completion period is

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to drop the thesis requirement, at least as it now stands. They

support a one-

year programme. Others feel that the thesis should remain an integral part of

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graduate work, and that stricter and more rigidly-enforced regulations could

reduce the degree-completion period to two years for the majority of cases.

Faculty in areas where research materials are readily available, such as in

Canadian History, tend to be in the latter camp.

The

two-option programme is

therefore presented in the interests of compromise. As will be seen below,

however, the research component is not entirely absent from the project-option.

Regulation 1.7.2(b) of the Graduate Calendar requires a minimum of 20

semester and two extended essays or a project.

The

History Department is

therefore requiring 10 semester hours above and beyond the required

minimum.

(b) From: "Each year at least two seminars of two-semester length

(ten semester hours each) will be offered, one in Canadian History, the

other in European History. A third two-semester seminar may be offered in

another field when student numbers warrant. All students will be required to

take at least one of these two part sequences of courses, HIST 806 and

807, or HIST 808 and 809, or HIST 812 and 813, which will be

available In the spring and fall semesters."

To: "Each fall and spring semester at least two seminars (five

semester hours each) will be offered, one in Canadian History, the other in

European History. Fail and/or spring seminars may also be offered in

another field when student numbers warrant. All Canadianist students will

be required to take HIST 805 and HIST 806; all Europeanlsts must

take H1ST 810 and H1ST 811; and all others must take HIST 812 or

one of the Canadian or European seminars. All first-year students

will also take the research seminar, HIST 814, which will focus on

of

methodology

this course

and

each

be

thesis-option

offered during

student

the spring

will be

semester.

required

At

to presentthe

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a paper which will become the basis of his/her thesis prospectus.

Each project-option student will be required to present a short

(approximately 7500 words) research paper which will be the basis

of the required research project"

Rationale: Our previous requirement that non-Canadianists/EuropeaflistS

take one of the two-seminar sequences effectively meant that half their course

work was outside their fields of interest since there are seldom enough Middle

Eastern, Latin American, etc. students for a seminar in their respective areas.

The second semester seminars in Canadian and European History were - - - - -

originally meant to help launch the students on their theses, but those outside

these streams have not gained this advantage. The proposal is therefore to

keep two Canadian and European seminars, but replace the research

component of the spring semester seminars with a research seminar that all

MA students must take. In other words, Canadianist and Europeanist students

will now take three of their four required courses as seminars where before they

took only two. The resulting decline in the necessity to find professors to offer

readings courses will simplify the lives of all concerned. Revisions to the

seminars themselves are discussed in C below. This proposal will also insure

that the research requirements of the degree are begun in the second semester.

(c) From: "those with teaching assistantships or research assistantships

may extend their course load over a maximum of

three semesters, but will

be expected to begin thesis research in the third semester."

To: "those with teaching assistantships or research assistantships may

extend their course load over a maximum of

one extra semester, that is,

three semesters for thesis-option students and four semesters for

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project-option students. Those who receive no financial aid from

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fellowships, teaching asslstantshlps, etc. may be considered part-

time students and take only one course per semester."

Rationale: The clause now applies to students in both streams, and we

should make provision for students who are in the work force, or the primary

homemaker, etc. In the past those students have been required to pay full fees

in this department.

(d)

From: A thesis of 10 semester hours normally with a maximum length

Of 100 pages.

To: A thesis of 10 semester hours normally with a maximum length of 100

pages, Or a research project normally with a maximum length of 35

pages.

Rationale: See 2(a) above.

(e)

From:

"Through his/her thesis the student must demonstrate

his/her. ability to make an original contribution to knowledge, either

through the discovery and analysis of new Information or through

the exercise of independent critical power."

To: "The student's thesis/research project must demonstrate

capability in scholarly research and procedures as well as

Independent critical thought."

Rationale:

This is a more realistic and less long-winded statement of

what is expected from a Master's thesis. The research project will essentially be

an abbreviated version of what is expected for the thesis.

(f)

From: "Before

beginning the research

semester, the student must

prepare a

thesis

prospectus to be submitted to and approved by an

examining

committee made up of the Supervisory Committee and the Chair of

the Graduate Studies Committee."

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To:

"Before the beginning of the third semester,

the

thesis-option

student must

defend his/her

thesis prospectus,

and the project-option

student must defend his/her research project, before an examining

committee made up of the Supervisory Committee and the Chair of the

Graduate Program Committee."

Rationale: The thesis prospectus will effectively be completed in the

second-semester research seminar, but it should still be revised and examined

by the supervisory committee before the student proceeds with research. The

project-option student will have approximately four weeks to revise the paper

presented to the research seminar. This paper should be out of the way before

beginning a fall course load in the summer.

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p.263 (a) From: "Comprehensive examinations will be offered twice a year, in

the latter

half of the Fall and Spring semesters. Written examinations will be

administered in weeks

seven and eight

of the semester; oral examinations

will be scheduled in weeks

nine through twelve

of the same semester."

To: "Comprehensive examinations will be offered twice a year, in the

first

half of the Fall and Spring semesters. Written examinations will be

administered in weeks

five and six

of the semester; oral examinations will be

scheduled in weeks

six through seven

of the same semester."

Rationale: The aim is to have second-year students complete their

comprehensives before the Nov. 20 application deadline for the SSHRC

doctoral fellowships. This will improve their chances of receiving a fellowship

and facilitate the ranking process for the GPC.

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(b)

From: "Each written examination will be three hours in

length, and will consist of two or three questions to be chosen from

a broader list. During the oral examination students be asked to

expand upon their written answers in order to clarify their answers

and to demonstrate a broader knowledge of their fields. No written

examination will be marked until all field examinations have been

completed. Every written examination will have a second reader

and each will evaluate without refereflce to the other."

To: "For details on the nature of the comprehensive

examinations, see the History Department's Graduate Brochure."

Rationale: The department feels that detail of this nature unnecessarily

clutters up the calendar.

(c)

From: "A 'fall', 'pass', or 'pass with distinction' will be

assigned to each field by the field supervisors after the Completion

of the oral examination. A student who falls one of the fields, and

one only, will be permitted to sit that examination once again. This

second examination will be In written form only, with a second

reader chosen from the Supervisory Committee."

To: "All written examinations must be passed before the oral

comprehensive takes place. A student who falls one of the written

examinations, and one only, will have one addltioflal chance for re-

examination' before sitting the oral examination. A 'fail', 'pass', or

'Pass with distinction' will be assigned to each field by the

appropriate field supervisor after the completion of the oral

examination. A student who falls any of the fields at this stage will

not be allowed to continue in the program."

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Rationale: The aim is to simplify a rather awkward examination process

as well as tighten our standards.

PhD Fields

From:

"Canada: pre-1850"

and

"Canada: post-1850"

To:

"Canadian Social and Cultural History"

and

"Canadian

Political and Economic History."

Rationale: Few of our doctoral students work in the colonial period, and

the thematic division more closely

parallels

the nature of professional interests_

than does the chronological one.

Thesis

From: "Through his/her thesis the student must demonstrate his/her

ability to make an original contribution to knowledge,

either through the

discovery and analysis of new information or through the exercise

of independent critical power."

To: "Through his/her thesis the student must demonstrate his/her ability

to make an original contribution to knowledge."

Rationale: The statement as it stands suggests that original research is

not necessary for the PhD thesis, and it should be self-evident that

"independent critical power" must be demonstrated at the doctoral level.

Graduate Courses

Drop HIST 807, 808, and 809; change HIST 806 to Themes in Canadian

History; HIST 810 to Themes in European History, Part I; HIST 811 to Themes in

European History, Part Ii; and add HIST 805, Western Canada as well as HIST

814, Research Seminar.

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Rationale: The reasons for dropping the research component of the

spring Canadian and European seminars and adding a spring Research

Seminar for all MA students are discussed above. In addition, the rising

demand in European political and diplomatic history makes it desirable to drop

the exclusively social focus of the European seminar. Finally, the Canadianists

also wish to offer the same two seminars each year and have decided to give

one of them a narrower focus which will suit the interests all our students who

are working on some aspect of Western Canadian History.

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262 Graduate Arts - History

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conduct of practical iife. while

in

the other the emphasis Is placed on

geographical expressions of the life cycle.

GEOG 770-4 Geography, Development Theory, and Latin America

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An analysis of geographic aspects of theories of development as they have

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been applied in Latin America.

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GEOG

780-4

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Environmental Cognition

Examination of current Issues in the Study of human understanding and

relationships within the (mostly built) environments.

GEOG 781-4

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Tactual Mapping: Theory and Practise

• An exploration of design principles, production methods, and user training

procedures appropriate to thematic and mobility maps for the visually handi-

capped.

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701.4 ?

Directed

P,4Inn

admission by October 15 of the previous year. PhD applicants

sample of their written work from earlier or ongoing graduate

MA Program

Conditions of Admission

Candidates for the MA degree must satisfy the minimum entrance

t

ments sal by the University: namely, at least a 3.0 average or its eqiMl

addition, the department requires a 3.25 average or its equivalent in IN

subject over the last two years of the undergraduate program. A degri

discipline related to History may be accepted in some cases.

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Selected Topics in Geography

Programs of Study

Specialised graduate course on faculty research-related topics.

Upon admission into the Graduate program, each student will be

GEOG ?

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MSc Thesis

supervisor. For Information about the supervisory committee see the

GEQG ?

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MA Thesis

General Regulations

section. All candidates for the MA degree must sa

GEOG ?

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PhD Thesis

following minimum requirements, totalling 30 semester hours:

—20 semester hours of course work of which at least 15 semester hours

be in graduate courses in the department. Each year at least two

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two-semester length (ten semester hours each)

will

be offered, ers

--CanadlanHistory. the other in European

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History A thirdtwsems2

seminar may be offered in another field when student numbers wanalt

students

will

be required to take at least one of these two part sequences

Location:

6026 Academic Ouadranglo

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Telephone:

291•4467

courses. MIST 806 and 807, or HIST 808 and 809, or MIST 810 and 8th

Chair:

W.L. Cleveland BA (Dartmouth). MA. PhD (Prim)

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HIST 812 and 813, which will be available in the Fall and Spring

,

With the exception of Hie4e'y 800-5, the remaining

coursesb

Graduate Program

Chair:

J.l. Little BA (Bishop's). MA (New Br). PhD (Oft)

e

sem w-

complete the degree

will

be offered as 4edkk1J.gIe

semu

courses (five semester hours each). Students with

significad

Faculty arid Areas of Research

support from fellowships or scholarships

will

be expected to take

For a complete list of faculty, see History undergraduate section.

load each semester those with teaching assistantships. or research ask.

tantships may extend their course load over a maximum of three semeste.

A.O. Aberbach

United States

Latin America

but will be expected to begin thesis research In the third semester.

t..,Ø

R.E. Boyer

W.L. Cleveland

D.L Cole

Middle East ?

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thesis of 10 semester hours normoflywith a maximum length of lOOpaget-

thesis his/her thesis the student must demonstrate his/her ability to teats

C.R. Day

Social/France

an original contribution to knowledge, either through the discovery and

R.K. Debo -

Russia - - -

analysis of new Information or through the exercise of independent critic

P.E. Dutton

Ancient and Medieval

power. Before beginning the research semester, the student must preparn

C.I. Dyck

Modem Britain

thesis prospectus to be submitted to and approved by an examining cowl.

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M. D. Feliman

United States

tee made up of the Supervisory Committee and the Chair of the Gradual.

R.A. Fisher -

Canada/British Columbia

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Studies Committee. The thesis prospectus should present a coherent thesis

framework

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work in the area.

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Great Britain

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topic and place such a topic within the

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of existing

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Hutchinson

Social/Russia

Diplomatic/British India

Canada

United States

Germany/Socialism

France

Canada/French Canada

Middle East

Canada/Law

Latin America

Africa

China

Canada/Labor

Middle East/imperialism

Europe/Social/Women's Studies

Africa

Ganed

Areas of Study

The Department of History offers opportunities for graduate research leading

to the MA and PhD degrees. The major areas of study are Canada. Colonialism

and Imperialism, the Americas. Africa, Middle East, and Europe. Only those

students who wish to specialize in one of the specific fields covered by the list

of MA courses in the case of MA applicants, or PhD areas of specialization in

the case of PhD applicants, will be considered for admission to the respective

graduate programs. The department reserves the right to accept candidates

only when a qualified supervisor available and the University resources

(including library facilities) are deemed adequate for the student's stated

research priority.

Admission of Graduate Students

Admission for MA students

will

be In the Fall semester only, and for PhD

students in either the Fall or Spring semesters. Applications for Fall admission

should be completed by March 1 of that year. and applications for Spring

Language Requirements

Students will be required to demonstrate a reading ability in one languagk

other than English, that is acceptable to the supervisory committee. Students

proposing to study Canadian History must demonstrate an ability to read

French. Ability will be determined by a time limited examination consisting of the

translation of a passage of history in the particular language. A dictionary

will

be permitted. The Department of French offers courses to help graduate

students meet the language requirements.

PhD Program

General

Prospective candidates for the PhD degree should be advised that the degree

is granted In recognition of the student's general grasp of the subject matter of

a broad area of study for his/her ability to think critically; and for his/her power

to analyse and co-ordinate, problems and data from allied fields of study.

A student ordinarily will be admitted to the PhD program after completion of

an MA or Its equivalent. Applicants with a* BA applying directly to the PhD

program must have at least a 3.5 GPA or its equivalent. Candidates for the MA

degree at Simon Fraser University, may. under exceptional circumstances, be

admitted into the PhD program without completing the requirements for an MA.

if they have completed 20 hours of course work. Admission from the MA

program will be contingent upon a distinguished level of performance. recom-

mendation of directing faculty, scholarly potential, and the available resources

of the department.

Program of Study

Upon admission into the graduate program In History, each student

will

be

assigned a faculty supervisor. For information on Supervisory Committees

see

Graduate General

Regulations.

The Supervisory Committee and

the student

shall determine three fields of study, at least two

01

which will be chosen

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from

E.R.lrsgram

H.J.M. Johnston

D.S. Kirschner

J.M. Kitchen

R.L. Koepke

J.I. Little

D. MacLean

T.M. Loo

R.C. Newton

0. Ross

W.G. Sayweil

A. Seager

J.P. Spagnolo

M. L Stewart

P. Stlgger

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SIKON FRASER UNIVERSITY

New Graduate Course

Pronosal Form

CALENDAR INFORMATION:

Department:

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History

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Course Number: ?

805

Title: ?

Western Canada

Description: ?

A seminar on the history of Prairie Provinces and

British Columbia from initial European contact to the recent past.

Credit Hours:

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5 ?

Vector: ?

Prerequisite(s) if an":

ENROLLMENT AND SCHEDULING:

Estimated Enrollment:

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8 ?

When will the course first be offered:

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93-1

Now often will the course be offered:

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Every year

JUSTIFICATION:

It replaces one of the two seminars, in general Canadian history.

Reflects the main strength of the department in Canadian history

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and the interest of the students.

RESOURCES:

Which

Faculty member will normally teach the course:

Fisher,

Loo, Cole, Seager

What are the budgetary implications of mounting the course:

None

Are there sufficient Library resources (aooend details):

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yes

Appended: a) Outline of the Course

b) An indication of the com

p

etence of the Faculty member to give the course.

c)

Library resources

Approved: Departmental

Graduate Studies Committee:

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Faculty:__

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Date:

20 November, 1991

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Senate

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course will introduce students to the major historiographical issues in

Western Canadian history. It will begin with native culture at the time of

European contact, cover the evolution of the colonial relationship, the

development of regional distinctiveness, and the place of the west within the

nation.

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Native People

Ray, Arthur Indians in the Fur Trade

Milloy, John The Plains Cree

Carter, Sarah Lost Harvests

Dempsey, Hugh Crowfoot

Fisher, Robin Contact and Conflict

Knight, Rolf Indians at Work

Tennent, Paul Aboriginal People and Politics

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Sprague, D. N Canada and the Metis

Flannagan, Thomas RieI and the Rebellion Of 1885

Goulet, Louis Vanishing Spaces

Flannagan, Thomas Louis 'David' Riel

Peterson, Jacqueline and Jennifer Brown The New Peoples

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Owram, Doug Promise of Eden

Zeller, Suzanne Inventing Canada

Waiser, Bill The Field Naturalist

Innis, Harold The History of the CPR (2nd Edition)

Regehr, T. D. Canadian Northern Railway

Eagle, John The Canadian Pacific Railway

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Week

6:

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Building New Communities

Hall, D. J.

Clifford Sifton. 2 volumes

Voisey,

Paul Vulcan

Breen, David The Ranching Frontier

Jones, David Empire of Dust

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Artibise, A.F.J. Winnipeg: A Social F

Artibise, A.F.J. Town and City

Roy, Patricia Vancouver: An Illustral

McDonald, R.A.J. and Jean Barman

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Avery, Donald Dangerous Foreigners

Thompson, John Herd Harvest of War

Bercuson, David J. Confrontation of Winnipeg

McCormack,

A.K. Reformer. Rebels and Revolutionaries

Ward, Peter "Class and Race in the Social Structure Of British

Columbia" BC Studies 45 (Spring 1980) -

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Brown, Jennifer

Van, Kirk, Sylvia "Many Tender Ties"

Silverman, Eliane The Last Best West

Riley, Glenda The Female Frontier

Latham, Barbara and Cathy Kess In Her Own Right

Cruikshank, Julie Life Lived Like a Story

Morton, W. L.

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Progressive Party

Laycock, David Populism and Democratic Thought

Mills, Allen A Fool

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Young, Walter Anatomy of a Party

Young, Walter "Ideology, Personality, and the the Origin of the

CCF in British Columbia" BC Studies 32 (Winter 1976-1977)

Sharp, Paul The Agrarian Revolt in Western Canada

MacPherson, Ian Each for All

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Response to the Depression

Fisher, Robin Duff Pattullo of British Columbia

Kendall, John John Bracken

Ward, David Liberal Party in Saskatchewan

Irving, John Social Credit in Alberta

MacPherson, C.B. Democracy in Alberta

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Culture and Identity

Cole, Douglas Captured Heritage

Barman, Jean Growing Up British in British Columbia

Roy, Patricia A History of British Columbia: Selected Readings

Tippett, Maria Emily Carr

Friesen, Gerald The Canadian Prairies

Francis, Doug The Image of the West

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Province Building

Mitchell, David W.A.C. Bennett and the Rise of British Columbia

Finkel, Alvin The Social CreditPhenomenon

Richards, John and Larry Pratt Prairie Capitalism

Robin, Martin Pillars of Profit: The Company Province

Wiseman, Nelson Social Democracy in Manitoba

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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CALENDAR

INPflR.MATION:

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Department: ?

Course N'er

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Research Seminar

Title:

Description:

?

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Examination of methodology and preparation of research?

papers and thesis prospectuses

Credit Hours: ?

5 ?

Vector:

3 hr seminar

Prerequisite(s) if any:

n/a

ENROLLMENT AND SCHEDULING:

Estimated Enrollment:

12

_

When will

the course first be offered:

93-1

how often

will

the course be offered:

?

Once a year

JUSTIFICATION:

This course will ensure that all our graduate students are

familiar with the basic questions related to historical

research, and that they are well advanced in the program by the

encr of the second

semesterl

RESOURCES:

Which Faculty member will normally teach the course:

various members

'hat are the budgetary

implications

of mounting the course

,

?

none

Are there sufficient Library resources (aooend details):

?

yes

Appended: a) Outline of the Course

b)

An indication of the

competence

of the PaculCy member to give the course.

c)

Library resources

Approved: Departmental Graduate Studies Committee:

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J

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Jo'_

Faculty Graduate

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Faculty:

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-_Date:

20 November, 1991

Senate

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Date:_____________

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HISTORY 814

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RESEARCH SEMINAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course will examine the various methodological and theoretical

approaches to the writing of history, as well as the characteristics and

requirements of a graduate thesis/extended essay. Each student will

present to the class a report based on extensive reading for one of the

weekly topics. In addition, thesis-option students will prepare a written

report outlining their thesis topic, including the broader theoretical

framework as expressed in the secondary literature, and a discussion of

the primary sources to be consulted for the thesis research. Students

- - - - - choosing -the -project-option-will-prepare-a research-paper no-longer than 45

pages which will subsequently be defended as the project paper required

for the completion of their degree requirements.

Jacques Barzun and Henry Graft, The Modern Researcher

Fritz Stem (ed.), The Varieties of History

Class presentation ?

20%

Class participation

?

20%

Term paper

?

60%

1. ?

Introduction to course, assignment of topics, etc.

2.

Criticism and Debate

3.

Political History

4.

Social History

5.

• Economics and History

6.

Sociology, Anthropology and History

7.

The New Cultural History

8.

Feminist History

9:

Psychohistory

10.

Oral History

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