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S.92-24
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Office of the Vice-President Academic
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MEMORANDUM
To: ?
Senate ?
From
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J.M. Munro, Chair
Senate Committee on
Academic Planning
Subject-
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Changes to requirement for
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Date:
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March 19,1992
MRM degree
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- 24
the change n degree requirements
for the Master of Resource Management to allow students to take
either MRM 642 or MRM 644 rather than requiring MRM 642 alone."
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
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FAS Graduate Studies Committee
FROM: ?
Randall M. Peterman
Chairman, Graduate Studies Committee
School of Resource and Environmental Management
DATE: ?
14 January, 1992
SUBJECT: MRM 642/MRM 644
The School of Resource and Environmental Management proposes the
following minor change, shown in grey shading, to requirements for the MRM
degree. We wish to allow students to choose either MRM 642 or MRM 644, rather
than requiring 642 alone.
Current Required Courses
MRM
601-5
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MRM 602-5
MRM 611-5
MRM621-5
MRM 63
1-5
MRM 641-5
MRM 642-5
Plus
Natural Resources Management I: Theory and Practice
Natural Resources Management II: Advanced Seminar
Applied Population and Community Ecology
Economics of Natural Resources
Applied Geomorphology and Hydrology
Law and Resources
Regional Planning
MRM 698-3 Field Resource Management Workshop
MRM 699-10 Research Project
Proposed Change to Required Courses:
MRM 601-5
Natural Resources Management I: Theory and Practice
MRM 602-5
Natural Resources Management
II:
Advanced Seminar
MRM 611-5
Applied Population and Community Ecology
MRM
621-5
Economics of Natural Resources
MRM 63
1-5
Applied Geomorphology and Hydrology
MRM 64
1-5
Law and Resources
Plus
MRM 698-3 Field Resource Management Workshop
MRM 699-10 Research Project
Justification
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The current required course, MRM 642, is Regional Planning. This course
applies, in a regional context, the more generic methods of policy making and
problem solving covered in our current elective course, MRM 644, Public Policy
Analysis. Because we require our graduates to obtain a working knowledge of these
methods m some context, it is appropriate to permit them to take either course
(MRM 642
or
MRM 644) to meet that requirement Currently, they are all forced
to take
MRM
642, which is too specific for some students' needs.
Course descriptions
MRM
642-5
Regional Planning
Theory and techniques of regional analysis; planning models and
their application to key resource sectors.
MRM 644-5 Public Policy Analysis
Analysis of methods of policy making and problem solving with
particular emphasis on natural resource issues. Topics include goal
setting, problem definition, program scheduling, policy evaluation,
policy implementation and public administration. A practical
analysis of the structure and processes surrounding major
contemporary policy issues.
Randall M. Peterman
RMF/jr
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