S.92 -46
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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Office of the Vice-President, Academic
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MEMORANDUM
To: ?
Senate ?
From: ?
J. M. Munro
Chair, Senate Committee
on Academic Planning
Subject ?
School for the Contemporary Arts -
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Date ?
June 15, 1992
Change to Degree Requirements
Action undertaken by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee and the Senate Committee on
Academic Planning (SCAP 92 - 27) gives rise to the following motion:
Motion: ?
"That Senate a
pp
rove and recommend approval to the Board of Governors
as set forth in S. 92- 46, the change to the requirements for the Master of Fine
Arts."
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SFU SCHOOL FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS
MEMORANDUM
To:
Chair, Faculty of Arts
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From: Martin Bartlett
Graduatetudies Committee
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Graduate Program Chair
cc: Marion McGinn, Graduate Records
Topic: Graduate Calendar Changes ?
Date: October 22, 1991
Our Graduate Program Committee wishes to put forward the
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following change to the Degree Requirements as listed in the Calendar:
FROM: All of:
FPA 811-5 Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar I
812-5 Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar II
898-10 Master of Fine Arts Graduating Project
plus three of the following:
EPA 883-5 Studio in Fine and Performing Arts I
885-5 Studio in Fine and Performing Arts Il
887-5 Selected Topics in Fine and Performing Arts
889-5 Directed Study in Fine and Performing Arts
plus five units selected from upper division or graduate courses
outside the school.
TO: All of:
EPA 811-5 Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar I
812-5 Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar II
898-10 Master of Fine Arts Graduating Project
plus three of the following:
FPA 883-5 Studio in Fine and Performing Arts I
885-5 Studio in Fine and Performing Arts II
887-5 Selected Topics in Fine and Performing Arts
889-5 Directed Study in Fine and Performing Arts
plus five units selected from upper division or graduate courses
outside the student's main area of concentration or outside the School.for
the Contemporary Arts.
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RATIONALE
The original requirement is too restrictive, because
a.
there are relatively few graduate courses outside the School to which
our students would be admissible, and
b.
upper level undergraduate courses are usually 3 units rather than 5,
which means that a student would have to take two of them to satisfy the
requirement.
The change preserves the intent of the original, namely to provide a
broadening of academic experience for the MFA student, while increasing
the options available. One situation which we can foresee as desirable is
the possibility of graduate students taking the upper division Arts-in-
Context courses, which provide a cross-disciplinary approach to the
cultural study of a particular period. These courses would be especially
valuable for those students coming from other institutions where
interdisciplinary studies are not emphasized to the extent that they are in
our School. Students will still be encouraged to take courses outside the
School when appropriate.
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