S.91-34

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Vice-President Academic

MEMORANDUM

To:

Senate

From:

J

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Munro, Chair

Senate Committee on

Academic Planning

Subject: Department of English -

Date

May 14, 1991

Curriculum Revision

(SCAP 91 - 19)

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

Committee on Undergraduate Studies, gives rise to the following motion:

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MOTION: "that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors, as set forth in S.91- 34 , the change

in course number and credit hours from ENGL 099 -2 to

ENGL 199-3

Subject to the approval by Senate and the Board of Governors the Senate Committee on

Undergraduate Studies approved the first offering of ENGL 199 - 3 in Fall 1991-3.

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Rationale for change of number from 099 to

199

Changing the number to the 100-division will indicate that this

course is not intended to be remedial nor to be preparatory to our

other 100-division courses. English

099

has never been remedial.

This course has sometimes been refused credit for fulfilling require-

ments in other departments because its number,

099,

has erroneously

been interpreted as meaning that it is remedial or in some way inferior

to our 100-division courses. This situation has caused problems for

community colleges, because we articulate

099

with their composition

courses. Providing the course with a 100-division number, and also

the same number of credits as our other 100-division courses, will

indicate that it can be taken on a par with them in fulfilling require-

ments. The only, reason why the English Department does not allow it

as credit for an English major is that, unlike our other courses, its

primary focus is not on literature.

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Changes in credit-hours and number for English

099

Revisions in Calendar

Page

173

Prom:

ENGL

099-2

University Writing

An introduction to reading, analysis and composition central to the

understanding and preparation of expository writing required in

university studies.

(Seminar)

To:

ENGL

199-3

University Writing

An introduction to reading, analysis and composition central to the

understanding and preparation of expository writing required in

university studies.

(Seminar)

Page 83 (under "Major Program")

Prom:

Under no circumstances will credit for ENGL

099,

or its equivalent

taken elsewhere, be allowed to substitute for ENGL 101,

102, 103,

or 104.

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A student with 18 transfer credits in English (not including English

099) will

be deemed to have met the departments lower division require-

ments for a major . . .

To:

Under no circumstances will credit for ENGL

199,

or its equivalent

taken elsewhere, be allowed to count towards a major in English, or

to substitute for English 101, 102, 103, or 104 in fulfilling the

requirements for a major in English.

A Student with 18 transfer credits in English (not including English

199) will

be deemed to have met the department's lower division require-

ments for a major . . .

Rationale for change of credit-hours from two to three:

English

099's

current two-credit status is not proportionate to

the amount' of work students are required to do to meet the goal

of the course: namely, proficiency in essential aspects of scholarly

discourse. In their course evaluations, students repeatedly remark

on this discrepancy, and often complain that English

099's

two credits

mislead them into enrolling in the course as an extra to a full load.

As well, transfer credit from other institutions, for similar courses,

typically leaves one credit unassigned:.these similar courses are

uniformly three-credit courses.

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Change of number, credit

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

hours, and vector

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COURSE PROPOSAL FORM

Calendar Information

Department

English

Abbreviation Code: ENGL

Course Number:

199

Credit Hours:

3

Vector:

0-3-0

Title of Course:

University Writing

Calendar Description of Course:

An introduction to reading, analysis and composition

central to the understanding and preparation of expository writing required in

university studies.

Nature of Course

Seminar

Prerequisites (or special instructions):

Students with credit for ENGL 099 cannot

take this course for further credit.

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is

approved:

ENGL 099-2

2. Scheduling

How frequently will the course be offered?

Every semester

Semester in which the course will first be offered?

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Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering

possible?

All Faculty

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Objectives of the Course

4.

Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)

What additional resources will be required in the following areas:

Faculty

Staff

Library

Audio Visual

Space

Equipment

5.

Approval

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Date:

Department

.en

Dean

Chairman, SCUS

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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FACULTY OF ARTS

DEAN OF ARTS OFFICE

MEMORANDUM

To: Ron Heath

From: Ellen Gee

Secretary

Associate Dean of Arts

S.C.U.S.

Re: Change of Course

Date: 8 April, 1991

Number, and Credit

Hours

The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee, at its meeting of April 4, 1991,

unanimously approved the following motion:

That the course number and credit hours of English 099-2,

be changed to English 199-3.

The Faculty of Arts requests that this motion proceed to Senate as quickly

. as possible. It requests a waiver of the usual eight month implementation

regulation, so that the course appears under the new number with three

credits for Fall, 1991.

The reason for our request is that there has been an injustice under the

current number because the course has not been applied to the required 6

credits of English for teacher certification, due to interpretation by the

qualification body of teachers. If a student takes the required first year

English courses at Capilano College and transfers to U.B.C., the course

receives 6 credits of English, and fulfills the teacher qualification

requirement. If the same course is transferred to S.F.U., the student

currently receives credit for English 099-2, G.E. English (1), English 100-

Division (3). Thus, only 3 credits count towards the teacher certification

requirement. This situation has created a major articulation problem with

the colleges, not unexpectedly. Given the situation, which is obviously unfair,

we wish to solve the problem this Fall.

Ellen Gee, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Arts

EG/dgg

cc: Roger Blackman, Chair, S.C.U.S.

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