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FOR INFORMATION

S.90-51

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Memorandum

To: W.R. Heath

From:

Jo_ Lynne Hoegg, Chair

Senate

Re: SCCS

Date:

Enclosed are two statistical/informational reports on Undergraduate Extension

Credit Courses, and Credit-Free Activities

the Faculties and departments

the

University for the period May 1, 1989, through April 30, 1990. These documents

constitute the annual report of the Senate Committee on Continuing Studies.

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Ends.

Senate Committee on Continuing Studies

Report on

Undergraduate Extension Credit Courses

May 1, 1989 - April 30, 1990

This report includes course and enrolment data for programs offered by Faculties,

departments, schools and centres through extension credit. Included are the On

Campus Evening (CE) program (which includes the Intersession (IS) and Summer

Session (SS) programs), SFU at Harbour Centre (HC), Faculty of Education Interior

programs (ED), Fraser Valley courses (FV), the Native Education Program (NEP),

Centre for Distance Education courses (CDE), the Senior Citizens' Program (SR) and

the Prison Education Program (PEP), as well as the various Certificate and Diploma

programs. In the period covered by this report, 951 credit courses were offered

through these programs, with a total of 28,617 course enrollees. Enrolments in these

programs accounted for 28% of the total undergraduate annualized FTE for the

University in 1989-90.

Table 1

PEP

Compared to 1988-89, there was an increase of 23.5% in the total number of

courses offered through Extension Credit (from 770 in: 1988-89 to 951 in 1989-

90) and a 14.4% increase in the total number of enrollees during 1989-90 (from

25,022 to 28,617 enrollees).

Eighty-four undergraduate courses were available via distance education

during 1989-90, an addition of 13 compared to last year. The total number of

offerings of these courses was 196, 28 more than in 1988-89. The total number

of enrollees in distance education courses was 7418, an increase of 9% relative

to 1988-89.

Table 2 lists the numbers of students enrolled in Certificate and Diploma

Programs during 1989-90:

Table 2: Certificate and Diploma Statistics

(headcounts)

Certificate Programs

B.C. Studies

Chinese Studies

Criminology - Advanced

Criminology - General

ESLlLinguistics

French Canadian Studies

French Language Proficiency

Health & Fitness Studies

Spanish Language Proficiency

Total

Post-Baccalaureate Diploma

Programs

Applied Sciences

Arts

Business Administration

Table 3 lists enrolments in the eight 'core' diploma programs (data included in

Post-Baccalaureate Diploma Program statistics above):

Certificate Programs consist mainly of lower division courses and are generally equivalent to one-half and one

full year of university study (between 18 and 30 credit hours).

The Post Baccalaureate Diploma offers those who hold a Bachelors or advanced degree the opportunity

to develop and follow a program of individualized study not usually provided by graduate or professional

degrees. Students with faculty advisors identify goals and develop a program of study. It is comprised of 30

credit hours of third and fourth year courses, and some graduate courses if appropriate.

Core post baccalaureate diploma programs offer a planned course of study in several fields.

Table 3: Core Diploma Programs

(headcounts)

Criminology

Environmental Toxicology

Table 4 lists Certificate and Diploma Program graduands for 1989 and 1990:

Table 4

Certificate and Diploma Graduands by Faculty

APSC

Post Baccalaureate Diploma

Post Baccalaureate Diploma (KIN)

Certificate in Health & Fitness Studies

ARTS

Post-Baccalaureate Diploma

PBD Social Policy Issues

Certificate in B.C. Studies

Certificate in Chinese Studies

Certificate in Criminology (Advanced)

Certificate in Criminology (General)

Certificate in ESL/Linguistics

Certificate in French Canadian Studies

Certificate in French Language Proficiency

Certificate in Liberal Arts

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189

Certificate in Public History

Certificate for Senior Citizens

BUS

Post Baccalaureate Diploma

EDUC

Post Baccalaureate Diploma

Certificate in Literacy instruction

SCI

Post Baccalaureate Diploma

PBD Environmental Toxicology

Total

290

346

The number of people attending classes, day or evening, on or off campus, as

special audit students during 1989-90

was 109.

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Senate Committee on Continuing Studies

Report on ?

Credit-Free Activities.

May 1, 1989 - April 30, 1990

This report lists the credit-free lectures, symposia, conferences,

professional development programs and other courses reported and sponsored

by Faculties, schools and departments of the University. It also includes data on

credit-free activities offered to faculty, students and staff by administrative

departments of the University.

During the 1989-1990 reporting period, enrolments in the 904 credit-free

activities totalled 30,543. In 1988-89, there were 598 reported activities with

23,550 enrolments.

Two facilities designed with particular attention to the needs of mid-

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career education and lifelong learning came into full operation this year. The

Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre campus and the George and Ida

Halpern Centre greatly facilitated the University's ability to offer lectures,

symposia and short courses. Though very different in scale and function, each

provides a quality environment for learning. Steady growth in program

initiatives, resulting from the presence of these facilities and the visibility they

afford programs is expected; the additional space they provide alone will make

more programs possible.

Programs and activities offered by departments, Faculties and schools

through the office of Continuing Studies gained recognition for the University

through the receipt of four national awards:

• Canadian Association for University Continuing Education

Distinguished Program Award in the Professional Development!

Career Enhancement Programs category, "Organizing and Managing

a Public Company" (Faculty of Business Administration)

• Canadian Association for University Continuing Education

• Distinguished Program Award in the Collaborative Programs

category, "Crime and Criminal Justice in Canada and Japan:

Understanding Our Differences" (School of Criminology)

• Canadian Association for University Continuing Education

Promotional Award in the Individual Brochure-Professional

Continuing Education category, "The Arts and Cultural Administration

in Context-Foundations Program" (School

for

the Contemporary Arts)

o Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada Award

of Excellence in the videotape category, "The Last Dance: Murder in

Canada" (School of Criminology)

Emerging centres such as the David Lam Centre for International

Communication, the Centre for Community Economic Development, and the

Tourism Policy and Research Centre have included continuing education and

professional development programs in their mandates. Older centres such as

the Institute for the Humanities and the Gerontology Research Centre continue

to generate strong programs of non-credit activities. The Institute for the

Humanities completed the endowment for the J.S. Woodsworth Chair in the

Humanities and marked the occasion with a lecture by. Stephen Lewis at the

Hotel Vancouver which attracted 400 people, and the Gerontology Research

Centre established a new series on "Research Skills for Health Professionals".

The Ruth Wynn Woodward Chair in Women's Studies has through its visiting

incumbent and the Women's Studies Program offered lectures and colloquia to

a growing audience. Thus, the growth of new centres and chairs has generated

additional sources of continuing studies program activity.

The Faculty of Arts-sponsored Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation

Lectures in the Liberal Arts, which began during the last reporting period, drew

steady audiences of 100-150 to evening lectures at the, Harbour Centre

campus, confirming the audience for university-level public lectures of the

highest quality. This year, the Faculty of Science has begun such a series and

others such as the President's Silver Anniversary Lectures will create a regular

offering of public lectures at the Harbour Centre campus. The Department of

Spanish and Latin American Studies sponsored a varied program of lectures,

films and seminars which has gained community support on and off campus. A

new initiative this year was the Pi Digamma Open Seminar at the Halpern

Centre facility which featured eighteen different topics from a range of

disciplines.

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The Senate Committee on Continuing Studies forwarded to Senate for

approval a proposal for the awarding of Simon Fraser University certification for

non-credit study, and thereby the Faculty of Applied Sciences established the

University's first non-credit certificate program, in Telecommunications

Engineering. The program comprises eight one-week courses on basic

communications systems, digital concepts, voice networks, computer

technology, data networks, fibre optics, and video networks, telecommunication

standards and ISDN. Initially the program is being offered to B.C. Tel

engineers.

During this reporting period, the Faculty of Business Administration

joined ten other universities in Canada in offering the "National Certificate

Program in Voluntary and Non-Profit Sector Management" which offers a

certificate granted by the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy. This is a new

professional credential and signifies a growing trend in the public and private

sectors to seek the collaboration of universities in lifelong learning activities.

The Faculty of Business Administration jointly sponsored with the

Vancouver Stock Exchange the "VSE Policy Changes Update" which attracted

200 participants. Three other new programs for the financial sector were

"Organizing and Managing a Public Company", the "Brokers Practice", and

"Securities Regulation: The Next Steps".

In addition, several programs and projects developed through

Continuing Studies resulted in publications:

• Gambling in Canada: Golden Goose or Trojan Horse?, 

Edited by Cohn S. Campbell and John Lowman, Published 

by the School of Criminology. 

• Preventing and Responding to Northern Crime, 

Edited by 

Curt Taylor Griffiths, Published by The Northern 

Justice Society. 

• The Community and Northern Justice, 

Edited by Curt 

Taylor Griffiths, Published by The Northern Justice 

Society. 

• Environmental 

Ethics,

Volume II, 

Edited by Raymond 

Bradley and Stephen Duguid, Published by the Institute 

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for the Humanities. 

• Journal of Distance Education, 

Edited by June 

Sturrock, Published by Simon Fraser University 

Publications. 

• Archival Gold: Managing and Preserving Publishers' 

Records, 

Laura M. Coles, Published by The Canadian 

Centre for Studies in Publishing. 

• Book Research Quarterly: Publishing Education: Between 

Theory and Practice, 

Edited 

by

Rowland Lorimer and Ann 

Cowan, Published .  by 

. Rutgers University Press. 

• Native North Americans: Crime, Conflict and Criminal 

Justice Bibliography, 

4th Edition, Prepared by Charles 

.Horn and Curt Taylor Griffiths, Published by The 

Northern Justice Society. 

• Prison Journal No. 8, 1989, Censorship, 

Edited by 

Peter Murphy and Lloyd Johnsen, Published by the 

Institute for the Humanities. 

• Tourism 2000: Mobilizing Investment for a Global 

Industry, 

Compiled by Ann M. Pollock, Tourism Research 

Group and Paul St. Pierre, Simon Fraser University, 

Published by British

Columbia Ministry 

of Tourism.

May 1,1989 - April 30, 1990

Academic Units Sponsoring Credit-Free Activities

FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

Centre for Systems Science (18 events/343 enrolments)

Centre for Tourism Policy and Research (1/51)

David Lam Centre for International Communication (11/109)

Natural Resources Management Program (1/68)

School of Computing Science (1/11)

School of Engineering Science (26/658)

School of Engineering Science and Centre for Systems Science (1/20)

School of Kinesiology (22/288)

Total activities - 81/Total enrolments - 1548

FACULTY OF ARTS

Canadian Studies (7 events/77 enrolments)

Centre for Community Economic Development (2/129)

Centre for International Studies (8/96)

Criminology Research Centre (4/120)

Department of Economics (26/600)

Department of English (1/51)

Department of Political Science (12/330)

Department of Psychology (11/473)

Department of Sociology and Anthropology (24\528)

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Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies 27/1307)

Division of Interdisciplinary Studies (1/28)

Gerontology Research Centre (11/300)

Institute for the Humanities (9/950)

Institute for the Humanities/Department of History (1/35)

Psychology and Law Institute (1/36)

School for the Contemporary Arts (10/436)

School of Criminology (1/60)

Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation Lectures in the Liberal Arts (10/1175)

Ruth Wynn Woodward Chair in Women's Studies (22/495)

Ruth Wynn Woodward Chair in Women's Studies/Department of Economics (4/217)

Women's Studies Program (6/496)

Total activities - 198/Total enrolment - 7939

FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (30 events/809 enrolments)

FACULTY OF EDUCATION (23 events/1 601 enrolments)

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

Centre for Pest Management (1 event/80 enrolments)

Department of Biological Sciences (23/789)

Department of Chemistry (10/671)

Department of Mathematics and Statistics (2/6)

Department of Physics (81/2835)

Institute for Aquaculture Research (1/25)

Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (13/650)

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R.H. Wright Award in Olfactory Research (4/190)

Total activities - 135/Total enrolment - 5346

CROSS-FACULTY PROGRAMS

Centre for Tourism Policy and Research/Faculty of Business Administration (6

events/186 enrolments)

Department of English/Alumni Relations (1/11)

Faculty of Business Administration/School of Engineering Science (7/140)

Institute for Quarternary Research (6/360)

Institute for the Humanities/Department of Mathematics/Department of Archeology

1/25)

School of Engineering Science/Faculty of Business Administration (1/15)

Pi-Digamma Open Seminar (18/324)

Total activities - 40/Total enrolment - 1061

INTERDISCIPLINARY ADVISORY COMMITTEES,

Labour Studies Program (16 events/345 enrolments)

Writing and Publishing Program (134/2987)

Total activities - 1 50/Total enrolment - 3332

AFFILIATED PROGRAMS

Certified Employee Benefit Specialist Program (3 events/53 enrolments)

Fellows/ and Professional Certification Program (31/1307)

Total activities - 34/Total enrolment - 1360

UNIVERSITY/INDUSTRY LIAISON OFFICE (2 events/35 enrolments)

SFU/KNOWLEDGE NETWORK PROGRAMMING

Archaeology (4 hours/60 credit distance education course viewers)

Biological Sciences (9/43)

Canadian Studies (11/35)

Communication (22.5/167)

Kinesiology (6.75/601)

Mathematics (3/146)

Political Science (10.5/121)

Sociology/Anthropology (8.5/26)

Women's Studies (5.5/56)

General Interest (8.5)

Total hours programming - 239.75/Total credit distance education course viewers

3139/Total number of distance education courses supported - 73

ADMINISTRATIVE/SERVICE UNITS SPONSORING CREDIT-FREE ACTIVITIES FOR FACULTY,

STAFF AND STUDENTS

Recreation (51 events/1065 enrolments)

Co-operative Education (1/220)

Library (3/316)

Computing Services (83/2772)

Total activities - 138/Total enrolments - 4373

SEU/Knowledge Network Programs

May 1, 1989 - April 30, 1990

Courses/Lecture Series

Total Activities: ?

904

Total Enrolment: 30,543

* In this instance enrolment means credit student registrations in the distance

education course listed, to whom KNOW programs were directed. The total

viewing audience cannot be determined.