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S.90-54
SIMON
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F R A S E R UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Senate ?
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FROM: ?
J. Munro
Chair, Senate
Cttee on Academic
Planning
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SUBJECT: Curriculum Revisions - ?
DATE:.
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November 20, 1990
Faculty of Applied Sciences
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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
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Board of Governors, as set forth in S.90-54 curriculum
revisions in the Faculty of Applied Sciences as follows:
i) S.90-54a ?
Department of Commuhication
ii) S.90-54b
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School of Computing Science
• iii) S.90-54c ?
School of Engineering Science
iv) S.90-54d
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School of Kinesiology"
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S.90 - 54a
Department of Communication
Summary of Curriculum Revisions
SCUS Reference: SCUS 90-1, SCUS 90-19
SCAP Reference: SCAP .90-19, SCAP 90-20
1.
Proposed New Courses
- CMNS 235-3, CMNS 363-4, CMNS 454-4
2.
Proposed Prequisite Changes
- CMNS 335-4, CMNS 341-4
3.
Proposed Changes to Program Descriptions
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- Major Program (Graduation Requirements)
- Joint Major in Business Administration and Communication (Upper Division
Requirements)
4.
Proposed Changes to Joint Major in Business Administration and
Communication
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- addition of CMNS 363, CMNS 261, and deletion of CMNS 361
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUMES
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL TORN
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1. Calendar Information
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Department: ?
nunication
Abbreviation Code: CMNS Course No: 235 ?
Credit Hours: ...L. Vector: 2-1-0
Title of Course: INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM IN CANADA
Calendar Description of Course: An overview of various facets of journalism as
.a social, cultural and political practice in Canada. Topics include
journalishistory, news media structure, the news production process,
journalist as an occupational group, and media law and ethics.
Nature of Course: Second-year elective in "policy" and "media" streams.
Prerequisite for CMNS 335. Would be a basic required course in any future
journalism minor. Lecture/tutorial.
Prerequisites (Or special instructions) : none
What course(s), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved: none, but content of CMNS 335 would be revised slightly to avoid
overlap.
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered? once per year
Semester in which the course
will
first be offered? 1991-3
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
.
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possible? R. Hackett; D. Gutstein; (R. Lorimer). Would be team-taught.
3.
Ob-iectives of the Course (see on back as well) The proposed course is a
reflection of student interest in journalism studies, and is intended as a
stepping-stone in building a minor in this area. The course parallels CMNS 230,
which focusses on media structure, by examining journalism as a social practice
within that structure. It offers important background for upper-year CMNS
courses, notably 335 and 341.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for
information
only)
What additional resources
will
be required in the following areas:
Faculty: none
Staff:
Library: (possibly subscriptions to 1 or 2 journalism reviews)
Audio Visual: none
Space:
Equipment:
5.
Approval
Date: ?
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ep r ent Chair
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Chairrnn, SCUS
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SCUS 73-34b: (When completing this form, o nstructions see Memorandum SCUS
7.3-34a. attach course outline)
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Relatlons/Posaible overlaps withQher Relevant Courses
This course is designed asa new course in an area which has not been
overlap
covered
with
by any
other
existing
courses
communication
in the Department
course.
(except
There
that
is
.
-no
the
significant
two
lectures on journalism history overlap with our lecture in CIS 335 and
CMNS 230 respectively, but there are different focuses: while this
course focuses on the evolution of journalism as a political and social
institution, the two lectures in the Communication courses focus on
the development of print and electronic media as industries) . This
course can serve as an introductory course both to relevant third year
Communication courses (CNS 341, CMNS 335) and to advanced Journalism
courses in news production, journalism law and ethics.
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1C14235.new 90/2/13
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION
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C2S 235-3
INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM IN CANADA
ST_
Lecture Topics:
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This is an introductory course for students in journalism. It is
designed to offer an overview of journalistic issues in Canadian.
Possible 13-week lecture topics are:
1.
Introduction to the Course
2.
History of Journalism in Canada I: Print Journalism
3. History of Journalism in Canada II: Electronic Journalism
4.
Perspectives on Journalism
5. Overview of News Media Industries in Canada
6.
How the News is Gathered and Disseminated to Canadians: The News
Net
7.
The Journalists: Background, Training, Occupational Values
8. The Production of News Within the Newsroom
9.
Overview of Issues in Journalistic Ethics
10.
Overview of Media Law
11. Journalism in Political Life
12. Journalism and the Canadian Public
13.
Journalism and New information Technology
Prerequisites:
none
Course Readings: two core texts plus weekly supplementary readings
• and study material
Required Texts:
Peter Desbarats, Guide to Canadian News Media, Toronto: Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, 1990
Robert Hackett, et al, forthcoming book on journalism and objectivity
in Canada
Grade Distribution:
First term essay
?
20%
Second term essay ?
30%
Tutorial participation
?
10%
Scheduled Final examination
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40%
The Department expects that the grades awarded in this course will
bear some reasonable relation to established university-wide practices
with respect to both levels and distribution of grades.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION
CMNS 235-3
INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM IN CANADA
Overview:
The course is intended to introducestudents to journalism as an
important social, cultural and political institution. it
fOcusses on the practices and implications of journalism, and on
soial political and economic factors which shape and constrain
news production, rather than on communications policy or 'the
structure of media industries as such.
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These latter topics
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receive more detailed attention in such courses as CMNS 230-3
(Introduction to Communication Media), and CMNS 333-4
(Broadcasting Regulation and Policy in Canada) . This course is a
prerequisite for CMNS 335-4 (The Newspaper Industry and Press
Policy in Canada), and for CMNS 341-4 (Politicl Communication)
Pere.q'uisites:
None.
çcxs.e
Readings:
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Two core texts plus weekly supplementary
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readings and study material.
çre Texts:
Peter Desbarats, Guide to Canadian News Media. Toronto:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990.'
Robert Hackett, et al, forthcoming book on journalism and
objectivity in Canada.
Grade
.Distributor:
First term essay
?
20%
Second term essay
?
30%
Tutorial participation
?
10%
Scheduled Final examination
?
40%
The .Departtnent expects that the grades awarded in this course
will beat
,
some reasonable relation to established university-wide
practiceswith respect to both levels and distribution of grades.
Weekly Topics and Readings:
We
ek
1: ?
Int'roduction.
eek 2:
,
Perspectives in Journalism.
'Survey of theories on the nature of journalism and
relations between journalism and society.
Required:
Ross Eaman, "what is news" and "What is the ideal
state-press relationship?" in The Media
Societ y
.: Basic Issues and Controversies,
TOronto: Butterworths, 1987,
pp.
33-84..
Suoplement ary:
G. Stuart Adam, "The journalistic imagination", in
Journalism., Communication., and the Law,
Scarborough: Prentice-Hal.l of Canada., 1.976..
Desbarats, Chapter 7,
pp..
.153-172.
S
.
Week 3:
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Historical Background on Journalism in Canada I:
Print Journalism.
The evolution of print journalism in
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Canada, with a focus on journalism as a political and
social institution.
Required:
Desbarats, Chapter 1,
pp.
1-26.
Supplementary:
Paul Rutherford, The Making of the Canadian Media.
Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1978,
Chapters 1 & 2.
Kesterton, W.H., A History of Journalism in
Canada. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart,
1967.
Week 4:
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Historical Background
0:
Electronic Journalism.
journalism in Canada.
Required:
Desbarats, Chapter
Supplementary:
Rutherford (1978)
Journalism in Canada II:
The Development of electronic
2,
pp.
27-50.
Chapter 3.
Week 5:
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Overview of Media Industries in Canada.
Examination of organizational structures of different
types of news media in Canada and the influence of
• ?
these organizational structures on journalism.
Required:
Desbarats, Chapter 3,
pp.
53-78.
Supplementar':
Carman Cumming, et. al., "Canada", in G.T. Kuriari
(ed.), World Press Encyclopedia. New York:
Facts on File, 1982.
A. Carlos Routolo: "Monopoly and socialization',
in Press Concentration and Monopoly, Robert
Picard, et al. (eds) . Norword: Ablex
Publishing, 1988.
Week 6: ?
How the News is Gathered and Disseminated to Canadians:
The News Net.
Description of.hcw news is gathered for
distribution to Canadians: The Canadian Press and
other news services; parliamentary and legislative
press galleries; institutional and other news sources.
Recuired:
"Support structures in the political news flow",
in; Arthur Siegel, Politics and the Media in
Canada. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1983,
PP. 184-206.
Supplementary:
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Carman Cumming, "The Canadian Press: a force for
consensus?", in G. St-uart Adam, 1976.
Frederick J. Fletcher, "The press galleries and
coverage of public affairs", The Newspaper
and Public Affairs, Royal Commission on
Newspapers, 1981.
Week 7:
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The Journalists: Background, Training, Occupational
Values.
Portrayal of Canadian journalists: social
background; training; personal and occupational values;
career patterns; relationships with and perspectives on
media industries and management.
Reou i red:
Desbarats, Chapter 4,
pp.
79-101.
Robert Fulford, et. al., "Philosophical and moral
foundations", in The Journalists. Canada:
Royal Commission on Newspapers, 1981,
pp.
2-39.
Andre Gosselin, "The collective practices of
Quebec journalist", in Canadian Journal of
Communication 14(2),
pp.
28-40.
Supolernentar:
George Pollard, "Canadian newsworkers: a cross
media analysis of professional and personal
attributes" in Canadian Journal of
Communication 85:11(3),
pp.
269-286.
Andrew Macfarlane and Robert Martin, "Political
activity and the journalist: a paradox", in
Canadian Journal of Communication 10(2),
pp.
1-35.
Week 8:
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The Production of News within the Newsroom.
General description of the news production process, the
organization of newsrooms, division of labour and
journalistic routines.
Required:
Desbarats, Chapter 5,
pp.
104-24.
"Mnufacturing of News", in Edwin R. Black (1982),
pp.
89-116.
Supplementary:
Richard V. Ericson, et. al, "Newsrooms and
journalists' cultures", in Visualizing
Deviance. :Toronto: University of Toronto
Press, 1987,
pp.
95-138.
Ted Joseph, "Existing decision-making practices on
daily newspapers in Canada", in Canadian
Journal of Communication 8(2),
pp.
65-68.
Week 9:
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Overview of Issues in Journalistic Ethics.
Discussion of ethic issues involved in journalistic
practice: objectivity, balance, fairness, accuracy,
privacy, etc.
Required
Desbarats, Chapter 8,
pp.
75-89.
Jeffery Olen, "Journalism and moral reasoning", in
Ethics in Journalism. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, 1988.
-7
Supplementary:
Francois Demers, "Journalistic ethics: the rise
•
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of the good employee's model: a threat for
professionalism?" in Canadian Journal of
Communication 14(2),
pp.
15-27.
Jim Maclean, "Ethics in the Air", Content,
May/June 1986,
Pp.
4-6.
Carman Cumming, "Ethics -- No Easy Answers", ?
Content, May/June 1988,
pp.
9-10.
"What would you do?", Content, May/June 1988,
pp.
9-10.
Stanley B. Cunningham, "Terminal distortion:
Basal Incoherence in some recent mass media
criticism", in Canadian Journal of
Communication 12(2),
pp.
51-70.
"Ethics in Journalism", Content 3/4, 1985,
pp.
2-5.
Week 10: Overview of Media Law.
Discussion of legal supports and constraints on
"freedom of the press" and the production of news.
Recuired:
Clare Beckton, "Freedom of press in Canada: prior
restraint", in The Media, the Courts and the
Charter,
pp.
119-142.
Arthur Siegel (1983), Chapter 4.
• ? Supplementary:
Peter Worthington, "Freedom of the Press:
a Response"; and Robert Sharpe, "The Charter
and Defamation", in The Media, the Courts and
the Charter,
pp.
143-57.
Roland G. Atkey, "The law and the press in
Canada", in Stuart Adam (1976),
pp.
125-49..
Stuart N. Robertson, Media Law Handbook.
Vancouver, 1982.
Week 11: Journalism in Political Life.
The roles of news media in political life: relations
between news media and government, the influence of
news media on politics and the democratic process.
Required:
Desbarats, Chapter 6.
Anthony Westell, "The press: adversary or channel
of communication"" in Harold D. Clarke
et. al. (eds), Parliament, Polic
y
and
Representation. Toronto: Methuen, 1980.
Supplementary:
Mary Anne Comber and Robert S. Mayne, The
Newsmongers. Toronto: McClelland and
Stewart, 1986, section 2.
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Week 12: Journalism and the Canadian Public.
Examination of relations between news media and news
sources, media-monitoring organizations, pressure
groups and the public in general.
Required:
Jerome A. Barron, "Public access to the
media
under the €harter"; and J.A. Taylor, "The
role of the press council", in' The Media, the
Courts and the Charter, pp. 177-202; 159-172.
pplemtary:
Dominique Clift, "Press councils and ombudsmen",
in The Journalists,
pp.
137-150.
R. Ericson, et. al., "The news media", in
?
Neaotiatinq Control,
pp.
308-76.
Jean Charron, "Relations between journalists and
public relations practioners: cooperation,
conflict and negotiation", in Canadian
Journal of Communication 14(2).
Week 13: Journalism and New Information Technology.
The changing face of journalism and
,
the working of
journalists in light of new information technology.
Required:
Desbarats, Chapter 10.
Supolementar
David A. Patten, Newsoapers and New Media. White
Plains., NY: Knowledge Industry Publications,
1986, Chapters 8-9.
David H
,
. eaver, Videotext Journalism.
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4
ENATE COITTEE
ON UNDERGRADUATE
STUDIES
NEW
COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1.
Calendar Information
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Department: Commgnication.
Abbreviation Code: CMNS Course No: 363
?
Credit Hours: 4 ?
Vector: 2-2-0
Title of Course: APPROACHES TO MEDIA AND AUDIENCE RESEARCH
Calendar Description of Course: A survey and application of research approaches
to media and audience analysis including content analysis, textual
analysis, agenda setting, effects research, focus group and survey
research, message evaluation and audience studies.
Nature of Course: lecture/tut
Prerequisites (or special instructions) : One of CMNS 215, 220 or 221
What course(s), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved: none
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered? once a year
Semester in which the course will first be offered? 1991-3
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? Steve Kline, Bob Hackett, Rick Gruneau, Martin Laba, Alison
Beale.
3.
Ob-ectives of the Course (see back as well) : The course will survey research
approaches to media and audience research and introduce students to theoretical
and policy issues raised by the application of these methods. Case studies will
be used to explore the currently predominant research applications including
content analysis, deconstruction and textual analysis, agenda setting, effects,
interview, formative message evaluation and audience studies. Students will be
expected to acquire basic knowledge of the assumptions and procedures employed
in each method and to conduct a related research project. The emphasis of this
course will be on the judgmental processes which assist in the adoption of a
particular approach and upon research design in relationship to research
objectives.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty:
?
none
Staff:
Library:
Audio Visual:
Space: ?
ft
Date:
Depa\tme\ ha r
?
-'. Chairman
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SCUS
SCUS 73-34b: (When competing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS
73-34a. attach course outline)
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DEPARTMENT OF CC*1-JNICATION?
CI-24S 363-4
APPROACHES TO MEDIA AND
AUDIENCE RESEARCH
S
The course
will
survey approaches to media and audience research and introduce
students to theoretical and policy issues raised by the application of these
methods. Case studies
will
be used to explore currently predominant research
approaches including content analysis, deconstruction and textual analysis, agenda
setting, effects,
interview,
formative message evaluation, and audience studies.
Students
will
be expected to acquire basic knowledge of the assumptions and
procedures employed in each method and to conduct a related research project. The
emphasis of this course
will
be on the judgmental processes which assist in the
adoption of a particular approach and upon research design in relationship to
research objectives.
Prereayisit.es: One of CS 215, 220 or 221.
Required Texts:
?
Arthur Asa
?
Berger, ?
ia Analysis Technic-es, (Beverly Hills:. Sage, 1982)
Recorrnended Texts:
Thelma McCormack (ed.), Studies in Corrrunication: Culture. Code and Content
Anal y
sis. Greenwood: JAI Press, 1982.
Guido H. Stempel III and Eruce H. Westley (eds.), Research Methods in Mass
Communication. Englewood-Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1982.
Grade Distribution:
Seminar presentations including discussion of readings for
?
two ?
case studies ?
30%
?
is
Project proposal discussing a communication research issue
and its operationalizationin terms of a research design.
?
The ?
design should be fully described and justified
?
35%
Research paper reporting the project results and its
interpretation as related to the research issues identified
?
35%
Seminar Topics:
Part One: Introduction
1.
What is Research Media? An introduction to who's doing media analysis
and
why
2.
The Critical and Policy Context of Media Research
3.
The Limits and Possibilities of Media Research
Part Two: Selected Methods and illustrative Case Studie
4.
Introduction to Quantitative Content Analysis Techniques
5.
Content Analysis: The Case of Broadcast News
6.
Introduction to 'Textual' Analysis
7.
Textual Analysis: The Case of Women in Cinema
8.
Introduction to Production Ethnographies
9.
Production Ethnography: A Case Study in Television Sports Prodcutiori
10.
Introduction to Effects Analysis and Audience Research
11.
Audience Research (1): Agenda-setting, Polling, and Opinion Analysis
12.
Audience Research (2): Qualitative Techniques - The Case of Television
and Children's Play
Part
_Three:
_Conclusion:
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Aoproaces
13.
Course Summary and Wrap-up: Bringing Research on Production, Texts and
Audiences Together
?
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The Department expects that the grades awarded in this course
will bear some
reasonable relation to established university-wide practices with respect to both
levels and distribution of grades.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON
-UNDER
G
RADUATE
STUDIES?
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
Calendar Information
S
Department:.
cQnciPr.
Abbreviation Code: CMNS
?
Course No: 454
?
Credit Hours: 4
?
Vector:
Title of Course: COMPUTER MEDIATED WORK AN WOSK'LAF COtUN1CATION
Calendar Description of Course:
An investigation of the content, quality and character of jobs and workplace
communication systems that involve computers. An examination of the influence of
managerial goals and workplace relations on the design and choice of hardware and
software for: office automation; computer-aided and computer-integrated
manufacturing systems; computer-aided design, expert systems, and electronic
networks.
Nature of Course: lecture/tutorial
Prerequisites: CMNS 253 or
353
or permission of the instructor. (Students who took
CMNS for credit between Fall 89-3 and Summer 91-2 inclusive may not take CMNS
454
for further credit.)
What course(s), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved: none
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered? once a year
Semester in which the course will first be offered? In Spring 1990, this course
was offered as CMNS 353, a course on social impacts of information technology
whose specific focus varies from semester to semester. It
will
be offered
again in the Fall 1990.
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? Pat Howard and Linda Harasim
3.
Ob-jectives of the Course
To expose students to academic, business, and union literature reflecting
current views and debates regarding both the impact of computerized
automatization on factory, retail, office and professional jobs and the
influence of existing workplace relations on the choice and design of hardware
and software for computer-mediated work.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty: none
Staff: none
Library: already relatively rich resources, though might want to update
materials on Canadian workplace situations.
Audio Visual: same as above
Space:
Equipment: ?
.
5. Approval
Date:
De
SCUS 73-34b:
73-34a. att
(When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS
ch course outline) .
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DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMUNICATION
•
CI-24S
454-4 ?
CO
MP
UTER-MEDIATED WORK
AND
WORKPLACE
COMMUNICATION
Through lectures, readings, discussions, and research projects
computerization of. information systems and computerized automation of
production systems in blue and
white-collar
settings will be
investigated. Claims that information technology is ushering in a
post-industrial society will be critically discussed in the light of
evidence regarding the character of communication between labor and
management in the context of these new technologies.
?
New and old.
managerial utopias will be compared.
?
Recent business theory and ?
practice of "participatory management" and "intimate authority" will
be
critically analyzed. Debates regarding whether the information
technologies create or destroy jobs, deskill or upgrade skills,
degrade or enrich work will be reviewed. The course will also look at
health and safety in the production of the smart machines and
collective bargaining for new technology agreements in Europe and
North America. The relation between new technologies
and workplace
communication relations will be treated dialectically, examining both
the impact of new technology on the content and character of workplace
communication but also, just as importantly, the impact of current
workplace relations on the design and choice of hardware and software
in workplace automation. The course will conclude with a discussion
of alternative proposals for socializing the systems analysis and
design of computer-mediated work.
PRE
REQUISITES:
CMNS
253 or 353 or permission of the instructor.
RE
QUIRED
TEXTS:
Robert HOWARD, Brave New Work p
lace, Penguin Books
?
Canada, 1985 ?
0
Readings for discussion in tutorials will also be available on reserve
in the library and in the Doc Centre.
REQUIRE
ME
NTS: ?
Participation in Tutorial Discussions
?
10%
Take-home Exam in Week Eleven ?
40%
Presentation of Research
?
.
?
10%
Term Paper (2500-3000 words) ?
40%
The Department expects that the grades awarded in this course will
bear some reasonable relation to established university-wide practices
with respect to both levels and distribution of grades.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION?
CMNS 454-4
S
COMPUTER-MEDIATED WORK AND WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION
Lecture Topics, Readings, and Discussion Schedule
Note: From time to time extra background readin
g
s will be put in the
Doc Centre for use in tutorial discussions. Such readings will
be announced in class. A bibliography of background readings
will also be available. Some of these readings will also be
available in the Doc Centre.
WEEK ONE
Introduction: Working with Computers
No tutorials
WEEK TWO
The New Managerial Utopians
Robert HOWARD, "Introduction: Work, Technology, and Utopia" in
Brave New
.
Work p lace, 1985: 1_11
Richard Walton, "From control to commitment in the workplace,"
?
Harvard Business Review, March-April , 1985: 77-84.
Edgar H. Schein, "Reassessing the 'Divine Rights' of Managers,"
reprint from Sloan Mana
g
ement Review, in Inside Guide, Fall
1989: 36-43.
WEEK THREE
The Old Managerial Utopians
Howard, ibid., Ch. 1: "Managerial Visions": 15-35
Craig Littler, "Taylorisrn, Fordism and Job Design" in D. Knight,
H. Wilmot, & D. Collinson, eds., Job Redesion: Critical
• ?
Perspectives on the Labour Process, Aldershot: Gower, 1985:
10-29.
WEEK
FOUR
The Labor Process Debate
David Noble, "Social Choice in Machine Design: The Case of
Automatically Controlled Machine Tools," Politics and
Society, Vol. 8, nos. 3-4: 313-347.
Philip Kraft, "The Industrialization of Computer Programming:
From Programming to 'Software Production'" in Andrew
Zimbalist, ed., Case Studies on the Labour Process, New
York: Monthly Review Press, 1979: 1-17.
WEEK
FIVE
Control Versus Efficiency
Howard, -ibid., Ch.2: "Contradictions of Control": 36-67
Larry Hirschhorn, "The Soul of the New Worker," Workin
g
Papers,
Jan.-Feb., 1982: 42-47.
Richard Hyman, "Flexible Specialization: Miracle or Myth?" in
Richard Hyman & Wolf g an g
Streeck, eds., New Techrolpav and
Industrial Relations, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1988: 61-74.
WEEK SIX
Computer-Mediated Work and Job Stress
Howard, ibid., Ch. 3: "Personal Costs": 68-90
Labour Canada Task Force on Microelectronics and Employment,
• ? "Microelectronics and Employment" in Graham S. Lowe &
S
.
?
Harvey, J. Krahn, eds.
?
kinc_Canadian, Toronto:. Methuen,
1984: 297-303.
Louise Lamphere, "Fighting the Piece-Rate System: New Dimensions
of an Old Stru
g
gle in the Apparel Industry" in Andrew
Zimbali.st
, ed. Case Studies on the Labor Process, New York:
• ? Monthly Review Press, 197: 257-276.
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DEPARTMENT OF CO2UNICATION
WEEK
SEVEN
Professic'nalization & Participation Without Power
?
Howard, ibid.,
Oh
4: "The Human Connection": 93-118.
James C. Taylor, "Job Design and Quality of Working Life" in
Robert Yraut, ed. Technology and the Transformation of
'';hitollr Work, Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1987:
211-235.
WEEK EIGHT
"Participatory Management & Intimate Authority"
Howard, ibid., Oh. 5: "Crafting the Corporate Self": 119-38
Doug Noble, "High Tech Skills: The Corporate Assault on the
Hearts and Minds of Union Workers" in D. Hams, ed. It's Our
Own Knowledge, Toronto: Garamond, 1989: 59-79.
Carol Axtell Ray, "Skill Reconsidered: The Deskilling and
Reskilling of Managers," Work and Occuo
p
tions, Vol. 16,
No. 1, Feb. 1989: 65-79.
WEEK NINE
Producing the Smart Machines
Howard, ibid., Oh. 6: "Hazards of Enchantment": 139-167.
Fosalinda
.
Pineda-Ofreneo, "Issues in the Philippine electronics
Industry: A Global Perspective," Economic and Industrial
Democracy, Vol. 6, 1985: 185-207..
WEEK TEN
Collective Bargaining for New Technology Agreements
Howard, ibid., Ch. 7:
?
"Labor's Muted Voice.": 171-197.
Stephen Wood, "Cooperative Labor Strategy in the U.S. Auto
Industry," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 7, No.. 4,
1986: 415-447.
WEEK ELEVEN
Socializing the Analysis and Design of Computer-Mediated
Work
Howard, ibid., "Conclusions: Political Visions": 198-213.
Colin Gill, 'New Technology and the Future of Work" in Work
Unem p lo y ment and the New Tecbnolooy, Cambridge: Polity
Press, 1955: 161-184.
Note: The last two weeks of lectures will be devoted to examination
of computer-mediated work in different workplace environments.
The tutorials will be used for presentations o. research
results by students so that the instructor and TA are not the:
only ones to profit from the research findings, and analysis of
students. Term paper topics m's be approved by either the TA.
or the instructor. The bibliography of background readings.
will provide sources for many possible paper topics. Research
papers may be based entirely on library research or may include
results from field research such as participant observation,
field interviews, surveys, etc.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING
Participation in Tutorial Discussions
?
10%
Presentation of Research ?
10%
Take-home Exam in Week Eleven
?
40%
Term Paper (2500-3000 words)
?
40%
Note: The term paper will be due to be handed in at the last lecture
of the term. The exam will be handed out after the lecture in
Week Eleven sand due back on the day of the lecture in Week
Twelve.
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.
S
PROPOSED PREREQUISITE CHANGES: Department of Communication
a) CMNS 335-4 The Newspaper Industry and Press Policy in
Canada
Current Prerequisites: MIS 230 recommended.
New prerequisites:
CMNS
235 or permission of the instructor.
CMNS 230 strongly recommended. CMNS 261 strongly
recommended.
Rationale: The proposed new course CMNS 235 covers
introductory material (e.g. on journalism's historical
development) which is important background for
CMNS 335. The content of 335 will be revised slightly
to assume that background, and to focus on the more
specialized, advanced material.
b)
CMNS
341-4 Political Communication
Current Prerequisites: CMNS 230 strongly recommended. The
Department maintains a current list of courses in
p
olitical Science and Sociology that are recommended
for students taking CMNS 341-4.
New prerequisites: CMNS 235 or permission of the instructor.
CMNS 230 strongly recommended. The Department
maintains a current list of courses in Political
Science and Sociology that are recommended for students
taking CMNS 341-4.
Rationale: Same as (a) above.
0
PROPOSED PROGRAM DESCRIPTION CHANGES - Department of Communication
a) Change to Graduation Requirements for Communication Major Program
At its plenary meeting on April 23, 1990, the Department of
Communication approved the following change in the graduation
rqurcrer-t
for Communication majors.
Current requirement (1990/91 calendar) : -, one of CMNS 261-3,
301-4, or 362-4.
Proposed requirement: - one of CMNS 261-3, 301-4, 362-4, or
363-4.
Rationale; Each student majoring in Communication is expected to
take at least one research and methods-oriented course
within the discipline. This change adds the new course 363
(Approaches to Media and Audience Research) as one of that
group of courses.
) Changes to Joint Major in Business Administration and Communication
(supporting documentation attached)
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Re: Joint Major in Business Administration and Communication
for the Communication Upper Division Requirements
Current: Current elective courses under the "Policy
Analysis" option include CMNS 333-4, Broadcasting
Regulation and Policy in Canada.
Proposed Revision: To the option of CMNS 333-4, two other
courses should be added: CMNS 334-4, Cultural Policy;
and CMNS 335-4, The Newspaper Industry and Press Policy
in Canada. Thus, the calendar under the heading
"Policy Analysis" will read:
One 300 division policy course chosen from the following:
CMNS 333-4 Broadcasting Regulation and Policy in
Canada
CMNS 334-4 Cultural Policy
CMNS 335-4 The Newspaper Industry and Press
Policy in Canada
Rationale: The currently listed options for the Joint Major
in Business and Communication were drawn up before the
courses CMNS 334-4 and 335-4 existed. There is no
inherent reason to privilege broadcasting policy over
cultural or press policy, for purposes of this Joint
Major.
i-1
SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
isTo .... Prof. ParveenBaw.. Chair, Faculty ..
AD-)lied Sciences Undergraduate Curriculum
Commit tee ..............................................
Subject. ?
Business ?
/m
?
.
proposed change
From . .
?
Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee, Dept. of Communication
July 10, 1990
Date
......................................................
This memo is to request approval for a change to the Communication "methods"
requirement for the Joint Major program in Business Administration and
Communication. This would become effective, contingent upon relevant approval,
for the
1991/92
academic year.
EXISTING REQUIREMENTS (
p.
110 of,
1990/91
Calendar)
Required:
One Methods Course:
CMNS 301-4
Communication Network Research
or
CMNS
361-4
Documentary Research in Communication
or
CMNS 362-4
Evaluation Methods for Applied Comnunication Research
• PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS:
Required:
One Methods Course:
CMNS 261-3
Documentary Research in Communication
or
CMNS 301-4
Communication Network Research
or
CMNS 362-4
Evaluation Methods for Applied Communication Research
or
CMNS 363-4
Approaches
to
Media and Audience 1esearch
RATIONALE FOR PROPOSED CHANGES
The proposed changes are consistent with the recently amended "methods" requirements
for Communications majors, as approved by the FS-UCC during Spring
1990.
They
reflect two recent curriculum changes: First, the former
COUr'5e
CMNS 361-4
was
dropped in
1989
and replaced by the new course CMNS
61-3,
in
order to make it more
widely available to CMNS majors as background for their upper division courses.
Second, the proposed new course CMNS
363-4,
approved by the FiS-
.
UCC in Spring
199
0 ,
is intended as an addition to our methods offerigs commencing in Fall
1991.
It is 'ntended as one of the several courses by which Communications majors can
f1fil the "methods" requiremnt.
APPROVAL FROM THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADI1INISTRJTION
Such approval has been requested; it is hoped that it will be forwarded under
separate cover.
F
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S. 90-54b
School
of
Computing
Science
Summary
of
Curriculum
Revisions
SCUS Reference: SCUS 90-20
SCAP Reference: SCAP 90-21
1.
Proposed Calendar Entry re Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Computing
Science
2.
Proposed Vector change to CMPT 104
3.
Proposed Changes to program requirements -, Digital Systems Design Program
4.
Proposed change of course title for CMPT 495 and CMPT 496
Simon Fraser University
MEMORANDUM
Subjeç;
Clncit.C.tiax
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From
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ctox.Lx
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tcIut ...............
Date
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Jinut
y
.17,. 99Q.................................................
The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee of the School of Computing Science proposes an addition to the
calendar description of the undergraduate program in Computing Science. The addition is attached. The
proposed calendar entry could be inserted immediately following the calendar entry for the Minor Program in
Computing Science.
JAN V/ 7 "
1990
FACULP,'
APPLIED SCIENCES
1
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Dipfflo M
- ki id Coni1iuting Sdence ?
S
Adission th a Post ?
Diploma in Coñiutitig Sieñce is available
foi
students who have
a!r,ady
compIetd a Bachelor's degree. For
a4 ?
Won ?
abut
o the
Post Bàccalàurcate Diplotha program general EegulàtiOn, refer to
COhtinuig Studies:
.-
Program Requirements
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of at 1at
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CMPT-300(3) Introduction to Ojerating S'ystems
CMPT-307(3) Data Structures and Algonthms
CMPT-354(3 ?
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S'stéth
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(b ?
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studentachieves a 'coherentprogram of study. The student will be responsible for satisfying the
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:fjj 1i i1è Eer iii Vi'iÔ?'i lêàfrethèWts 'of hê i'ajois
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students about the 'P B Diplohia Fhe proposed entry foimahzes the requirements of the
Diloiiñthe'Schoblof bn titii Sèièhëè,aOdnshtës cdnsisteiit applicatioh dfthsë
requirements frothyear'toyeär.
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Dc.'14th, 19
Simon Fraser University.
MEMORANDUM
To:
From.
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kIcI1y. .
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......................................................
Subjeç;
••
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.
Date: ?
My..3Q,.199Q.......................................................
The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee of the School of Computing Science proposes the following
minor change to the calendar description of the undergraduate program in Computing Science:
• The course vector for CMPT 104 is to be changed to include a one hour tutorial each week. Thus,
the last line of the course description for CMPT 104 should be changed
•
• From:
(Lecture/Laboratory)
To: (Lecture/Laboratory/Tutorial)
Rationale
The instructors of CMPT 104 have found through experience that the material in this course cannot be adequately
conveyed entirely through lectures and unsupervised work at terminals on the part of the student. An hourly
tutorial each week appears the most desirable solution.
.
MAY 30 99O
FACULTY OF
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APPLIED
SCIENCE(,'-',
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Revision of the Digital Systems Design Program.
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is
Summary of Changes
In an effort to streamline and render more effective the Digital Systems Design (DSD) program, the
following changes to the program are proposed: three lower division courses, and four upper
division courses are to be deleted from the
requirements
of the program (but not from the total
course offerings of the School of Computing Science). These are to be replaced by two lower
division ENS.0 courses, and one upper division CMPT course. The net result is that seven credit
units will be trimmed from the DSD program. In particular, the following courses are to be
dropped:
PHYS 221-3 Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism
PHYS 233-2 Introductory Physics Laboratory A
MATH 251-3 Calculus III
MAM 300-3 Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata with
Applications
PHYS 326-3 Electronics and Instrumentation
PHYS 331-3 Electronics Laboratory
MPT 405-3 Design and Analysis of Computing Algorithms
The following courses are to be added to the program:
ENSC 125-5 Basic Electronics Engineering
ENSC 222-5 Electronic Design I
CMPT 371-3 Data Communications and Networking
In addition to the deletions and additions described above, the course titles
of CMFF 495
and 496 are to be changed
to
Digital Systems Design and
Specification
Project
and
Digital Systems Implementation Project,
respectively.
Calendar Changes, Official Format
FROM
Lower Division Requirements
Students who plan to undertake the honors program in Digital Systems Design must obtain credit
for the following lower division courses (or equivalents):
CMPT 101-4 Modula 2
105-3 Fundamental Concepts of Computing
201-4 Data and Program Organization
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1
205-3 Introduction to Formal Topics in Computing Science
275-3 Software Engineering
290-3 Introduction to Digital Systems
291-2 Introduction to Digital Circuit Design
MATH 151-3 Calculus I
152-3 Calculus II
232-3 Elementary Linear Algebra
251-3 Calculus III
STAT 270-3 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
PHIL 001-3 Critical Thinking
210-4 Elementary Formal Logic I
PHYS 120-3 Physics I
121-3 ?
Physics II
131-2 General Physics Laboratory B
221-3 Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism
233-2 Introductory Physics Laboratory A
(57 semester hours)
Notes
(as in the calendar)
Upper Division Requirements
For an honors degree in Digital Systems Design, the following requirements must be met.
Depth Requirement
The following courses must be completed.
MPT 300-3 Operating Systems I
390-3 Digital Circuits and Systems
391-3 Microcomputer Hardware Workshop
400-3 Hardware Architecture
402-3 Operating System Software Laboratory
490-3 VLSI Systems Design
495-3 Digital Systems Design and Specification Laboratory I
•
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496-3 Digital Systems Implementation Laboratory
MATH 310-3 Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations
PHYS 326-3 Electronics and Instrumentation
. ?
331-3 Electronics Laboratory (33 semester hours)
2
Breadth Requirement
The following courses must be completed.
MPT 307-3
Data Structures and Algorithms
351-3 Introduction to
Computer Graphics
(or
410-3
Artificial Intelligence Survey)
354-3
File and Database Structures
405-3
Design and Analysis of Computing Algorithms
MAM 300-3
Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata
with Applications
316-3
Numerical Analysis I
(18 semester hours)
(Remainder as given in Calendar.)
TO
Lower Division Requirements
Students who plan to
undertake
the honors program in Digital Systems Design must obtain credit
for-the following lower division courses (or equivalents):
MPT
101-4
Modula
2
105-3
Fundamental Concepts of Computing
201-4
Data and Program Organization
205-3
Introduction to Formal Topics in Computing Science
275-3
Software Engineering
290-3
Introduction to Digital Systems
291-2
Introduction to Digital Circuit Design
MATH
151-3
Calculus I
152-3
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Calculus II
232-3
Elementary Linear Algebra
STAT 270-3 Introduction
to Probability and Statistics
PHIL
001-3
Critical Thinking
210-4
Elementary Formal Logic I
PHYS 120-3
Physics I
121-3 Physics II
131-2
General
Physics
Laboratory B
ENSC.
125-5
Basic Electronics Engineering
7
3
SENSC 222-5 Electronics Design I
(59 semester hours)
Notes
(as in the calendar)
Upper Division Requirements
For an honors degree in Digital Systems Design, the following requirements must be met.
Depth Requirement
The following courses must be completed.
MPT 300-3
371-3
390-3
391-3
400-3
402-3
S ?
490-3
495-3
496-3
Operating Systems I
Data Communications and Networking
Digital Circuits and Systems
Microcomputer Hardware Workshop
Hardware Architecture
Operating System Software Laboratory
VLSI Systems Design
Digital Systems Design and Specification Project
Digital Systems Implementation Project
MATH 310-3 Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations
(30 semester hours)
Breadth Requirement
The following courses must be completed.
MPT 307-3 Data Structures and Algorithms
351-3 Introduction to Computer Graphics
(or 410-3 Artificial Intelligence Survey)
354-3 Database Systems and Structures
(new title already approved)
MACM 316-3 Numerical Analysis I
(12 semester hours)
Credit Hour and Grade Point Requirements
. ?
Additional Computing Science courses must be completed to bring the total upper division credit
hours in CMPTJMACM to at least
50.
Furthermore, a minimum of 60 semester hours of upper
4
division credit and an overall total of 132 semester hours, with a graduation grade point average of
at least 3.00, are required for the Digital Systems Honors Degree.
(Remainder as given in Calendar.)
RATIONALE
The
general
rationale for the foregoing changes is to improve the efficiency with which the requisite
material is conveyed to students in the DSD program. For example, at present, DSD students must
take a total of four Physics courses to obtain the requisite background in electrical theory and
electronics. In the proposed new program, students will be able to obtain the relevant knowledge in
just two ENSC courses. Moreover, these courses concentrate on the particular knowledge which is
relevant to the DSD program as a whole. In addition, experience in the DSD program has shown
that material covered in MATH-251, MACM-300, and CMPT-405 is not truly essential to the
program, and would best be omitted.
Finally, the course titles of CMPT 495 and 496
should
be changed to more accurately reflect the
kind of work
presently
being assigned in these courses. For this reason, we propose the title
changes described above.
Approved
by the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee of the School of Computing Science,
August: 16, 1990.
CMPT 495. - Change title
To:
From:
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Digital
Digital,
Systems
Systems
Design
Design
and
and
Specification
Specification
Project
Laboratory I
CMPT 496 - Changetitle
To:
From:
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Digital
Digital
Systems
Systems Implementation
Implementation
Laboratory
Project
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S. 90 - 54c
School of Engineering Science
Summary of CurriculUm Revisions
SCUS Reference: SCUS 90-21
SCAP Reference: SCAP 90-22
1. ?
Proposed Change to Computer Engineering Option Program Requirements
- change CMPT 401 to CMPT 300
L
.
MEMO
To :
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Faculty of Applied Sciences lindergrad Curriculum Committee
FROM ?
Paul Ho, Chairman, Undcrgrad. Curriculum Committee, ENSC
SUBJECT: Calender Changes 1991-92
Date : ?
April 24, 1990
The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee of the School of Engineering Science
has approved on April 17, 90 the following calender changes. We are now seeking
the approval of the FAS-UCC.
.
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Under Computer Engineering Option, Semester Seven
(pg. 58)
CMPT 401-3 Operating Systems II?
to be changed to ?
CMPT 300-3 Introduction to Operating Systems
Rationale
Starting 1989, the contents of the former CMPT 401 will be taught
in CMPT 300. This change was not noticed by the last year ENSC-UCC.
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disttibuied: 03-16-89
IbOL Ot COMPUTING SCIENCE
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CMFf 401-3 Oeraing
'sehi ?
Suftmr i'989 ?
Insifuctor: Tiko Kaméda
L
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Iñtrbdü'ci.ibn
Bàch, interátive ähd Eeal time processing, ffultipibgiàffrhing äuid mu! ros'sing, virtu1
archiiectürës.
2. ?
ÔithiThg S'th Si":i
Tvës of sëvicës, 1ihking and loading
3 ?
Process S nchronizauon
Pree'denct côn%taints, fOrk-join primitives, c'ritic.1 stioft, sëmaph'ores, mohitors,
produei-ohsuThè prOblem, readefs-'ti lers problem, thessage passing.
4. ?
Multirogrammin
Process de'scrii tor, processxa!aethet, resoüfcè detitôt, resource thanagethent OS itideus,
job ñd process ?
edtiling. riOrides.
5.
Memory Manaènt
titioU a1ld tion (first-lit aiid bëst-fit), agin, FIFO ãhd LRU replacement $l'icis,
segmentation, sharing.
6.
Deadlock Probierris
Deection, l5reventibn, Tecovety.
7.
Protection
Mècharñs ad 'pOlicies, access 'i?iafrix.
PREQUISITES
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'CMPT 201, 05, hd 390 (each
with
athiniftm gtadë of C)
\
ThXBOOK: J. PetersOn aiia A.
:
Sj1bechatz,
Operating Sy't'e Cbhcèpts:
. A1tenate
iti'on,
Adà.isbh
Wesley, 1988.
Projects: Will invblve some p±Ogranithing uier UI.
MARK DISTRIBUTION:
Finl 45%, Midterm 20%, and Projes/Assignie'rits3Ab.
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CNIPT300-3
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to Operating Systems
Instructor: Stella Atkin
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Spring 1990
This course aims to give the student an understanding of what a modern operating system is and the ser-
vices it provides. It also discusses some basic issues in operating systems and provides solutions. Topics
include multiprogramming, process management, memory management, and file systems.
Prerequisites: (2MPT201, CMPT2O5
(1)
Introduction (1 wk.)
History of operating systems, Batch, interactive and real time processing, multiprogramming and
multiprocessing, review of hardware architectures
(2)
Operating System Services (1 wk)
Command language user's view, System call user's view, relocation, loading, linking, input/output
processing
(3)
Process Synchronization (3 wks.)
Processes, critical section, semaphores, producer-consumer problem, monitors, message-passing,
deadlock.
4)
Multiprogramming (1.5 wks.)
Process control block, process status, state transitions, OS nucleus, process management, resource
descriptor, resource management, job and process scheduling, priorities..
(5)
Memory Management (2 wks.)
Contiguous allocation, first-fit and best-fit algorithms, paging, FIFO and LRU replacement policies,
(6)
.
File Systems (1.5 wks.)
file
Logical file operations, access methods, allocation methods, directory systems, physical
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systems.
(7)
Case Studies (2 wks.)
Unix, MS DOS, VMS
Course Textbook:
(1) L. Bic and A.C. Shaw, "The Logical Design of Operating Systems," 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall,
1988.
References ?
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(1)
A. Tanenbaum, "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation," Prentice-Hall, 1987.
(2)
J. Peterson and A. Silberschatz, "Operating System Concepts", Alternate Edition, Addison-Wesley,
1988.
(3)
N. Horspool, "C Programming in the Berkeley UNIX Environment", Prentice-Hall, .1986.
(4)
UNIX for Beginners, in UNIX Manual.
Mark Distribution:
Final 30%, Midterm 25%, Projects/Assignments 45%.
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMO
To: ?
Bob Hadley, Chairman
Undergrad Program, Computing Scie? Dept.
From: ?
Paul Ho, Chairman
Undergrad Program, Engineering Science
Date: ?
April 3, 1990
Subject: ?
CMPT 300 and CM-PT 401
By comparing the 1988-89 and the 1989-90 calendars with the, attached material, it came to my
understanding that the new CMPT 300 is equivalent to the old CMPT 401 and the current CMPT
401 is now a more advanced course in Operating Systems. Unfortunately, these changes to your
curriculum were not observed by our previous Chairman of the Undergrad Committee, and we
are still requesting students in our computer engineering option, to take CMPT 401.
If you can confirm the curriculum changes I mention above,, we ME make
a,
change to our
curriculum, making CMPT 300 instead of CMPT 401 a required course for our computer
engineering option.
C)
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S.90-54d
School of Kinesiology
Summary
of
Curriculum
Revisions
SCUS Reference: SCUS 90-2
SCAP Reference: SOAP 90-23
1.
Proposed New Course - KIN 431-3
2.
Proposed Description Changes to Major Program
3.
Proposed Description Changes to Honors Program
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SENATE CO21TTEE CNUJERCFDUATE STUDIES
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NEW COURSE F CPOSAL FOF
j. CalendEr infor.aton
Abbreviation
Code:KIN
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Course Number: ?
431
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Credit Hours:3
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Vector: (3-0
Title of Course:
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Environmental Carcinogenesis
Calendar Description of Course:
An introduction to core concepts in the field of environmental carcino-
genesis. Emphasis will be on the complex interactions of lifestyle
factors, carcinogen exposure, genetic susceptibility and dietary
habits as determinants of cancer risk. Classwork will include
discussions of new techniques to monitor exposure to environmental
carcinogens and of i'egulatory aspects of governmental agencies towards
a g
ents as well as approaches being used by such agencies
in risk assessment.
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
At least 90 semester hours of credit.
hot ccurse (courses) , if any, is being dropped frorn the calendar if this course is
approves:
None
2. Scheduling
Ho frecuently i1l the course be offered?
1 time per year.
Sees-,Er -in which the course will first be offered?
Course has been offered
Which
successfully
of your present
on two
facu1ty
ijreviou
ou1d
occasions
be ava.iao1e
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to
to ae
attache
tne prcposed
d
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or:erng
- -
possible?
Dr.. M.P. Rosin
Obctives of the Coarse
To Provide the student with a basic understandi
p ;
o-F te h.olcjc.l
changes occurring in a tissue duringthe development of cancer at a
molecular, a. cellular and a histological level. The student will be
introduced to current literature on factors interacting to produce such
cancerous changes. In addition, the student will learn how to critically
evaluate articles in the area of carcinogenesis in newspapers, magazlnes
Budgetar
y and 5cc ecuireenzs (for information only)
and scientific journals.
what aditional resources i1l he required in the f011c
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Faculty
Staff ?
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1 TA for tutorial
Library ?
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Reference books and reprints will be put on short-term loan as in previous Year!
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Visual -
Overhead projector, occasional use of slide projector
- Classroom only
Equipncnt -. None
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KINESIOLOGY 431
ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS
Dr. M.P. Rosin
Office: K9633
This class has been taught as "K420-3, Selected Topics in
Kinesiology I" on two previous occasions: in 88-1 (enrollment 32
students) a.-d in 89-2 (enrollment 39 students).
TEXT (reauired)
Tannock, 1. -
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and Hill, R.P. (1987) "The Basic Science of
Oncology". ?ergamon Press
GRADE:
Assignment 1
20%
Assignment 2
15%
Mid-term
25%
Final
40%
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TOPICS COVERED:
A multi-factorial approach to cancer studies
Epidemiological Concepts
Clinical and histological classification and staging
Cancer as a multi-stage phenomena
Initiation events
Chemical classification of carcinogens/ mechanism of
Oncogenes:
p
ossible- genotoxic targets for alterations
production of a pre-malignant cell
Activation cf oncogenes
DNA repair methanisrns in humans
Identification of tumor promoters in humans
Tumor promoters, protein kinases, growth factors, and
expression
Chromosomal chahges and tumor development
Genetic prEdipos j
ti'ofl
to cancer
Occupational factors as contributors to cancer risk
Vir1 infectIons are they risk factors for specific
cancer?
Dietary factors associated with increased cancer risk
Antirnutagens, anticarcinogens in the diet
of cancer
activation
involved in
gene
types of
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Monitoring te environment for genotoxic agents: short-term
assays
The relevance of animal studies as markers for human risk: risk
analysis
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New markers for quantifying carcinogen exposure and cancer risk
in humans
Designing eidernio1ogical Studies to identify risk factors
Regulatory oroce;sses in Canada
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EXAMPLES OF CLASS
ASSIGNMENTS
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Ass:cnment 1
Chose a recent controversial article on carcinogenesis in a
non-scientific journal or newspaper. The article must have been
published after Dec.l, 1989. Write a scientific critique on this
article, well-referenced from scientific journals. The critique
must encompass not more than 10 typed pages, double-spaced. This
page limitation does not include the list of references, which
must be appended to this critique in complete form (scientific
journal format)
Deadline for choice of article for this assignment is June
15. The article must be shown to the tutor and its' choice
approved by this date. The article itself is due, in the tutor's
hands, by 2 P.M. July 6. No excuse for a late paper will be
acceDted.
This assignment is worth 20% of the final grade for this
class.
Assicnment 2
This assignment is to be performed as a group project. Each
student will be randomly assigned to a group. The group will
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choose a topic in the area of environmental carcinogenesis,
research it thorough1y,and present their findings orally to the
class.
The objectives of this assignment are 1) to encourage group
interaction in debating conterversial areas and 2) to develop
presentation skills. The assignment will be graded on the extent
to which the topic was well-researched by the group, the
inte
g
ration of information, and the presentation. Students
should strive to make the presentation clear,
conci,
nd
interesting.
Examples of topics used in previous years are:
- Pesticides in food
- Radon gas
- An overview of treatment procedure
.
s used against
cancer
- Sun parlors - do they pose a cancer risk
- Alcohol - a co-carcinogen?
- Chernobyl
This assignment represents 15% of the final grade.
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PROPOSED PROGRAM DESCRIPTION CHANGES: SCHOOL OF KINESIOLOGY
a) Changes to Major Program:
The proposed regulations
UNDERLINED
below are to be inserted
as
the
l.t paiágraph under the heading
"Major Program";
Major Program
At the completion of
15-30
credit hours but prior to the completion of the 60th
credit hour, students are encouraged to seek approval for entry to a major in
Kinesiology. All courses listed as required for the major must be completed at
a grade of C- or higher.
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b)
Changes to Honors Program:
The. proposed
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.'equiren,ent . s
UNDERLINED'
below are to5 be inserted after
the 1st sentence under the heading
Honors Program":,
Honors Program
An honors pog.ram (requiring 132 semester hours for
graduation) is available to students toward the end. of
their fourth level. Of these 132 credit hours for
g
raduation, 72 credits must be upper levels (with a minimum
of 54 in Kinesiology).
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
Dr. Parveen Bawa
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FROM:
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Sharon Thomas, Head,
SciencesFaculty ?
of Applied
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Office
Collections Management
SUBJECT:
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New Course Proposal:
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DATE:
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September 18, 1990
Kinesiology
Kinesiology 431 presented no problems for the Library as a
special topics offering and should not cause any particular
difficulties as a permanent course.
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