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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Senate
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FROM R. Saunders, Chair
Senate Committee on
Academic Planning
SUBJECT: Fraser Valley College/Simon
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DATE: June 29, 1989
Fraser University - Memorandum
of Understanding
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning at its
meeting of June 21, 1989 gives rise to the following motion:
MOTION: "that Senate approve and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors, as set forth in S.89-28 the
Memorandum of Understanding between Fraser
Valley College and Simon Fraser University, dated
April 4, 1989, as amended by an Amending
Agreement, dated June 29, 1989, which agreement,
as amended, is hereafter called the Memorandum of
Understanding"
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George Ivany
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Vice-President, Academic Office
Simon Fraser University
To: SCAP, Senate
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From:
J.W. George lvany
Vice-President, Academic
Re:
Fraser Valley College
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Date:
April 18, 1989
Memorandum of Understanding
The attached agreement has been drawn up and signed between Fraser
Valley College and Simon Fraser University and would take effect contingent
upon Senate approval.
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-William G. Saywersident
Simon Fraser University
Memorandum of Understanding
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FRASER VALLEY VALLEY COLLEGE and
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
This memorandum of understanding constitutes an agreement between
Simon Fraser University and Fraser Valley College. The participating unit at
Simon Fraser University is the Department of Communication in the Faculty
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of
Applied Sciences.
This agreement follows upon a memorandum. of cooperation between
Simon Fraser University and Fraser Valley College on January 6, 1989, and it
provides the means for its implementation by drawing upon the resources at
both institutions.
Simon Fraser University and Fraser Valley College will seek resources to
offer a college transfer program in Communication at Fraser Valley College
beginning in September 1989. The program will permit Simon Fraser to
manage its enrolment pressures in the rapidly growing field of Communication,
ensuring that both the accessibility and the quality of the Communication
program are maintained. It will permit Fraser Valley College to admit students
to a college transfer program in Communication, guaranteeing successful
graduands of that program admission to the upper level courses and the Major
Program in Communication at Simon Fraser University, subject to their regular
admission to the University.
Detailed planning with respect to the curriculum of the college transfer
program and resources is contained in the attached proposal.
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AMENDING AGREEMENT
JUNE 29, 1989
AMENDING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
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DATED APRIL 4, 1989, BETWEEN
FRASER VALLEY COLLEGE AND SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Changes to this agreement may be made by mutual consent
between both institutions at any time. The institutions will review
the agreement annually and if Simon Fraser University wishes to cap
enrolment, Fraser Valley College students already in the College
Communication program will be protected from such new enrolment
restrictions.
In the event that either institution wishes to make unilateral
changes to the agreement, at least 12 months' notice will be given to
the other institution.
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Peter Jones, President
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William G. Saywell, President
Fraser Valley College
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Simon Fraser University
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Proposal for the Introduction of a Communication College Transfer Program -
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Simon Fraser University and Fraser Valley College
March IS, 1989
Background:
For several years, the Department of Communication at Simon Fraser University has been
experiencing significant pressures as a result of increasing enrolments.
In
a
period of four years,
the number of enroirnents has doubled, and the number of Majors in Communication has increased
by almost the same amount. During this period, the level of resources available to the Department
of Cornmmunication at Simon Fraser has remained constant
In response to these pressures, the Department of Communication has decided to embark
upon a
strategy of enrolment management, involving enrolment restrictions if necessary. These
measures are necessary because the Department can expect further increases in enrolment.
Communication is one of the fastest growing fields of study in North America. As well, the
Department of Communication wishes to protect the quality of its research and teaching programs,
which have recently been commended by a panel of reviewers. The Department has concluded that
growth can not be sustained at the expense of quality.
It is for this reason that the Department of Communication at Simon Fraser has welcomed
discussions with Fraser Valley College about the possibility of a college transfer program in
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Communication. A college transfer program offers a desirable method of managing enrolment and
ensures that both quality and accessibility can be maintained in the field of Communication.
The
Proposal:
It is proposed that Fraser Valley College offer a two year academic college transfer program
for students wishing to complete a
Major in Communication at Simon Fraser University.
Admission to the college transfer program, and successful completion of its requirements would
guarantee admission to the Major program in Communication at Simon Fraser.
As part of the college transfer program, seven lower level courses in Communication would
be offered at Fraser Valley College, and suitable electives within the academic program at the
College would be identified. Admission standards to the college transfer program would be
compatible with successful completion of the lower level Communication Major requirements, and
continuance standards at the two institutions would be identical.
The Department of Communication at Simon Fraser would undertake to admit all successful
graduands of the college transfer program into the upper levels courses and the Major program in
Communication at Simon Fraser subject to their regular admission to the University. Resources at
Simon Fraser would be directed towards ensuring that the necessary courses and facilities were
available for these transfer students in addition to students at Simon Fraser admitted to the major
Program in Communication.
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The Curriculum:
After
discussions between the participating units, a curriculum suitable for the college
transfer program has been developed. This curriculum draws upon the existing resources at both
institutions.
• Seven courses would be offered at Fraser Valley College comprising a portion of the lower
level courses offered at Simon Fraser sufficient to ensure that students can meet the lower level
requirements for a Major in Communication. Six of these courses directly parallel courses at
Simon Fraser, and the seventh draws upon the special expertise of Fraser Valley faculty.
The introduction of these courses, and the college transfer program at Fraser Valley College
does
not foreclose the possibility that a small number of upper level courses in Communication will
be made available in the Fraser Valley through arrangements between the two institutions at some
future date.
The Partnership:
Fraser Valley College is the only institution at which a college transfer program in
Communication is envisaged at this time.
Fraser Valley College offers considerable faculty resources suitable for a college transfer
program in Communication, both throu
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h its academic departments and through its current careers
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program in Communication. A number of these faculty have obtained their graduate degrees, or
taken courses in Communication at Simon Fraser University, and thus are familiar with its teaching
program. Fraser Valley also shares
with
Simon Fraser the catchment area which is likely to
produce the greatest enrolment increases in the foreseeable future.
The Department of Communication at Simon Fraser is the only such program offered in
British Columbia. It has been-in operation since 1975, and has a well established undergraduate
program. Two graduate degrees are offered -_ MA and PhD -- ensuring a supply of teaching
resources. In 1987, a Communication Co-op program was introduced, to permit students to
combine work and study experiences.
It is
expected that students from the college transfer program
will participate in the Co-op program
at
some future date, pending an agreement about the
administration of the program.
Resources:
Attached to this proposal is the submission of Fraser Valley College
with
respect to the
college transfer program in Communication. In this proposal, the resources necessary to develop
the college transfer program at Fraser Valley College are indicated.
At Simon Fraser, existence of the college transfer program will permit reduction in
undergraduate lower level enrolments to a more manageable level, consistent with the goals laid out
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Additional resources to support the upper level offerings at Simon Fraser will be required, in
order to ensure that the requirements of the college transfer students can be met in addition to the on
going needs of the Department. These resources are as follows:
Capita) Installation (short term):
Technical Additions to the Communicational
insuctional laboratories (CMNS 302, 315, and 321)
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30,000.00
Additional Capital Equipment (C!<S 353,
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30,000.00
Faculty and Operating (long term)
Laboratory Instructor
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25,000.00
CFL Faculty position
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35,000.00
Additions to Operating Budget (e.g. equipment
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5,000.00
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