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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
To:
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Senate
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From:
L. Salter
Chair, SCAP
Subject: ?
Facult' of Arts-
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Date: ?
November 9, 1989
Joint Honors Program
Reference: scus 89-37
SCAP 89-46
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning/Senate Committee on
Undergraduate Studies gives rise to the following motion:
Motion:
"That Senat6 approve and recommend approval to the Board of Governors
as set forth in S.89-61 the proposed guidelines for a Joint Honors Degree
in the Faculty of Arts."
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The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee has approved the addition of a
Joint Honors Program as an option for students completing the degree
Bachelor of Arts in the Faculty of Arts. A new section outlining the
requirements would be included under the Bachelor of Arts degree
information in the Calendar.
Joint Honors Program Requirements
At least 132 semester hours of credit which include
-. at least
65
semester hours in Arts subjects
- at least
60
semester hours in upper division courses which must: include
at least 28 semester hours in upper division courses in each of the two
honors subjects*
- lower division prerequisites for at least one Arts honors program
- satisfaction of the Faculty of Arts Breadth Requirements (see below)
- satisfactory completion of an honors essay jointly supervised by and
acceptable to both honors departments.
Students are required to maintain a GPA of 10 in the upper division
courses in each of the subjects of the Joint Honors Program.
* A department may designate up to 12 semester hours of program related
upper division courses offered by other departments as being acceptable
in fulfilling part of this requirement.
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
TO:
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R.B. Brown ?
FROM: Sheila Roberts
Dean ?
Dean of Arts Office
RE:
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Joint Honours - Arts
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DATE: November 8, 1989
The proposal before SCAP regarding Joint Honours programmes
in the Faculty of Arts has no attached rationale. Please
distribute this at the meeting to support the proposal.
The rationale for proposing general regulations for Joint
Honours in the Faculty of Arts is twofold. First, we have
received
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a proposal to establish Joint Honours programmes
with one of our interdisciplinary programmes and several
departments. in Arts. As this is a small programme it seemed
more reasonable to establish General Guidelines so any
student who wished to pursue Joint Honours would be covered
by one set of regulations. It also seemed desirable to have
a minimum set of requirements that all such programmes must
meet. Secondly, from time to time, we have brilliant
students who wish to pursue an interdisciplinary graduate
programme, and wish to prepare for this by completing
honours work in more than one discipline. At the moment,
the only option open to such people is double honours, which
requires at least a hundred Upper Division hours and takes
upwards of a hundred sixty hours to complete. The Faculty
approved guidelines for Joint Honours in the late seventies,
and forwarded them to the Registrar, who did not wish to
pursue the paper until the University set up some general
guidelines. This unfortunately never occurred.
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
TO: ?
R.B. Brown ?
FROM: Sheila Roberts
Dean
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Dean of Arts Office
RE: ?
Joint Honours - Arts
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DATE: November 8, 1989
The proposal befpre SCAP regarding Joint Honours programmes
in the Faculty
of
Arts has no attached rationale. Please
distribute this at the meeting to support the proposal.
The rationale for- proposing general regulations for Joint
Honours in the Faculty of Arts is twofold. First, we have
received a proposal to establish Joint Honours programmes
with one of our interdisciplinary programmes and several
departments in Arts. As this is a small programme it seemed----
more reasonable to establish General Guidelines so any
student who wished to pursue Joint Honours would be covered
by one set of reulations. It also seemed desirable to have
a minimum set of requirements that all such programmes must
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meet. Secondly, from time to time, we have brilliant
students who wish to pursue an interdisciplinary graduate
programme, and wish to prepare for this by completing
honours work in more than one discipline. At the moment,
the only option open to such people is double honours, which
requires at least a hundred Upper Division hours and takes
upwards of a hundred sixty hours to complete. The Faculty
approved guidelines for Joint Honours in the late seventies,
and forwarded them to the Registrar, who did not wish to
pursue the paperuntil the University set up some general
guidelines. This unfortunately never occurred.
