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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
To:
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Senate
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From:
L. Salter
Chair, SCAP
Subject:
Department of Chemistry -
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Date:
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November 9, 1989
Curriculum revisions
Reference: SCUS 89-47
SCAP 89-51
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning/Senate Committee on
Undergraduate Studies gives rise to the following motion:
Motion:
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of Governors
as set forth in S.89-66 the proposed changes to the lower division course
offerings including
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New courses
Deletion of
CHEM 150 -3 ?
Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 155- 2 ?
Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 250 - 3 ?
Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 255 - 2
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Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM 104 - 3
General Chemistry I for Life Sciences
CHEM 251 - 3
Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 252 - 3
Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 256 - 2
Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 356 - 2
Organic Chemistry Laboratory II"
For Information:
Change of title and prerequisite.
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SIMON
FRASER UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
In an attempt to revitalize the early part of our undergraduate program, it
is proposed to base the two semester organic chemistry sequence upon a
single first year General Chemistry course rather than upon two as is the
case in the present scheme. This sort of arrangement is presently in
operation in some Canadian universities and it was suggested in the report
of the most recent Departmental Review Committee.
The Present Program
The present prerequisite structure for a typical first two years of the
program is outlined in Figure 1. If two courses are joined by a line, the
lower one must be passed before the upper is taken.
Figure 1.
SEMESTER
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CHEM 251 + 256 ?
l CHEM 2181ICHEM 26l
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CHEM 103/5 + 118/9
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CHEM 102/4 + 115
The first semester lecture course deals mainly with the properties of gases
liquids and solutions and with ideas of atomic structure, chemical bonding
and with basic ideas about molecular geometry. This material is not dealt
with in the high school curriculum.
The second semester course is a review, at an admittedly higher level, of
the concepts developed in the Grade 12 chemistry course. This means that the
students have difficulty maintaining an interest in the material that they
feel is quite familiar. They would be stimulated by something new.
Normally, only with a grade of B or better can CHEM 105 and CHEM 118 serve
as prerequisites for CHEM 218, CHEM 232 and CHEM 261.
Protosed Changes to the Lower Division Course Offerings
The organic and the inorganic chemists agree that CHEM 232 and CHEM 251
could be offered with a prerequisite of one course emphasizing atomic and
molecular structure. In other provinces, it has proven possible to offer
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Organic Chemistry in the first semester but the "novel" B.C. High School
curriculum does not include the treatment of atomic and molecular structure
which is necessarily required for the development of organic chemistry.
UBC has increased the amount of organic in their first year program. Our
information is that it now amounts to about 25% of the course. In any case,
their first year courses are still taught by physical, organic and inorganic
chemists with the attendant differences in emphasis.
It is proposed to offer the first semester of Organic Chemistry in the
second semester of the program with the only prerequisite being CHEM 102
plus CHEM 115. This course, CHEM 150, would have a scope similar to that of
the present CHEM 251 and would be accompanied by a lab course, CHEM 155,
similar to the present CHEM 256.
The second semester of organic chemistry, CHEM 250, would have the scope of
the present CHEM 252 and and would be accompanied by a lab, CHEM 255,
similar to the present CHEM 356. CHEM 356 has for the past decade or so
developed to augment CHEN 252 and so the lab to accompany CHEM 250 should
have a 200 division name.
These courses would be presented by the organic chemists.
The second semester of general chemistry would be streamed and the present
courses, CHEM 103 + CHEM 119 or CHEM 105 + CHEM 118 would continue to serve
as prerequisites for the CHEM 218 and CHEM 261, again with the requirement
of a grade of B or better in the case of CHEM 105.
A diagram of the prerequisite structure would then look like that shown in
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
CHEM 2321
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CHEM 250 + 255
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ICHEM 2181 ICHEM 261
CHEM 150 + 155
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CHEM 103 + 119
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CHEM 105 + 118
CHEM 102 + 115
CHEM 12 or CHEM 101 + 106
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Details
1.
CHEM 101 could be reconstructed to more closely reflect the content of
the high school curriculum. It should contain stoichiometry, some acid-base
chemistry but no atomic and molecular structure. There will be little
stoichiometry in CHEM 102 and the acid-base chemistry upon which the organic
courses will be based will be that presented in the high school curriculum.
Thus, students who have difficulty in CHEM 102 should be identified very
early and encouraged to transfer to CHEM 101.
2.
CHEM 102 would be essentially all new material as far as the students are
concerned. It would consist of the gas laws followed by the development of
theories of nuclear, atomic and molecular structure to serve as a basis for
the organic and inorganic chemistry
3.
There would continue to be considerable difference between CHEM 105 and
CHEM 103 and between their associated labs, CHEM 118 and CHEM 119. CHEM 103
would be for CHEM and BICH students and would be intended to prepare for the
second year courses' in those programs, i.e., CHEM 218, CHEM 261, and CHEM
232.
There would be little need for repetition of the CHEM 103 material in the
following courses. 'CHEM 103 would be at least a second semester course and
more likely a third semester one and students would be taking MATH 152 at
least concurrently. The treatment of the First Law of Thermodynamics could
be rigorous and repetition in CHEM 261 would not be necessary.
CHEM 105, on the other hand would be a terminal CHEM course for BISC and
KINES students. Its form and function would not change markedly from what it
is now.
Possible Program Sequences
The organic courses are not prerequisite to CHEM 103 and CHEM 105 and so
these latter courses and the organic courses could be taken simultaneously
by particularly adventurous students. The general tendency will be to take
them in the "proper" order since most students will choose to postpone the
more quantitative course to the fourth semester.
CHEM 105 is not a prerequisite for CHEM 150 and so if life sciences students
choose to take only one of the organic courses, they can take CHEM 105 in
the third semester.
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4.
A COOP student could complete CHEM 218, as is presently the case, in
the second year, i.e., before his second work term. A schedule which would
accomplish this might, neglecting CHEM 232 and CHEM 261, look like that
shown in Figure 3.
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Figure 3
SEMESTER
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CHEM 250 + 255
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CHEM 103/5 + 118/9
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CHEM 150 + 155
1CHEM1O2+ll5
or, for the very brash, Figure 4.
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Figure 4
SEMESTER
CHEM 250 + 255
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CHEM 218
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CHEM 150 + 155
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CHEM 103/5 + 118/9
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CHEM1O2+ 115
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or, for the very timid, Figure 5.
Figure 5
SEMESTER
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CHEM 103/5 + 118/9
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CHEM 250 + 255
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CHEM 150 + 155
1CHEM1O2+115
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or, presumably, some adventurous soul could take CHEM 103 + CHEM 119 before
CHEM 150 + CHEM 155 which is the present scheme.
Advantages of the Changes
1.
Students would be taking completely new material for the first three
semesters of their university programs. There would be none of the "but-
we've-done-all-this" syndrome.
2.
Students are presented with organic chemistry which they seem to like
early in their careers and confront the more quantitative stuff later after
they have had more MATH and PHYS courses.
3.
Streaming still takes place but, most commonly, only after students have
taken all the courses that are common to both streams, a far more sensible
arrangement than our present one in which students are streamed for two
semesters and then come together again at least in the first organic course.
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SFU MEMORANDUM
Date:
23 June 1989
To: ?
Alden Sherwood, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
From: Glen Tibbits
Kinesiology, Xrepresentative
UBC Medical School Admissions Selection Committee
Re: ?
SFU Chemistry course revisions
This memo serves to document our telephone conversations concerning the impact of the
proposed revisions of the Chemistry course curriculum on the entrance requirements for
UBC Medical School. As you know, I have given the outline of the proposed changes to Dr.
J. Carter, Associate Dean of Admissions, who serves as chairman of the Medical School
Admissions Selection Committee as well as on the Admissions Policy Committee. Dr. Carter
informed me in May that he had brought the outline of the changes to the Admissions
Policy Committee and they had informally been approved. It is not known when the
"official" approval will be forwarded to SFU. While it is a little disconcerting that this
approval is not in writing at this time, we have every indication that you can go ahead
without the changes impacting the acceptability of students at SFU for admission into UBC
Medical School.
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Change of Title and Prerequisites
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1.
Calendar Information
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Department: _CHEMISTRY
Abbreviation Code: _CHEM Course Number: _102 Credit Hours:
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Vector:(3-1-0)
Title of Course: General Chemistry I
Calendar Description of Course:
- No change -
Nature of Course:
Prerequisites (or special instructions)
B.C.High School Chemistry 12 or CHEM 101-3. CHEM 115 and MATH 151 or MATH 154
should be taken concurrently. Students may not take both CHEM 102 and
CHEM 104 for credit.
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this
course is approved? CHEM 104-3
2.
Scheduling
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How frequently will the course be offered? No change
Semester in which the course will first be offered:
Which of the present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? No change
3.
Objectives of the Course
- no change -
4.
Budgetary and Space Re
q
uirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas?
Faculty
Staff
Library
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
5. Approval
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Date:
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Department Chairman
Dean ?
Chairman, SCUS
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1.
Calendar Information ?
Department:CHEMISTRY
Abbreviation Code: _CHEM Course Number: _150 Credit Hours:.i.. Vector: (3-1-0)
Title of Course: Organic Chemistr
y I
Calendar Description of Course:
General physical and chemical properties of simple aliphatic compounds
including hydrocarbons, alkyl halides, alcohols, ethers, carboxyllic acids,
aldehydes and ketones. Consideration of free radical and ionic mechanisms
Nature of Course:
Prerequisites (or special instructions)
CHEM 102, CHEM 155 should be taken concurrently
Students may not count both CHEM 150 and CHEM 251 for credit
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this
course is approved?
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CHEM 251-3
2. Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered? Once per semester
Semester in which the course will first be offered: 90-3
Which of the present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? K. Slessor, E. Kiehlmann, A. Unrau, M. Pinto
3. Objectives of the Course
This course provides a basis for the development of organic chemistry for
students majoring in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences,
Kinesiology and also for those preparing for various professional programs.
It replaces CHEM 251 in these programs and differs very little from CHEM 251
in scope and level but requires only CHEM 102 as prerequisite whereas the
present CHEM 251 requires CHEM 102 (or 104) and CHEM 103 (or 105).
4. Budgetary and SDace Reauirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas?
Faculty
none
Staff
none
Library
none
Audio Visual
none
Space
none
Equipment
none
5. Avroval
Date: ?
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Department airman ?
Dean
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Chairman, SCUS
 
Date:
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Dean
5. Approval
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Chairman, SCUS
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1. Calendar Information
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Department: CHEMISTRY
Abbreviation Code: CHEM Course Number:155 Credit Hours:j
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Vector:(0-0-4)
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Title of Course: Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
Calendar Description of Course:,
Laboratory preparation and characterization of simple organic compounds
Nature of Course:
Prerequisites (or special instructions)
Prerequisite - CHEM 115
Corequisite - CHEM 150 must preceed or be taken concurrently
Students may not take both CHEM 155 and CHEM 256 for credit
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this
course is approved?
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CHEM 256-2
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered? Once per semester
Semester in which the course will first be offered: 90-3
Which of the present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? S. Black, K. Slessor, E. Kiehlmann, A. Unrau, M. Pinto
3.
Objectives of the Course
This course begins the development of laboratory techniques in organic
chemistry and serves to support the concepts introduced in CHEM 150. It
differs very little from CHEM 256 and might be regarded as a change of number
to indicate a transfer of the course from the second to the first year.
4.
Budgetary and S
p ace Re
q
uirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas?
Faculty
none
Staff
none
Library
none
Audio Visual
none
Space
none
Equipment
none
 
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES ?
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1.
Calendar Information ?
Department:CHEMISTRY
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Abbreviation Code:CHEM Course Number: _250 Credit Hours: 3 Vector:(3-1-0)
Title of Course: Organic Chemistry II
Calendar Description of Course:
Discussion of aromatic compounds, polyfunctional compounds and complex
organic reactions; simple spectroscopy
Nature of Course:
Prerequisites (or special instructions)
CHEM 150, CHEM 255 should be taken concurrently
Students may not count both CHEM 250 and CHEM 252 for credit
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this
course is approved?
?
CHEM 252-3
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered? Once per semester
Semester in which the course will first be offered: 91-1
Which of the present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? K. Slessor, E. Kiehlniann, A. Unrau, M. Pinto
3.
Objectives of the Course
This continues the development of organic chemistry for students majoring in
Chemistry and Biochemistry and serves as a useful option for students
majoring in the Biological Sciences, Kinesiology and also for those preparing
for various professional programs.
It replaces CHEM 252 and differs very little from CHEM 252 in scope and level
4. Budgetary and S
p ace Re q uirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas?
Faculty
none
Staff
none
Library
none
Audio Visual
none
Space
none
Equipment
none
5. Approval ?
Date:
Department airman
Dean
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Chairman, SCUS
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES ?
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
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1. Calendar Information ?
Department:CHEMISTRY
Abbreviation Code:CHEM Course Number: _255 Credit Hours: 2 Vector: (0-0-4)
Title of Cours: Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
Calendar Description of Course:
The use of modern laboratory techniques in organic chemistry,
Nature of Course:
Prerequisites (or special instructions)
Prerequisite'
- CHEM 155
Corequisite - CHEM 250 must preceed or be taken concurrently
Students may not take both CHEM 255 and CHEM 356 for credit
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this
course is apprdved? ?
CHEM 356-2
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered? Once per semester
Semester in which the course will first be offered: 91-1
Which of the present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? S. Black, K. Slessor, E. Kiehlmann, A. Unrau, M. Pinto
3.
Objectives of the Course
This course continues the development of laboratory techniques in organic
chemistry and serves to support the concepts introduced in CHEM 250. It
is similar to C1-IEM 356 in scope and level but the change in number is
intended to emphasize that the course should be taken at the second year with
CHEM 252.
4.
Budgetary and Sace Re
q
uirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas?
Faculty
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none
Staff
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none
Library ?
none
Audio Visual none
Space
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none
Equipment ?
none
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