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S.88.74

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

To: ?

From:

Subject:

Proposed Joint Major in

Date: ?

November 17, 1988

Business Administration and

Political Science

Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning/Senate Committee

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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.88-74 the proposal for a Joint Major in Business Administration

and Political Science.

Memorandum ?

Simon Fraser University

Faculty of Business Administration

To:

W. R. Heath, Secretary

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies

From: ?

William C. Wedley, Acting Dean

Faculty of Business Administration

Subject: ?

Joint Major in Business Administration and Political Science

Date:

October 28, 1988

The Faculty of Business Administration and its Undergraduate Curriculum

Committee have examined and approved the attached Political Science

Department proposal for the Joint Major in Business Administration and

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Political Science, as approved by the Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee at

its October 27th meeting.

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Office of the Dean

MEMORANDUM

The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee, at its meeting of October 27, 1988,

approved the proposal for a Joint Major in Business Administration and Political

Science.

Calendar Entry 

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JOINT MAJOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND POLITICAL SCIENCE 

Students wishing to pursue this program must discuss these plans with 

the appropriate advisors. 

Lower Division Course Requirements 

Students must take a minimum of 15 credit hours in at least three 

fields of Political Science, including POL 151-3 and POL 251-3, and 

must qualify for admission to the Faculty of Business Administration. 

Students must also satisfy the Faculty of Arts requirements if they 

elect to take their degree in the Faculty of Arts, or the Faculty of 

Business Administration requirements if they elect to take their 

degree in that Faculty. 

Upper Division Course Requirements 

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_BUS 307-3 

or

ECON 301-5 

_BUS 312-4 

_BUS 343-3 

_BUS 328-3 

or

BUS 252-3 

BUS 324-3 

_BUS 336-4 

BUS 372-3 

or

BUS 374-3 

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_BUEC 333-3 

BUS 478-3 

_BUEC 497-5 

_one 300 or 

Managerial Economics 

Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 

Business Finance 

Introduction to Marketing 

Accounting for Management 

Financial Accounting II and 

Managerial Accounting I 

Management Science 

Micro Perspectives on Organization 

Macro Perspectives on Organization 

Elementary Economic and Business Statistics II 

Seminar in Administrative Policy 

Public Policy Environment of Business 

400-division course in the Policy Analysis area of 

concentration 

Political Science 

_24 hours of Political Science upper division courses from at least 

three fields, including a minimum of 9 credit hours (3 courses) in 

Field E, Public Policy/Administration and Local Government. 

For further information see the Political Science departmental 

advisor and/or the Coordinator of the Undergraduate Program in the 

Faculty of Business Administration. 

A Proposal for a new Joint Major in Business and Political Science 

Rationale 

Any student interested in public sector management/public policy 

analysis and business-government relations has the option of pursuing 

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a double major in 'Political Science and Business Administration. 

However, the two majors require a student to satisfy all requirements 

for a major in each department/faculty. Given the interrelationships 

between the subject matter taught in certain Political Science and 

Business courses however, the two majors unnecessarily duplicate the 

requirements imposed on interested students. On grounds of 

efficiency, it seems worthwhile to permit a joint major. The joint 

major would eliminate some requirements of the Faculty of Business 

Administration and the Department of Political Science and permit the 

student to concentrate on disciplinary studies. The Political Science 

requirements of the proposed joint major are also consistent with 

other joint programs of Political Science and other disciplines and 

will ensure appropriate breadth requirements in the Political Science, 

discipline. It is expected that the number of students involved in 

the program would be small but it would have particular application to 

those interested in Business and Government. A student having this 

proposed joint major would probably have better employment 

opportunities in public sector and business settings requiring a 

• background in Politics and Government than would a student having only 

a B.B.A. or a B.A. in Political Science. 