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MEMORANDUM

TO:

SENATE

FROM: N.

HEATH

SECRETARY

S.U.A.B.

SUBJECT:

TRANSFER CREDIT FOR

DATE:

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BACHELOR OF APPLIED

SCIENCE

Action undertaken by the Senate Undergraduate Admissions Board,

at its meeting on March 26, 1987, gives rise to the following motion:

MOTION: "That Senate approve, as set out in S.87-20,

that students in the B.A.Sc. program be

permitted to transfer a further 20 semester

hours of credit in Engineering Science in

addition to the normal limit of 60 semester

hours of course credit"

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Memorandum

To: Senate

Subject: Transfer Credit for

SUAB approved the following motion at its meeting of March 26, 1987:

THAT

SUAB

RECOMMEND TO SENATE THAT STUDENTS IN THE

BASc

PROGRAM BE PERMITTED TO TRANSFER A FURTHER 20 SEMESTER HOURS

OF CREDIT IN ENGINEERING SCIENCE IN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL LIMIT

OF 60 SEMESTER HOURS OF COURSE CREDIT.

Rationale:

In each degree program of the University,Senate has limited the total

The current limits are:

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B.A., B.Sc., B.A. (Hons), B.Sc. (Hons)

B.Sc. Kin., B.Sc. Kin. (Hons)

B.Ed.

60 semester

hours including

P.D.P. (otherwise

60 semester

90 semester

hours

Except for the B.G.S. degree, the limit ensures that the student will take 60

semester hours of course work in S.F.U. courses. Normally, this is the last 2

years and is mostly in upper division courses.

The B.A.Sc. degree in Engineering Science, like the B.A. and B.Sc., is a four-

year program, but instead of the 120 semester hours required for the B.A.

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and B.Sc., the B.A.Sc. requires 160 semester hours. The expectation is that

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across degree programs, SUAB has agreed with the

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proposal submitted by the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences that the

transfer credit limit for students in the B.A.Sc. degree program (ie.

Engineering Science students only) be increased from 60 to 80 semester

hours. If a student were to enter S.F.U:s Engineering Science program with

the maximum permitted credit, he/she would require at least a further 80

semester hours to complete the B.A.Sc. degree which would take

The following condition should be noted:

Any transfer credit in addition to 60 semester hours must be in Engineering

Science. Most students transferring into SF.U. s ENSC program are expected

to have approximately 30-45 credits in science and computing, with the

balance of credit in ENSC courses. Students with in excess of 60 semester

hours of credit in arts and science courses would not derive any benefit from

additional arts and science credit insofar as additional credit outside ENSC

would be surplus to the degree. To minimise anticipated problems resulting

from changes of majors from ENSC to other sciences or -applied sciences (eg.

Computing Science, Applied Mathematics or Physics), it is therefore desirable

to restrict credit above 60 semester hours to ENSC credit Only.

Engineering Science is a limited-entry program and by far the majority of its

students are admitted directly from secondary school. This change in

regulation, if approved, will affect very few students.

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SIMON F R A S E R UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

To: Nick Heath, Director, Admissions From: Donald A. George, Director

Registrar's Office

School of Engineering Science

Subject: Transfer Credit

Date: January 23, 1987

I am writing to confirm that Engineering Science supports the proposal that

our transfer students be allowed to transfer in up to 80 semester-hours of

credit. We understand that the 20 semester-hours above the University

standard of 60 hours of transfer credit can only be for Engineering Science

courses. We think that this is an excellent solution and that it will be

fair to all of our transfer students.

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