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S.87-50

SIMON FRASER, UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

TO:

Senate

FROM: ?

J.W.G. Ivany,

Chair, SCAP

SUBJECT:

Reference: SCUS 87-48

SCAP 87-41, 87-50

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.87-50

that separate Departments of French, Linguistics, and

Spanish and Latin American Studies be established

effective 1 September 1988; and

that all other languages presently offered by the

Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics be

transferred to the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies and

administered by a Steering Committee chaired by the

Associate Dean of Arts; and

that faculty presently assigned to the Department of

Languages, Literatures and Linguistics be reassigned as

appropriate to the new Departments of French, Linguistics

and Spanish and Latin American Studies; and

that the undergraduate courses and programs presently in

the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics be

transferred to the new departments and to the Division of

Interdisciplinary Studies; and

that the existing graduate program calendar entry be

retained and operated jointly by the three Departments,

with the name of the Graduate Program changed to "Program

in Languages and Linguistics; and

that the existing Department of Languages, Literatures and

Linguistics be discontinued"

Memorandum

Office of the Dean

Faculty of Arts

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

TO:

All Faculty

FROM:

R. C. Brown, Dean

Faculty of Arts

RE:

RESOLUTION OF REFERENDA

DATE:

13 November 1987

The results of the two recent referenda are:

The proposed split of the Department of Languages, Literatures

and Linguistics was approved by a vote of:

Dr. John Ekstedt was ratified as Associate Dean by a strong

majority.

Thanks for your support.

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Arts

MEMORANDUM

TO:

Evan Alderson

FROM: ?

R. C. Brown

Chairman, FACC ?

Dean. Faculty of Arts

RE:

Proposal for the Dissolution

DATE: ?

October 1987

of the Department of

Languages, Literatures and

Linguistics

Attached is

Proposal for the Dissolution of the Department of Languages,

Literatures and Linguistics and the Creation of New Administrative Units," from

the Chairman of the Department of Languages. Literatures and Linguistics. The

proposal calls for the creation of three new departments: French, Linguistics,

and Spanish and Latin American Studies, and for an additional entity within the

Division of Interdisciplinary Studies to handle the administration of the "Other

Languages" presently offered by the Department. Undergraduate calendar

entry proposals for each of the departments is attached.

I request that

your

Committee consider these proposals and calendar entries as

soon as possible. I also request that the Committee consider the Department's

request that it be restructured administratively. However

, that consideration

should focus only on the academic ramifications of the proposal. Questions of an

administrative nature will be resolved in my office.

Specifically I would like the Committee to consider:

That separate Departments of French, Linguistics, and Spanish

and Latin American Studies be established effective 1 September

1988.

That all other languages presently offered by the Department of

Languages. Literatures and Linguistics be transferred to the

Division of Interdisciplinary Studies and administered by a

Steering Committee chaired by the Associate Dean of Arts

That faculty presently assigned to the Department of Languages,

Literatures and Linguistics be reassigned as appropriate to the

new Departments of French, Linguistics, and Spanish and Latin

American Studies.

That the undergraduate courses and programs presently in the

Department. of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics be trans-

ferred to the new departments and to the Division of Interdis-

ciplinary Studies as recommended in the attached documentation.

On approval of 1 - 4 above, that the existing Department of

Languages

. Literatures and Linguistics be discontinued.

BACKGROUND

In September 1984, the President brought forward a proposal for the

reorganization of the University which, on the recommendation of the

Presidents Committee on University Planning, included the elimination of major

degree programs in Russian and German from the Department of L.L.L. The

elimination of two of its five major undergraduate programs, and the fact that

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the Presidents Advisory Committee on University Planning report to the

President noted that "... consideration be given to restructuring the Department

of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics after the programs (i.e. Russian and

German) mentioned above have been discontinued.....(DLLL-6-2. PACJP,

8/2/84), quite naturally created a need for the Department to review its

internal organization and long-term goals.

This process of self review led the then Chairman, Dr. N. Lincoln, to approach the

Dean of the Faculty of Arts with a request for in-principle support for the

establishment of an autonomous Department of Linguistics. He explained that

there had long been tensions among the various divisions which could only be

relieved by a major reorganization of the Department.

On the basis of the request from the Chairman, the Dean asked Dr. Ross

Saunders, then Associate Dean of Arts, to prepare a draft proposal for the

Reorganization of the Department of Languages

, Literatures and Linguistics,

including reorganization of academic units and a redistribution of departmental

resources. Following discussions with members of the Department through

the 1985-86 academic year, the Dean indicated that he

would

be willing to

receive further specific proposals for a reorganization of the Department.

In October 1987, Dr. Ed Coihouri, the current Chairman, forwarded to the Dean A

Pro p

osal for the Dissolution of the Department of Lan

g ua g

es. Literatures and

Linguistics and the Creation of New Administrative Units

(attached).

The

proposal calls for the establishment of

separate Departments of French,

Linguistics, and Spanish and Latin American Studies, and for a separate

administrative format for the offering of "Other Languages" and recommended

that the Dean prepare enabling legislation to be forwarded to Senate.

This request reflected the result of extended discussion within the Department

which indicated that a majority of its faculty was in favour of a reorganization

and reflected the incompatability of French, Spanish and Linguistics as

administrative partners.

RATIONALE

The Department of Modern Languages was established in 1965 with the

purpose of becoming one of the best language teaching departments in North

America. The original concept was to hire linguists and language teaching

specialists in each of four language areas; French, Spanish, Russian and German,

with a symmetry of offerings dedicated to the teaching of the language.

Literature courses were to be offered, but were to be kept to a minimum, and

those offered were to be used to illuminate the relationships between the

languages and their cultures. Linguistics course were to be oriented toward the

teaching of the language The idea was that after two years of instruction,

students would be exposed to as much spoken language as they would have

received in four years at more traditional universities, and that students

graduating alter fours years of instruction would be fluent in the languge.

The original pedagogy worked well, but after a few years, faculty hired to teach

applied linguistics and the limited offerings in literatures became dissatisfied

with routine language instruction and began to press for more course offerings

in their areas of specialization. The linguists in particular began to propose

courses in linguistics leading toward a specialization in linguistics at both the

graduate and undergraduate levels. A linguistics major was eventually

approved in

1975.

Almost concurrently, literatures specialists pressed to

increase the number of literature courses. In the fall of 1979, the name of the

Department was changed to the Department of Languages, Literatures and

Linguisitics.

These events were stressful and divisive. Different academic and cultural

traditions, associated with the languages, contributed to a series of occasions

where members of each Division believed and argued that their academic

believed and argued that their academic growth and development was being

negatively influenced by members of the other Divisions. General or theoretical

linguists in particular advanced the argument that they should be allowed to

split away from the D.L.L.L. and become involved in the rapid development of

the discipline which was occurring in North America.

In February

1985,

Dr. Alfredo Hurtado wrote to the President stating "...the

rapid development of Linguistics does not have any parallel that I can readily

imagine, within the so-called 'Humanities' or in the Social Sciences. One must

refer to the development of 'hard' sciences in order to find an analogous

achievement of methodological formalism and empirical results. Perhaps the

closest analogy is the emergence of Biology as a science independent from

Physics and Chemisty in the early

93 0's."

Thus, lie constructed an academic

rationale for those participating in this rapid change in the field of linguistics to

split off from those trained in fields related to specific languages, i.e., the

traditional anthropological or cultural approach to language.

He and others argued that ".. Programs are hard to arrange, since formal arid

cognitive material is not well received by the more traditional members, and

research more and more difficult to evaluate in tenure and promotion

committees. Younger members and members with more scientific background

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have found a barrier in their development due to this situation.....(A. Hurtado,

letter to the President., Feb. 28, 1985.)

Dr. Hurtado's points are arguable; in fact, they have been hotly argued within

the Department. However, they are illustrative or the centrifugal forces that

have been present within the Department for the past 15 years or so, and they

corisitute the primary academic rationale for raising the issue of reorganization

at the time of the President's announcement that the German and Russian

language programs were to be discontinued. Since then

, members of the

Spanish Division and the Steering Committee of the Latin American Studies

program have argued that their units and Programs should be combined into a

new, separate Department. The natural overlap between the Programs and

their common academic and cultural traditions provide a good rationale for

their argument that separation will allow them to bec.ome a stronger academic

unit together than they can while remaining apart.

Although the Russian and German Divisions were eliminated in the 1984/85

reorganization of the University, basic language instruction in both languages

was continued. In addition, basic language instruction in Chinese, Italian, Greek

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and Latin also is offered from time to time. These other languages" are non-

degree program courses taught either by temporary faculty or faculty assigned

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the Div i

sion of Interdisciplinary Studies. The Division Chairmen within the

present

D.L.L.L. have recommended that with

the

discontinuation of the

Department, all non-degree language programs be assigned to the Division of

Interdisciplinary Studies and administered by a Steering Committee consisting

of one representative from each of the new departments of French, Linguistics,

and Spanish and Latin American Studies, plus two individuals from the "other

languages," under the chairmanship of the Associate Dean of Arts.

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13/10/87

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A PROPOSAL FOR

THE DISSOLUTION OF

THE DEPARTMENT ar LANGUAGES. LITERATURES AND LINGUISTICS

AND

THE

THE CREATION OF

NEW ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

(October

1987)

This proposal Is elaborated within the following constraints, understood to reflect

conditions established by the Dean of Arts as binding on all parties:

There will be no inc,

ease

in operational funding above the sum currently

respresenting the total for the current operation of the DLII, except for such monies as

may be transferred to the new Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies as the

LAS contribution to that merger.

There will be no monies available to Implement any physical changes (i.e. building

modifications) and only marginal amounts for any staffing changes (i.e. secretarial

upgrading or additions).

The new administrative units must exist within the space presently assigned to the

Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

No new space (office,

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administrative, teaching, laboratory, storage, etc.) will be available to any of the new

administrative units.

Furthermore, this proposal reflects agreements unanimously reached by the Executive

Committee of the DLII on 2 October 1986, and reaffirmed on 16 October 1986. Both meetings

of that Committee were chaired by the Chairmen of the DILL and were attended by the

Chairpersons of the French, German, linguistics, Russian and Spanish Divisions (as well as by

the Departmental Assistant and the Secretary to the Chairmen).

Those agreements are:

"Other languages" (i.e. Chinese, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Russian) are to be

housed within some administrative unit other than the to-be-created Departments of

French, linguistics, and Spanish and Latin American Studies.

The current General Office space of the DILL will continue as common facilities in

which will be located a shared receptionist and shared Departmental Assistant.

Unless stherviea specified, what foilevs is intended to apply to each of the

to—be—created Departments of FRENCH, LINGUISTICS, and SPANISH AND LATIN

AMERICAN STUDIES. It is understood that each of the now departments viii be

an autonomies unit vith all if the rights, privileges, duties and

responsibilities; of everg other department in the Faculty of Arts.

A prop.saL..

THE PROPOSAL

It is recommended that the Dun of Arts prepare enabling legislation for

censideration bg the appropriate University bodies with a view to a) dissolving

the Department of Languages Literatures and Linguistics and b) creating new

administrative units as outlined below.

1. CURRICULUM

Each of the new departments is governed by the relevant University policies in eli matters

pertaining to course offerings, Calendar entries, committee representation, faculty and

non-faculty teaching staff appointments, etc.

Revised calendar entries for each of to- be-created departments have been submitted.

BUDGET

It is understood that no additional finances are to be made available to the new units. Each

of the new departments will beessignede portion of the present DILL budget by the Dean ofArts,

and the (shared) Departmental Assistant will continue to oversee these budgets

at present.

Minor budgetary items (such as petty cash and personal photocopying/personal

telephone/coffee money), resulting from the sharing of space and facilities, are currently

handled by one secretary, designated by the D.A. It Is recommended that this policy be

continued and that only one secretary, designated by the D.A., handle these details.

SPACE

It is understood that no additional space will be forthcoming at the time of the creation of

the new units.

JOINTLY USED SPACE

will be identified and assigned to more than one department.

They will jointlyj.g such space. The space currently occupied by the General Office

of the DILL will continue to be held in common by the., new administrative unit,. In that

space will be housed the shared Receptionist, the Departmental Assistant, photocopying

facilities and a shared meeting room.

CLASSROOM SPACE

will not increase and the D.A. will continue to be responsible for

assigning such space.

OFFICE SPACE

will continue as at present for all units. There

no additional space

into which to transfer Or,. tiemmerly, Harden, Jackson and Kitching. Their assignment to

General Studies does not *free up" extra DILL office space. Any relocation of individuals

(faculty, support staff, sessione)s, lAs, Lis, etc.) must be by mutual agreement of the

administrative units concerned; but the total space available to any individual unit will

not change until such time as more University space becomes available.

Apr.p.sal...

• Office space for faculty and non-faculty Instructional staff Is very limited. It

not

possible at this time to assign space to the new units through a simple formula.

Realistically, whet is needed is an understanding of the limitations involved and an

agreement to use that space which is available in the most effective manner. All faculty

will continue to occupy their present offices (unless a substantial argument can be made

for a change). Every move costs money and there lsnt any. Sufficient offices must be

retained to house all Language Instructor, and Teaching Assistant,, as well as Sessional

Lecturers and authorized visitors.

LAB,, CLASSROOM AND MULTI-USE SPACE

on the 7000 level CC is at a premium

and there are many more requests than there are available rooms. It is urgent that an

interim assignment of space reflect the reality of current needs and usable space. Until

additional space becomes available, it is not possible to provide each unit with everything

on its "shopping list". A basic principle which must obtain here Is that the first

consideration must be for the integrity of our current academic offerings. It follows,

therefore, that we must continue to utilize classroom space as such and we must also

continue to assure laboratory space for all units requiring such facilities. It is not

possible to reassign all space to individual units; some space must be held jointly for the

foreseeable future.

THE FOLLOWING IS PROPOSED:

FRENCH:

7404b -

LINGUISTICS:

7210 -) GEOG/UNG computer lab

SPANISH:

primerilu Fren./bookeble by others

7406d - FLTC Lounge

(booked by French Secretary)

shared s

7203 - laboratory [+"other langs."]

(where recorded materiel assigned)

7301 - Phonetics Lab.

(booked by Linguistics Secy.1

A pr.p.sal...

OTHER LANGUAGES:

(CHIN, GERM, GRK, hAL, (JAP), LTN, RUSS)

7203 - laboratory + LING.)

REMAINING SPACE ON 7000 level:

7202 & 7203e - controlled by D.A.

primarily to

used as classrooms with certain hours bookeble for meetings,

seminars, colloquia, etc.

7206, 7402 & 7404a - classrooms designated primarily for FREN.

scheduled

7403 - observation room designated primarily for FREN.

scheduled by DA.

7205 - Student Union Room

must

shared by the several unions arising out of the split.

7401 - Electronic, Workshop

7405 - Tape Library

740?- FLTC Kitchen (normally booked a3/with 7406d - thru FREN.)

4. ADMINISTRATIVE and SUPPORT STAFF

administrative

a. The

Departmental

units.

Assistant

will continue to serve the needs of all of the new

b. The

Receptl.rn,t

to the new units is a position which currently exists as "DILL

Receptionist". It is recommended that this position be continued and that the Receptionist

continue to be housed in what is now the DILL General Office. Duties will be as at the

moment, with the Receptionist available to do "over-flow" typing as assigned by the D.A.

There are currently three

Secretaries

in the DILL. Those three positions will

continued but with modification of the job descriptions required to ensure efficiency

within the new units. The three Secretaries will continue to represent a pool of

resources, however; and, along with the Receptionist, will be available to substitute for

each other during lunch/coffee breaks, during vacation time, in case of sickness and/or

personal leave, etc. This will eliminate the danger of the "one-person office' while

providing greeter identity of each secretary with a particular unit.

The two Grade 6 secretaries and one Grade 5 secretary currently employed by the DILL

will each be assigned to one of the new departments, es Chairmen's secretaries. The Grade

5 position will be upgraded to a Grade 6.

A proposal...

d. The

Lob Technician

will

continue to perform their duties as at present under the

supervision of the D.A.

5. OTHER LANGUAGES

(Chinese, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Russian)

It is recommended that a unit be established in the Division of InterdiscIplinary Studies,

which will house all non-degree program languages presently taught at SF11 and any future

language courses which may be Introduced. At the present time the following non-degree

program languages are listed in the SF11 calendar under the DLII rubric: Chinese (Mandarin),

German, Greek, Italian, Latin and Russian.

A Steering Committee will be responsible for the administration of the above unit. The

Steering Committee will be composed of one representative from each of the new departments of

French, Linguistics, and Spanish and Latin American Studies, plus two individuels from "other

languages," under the chairmanship of the Associate Dean of Arts.

CONCLUSION

Given the substance of whet has been outlined above, I now recommend that the Department

of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics be dissolved and that In Its place be created three now

departments to be known

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The Department of French

The Department of Llnquistics

Ti. Department if Spanish and Latin American Studies.

Each of these departments will have an elected Chairperson entitled to the customary reduction

in teaching load and a Class B stipend.

Further, I recommend the creation of an additional entity within the Division of

Interdisciplinar

Studies which has thus far been referred to by the infelicitous title of

Other

Respectfully submitted,

Edward R. Coihoun,

Chairmen, DLII

DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH

Location:

Room 8108- Classroom Complex

Telephone: ? 

291-3544 

Chairman: ?

Barrie E. Bartlett, BA, MA (Oxf.), MA (Br. Q1.),

M.A. (Yale), Ph.D. (S. Fraser)

Professor:

Charles P. Bwton, L. is Lettres, DES. Docteur is Lettres (Paris)

Associate Professors:

Berrie E. Bartlett, BA, MA (Oxi.), MA (Br. l.),

MA (Yale), Ph.D. (S. Fraser).

Marguerite Fauquenoy, L. ML., Docteur de troislème cycle (Paris).

(3rezie Merler, BA (Br. l.), MA, Ph.D. (Level).

Jacqueline Viswanethen, L. ès 1., MA (Ill.), Docteurès Lettres(Liège).

Phyllis Wrenn, MA, Ph.D. (Tar.).

Assistant Professor:

RosenaDavison, BA, MA. Ph.D. (M3.).

Lecturers

Chou N. Luu-Nguyen, BA (Saigon), MA (Monter').

Monique McDonald, L. ès L. (Bordesux), MA (S. Fraser).

Isabel M. Sawyer, B. Ed. (Br. Col.), MA (S. fraser).

Advisor: ?

Mrs. (orqlne Carbon, Departmental Assistant,

Room 8107- Classroom Complex

291-4505. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS

Location:

Room 8108 - Classroom Complex

Telephone: ?

L. Bursill-Hall, M.A. (Camb.), Ph.D.

(Lond.)

Brian E. Newton, M.A. (Oxf.)

Professors

James

Foley, B.A. (Nebraska), Ph.D. (M.I.T.)

E. Wyn Roberts,

B.A. (Wales), M.A., Ph.D. (Camb.)

Ross Saunders, B.A. (Penn. State), M.A., Ph.D. (Brown)

Associate Professors

Richard

C. DeArmond,

B.A. (Wash.), M.A., Ph.D. (Chic.)

Neville

J. Lincoln, B.A. (Lond.),

M.A. (Alta.), Ph.D. (Cornell)

Assistant Professor

Thomas

Perry, B.A. (Wabash College), M.A., Ph.D. (Indiana)

Lecturer

Brian D. Kaneen, B.A. (McGill)

P. Bouton

M. Hammcrly

Mrs. Georgina R. Carlson

Departmental Assistant

Room 8107 - Classroom Complex

291-4505

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Memorandum

TO:

All

Members

FROM:

R. C. lrcwn, Acting Chairman

Graduate Studies Committee

RE:

AGENDA ITEM

DATE:

October 197

Following is an addition to the agenda. of the Faculty of Arts Graduate Studies

Committee meeting Of 2 1 October 1937:

A g

enda Item: G.. S ö7-- 12

Motion:

(1) ?

That in the event that the proposal

separate the present

Department of Languages. Literatures, and Linguistics into

separate Departments of French, Linguistics, and Spanish and

Latin American studies is approved, the existing

graduate

prograrri calendar entry be retained arid operated jointly by

the

three Departments.

(2)

That. if (1) above is approved, the name

of the Graduate

Program be chan

ed to "Program in Languages and

Linguistics."

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