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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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To: Senate

From: Senate Committee on

Undergraduate Studies

Subject:

Revision to Faculty of

Date:

December 11, 1985

Arts Breadth Requirements

Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at its

meeting of December 10, 1985 gives rise to the following motion

"That Senate approve andje.conlmend approval to the Board of

Governors, as set ?

5.86-3 , the proposed revisions to

Faculty of

readth requirements."

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

Ron Heath, Secretary 

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Senate Coinmittee 

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From....

Sheila 

Roberts, Secretary, Faculty 

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Curriculum Committee 

Revision to Faculty of Arts Breadth ? 

December 3, 1985 

Subiect

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Requirements 

The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee at its meeting of November 28, 1985 

unanimously approved the attached change to the requirements of the Faculty 

of Arts. This change has been sent out to referendum to all faculty members 

in Arts. The ballots will be counted on December 11, 1985. The Chairman 

of the Curriculum Committee has requested that this revision be placed on the 

agenda of the December 10, 1985 SCUS meeting with the understanding that if 

SCUS approves the proposal, it will be held until the ballot results are 

known, and only forwarded to SCAR if approved by the faculty. 

The Chairman of FACC has sent copies of this proposal directly to all Chairmen 

of Faculty Curriculum Committees. 

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S. Roberts 

SR/sjc 

Proposed Revision to Faculty of Arts Breadth Requirements

Attached is a proposed revision to the Faculty of Arts breadth

requirements. The proposed changes follow from the Report of the Ad Hoc

Committee on Faculty of Arts Requirements that was appointed by Dean

Brown last January: That report, widely discussed within the Faculty,

the current Group requirements be replaced by a somewhat liberalized set

of requirements; and second, that a Certificate in Liberal Arts be instituted to

provide a structured path through those requirements.

This paper concerns only the first of these proposals. Following

discussions in the Faculty and in the Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee,

the FACC recommends that a modified version of the minimum breadth

requirements proposed by the Ad Hoc Committee be adopted by the Faculty

and included in the 1986 calendar; even in advance of final resolution

regarding a certificate or Other breadth program. It is recognized that these

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requirements may be subject to further revision in subsequent calendars,

and that it will be important to continue the process of developing, at the

least; advisory lists of recommended courses. Nevertheless, the FACC agrees

that the proposed change represents a workable minimum breadth

requirement, one which is preferable to the current requirements or any

modified version of them.

The effect of the proposed change will be to replace the entry under

"Group Requirements" on

69-70 of the current calendar by the "Breadth

Requirements" described in the attached. Other requirements--including

those for 120 credit hours, 45 upper division hours, the completion of a major

or honors program, 30 hours outside the major or honors department, and

70 hours within the Faculty of Arts--will remain unchanged.

Faculty of Arts Requirements 

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GROUP REQUIREMENTS 

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Normally, the first 60 hours of a student's program consist of I

period of

exploratory.

and prerequisite study, contrasted to the final 60

hours which constitute the essence of the degree program.The Faculty

From: 

of Arts Group'RequiremefltS are intended to provide abase for a liberal

-artsdegree.Studeflts are well advised to take theseGroup' Require

ments early in their programs. The Group Requirements-may include

the lower division prerequisites for an

y degree program. The Groups

are defined as listed below.

Group A-

At least 12 semester hours including courses from-at

least two different Group A departments.

English (exiluding ENGL 010-3 and ENGL099-21

History

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...Languages; LiteratUres and tinguistics'

Philosophy:

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Humanities (students must take courses from at

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least two Group A departments other than HumanI'

ties)

Group B

At least 12 semester hours inducing courses from at

least two differe

Group S departments.

Archaeology.

Economics and courses labelled BUEC

Geography (except Physical Geogra

Sociology and Anthropology

Group C

At least two courses from Group C.

NOTE

1: Physical Geography Course areas follows: - -

415,416,418419.

GEOG111,112,311,313,314,315.317,318,319.411,412,414,

Physical Geography courses when used for Group C purposes

• do not count-towards the 70 or 02 hours required to be taken

in the Faculty of Arts. Students may count a total of only 9

hours of Geography to satisfy the Group Requii-en.ents.

NOTE 2:

Students majoring in Criminology, Canadian Studies, or Fine

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and Performing Arts are not required to complete Faculty of

Arts requirements. However, students wishing to keep other

options in Arts -open,: in case they should subsequently

change majors or add majors, are advised

to complete these

requirements.

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NOTE 3 -

Transfer students with General Elective credit should consult -

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the Office of the Dean of Arts regarding possible allocation to

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Faculty of Arts GroupRequirements. ?

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Students -may substitute up*

a maximum of 6 hours- of courses

taken in the following areas; for courses required in Group A, B, or C,

with the constraints that a maximum total of 3 hours may be substituted

• in any one group, and that the remaining 9 hours in Group A or Group B

must be taken from at least two Group A or Group B departments.

Courses so substituted for Group A or Group B requirements will count

towards the 70 required hours in the Faculty of Arts. The specifi alloca-

'ions follow:

Fine and Performing Arts ..

A

General Studies ?

Communication:'

Criminology ---

African/Middle Easter Studies

--B'

Canadian Studies -

Latin American

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NOTE:

1 ransfer students with General Elective credit should consult

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the Office of the Dean of Arts regarding possible allocation:to

Faculty of Arts Group Requirements.

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PROPOSED CALENDAR ENTRY

Breadth Requirements

In addition to meeting the requirements within a major department in

the Faculty of Arts, students must complete breadth requirements designed

to acquaint them with areas of knowledge and modes of thought outside

their discipline of specialization. The requirements are as follows:

1. A minimum of 30 hours outside one's Arts major Department

Courses from at least five departments outside ones Arts major.

department. No more than 9 credit hours from any one department may be,

counted toward the total of 30 required hours.

For the purposes of this last requirement the following academic units

within the Faculty of Arts will count as separate "departments":

Archaeology (ARCH)

Canadian Studies (Cn S)

Centre for the ArtS (FPA.)

Criminology (CRIM)

Economics (ECON and BUEC)

English (ENGL)

Geography (GEOG)

Gerontology (GERO)

History (HIST)

Humanities (HUM.)

Latin American Studies. (LAS.)

Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (includes

all of: CHIN, FREN, GERM,

GRE. ITAL, LATN, LING, LIT., RUSS, SPAN)

Philosophy (PHIL)

Political Science (POL.)

Psychology (PSYC)

Sociology and Anthropology (S.A.)

Women's Studies (W.S.)

Courses in the Faculty of Arts not included in the above, namely

General Studies (G.S.) courses and African, Middle East Studies (AME.)

coursesmay be counted toward these requirements on an individual basis

and upon application by the student to the Dean of Arts' office.

Students are encoura

ed under these requirements also to take

courses outside the Faculty of Arts. The following 'academic units outside the

Faculty

Arts will count as separate "departments':

''Biological 'Sciences (BISC)

Buiness Administration (BUS.)

Chemistry (HEM)

Communication (CMNS)

Computing Science (CMPT)

Education (EDUC, exce p

t EDUC 401, 402,405, and 406)

Engineering Science (ENSC)

Kinesiology (KIN.)

Mathematics and Statistics (MATH)

Physics (PH YS)

Students are advised that course enrollm4nt in some of these subjects

may be limited to students with concentrations In those subjects.

Courses from outside the Faculty of Arts that are not clearly within

the above "departments,' or courses transferred from other institutions in

subject areas without direct equivalence at Simon Fraser may be counted

toward these requirements upon application by the student to the Dean of

Arts' office.

These faculty breadth requirements may be met in a variety of ways.

Students may take these requirements as an opportunity for exploratory

study in advance of choosing a major discipline. Departments will advise

students as to subject areas and specific courses they recommend to

complement their major programs. A substantial proportion of these

requirements may also be applied to a number of cross-disciplinary major or

minor programs within the Faculty. In addition, the Faculty of Arts is

developing a program through which these requirements can be met and

that is specifically tailored for breadth of learning. In planning the most

effective way to fulfill the distribution requirements students should seek

advice both in the Academic Advice Centre and in any department in which

they may be planning to major.