To.......R.Heath,Secretar.   

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Senate Committee on 

Undergraduate Studies 

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Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee 

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The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee at its meeting of October 16, 1986 

recommended calendar changes in Psychology. 

Would you please place this item on the agenda of the next meeting of SCIJS. 

Thank you. 

/sjc ? 

S. Roberts 

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Evan Alderson 

To

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Chair, FACC 

Subjed... 

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Meredith Kimball 

From 

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Chair, Undergraduate Studies 

September 

29,

1986

Date 

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The Psychology Department recommends the following calender changes: 

Changes in prerequsites: 

1. Psychology 385-3, Animal Behaviour 

From: Prerequisite: PSYC 101; Recommended: BISC 101 and 102 

To: Prerequisite: PSYC 101 

Reason: This change will bring Ps 

y ch 

385-3 

into line with most 

of our other 300 level courses. The material in these biology 

courses is not needed for an understanding o-f the current 

content of Ps 

y

ch 385-3. 

2. Ps y cholo gy 

402-5, Seminar in the Histor 

y

of Psychology 

From: Prerequisite: PSYC 101, 201, and 20 

To: Prerequisite: PSYC 101, 201, 207, and 90 hours of credits 

or permission of the department 

Reason: This change is necessary because the course is required 

for Honours students and often the 

y

are unable to enroll in the 

course because of enrollment pressures. B 

y

adding the 

prerequisite of 90 credit hours Honors students will be able to 

take it at an appropriate time in their program. This change 

also makes the prerequisites for 402 consistent with the other 

fourth year seminars in the department. 

Chan g 

es in the Honors Program Description: 

1. On 

p.

104 under the section Directed Studies Courses the final 

paragraph be changed 

From: Directed Studies courses may not duplicate material 

covered in other Psychology courses. An honors project may not 

be initiated in a Directed Studies course. 

To: Directed Studies courses may not duplicate material 

covered in other Psychology courses. 

Reason: The word "initiated' is somewhat ambiguous. 

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It is 

better for honors students to have done some thinking and 

reading about their honors project before entering PS'(C 490 

than to come in cold to the course, although it would be 

inappropriate for them to have begun data collection. Rather 

than activel 

y

encouraging or prohibiting "initiation', we 

should stay silent on the issue. 

2. On 

p.

104 a) delete the section entitled Honors Project and b) 

change point number 4 under "Completion" 

From: 4) Successfully complete an honors project (PSYC 490-5 

and PSYC 499-5) 

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4) Successfull y 

complete an honors project (PSYC 490-5 and 

PSYC 499-5). Students must have completed at least 90 semester- 

hour credits of university work, with at least 20 credits in 

upper division Ps 

y cholo 

gy

courses before enrolling in the 

honors project. , plan must be approved by the faculty 

supervisor and by the Ps 

y cholo 

gy

490 Instructor before work is 

begun. 

Reason: Man 

y

students fail to distinguish between enrolling in 

the honors program and enrolling in the honors project (PS'YC 

490/499). This distinction makes little difference except in 

the required hours for eligibility. 

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Students must have 

completed 60 hours before applying for the honors program but 

90 hours (including 20 upper level psychology credits) before 

enrolling in PSYC 490. Moving the description of the credit 

hour prerequisites for PSYC 490 into the section describing the 

honors project requirement clarifies this issue. 

cc. S. Roberts 

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Department 

Adhh^ 

Abbreviation Code: 

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PSYC Course Number: 385 

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Credit Hour 

Vecto7IIiO_2 

Title of Course: Animal Behaviour 

Calendar Description of Course: Topics such as altruism, parental care, mate choice, 

sex differences in bahaviour, aggression, dominance and territorality are considered 

from an evolutionary perspective. The role of heredity and environment in the 

development of these behaviours is also discussed. 

Nature of Course Lecture: 2 hours - Laboratory: 2 hours 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

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Prerequisite: Psyc 101. 

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is 

approved: 

2.

Scheduling 

How frequently will the course be offered? 

Semester in which the course will first be offered? 

Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering 

possible? 

3.

Objectives of the Course 

4.

Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only) 

additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

1. Calendar Information 

Faculty 

Library. 

Audio Visual 

Space' 

Equipment 

5. Approval 

rtment 

Chairman 

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Dean           

Chairman, SCUS 

SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a. 

Attach course outline). 

Arts 78-3 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM 

3.

Calendar Information 

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Department 

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isAbbreviation Code: PSYC 

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Course Number: 402 

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Credit Hours: S Vector: 0-5-0 

Title of Course: Seminar in the History of Psychology 

Calendar Description of Course: Considers classical issues of significance to contemporary 

psychology, e.g. the mind-body problem with reference to current theory; concerning consciousness; 

the nature-nurture problem with reference to developmental theory; the problem of psychological 

hedonism with reference to current research on emotion and reward in learned, behaviour. Students 

will be expected to undertake a historical analysis of their own area of interest within psychology. 

Nature of Course 

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Seminar: 5 hours 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

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Prerequisite: Psyc 101, 201, 207, and 

90 hours of credit or permission of the 

department. 

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is 

approved: 

2.

Scheduling 

How frequently will the course be offered? 

Semester in which the course will first be offered? 

Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering 

possible? 

3.

Objectives of the Course 

.

4.

Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only) 

What additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

• Faculty 

Staff 

Library 

Audio Visual 

Space 

Equipment 

5. Approval 

Date: 

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tment Chairman 

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Dean 

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Chairman, SCUS 

CU 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a. 

ach course outline). 

Arts 78-3 