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MEMORANDUM
To: Senate
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From: Senate Committee on
Undergraduate Studies
Subject:
Department of Physics
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Date: October 15,
1986
Curriculum Changes
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at its
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That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board
of Governors, as set forth in S.86-
75,
the proposed
New courses - PHYS 130-2 General Physics Laboratory A
PHYS 430-5
Digital Electronics and Interfacing
Deletion of - PHYS 432-4 Advanced Physics Laboratory II"
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board
of Governors, as set forth in S.86-
75
the proposed
Changes in part of the Physics Honors requirement"
FOR INFORMATION:
Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of October 14, 1986 the
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies approved
Course revisions including:
PHYS 131-2 Change of title and prerequisites
PHYS 326-3 Change of corequisites
PHYS
331-3
Change of corequisites
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
To: R. Heath,
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From:
P. Dobud
Secretary to Senate
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Administrative Assistant
to the Dean of Science
Subject:
Calendar Changes,
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Date:
October 6,1986
PHYSICS Programs
This is to inform that the Faculty of Science, in its meeting held on Monday September 29,1986
has approved the following calendar changes for the PHYSICS programs. I would appreciate it
very much it you would place these motions in the agenda of the next SCUS
meeting for consideration and approval.
a)
New course proDosais: PHYS 130-2. & PHYS 430-5
"That the following new course proposals for PHYS 130-2
&
PHYS 430-5
be approved as follows:
PH YS 130-2 : General Ph
ysics
Laboratory
A. (0-0-3).
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Elementary experiments in optics, electricity, mechanics and heat that are designed to
augment the general survey courses.
Coreaulsltes:
PHYS 102 should be taken concurrently or may precede; or by permission
of the Department. Student may not count more than one of PHYS 130 or 131 for credit.
PHYS 430-5: Dlaltal Electronics and Interfaclna. (2-0-4)
Digital logic design with particular application to interfacing computers to physical apparatus.
Construction and use of interface devices for various laboratory experiments. Computer data
reduction.
Prere q
uisites: PH YS 326 and PHYS 331 ; or permission of the instructor."
b)
Deletion of PHYS 432-4.
'To delete from the calendar the following course: PHYS 432-4
Advanced Physics Laboratory II '
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Chan g
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of title and
p
rereg ulsites for
PHYS 131-2.
"That the title and the prerequisites for PHYS 131 be changed as
follows:
From: PHYS 131-2 General Physics Laboratory.
Elementary experiments in optics, electricity, mechanics and heat that are
designed to augment the general survey courses.
Corequisites: PHYS 102 or 121 should be taken concurrently or may precede;
or by permission of the department.
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PHYS 131-2 General Physics Laboratory B.
Elementary experiments in optics, electricity, and mechanics that are
designed to augment the general survey courses.
Core qulsites: PHYS 121 should be taken concurrently or may precede; or by
permission of the department. Student may not count more than one of PHYS 130
or 131 for credit."
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"That the corequlsites for PHYS 326 and 331 be changes as follows:
PHYS326-3
From: Prerequisites: PHYS 221.
To :
Prerequisites: PHYS 221.
Core qulsites: PHYS 331 laboratory must be taken concurrently.
and
PHYS 331-3
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Prerequisites: At least 2 semester hours of credit in 200 division Physics
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laboratories. PHYS 326 must precede or be taken concurrently.
To:
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Prerequisites: At least 2 semester hours of credit in 200 division Physics
laboratories.
Core quisites: PHYS 326 must be taken concurrently."
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approve the following changes in part of the PHYSICS HONORS
requirement:
FROM: (page 135, 1986-87 calendar)
Efther
PHYS 332-3 Optics Lab.
or PHYS 432-4 Advanced Physics Lab. II
Three of
PHYS 332-3 Optics Lab.
PHYS 432-4 Advanced Physics Lab.11
PHYS 465-3 Solid State Physics
PHYS 484-3 Methods of Theoretical Physics II
TO:
Either
PHYS 332-3 Optics Lab.
or PHYS 430-5 Digital Electronics and Interfacing
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PHYS 332-3 Optics Lab.
PHYS 430-5 Digital Electronics and Interfacing
PHYS 455-3 Laser Physics
PHYS 465-3 Solid State Physics
PHYS 484-3 Methods of Theoretical Physics II
cc: Dr. J. C. Irwin, Chairman Department of Physics.
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
. Calendar Information
Abbreviation Code: PHYS
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Course Number: 130
Title of Course:
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GENERAL PHYSICS LABORATORY A
Calendar Description of Course:
Department: ?
Physics — .
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Credit Hours:
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Vector: 0-0-3
Elementary experiments in optics, electricity, mechanics and heat that are designed
to auqment the general survey course.
Nature of Course:
Laboratory
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
Corequisite: PHYS 102 should be taken concurrently or may precede; or by permission
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of the Department. student. nv not count more than one of PIYS 130 or 131
Whac course courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course
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or
approved:
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None, but the number of scheduled PHYS 131 lab periods will he reduced as required.
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
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3 times per year.
Semester in which the course will first be offered: 86-3
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
All faculty
3.
Objectives of the Course
To provide a laboratory that is better suited to life science students taking
PHYS 102. Our present PHYS 131 laboratory has become heavily oriented towards
students in engineering and the physical sciences.
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Budgetary and Space Requirements
(for information only)
What additional resources will be required In the following areas:
Faculty
NONE
Staff
NONE
Library
NONE
Audio Visual
NONE
Space
NONE
Equipment
NONE
5. Approval ?
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Date:
Department Chairman
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Dean
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Chairman, SCUS
SCtJS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 7334a.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
a.
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
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Calendar
Information
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Department: ?
Physics
Abbreviation Code: PHYS
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Course Number:
1
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Credit Hours:
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5 ?
Vector: 2-0-4
Title of Course:
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DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AND INTERFACING
Calendar Description of Course:
Digital logic design with particular application to interfacing computers to
physical apparatus. Construction and use of interface devices for various
laboratory experiments. Computer data reduction.
Nature of Course:
Lecture/Laboratory
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
PHYS 326 and PHYS 331; or permission of instructor.
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approe1; ?
Yf-4
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
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once per year
Semester in which the course will first be offered:
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87-3
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
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possible?
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M. Thewalt & others
3.
Objectives of the Course
To provide students with the skills required to design and perform computer-
controlled experiments.
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Budgetary and Space Requirements
(for information only)
What additional resources will be required In the following areas:
Faculty
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None
Staff ?
Part-time Laboratory Instructor (desired but not essential)
Library ?
None
Audio Visual
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None
Space ?
None
Equipment ?
$70,000 (microcomputers, components & diagnostic equipment)
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Approval
Date:
SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
PROPOSAL - PHYS 430-5 (2-0-4)
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Digital Electronics and Interfacing
Proposed course outline for a new fourth year course comprising
one lab period and two hours of lectures per week.
Course Description
The course will provide a working knowledge of digital logic
design with particular application to interfacing digital computers
to external apparatus. While all logic families will be briefly
discussed and compared, the emphasis will be on TTL logic. The
course will concentrate on the construction of custom-made interfaces
connected directly to the computer bus, although standardized inter-
face protocols such as RS232 and IEEE488 will also be discussed.
While interfacing concepts will he Introduced at a general level, the
specific examples and lab experiments will be solely concerned with
the IBM PC bus. The detailed internal working of the computer will
not be covered, nor will machine-language programing. By the end of
the course several interface devices suitable for performing physical
experiments in the lab will have been constructed and used. These
experiments will also require data reduction on the computer.
Outline:
(lab experiments will be coupled to these topics)
- logic families
- logic design and minimization, Boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps
- more complicated devices: counters, shift registers,
decoders, etc.
- synchronous vs. asynchronous design
- standard interface protocols: IS 232, IEEE488
- interfacing to the computer bus, special LSI circuits useful
in interfacing
- the IBM PC bus
- advanced interfacing: interrupts and direct memory access
- construction and use of complete hardware devices for
performing physical experiments
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
TITLE. PREREQUISITE AND CALENDAR DESCRIPTION CHANCES
1.
Calendar Information ?
Department:
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Physics
Abbreviation Code: PHYS
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Course Number: 131
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Credit Hours:
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2 ?
Vector: 0-0-3
Title of Course:
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GENERAL PHYSICS LABORATORY B
Calendar Description of Course:
Elementary experiments in optics, electricity and mechanics that are designed to
augment the general survey course.
Nature of Course:
Laboratory
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
Corequisite: PHYS 121 should he taken concurrently or may precede; or by permission
of the Department. Student ma
y
not count
niore than one of PIjYS 130 or 131 fo
What course (courses), if any, is bein
g
dro
pp
ed from the calendar if this course
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credit
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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
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Budgetary and Space Requirements
(for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff
Library ?
None
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
5. Approval
Date:
4e rtment Chairman
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Dean ?
Chairman, SCUS
SCUS 7.3-34b:- (When completing this form, for instruction
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see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW
COIJRL PROPOSAL FORM -
COREQLJISITE
CHANCE
Calendar Information
Abbreviation Code: PHYS
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Course Number: 326
Title of Course:
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ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION
Calendar Description of Course:
Department:
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Physic
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Credit Hours:
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3
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Vector:
3-1-0
Nature of Course:
Prerequisites (or special instructions): PHYS 221
Corequisite: PHYS 331 laboratory must be taken concurrently.
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? ?
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3.
Objectives of the Course
The requirement that the PHYS 326 course and the PHYS 331 lab
must
be taken
concurrently will enhance the effectiveness of the 3rd year electronics courses.
4. Budgetary
and
Space Requirements
(for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff
Library
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None
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
5. Approval
Date:
Depatment Chairman
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Dean
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Chairman, SCUS
SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
SENATE COMMITTEE ,ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
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.. Calendar Information
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Department: ?
Physics
Abbreviation Code: PHYS
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Course Number: 331
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Credit Hours:
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3 ?
Vector: O-O-tf
Title of Course:
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ELECTRONICS LABORATORY
Calendar Description of Course:
Nature of Course:
Prerequisites (or special instructions): At least 2 semester hours of credit in
200 division Physics labs. PHYS 326 must be taken concurrently.
What course (courses), If any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
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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
The requirement that the PHYS 326 course and the PHYS 331 lab must be taken
concurrently will enhance the effectiveness of the 3rd year electronics courses.
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i. Budgetary and Space Requirements
(for information only)
What additional resources will be required In the followin
g
areas:
Faculty
Staff
Library ? None
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
5. Approval
Date:
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Depat'tment Chairman
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Dean
Chairman, SCUS
SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
Pablo Dobud
To
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Assistant, Dean of Science
Physics Honors Requirement
Subect........................................................
J. C. Irwin, Chairman
From....................................................
Department of Physics
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April 29986
Date....................................................
If the proposed course PHYS 430 Digital Electronics and
Instrumentation is approved by the Faculty of Science Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee, the following change in the Physics Honors
requirement should be introduced:
PHYS 430 should replace PHYS 432 in the Calendar list
of Required Courses for Physics Honors.
j.C. Irwin
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
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P. Dobud, Admin. Assistant
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to the Dean of Science
CALENDAR ENTRY
Subiect
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J.C. Irwin, Chairman
From
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Department of Physics
September 12, 1986
Date
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The Department of Physics has decided that PHYS 455-3 (Laser Physics)
should be included in the Honours selection currently stated as "Three of
PHYS332 432 46574-84----------- -----_ ?
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Please include this item on the agenda of the next Faculty of Science
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Meeting.
J. C. Irwin
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