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Action undertaken by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee, at
its Meeting on November 10, 1986, gives rise to the following motion:
MOTION:
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors, as set forth in
S.86-85 ,
the proposed changes
in the Department of History:
Delete: Hist 896-5 Supervised Research Seminar
Delete: Candidates for the M.A. degree at SFTJ, after successful
completion of two semesters and a GPA of 3.5 in ten (10)
semester hours of course-work in the Master's program,
may apply for admission into the Ph.D. program.
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Candidates for the M.A. degree at SFU may, under ex-
ceptional circumstances, be admitted into the Ph.D.
program without competing the requirements for an
M.A., if, they have completed 20 hours of M.A. course-
work."
Rationale for these changes is attached.
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Dean of Graduate Studies.
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Graduate Studies Committee,
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19 March 1986
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The History Department has voted to eliminate Hist. 896, "Supervised
Research Seminar", from the calendar. The recent revisions to our
graduate programme permit us to place added emphasis upon research
within our regular seminar courses.
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The Faculty
of Arts Curriculum Committee at its meeting of October 15, 1986
recommended changes in the History graduate curriculum as outlined in
the attached.
Would
you please place this item on.the agenda of the next meeting of
Senate Graduate Studies Committee.
Thank
you.
cc: Marian McGinn
SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
Professor M. Roberts
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Associate Dean of Arts
History Calendar Changes
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5 June 1986
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1.
Calendar, p. 248--From:
"Candidates for the M.A. degree at SFU, after successful
completion of two semesters and a GPA of 3.5 in 10
semester hours of course-work in the Master's program,
may apply for admission into the Ph.D. program"
--To:
"Candidates for the M.A. degree at SFU may, under
exceptional circumstances, be admitted into the Ph.D.
program without completing the requirements for an M.A.,
if they have completed 20 hours of M.A. coursework."
Rationale: ?
The GPA listed above is unrealistically low.
There seems to be no point in either raising false
expectations, on the one hand, or in tying our hands by
specifying a higher GPA on the other.
2.
Change deadline for admission applications to March 1
from Marh 15.
Rationale: (a) March 15 is the deadline for entrance
scholarship applications. The Graduate Studies Committee
should have admissions out of the way before ranking the
scholarship candidates.
(b) Other History Departments tend to have earlier dead-
lines. Students may tend not to apply here if accepted
elsewhere first.
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