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Action undertaken by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee, at its
Meeting of 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.86-90,
the proposed new
Graduate Course - Stat 650-5 - Quantitative Analysis in
Resource Management and Field Biology and delete:
MRM 643 - Quantitative Analysis in Resource Management"
B.P. Clayman
Dean of Graduate Studies
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Dean of &actiate Studies,
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Dean of Science
Chairman of the Senate Committee
on Graduate Studies
Subject: Curriculum Changes
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Date:
October 6, 1986
Please find attached the documentation related to the Curriculum Changes to the Graduate
Program of the departments of: Chemistry, Mathematics and Statistics, and Physics. These
Curriculum Changes were approved by the Faculty of Science Graduate Studle s Committee and
by the Faculty of Science.
I would appreciate it very much if you would place these items on the Agenda of the next senate
Graduate Studies Committe for consideration and approval.
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"To
approve the new Course proposal for STAT 650-5 : Quantitative
Analysis In Resource Management and Field Biology as contained in
paper FSC86-7".
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"To
approve the Changes In the Graduate Course Offering of the Chemistry
Department as contained in the paper FSC 86-8."
C)
'To approve the new graduate course PHYS 875-3: Advanced Nuclear
Physics (PAPER :FSC 86-9)."
Thank you.
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Dr. A. R. Freedman, Chairman Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee,
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Chairman Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Dr.C. H. W. Jones, Chairman Department of Chemistry.
Dr. J. C. Irwin, Chairman Department of Physics.
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A proposal to introduce STAT 650-5 into the list
of Math-Stats graduate courses is attached. Note this
is only a relabelling of MRM 643-5. It was approved
at the Math-Stats departmental meeting of May 12, 1986.
Please continue the approval process through the
faculty of Science on the way to senate.
Enclosed please find:
1.
The proposal form with course outline.
2.
Letters of support from Drs. Day (NRM) and Dill (BISC).
3.
Minutes of MRM Executive Committee (item 2d).
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CALENDAR INFORMATION:
Department: ?
Mathematics and Statistics
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Course Number:
STAT
650
Title:
Quantitative Analysis in Resource Management and Field Bioloay.
Description:
The use of statistical techniques and mathematical models in resource
management with special emphasis on experimentation, survey techniques, and
statistical model construction.
Credit Hours:
5 ?
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Prerequisite(s) if any:
A course in
parametric
and
nonparametric statistics. This course may not be used for the
satisfaction of -degree requirements in the Department; of Mathematics and Statistics.
ENROLLMENT AND SCIIEDIILINC',:
Estinated Enrollment: ?
10-20 ?
When will the course first he offered:
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88-1
How often will the course be offered: ?
Every second year.
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JUSTIFICATION:
This proposal constitutes a relabelling of the existing course,
MRM
643-5.
This course has been administered by the MRM program but taught
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Sciences. The relabelling is designed to ease administrative problems.
RESOURCES:
Which Faculty member will normally teach the course:_
R.Routledge
What are the budgetary implications of mountin
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the course:
Thecoursewouldbefundeddirectly
through the MathematicsandStatisticsDepartment.Thepresentarrangementinvolves
ad hoctransfers of teaching funds each time the course is taught.
Are there sufficient Library resources (annend details): ?
Yes.
Appended:, a) Outline of the Course
b)
An indication of the com
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member to
g
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c)
Library resources
Approved: Departmental Graduate Studies Committee:
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(a)
Outline of course:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Statistics 650-5 (5-0-0)
Quantitative Analysis in Resource Management and Field Biology.
This course is aimed at developing facility in the use of
statistical techniques in conjunction with elementary mathematical models to study
problems arising in field biology and natural resource management. Introductory
lectures will involve a comprehensive review of basic statistics with special
emphasis on the need to search for causal relationships and the role of
randomization, controls, and judgement in this pursuit. Time constraints
dictate that the review will not be leisurely paced. Students are encouraged
to refresh their understanding of basic statistical procedures before the
first lecture.
Further lectures will discuss the use of statistical models in
resource management. Special emphasis will be placed on sampling techniques
for vegetation, fish,wildlife, social, and economic variables, and on regression
models. The role of common sense and background knowledge in the construction of
statistical models will be stressed.
According to the students' interests and backgrounds, further
material will be selected from such topics as (1) optimization with complete
information, (2) optimization under uncertainty, and (3) further aspects of
experimental design.
(b)
This course has been, and will likely continue to be, taught by
R. Routledge, an active researcher in the field of biometrics and
its
applications in resource management and population biology.
(c)
The library's holdings in this area are adequate at present. Barring
any shift in its acquisition policy, the library's resources should
continue to serve the needs of this course adequately.
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MEMORANDUM
G.A.C. Graham, Chairman
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I am delighted to support the introduction of STAT 650:
Quantitative Analysis in Resource Management & Field Biology.
Dr. Rick Routledge has done an excellent job teaching the same
course for us numbered MRM 643-5, over the past few years. We
shall drop MRM 643 from the calendar as soon as Senate adopts
STAT 650.
We have been grateful for the willingness of the Department
of Mathematics and Statistics to teach MRM 643 biannually for us.
However, in view of the fact that significant numbers of students
from both Biology and Natural Resources Management have regularly
enrolled in this course, it is now more appropriate to have it
listed as a Statistics course.
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The Biological Sciences Graduate Studies Committee does not see the need for
relabling MRM
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(to STAT
650),
but does not oppose the change.
The Committee feels that the course is a valuable one, which has benefitted
a number of graduate students in this Department. We wish to ensure that it
continues to be offered, under whatever course designation.
Have you given any thought to double-numbering the course, i.e., to having it
listed in the Biological Sciences section of the Calendar as BISC 8XX-5?
If you were interested, I could propose that to our Department.
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Minutes of Meeting
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MRM Executive Committee
Monday,
28
April
1986
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2:30 p.m.,
Room
9511/12
MPX
Present: ?
Dr. Chad Day, Director
Dr. Tom Gunton
Dr. Alison Gill
1.
Brock Friesen's appointment as adjunct professor. O.C. Day)
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Day
Appointment approved. Appointment form will be forwarded to
Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences for approval.
2.
MRM course deletions in the SFU Calendar. O.C. Day)
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Day
(a) MRM
632 -
Terrain Evaluation
Approved
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(b) MRM
633 -
Remote Sensing
Arthur Roberts will be notified and a new GEOG
graduate number will be included in MRM brochure.
(c) MRM
634 -
Slope Stability and Snow Avalanches in Resource
Management
Approved
• (d) MRM 643 - Quantitative Analysis in Resource Management
Richard Routledge will be notified and the new
STAT 650 course will be included in MRM course
offerings.
Approved
3.
Review
applications to t4M Program for the Fall
1986
Semester.
Applications were reviewed and recommendations made
regarding full-time, qualifying and reversion-list
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students.
4.
- Other business.
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November 14, 1986
TO: Senate
SUBJECT: Notice of Motion - Senate, November 3, 1986
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At the meeting of Senate held on November 3, 1986, the following Notice
of Motion was presented:
MOTION: "That members of the Board of Governors
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be invited to join and participate in a
special session of Senate at least once
annually"
