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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

From

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DECEMBER 15, 1983 

Date

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Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies 

at its meeting of December 13, 1983 gives rise to the following motion:- 

MOTION: 

"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the 

Board of Governors, as set forth in S.84-1 , the 

proposed 

New course ENGL 099-2 - University Writing, 

including change in group requirements 

(the 

course 

does not fulfill Group A requirements in the 

Faculty of Arts)." 

FOR INFORMATION: 

Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of December 13, 1983 

the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies approved the following: 

Change of title and description ENGL 204-3. 

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

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Faculty 

Arts 

Curriculum Committee 

Date........QC?J.3

Department of English. 

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

24, 1983,

approved the new course proposal for ENGL 

099-2

"University 

Writing" from the Department of English. 

Would you please place this course on the agenda of the next meeting 

of S.C.U.S. Thank you. 

S. Roberts 

.

SR/bf 

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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY F A. C

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MEMORANDUM ?

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Dr. C. Hamilton, Chairma 

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.Andrea Lebowitz, Chair 

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New Course Proposal (g1i.h..P.9.9).. 

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Date.........

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- ca . V6ndir Description 204 

Kindly put the enclosed course proposals on the agenda for the next Faculty 

of Arts Curriculum Committee. 

The change in the calendar description for English 204 is necessary in order 

to clarify the range of material considered in the course. The present 

description does not make it clear that material from the Anglo-Saxon period 

is considered in the course. 

English 099 is a new course designed to provide students throughout the 

University with the opportunity to improve their writing, reading and critical 

capabilities. University writing is understood to include a wide range of 

skills: sentence structure, summary, definition, description, patterns of 

coherence and the selection and organization of information. Since the course 

is intended for all university students, reading materials will be drawn from 

a variety of sources and disciplines. In order to ensure its success, the 

course will be a seminar/workshop and will have an enrolment of no more than 

17 students. Approximately 8-10 sections of the course will be given in the 

fall and spring and 2-4 in summer. 

Grading: The course will be graded and will, of course, count toward the 

degree. However, 099 will not count toward the lower level requirements 

for the English Degree. 

The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee will have to consider whether or not 

English 099 can fulfill Group A requirements. In the opinion of the Department 

of English it would not be appropriate for English 099 to be used as a Group 

A course. However, since the whole question of group requirements will soon 

be reviewed, the Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee may wish to defer this 

decision until the time of a general review. 

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cc: Jerry Zaslove, Chair 

Department of English 

OFFICE Of THE DEAN

NOV 15983

NOV 151983

FACULTY

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FACULTY OF ARTS

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM 

Calendar Information ? 

Department ENCI ISH 

- 099 

Abbreviation Code: 

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ENGL Course 'Number:     

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Credit Hours: 

2

Vector: ? 

0-2-0 

Title of Course: 

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University Writing 

Calendar Description of Course: 

English 099 will introduce students to reading, analysis and composition central to the 

understanding and preparation of expository writing required in university studies. 

Nature of Course 

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Seminar/Workshop 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

None 

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

approved: ? 

None. ? 

There will, however, be a reduction in the number of 300-level 

seminars in order to accommodate this course. 

2. Scheduling 

How frequently will the course be offered? Every semester. 

Semester in which the course will first be offered? 1984-3. 

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

possible? All. 

.. Objectives of the Course: This course is designed to help students to develop a number of 

.

related capabilities: to read intelligently, to think coherently, and to write well. 

Course topics will include sentence structure, patterns of coherence, logical development, 

paraphrase and the selection and organization of information. Students will be required to 

demonstrate reading comprehension and to write in a variety of prose forms related to those 

studied in the course. 

4.

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 

Date:15 Novernber,1983 

Department Chairman 

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Dean ? 

Chairman, SCUS 

&CIJS

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

•ch course outline). 

Arts 78-3 

SAMPLE COURSE OUTLINE 

ENGL

099-2 UNIVERSITY WRITING 

Students in this course will read and analyze examples of the kinds of 

prose they encounter in their university studies, and will practise 

writing the kinds of prose that will be required from them in their 

assignments. 

Readings have been selected from a variety of disciplines and will be 

examined in such a way as to reveal their logical structure and focus, 

and their mode of development: particular attention will be paid to the 

roles of generalization, detail, abstraction and concrete reference in 

establishing coherence in information and argument. Students will also 

consider the matter of expository style, at both sentence-level and text- 

level. In their own writings, students will practise elements which 

comprise expository expression: summary, illustration, definition, 

description. Writing assignments will be directly related to reading 

assignments, and designed to exercise students' comprehension and their 

ability to put their reading to use, in their own thinking. 

Course Outline 

I.

Levels of generalization in prose. The reader/writer relationship 

in expository prose. Note-taking. 

II.

Summarizing. 

III. 

Inductive Reasoning and Paragraph Development (e.g. giving reasons 

and examples). 

IV.

Deductive Reasoning (e.g. citing authority and making inferences). 

V.

Basic Patterns of Development (e.g. comparison/contrast, definition, 

logical progression, etc.). 

VI.

Research: Aims and Techniques. 

Particular issues of punctuation, grammar and usage will be taken up as 

students' writing indicates a need for clarification and investigation. 

Required Texts: 

Bell and Corbett ? 

The Little English Handbook for Canadians 

Norton Anthology of Essays or a similar collection of 

expository writings. 

Course Requirements: 

In-class summaries of reading material (10%); Six short writing assignments 

(approx. 500 words) which will demonstrate both reading and writing abilities 

(40%); One longer critical paper (7-10 pages) (50%). 

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

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Secretary, Faculty of Arts 

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RevAp.:. Faculty 

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Date.........

The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee at its meeting of December 8, 

1983, approved the following motion: 

That ENGL 099-2 be excluded from Group A courses.

This decision is in line with the exclusion of ENGL 010-3 from Group A. 

Would you please add this to the new course proposal for ENGL 099. Thank you. 

CURRICULUM REVISION 

FACULTY OF ARTS REQUIREMENTS FOR 

THE B.A. DEGREE: GROUP REQUIREMENTS 

P. 34 Calendar 

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FROM: Group A 

English (excluding ENGL 010-3) 

History 

Languages, Literatures and Linguistics 

Philosophy 

Humanities (students must take courses from at 

least two Group A departments other than Humanities 

TO:

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Group A 

English (excluding ENGL 099-2 and ENGL 010-3) 

History 

Languages, Literatures and Linguistics 

Philosophy 

Humanities (students must take courses from at 

least two Group A departments other than Humanities 

RATIONALE: 

Following the precedent established by 

excluding ENGL 010-3 from counting as a 

Humanities course on the grounds that its 

subject matter was not Humanities, 

ENGL 099-2 has also been excluded. 

1MON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

SCUS

To ......

H.

Evans ?

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Cur

riculum ?

9L• 2Q&-3

Department of English 

From .... 

^4eila Roberts

Secretary, Faculty 

of'

Arts 

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ç•qmniittee. 

Date..

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The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee, at its meeting of November 24, 

- 1983, approved the change of title and description for ENGL 204-3 "Literature 

of the Anglo-Saxon Period, Middle Ages and Renaissance". 

Would you please place thiscourse on the agenda of the next meeting of 

S.C.U.S. Thank you. 

CURRICULUM 

CHANGES

ENGLISH (ENGL) FACULTY OF ARTS 

CHANGE OF TITLE 

AND

DESCRIPTION: FROM: 

ENGL 204-3 Literature of the Middle Ages 

P. 150 Calendar 

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and Rennaissance 

Includes substantial attention to Chaucer 

and Shakespeare. (Lecture/Tutorial) 

Prerequisite: Previous credit or standing 

in two of ENGL 101, 102, 103, and 104. 

TO:

ENGL 204-3 Literature of the Anglo-Saxon 

Period, Middle Ages and Renaissance 

Includes attention to works from the Old 

English, Middle English, Tudor and 

Elizabethan-Jacobean periods. (Lecture/Tutorial) 

Prerequisites: Previous credit or standing 

in two of ENGL 101, 102, 103, and 104. 

RATIONALE: 

The change in the calendar description for 

ENGL 204 is necessary in order to clarify 

the range of material considered in the 

course. The present description does not 

make it clear that material from the Anglo- 

Saxon period is considered in the course. 