SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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MEMORANDUM

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Proposed Graduate Calendar Changes.-..

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1979

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Curriculum Changes.

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MOTION: ?

That Senate approve the attached proposed

Graduate Calendar changes in the Department

of Kinesiology.

These changes were approved by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee

on November 19, 1979.

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Bryan P. Beirne

Dean of Graduate Studies.

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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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MEMORANDUM

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OCT-21979

Dr. B. Beirne, Dean.

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Graduate Studies

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Faculty of . Interdiscipi mary Studies

Subject.

Kinesiology Graduate Program

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.October 1, .1979

The attached changes in the Kinesiology Graduate Program regulations were

approved by the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Studies Coninittee

on Tuesday, September 17, 1979. They are forwarded to you for consideration by

the Senate Graduate Studies Committee.

Thomas W. Calvert; . Dean

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cc: M.V. Savage, Kinesiology

Thee changez we.ite app.'wved by th1..Exe.cwtLve Committee, Sei'ta.te. Gkaducute. S.tudLe.6

Committee on Monday, Nove.mbe.n. 5, 1979.

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M.Sc. (}WsIC1LJGY) PWXW4

Frs 7he zwnl mthiuvx requirements for the M.Sc.

(Kin) are

18 semester hours

of graduate courses and a thesis. At least

9

credit Ixxzrs will be selected

fru the graduate aourse offerings In Kirsio1ogy. These and curses in

ancillary areas will be chosen

in

consultation with

the

candidate's

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and

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required.

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ter

the

of

division

reuezxjation

the

For

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further

undergr

a student

of

information

the

may

in

Supervisory

tecourses

be

permitted

and regulations,

as

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part

to include

of

ttee

refer to Gmra1 Regulations section.

The normal minimum requirements for the M.Sc. (Kin.)

are 18 semester hours of graduate courses and a

thesis. At least 9 credit hours will be selected

from graduate course offerings in KLnesiology.

Courses will be chosen by the candidate's Supervisory

Coittee in consultation with the candidate. On

the recommendation of the

Supervisory

Committee

and with prior approval of the DGPC, a student may

be permitted to

include up

to 6 credit hours of

upper division undergraduate courses as part of

the 18 credit hours required. Note that these

undergraduate courses do

not

affect

the CGPA

required for the student's continuation or

graduation. For further information and regulations,

refer

to

General Regulations Section.

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calltdaft will prepare a thesis proposal which will

be circulated to

disc

fi1ty

u

asion

and resident

at a Department

greduate

colloquium.

students, and will present this proposal for

Ththing

Upon ?

1eticn

Cflm'.4

ttee,

of the

and

thesis,

any other

formal

individuals,

presentation

at a

will

Departmental

be r ?

to

colloquium.

the

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and regulations, refer to General Regulations.

Prior to beginning formal research, the candidate

will, prepare a thesis proposal which will be

circulated to faculty and resident graduate students.

The thesis proposal will be formally presented for

discussion at a Departmental Open . forum1

Upon completion of the thesis, a formal defense of

the work will be made to the Examination committee

at an open Departmental forum.

For further information and regulations refer to

General Regulations.

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• PH.D. PROGRAM

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Candidates will be admitted. to the doctoral program in an area defined and

determined prior to acceptance by the Departmental Graduate Program Committee.

The program must be within the capabilities of the student and the Department.

The Ph.D. candidate will be expected to show competence in methodology relevant

to the proposed research.

From: A Ph.D.candidate must complete a minimum of 24 semester hours of work

beyond the B.Sc. degree. Of the 24 hours, at least 15 must be in Kinesiology

courses numbered 800 or above The remaining 9 hours may be chosen from

courses, at the graduate or upper division undergraduate level from any

department in the University at the discretion of the candidate's Supervisory

Committee.

A student may be directed to acquire an adequate .knowlege of a language

which would be relevant to his/her studies.

The program of formal course work and research is designed to suit the

background and research objectives of each candidate and may differ

widely from candidate to candidate.

A Ph.D. candidate must normally complete a minimum

of 24 semester hours of work beyond the B.Sc. degree.

Of the 24 hours, at least 15 must be in Kinesiology

courses numbered 800 or above. The' formal course

work will be designed to meet the needs of the students.

Therefore, programs may differ widely from candidate to

candidate.

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cidate will present at least two eninars on topics selected in

preaent1

cons%

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ttjcE

at

with

an open

his/bar

seminar,

Supervisory

rrmally

Comnittee.

in the period

T

he

between

s

e

minars

the

will

first

be

and sixth esters, but in any case before the qualifying exaninations.

Both the timing and the subject matter of the seminars will be chosen

by the student in consultation with the Supervisory Ccminittee.

Each Ph.D. candidate will present

two seminars in

addition to

the

dissertation proposal on topics

approved by

the

candidate's Supervisory Committee.

These seminars will be presented during the regularly

scheduled departmental seminar

time,

normally

between

the

the

subject

first

and

matter

sixth

of

semesters

the seminars

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will

the

be

timing

chosen

and

by

the Supervisory Committee in

consultation

with the

candidate.

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by

residence,

the

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Supervisory

the candidate

Ccmnittee,

will

rxzinally

be required

at

the

to:

end

sit written

of the

and oral qualifying exanthations.The qualifying Examination Cawittee

will

faculty

the Senior

cormiat

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of

to

at

be

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from

faculty

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Ccmnittee

the

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Department.

the

Chairperson)

Department,

plus

izx]xxitng

one

At the

time

set

by

the

Supervisory Committee

and

normal

ly

by the end of 6 semesters of residence,

the candidate will be required to sit written and

oral qualifying examinations. The Qualifying

Examination Committee, consisting of a minimum of

five

people, will' be comprised of

at

least four

Faculty members from

the

Department

including the

Senior Supervisor .(who will act as the'Cozxzittee

Chairperson) and the

Departmental

Graduate Program.

Chairperson (or designate),

plus

one faöulty

member

from outside. the

Department.

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bitten

Fr: In ocsultation 'with the Supervisory Criuittee, the candidate will select

one

of. the following two options:

(1) Plasearch Prth]an: The

Qualifying Examination Qrmi ttee

Will

ge

present

neral ressarchthe

Caiv14'te

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interests.

with a

The

research

student

prcblen

'inaUy

related

will be

to

given

his/her

weeks to prepare and present to the Qualifying Exaid.nation Cczmiitteé

a sell - docuted rationale for its solution. His/her performance

will be judged

on

the basis of clarity 'of tlght and presentation,

cçtjath reference to relevant literature, satisfactory collection,

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analysis andpresentatian of data

and depth

of understanding portrayed.

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Attention will be paid to

the appropriateness of the

net)x)dology

and

the

ocmsistency of the conclusions.

A

.fii*4t

who fails the

field problem may retake it are, after or

semester lapse.

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(2) Witten cw*inatias: There will be four examinations.

Part (: _- exinatia paper will be devoted

to

the candidate's

fi

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d

of

'

specialization

and will be

designed

to.

permit

hiuVr to explore extensively the chosen area of research.

Part %: Theother three exacdnatim papers will be

based upon three

PiC8 chosen by the candidate in ocxisultatian with his/her

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a"

i

fying

Examination C'r"vn4ttee.

.7he sb.dent may select all

four

topics

from within

one of the available

of the discip1ir (i.e.

applied

*ysiology, sports science,

rh

th

J litaticn,

socio-cultural)

or

may select

the topics from within

several of the

sz• Wh

ere applicable,

one ?

may be

written

in a

fi

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A student who

fails an exaninaticrk paper may re-sit

the paper

once,

after a am sester ].ape

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There will be four examinations.

Part One: One

examination paper will be devoted to

the candidate's field of specialization and will be

designed to permit the student to explore extensively

the

chosen

area

of research.

Part

Two: The other

three

examination papers

Will

be based

upon

three areas

chosen by the Qualifying

Examination Committee in consultation with the

candidate.

Decision of the Examining Committee is by simple

majority.

A student who fails in one or more examination may

rewrite

each failed examination once. Normally any re

writing of failed examinations will be completed withi

one semester following the initial examination.

(b) al

Fran: The oral will be held

by

the Qualifying

Ommittee,

can

j

nat

j

c*i

at

U

eiooeR"ful

anclusiczi of all

written examinations. . The

student

will

be

primarily in the areas of the tcpics

covered by the written

exn{nation,

but

questions nay

range. over the entire

discipline.

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Upon the successful conclusion of all written exam-

inations an oral examination will be held by

the

Qualifying Examination Committee. The student will

be examined primarily in the areas covered by the

written examinations, but questions may range over

the entire discipline.

A

student who fails the oral.

examination may retake the oral exanzination.once.

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to

cardidata

filty and

will

resident

prepare

graduate

a dissertation

students

proposal

and

will

which

present

will

this

be

proposal

circi1ated

for diac*sion at a.-Department colloquium.

7he

acç3.et d dissertation will be jiged by the candidate

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s. Exwaining

ittae. If

the dissertation defence is failed,

the

candidate is

i ne

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gible for further candidacy in the degree program at this University.

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. further

infonnation ax regulations, refer to General Regulations.

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DISSERTATION

(a)

Dissertation Proposal

Upon successful completion of

the

Qualifying Examina-

tions the candidate . will prepare a aissertatlon

proposal

which will be

circulated to faculty and

resident

graduate students and will formally present

this proposal for discussion at a Departmental open

forum.

(b)

Completed Dissertation

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The completed dissertation will. be

judged

by

the

candidate's Examining Conmittee. If the dissertation

defence is failed the candidate is ineligible for

further

candidacy in the degree program at this

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For further information

and

regulations, refer to

General Regulations. ?

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Fr: It is anticipated that the requirtents . for the degree ixrznally can be

'xn]eted in

9

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It is anticipated that

the

requirements for

the

degree can normally

be

completed in 9 semesters beyond

the

Bachelor's degree.

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KDI(ILxY

GRADUAM COURSES (KINES)

K1NES 805-3 Speciil. !Itpics

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Sinar cççortunity

to develop urxler a faculty supervisor special interest

in ccmsidable depth.

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Seminar

opportunity to develop under a faculty super-

visor special

interest

in considerable depth.

Normally only two 805's. may

be

taken in this

department for credit toward any one degree

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