Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies at its meeting of 17 June 1980 gives rise to the
following motion:
MOTION
That Senate approve and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors, as set forth in S80-91
the Co-operative Education Program in Physics,
including the new practica PHYS 335-0, 336-0,
435-0 and 436-0.
Note -
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Members of the Senate are directed to page 484 of the
1980/81 calendar for information on Co-operative Education
Programs in general.
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At the meeting of 1980 06 05, the Faculty of Science approved the
following motion:
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"That the 'Co- ' operative Educatipn Program in Physics,
including th proposed new practica courses
PHYS 335-0,
336-0, 435-0 and 436-0,
be approved and forwarded
to
SCUS and Senate for consideration and approval."
Please find attached proposal
forms
for the new courses and some
brief comments on the Program prepared by Dr. A E Curzon
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Practicum I
Calendar DssertptiOfl of Courss
This is the first
in a co-operative education programme available to
physics or related areas such 'as biophysics, chemi
physics.
Nature of Course
Work experience
Prersqisites (or spocill instructions):
Students should apply to the Physics
Department at least one semester in advance. Students will-normally have com-
pleted 30 semester hours of credit, with a minimum G.P.A. of 2.75.
in the Physics program
flst course (courses) • if any,
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dropped
from the calendar
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this couTS
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approved ?
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None
now frequently will the course be offered?
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Two semesters per year.
tester in Which the course will first be offered? .
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Fall 1980
ich of your present faculty would be available to nake the proposed offering
Objectives_of
possible?
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Course
Department Dr. A.E. Curzon will be supervising the programme.
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To provide the work experience required for the Co-0,p Programme in Physics.
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(for information only)
Whet nddiUon*1 resources will be required in thØ following
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Faculty
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Library
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Additional faculty
may
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to help to cover the teaching responsibilities?
of the Co-Op Co-ordinator.
Space
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Department
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Credit Mours:_0 - Vector:
semester of work experience
students
who
are studying
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Title of Courses ?
Practicum II
Calendar
Osacrlpttoe of Course: ?
This •
course is the second semester or work
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experience in a co-operative education programme available to students who are
studying physics or related areas such as biophysics, chemicaiphysics or
mathematical physics.
acute of Course
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Work experience
Prerequisites (or special
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ins true clone) :
Students shouldapply to the Physics
Department at least one senster in advance. Physics 335
and
12 semester
hours of credit following Physics 335. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75.
Whit course (cour$ee), if
any,
is being dropped f roe' th. calendar if this course is
approveds
None
How frequently will the course be offered?
Two semesters per year.
Ssesetsr in which the course will first be offered? •
• Spring 1981
Which of 'your present faculty
would
be available to eske
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the propos.d'otfsrthg
possible? ?
In the Department Dr. A.E. Curzon will be supervising the programme.
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Objectivsaof
the Course
To provide the work experience required for the Co-Op Programme in Physics.
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Whet additionsi resources will be required in the following
areas
Faculty
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staff
Library
Audio Visual
.Additional faculty may be required to help to cover
the teaching responsibilities of the Co-Op,Co-ordinator.
SUS 73-34b:" (When completing
this Lore, for *natrutLJnb owe
Ptemorandua
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Physics
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Title of Course;
Practicum III
Calendar Description of Course:
This Is the third semester of work experience in a co-operative education programme
available to students who are studying physics or related areas such as biophysics,
chemical physics or mathematical physics.
mature of Course ?
Work experience
Prerequisite.
(or
special Instructions):
Students should apply to the Physics Department at least one semester in advance.
Physics 336 & 60 semester hours of credit with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75.
Whet course (course.) • if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
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None
slow frequently will the course be offered?
Initially once per year.
Semester in which the course will first be offered? .
Sumer 1981
Which of your present (sculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
In the Department Dr. A.E. Curzon will be supervising
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the programme.
ObISCtjVSe of tIps Course
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To provide the work experience required for the Co-Op Programme in Physics.
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(for information only)
Whet additional resources will be required in the followiOg
areas.
Faculty
Staff ?
Additional facultyinay, be required
to help to cover the teaching responsibilities
Library ?
of the Co-Op co-ordinator.
Audio Visual
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436
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Title of 'Course; ?
Practicum IV
Calendar Dsscrtption of Course:
This the the fourth semester of work experience in a co-operative education
programme available to students who are studying physics or related areas
such as biophysics, chemical physics or mathematical physics.
Na
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ure of course
Work experience.
Prerequisites
(or
special instructions):
Students should apply to the Physics
Department at least one semester in advance. Physics 435 and 12 semester hours
of credit following Physic5 435. A minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 2.75.
Whit
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(course.) if say, is being dropped from the calendar If this course is
approved: ?
None
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Row frequently will the course be offered?
Initially, once per year.
Semester in which the course will first beoffered?
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Fall1982
Which of your
present faculty would be available to make the
proposed offering
possible?
In the Department Dr. A.E. Curzon will be supervising the programme.
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Ob4ecttvsapf the Co
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To provide the work experience required for the Co-Op Programme in Physics.
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and Sce Maguitementa (for information only)
Whet additional resources will be required in the following areas
Faculty
Staff ?
•Additional faculty may be required to help to
Library
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cover the teaching responsibilities of the.Co-op
Audi* Visual ?
co-ordinator.
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SUS 73-34b:- (When completing this
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CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM IN PHYSICS
Rationale
Co-operative education combines academic studies and work
experience related to those studies. The rationale for co-
operative education is to give the student studies relatedwork
experience and to improve the students' employment opportunities
on graduation.
Feasibility
Co-op programs in physics are already successfully operated
by the Universities of Waterloo and Victoria. In addition I have
been contacting various potential employers and have found them
supportive.
Dr. J.C. Irwin has placed two students on an informal basis
and I have found three jobs for the coming Summer. This is a
small start but it indicates that S.F.U. should be able to
compete with those already in the field.
Proposed Calendar Entry
"Co-Operative Education
Co-operative education combines academic studies
and work experience related to those studies. The
student spends a total of four semesters off campus in
study-related jobs.
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Arrangements for the work experiences are made through
the Department's Co-op Co-ordinator and the University's
Office of Co-op Education. For further details on the
Co-op System students should refer to page
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of the
calendar."
A.E. Curzon
Professor of Physics
April 1980
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
D
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A.E. Curzon
Faculty of Science
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Department of Physics
Subject. ?
PHYSICS CO-OP PROGRAMME
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1980-06-19
Frequency of Courses
The present plan is to continue with the existing time-table so that
students not in co-op'will in no way be affected by the introduction of
co-op. The time-table constraint means that work study semesters will
have to be available at various times depending on whether the student is
doing physics, mathematical physics orchemical physics. This explains
the proposed offerings of co-op courses.
Naturally, I hope that the programme will attract many new students
in which case it should then be possible to extend our offerings of
physics courses. This will also increase flexibility in the time-tables
for non-co-op students, thus these latter students should welcome the
introduction of co-op.
Sequence of Offerings
The various physics programmes have inevitably an extensive pre-
requisite structure which makes time-tabling difficult. Mr. Kerr prepared
a number of sample time-tables which were subject to the constraint that
the co-op student should complete the programme in the minimum time of
8 study semesters plus 4 work semesters. It proved to be possible in all
our programmes but not if work and study semesters alternate. If the
restriction of minimum time is relaxed, which is not unreasonable because
by no means all students even now complete their degrees in the minimum
time
of 8
semesters, then more flexibility in time-tabling results. An
example of a minimum time sequence in honours physics is:
F Sp Su F Sp Su F Sp Su F Sp Su
Sl S2 Wl S3 S4 S5 W2
S6
W3 S7
S8
W4
All the various sequences have disadvantages, for example this one
ends as a work semester and the work semesters do not alternate.
My view Is
that Hurh problems are inevitable at the beg:1nnlng but
1-hey sI iouI(I (II sa ppea r
once the
progrimutic
gets
under way.
The ma
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point
Is thai at least the programme can be started with existing resources -
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1) without altering the time-tables of existing students and 2) without
requiring new co-op students to take longer than 8 study semesters plus
4 work semesters to complete their co-op degree should they wish to
finish in minimum time.
Dr. J.M. Webster, Dean ?
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1980-06-19
Faculty of Science
As soon as a
student
lets me know he is interested in co-op and the
semester he wishes to start a work semester, I will provide him with a
time-table so that he may decide whether it will suit him or whether he
wishes to start in another semester.
The First Practicurn
I had hoped to get the programme before Senate earlier than this,
that is why the first practicum was scheduled for the Fall of 1980. This
is now probably unrealistic.
The reason for scheduling the second prãcticum in the Spring of 1981
Is that some physics students have already completed their first practicum
in computing science and
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wish to carry oui the second practicum in
physics - possibly in the Spring of 1981. I do not have a particular
student in mind at the moment, thus, Summer 1981 would be acceptable.
A.E. Curzon
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cc: Dr. A. Sherwood, Chairman
Faculty of Science
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
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