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HONORS PROGRAMS AND TO UPPER DIVISION
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TO RELATED JOINT PROGRAMS OR COURSES
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies at its meetings of August 5, September 9, September 16, and
following discussions by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning at
its meeting of September 10, 1980, gives rise to the following motion:
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.80-117,
regulations as follow:
SCUS 80-43B, as approved by
scus September 16, 1980
REGULATIONS - RESTRICTIONS ON ENTRY TO AND CONTINUATION IN MINOR, MAJOR
AND HONORS PROGRAMS AND TO UPPER DIVISION COURSES IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRA-
TION, OR TO RELATED JOINT PROGRAMS OR COURSES
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(These regulations are in addition to the general University and Faculty
of Arts regulations covering such matters as admission to the University,
acceptance into and continuance in minor, major, honors programs, require-
ments for graduation. Except as described herein they do not apply to
BUEC courses.)
1.
A student desiring to take a minor, or a major, or an honors program
in Business Administration, or a combined major or honors program in
Business Administration and Economics, may continue to indicate on
registration forms the intended program as under current regulations
and practice.
2.
For formal declaration and formal acceptance into any one of these
programs involving Business Administration a student must be regis-
tering for a semester in which the 61st or higher credit hour is to
be taken and normally will be expected to have completed or be
registered in a semester completing the 57th credit hour. Other
cases will be reviewed and determined by the Department.
3.
To be formally accepted into a minor or major program the student
will be required to have a cumulative grade point average of 2.25
or higher at the time of acceptance. The usual higher average for
honors entry will continue to be applied.
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To remain in a minor or major program the student will be required
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to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.25 or higher. The
usual higher average required to continue in an honors program will
continue to be applied. (Students undertaking a minor program in
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use of BUEC courses are required to fulfil
this regulation of a cumulating grade point average of 2.25 or
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5. Entry to and registration in any upper division Business Administration
course requires
(a)
That the student be or have been formally accepted into one of
these minor or major or honors programs involving Business
Administration and be eligible to continue in the program, or
(b)
That the student have completed or be registered in a semester
completing the 57th or higher credit hour and have a cumulative
grade point average of 2.25 or higher. Other cases may be reviewed
and determined by the Department.
For entry and registration in subsequent Business Administration upper
division courses the student will be required to maintain a cumulative
grade point average of 2.25 or higher.
6. If during a semester (for example during preregistration), Departmental
assessment is made on the basis of student record then available and
decision is to formally accept the student into one of these programs,
or to permit the student to register for one or more upper division courses
in Business Administration, that decision shall stand for the immediately
approaching (or just commenced) semester. It will not be cancelled because
of results known at the end of term, other than for failure to complete
prerequisites, or action under general University regulations resulting
in Required to Withdraw or Permanent Withdrawal status, or other general
regulations. It will not automatically stand for later semesters; updated
data would apply.
If the academic record at the time of review was too low for a student to
be authorized for acceptance to a program or to take upper division courses
but the end of term record for the semester just completed is adequate, the
student then may seek adjustment through the Department and following general
regulations either
(a)
proceed through In-Person registration if not already registered, or
(b)
proceed through adjustment through the Course-Change period, if
already registered.
7. For students entering Simon Fraser University on the basis of work elsewhere
the cumulative grade point average will be taken to be that determined
under admissions regulations, normally on courses which can be considered
for transfer. After transfer the cumulative grade point average is based
on Simon Fraser University courses. Exceptional cases may be considered
by the Department.
8. Where the average of a student accepted into a program drops below that
required the earlier formal acceptance is no longer valid unless reviewed
by the Department and waiver granted for continuance.
9. Prerequisites for any course may be waived for individual students by the
School. In order for a course to be accepted as fulfilling a prerequiste
a student must have a.grade of C- or higher.
10. The effective date for commencement of these regulations will be to affect
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registrations for and after the Fall semester 1981. They will apply
generally to all students for then and thereafter granted or being
granted formal acceptance into these programs or, if not in a Business
Administration program, to students desiring to undertake one or more
upper division courses in Business Administration (unless waiver is
granted by the Department).
As it is not desired to impose hardship on students who already are
well advanced in their Business Administration programs, the following
provisions will apply to such students whose records would indicate as
at September 1, 1981, that they would require not more than sixty credit
hours to complete the degree:
(a)
A student who lacks thirty or fewer credit hours needed to complete
degree requirements will have one year to complete without impact
from these new regulations - (to August 1982).
(b)
A student who lacks thirty-one to sixty credit hours needed to
complete degree requirements will have two years to complete
without impact from these new regulations - (to August 1983).
(c)
The Department may consider further these or other exceptional cases
to lessen hardship.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
For some years enrolment-in Business Administration undergraduate
courses has reflected an annual increase of greater than 20%. The continual
growth and pressure on these programs has led to some difficulties in ade-
quately maintaining faculty strength and appropriate protection of program
quality. The Vice-President, Academic in the Spring of 1980 requested D.
Birch, as Chairman of SCUS, to establish and chair an ad hoc committee to
recommend measures to relieve the enrolment in Business Administration
specifically and to address the need for enrolment limitation more generally-.
The committee was established and held several meetings during the Summer.
Members were D. R. Birch, Chairman; B. Schoner, Director of the School of
Business Administration and Economics; A. G. Sherwood, Chemistry; S. N.
Verdun-Jones, Criminology; H. M. Evans, Secretary. Some details will be
found in the attached paper entitled SCUS 80-43.
The committee gave consideration to a number of approaches, as
described in that paper, and following discussion it made recommendations
to the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies for consideration at a
meeting of that body on August 5. SCUS held general discussion and indicated
there should be referral to the Department of Economics and the School of
Business Administration and Economics generally. There was also referral
for general comment purposes to the various Faculty curriculum committees.
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The School of Business Administration and Economics responded
with some proposed changes to the document prepared by the committee and
there was full discussion of the various proposal by SCUS on September 9.
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At the same time the document was transmitted for general
comment and consideration by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning
on September 10. At the SCUS meeting of September 9 there was intensive
discussion and general approval of the proposals. The proposals had
been approved by the School and also by the Faculty of Arts curriculum
committee.
Some questions were raised at SCAP, particularly with relation
to the grandfather clauses set forth in Item 10. The primary concern
was whether or not the original proposals would have sufficient impact
on enrolment limitations to achieve the desired and indeed necessary
results. On further consideration SCUS made adjustments to the latter
clauses in order to speed up and intensify the effects of the regulations.
Throughout the course of the discussions there had been clear
attempts to try to find appropriate reconciliation of responsibility to
students who are already in courses and programs whilst at the same time
recognizing the difficulties and dangers that arise if growth were to
remain unchecked. It has been the desire of the committee to have this
material move forward to Senate as quickly as possible in the Fall term
in order that
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any decisions made to change regulations can be
announced as early as possible to give students opportunity to measure
up to new regulations. The regulations currently proposed are designed
to affect those registering for Business Administration programs and
courses as at September 1981 and later.
The proposal submitted by the committee and approved by SCUS
with some modifications utilizes a requirement of a cumulative grade
point average of 2.25 for students to be automatically permitted to
undertake upper division courses in Business Administration toward minors,
majors, honors or for other purposes in Business Administration. The
various committees have looked at the option of establishing a fixed quota
such as is done for certain aspects of the PDP program versus the present
proposals which utilize a cumulative average but allow for some flexibility
in terms of what the final quota number would actually be. This latter
system is deemed to be the more appropriate method for these particular
courses and programs. Students, advisors and others can know whether or
not an individual will be qualified and permitted to proceed. A fixed
number quota system invariably means that there is a time delay whilst
various individuals are ranked and selections made down to whatever the
predetermined number of persons is to be.
In making its decision to utilize this method it was emphasized
that if these regulations are approved they are not to be taken as a
precedent by other departments as a means to change requirements for
cumulative averages; if the topic of cumulative grade point average is to
be addressed by any specific departments or programs in order to raise
academic requirements then focus should be on that topic directly.
It was observed that' the proposal technically does not change
the average required by a student to qualify for graduation. If, for
example, a student maintains his average and proceeds into the last
semester but in that semester receives less than 2.25 but nevertheless
qualifies with the appropriate cumulative average of at least 2.0 and
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with the appropriate courses, then requirements for graduation would have
been fulfilled. A student, however, may have difficulty in proceeding this
farlintothe final semester because of insufficiently high grade point averages
in earlier work.
The Department noted that although the anticipated increase in
course enrolments for Fall 80-3 was expected to be in the 20% range, it
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uaflyfraiinrase4significafltlY to be in the general 30% range. The
concerns of the School and Department had arisen over a number of semesters
because of impact of heavy potential enrolments on quality of programs and
courses, difficulty of obtaining well qualified faculty and instructional
staff, and some question as to whether any one program in the University
proportionate to others should be so heavily weighted.
The Dean of Arts indicated that it may be necessary to come forward
with further proposals relative to this topic but that any such proposals,
if required, would not be in opposition to approval of the present regula-
tions which are required as a minimum. It was noted further that there are
significant administration costs which will occur through application of
the proposed regulations but a similar nature of costs would arise even if
a fixed quota system were utilized. The present system is deemed more
responsive to the overall needs of the University and the students.
SUBJECT: Proposed Regulations - Restrictions on Entry to
and Continuation in Minor, Major and Honours
Programs in Business Administration, or to Related
Joint Programs or Courses
At its meeting on 10 September 1980, the Senate Committee on Academic
Planning reviewed the proposed recommendations. Because they have
broad implications for the entire university, materials were presented
to members of the Committee on Academic Planning for their information
and comments.
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than sixty hours required to complete
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clauses as written, not come into play until the fall semester 1985.
It was further noted that the basic problem is not one of space
limitations. Rather, the fundamental problem is the inability of the
Department of Business Administration to find and employ faculty in
sufficient numbers to both fill the currently authorized positions as
well as those that might be authorized should student numbers continue
to increase. The inability of the Department to obtain the faculty
resources required to staff for the current and anticipated enrolment
means that both students and current faculty suffer from a diminishment
in the quality of the present program.
The second major issue addressed the appropriateness of the regulations
being proposed. A concern expressed is that the introduction of a
2.25 cumulative grade point average for students seeking admission to
or continuation in upper division Business Administration courses
could be perceived by other academic departments as an attempt to
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raise academic standards. Such a perception could, in turn,
lead other departments to pursue a similar course of action.
It was made clear that the intent of the recommendations is to
address a program quality issue rather than one of student
academic standards. An option offered for consideration was
that of establishing a quota system for admission to the program.
While this approach has certain obvious advantages, the full-time/
part-time mix of students, the absence of a structured curriculum,
the trimester operation, and the uncertainties posed for students
of not knowing the grade point average necessary for admission to
the program, detract from its initial attractiveness.
The Senate Committee on Academic Planning urged that the proposed
regulations be returned to the School of Business Administration
and Economics for reconsideration of the issues described above.
If substantial revision was forthcoming, S.C.A.P. recommended that
the proposed regulations be re-considered by the Senate Committee
on Undergraduate Studies.
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The Faculty of Science Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
discussed the matter of SCUS paper 80-43B, i.e. the proposed regulations
for limiting enrollment in BUS. courses, and no objection to the
proposals were raised.
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The undergraduate programs committee of the Faculty of Education
finds this procedure for limiting entry and confirmation in
Minor, Major, and Honors Programs acceptable. We understand
that this procedure does not effect any change in the
university regulation concerning grade point average required
for graduation, though it
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incidentally ensure a grade
point average above the minimum presently allowed.
Some concern was expressed about possible ramifications of this
procedure, but the area seems rather opague.
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Enrollments in Business AdministraVon
Pursuant to the directive from the Senate Committee on
Undergraduate Studies that the various faculty undergraduate curriculum
committees consider the proposal by Business Administration (SCUS 80-45)
to restrict entry to their program of study, the Faculty of Interdisciplinary
Studies Undergraduate Curriculum Commtttee considered this issue on
September 16, 1980. As Chairperson of this Committee, I can report that
the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies understands the severe enrollment
problems confronting Business Administration and supports implementation
of the proposed policy. However, for the record, it should be noted that
committee members did express concern over 1) the actual effectiveness of
the proposed regulations in reducing enrollments, and 2) the implications
of this proposal, if approved, on both university and departmental
admission policies.
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PROPOSED REGULATIONS- RESTRICTIONS ON,
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ENTRY TO AND CONTINUATION IN MINOR,
UPPER DIVISION COURSES IN BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION, OR TO RELATED JOINT
PROGRAMS OR COURSES.
1.
SCUS 80-43, 43A, 43B on the above-mentioned topic was the subject of a
preliminary discussion by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
at its meeting of August 5, 1980. Decision was made to refer the paper
for consideration by the Department of Economics with particular reference
to the BUEC courses which are offered for credit both in Business Administration
and in Economics.
The papers were also referred to the various faculty curriculum committees
for comment.
2. The School of Business Administration and Economics has responded that, on
the understanding that the proposed limitations do not extend to BUEC courses,
Economics has no objection to proceeding with the proposed regulations.
The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee considered the proposals for
comment at its meeting of September 4, 1980.
Copies of items pertaining to these most recent decisions are attached.
3.
The original proposal contained in SCUS 80-43B is provided, together with
the earlier support information, along with the updated material. The
proposed regulations are on the agenda of SCUS for discussion on September 9,
1980.
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editorial change proposed for item
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2. As at September 16 pages
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and 19 of the document have
been amended by SCUS and show in the amended form as the
regulations on the transmittal memo from SCUS to Senate.
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The Department of Economics has considered the matter of enrolment
limitations in Business Administration. Given a clarification that the
proposed limitations do not extend to BUEC courses, Economics has no objection
to proceeding.
B. Schoner
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The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee at its meeting of
September 4, 1980 spent considerable time discussing the implications
of SCUS 80-43 B "Proposed Regulations - Restrictions on Entry to and
Continuation in Minor, Major and Honors Programs and to Upper Division
Courses in Business Administration, or to Related Joint Programs or
Courses", and passed the following motion:
"That the Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee supports
the recommendations for limiting enrolment in the
Department of Business Administration as outlined in
SCUS 80-43 B."
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The attached paper (SCUS 80-43) was the subject of
a preliminary discussion by the Senate Committee on Under-
graduate Studies at its meeting of August 5, 1980. It was.
the consensus of that meeting that further discussion and
consultation was required before a decision could be taken
on the recommendations put forward. As Chairman of the
Committee I agreed to refer the paper for consideration by
the Department of Economics with particular reference to the
BUEC courses which are offered for credit both in Business
Administration and in Economics. Faculty Curriculum Committees
are asked to review the proposals and to provide such comment
as they may see fit so that further consideration by the Senate
Committee in September or October may be informed by consideration
at the Faculty level.
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School of Business Administration
Department of Business Administration
Department of Economics
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ENROLMENT LIMITATION
Problem
For a number of years enrolment in Business Administration (formerly Commerce)
undergraduate courses has reflected an annual increase greater than 20%. The
interest in programs perceived to be professional in orientation is not unique
to Simon Fraser University. Consequently the problem of coping with rapidly
increasing enrolment is exacerbated by a market context which makes it difficult
to increase the number of faculty members in the department. Indeed, it requires
vigorous recruiting each year to maintain faculty strength, let alone increase
it at a rate sufficient to cope with spiralling enrolment.
Ad Hoc Committee
This spring the Academic Vice-President asked me, as Chairman of SCUS, to establish
and chair an ad hoc committee to recommend appropriate measures to relieve the
enrolment pressure in Business Administration, specifically, and to address the
need for enrolment limitation more generally. The Committee was established as
follows:
B. Schoner, Director, School of Business Administration anp Economics
A. G. Sherwood, Chemistry
S. N. Verdun-Jones, Criminology
D. R. Birch, Chairman
The Committee reviewed the data and considered various alternative approaches
to the definition and solution of the perceived problem. It was agreed that
the University should consider establishing policy governing enrolment limitation
in professionally oriented programs and that over-enrolment was particularly
acute in Business Administration.
The following '
table demonstrates that course enrolment in Business Administration
places great demands on the faculty. What is even more dramatic, however, is
the number of majors served by the Department - almost three times as many as
the department with the second greatest number:-
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TEN DEPARTMENTS WITH
GREATEST NUMBER
OF UNDERGRADUATE
ENROLLEES
1979/80
1980/81
1979/80
Number
Number
Number
of course
of majors
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faculty
Business Administration
7355
12272
30.75
Economics
5124
2652
27.0
Psychology
5095
435
26.0
Mathematics
4570
125
27.5
English
4279
357
42.5
Criminology
3327
369
20.5
Computing Science
2841
206
14.5
Biological Sciences
2817
250
32.83
Geography
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2649
312
21.0
Kinesiology
2541
170
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Alternative Approaches
• 1. Allow enrolment to grow in relation to student demand and attempt to
reallocate resources proportionately.
Reallocation
is not feasible on
the scale required and furthermore this approach completely begs the
question of the proportion of University resources which we wish to see
committed to professional programs.
2. Establish an enrolment quota and initiate competitive entry. Central to
the problem is the fact that the University has a policy of granting
undergraduate students admission to the University rather than to a specific
program and students, once admitted are relatively free to follow their
interests. The most notable exception to this practice is the Professional
Development Program in the Faculty of Education for which an enrolment
target is established and to which entry is competitive. At times there
have been as many as three qualified applicants for every opening. Although
entry is not based solely on academic achievement the minimum level of
achievement has ranged from just above 2.0 CPGA in some years to just under
3.0 CPGA in others.
It is less feasible to establish a quota in a degree program like Business
Administration which is not a lock-step, twelve-month program as is the P.D.P.
Students may take four semesters or many years from declaring a major to
completing a degree and inequities would be perceived if the entry requirement
was raised or lowered each year. In addition the courses are taken by many
students other than those majoring in the department and it would be difficult
to establish a quota for majors and an equitable parallel treatment for
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non-majors. Finally, the handling of applications for admission would add
a very substantial administrative burden.
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Establish a minimum level of achievement for admission to and remainin q
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the major, honors, minor and for admission to any upper division course.
The Committee favoured the approach recommended by the Department, i.e. to
limit enrolment through "quality control rather than (by) imposing a numerical
ceiling." This was seen as a preferable means of limiting enrolment in a
professionally oriented program which is not self-contained like the P.D.P.
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Qualifications
On behalf of the Department of Business Administration and its Five Year
Plan Task Force, I would like to submit some of our concerns on the question
of enrolment criteria to your sub-committee.
I am attaching a copy of our Departmental Five Year Plan for your perusal;
on pages 2-4 you will find some information relevant to this subject. In
our examination of Departmental enrolment data we came up with many other
measures which would also serve to-demonstrate our concerns about enrolment
quality and quantity, but those included in the report will be sufficient.
Let me just list for you some
of
the recommendations we would like to make.
These recommendations tend to be additive, but in some cases they might be
regarded as substitutes, one for the other:
1.
It is the concensus of our Department, as I understand it, that we would
prefer to, limit the number of enrolments through quality control rather
than imposing a numerical ceiling.
We have Departmental control over the M.B.A. Program applications in this
way. The number admitted per class may vary from year to year, but we
basically control the quality of applicants entering.
2.
We urge that a minimum grade point average be
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required before a student
is permitted to major in Business Administration.
3.
We propose that upon completion of 60 credit hours a student must demonstrate
a grade point average of 2.25 as a cumulative grade point average before
being admitted to further work at the 300 level in Business Administration.
4.
Further, there shall be no grade lower than a C- in any of the specified
prerequisite courses for the 300 level work in Business Administration.
5.
No probationary students (those with below a 2.0 grade point average) be
permitted to take any courses in Business Administration or prerequisites
thereto within the School. (Our analysis of enrolment data show that 9.1%
of our current students are in this category.) We have no control at
present over this situation.
6.
We concur with the recommendations of the Task Force (Kenji Okuda) on
International Students at Simon Fraser University. While we welcome inter-
national students to our program, as the Task Force Report points out our
Department happens to have a disproportionate number of international
students. (Twenty-four point two (24.2) percent as opposed to 10% for the
University as a whole.) We agree also with the recommendation that inter-
national students be measured in terms of their apptitude for University
work by taking the scholastic apptitude test. And that in the
case
of
international students this test be used in conjunction with the TOFEL examina-
tion. In (act, we might be amenable to the use of the SAT for all students
.
S
D. Birch
May 7th, 1980
entering our program, if they were to enter our program at the beginning
level.
We have also urged in our Five Year Plan that the late drop date be moved forward
to be in effect less liberal. While this is perhaps not directly related to the
concerns of your committee, it does have a serious effect on both efficiency and
quality standards in our programs.
These matters are of considerable urgency to us, since, as you know, we have
experienced in excess of a 22% annual growth in enrolments over the past six
years or so. For example, this Summer Semester our enrolments promise to be
in excess of 33% above those of last Summer. Clearly, one cannot cope with
this situation through additional faculty resources or through re-allocation
internally within the University
of
faculty resources. Some relief must be
looked to in terms
of
controlling student numbers. As I said above, we propose
to do this through controlling the quality of students. We do not wish to
impose these standards in a sudden or shocking way, but rather to do so gradually
so as not to drive students from the University campus itself. However, it seems
clear that the special needs of our program, at least at this point in time,
require some special and urgent consideration.
GCH/jm
cc: B. Schoner
B. Brown
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
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EXTRACT FROM SOME DATA ON ENROLMENTS
Subject .... IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COURSES
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Date ....... SE
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MD PROGRAMS, SPRING 80-1
The following tables have been abbreviated for Senate and show only totals for
all courses rather than by individual course. The courses included are BUS. 307, 312,
320, 321, 324, 337, 343, 371, 373, 387, 393, 413, 421, 424, 428, 436, 444, 478, 488,
489, 492 and 498.
REPORT ON STUDENT ENROLMENT IN SPRING 1980 COMMERCE COURSES - COLUMN
DESCRIPTIONS
COLUMN NUMBER
1.
The actual total enrolment as of the end of the 3rd week of classes for the
Spring 1980 Semester.
2.
Number of students enrolled showing a GOAL of Honor or Major in Commerce, who had
a cumulative GPA greater than or equal to that indicated in report heading.
3.
Number of students enrolled showing a goal OTHER THAN Honor or Major in Commerce,
who had a cumulative GPA greater than or equal to that indicated in report heading.
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Number of students enrolled showing a GOAL of Honor or Major in Commerce, who had
a cumulative GPA less than that indicated in report heading.
Number of students enrolled showing a goal OTHER THAN Honor or Major in Commerce,
who had a cumulative GPA less than that indicated in report heading.
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The ratio of column #5 to column #2.
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The ratio of column 116 to column #2.
TES:
a)
The sum of column #3 and #5 represents the total number of students enrolled
showing a GOAL of Honor or Major in Commerce.
b)
The sum of column #4 and #6 represents the total number of students enrolled
showing a goal OTHER THAN Honor or Major in Commerce.
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C)
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The cumulative grade point average used (cumulative GPA) is that as of the 3rd
week of classes of the Spring 1980 Semester.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Major
%
Other %
Total
Majors
Others
Majors
Others
Rejected
Rejected
Enrolments
Accepted
Accepted
Rejected
Rejected
out of
out of
Total
Total
Enrolmt.
Enrolmt.
C;PA
greater
than
r equal to
2.5
2036
777
253
745
261
37
13
GPA greater
than
or equal to
2.25
2036
1076
336
446
178
22
9
GPA greater
than
or equal to
2.20
2036
1130
347
392
167
20
9
GPA greater
than
or equal to
2.15
2036
1192
370
330
144
17
7
GPA greater
than
or equal to
2.1
2036
1258
376
264
138
13
7
GPA greater
than
or equal to 2.05
2036
1305
379
217
135
11
7
GPA greater
than
or equal to
2.0
2036
1358
403
164
111
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