SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
FOR INFORMATION
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Senate
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From
Office of the Dean .o.f ... Graduate Studies,.
Report to Senate o.the Activities of
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the Executive Committee, Senate Cra-,,,
uate Studies Committee - 1981
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March .2
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Report to Senate of the Activities of the Executive Committee, Senate
Graduate Studies Committee from January 1981 to December 1981.
Number of Meetings - Seven
The Executive Committee acts with delegated power from the Senate Graduate
Studies Committee to:-
Approve:
1. All recommendations for the award of a degree. In 1981, 145 degrees
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were awarded.
2. Recommendations for Admission involving substantial doubt. There
were nine recommendations considered; eight were approved, one
rejected.
3.
All new graduate ccurses. There were ten new courses approved. One
in the Master of Natural Resource Management program; eight in the
Faculty of Education; and one In the Department of Computing Science.
4.
Graduate Curriculum changes in the Departments of Geography, Natural
Resource Management, Computing Science and the Master of Business
Administration program.
Authority delegated to the Dean of Graduate Studies by the Executive Committee
of the Senate Graduate Studies Committee:-
Approve:
1. Recommendations for Admission meeting University requirements.
2.
Recommendations to approve credit for courses taken at another institution.
3.
Recommendations to complete courses at another Institution for credit at
Simon Fraser University.
4. Recommendations to approve residence credit for work completed off campus.
5.
Recommendations for Supervisory Committee membership and changes.
6.
Recommendations for extensions beyond the five or eight year time limit
and for deferred grades.
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7, Recommendations for the establishment of Master's and Ph.D. Examining
Committees.
8. Late grade changes and course drops.
Bryan P. Beirne
Dean of Graduate Studies.
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