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SENATE ? 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC PLANNING/ 

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FOR INFORMATION 

Date..

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Acting unde 

SCUS approved changes 

courses, as follows: 

From: ENGL 101-3 

ENGL 102L3 

ENGL 103-3 

ENGL 104-3 

r its delegated authority, at its meeting of May 4, 1982 

in nature of course and in vector for 100 division English 

- Introduction to Fiction (Lecture/Tutorial) 

- Introduction to Poetry (Lecture/Tutorial) 

- Introduction to Drama (Lecture/Tutorial) 

- Introduction to the Essay (Lecture/Tutorial) 

Vector: 2-1-0 

To: ? 

ENGL 

101-3 - 

Introduction to 

Fiction (Lecture/Tutorial/Laboratory) 

ENGL 

102-3 

- Introduction to 

Poetry (Lecture/Tutorial/Laboratory) 

ENGL 

103-3 - 

Introduction to 

Drama (Lecture/Tutorial/Laboratory) 

• ? ENGL 104-3 - 

Introduction to 

the Essay (Lecture/Tutorial/Laboratory) 

Vector: ? 

2-1-1 

It is intended that these changes commence for September 1982. 

The Senate Committee on Academic Planning also considered these 

changes at its meeting of May 12, 1982, and the following major points were 

noted: First, the proposal will not have budget implications beyond funding 

levels which are now available or which will follow from "Normal" re-allocations 

of existing resources. Second, if approved, continuation of the program beyond 

1982/83 will be the responsibility of permanent faculty. Work loads will be 

adjusted on an individual basis to provide for this. 

Attention to compositional skills in the manner proposed will be 

restricted to those students who are enrolled in the four English courses 

identified. 

For Information: ? 

Calendar description of courses - 

"The following four courses will examine representative works 

of literature, selected primarily from the Twentieth Century, 

in order to develop a critical awareness of the approaches to 

experience which modern literature reflects and the techniques 

it employs, and to explore problems of literary evaluation. 

Each course will involve attention to compositional skills 

through individual meetings with a tutor." 

SiMON FRASEF UNIVERSITY

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MIMORANDUM

To ...... Dr....

J.- .Chaa.e,. Sec.rer.ar 

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Subjed .. Changes. 

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courses 

From

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Dea.L.Ar.t .......................... 

Date 

........... May.t,.19B2........................... 

The proposal to reorganize the 100 level courses in the 

Department of 

English will not have budget implications beyond funding levels which are 

now available or 

which will follow from "normal" reallocations of existing 

resources. 

In the first year (1982-83) $60,000 has been allocated by the 

Academic

ovide for the phasing out of 

special

instructional 

Vice_President to pr 

support for 

English 

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This money, plus some 

"soft" 

money 

added from my own 

budget 

(which comes from departmental faculty on leave), 

will provide for the employment of some (up to 3 1/3) lecturers to phase 

in the new system. Existing T.A. resources used In the 100 level courses 

will be sufficient to 

meet those costs. 

Continuance of the program beyond 1982-83 will be the reponsibilitY of 

permanent faculty. Workloads will be adjusted on an individual basis to 

provide for this. 

R. C. Brown 

RCB/lm 

SiMON ERASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

fl'

Mr. H.M. Evans, Secretary 

s.C.U.s.

Subjed

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Change to 100 Division English 

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The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee at its meeting of April 

22nd passed the following motion: 

The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee approves 

the change of vector and nature of course for 

ENGL 101, 102,103 and 104. 

The Committee discussed at some length the implications of the 

proposed changes and enthusiastically supported them. 

The Committee understood that the Department will be consulting 

with the Dean and the Vice-President regarding the financial and 

administrative implications of these changes. 

Will you please place these changes on the agenda of the next 

SCUS meeting. ? 

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S. Roberts 

Attachment 

cc. J. Zaslove 

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This memo is provided on the understanding that the vote by the 

Department has not yet been counted and if the proposal is not approved 

this item will be removed from the SCUS agenda. 

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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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MEMORANDUM 

P.r1..Cttr)esJianilton ......................... 

From ..... Dr...

Jerry. .Zaslove

Chairman ? 

Chairman 

Facult

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Arts. Curriculum. .Conini.ttee... 

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. . .. . Department of .Engl.ish 

Subject...

Changes_ to. JD0-Div.isi.on..English ........

Date.

..Ap.ri]..22.,.1982

Courses ? 

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I.

The Proposal 

The proposal recommends that the present 2-lecture/1-tutorial mode be 

altered to a 2_lecture/1_tutorial/1-labO 

rator 

Y hour mode. The additional 

hour is designated as a "laboratory" hour. These hours will be scheduled 

to meet in a classroom every week throughout the semester--twelve meetings. 

Six of these meetings would consist of a formal class dealing with aspects 

of composition. The other six meetings would be used at the discretion of 

the T.A. for consultation with individual students, or small groups of students 

with special problems. Classes so used should take over most of the 

activities presently conducted during TA office hours now designated as 

"attention to compositional skills through individual meetings with a tutor." 

Some office hours for individual meetings and drop-in matters would be retained, 

the amount to be determined by the department. 

The six classes on-composition would be discussions which would focus on 

problems emerging from the writing assignments. Discussions would focus both on 

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problems of written expression and on problems of interpreting the literary 

material through reading and writing about literature. Students with E.S.L. 

problems or other writing problems would be referred to "open labs" designated 

in the schedule booklet as attached to the 100 level courses. Depending on 

instructional availability some "open lab" time would also be available on a 

drop-in basis. The calendar description of our 100 level courses**still applies, 

but we will be improving the way in which we attend to compositional skills. It 

is expected that the actual work load of.. the teaching assistant may vary depending 

on the demands of particular assignments, or the 

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needs of particular students, 

but any planned increase inwork, for example preparation for the "labs", would 

be taken into account in terms of the present or future TSSIJ collective agreement. 

Credit earned in the course would remain 3 CR. 

II.

Objectives 

1.

To formalize T.A. time now spent on individual conferences by placing 

a portion of their "floating"two-hour work load into a classroom setting. 

The remainder of T.A. time given over to instruction would be used for 

individual conferences. 

2.

To provide workshop sessions for T.A.'s before and during the 

semester that would assist them in preparing for labs. These 

workshops would take into account matters important to faculty 

teaching 100 level courses and would offer suggestions for dealing 

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** "The following four courses will examine representative works of literature, 

selected primarily from the Twentieth Century, in order to develop a critical awareness 

of the approaches to experience which modern literature reflects and the techniques it 

employs, and to explore problems of literary evaluation. Each course will involve 

attention to compositional skills through individual meetings with a tulor." 

N.B. This statement would be slightly altered to describe the new component. 

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with common problems encountered in 100 level courses. 

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To provide a mechanism that would enable T.A.'s to refer difficult and 

time-consuming writing problems, either E.S.L. problems or other 

Problems, to "open labs" which will be scheduledat an ap 

propriate 

referred 

time for 

to

students 

the "open 

to receive 

lab" would 

extra 

receive 

attention 

particularized 

and assistance. 

instruction 

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nts

and

advice. 

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later date, subject to department action, a composition course would be 

developed to meet the needs of. students who require a course in writing that 

is not based solely on literary content. 

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