Senate ? 

Senate Committee on 

Undergraduate Studies 

Deletion of Course - 

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November 15, 1979 

HIST 499-18 

Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

Studies at its meeting of October 30th, 1979 gives rise to 

the following motion: 

MOTION 

That Senate approve, and recommend approval 

to the Board, the deletion of HIST 499-18 

(honours semester)from the calender. 

Daniel R. Birch 

Chairman 

DRB/pa 

Mr. H.M. Evans, Secretary ? 

Wyn Roberts, Chairman 

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Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee 

...Cy,rri,ç,ul,u,niChang.e.s.. History,. 

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I have approved the attached curriculum change from the Department of 

History and request that it be placed on the agenda of the next SCUS 

meeting so that it may be included with the major curriculum changes 

which are to be placed on the agenda of the November Senate meeting. 

W. Roberts 

Attachment ? 

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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY 

C U R R I C U L U M CHANGES 

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HIST 499-18 Deletion of a Course 

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HIST 499-18 Honors Semester 

A semester in which further reading and 

research in a specialized area of study 

will be undertaken. Conducted in close 

co-operation with faculty, this 18 hour 

"course" will culminate with the student 

writing an Honors Essay, a work which shall 

reflect on ability to analyse and synthesize 

the events and literature of the specific 

subject being considered. 

RATIONALE 

It has been the experience of the Department of 

History that the option of completing honors 

requirements in a single semester for 18 credit 

hours imposes unrealistic demands on both 

the honors students and faculty supervisors. 

The option has seldom been chosen in the past 

few years, and during the re-examination of 

the entire curriculum the Undergraduate Studies 

Committee decided to remove this 

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option from 

the honors program. 