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November 15, 1979 

Communication 

Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

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

the following motion: 

MOTION 

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That Senate approve and recommend approval to the 

Board, as set forth in 

S79-135, 

the proposed 

change in requirements for the degree.. 

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Daniel R. Birch 

Chairman 

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.....H....M....Evans ,...Registrar.. and..................... 

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..thanges....-....Communication,. 

I.S.C. 79-8; 

a.—Revi3cJ Course 

Janet..Blanchet,...Secretary..of. the. ..Faculty 

of Interdisciplinary Studies Undergraduat 

Curricultum Committee 

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The attached ? 

changes for the Department of 

Communication, I.S.C. 79-8, and the attached revisions to CMNS 437, Media, 

Education and children, I.S.C. 79-9, were approved at a meeting of the 

Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies Undergraduate Curriculum Committee on 

October 9, 1979. 

Would you please place these items on the agenda for the next meeting 

of the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies? 

Janet Blanchet 

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Attachments 

Chairman, 

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Rowland Lorimer 

Underadtate•Sudjes 

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The attached, proposed changes are meant to accomplish two things. 

1. Under General Requirements we want to inform students of 

a list of complementary courses which is being developed within the 

department. We also want them to be informed of a general meeting to 

take place at least once a year. This meeting will serve the purpose 

of orienting students to the offerings and the faculty of the department. 

2.

As

a result of several semesters of experience we want to 

make 

some adjustments to our "philosophy of science" requirement. Essentially 

we want to broaden the requirement plus build in a safeguard for students 

who, for one reason or another cannot take a background course in the general 

area of philosophy of science or history of ideas. As well as adding 

two courses to the choice a student can make from outside the department 

we are proposing that students may take two courses within the department 

to fulfill the requirement. 

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This latter, inside alternative will require 

the permission of the Undergraduate Adviser. 

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R. Lorimer 

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PROPOSED IJNDERGRADUATECIU4 

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CHANGES - COMMUNICATIONS 

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General Requirements 

In planning a program in Communication students are advised to visit 

the department and speak with 

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the Departmental Assistant or the Under- 

graduate Advisor. S/he will 1Y able to provide advice on selection of courses. 

Among other things, a list4f courses in other departments which seem comple- 

mentary to a Major or Horours in Communication will be available. In addition, 

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advice on appropriate/methodology courses for students' individual interests 

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may be gained fro 

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'onsulting either of these two persons. 

Students e also advised that at least each fall and perhaps each 

semester, in /he first or second week of classes the Undergraduate Advisor 

will convel'( 

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e a general meeting to orient students to the department. The date 

and tim"of this meeting will be announced by professors in the first week of 

Sclas/es. 

D. at least one of: 

HJ.ST 408 Liberty and Authority in 19th Century Thought 

PHIL 243 Historical Studies of the Philosophy of Science 

PHIL 341 Philosophy of Science (see note below) 

S.A. 327 Sociology of Knowledge (see note below) 

S.A. 358 The Philosophy of the Social Sciences (see note below) 

Note: Permission may be granted by the Undergraduate Advisor for 

students to fulfill the requirement by taking two of CMNS 

300, 310 and either 331 or 431. 