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on-Undergraduate 

Undergraduate 

Studies 

........Date., .19Y-11.--1.

Honors Program in Mathematics 

Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies 

motion: 

at its meeting of November 6, 

1979

gives rise to the following 

MOTION 

That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board, 

as set forth in 

S.79-144

the proposed option in the 

B.Sc. Honors program in Mathematics. 

Note - The proposal does not involve any new courses but identifies 

a group of courses as a suitable option for physics-oriented 

mathematicians. According to the Chairman of the Departmental 

Undergraduate Studies Committee, it is designed "to fill a gap 

between our present Honors Mathematics program and the Honors 

Mathematical Physics program." 

Daniel R. Birch 

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Chairman 

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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MEMORANDUM ?

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N. Heath 

Assistant to the Dean of Science 

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1979 10 29 

The Faculty of Science approved the following motion at its meeting 

of 1979 10 24. 

"That the proposed option in the B.Sc. Honors programme in 

Mathematics be approved and forwarded to SCIJS and Senate for consideration 

and approval." 

The option is described in the attached document. A rationale 

prepared by Dr. C. Graham is also attached. 

N. Heath 

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The option requires as few as 37 hours of upper division Mathematics 

courses which compares with the 50 such hours currently required for Honors 

in Mathematics. it requires 15-18 hours of Suitable upper division Physics 

courses. The possibility of including Math 262, 263, Engineering Mechanics 

I, II together with courses like Math 361, 467, 468, 469 and Physics 325, 

344, 345, 385, 413, 425 provide the opportunity of developing individual 

programs 

that are well suited for students interested in engineering type 

problems. No laboratory courses are required but students have the oppor- 

tunity to take them as electives. 

By contrast, the Mathematical Physics program has been primarily directed 

to the training of a certain type of theoretical physicist and had its role in 

this direction further enhanced after the revisions of 

Fall

1978. These re- 

visions made that program even less attractive than before for physics-oriented 

mathematicians and it was agreed then that the currently proposed option for 

Honors in Mathematics should be brought forward (e.g. see Minutes of Faculty 

of Science of November 27, 1978). 

Since the option may be viewed as doing nothing more than introducing a 

desirable element of flexibility into our current requirements for Honors in 

Mathematics and involves no extra expenditure of resources whatsoever, it is 

not necessary to address the question of marketability. Nevertheless, it is 

apparent that there is a demand for the type of,training provided by the 

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(the example of stress cracks in structures is topical) among others. 

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Dr. J.M. Webster, Dean 

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Dr. M. Singh, Chairman, Mathematics 

For insertion immediately before the three-line paragraph that precedes the 

section headed "Advisory Service" on page 414 of the 1979-80 SF(J Calendar. 

The Mathematics Department also offers a further option (which, if exercised, 

supersedes requirements (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) above) for a B.Sc. (Honors) 

degree in Mathematics. The required courses are as follows: 

MATH 151-3, 152-3, 232-3, 242-3, 251-3, 252-3, 272-3 

PHYS 120-3, 121-3, 211-3, 221-3 

CMPT 103-3 

MATH 310-3, 313-3, 314-3, 316-3, 320-3, 322-3, 361-3, 418-3 

PHYS 344-3, 345-3, 385-3 

At least 2 of the following courses (*indicates choices which are 

particularly recommended): MATH 387-3, 415_3*, 416_3*, 419_3*, 

424_3*, 425-3, 426-3, 

438_3*, 

439_3 

At least 5 of the following courses: 

(A)

MATH 466-4, 467-3, 468-4, 469-4, 470-4, 471-4 

(B)

PHYS 325-3, 355-3, 384-3, 413-3., 415-3,425-3, 484-3 

with at least 2 courses from each of group A and B. 

The choice of courses must be made in such a way that at least five of the 

above courses at the 400-level are completed. In addition the total number 

of credit hours must be at least 132 of which at least six must be in a 

Faculty other than the Faculty of Science and at least 60 must be at the 

upper division. 

§indicates that MATH 262-4 (or MATH 161-3) is a prerequisite for MATH 361-3. 

The package MATH 262-4, 263-4 is well suited for students interested in 

engineering type problems. 

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