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New Course Proposal: 

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As amended by Senate 

January 9, 1978 

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Action taken by the Senate Committee on Under- 

graduate Studies at its meeting of November 

gives 

rise to the following motion: 

MOTION 

That the proposed new course CMNS 

(Commucati 4 on 

and

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International Develop- 

ment ) : 

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approved 

and recommended to the Board of Governors 

for approval. 

NOTE - The Political Science Department was represented by 

Dr. Audrey Doerr who indicated that her department 

had noted overlap but had not specifically opposed 

approval of CMNS 

Instead she was asking that 

guidelines be developed to indicate the circumstances 

under which overlap should be considered undesirable. 

Professor Melody stated that Professor Anderson of 

Communications Studies had met with the instructor 

for POL. 

(Selected Topics in International 

Relations I) and that they had identified a fairly 

specific overlap, involving the content of 

of

weeks' instruction. Furthermore the instructors 

involved recognize that each has a distinctive 

emphasis and approach appropriate to his department 

and each will provide guest appearances in the other's 

course. 

Members of SCUS agreed that each of several social 

science and applied social science departments appropriately 

deal with issues relating to international development and 

that a department of communication could appropriately deal 

with the 

'issues 

raised in CMNS 

It was noted that 

POL. 

a selected topics course and, therefore, its 

content might well change from time to time and, although 

overlap is currently significant, it is not excessive..s. 

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Dean 

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Chairman, SCUS 

5. Approv-" 

Date: 

NEW COURSE 

1.

Calendar Information ? 

Department:Communication 

SAbbreviation Code: 

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CMN, Course 'lumber 445 

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Credit Hours: 

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Vector: 2-3-0 

Title of Course: Communication and International Development 

Calendar Description of Course: Emphasis is on the understanding of the context of 

communication as the flow and exchange of information and influence within and between 

networks of Canadian institutions (like CIDA or IDRC) and international institutions. 

Analysis of Canadian international development policies and practices in terms of the 

cultural value assumptions and ideologies which are part of the continuing unequal 

international order. 

Nature of Course Lecture and tutorial 

At

Prerequisites 

least 75 hrs 

(or

and

special 

consent 

instructions):of 

department 

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is 

approved: 

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None 

2.

Scheduling 

how frequently will the course be offered? At least one out of three semesters 

Semester in which the course will first he offered? 

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Which of your present faculty would he available to make the proposed offering 

possible? ? 

Robert S. Anderson 

,. ObjectivesoftheCourse 

To examine communication in the context of the interests, policies and practices of 

the Canadian government departments and atencies, multinational corporations, and 

private voluntary agencies which participate in the political economy of international 

development efforts. To equip students to work directly with primary sources in these 

fields, and to provide a framework for analysis of these sources. 

4. Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only) 

What additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

Faculty - 

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See cover memo 

Staff - 

Library - 

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Adequate to begin; government and nultinational publications may need 

additions over time. 

Audio Visual - Occasional films 

Space - 

Equipment - 

When completing this form, for instructions see Meriorndum SCUS 

Attach course outline. 

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COMMUNICATION ? 

445

Communication and International Development 

1st Week   

overview of the course and work expectations 

development and underdevelopment and world-system 

2nd Week   

an

atlas 

of

the Canadian Institutions 

in

International 

Development; (in the library)-how to search and use 

necessary but obscure publications 

3rd Week   

evolution of the world-system from 1500 - its theory, 

ideology and practices 

example of the world-system's development: the roots of 

the industrial revolution in mining, metallurgy, armaments 

and

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empires (1450-1700) 

4th Week   

Canada's extension of the industrial revolution: uranium 

and nuclear exports - AECL, Eldorado, CIDA, and External 

Affairs 

The Canada-India Nuclear Exchange - 1947-1974 - underlying 

assumptions 

5th Week   

films: "A New Bargain" and "The Club of Rome" 

energy and industrial development; agriculture and rural 

development 

6th Week   

MIDTERM 

7th Week   

food and agriculture - the view from the bottom in Bangladesh 

8th Week ? 

Canadian food aid - CIDA and bilateral food aid 

Canada's role in the World Food Program in Rome 

9th Week 

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Canadian agricultural development: CIDA and IDRC - underlying 

assumptions 

10th Week 

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Canada and multilateral institutions: the World Bank (film) 

"Tilt" 

Canada and the UN 

11th Week 

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Rethinking communication in development: hidden contexts 

12th Week ? 

FINAL EXAM 

TEXTS 

Lyon & Ismael (eds) 

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Canada and the Third World (1976) 

Bordenave ? 

Communication and Rural Development (1977) 

Spicer ? 

A Samaritan State? External Aid in Canada's 

Foreign Policy (1966) 

Sanger ? 

Half A Loaf: Canada Semi-Role in the Developing? 

Countries (1969) 

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CIDA ? 

Canada and Development Co-operation: 

Annual Review 1975-76 

Roche ? 

Justice not Charity: A new Global Ethic 

for Canada (1976) 

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