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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL -
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GEOG 445 - RURAL PLANNING
Action taken by the Senate Committee on undergraduate
Studies at its meeting on August 15, 1978 gives rise
to the following motion:
Motion
"That Senate approve, and recommend approval to
to the Board of Governors, as set forth in 578-81
the new course GEOG 445-5 - Rural Planning."
Note: Subject to the approval by Senate and the
Board of this course
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the Senate Committee
on Underctraduate Studies has approved
waiver of the time lag requirement in
order that this course may be offered in
the Spring semester 79-1."
The Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies was satisfied concerning the
availability of library and other resources
as a set of "hand-outs" has been prepared
by the instructor and meets the earlier
concerns of the library.
C. Brown
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MEMORANDUM
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.GEOG445 .RURA.PLANN.NG
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.1.978.......................................................................
The attached course was approved by the Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee
at its meeting of June 15, 1978' and was subsequently forwarded for overlap
consideration to other Faculties. It was also forwarded to the Library for
its consideration. We have had no concerns expressed regarding overlap from
other Faculties. The Library, however, has expressed uneasiness regarding
its ability to provide adequate background material for students in this
course. (See attached memo from L. Thomas dated June 21, 1978.) The Dean
has discussed this matter with the Chairman of the Department and with the
proposed Instructor - J.W. Wilson - and he has been assured that all material
required for the course can be made available to students in 'xerox form, as
the majority of it has been taken from Government reports which are in the
Instructor's possession. The Dean feels confident that library material will
not be a problem and has requested me to forward you the attached new course
proposal for inclusion on the agenda of the next SCUS meeting.
Thank you.
Sk
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cc. M. Roberts
L. Thomas
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SENATE COMHITTIE ON
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1. Calendar Info rm
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Department: GEOGRAPHY
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Abbreviation Code:
Course Number ?
Credit Hours: 5 Vector-2
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Title of Course:
Rural Planning
Calendar
Description of Course:
This course introduces the student to the principles and practices of
rural land use planning and to their application as demonstrated by
Canadian case studies.
NatuLe
of
Course ?
Lecture
and Seminar
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
60 hours credit, preferably including Geography
121
(Economic Geography)
Geography
322
(Primary Activities) and/or Geography 385
(Agricultural
Geography)
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved: None
2.
sched u
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How frequently will the course be offered? ?
Once a year.
Semester in which the course will first be offered? ?
January
1979
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
J.W.
Wilson
3.
Objectives
of the Course
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The purpose of the course is to expose the student to rural planning, an
integrative field, in which many of the concepts and techniques of
geography find real life application in a governmental setting.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for
information only)
What
additional resâurces will be required in the following
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areas:
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Faculty ?
Other courses offered less frequently
Staff ?
None
Library ?
None ?
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Audio Visual
None ?
Beyond what is already available.
Space ?
None
Equipment None
5. Approval
Date:
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SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this
form, for i4truct
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s19?orandum SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline). ?
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J.W. Wilson
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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Department of Geography
RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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The planning of rural settlementand land use is a neglected
field in both the academic and the governmental worlds in
Canada. ?
The only planning school which emphasizes it is at
Queen's University, and in practice what rural planning is done
is usually carried out by people trained in the urban field.
Yet, as exurban settlement and resource developments of increas-
ing magnitude continue, it is an important field.
In the governmental context this is an opportune time to
advance, rural planning studies.
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The regional level of govern-
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ment, at which planning can sensibly be carried out, is now
well established in British Columbia, and planning is one of
its mandatory functions. ?
At the provincial level several co-
ordinative mechanisms have now been developed which make it
possible to relate provincial plans and programs to rural area
planning in ways that were scarcely possible before.
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In other?
words as far as the outside world is concerned the time is ripe
for entry into the field of rural planning.
In the context of Simon Fraser University the time is also
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ripe. ?
It is a logical additionto the Geography program, since
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it depends on andinteracts with existing courses of study such
as central place theory, terrain analysis, biogeography,
transportation geography, human geography, the geography of
primary activities and agricultural geography.
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It is also a
logical extension of Regional Planning (Geog.
443)
and anatural
complement of the Geography of Resource Development (Geog.
421).
Lastly, the developments in government at both, the
provincial and the regional level which have been mentioned
above make it likely that there will be an expansion of jobs
in these fields which suitably trained graduates could properly
fill.
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SINON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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GEOGRAPHY 445
Department of Geography ?
J.W. Wilson
Rural Planning '& Development
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Course Outline
1.
General characteristics of rural areas, especially (a) ex-
urban forces and flows; (b) the rural economic base and its
implications for planning; (c) the hierarchal network of
towns and villages.
2. The structure and functions of government affecting rural
areas, (federal, provincial and local) with special reference
to provincial planning and coordinative mechanisms.
3. The major economic forces in rural areas and their impli-
cations for rural planning - forest industry, mining,
agriculture, etc.
4. The major governmental administrative programs (mainly
provincial) having implications for rural development -
crown lands, highways, water resources administration,
recreation, agriculture, etc.
5.
General approaches to and principles of rural planning.
6.
Typical planning problems and working processes
7.
Planning powers and typical control instruments.
B. Case studies in rural planning.
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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Geography
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Department of Geography ?
J.W.
Wilson
Rural Planning and Development
Main Reference Works
General Planning Works:
Canadian Settlement and Environmental Planning,
Alice Coleman,
Urban
Prospects series, MSUA, 1976.
The Third Rep
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of the Select committee on rural life
land use, New
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, 1977.
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Exurban
development in southwestern Ontario, Ron Brown,
Government of Ontario; 1977,
The Battle
for land, Community Planning
Association of
Canada, 197L&.
Countryside Planning; A pilot study for Huron County,
Government of Ontario, 1976.
Ill fares the land, Rawson, Urban Prospects
series,
1976.
Food for the Cities, Bureau of Municipal Research, 1976.
Guidelines for the Seventies, Government of Manitoba, 1973.
Economic Aspects:
B.C. Dept. of Economic Development, 1975;
excerpts from:
The Central Report;
The Midcoast Report;
The Kootenay Report.
Social Aspects:
Nazko and Kiuskus, Kew, UBC, 1976.
The duality of life in resource towns, Riffel, Centre for
ittlement Studies, 1976.
People in the Way, Wilson, U. of T. Press, 1973.
Industrial Structure, population structure and
develorent in B. C., Rucki, SFU, 1977.
Overall Regional Plans:
Comox-Strathcona Regional District.
Capital Region District.
Pictou County, N.S.
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Sector Plans:
Spallumcheen.
Christina Lake.
Cooking
Lake, Alberta.
Slocan Valley Community Forest Management Project.
Farm Viability study, GVRD, 1974.
Rural Communities:
Planning for small communities in Ontario, Hodge, a report
to the Planning Act Review committee, 1916.
Towns and Villages in the Canadian Settlement Fabric, Hodge
and Quadeer.
A study of General Plans, Chanter, Department of
Municipal Affairs, Alberta, 1976.
Instant Towns
in B.C.,
Bradbury, SFU, 1977.
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We have reviewed library holdings related to this'
course, i.e. rural planning, and find we have less than
half of the titles on the reading list (12 out of 27).
Further, our holdings In this area are generally limited.
We have been assured by the faculty member who would
teach the course that he will put personally owned publica-
tions on Reserve in order to make available to the students
at least all the titles on the reading list.
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I would prefer to await Senate committee reaction to
the proposal before putting more effort into estimating
collections needs and their possible cost.
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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In John, Dickinson's absence I have consulted informally with our departments.
As you might expect, there is no significant or undesirable overlap between
the proposed GEOG
445
and any course in this Faculty.
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Thomas W. Calvert, Dean
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COURSE
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GEOG ... 445.-.5..............
I respond to your memorandum of 1978 06 20.
The following course proposal has been circulated to the members
of the Faculty of Science undergraduate Curriculum Committee.
(1) GEOG 445-5 Rural Planning.
To date, no course overlap has been reported to this Office.
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Marion Jacques
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Secretary to the Dean of Science
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OFFICE OF THE DEAN
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