SENATE COMMITTEE ON.. .TNDERGRDUATE STUDIES 

SENATE 

Change of Vector:ENG 010-3 

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16th March, 1977 

Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

Studies at its meeting of March 8, 1977, gives rise to the follow- 

ing motion: 

MOTION 

That Senate approve the changes for ENGL.010-3, as 

set forth in paper S.77- 35 

Note - 

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Technically the change in vector may be approved at the 

departmental level, however, because ENGL.010-3 is a high-enrolment, 

service course the proposed change has been forwarded for Senate 

consideration. Approval will be permissive rather than prescriptive 

and reorganization of the course may be contingent on the limitation 

of enrolment or an increase in resources. The proposed change from                        

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The attached revision to English 010-3 was approved by the 

Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee at its meeting of 

February 24, 1977. 

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The Committee noted that the cost of 

offering the course would be greater. 

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Would you please 

Put this submission on the next agenda of SCU'S'. 

Thank you. 

S. Roberts 

Attachment: 

cc. Dr. D. Birch 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH 

CA L E N D A R 

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S U B M I SS I 0 N 

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Change of Title: From: "Writing" 

to: Essay Writing. 

Change of Description: From: "The principles and 

practice of expository writing. 

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The course is 

designed to help students Amprove their effectiveness 

in written expression. ? 

It will be graded on a 

credit/no entry basis. 

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(lecture/Tutorial) 

to: "This is a course in a principles and practice 

of expository prose, a course designed to help 

students improve their effectiveness in written 

expression. It will be graded on a credit/no 

entry basis. 

Change of Vector: From: ''1-2-0" 

to: 110-3-01' 

Rationale: 

English 010, now in its fifth term, has consistently 

attracted about 400 students (half that number in 

the summer term). 

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It size increased dramatically 

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from about 50 when it was first offered for credit. 

No other changes have been made in the course 

despite the alteration in its character caused 

by its growth. 

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The 010 staff and the Undergraduate 

Curriculum Committee believe that the time has 

come for a change. 

The feeling has been growing among the staff and 

the students enrolled that two hours a week are 

not enough tutorial time, even when supplemented 

by regular individual conferences. 

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Thirteen weeks 

is a painfully short period of time in which to 

teach or learn a skill like writing, and the two 

hours of tutorial "workshop' work are sadly. 

limited. ? 

There is a strong and unanimous opinion 

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among the 010 staff that most learning takes place 

in the tutorials, as opposed to the lectures, and 

that a third hour of tutorial time would 

measurably increase the value of the course to 

students. 

A large majority of the students, in their course 

evaluation questionnaires, have noted that the 

lecture is the "least valuable" part of the course 

and the tutorials are the "most valuable". 

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The

lecturers themselves have tried to compensate 

for the difficulties of lecturing to a crowd on 

problems that are highly individual by using the 

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overhead projector and mimeographed hand-outs; 

nevertheless, they have been unsatisfied with 

the level of communication they have been able 

to establish with that crowd. 

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Therefore it 

seems logical to sacrifice the part of the 

course, the lecture, which everyone agrees is 

the least effective, and increase time for the 

most effective part, the tutorial. 

This change, which is advocated unanimously and 

vigorouslyby the Undergraduate Curriculum 

Committee and the 010 staff, need not preclude 

all lecturing in the course. 

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Instead, it 

would make the course far more flexible than 

it is now. 

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Lecturing is obviously an efficient 

way to convey information, and lectures of 

whatever degree of formality required could 

be delivered to the small tutorial groups. 

This is, in effect, what happens now in the 

evening s ctions, which have been great success. 

It would also be possible, in an occasional 

term, to re-introduce the mass lecture if 

the 010 staff so desired. 

Pedagogically, 

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the ? 

proper ? 

course ? 

seems ? 

to

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be

clear. ? 

Yet, 

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although ? 

it ? 

is ? 

not ? 

the ? 

business 

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of ? 

the ? 

Faculty ? 

of

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Arts ? 

Curriculum ? 

Committee 

to ? 

consider 

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the ? 

University's ? 

finances, ? 

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think ? 

it

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is

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necessary ? 

to ? 

add ? 

a ?

note ? 

about 

the

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considerably ? 

increased ? 

cost ? 

to ? 

the

University ? 

of

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the ? 

change ? 

of ? 

vector ? 

in

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English 

010. 

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The ? 

whole ? 

question ? 

of ? 

the ? 

literacy ? 

of ? 

our

students 

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is

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very ? 

much ? 

in ? 

the ? 

public ? 

eye, 

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with 

the ? 

Provincial 

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Placement ? 

Test ? 

and ? 

the ? 

Language 

B.C. ? 

assessment 

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report ? 

among ? 

other ? 

provincial 

actions 

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drawing ? 

great ? 

attention. ? 

Although 

teaching ? 

composition ? 

should ? 

not ? 

be

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limited 

to

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composition ? 

courses, ? 

nor ? 

for ? 

the

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matter 

to

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English ? 

departments, ? 

the ? 

basic ? 

composition 

course 

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we ? 

offer ? 

is ? 

the ? 

University's 

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main 

contribution 

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to ? 

alleviating ? 

the

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problem ? 

of

illiteracy. ? 

Despite ? 

the

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added 

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cost ? 

of

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this 

proposed ? 

change, ? 

the ? 

increased 

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effectiveness 

of

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the ? 

course ? 

as ? 

we ? 

would ? 

like ? 

to ? 

teach ? 

it

would ? 

very ? 

much ? 

strengthen 

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the ? 

University's 

role ? 

in ? 

the ? 

battle ? 

against ? 

illiteracy. ? 

The

cost ? 

should ? 

not

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be ? 

viewed 

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as ? 

more ? 

money ? 

for

the

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English ? 

department ? 

but ? 

as

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more ? 

money ? 

for

a

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service ? 

by ? 

the ? 

English ? 

department ? 

to ? 

the

entire ? 

University ? 

community ? 

and ? 

by ? 

the

University ? 

to

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the

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Province, 

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a ?

service 

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the-need 

for

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which ? 

is ? 

being ? 

increasingly 

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recognized. 

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Department: 

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ENGL ISH - 

ThhrevLation Code:ENGL 

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Cdtrse Num1er:010 

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Credit Hours: 

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Vector: 

0-3-0 

iIt.It of 

Course: 

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Essay Writing 

Calendar 

Descriotiori 

of Course: 

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This is a course in the principles and 

practice of expository prose, a course designed to help students 

improve their effectiveness in written expression. 

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It will be graded 

on a credit/no entry basis. 

NatuLe of Course Normally tutorial only 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): Credit/no entry grading. 

This course will not count towards the Faculty of-Arts 

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Group 'A" requirements. 

What course (courses), if 

any, is being dropped from the calendar if this 

course is 

approved: ? 

None 

2. Scheduling 

frequently will the course be offered? Every term 

Semester in which the course will first be offered? 

Which of your present faculty 

would be available 

to make the proposed offering 

possible? ? 

010 staff 

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Lecturers and Sessional Lecturers. 

Objectives of the Course 

4. Budgetary and Space 

Requirements (for information only) 

additional resources will be required 

in the following areas: 

Faculty About 

more than the present 010 budget for salaries. 

Staff 

Audi" Visual 

Space 

Equipment 

5. Approval? 

Date: 

Department ,Chairman 

Feyruv 

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M.

Dean 

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Munro 

;1-i/3-34b:- 

(When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum 

SCUS 73-34a. 

course outline). 