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MEMORANDUM
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Senate Committee.. on Undergraduate
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Subject
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...Proposal, .GEOG .346-3
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Geography of Contemporary Industrial
Societies
Action taken by the Senate Commiltee on undergraduate
Studies at its meeting of October 18, 1977 gives rise
to the following motion:
MOTION
"That the new course proposal for GEOG 346-3,
Geography of Contemporary Industrial Societies,
as set forth in S. 77-124, be approved and
recommended to the Board of Governors for
approval.
Note - SCUS has approved a waiver of the time lag
requirement to permit first offering of GEOG 346-3 in the
Spring semester, 78-1.
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It is understood that the Department
of Geography and the Division of Continuing Studies have
concluded arrangements for mounting the course in the
evening and that its offering is contingent on confirmation
be made to bring the
that independent arrangements can
course to the attention of potential students.
GEOG 342-3, Geography of Pre-historic Societies,
is being dropped from the calendar not because its content
will be covered in the proposed new course but rather because
it has been rarely offered in recent years.
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Furthermore
Archaeology
it was developed
and that
before
Department
the university
might now
had
be
a Department
considered
of
the
appropriate place to deal with courses in pre-history.
Mr. L. Thomas of the Library noted that although the
course proposal form states that "Library and A.V. holdings
are sufficient", the Library had not been consulted.
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He
was prepared to confirm that the Library holdings were in
fact sufficient and noted that the reference list was unusual
in that a large proportion of the references is drawn from
a single journal.
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The Committee reminded Chairmen of Faculty
Curriculum Committees that their Committees are expected to
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have in hand a comment from the Library on the adequacy of
is approved.
resources at the time a new course
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The attached New Course, Geography 36-3 "Geography of
Contemporary Industrial Societies" was passed by the Faculty
of Arts Curriculum Committee at its meeting of September 22,
1977. I have forwarded it to the Chairmen of Faculty Curriculum
Conimittees for overlap consideration. If neither of us receive
a reply regarding overlap would you please put it on the
agenda of the SCUS meeting which follows the two week
time period.
Thank you.
Wyn Robert
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DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY: 291-3111
June 15, 1977
Professor L. Boland
Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee
Dept. of Economics and Commerce
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C.
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Dear Larry:
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This new course has been approved by the Department
and I now forward it to you for your Committee's
consideration.
If Ceog. 36 is approved then we will request that
Geog. 342 be dropped from our list of courses.
Sincerely,
Michael C. Roberts
Chairman
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Title of Cour;e:
Geography of contemporary Industrial Societies
(:uleddar Description
of
Course:
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i exarnintion and analysis of the contemporary landscape as a cultural expression of
Anglo-Saxon thought since the 1920
1 s. The focus will be on North American landscapes,
but with reference to convergent phenomena elsewhere in the world. The effect upon the
contemporary landscape of certain ideas and institutions prevalent in Anglo-Saxon cultures
since World War I. The origin spread and differentiation of selected humanized landscape
N.tue
Lecture/tutorial
of Course
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features are reconstructed.
Prerequisites (or special. instructions):
Geography 141-3. Courses in the humanities and Fine Arts are strongly recommended.
What course
(courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar
if this course
Is
approved:
Geog. 342
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2.
Schedul
How
frequently
will
the course be offered?
Once yearly
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
77-3
Which
of
your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? ?
E.M. Gibson, A. MacPherson, N.E. Eliot Hurst
3.
ObJectives
of
the Course
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See attached outline.
4.
Uudtary
and
Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional
resources
will
be required in the following areas:
Faculty ?
Library and A-V holdings are sufficient.
St.ff
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Library
Audi" Visual
Space
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pen t:
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Approval
Date: ?
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Department
Chairman
Other courses will be offered less frequently.
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Dean
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Chairman, SCUS
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SCUS i3-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions
see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
course
outline).
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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Geography 31-16_3
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Department of Geography
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E.M. Gibson
A. MacPherson
N.E. Eliot Hurst
Geography of Contemporary Industrial Societies
- The theme of this course is the effect, upon contemporary landscapes
of certain ideas and institutions that have emerged in Anglo-Saxon
cultures since World War I. The origin, diffusion, and differentiation
of selected socio-economic features are systematically reconstructed and
their function as cultural expressions are interpreted. These features
include many familiar constructions of our age: neon signs and advertis-
ing hoardings, high-rise building, freeways, airports, communications
paraphernalia, superpor'ts, regional shopping centres, automobile-suburbs,
industrial fanning, and so on. Insofar as these are the concern of
cultural geography they will be treated not as purely economic objects
but as landscape artifact. Finally distinctions will be made between
the intentional meaning of the original constructions and the, meanings
acquired through day-to-day contact with them.
LECTURE OUTLINE
1.
Background (two weeks)
A review of the dialectical nature of changes in the
cultural landscape, the institutions and dominant ideas of the
Victorian Period.
2.
The Cultural Milieu of Contemporary Landscapes (three weeks)
An introduction to the dominant principles and movements
in post 1920 environmental design.
3.
The Spread of Contemporary Landscape Objects
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(five weeks)
A reconstruction of the sequence by which distinctive
contemporary landscape features were conceived, designed and
developed to their present forms. The origin and spread of
communications paraphernalia, high-rise buildings, airports,
super'ports, university colleges, regional shopping centres and
automobile-suburbs.
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Mindscapes and Landscapes (two weeks)
An assessment of the differences and similarities between
the intentional meanings of these large landscape constructions
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and the meanings
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produced in the human groups using them. Films,
Oetry, novels and music will be used to help reconstruct mind-
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scapes of users. ?
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S. Conclusion (one week)
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1964, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 18-23.
Jackson, J. B., "The Abstract World of the Hot-Rodder". Landscape, Autumn
1957-58, Vol. 7, No. 2,
pp.
22-27.
Jackson, J.B., "Other-Directed House". Landscape, Winter 1956-57,
Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 29-35.
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No. 2, pp. 14-26.
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Jackson, J.B., "The Vocation of Human Geography". landscape, Sp. 1951,
Vol. 1, No. 1,
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No. 2, 1962-3,
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19-23.
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pp. 3-7.
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No. 2,
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Nairn, Ian, "Outrage 20 years After". Architectural Review Vol.
CLVIII, Number 9
1
46, Dec. 1975, pp. 328-337.
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Nairn, Ian, The American Landscape, Random House, 1965.
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REFERENCES continued
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Geography 36-3
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MEMORANDUM
To. ?
See Distribution ?
From Wynn Roberts, Chairman
.. Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee
Subject.
New Course Proposal - GEOG .46:.3
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Date. October
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3, 1977
The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee at its meeting of September 22,
1977 approved Geog 346-3 "Geography of Contemporary Industrial Societies"
for permanent inclusion in the calendar. In accordance with SCUS regulations
I am sending it to you for overlap consideration. Please contact me within
two weeks if your Faculty finds any substantive overlap between this course
and courses offered in your Faculty.
Thank you.
A;.
W. Roberts
DISTRIBUTION:
M.F. Wideen, Chairman, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Faculty of Education
J. Dickinson, Chairman, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Faculty of Interdisciplinary
Studies
D. Ryeburn, Chairman, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Faculty of Science
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cc. Mr. H.M. Evans, Registrar
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