Senate Committee....on....Under.graduate 

Studies 

Mathematics .... De.gree Requirements.. 

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October....13,..1.9.7.7.... 

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Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

Studies at its meeting of 27th September 1977 gives rise 

to the following motion: 

MOTION 

"That the proposed changes to the Mathematics 

degree requirements, as set forth in S. 77431, 

be approved and recommended to the Board for 

approval." 

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D. R. Birch 

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As amended by 

SCUS Sept. 27, 1977 

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lo ........................ ...H.M. Evans 

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J.M. Webster 

Registrar 

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Dean of Science 

Subject .................. ....iiematics Degree Requirements 

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Date. ? 

September 13, 1.9.7.7 

At its meeting of July 28, 1977, the Faculty of Science unani- 

mously approved a motion to accept the proposed changes to the 

Department of Mathematics Degree Requirements as described in the 

memorandum from C.Y. Shen, dated May 25, 1977 (attached). 

These changes are herewith forwarded to the Senate Committee 

on Undergraduate Studies for further consideration. 

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End. 

As amended by SCUS 

Sept. 

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Dr. D. Ryeburn 

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Faculty of Science Undergraduate 

Committee ..................... 

MATHEMATICS.. DE(RE REQUIMNTS 

C.Y. Shen, Chairman 

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Undergraduate Studies Committee 

Mathematics Department 

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Date. ? 

May

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25,

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977

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The Mathematics Department wishes to amend its upper division 

requirements for Majors and Honors students. The purpose of this amend- 

ment is to exclude the Directed Studies and/or Honors Essay courses from 

the number of 400 division courses that Mathematics- Majors and Honors 

students are required to complete. 

The amended calendar listings should read as follows: 

(iii) 

in the case of major students - to obtain a total of 

at least 44 (B.Sc.) or 45 (B.A.) semester hours of 

credit in upper division courses, of which at least 

30 hours must he in upper division Mathematics courses; 

Mathematics majors will be required to take at least 

three 400 division courses which are not 

Directed Studies courses. Any upper division courses 

used to satisfy condition (i) above may not be counted 

as part of the 30 hours, and MATH 302-3 and 450-8 also 

may not be counted as part of the 30 hours. 

(iv) 

in the case of honors students - to obtain a total of 

at least 60 semester hours of credit in upper division 

courses, of which at least 50 hours must in in upper 

division Mathematics courses; Mathematics honors students 

will be required to take at least five 400 division 

Mathematics courses, which are not Directed 

Studies or Honors Essay course Any upper division 

courses used to satisfy condition (i) above may not 

be counted as part of the 50 hours, and MATH 302-3 

and 450-8 also may not be counted as part of the. 50 

hours. 

(The differences between the amended listings and the listings 

appearing in the 77-78 calendar are the insertion of the underlined clauses.) 

The rationale for these amendments has two components: 

(i)

It better reflects our original intention of requiring the 

Majors and Honors students to complete a certain number of 

400 division courses, and 

(ii) 

It provides the basis which allows us to remove the 

restriction on the number of Directed Studies courses a 

student may otherwise take. (The present limit, according 

to the departmental policy, is three.) 

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CYS/dr 

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C. Y. Shèñ 