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MEMORANDUM

To ?

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From

SENATE CDMttrria

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

Subject

of Arts

New Course Proposals:

Date 17th

February,

1976

PSYCH.400-3;_ SPAN: _104-8

its meeting of February

10th, 1976 the Senate

Committee

on Undergraduate

Studies considered proposals

the

courses. Its

actions give rise to the notions conveyed in

this nrorandum.

ITEM

1 -

PSYCH.

400-3

IDTION

That

Senate approve and recommend approval

to the Board of

Governors

PSYCH. 400-3,

Honors

Seminar.

NOTE: Members of SCtJS were inform

that

approximately

twenty to thirty students

graduate in honors

psychology

each year. Therefore, the anticipated

enrollment

for

PSYCH. 400 is thirty.

. SCUS

approved,

subject to

approval

of the

course and

to the Registrar's

determination

of feasibility, the first offering of PSYCH.400-3, Honors Seminar,

in 1976-3.

ITEM 2 -

SPAN. 104-8

0050 mok 

That

Senate approve and recommend

approval to the

Board

of Governors

SPAN. 104-8, Basic Spanish (Inversion).

? ' XYLE:

Documentation

for the

course indicates

that SPAN. 104-8 is

equivalent

in content

to SPAN.102-4, Introductory Spanish I,

and

SPAN. 103-4, Introductory Spanish II. A

question

was

raised

regarding

the necessity for

maintaining

the latter courses

and

it was judged desirable to

maintain them

in order to provide for students

who take

one Spanish course at a time in conjunction with a normal load of other courses.

However, nenbers of SCIJS considered it desirable to provide an integrated, immersion

approach to learning Spanish by approving the

course rather

waivers

offerings of the two existing courses. Provision

both alternatives

will allow a student's transcript to reflect accurately the

nature of his educational

experience.

SCUS

approved subject to approval of the course

and

to the Registrar's

determination of feasibility, the first offering of SPAN. 104-8, Basic Spanish

(Inversion), in the Summer Session 1976-2.

•Daniel R. Birch

:ams

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

SCUS

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MEMORANDUM

Mr. H.M. Evans, Secretary. 

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From ? 

Sheila Roberts ..Secretary 

SCUS 

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Arts Curriculum Committee 

Sub;ect

New CourseProposal- PSYC 400 -3 Date.... ... January 2..1976 

At its meeting of January 22, 1976 the Faculty of Arts Curriculum 

Committee approved Psychology 400-3 for permanent inclusion in the 

Calendar. Would you please include it on the agenda for the next 

meeting of the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies. 

Thank you. 

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S. Roberts 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM 

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lendir tnioriaal.ion ? 

Department: ? 

Psychology 

Abbreviation 

Code:PSYC ? 

CÔC5e

Num b er: 400 

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Credit 

Hours; 

_3 ? 

Vector; 0-3-0 

II

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of

Course: Honors Seminar 

Calendar Description of Course: Psych 400 supplies background to and discussion of 

research in psychology. It is intended for students who 

plan to launch a research project, especially for their 

honors project. 

NatuLe of Course 

?

Seminar 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

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0pei only to students with at least 60 

semester hours credit. 

What 

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

approved; None 

2. S 

chedul 

in

g

How

frequently will the tours, be offered? Once a year 

Semester in which the course will first be offered? 76-3 

Which of your 

present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering 

possible? All faculty. Whenever feasible the Chairman of the Department or the 

.

Undergraduate Advisor will serve as instructor. 

Objectives of the Course 

Supplies an advanced orientation to psychological research and to psychology as a 

profession. Serves to situate prospective research ideas of students within the 

domain of contemporary research and serves to expose honors students to one 

anothers ideas. Acquaint8 students with research-relevant resources including 

the areas of expertise of existing faculty. 

4.

iiudyt.ry and Space Requirements (for information only) 

What 

additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

Faculty ? 

None 

Staff ? 

Library 

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SpaceAudi' 

Iquipment 

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Visual 

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5. Approval 

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Date:                   

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Dpmeari.n 

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13-i4b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 

71-34a. 

ALzit:h course 

outline). 

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PSYCHOLOGY 400 

COURSE OUTLINE 

Psychology 400-3 is designed to supply an advanced orientation to psychological 

research and to psychology as a 

p

rofessionr to situate the students' ideas for 

research within the domain of contemporary psychology, to expose honors students 

to one another's ideas,and to acquaint honors students with research-relevant 

resources, including the areas of expertise of the faculty. All first semester 

honors students will be encouraged to register for the seminar. 

Although the specific content of the seminar will vary with the students who take 

it, the structure will remain constant. The seminar will begin with an explora- 

tion of ideas for the hororo or research project. Seminar members will be required 

to define their research problems clearly, and to relate them to current 

psychological research and theorizing. Students will be required to read relevant 

portions of publications like the Annual Review of Psychology and the latest journal 

articles in the areas rele4,ant to their proposed researchand they will be required 

to present an overview of the area (or areas) to other members of the seminar. 

Specific studies, read by all seminar members, will be selected for critical review 

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(reading list attached). The purpose of these exercises will be to acquaint students 

with the loopholes, limitations and contributions of various psychological approaches 

to knowledge. 

In the second half of the seminar studentA will be required to present designs for 

hypothetical resa'ch proiect.. The designs will be criticized by fellow members of 

the seminar. All students will read material on research design related to these 

projects. 

Psych 400-3 should provide an optimal preparation for Psych 490-5 and 499-5, the 

honors project by: 

a)

helping students develop plausible thesis projects, 

b)

familiarizing students with appropriate resources, 

c)

supplying an overview of areas related to thesis ideas, 

d)

exploring various means of testing ideas, 

developing a critical attitude toward psychological.research, and 

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f) acquainting honors students with the ideas and orientations Of their fellow 

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honors students. 

The seminar is not designed merely as a preparation for an honors project; it is an 

introduction to topics and problems appropriate for students who have made a tentative 

commitment to advanced study and research. 

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Sample Reading 

List

Reading in the seminar will vary with the interests of the students. . 

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It would be 

expected that students would read the Annual Review of Psychology 'd articles in 

Journals related to their interest. Students would also be required to read the 

Canadian Psychology ReviePend the American PsychologistV The following reading 

typifies that which would be assigned to all seminar members: 

"Borgatta, E.F. and Lambert, W.V. Handbook of Personality Theory and Research, 

Chicago, Rand McNal 

l

y, 1968. 

/Buss, A.R.

The emerging field of the sociology of psychological knowledge, 

American Psychologist, 1973, 30, 988-1003. 

Cam;bell, 1). T., Stanley, J.C. Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for 

research. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1963. 

attell, R.B. Handbook Of multivariate experirnentalpaycholoi, Chicago, Rand 

McNally, 1966. 

OCoan, R.W. Facts, factors and artifacts: The quest for psychological meaning. 

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V Psychological Review, 1964, 71, 123-140. 

Cof field, K.E. Research methodology a possible reconciliation. American 

/Psychologist, 1970, 25, 511-516. 

Cronbach, L.J. The two disciplines of scientific psychology. American 

... Psychologist, 1957, 12, 671-684. 

Cronbach, L.J. Beyond the two disciplines of Scientific psychology. American 

'Psychologist, 1975, 30, 116-127. (a) 

Feldman, C.F. & Has., V.A. Controls, conceptualization and the iflterr'elation 

... between experimental and correlational research. American Psychologist, 1970, 

25, 633-635. 

Hebb,D.0. What psychology is about? American Psychologist, 1974, 25, 29, 71-80. 

Rebb, D. What is Science? Canadian 

P

! y c hologic 

al

Review, 1975. 

/K1ing, J.W. and Riggs, L.O(Ed.) Woodvorth and Sloshburg's ex 

p

erimental psychology 

(3rd ad.), New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. 

VMussen, P.R. Carmichael's manual Of 

child

psychology (3rd ad.), New York, John 

Wiley 5 Sons, 1970. 

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?

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MEMORANDUM

From.

Sheila Roberts 

....... 

.

Secretary ..... ... ....... ... .. 

Art.... 

Cur. riculum...Commjt.tee ........... .......

Dat...,, January .... 2.6. ......

19.76.

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At its meeting of January 22, 1976 the Faculty of Arts Curriculum 

Committee approved Spanish 104-8 for permanent inclusion in the 

Calendar. The Committee was informed that although the content 

of this course is same as Spanish 102-4 and Spanish 103-4, that the 

difference of approach warrants its inclusion as a distinct course. 

Would you please put this on the Agenda of the next meeting of the 

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies. 

Thank you. 

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S. Roberts 

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

Roberts 

Sheila ? 

.

Secretary, Faculty of Arts 

Curriculum Committee. 

Subject....SP....... 10.

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NewcourseP 

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rop . 

From.

Dr. Ch. P. Bouton, 

Deprtment .f ModernLaguages.... 

Date .....

Novembe.r2.6 ...... 

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Would you please place the enclosed new course proposal 

form, which has been approved by DML Plenary, on the agenda 

for consideration at the next meeting of the Faculty of Arts 

Curriculum Committee. 

CPB/bg                     

Di". 

. Ch..........Bouton 

Chairman, DML. 

)ffice

the

Dean

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Arts

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SENATE

COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

NEW

COURSE PROPOSAL FORM

C.d.tndar

Inloriaation ? 

Department:Modern Languages

Abbreviation 

Hours:8 Vector: J7..O 

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Title

of

Course:

Bas_So 

ni

h (Imers 

Calendar Description

of

Course: Acquisition of basic sooken fluency and

elementary reading facility. This course 

is for all students who have not previously

taken

Spanish

S

anish 

is

advanced courses. This course is equivalent

Nature

of

Course

in

content

Sanish

1024 Plus

lO-Ll. 

May not be taken for further credit by 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

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students who have completed 

SPAN

100-3, 

SEAN

102-4,

SPAN

101-3 or SPAN 103-4. 

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What

approved:

course (courses),

if

any,

being

dropped j 

rom

the calendar if

this Coll

None. This is just an accelerated combination of two existing 

courses,

Scheduling

How

frequently will the courBe be offered? Once a year 

Semester in which the course will first be offered? Summer Session 1976-2 

Which 

of your present faculty would be available to 

make

the

proposed offerin 

g

.Coihoun,

Hamerly, Kim, Knowles 

Objctjves 

of the Course 

To make it 

ossible for beginning S 

anish students 

to begin to ove the results of their efforts sooner and thus 

decrease their tendency to become discouraged. To allow students 

to enroll sooner in the more advanced Spanish courses, whose 

content is more interesting. To give a basic knowledge in a 

shorter 

eriod of time, which makes it an ideal Summer Session course 

'• Budgetar y

and Space Requirements (for information only) 

What 

additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

Faculty ?

None

Staff ?

More language assistant hours 

Sp.ice ? 

None 

Equipment ? 

None 

completing this form, for instructions Gee

ilernorandum SCUS 73

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Proposed Course Outline for SPAN 104-8 

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Basic Spanish (Immersion), identified as SPAN 104-8, combines into 

one course the content of two existing courses, Span. 102-4 and 

Span. 103-4, thus making it possible for the students to reach the 

same level of proficiency in Spanish in half the time during a 

regular semester and in one fourth the time during Summer Sessions. 

Immersion courses have been found to be successful at a number of 

institutions. Their success is due to the opportunity they give 

for the overlearning of language skills and the lesser demands they 

make on long-term memory. 

By the end of the course, the students will have learned (1) all of 

the phonological system 

of

Spanish, (2) all of the orthographic 

rules of Spanish, (3) the most important grammatical structures of 

the language, and (4) a Spanish vocabulary of about 1,500 words. 

Basic materials are the required textbook, D. Bolinger et al's 

Modern Spanish,. third edition (Harcourt Brace, 1973), and optional 

materials such as the reader Sol ysombra (Harcourt Brace, 1972) 

by P. Pimsleur, the writing workbook Writing Modern Spanish, revised 

edition (Harcourt Brace, 1973), and the book of short narrations by 

J.M. Pittaro, Cuentecitos (Regents, 1968), used to enhance listening 

comprehension. 

The course is taught by a team of instructor and language assistant(s). 

In order to provide an environment conducive to conversation in the 

classroom, sections in this course must be strictly limited to 12 to 

15 students each. The course emphasizes spoken communication without 

neglecting the development of basic reading and elementary writing 

skills. 

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