SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
From SENATE
OJMMTITEEON UNEGPADU
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STIES
Date .....
12thApril .1976
Action take by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
at its meeting of March 23, 1976 gives rise to the following motions:
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That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors
continuation of the Canadian Studies Program.
NOTE: SCUS is forwarding a recommendation already approved by the
Senate Committee on Academic Planning. The Canadian Studies Program
has served to encourage Canadian content in curriculum and has
stimulated faculty and student participation. SCUS noted that
CN.S. courses have been consistently well enrolled even though few
students have sought recognition for the minor. This may reflect
a more general interest in majors and lack of interest in minors.
SCUS has committed itself to studying the implications of
the Symons' report for undergraduate curriculum at Simon Fraser
and although the Canadian Studies Steering Committee has considered
additional recommendations, none is yet forthcoming for Senate
consideration.
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That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors
continuation of the Africa/Middle East Studies Program.
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Two AME. courses (401-5 and 402-5) have been offered
regularly since 1972-1 with moderate enrolment (9 to 21). Recognition
of the minor has not aroused significant student interest (2 students)
but the Committee was informed that students do emphasize AME.
studies within their major fields, particularly in History and to
some extent in several other disciplines. Continuation of the
program has the endorsation of the Senate Committee on Academic
Planning.
MOTION 3
That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors
continuation of the Latin American Studies Program.
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NOTE: Twice yearly since 1972-1 the Program has offered on lower
div ision and one upper division course with enrolment in the former
of 1.7 to 43 and in the latter of 4 to 17. Some coordination has been
established with U.B.C. and with the University of Calgary and the
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film series and guest lectures have been well received. Interest in
the minor has been modest (8 students). Continuation has the
endorsation of the Senate Committee on Academic Planning.
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
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R.C. . Brown, Dean., Faculty. of
Senate
Committee QI....Urdergradua.te ?
.In.dqip1inary...$tu.es..
Studies.
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8th March, .1976.........................................................
Attached are reports on our three Area Study Programs; Canadian Studies,
Latin American Studies and Africa /Middle East Studies. They have been
prepared in compliance with a Senate charge that "not later than three years
after date of inception, each new program will be reviewed by the Academic
Planning
Committee and a recommendation made to Senate either to continue
or discontinue the program." (S.71-32, 3.viii)
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Robert C. Brown
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MEMORANDUM
To.......Dr.. . D. Birch, Chairman,
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From..
R.C. Brown, Dean,. Faculty. of
Senate ... Committee ...
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Underraduate.studis. ?
. Interdisciplinary Studies.
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canadian.stu.djes...
Program
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Background
In December, 1970, Senate approved a document (S.438) authorizing the
establishment of a Canadian Studies Program. The objectives of the Program
were stated as:
1) The development of a comprehensive undergraduate Canadian
oriented curriculum at Simon Fraser University;
2)
the establishment of a solid interdisciplinary program at
Simon Fraser University;
3)
integration of the university into the community, and
4)
integration of faculty within the university.
In March, 1971, Senate established the administrative responsibility for Area
Study Programs within the Division of General Studies and accepted the organiza-
tional structure outlined in Senate document S.424 revised.
The program requirements were approved by Senate in August, 1971 (S.71-96).
Included were the requirements for the Canadian Studies minor, three Canadian
Studies courses, and a list of Canadian content courses in related departments
which were accepted for credit toward the minor.
Since that time, one additional Canadian Studies course has been added to the
curriculum, but the program basically remains unchanged.
In
June, 1975 a report prepared by the Co-ordinator/Director of the program,
was considered by the Academic
Planning
Committee (attached). The Planning
Committee chose to review the program within the context of its stated goals.
After considerable discussion, the Academic
Planning
Committee recommended
unanimously that the program be continued.
Summary of Information
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The first Canadian Studies courses were offered during the Fall Semester, 1971.
The 'following table shows the enrolments for the period September 1971 to
December, 1975.
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Summer
Fall
1971
CN.S 200-3 (50)
1972 ?
CN.S 400-5 (38)
cN.S 200-3 (74)
1973 ?
CN.S 200-3 (30) EV
CN.S 200-3 (70)
CN.S 401-5 (36)
CN.S 400-5(31)
1974
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CN.S 200-3 (45) EV
CN.S 001-3 (48)
CN.S 401-5 (17)
CN.S 200-3 ?
(98)
CN.S 400-5 (11)
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CN.S 200-3 (40) ElI
CN.S 200-3 (26) EV
CN.S 400-5 (10)
CN.S 401-5 ( 9) EV
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CN.S 200-3 (49)
CN.S 400-5 (10)
In addition, some
60
courses in related disciplines
are now approved for the
minor (compared to
20
in
1971),
and
69
faculty have
become associated with the
program.
The first minor was-awarded in the Spring of
1974,
two others were awarded in
the Spring of
1975,
and as of September,
1975
there
were 12 students pursuing
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the minor.
Budget
The program operates on a budget administered by the Co-Ordinator through the
Dean of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies.
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For
1975176
this included:
Operating
$
2,053.50
Co-Ordinator/Di rector
1,500.00
Stipends
11,250.00
Total
$14,803.50
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Evaluation
Within the context of the goals set out in
S.438
in
December,
1970,
the
following comments seem appropriate:
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21 comprehensive undergraduate program has been
established
and a Canadian-oriented curriculum is in place
at Simon
Fraser University.
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Student interest does not
appear to be
overwhelming; but the courses, particularly
levels, are well subscribed;
at the lower
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The limited, interdisciplinary program is attracting
increas-
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3) Tho faculty and students associated with the Program are
actively engaged
in"community" activitie'i. Faculty have
sponsored the Canadian Landscape series, and the Columbia
River series, and
the
Energy
Resources serioz was sponsored
by students
through
the Simon Fraser University Student
Society.
Members of the
Program Committee have been involved in
cross University Articulation Committees, the National
Association of Canadian Studies and, recently, in the
establishment of an interdisciplinary review journal,
Canadian Issues. Others have spoken at a variety of
public seminars, conferences and colloquia across Canada,
and;
4) There has been an increase in faculty participation and
Interest in the program.
There
are
a number of recommendations within the Co-Ordinator's report
concerning plans to expand the program in the future. While members of
the Academic Planning Committee found these to be of interest, they chose
not to comment upon them at the present
time.
Any future proposals must
. be considered at the point when they
are
formally developed
and
presented
to the Committee for consideration.-
Recommendation
That the Canadian Studies Program be continued.
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CANADIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME
The Past
In the Fall of 1969, twenty-four faculty members from various
disciplines within the university gathered together to express their
concern about the lack of Canadian courses offer-
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at Simon Fraser.
Discussion and planning proceeded and by March, 1970, the group had
submitted a brief to the Academic Planning Committee proposing an inter-
disciplinary undergraduate programme in Canadian Studies. On November 9,
1970, the Senate of the university approved the establishment of a Division
of General Studies with the responsibility for administering multi-
disciplinary, inter-disciplinary and experimental programmes, including
Canadian Studies. On August 3, 1971 Senate approved the structure and
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course offerings of the Canadian Studies Programme. The first courses
were given in the Fall semester, 1971, and the first Minor in Canadian
Studies graduated in the Spring semester, 1974. In its initial year,
seventy students registered in Canadian Studies and twenty courses from
associated departments were approved for inclusion in the Canadian Studies
minor; at that time, thirty-three faculty were associated with the
programme as approved instructors.
In four years enrollment has increased two hundred and fifty percent
to one hundred and seventy-eight students annually in 74-3175-1; sixty
courses are now approved for the Minor, an increase of 200 percent, and
a less dramatic but nonetheless impressive increase in interest on the
part of faculty is reflected in an increase to sixty-nine (100 percent)
associated faculty.
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The programme has expanded its course offerings to include CN.S.
001-3, an inter-disciplinary introductory course not required of Minors.
Additionally, an administrative device was arranged to permit students
to take both CN.S. 400-5 and CN.S. 401-5 despite scheduling difficulties,
thus ensuring the availability of the full complement of Canadian Studies
courses to all students.
Courses are staffed
internally
through released-time from departments
and through stipended appointments from Simon Fraser faculty and other
institutions. The Canadian Studies Steering Committee has been anxious
to co-operate with Continuing Education. Consequently CN.S. 200-3 has
been scheduled in the evening three of the five times it has been offered.
It is hoped that an upper division Canadian Studies course will be
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scheduled in the late afternoon, early evening period in Fall semester,
1975 or Spring semester, 1976 to provide better service for
Continuing
Education students.
This brief review of the programme's 'service record' demonstrates
the accomplishment of the primary goals of the programme as proposed to
Senate in 1971. First, a comprehensive undergraduate programme is well
established: Canadian Studies courses are popular with students, an
adequate number choose to minor in the programme, and departments have
responded by increasing their Canadian courses threefold.
The Canadian Studies programme has engaged actively in community
activity and in colleaguial exchanges with other institutions. With
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regard to the non-academic
community, Canadian Studies has
supported the
Canadian Landscape series,
the Columbia River series, and
the Energy
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Resources series initiated by the Simon Fraser Student Society. Canadian
Studies also participated in Open Rouse in 1972 and 1975. Members of the
Steering Committee have spoken at a variety of public seminars, conferences
and colloquia across Canada. Academic relationships with other institutions
have been established through articulation committees, meeting at Simon
Fraser in 1973 and 1974 at our initiative, and through the National
Association of Canadian Studies in which Simon Fraser has been a leading
participant. One important result of these efforts - in this case almost
wholly due to the dedication of Paul Koroscil of the Geography department -
is the establishment of an interdisciplinary review journal, Canadian Issues,
to be published jointly by Simon Fraser and the University of Waterloo.
Through the new journal, Simon Fraser facully associated with the Canadian
Studies programme will have yet another opportunity to communicate the
results of their research to the community of scholars and to the community
at large. The integration of material and perspectives from different
disciplines through working together in Canadian Studies courses has for
four years provided a unique setting in which scholarly interests could
develop; it is hoped that the new journal will provide a focus for the
publication of research nourished by such experiences.
The Future
A variety of plans to expand the programme in small ways have been
put forward. For example, it is hoped that a Wednesday lunch-hour film
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series can be mounted to publicize the programme at minimal cost. If
successful in the Summer semester, the series would be run every semester
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thereafter. Members of the steering committee are helping the Community
Colleges to plan their national conference on Canadian Studies at Vancouver
City College in 1976. Cariboo College is attempting to find some mechanism
to permit Simon Fraser upper division courses in Canadian Studies to be
taught at the College; the Steering Committee is in close contact with the
College in this endeavour. From time to time the co-ordinator is asked
to provide assistance to other institutions investigating or planning a
Canadian Studies programme, beyond the discussions which go on at National
Association of Canadian Studies and provincial articulation meetings. The
Programme has hosted a visit from the Director of Canadian Studies at
Western Washington State University, and it is hoped that other occasions
of this sort will be arranged in the future. In short, the Canadian Studies
programme is continually called upon to provide leadership and liaison with
other programmes, and it is expected that this role will expand in the
future.
A more fundamental goal for the programme concerns its own operation.
The Canadian Studies programme has been inexpensive and effective in reaching
the limited goals set for it in 1971. Each Steering Committee and each
co-ordinator has looked beyond these limited objectives, however, to the
appointment of a permanent Director for the programme. High standards of
instruction, stability and continuity in the courses, and expansion of the
scope of the programme are dependent upon the appointment of a Director.
It was resolved by the Steering Committee during Spring and Summer semesters
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1974 that the first priority for the Fall would be the question of the
Director. Past co-ordinators of the programme and the present co-ordinator
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developed a set of recommendations which were discussed by the Steering
Committee and approved in the Fall semester, 1974. Additionally, the
co-ordinator was charged
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to search for a Director, consulting with anyone
she chose. Subsequently, an advertisement was placed in University Affairs
and a notice sent to every University and College in Canada. The search'
process has resulted in a reasonably large pool of candidates, some
outstanding. Attendance by a number of Steering Committee members at
conferences has also added to the list of potential Directors.
The Steering Committee approved recommendations on three subjects:
the Undergraduate programme, a Master of Arts programme, and a Research
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programme. With regard to the Undergraduate programme, it was recommended
that we continue to offer the Minor in Canadian Studies and the four
courses now listed in the Calendar. The Committee has discussed the
necessity of requesting that CN.S. 001-3 be changed to CN.S. 100-3 and
incorporated into the Minor requirements. Discussion has also taken
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place on the desirability of introducing CN.S. 201-3 to be offered
alternately with CN.S. 200-3 to give students an opportunity to include
more inter-disciplinary courses in their Minor programme. Neither of
these discussions has yet resulted in formal recommendations that Senate
be asked to approve these changes and additions, but it is certain that
such requests will be forthcoming by Fall semester, 1975.
A Master of Arts programme in Canadian Studies was recommended and
approved by the Steering Committee as a goal appropriate to the programme.
It was conceived as a two-year programme based on a thesis and courses
already offered in the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Interdisciplinary
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Studies. An interdisciplinary Masters' seminar was considered to be a
reasonable focus for candidates. One consequence of such a programme
would be a pool of teaching assistants for CN.S. 001-3 and CN.S. 200-3.
Also, graduates of the M.A. programme go out into the community to teach,
to communicate through the media, to study law, enter political life or
public service, or to continue their education at the doctoral level in
a conventional discipline; the quality of these students would reflect
upon the Canadian Studies programme at Simon Fraser and generate prestige.
Since most of the facilities for such a programme are already in existence,
this proposal was seen as a valuable but inexpensive addition.
More ambitious is the recommendation that an interdisciplinary research
programme be established with qezerous funding and reasonably---wide scope
in terms of the kind of projects undertaken. Such a programme would
contribute the following to Canadian Studies at Simon Fraser:
1. Provide a focus for interdisciplinary research. Without a facility
of this kind serious interdisciplinary scholarship is extremely difficult.
Faculty could be associated with on-going projects, making use of collective
facilities such as colloquia, research assistants and publication arrange-
ments. Library, computing and other services could be jointly budgeted,
for more efficient use of grants and other funds. Faculty from other
universities could be enticed to visit our campus during research or
sabbatical leaves to take part in a specific project or colloquium
generated by this programme. The side-effects of such contacts would
continue to recur for many years.
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2.
Stimulate associated faculty to create more effective inter-
disciplinary courses. Courses based on current research programmes are
usually more interesting and of higher academic quality, especially
since the integration of interdisciplinary material requires more time
than is normally spent on the preparation of courses. Common research
provides an ideal base for an integrated interdisciplinary course.
3.
Add prestige through that most vital of academic functions:
publication. Publication in scholarly journals by associates of the
research programme would attract high quality participants; this spills
over into the Masters programme and the Undergraduate programme.
4.
Generate data and willing supervisors for Masters theses.
It is clear that in order to move forward in this direction, a full-time
Director is needed to administer the ungergraduate, graduate and research
programmes. A scholar with a strong reputation in the Canadian academic
community, a teacher of some skill, and an efficient administrator who
is also able to act as a diplomat in regard to the departments which
provide the foundation of our programme: such a person will not be easy
to find. Should we identify persons of this quality, we must be able
to offer adequate salary and other prerequisites, including a joint
appointment with a department in the Faculty of Arts.
In sum, members of the Canadian Studies programme have three broad
objectives for the future: to maintain the Minor programme and extend
only marginally the course offerings of the undergraduate programme; to
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develop a course of studies leading to the Master of Arts; and to establish
a research programme of major dimensions to compliment the graduate
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programme and provide a focus for interdisciiilinary research in Canadian
subjects. With strong support from the administration of the university
it should be possible to accomplish these modest objectives within the
next two or three years.
Addendum
On March 20, 1975, the Steering Committee resolved that the Canadian
Studies Programme should be reorganized as follows:
1.
The Canadian Studies 001-3 should be renumbered Canadian Studies
100-3 and have its contents fixed to include a social science
emphasis.
2. The Canadian Studies 200-3 should be changed to emphasize the
humanities.
3.
Education instructors should be able to teach in either of
these courses whichever is appropriate.
4. Both Canadian Studies 100-3 and Canadian Studies 200-3 should
be required of minors.
5. Faculty of Arts should be asked to treat Canadian Studies
100-3 as a Group B subject and Canadian Studies 200-3 as a
Group A subject.
6.
In scheduling Canadian Studies 100-3 and Canadian Studies
200-3, continuity of instructors should be maintained from
year to year. Further, the two courses should be offered
as a fall/spring sequence.
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MEMORANDUM
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Interdisciplinary...Studies. ........
Date...... .... 8,th..March,...l 976...................................................
Background
In February, 1971, Senate approved a Document (S.71-34) authorizing the
establishment of an Africa: /Middle East Studies Program. The objectives of
the program were stated as:
1)
To encourage interdisciplinary approaches to the study of
Africa and the Middle East;
2)
to provide students with a basis for a continuing interest
in the area of their choice after graduation; and
3)
to facilitate the interchange of ideas and knowledge between
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faculty and students.
In March, 1971, Senate established the administrative responsibility for Area
Study Programs within the Division of General Studies and accepted the organiza-
tional structure outlined in Sena
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te Document S.424 (revised). Senate Document
S. 71-34 established the requirements for the Africa ./Middle East minor, includ-
ing two ME. courses at the 400 level. An additional 27 courses from the
curriculum of related departments were accepted as applicable toward the hourly
requirements for the minor.
Since that time some additions and retractions of the "related" courses has
occured, but the Program requirements remain unchanged.
In June, 1975, a report prepared by the Co-ordinator/Director of the Program,
was considered by the Academic
Planning
Committee (attached). The Planning
Committee chose to review the Programs within the context of its stated goals.
Following discussion, the Academic
Planning
Committee recommended unanimously
that the program be continued.
Summary of Information
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The following table shows the enrolments in AME. courses for the period
January, 1972 to December, 1975. Please note that only one 400 level seminar
is offered in any given semester.
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Year
Spring
Summer
Fall
1972
AME.
402-5
( 9)
AME.
401-5 (21)
1973
lIME.
402-5
(13)
AME.
401-5
(14)
1974
lIME. 402-5 (15)
lIME.
402-5 (12)
1975
lIME. 401-5
(13) EV
AME.
401-5
(13) EV
1976
lIME.
402-5
(15)
In addition, some 43 courses in related disciplines are now approved for the minor
(compared to 27 in 1971), and 24 faculty are associated with the program.
Thus far, one student has completed the minor, and one has presently declared him-
self to be working toward completion.
Budget
The program operates on a budget administered by the Co-ordinator/Director through
the Dean of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies. For 1975176 this included.
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Operating
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$ 2,109.00
Co-ordinator/Director
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1,500.00
Stipends
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2,390.00
Total
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$ 5,999.00
Within the context of the goals set out in S.71-34 in February, 1971, the follthw-
ing comments seem appropriate:
1) A multidisciplinary approach to the study of Africa and the
Middle East has been established and a coherent minor program
is in effect;
2) the limited, multidisciplinary program is attracting increasing
faculty appreciation and participation; and
3) student interest seems to have remained consistent over the brief
life of the program.
There are a number of recommendations within the Co-ordinator's report concerning
plans to expand the program in the future. While members of the Academic
Planning
Committee found these to be of interest, they chose not to comment upon them at
the
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present time. Any future proposals must be considered at the point when they.
are formally developed and presented to the Committee for consideration.
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Recommendation
That the Africa/thddle East Studies Program be continued.
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REPORT OF THE CO-ORDINATOR - ArRECANfl'ttDDLE
EAST STUDIES
pring, 1975
Heribert Adam
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Course offerings and
enr o
llment
Since the
program was established in 1971 and
the first A.M.E.
course mounted
in 1972-1, the courses have been regularly offered by
different faculty and enrollment has
been steady with little change over
the three-year period.
Course ?
Semester
Enrollment
Faculty
AZIE
402 ?
72/1
9
Spagnolo
AME 401 ?
72/3
21
Nesbitt, Whitworth
ANE 402 ?
73/1
13
Duguid
Pu1E
401 ?
73/3
14
Okuda
ÂME
402 ?
74/1
15
Spagnolo
AM
402
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74/3
12
Duguid
AM
401 ?
75/1
13
Warhurst, Adam
Total enrollment
.in. 401 since 72/3: 48
Total
enrollment in 402 since 72/1: 49
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Declared minors in PiNE: 4
ME
graduands: 1
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2. Faculty
MAE
At present 24 faculty members from 6 departments in the Arts Faculty
are associated with the program. Several new faculty with research interests
in Africa/Middle East have joined in the last year, among them H. F. Dickje-
Cli, Professor of Sociology, and M. Kenny, Assistant Professor of
Anthx-o-
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K.
Okuda (Economics and Commerce), P. Stigger (History) and H. Adam
(Sociology) are at present undertaking field research in African countries
so have just returned from extensive research periods in the area. All
three have focused on countries in Southern Africa of which S. F. U. has become
one of the
major research centres in Canada. It might be significant that
U. B.C.
has
not a single Africanist on its staff in the
Arts
Faculty and fre-
quently students from that institution come to S.F.U. faculty for advice on
African topics.
For the
first time, a visiting faculty on sabbatical from an African
irus-titution, P. Warhurst (History) has been appointed at S.F. U., while an
S.F.U. faculty member with similar interests (P. Stigger) takes his place at
Salisbury.
Such exchanges seem to greatly benefit both parties
involved
and
should be
further facilitated and encouraged by
US,
especially with regard
to universities in
black Africa rather than with the privileged groups in
the white South. In potential
e
xchangeswith South Africa and Rhodesia,
scholars
of the discriminated non-white groups should be given preferential
consideration.
A valuable way to Strengthen our program would be to systematically
encourage
African graduate students to enroll for a higher degree in S. F. U.,
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particularly in
the disciplines in which there is strong faculty interest
such as
Socio
logy/Anthropology and History.
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Unlike other Canadian universities, such as Dalhousie and Trent,
S. F.U. has not yet used the opportunity to recognize leading African per-
sonalities with
an honorary degree. Such a gesture would undoubtedly be
useful in emphasizing the world-wide, rather than merely provincial, scope
and corerT1 of S.
F.U. and further enhance the reputation of the institution
among African intellectuals.
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Organization
(a) The
Steering Committee comprised of representatives from each depart-
ment met regularly each semester. Minutes of the meetings are kept. There
are at present no student members on the Committee but two seats for studentsl
are provided for if interest exists. I would suggest that a meeting of all
faculty associated with the program be called once a semester, if only for
mutual information on individual research activities and the solicitation of
new ideas
for the program. A few faculty members whose interests in Africa
have declined or remain marginal should be dropped from the list.
(b) Co-ordinator. It seems of utmost importance that a co-ordinator is
elected who is willing to
serve
at least for one year. In the past, the
prom has suffered from lack of continuity at the decisive co-ordinator
level. The new co-ordinator should have sufficient African research interests,
contacts and professional standing in order to give the program direction
and not merely serve as administrator.
(c)
Costs. The costs of mounting the program remain comparatively minor
with $1,500.00 as stipend for the co-ordinator per year and an equal amount
for administrative expenses in the budget of the Dean of Interdisciplinary
Studies. No increase of this item is expected.
(d) Library. The most impressive and costly part of the Africa/Middle East
studies remains the library collection. The use of this material extends
beyond the
interests of the S . F. U. community. When Simon Fraser University
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was
established
the University of British Columbia and the University of
Victoria agreed upon a division of interests whereby Simon Fraser would be
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responsible
for the building of an African/Middle East collection to the
Ph.D.
level
of research. From that time the African and Middle East histor-
ians and the university have acquired numerous grants and generous book
budgets for this field.
Because
the African collection is not segregated it is possible to
count only these African books falling within the history and the political
science classifications giving a total of 9000. To these must be added
African and related government publications and serials both of which fall
outside the Library of Congress classification system at S.F.U.
At the present time over 1200 African serials or serials concerned
with Africa are
subscribed to. Backfiles are complete for many of the
English language periodicals and are being improved as opportunity allows.
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Research materials include a large number of early diaries and ac-
courts, many of them acquired through the purchase of several major African
collections. Emphasis has been placed on areas formerly under British
jurisdiction and the sources for East Africa and West Africa are particularly
fine.
(e) Extension
and new activities. The offering of Swahili as well as a Middle
Eastern language
(Hebrew and Arabic) in the Department of Modern Languages,
has been repeatedly discussed in the Steering Committee. A positive decision
would depend
on sufficient student/faculty interest as well as staffing
priorities of DML and other factors.
Several departments including History and Sociology/Anthropology
have extended
their offerings of Africa related courses at the lower level
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which is likely to stimulate further interest in the subject.
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. Other activities
Faculty associated with AME - Studies have regularly arranged for
guest-lectures on
African topics but this has usually taken place under
the auspices
of the department concerned. Representatives of the Depart-
ment of External
Affairs with AME area interests also visited S. F.U. and
gave a seminar in March.
Several S.F. U. faculty are members of the Canadian African Studies
Association
and attend its annual meetings. The association has a regional
representative at S.F.U., who keeps the administrative liaison with the
national and international community of Africa-interested scholars.
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
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Dr. D. Birch, Chairman,
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..From.......
.
.C.,
Brown, Dean , Faculty of
Senate Committee onUnder
qraduate .. ?
nterdisciplinary . Studies.
Subject ...
.Latin American
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.rognam
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Date
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thMarch ,1976
Background
In February, 1971, Senate approved a document (S.71-50) authorizing the estab-
lishment of a Latin American Studies Program. The objectives of the program
were stated as:
1)
To provide a more coherent approach to Latin.Amenican Studies;
2)
to meet the needs of Canadian communities for university
graduates with the necessary factual background and language
skills related to Latin America;
3)
to enable Simon Fraser University to join with the University of
Calgary and the Ontario Cooperative Program at the forefront of
Canadian university centres of Latin American Studies.
In March, 1971, Senate established the administrative responsibility for Area
Study Programs within the Division of General Studies and accepted the organi-
zational structure outlined in Senate document S.424 (revised).
The program initially consisted of one lower division course and two upper division
courses. In addition, a variety of courses offered by the various related depart-
ments were identified for credit toward the minor. The core program has not been
changed since 1971, with the exception of changing LAS. 100-3 to LAS. 200-3.
In June, 1975, a report prepared by the Co-ordinator/Director of the Program, was
considered by the Academic
Planning
Committee (attached). The Planning Committee
chose to review the program within the context of its stated goals. The Academic
Planning
Committee recommended unanimously that the program be continued.
Summary of Information
The first Latin American Studies Courses were offered during the Spring Semester,
1:972. The following table shows the enrolments for the period September, 1971
to December, 1975.
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Year
Spring ?
Summer
Fall
1971
1972
LAS.
100-3 ?
(40)
LAS. 100-3 (38)
LAS.
402-5 ?
(16)
LAS. 403-5
( 5)
1973
LAS.
100-3 ?
(43)
LAS.
200-3
(17)
LAS.
404-5 ?
(11)
LAS.
402-5
( 9)
1974
LAS.
200-3 ?
(32)
LAS. 200-3
(31)
LAS.
403-5 ?
( 6)
LAS.
404-5
(
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4)
1975
LAS. 200-3
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(25)
LAS. 200-3
(18)
LAS.
402-5 ?
( 7)
LAS. 403-5
( ?
5)
1976
LAS. 200-3 ?
(26)
LAS. 404-5 ?
(17)
In addition,
some 36 courses in related disciplines
are now approved for the
minor, and 17
faculty have become assodiated with the
program.
Thus far, two students have completed the minor, and
six others presently have
declared themselves
to be working toward completion.
Budget
The program
operates on a budget administered by the Co-ordinator through
the
Dean of the
Faculty
of Interdisciplinary Studies. ?
For 1975176 this
included:
Operating
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$ 2,309.00
Co-ordinator/Director
? 1,500.00
Stipends
?
680.00
Total ?
$ 4,489.00
Evaluation
Within the context of the goals set out in S.71-50 in February, 1971, the
following comments seem appropriate:
1)
A coherent program has been established for those students
interested in Latin America. Student interest does not seem
to be overwhelming; but the courses, particularly at the lower
levels, are fairly well subscribed;
2)
as one of the few organized Latin American Studies Programs in
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Canada, the Program does serve the needs of those students who
have interests related to Latin America; and
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3) some success has been achieved in integrating the interests of
Latin Americanists at Calgary and the University of British
Columbia with those associated with the Simon Fraser University
Program. The Latin American Studies film series has been well
attended, with guest lecturers appearing from both UBC and SFU.
There are a number of recommendations within the Co-ordinator's report concerning
plans to expand the program in the future. While members of the Academic
Planning
Committee found these to be of interest, they chose not to comment upon them at
the present time. Any future proposals must be considered at the point when
they are formally developed and presented to the Committee for consideration
Recommendation
That the Latin American Studies Program be continued.
RCB/et
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Robert C. Brown
RATIONALE
Minor in Latin American Studies
When the Latin American Studies Programme was proposed to the Senate in 1971
it was becoming clear that Canada's traditional ignorance and
non-involvement
with
the area was in the process of a dramatical reversal. This interest in the region
was manifested in External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharpe's extensive mission to
Latin America in 1968 and the fact that CUSO had placed nearly 200 people in some
twenty different locations in South America and the Caribbean. Business interests,
recognizix). the extensive commercial and investment opportunities in the southern
part of tJ
he
misph
ere ,
formed the Canadian Association for Latin America shortly
after the 8xternal Affairs Minister's mission (May 1969).
While interdisciplinary approaches to Latin American Studies had been employed
Successfully in the United States since the 1920s, Canadian academic institutions
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had, until recently, stayed away from such programmes. Laval, for many years, was
the pioneer university in this country to offer such a programme. In English speaking
Canada two
iiortant
developments occurred in the 1960s. First, the University of
Calgary founded
a Latin American Studies Centre with a substantial calendar of course
offerings frcm
several departments; secondly, the Ontario co-operative programme for
Latin Aniican and
Caribbean Studies began. Essentially, the Ontario programme pooled
the graduate
resources of Guelph, Waterloo, McMasters, and Queens Universities.
Thus, for
the first time it became possible for Canadian undergraduates to pursue a
graduate degree
in the Latin American field without leaving Canada. The number Of
Latin American experts in various
positions and disciplines reached 92 in 1969.
they
In June of that year/formed
the Canadian Association of Latin American Studies.
Zn British Columbia, Latin
American Studies had not yet been coordinated into
any coherent or systematic
programme in which a student might be able to pursue the
area
study
interest.
Although UBC had several specialists, they were isolated
In their several departments. Without an institutional commitment to an interdisci-
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plinary programme, their efforts to create an area studies programme stalled. Simon
Fraser University, on the other hand, attracted an unusually large number of Latin
American specialists from the time of its founding in 1965. These people, in the
Departments of Modern Languages, History, PSA, Geography, Economics and Commerce, and
Archaeology cultivated contacts with one another and in early 1969 formed a Faculty
Committee on Latin American Studies. Members of this committee met regularly in order
to develop a more effective organizational framework. Students, meanwhile, responded
enthusiastically to courses with Latin American content and petitioned the Department
of Modern Languages for a Spanish rapid reading course. The course, instituted in
1971, quickly became popular with students interested in the Latin American field and
later became integrated into the requirements for the minor.
In February 1971, the Simon Fraser University faculty committee on Latin American
Studies proposed British Columbia's first interdisciplinary programme of area studies.
The proposal, designed to meet the needs of a solid nucleus of students, put forward
a coherent curriculum which coordinated course offerings already available in several
departments of the Faculty of Arts with several new offerings in Latin American Studies
per so. A sequence of these courses, together with a basic reading knowledge of Spanish
or Portuguese, could lead to a minor in Latin American Studies. This programme, under
the jurisdiction of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, became the first area
studies minor on the Simon Fraser University campus and served as a model for the
creation of similar programmes in Canadian and Africa-Middle East Studies, all of which
were administered by the Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies.
In the larger community the solid training in the Latin American field available
at Simon Fraser University is even more important in 1975 than in 1971. Diplomatic
contacts have intensified as business investments increased and commerce expanded.
Brazil, for example, in recent years has become increasingly important as a recipient
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of the investment capital of major Canadian corporations such as Inco, Falconbridge,
Noranda, Alcan, Brascan, and MacMillan Bloedel. In 1973 the Federal Department of
Industry, Trade and Commerce and CALA sponsored a conference which consisted of six
meetings across Canada on the theme "Canada and Latin America: Development and
Business Relations." In addition, Canada Council funds an M.A. fellowship which is
exclusively designated for the training of Latin American specialists. Provincialism
has become increasingly anachronistic as Canadian links to the Third World become
more frequent and substantial. Technical missions and business intercourse,though,
must be complemented by cultural sensitivity. The cultivation of some understanding
and appreciation of a different cultural tradition is not only personally enriching
in itself, but is also the foundation for all other contacts.
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The parallels between
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the evolution of certain Latin American countries and Canada can provide a useful
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area of common ground to begin the process. The comparison of historic colonial
administrations and policies, the heritage of native peoples and their evolution and
treatment after contact with Europeans, the impact of nineteenth century technology
on economic development, and the degree to which both Canada and Latin American
countries culturally are influenced by and economically dependent on the United States
in contemporary times, are all of mutual concern.
After three years, Simon Fraser University clearly has made an important beginning
in constructing a programme to prepare people to deal with the society, culture,
economy and history of Latin America. In the nation, Simon Fraser University has
joined Calgary and the Ontario Cooperative programme as a link in a dispersed but
growing Canadian bommitment to Latin America and the Third World; in the province,
this Latin American Studies programme continues to be both the pioneer and the dominant
contributor in British Columbia in the field. The steering committee of the programme
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has produced the outline for a modest but carefully phased expansion which will enable
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the programme to make an even more substantial contribution to the community. Within
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the next two years the programme is seeking the addition of
a double major, the estab-
lishment of a base in Latin America for field work, language training, and student and
faculty exchanges, and some expansion of curriculum and faculty.
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Since 1972 an informal but regular part of the Latin American Studies Programme
has been the sponsorship of a film series each spring. The format for the series was
created in the first series in which a faculty member or invited specialist introduced
the film and hosted a discussion following the screening. Students registered for
Latin American Studies courses received complimentary passes for the series and their
participation in the series has become virtual-/
Zu
integral part of their work in
the course. The series has regularly attracted 150 to 200 people and the varied
audience indicates that the series is as popular with townspeople as it is with the
Simon Fraser tominuni ty.
In the past few years the series has been cosponsored by the Division of
ContinuinqRducation and has been somewhat institutionalized as an evening course
available to the entire community. The relationship with
Continuing
Education has
been extremely beneficial and may be expanded in the future. As a first step in
that direction, LAS 200 will probably be offered as an evening course in the Spring
of 1976.
Visiting Professorship
In the four years that the programme has existed, it has been graced by
visiting scholars who have, for the most part, conducted the senior interdisciplinary
that of
seminars. The first appointthent was/Dr. Adolfo Dorfman, Argentine-born economist and
long-time specialist associated with the United Nations and its Economic Commission
for Latin America. Others who have held the post have been Gonzalo Zaragoza,
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historian (1972-1973), Luiz Costa-Pinto, sociologist (1973-1974) and D.M. Wolf,
historian (1974-1975).
The idea behind this appointment has been to bring new blood into the
prcgranune each year and to try to expose students to a variety of styles, backgrounds,
and disciplinary commitment. In each case preference has been given to qualified
Latin Americans in hiring for the position.
This part of the programme, while immeasurably enriching, has also caused
some problems. In an era of tight budgets, this visiting appointment receives a
low ,
priority and the coordinating committee has had to hold off on the recruitment for
the position until quite late. In practical terms, this meant that we were too late
to hire the Chilean Political Scientist whom we had hoped to recruit for the year
1974-1975. It also has caused problems in providing students and the community with
adequate information to plan their courses of studies in advance. A permanent
budgetary allocation for a visiting professor would help alleviate these logistic
problems.
Notes on Enrollment (See Appendix 1)
1. First it is important to emphasize that only two people have graduated
with a minor in Latin American Studies while four have declared the
minor and three have signified their intention to declare. These figures
fall short of original expectations. Perhaps, however, they can be explained
as follows:
(a) The minor is not a strongly sought-after item anywhere in the
University. The Registrar's Office reports only 64 minors issued
by all departments of the university since 1971.
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(b)
The Latin American Studies minor is quite demanding in that it
requires 23 hours of course work outside the major field plus
language competence. Foreign language competence is essential
to a serious Latin American studies minor. It places heavy
demands on students, however, because present-day foreign
language teaching in the high schools, afford, totally inadequate
preparation; nor are students otherwise encouraged to study
foreign languages at university level.
(c)
The lower levels requirements for the minor are difficult for
transfer students to acquire, in that Douglas College is the only
college in the area which teaches introductory courses in the
Latin American area. To force an upper levels student to take an
additional 9 hours of lower levels work is not practical.
2. Secondly, we note the consistently high enrollment totals in Latin
American content courses. Figures for 1972 and 1973 hover around the
600 level while 1974 is down slightly to around 550. Enrollment for 75-1
in the meantime is at the highest level for a spring semester since 1973.
These figures seem to indicate that most students become interested in
Latin America as an area of interest through the offerings of the
traditional departmental disciplines such as Anthropology, Political
Science, or History. An interdisciplinary minor in Latin American
Studies may not be a visible alternative to students until they are
relatively committed to other programmes within the departmental
framework.
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7.
PROGRAMME EXPANSION
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Double Major
I. Rationale
The puzzling discrepancy between broad student interest in litin America
and the relative disinclination of students to enroll in the minor indi-
cates that the minor is not perceived by students as a
s
ignificant part
of an academic credential. This point seems to hold throughout the
university but is particularly applicable to the Latin American Studies
minor in that it involves more elaborate
preparation.
Thus we propose
the addition of a double major. This would attach a Latin American area
studies emphasis to existing traditional disciplines in such a way that
the student's training as an anthropologist, historian, or linguist,
etc. will be supplemented both with
interdisciplinary
courses and a
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selection of courses from departments outside the
s
tudent's major field.
The dual emphasis which combines area
s
pecialization plus full disciplinary
training follows the guidelines of CIDA, CUSO, and External Affairs whO
seek both aspects in their candidates. The student will compromise neither
his disciplinary nor his area commitment but will receive full major status
in each.
A double major can be mounted with a relatively modest expansion of faculty
and curriculum if we follow the pattern used in the minor programme which
coordinates and certifies Latin American content course offerings of the
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several departments of the Faculty of Arts. Previous expansion of
Latin American Studies has been, in the main, a simple incorporation
of relevant curricular additions of the departments. This, of course,
has kept our costs down but has resulted in a somewhat haphazard and
formless evolution since departments are not (and should not be) con-
cerned about a full, coherent programme in Latin American Studies.
Several observations can be made to illustrate this difference in
priorities at Simon Fraser University:
* One of Canada's leading experts on Latin American policies
only teaches his specialty half the time despite high
student interest in the subject.
* The Department of EconomicE and Commerce has never replaced
a Latin American specialist who resigned several years
ago.
* The Geography Department, with three professors who are
experts in the Latin American field, only offers one
course with exclusive Latin American
content.
On the positive side several departments' curricular priorities do coincide
with those of the Latin American Studies Programme. The two historians of
Latin America normally offer four courses a year with Latin American
content.
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Sociology and Anthropology has expanded the Latin American offerings in
their new curriculum. Archaeology has proposed to the Latin American Studies
a joint appointment of an expert in Mesoamerican archaeology.
The introduction of a double major would give Latin American Studies the
opportunity to shape and control the form and direction of Latin American
area studies. It would give Latin American Studies enough substance to
initiate discussions with the departments and also to operate autonomously
when we must. It would help create balance and coherence in Latin American
Studies offerings and give more structural leverage than one half of a
joint appointment with History and one visiting appointment (often not
authorized until the last minute). Moreover, the present system of
selecting coordinators from the steering committee for brief terms of
office makes it difficult to build momentum, maintain continuity, and
obtain long-range
planning.
The steering committee has agreed that the
highest priority first phase in reshaping the programme is a full-time
appointment to Latin American Studies in which the appointee would both
teach and administer the programme - perhaps on a third-quarter division
of time.
In sum, the proposed double major is the vehicle which we think can
satisfy student interest most effectively and incorporate a growing
number of Latin American specialists into a cooperating interdisciplinary
faculty. The degree which unites the interdisciplinary area studies
with a traditional departmental discipline would be especially attractive
in that the PSA interdisciplinary degree is no longer available. It
would be the first degree of this kind at Simon Fraser University and
offer the student training which combines breadth with substance. The
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first hand exposure to Latin American culture through field work or atten-
dance at- a cooperating university on an exchange basis is a planned
part of the double major programme which we feel will generate an un-
paralleled learning opportunity that cannot be matched on the Burnaby campus.
This expansion of Latin American Studies, possible with modest budgetary
outlays, promises significant educational opportunities for students and
the chance for Simon Fraser University to move ahead in an area where it
is already a leader.
3. Curriculum - Current List of Courses
(a) Full Credit
.
LAS. 200-3
LAS. 402-5
LAS. 403-5
LAS. 404-5
ARC. 273-3
GEOG 467-5
HIST 208-3
HIST 209-3
HIST 458-5
HIST 459-5
SPAN 140-3
SPAN 34l-3
SPAN 451-5
SPAN 452-5
PSA. 346-5
Introduction to Latin American Studies
Interdisciplinary Seminar in Selected Latin
American Subjects
Interdisciplinary Seminar in Selected Latin
American Subjects
Interdisciplinary Seminar in Selected Latin
American Subjects
Archaeology of the New World
Latin America
Modern Latin America
Studies in Latin American History
Problems in the Intellectual and Cultural
History of Latin America
Problems in the Political and Social History
of Latin America
Hispanic Culture
Hispanic Literature II - Latin American
Literature in Translation
Modern Spanish-American Novel
Modern Spanish-American Poetry
Regional Studies in Politics: Latin America
(b) Partial Credit
ARC. 474-5 North America-Southwest
ECON 363-5 Economics of Natural Resources
ECON 355-5 Economic Development
GEOG 422-5 The Geography of Lesser Developed Countries
HIST 150-3 Selected Topics in Pre-20th Century History
HIST 448-5 The United States in the 20th Century
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(b) Partial Credit continued
HIST 293-3 Cultural and
Intellectual
History
HIST 294-3 Religion and Science
HIST 296-3 Social and Economic History
HIST 297-3 Political and
Administrative
History
HIST 298-3 International Relations
HIST 299-3 Problems in History
HIST 480-5 Studies
in History I
HIST 481-5
Studies in History II
HIST 482-5 Studies in History III
HIST 483-5
Studies in History IV
HIST 484-5
Studies in History V
SPAN 240-3 Introduction to Hispanic
Literature
PSA. 341-5 International Relations
PSA. 342-5 Comparative Politics
PSA. 441-5 International
Institutions
PSA. 466-5 Problems of Social Change in Developing Societies
4.
Ideas for Expanded Course Offerings
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Introduction to the Art and Architecture
of Pre-Columbian
Latin America
20X ?
Cultural Evolution of
Mesoamerica
40X ?
Interdisciplinary Seminar in
the Art History of Ancient
America
40X ?
Interdisciplinary Seminar in Contemporary Art and
Architecture
of Latin America
40X ?
Introduction to Luso-Brazilian Literature
in Translation
40X ?
Reading Course
40X ?
Field
Study in Latin America (Intensive package programme
of language and topics - 15 credits)
40X ?
Topics in Politics and Government of Latin America
40X
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The
Political Economy of Latin America
40X.
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Latin America and
the External World
40X ?
Topics in Culture and Society
40X
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The Indians of Latin America.... (Course emphasis will vary
between
Middle
America, South American Lowlands and
Northern Andes, and Andean Highlands)
5.
Technical Requirements
The guidelines
for the double major are set forth in
the
Simon Fraser
University calendar and it is therefore
a straightforward
process to develop
this
programme for Latin American
Studies. The essential requirement outlined
by the
university is that a student take a minimum
of
28 hours of
upper
division course work in each department in which the major will be claimed.
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If this proposal is accepted in principle, the Latin American Studies
Curriculum Committee will put forward in more detail the requirements
for the degree which will probably be thirty hours of upper division work
in Latin American content courses plus a reading knowledge in Spanish
or Portuguese. Titles of new courses mentioned below are given to
indicate the kind of curriculum expansion that could be added to existing
offerings.
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13.
Exchange Programme
1. ?
Description-Faculty-Student Exchange Programme with a Latin American
University
While presiding at the 1974 CALAS meeting in Ecuador early this summer,
Dr. A. Siemens, President of CALAS and Professor of Geography at Uni-
versity of British Columbia, was approached by two institutions desiring
various types of faculty-student exchange combinations with Canadian
counterparts. Dr. Siemens, who made this information available to all
Canadian universities, explored some possibilities with R. Boyer and
M. Gates of the Latin American Steering Committee. The matter was
brought to the attention of the entire steering committee and by
unanimous vote the committee agreed to pursue the possibilities and try
to arrange for a representative from one of the two universities mentioned
below to come to Simon Fraser University for discussion and planning. It
seemed logical to all concerned that this initiative come from this uni-
versity, as it is the only one in British Columbia with an established
Latin American Studies Programme. Moreover, it appears that a rough
"division of labour" in the area studies will continue as the University
of British Columbia continues to emphasize their Asian Studies Programme.
(a) The Universidad Cat6lica del Ecuador sponsored a formal meeting
to discuss possibilities with Dr. Siemens with the endorsement
of the Rector of the university. The attached copies provide the
names, biographical data and specific academic interests of the
Ecuadorian academics present. They appear to be interested in
relatively small-scale collaborations which will give immediate
practical results in the near future, in particular:
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- preliminary visits to Canadian universities to assess potential
areas of mutual interest, giving seminars and lectures
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- exchange of publications and joint research
- advice in university administration, organization and planning
together with some technical and equipment input
- professional development programs (education, engineering,
health
and hygience)
- student exchanges funded
by scholarships
or
subsidies
(especially in linguistics, anthropology, sociology,
political science, history,
modern
languages)
- faculty exchanges (especially linguistics, and Canadian
professors to teach courses in
Ecuador
in anthropology and
international politics)
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advice in development of biology, physics and chemistry
programs, pure and
applied.
(b)
The
Universid Central de Venezuela was represented only by
Dr.
Federico
Brito Figueroa, Director de los Estudios pare Greduados
de la
Facultad
de Humanidades y
Educacion, withthe
full
endorsement
of his university. Dr. Brito suggested:
- faculty and graduate student exchanges, disciplines unspecified
- a lecture tour to Canada by a specialist in
Venesuelan
social
history
- a visiting position for a Canadian faculty
member
to teach a
graduate course in
Venezuela
on Latin American social history
- opportunities for
publishing research
by Canadians in Venezuelan
journals
particularly Semestre His
t'orico
Either
of
these
alternatives would seem attractive from Simon Fraser
University's point of view providing
the
following benefits:
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- establishing a permanent field base of a multi-disciplinary
nature in Latin America
- student exchanges and field courses would teach students more
in a few weeks than we can in four years
- promoting professional contacts with our Latin American
counterparts
- increasing publishing outlets for Latin American Studies
research
- obtaining a rotating pool of Latin American visitors from a
variety of disciplines
- particular benefits for the departments of Anthropology and
Sociology, History, Political Science, Archaeology, Geography
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and Modern Languages (especially in Spanish language training
and possibilities for developing native language specializations
e.g. Quechua)
The costs of undertaking such a program would seem to include the
following considerations:
- the Venezuelan institution already has substantial funding at
its disposal from their national government; the Ecuadorian
university does not and would have to approach CIDA or some
equivalent source.
- we would have to solicit
subsidies/grants/scholarships
from
Canada Council, External Affairs, CIDA, IDRC, UNESCO, Ford
Foundation, Oil Companies, Macmillan-Bloedel etc. but the
resources of Dean Brown and the President may be available
for much of the legwork. Most of these subsidies would be
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necessary to defray transportation costs for both Ecuadorian and
Simon Fraser University students.
- as a host institution Simon Fraser University would provide a
waiver of tuition for a fixed number of students from Ecuador
(the number to be set after consultations with partner institution).
- we would have to consider input from University of British Columbia
Latin Americanists and various professional and technical advisory
services we are unable to provide ourselves: (this can also be
seen as a benefits)
-. obviously an undertaking of this kind is going to demand a
considerable amount of organization and paperwork during the
initial stages; this burden would become lighter as the program
became established and selfsustaining.
As a result of correspondence between R. Boyer, Coordinator of the Latin
American Studies Programme, and Dr. Sandoval, Decano General de Coordinacion
Academica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, the Latin American
Studies Steering Committee would like to secure funds to bring Sandoval to
Simon Fraser University. On this campus, we could discuss at length our
mutual needs and the mechanics of how best to exploit each others resources
and facilities. If fundamental agreements could be confirmed, we could then
proceed to the detailed arrangements for phasing into a programme.
2. Rationale
Recent preliminary discussions by R. Boyer and M. Gates with Dean Brown
(Interdisciplinary Studies) and Dr. Alf Siemens (President of CALAS, U.B.C.
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Geography) have raised several suggestions for "upgrading" and potential
future expansion of our Latin American Studies Programme. Encouragement
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from President Jewett to expand the third world studies applied and
professional involvement of Canadian universities particularly through
interdisciplinary efforts such as area studies, together with Premier
Barrett's push for "brave new programs", are favorable indicators that
any new proposals we make at this time (within reason) will have consider-
able support from Dean Brown.
More specifically the opportunity for the regular exchange of students and
faculty from Simon Fraser University and a Latin American university would
- vitalize the Latin American Studies Programme and stimulate
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sensitivity to "third world" issues within the community.
- engage this university in a commitment to international
education which would place the institution's resources
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Victoria to participate in a course of studies in Latin
America about Latin America - an experience which no amount of on-
campus academic work can duplicate. An-envisioned Latin American
Studies interdisciplinary field course of 15 credits will involve
investigation of a variety Of subjects as well as intensive
training in Spanish.
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