Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

Studies at its meeting of May 18th, 1976 gives rise to the follow-- 

:Lng motion: 

MOTION: ? 

That Senate approve the change in requirements for 

English majors, as set forth in paper S.76-82 

NOTE 

It was pointed out that the proposed change will allow 

the English Department discretion in granting credit for courses 

with appropriate literary or linguistic content and will remove 

the necessity for listing each such course in advance. 

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Daniel R. Birch 

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att. 

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Mr. H.M. Evans, Secretary 

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Roberts, Secretary 

SCUS            

Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committe 

Change in Requirements - ? 

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April 20, 1976 

Department of English 

The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee at its meeting of March 

18, approved the following change in the requirements for English 

Majors. 

76-77 Calendar 

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From:"MAJORS IN ENGLISH 

Normally an English Major, before proceeding to 

upper division English courses, shall obtain credit 

or standing in the following six lower division 

courses: ENGL 101,102,103, 204 ,205,and2O6. Exception 

ally, but without any further approval than is here 

given, any one, but not more than one, of ENGL 101, 

102, and 103 may be replaced by any one of ENGL 212, 

221,222,226,and 

227; 

or by any three unspecified 

transfer credits in English; or, with the permission 

of the English department, by LIT.140 or 

iLil 

offered 

from time to time by the Department of Modern 

Languages. Under no circumstances will credit for 

ENGL 010 or an equivalent course taken elsewhere be 

allowed to substitute for ENGL 101 or 102 or 103." 

To :"MAJORS IN ENGLISH 

Normally an English Major, before proceeding to 

upper division English courses, shall obtain credit 

or standing in the following six lower division 

courses: ENGL 

101,102,103,204,205,and2O6. 

Exception 

ally, but without any further approval than is here 

given, any one, but not more than one, of ENGL 101, 

102,andlO3 may be replaced by any one of ENGL 212, 

221,222,226,and227; or by any three unspecified 

transfer credits in English; or, with the permission 

of the English department by an appropriate course 

in another Faculty, Department, or Program. Under 

no circumstances will credit for ENGL 010 or an 

equivalent course taken elsewhere be allowed to 

substitute for ENGL 101 or 102 or 103." 

Rationale: 

As courses and programs have increased in number 

(for example, Canadian Studies, Women's Studies, 

"The Arts in Context: the Renaissance" in General 

Studies), more courses with a significant literature 

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Memo to: 

Mr. H.M. Evans, Secretary, SCUS 

April 20, 

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component have appeared. It seems, therefore, too 

restrictive to specify that only LIT 140 or 141 from 

DML may be considered to satisfy the Department's 

requirement. Also, given the frequency with which 

courses change and the slowness of the process of 

changing Calendar entries, it seems foolish to list 

exactly which courses the Department would consider. 

The Department would in no way be opening doors to 

any course a student might want to use to satisfy 

the requirement. It would continue the current 

system under which each individual request is 

submitted for approval or rejection by the Under- 

graduate Curriculum Committee. 

S. Roberts 

cc. Dr. D. Birch, Associate 

Vice-President, Academic 