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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL: ANE.001-3.
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A Multi-disciplinary Introduction
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JULY 20,
1976
to Africa and the Middle East
Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies at its meeting of July 13,
1976
gives rise to the
following motion:
MOTION
That Senate approve, and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors, Africa/Middle East Studies 001-3 - A Multi-disciplinary
Introduction to Africa and the Middle East, as set forth in Paper
S.76-90.
NOTE: It was observed that Africa/Middle East Studies is the least
enrolled of the area studies minor programs and a question
was raised regarding the scale of interest and allocation of
resources. The Dean indicated that upper division seminars
in Africa/Middle East Studies are reasonably enrolled and
that the overall l
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creation of a
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enrolment survey course such as ÂME. 001-3.
The Committee was assured that the Department of History has
been supportive of the course development and staffing, that
mounting of this course would not militate against further
development in other area studies programs, and that Africa/
Middle East Studies represents an area of major concentration
in SFU Library holdings.
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MEMORANDUM
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Faculty of Iitedi.cip1ina.y..,$tudies
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Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
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AME 001-3
A Multi-disciplinary Introduction to Africa and the Middle East
I.S.C. 76-8
The Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee has reviewed and approved the attached new course
proposal, and lam forwarding it to you for inclusion on the agenda of
the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies.
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
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Calendar Information
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Department
:AfricaMiddle East-
Abbreviation Code:
AME.
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Course Number:
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001
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Credit Hours:
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Vector:
2-1-0
Studies
Title of Course:
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A Multi-disciplinary Introduction to Africa and the Middle East.
Calendar Description 6f Course:
An introduction to the problems stemming from human
distribution, language, religious belief, past and present political patterns,
educational systems and economic conditions, and how these problems are viewed
by different disciplines.
Nature of Course
Two
lectures and one tutorial each week..
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
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Nil.
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
None
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
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Each fall semester.
Semester in
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Fall, 1977.
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Which of your present faculty
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be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
P. Stigger and faculty involved in AME. Studies.
objectives of the Course
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The major objective is to provide students interested in
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Africa and the Middle East with an effective but general multi-disciplinary intro-
duction to the area at an early point in their academic career and thereby encourage
them to take courses in disciplines other than that of their majors. The course is
crucial to the development of the existing Minor in AME. Studies and to any future
Major.
4. BukLtn
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(for information only)
What additional resources will he required in the following areas:
Faculty
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Release time for P. Stigger.
Staff ?
Nil.
Library ?
Existing library facilities developed within disciplines are adequate.
Audio Visual
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Nil.
Space ?
One lecture hall twice a week and three tutorial rooms each week.
Equipment ?
Nil.
5. Approval?
Date:
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Dean
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SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
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Draft outline: AME. 001-3, Fall, 1977.
A Multi-disciplinary Introduction to Africa and the
Middle East.
The course is intended to introduce students to problems
in Africa and the Middle East stemming from language, religion, and
geographical conditions, as well as from recent political history, and
to introduce them to the variety of approaches which can be adopted by
various disciplines.
The course thus falls into two parts, the first concerned
with general issues and the second with specific topics.
The anchor instructor will give the lectures in part I
while colleagues in the appropriate discipline will present the lectures
in part II: the anchor instructor will conduct all tutorials and be
responsible for associated course work.
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Lectures:
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Part
1.
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Human Distribution
Languages
Religious belief
Late Colonial Political Patterns
Modern Political Structures
Modern Internal Social, Political and Economic
Pressures
Educational systems
The Physical background
Climate and Water
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Soils and Crops
11.
Fish, Game and Livestock
12.
Diseases: Human, Stock and Crop
13.
Mineral Resources
14.
Communications
Part II
15.
Archaeology: Its uses, abuses and limitations
16.
Geography: Lacunae in knowledge
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Anthropology: Classifications and their meaning
18.
Sociology: The Middle East
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Sociology: Black Africa
20.
History: The Arab Reaction to Colonialism and
Imperialism
21.
History: The Black African Reaction to Colonialism
and Imperialism
22.
English: Literature as a Means of Social and/or
Political Expression
23.
Economics: Development Issues in the Middle East
24.
Economics: Development Issues in Black Africa
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A Middle Eastern Issue
26.
A Black African Issue
General course books will be:
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Jean Duvignaud: Change at Shebika
P.C. Lloyd: Africa in Social Change
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Other readings will be recommended in support of specific topics.
e.g. J.J. McKelvey: Man against the Tsetse
E. Gregerson: Language in Africa - An
Introductory Survey
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on Undergraduate Studies
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Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
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Attached please find a copy of our memo to Larry Thomas, Collections
Librarian, and his reply, with regard to library resources for proposed
new courses AME. 001, FPA. 114, FPA. 250.
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MEMORANDUM
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Larry Thomas
Faculty of Interdisciplinary
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Collections Librarian
Committee
Subject. NEW COURSE... PROPOSALS
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25th May 1976
The course proposals contained here have been
reviewed by the appropriate collections librarians.
They report the current holdings are adequate.
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
To . Mr. Larry Thomas
Assistant Librarian
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New Course Proposals..
From
J.
Blanchet, Secretary
Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
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Attached are new course proposals for the following courses:
AME. 001 - A Multi-disciplinary Introduction to
Africa and the Middle East
FPA. 114 - The Arts in Context: The Modernist
Era
- FPA. 250 - Dramatic Interpretation I
These proposals were presented to the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies
Curriculum Committee for furtherance to the Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies. Please let us know whether the necessary resources are available
in the Library.
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A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY INTRODUCTION TO
AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST)
In
accordance with the ruling of the Senate Committee on
Undergraduate Studies, the attached paper is forwarded to faculty curriculum
committees for review in terms of course overlap.
Distribution:
L.
Boland, Chairman, Faculty of Arts
Curriculum Committee
M.
Wideen, Chairman, Faculty of Education
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Curriculum Committee
D. Ryeburn, Chairman, Faculty of Science
Curriculum Committee
Attachment.
cc: H.M. Evans, Registrar & Secretary of
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
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