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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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The attached report describes undergraduate course and course enrollee
figures for the extension credit courses offered by the Departments and
Faculties of the University for the period September 1, 1975 through
August 31, 1976. Overall, 385 extension courses were offered, 338 on
the campus and 47 at off-campus locations. The total number of enrolles
in these courses was 12,027 -- 18.7% of the total university course enrollees
for the same time period.
For the information of Senate, course enrollee figures for the extension
credit programs coordinated by the Office of Continuing Studies and offred
during the current (Fall) semester are:
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On-Campus Evening Program -- 3873 course enrollees (112 courses), an
increase in enrollees of 42% relative to the Fall Semester, 1975.
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Kelowna Program -- 127 course enrollees (10 courses), up 98% relative
to the Fall Semester, 1975.
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Correspondence Program -- 131 course enrollees (8 courses), an increase
in enrollees of 134% relative to the Fall Semester, 1975.
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON CONTINUING STUDIES
REPORT ON
EXTENSION CREDIT COURSES
September 1, 1975 - August 31, 1976
This report describes undergraduate course and student enrollee
figures for the extension credit courses offered by the Departments
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and Faculties of the University for the period September 1, 1975 through
August 31, 1976.
Nine departments now offer programs of courses during the evenings
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of the Fall and Spring Semesters which allow part-time evening-only
students to complete minor and major requirements for degrees in an
orderly fashion over a number of years. Two of these departments also
offer evening degree completion programs in Kelowna. Two other departments
provide on-campus evening programs which enable students to complete minor
requirements. Other departments supplement the degree completion programs
through the offering of needed service and elective courses. The Faculty
of Education, in addition to it's extension credit course offerings on the
campus, provides the Professional Development Program at 14 off-campus
locations.
1. On-Campus Undergraduate Extension Credit Programs
During the period September 1, 1975 through August 31, 1976, three-
hundred thirty-eight undergraduate courses were offered on campus during
the evenings of the three semesters and during the days and evenings of
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the Intersession and Summer Session. The number of courses offered was 6.6%
greater than for the same period of 1974-1975 (317 courses). The total
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number of course enrollees was 11,062, an increase of 17.6% relative to
1974-1975 (9,408 enrollees). The average number of enrollees per course
in 1975-1976 was 32.7, compared with 29.7 during 1974-1975.
The number of courses offered and total number of course enrollees
for each programming period were as follows:
PROGRAM PERIOD
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COURSES ?
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COURSE ENROLLEE
Fall Semester, 1975
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92 ?
2736
Spring Semester, 1976
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120 ?
3563
Summer Semester, 1976
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29 ?
1134
Intersession, 1976
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35 ?
1642
Summer Session, 1976
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1987
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338 ?
11,062
II. Off-Campus Undergraduate Extension Credit Programs
A. Kelowna Program
Programs of upper division work leading to the completion of
requirements for a B.A. in Psychology or a B. Sc. in Biological
Sciences began in the Fall Semester, 1975, on the Kelowna campus
of Okanagan College. The programs were offered during the Fall
and Spring Semesters. The total number of course enrollees was
134 in 18 different courses over the two semesters. Eight courses
were offered in Psychology (four per semester) with a total of 82
course enrollees. Nine courses were offered in Biological Sciences
(four during the Fall Semester and five during the Spring Semester)
with a total of 44 course enrollees. One elective course (Geography)
was offered during the Spring Semester with 8 course enrollees.
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B.
Senior Citizens Program
Two English courses were offered for Senior Citizens, one
in the Fall Semester, 1975, in Burnaby and the other in the Spring'
Semester, 1976,' in New Westminster. Seventeen students enrolled
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in the Fall Semester course and 30 in the Spring Semester course.
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Britannia Community Services' Centre (Vancouver)
An English course and a Kinesiology course were offered at the Centre
during the Fall Semester, 1975, with the number of enrollees being
33 and 17, respectively. During the Spring Semester, 1976, an English
course and a Geography course were offered with 19 enrollees in each
course. Vancouver City College is now offering first and second gear
credit courses at Britannia.
D.
External Professional Development Program
The Faculty of Education's Professional Development Program was
offered at eight interior locations (Kamloops, Kelowna, Prince George,
Vernon, Penticton, Salmon Arm, Chilliwack, and Mount Currie) and at six
lower mainland locations (excluding the campus) during the Fall and Spring
Semesters. The total enrollment in the external program was 363.
E.
Environmental Education Program
This program, offered by the Faculty of Education, was held in Kamloops
during the 1976 Summer Session. Two courses were offered with a total of
167 course enrollees.
F.
Outward Bound Program
The Outward Bound Teachers' Practicum, offered by the Faculty of
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Education in cooperation with the Outward Bound Mountain School in Keremeos,
was held during the 1976 Summer Session. Two courses were offered with a
total of 32 course enrollees.
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Correspondence Courses
Five correspondence courses, developed by Simon Fraser University
faculty
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members, were available to students beginning in September, 1975.
The total number of enrollees in these courses was 134 -- 56 in the Fall,
Semester, 1975, twenty-eight in the Spring Semester, 1976, and 50 in the
Summer Semester, 1976.
Three new correspondence courses were completed during 1975-1976,?
bringing to eight the number of correspondence courses presently available.
IV. Special Audit Students
Beginning in January, 1976, a number of regular day and evening credit
courses were open to persons who wished to attend courses but who either
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did not desire or were not qualified for admission to the University. Thirty-
eight students enrolled on this basis -- 21 during the Spring Semester, 1976,
and 17 in the Summer Semester, 1976.

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