SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
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COMMITTEE.
Subject.. ?
CHANGES IN
THE.M
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1976 ?
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MOTION: ?
"That Senate approve, and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors, as set forth in
S.76-170,
changes in the Master of Pest Management Program
including:
i)
New Courses: BISC 850-3 - Weed Biology and Control
BISC 851-3 - Vertebrate Pests
BISC 852-3 - Medical and Veterinary Entomology
BISC 853-3 - Plant Disease Vectors
ii)
Changes in Title and Course Descriptions for
BISC 816-3, BISC 840-3,
BISC
841-3,
BISC
842-3,
BISC
844-3,
BISC
847-3,
BISC
849-5 (title change
.only)
iii)
Change in credits and related items for
BISC
601,
BISC
602 (and title change and description change),
BISC 603 (and description change), BISC 604, BISC
605 (and credit change), together with necessary
editorial changes following from these."
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Froni: office of the Dean
of Graduate Studies
Date: November 17, 1976
of Senate
Subject.
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Calendar Changes
SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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NOTION: ?
That Senate approve Graduate Calendar changes
for:
i)
Department of KinesiolOgy
ii)
MPM Program
iii)
Department of Chemistry
These changes were approved by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee
on November 15, 1976.
Jon Wheatley
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SiMON FRASER
MEMORAP
To.M.. .McGinn, Secretary..,... Senate
....... Graduate ... Stud i.e.s .... Committee .... .......
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Subject..
Changes for .1977 -78 Calendar
At a meeting held on 14 October 1976, the Faculty of Science approved changes in the
Graduate Program of the Faculty as follows:
Revisions in the M.P.H. Program (see F-76-17 attached)
Revised Calendar entry, Chemistry (see F-76-18 attached).
The above items are herewith forwarded to SGSC for consideration.
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IMOIN I'RAIIt UlNJVIfl.SIFY
MEMORANDUM .
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76-17
To ?
Members of the Faculty of Scice
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From..
B. P. Clayman, Ch.irman
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Graduate
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Faculty G.S.C. ....
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. REVISIONS IN.,
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........August. 4,
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1976
Attached are proposed revisions to the M.P.M. programme in the department
of Biological Sciences, as approved by the Departmental Gradu
ate
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Studies
Committee. They consist mainly of four new courses, changes in emphasis
in several existing courses, and increases in the credit hours assigned
to the 600-level courses along with a commensurate increase in the mini-
mum number of credit hours of these courses required for the degree.
The net effect on the students in the programme is the doubling of the
length of time devoted to BISC 605 (see page 23), and an increase in the
number of courses from which to choose. The department states that
budgetary implications of adding these courses are minimal which,, I have
been informed, means things such as Xeroxing and the use of minor A.V.
equipment, not the hiring of personnel.
I feel that the proposed revisions represent a minor realignment of the
program along lines suggested by three years of experience. I there-
fore suggest that this committee can deal with the matter expeditiously.
Please indicateyoUrresPoflse below and return this sheet tome before
12 August.
I approve the proposal
.1 I request a meeting of the G.S..C.
I reject the proposal
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BPC/pel
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(Signature)
Approved unanimously by Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee in
mail ballot as shown above.
N.Heath, Administrative Assistant
6 October 1976
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
Ir. 1.S. Barlow, Chairman,
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Dr. B.P. Beirne D i rector ,
To
• Biological. Sciences
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]'est0gy Cent-r, BioSciences
S'jbect Revisions in the MPM Programme
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Date
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june10, 1976.
The Master of Pest Management program has been in full operation
since 1973-3. The individual courses that comprise it were e4mined
recentl
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to identify evolutionary changes in content and-changes that
are needed to eliminate major gaps or areas of overlap.
The resulting recommendations are given in the following pages.
In
summary, the
y
are of three main kinds: -
1. That four new graduate courses be established. Ech
fills a major gap in the MPM programme, each can now
be taught by one or more present: faculty members, and
each has already been taught at least once as a Special
Topics course.
2. Tha various !M graduate course titles and/or descriptions
be reworded, without changing the general. nature and purpose
of those courses, for two main reasons:
a)
to account for deleted material that is now covered
in the new courses, or for other changes in emphasis in
course content;
b)
to reduce ambiguous, superfluous, vague, or indequate
wording.
3. That the credit hours of 600-level courses (and therefore
the total required to complete the
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M) he Iucreaed to make
them reflect more realistically than hitherto thc actual
amount of time or work Involved.
Other than a recommendation that the duration of one 600-level
course be increased from one week to two, these recommended changes do not
mean any actual change, upward or downward, in amount of student work require-
ments.
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Weed Biology and Control
A survey of
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the biological and ecological characteristics of weeds,
the types and magnitudes of damage they cause, and the theory and principles of control.
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Economic losses_dueto weeds exceed those
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Altbn"gh
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times under
BISC
859-3,
Special Topics, there is a need for a
f1fzed course given ona_regular basis In the MPM Program________
4. It;s(wgCrS:
Which Faculty member will normally teach the course:
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R. V.
Matheve8,
Mat are the budgetary implications of utinti.ng the course: Minimal
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Are there
stifficicilt Library resources
(eppend ck1ail*
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a) ?
Outline of the
Course
b)
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An
indication
of
the cor.etcflcC
of
the Faculty
morber
to give the course.
c) ?
Library
resources
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)epartmental Graduate Studies Cormni ttce:__________
Faculty Graduate Studies
Coimnittee:________
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COURSE OUTLINE
BISC 850 Weed Biology and Control
Literature, basic definitions and concepts, economic impact of weeds;
Provincial noxious weed legislation, Federal and Provincial agencies, a
survey of typical weed problems of western Canada;
Classification of weeds, genetic characteristics, life cycle
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characteristics, vegetative reproduction;
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eed ecology; seed production, dispersal, dormancy, periodicity of
germination;
Competition and allelopathy, mechanisms of causing yield reductions in
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crops;
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Prevention, cultural and mechanical control methods. Biological control
methods. Chemical control methods, herbicide classification, modes
of action, specificity;
Selected topics for individual study: Range and pasture weed; Forest
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.weed problems; Industrial weed control; Aquatic weed problems;
Turf weeds;, and Weeds in small crops;
Interactions of different control approaches, environmental aspects
of weed control.
Selected literature
A. Books in Library (Selected Titles)
1.
Ashton, F. M. and A. S. Crafts. 1973. Mode of Action of
Herbicides. John Wiley and Sons. SB 951-4, A84.
2.
Frankton, C. and C. A. Mulligan. 1970. Weeds of Canada. Canada
Dept. of Agriculture. SB 613, Cl-3, F68.
3.
Freyer, J. and R. Makepeace. 1968. Weed Control Handbook,
7th ed., Vol. II, Recommendations. Blackwell Publications.
SB 611 B57.
4.
Freyer, J. D. and S. A. Evans. 1968. Weed Control Handbook,
Vol. I, Principles. Blackwell Publications. SB 611, B67.
5.
Harper,
J.
L. ed. 1960. The Biology of Weeds. Blackwell
Scientific Publications, Oxford. QK 911 B7 A35.
6.
Hughes, E. C. 1972-73. Chemical Weed Control Guide.
, B.C.
Dept. of Agriculture.
7.
Kingsbury, J. M. 1967. Poisonous Plants of the United States.
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Prentice-Hall Inc. SB 617, K5.
8.
Klingman, G. C. 1961. Weed Control as a Science. John Wiley
& Sons. SB 611 K55
9.
Kolk, H. 1962.
Viability
and dormancy of dry stored weed seeds.
Institute of Plant Husbandry, Sweden. Almqvist
&
Wiksells,
Uppsala.
New
RISC 850
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Weed Biology and Control
Selected Literature (continued)
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10.
Muzik, T. J. 1970. Weed Biology and Control. McGraw-Hill.
SB 611, M88
11.
Robson, T. 0. 1968. The Control of Aquatic Weeds. Bull. No.
194, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London.
12.
Salisbury, Sir Edward. 1964. Weeds and Aliens. Collins,
London, SB 613, G7, S2.
13.
Scuithorpe, C. D. 1967. The Biology of Aquatic Vascular Plants.
St. Martin's Press, N.Y.
14.
Wilkinson, R. E. and H. F. Jacques. 1972. How to know the Weeds.
M. C. Brown Co., Dubuque, Iowa.
15.
Whittet, J. N. 1968. Weeds. Govt. Printer, Australia.
B. Journals In Library
1.
Weed Abstracts, V18 - 1969
2.
Pesticide Science, V2, 1972 -* Great Britain
3.
Pesticide Monitoring Journal, VI - 1967 -
4.
Weed Research. Official Journal of the European Weed Research
Council. Great Britain. 1975 *
5.
Weed Science. Journal of the Weed Science Society of America,
U.S.A. ?
1975 -
6.
Weeds Today - ordered.
LIBRARY RESOURCES
The library resources are adequate (see above list).
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New
BISC
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COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Mathcwes, ?
R. ?
F. ?
Assistant Professor.
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B.S.
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1969 ?
(S.F.U.)
Ph.D.
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1973
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(U.B.C.)
(;Iv' this course in 1975 as a Special Topics course.
Other courses:
RISC
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336, ?
B1SC 404.
C
areer:
Teaching Assistant, ?
Botany,
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U.B.C.
1969-73
Visiting Assistant Professor, Geography,
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SFU
1973
Postdoctoral Fellow, Botany, Cambridge University
1974
Environmental Consultant,
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F.F.
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Slaney Co.,
Vancouver
1974-75
Visiting Assistant Professor, BioSciences,
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SFU
1974
Assistant Professor,
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BioScicnces, SRI
since 1975
Specialties: ?
pollenosis, pollen and spore analysis
and its
application to biogeography, plant systematics,
and
paleoecology.
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Research publications:
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Vertebrate Pests
An evaluation of the biology and of the economic and social impacts of
vertebrates t1iä iiéTn6nflf
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of actual and potential control techniques as applied to such animals.
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When
Will.
the
course first be offered: 1977-1
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Of tell y
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the course be olfcrc.d: Once per year or when required.
3. T1JSTJFIC/fl ON:
hlscouu1ables MPM students to cover a major group of pests not dealt with
adequately
In
other courses. Other MPM animal coursesConcentrate on invertebrates.
TtfEiilarI5 app
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late
In
economic vertebrate problems In this country. Course has been already given under
'idiiigThT
4. RISOCES:
Thich
Faculty
nicmber will normally
teach the courser
R.M.
Sadleir
What
are the
budgetary implications
of iiunting the
course:Minimal
Are there sufficient Library resources (z.ppend details): Yes
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Appended: a) Out). inc of the Course
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c)
An
Library
indicat-cin
resources
of the competence of the Facul
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n:ei:bcr to give the c ta;
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i)ep.r tin'n La I Cradua te S tid i.es
Fac til t y (rnduntc• Studies Coiid. t tue:
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COURSE OUTLINE
BISC 851
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Vertebrate Pests
This course consists of two parts. The first (smaller,)
section centres on the biology, damage and control of rodent pests
(particularly rats and mice). The second section involves a series of
case history reviews of vertebrate pest situations. In each t1e
general biology of the species is first reviewed, and the nature of its
interaction with human activities is considered. Finally, past,
present and potential means of control or nuisance alleviation are
discussed.
Weekly topics:
1.
Discussion on format, evaluation. Introduction to
rodent biology.
2.
Biology and control. of rodents.
3.
Biology and control, of rodents.
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The Great Lakes Lamprey.
5.
The weaver bird (Quelea) of Central Africa.
6.
Australian rabbits (Myxomatosis and 1080).
7.
Control of vertebrate predators - a special problem.
8.
Coyote control in North America - the Caine report.
9.
' Rodent eradication In Alberta.
10.
The Alberta rabies vector control program.
11.
Bears and people in Canada - recr,-ation and urban control.
12.
Birds and airports.
13.
Agricultural bird pests.
Other topics can be substituted in the event of particular
student interest and expertise.
Selected Literature
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Advisory Committee on Predator Control (1972) "Predator Control - 1971"
Report to U.S. Council on Environmental Quality and U.S.
Dept. of interior. 207 pp.
Calhoun, J. (1962) Ecology and Sociology of the Norway Rat. U.S.
Dept. Public Health. Public. 1008. 288 pp.
Dagg, A I. (1974) Canadian Wildlife and Man. (McClelland and Stewart).
192 pp.
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Farmer, C. J. and F.W.M. Beamish. (1973) Sea lamprey predation of
fresh water teleosts. J. Fish. Res. Board, Can. 30: 601-605.
Hánsson, L. and B. Nilsson (Eds.) (1975) Blocontrol of Rodents.
Swedish Nat. Sci. Res. Council. Ecol. Bull. 19. 306 pp.
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BISC 851
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Vertebrate Pests
Selected Literature (continued)
Hardisty, M. W. and I. C. Potter (Eds.) (1971) Biology of lampreys.
(Academic Press).
Herread, S. (Ed.) (1972) Bears - Their Biology and Management.
I.U.C.N. Public (N.S.) 23 - 371 pp.
Murton, R. K. and E. N. Wright (1968) Problems of Birds as Pets.
(Academic Press) 254 pp.
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Solmon, V.E.F. (Ed.) (1971) Studies of bird hazards to aircraft.
Can. Wildl. Serv. Report 14, 105 pp.
The PRoceedings of Vertebrate Pest Conferences 1 (1962) to 6 (1975).
LIBRARY RESOURCES
The library resources are adequate for this course.
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COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Sadleir, R.N.F.S.
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Professor. ?
B.Sc. ?
1958, Ph.D.
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1961
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(Univ.
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Western Australia).
Gave this course in 1974 as a Special Topics course.
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Other
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BISC 316, 409,
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836.
Career:
Resident Tutor, University Western Australia
1959-61
Postdoctoral Fellow, Zoology, UBC
191-63
Postdoctoral Fellow, Nature Conservancy and
University of Aberdeen
1964
Ford Foundation Fellow in Reproductive Biology,
Zoological Soc. London
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1965-66
External Lecturer, University of London
Assistant Professor, BioSciences, SFU
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1967-69
Lecturer, Capilano College
1968
Associate Professor, BioSciences, SFU
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Professor, BioSciences, SFU
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since
1975
Specialties: ?
vertebrate reproductive ecology; population
ecology of pest vertebrates.
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Research publications:
about 35, including 2 books.
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Biological Sciences
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Analyses of 'problems
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Entomology
in the management of ;ects and related organisms
(seases of man or liv".tock.
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vill the course f I r t
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floe of
Urn
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3.
.TtTST1FiCAT)0:
Such pests are
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of major importance. We have no lecture course specifically
,
on them.
The proposed course fills that gap. It has already been
given
as a Special
,
Topics
course, to a class of 17 graduate students.
4.
RESOURCES:
Which Faculty member will norn1)y teach the course:
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P. P. Beirne • ?
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What are the budgetary Implications of mounting the course: Minima].
Are there sufficient Library resources (append details):
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Satisfactory
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Appended: a) Outline of
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Course
b)
An indication of
the '
colctcncc of the
FaCLd ty mei;bcr to give the course
c)
Library resources
Approved: Departmental
Graduate
Studies Committee:
Faculty Graduate Studies
Couiitiec: ?
_Date:_______________
Sci,:ite Cracivatc' Stud ics
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COURSE OUTLINE
B1SC852-3
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Medical and Veterinar
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Entomol
1.
General Topics: the effects of arthropods and some other organisms on
the health, well-being, and survival of man and livestock;
and problems and procedures in managing or eradicating
them to reduce their effects.
2.
Consequences of direct attack: blood loss, myiasis, envenomiz4tion,
nervous stress.
3.
Consequences of role of arthropods as vectors of diseases of man
and animals caused by:
Viruses (yellow fever, dengue, encephalitis)
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Rickettsias (typhus, spotted fever)
Bacteria (plague, tularemia, relapsing fever)-
Protozoa (malaria, trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis)
Helminths (filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis).
Nidality, epidemiological patterns, and mechanisms of
transmissions of those diseases.
4.
Problems in managing different kinds of arthropods and related
organisms that are of medical or veterinary importance:
• ? Mosquitoes
Sandflles, blackflies, and midges
Tsetse flies
Blowflies and horseflies
• Fleas, lice, and bugs
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Bot flies and warble flies
Mites, ticks, and spiders
Aquatic snails
5. ?
Selected Literature:
Snow, K. R.
1974. ?
Insects and Disease, Routledge
&
Kegan Paul.
Benenson, A.
S. ?
1.970. ?
Control of Communicable Diseases in
Man, 11th
Ad. Amer. Pub. Health Assoc.
Mattingly, P.
F. ?
1969. ?
The Biology of Mosquito-borne
Disease.
Amer. Elsiver Pubi. Co.
Smith, C. V.
1973. ?
Insects and Other Arthropods of
Medical
Importance. ?
Brit. Mus.
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(N.H.)
Tipton, V. J.
(ed.) ?
1973. ?
Medical Entomology. ?
Ent. ?
Soc.
Amer.
Hinman, E. H.
1966. ?
World eradication of infectious
Diseases.
C.C. Thomas.
World Health
Organization, Bulletin and Monograph of
(Various
References).
Busvine, J.R.
1975. ?
Arthropod vectors-of diseases.
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Inst.
Biol. ?
Stud.
in Biol. No. ?
55. ?
Crane, Russack &Co., N.Y.
LIBRARY RESOURCES
The library resources are
adequate for this course.
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BISC 852
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COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Beirne, B.P. Professor of Pest Management. B.Sc., M.S., M.A., Eh.D.
(Dublin), MRIA.
Gave this in 1976 as a Special Topics course. Other courses: BISC 1029
435, 604, 847.
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Career:
Demonstrator, Zoology, Dublin University
Demonstrator, Biology, Royal College of Surgeons
of Ireland
Overseas Scholar, Royal CommisSion for the
Exhibition of 1851
Instructor, Zoology, Dublin University
Assistant Director, Museum of Zoology
and Comparative Anatomy, Dublin University
Lecturer in Entomology, Dublin University
Consultant on pest problems and operator of
pest control business
Section Leader, Entomology Research Institute,
Ottawa, Agriculture Canada
Director, Belleville Research Institute,
Agriculture Canada
Professor of Pest Management, Director of
Pestology Centre, SFU
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1938-39
1939-42
l942-43
l93-49
1943-49
l92-49
l99-55
19:55-67
since 1967
Specialty: Theory, principles, and practice of biological control and of
pest management; ecology of agricultural pests; insect taxonomy and
zoogeography. Research publications: about 140, including 6 books.
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Plant Disease Vectors
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Biology and control of arthropod vectors of plant diseases, especially physiologi-
cal ecology and population regulation of aphids, and specificity of vector-plant interactions.
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the cource bi offered: Once per year, or when required.
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JtIST]l'lCAI']ON:
Aphids and' other vectors of plant diseases are of major economic importance. A similar course
on "Aphid biology and control" has been given twice In-the past as
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opics course.
4. ?
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Thich raculty member will normally teach the course:
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M.Mackauer
Minimal
That arc the budget
budgetaryimplications of
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the
course:
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Yes
Appc91dd: a)
outlinc of the Course
b)
An indication of the competence of the Faculty met.bcr to give the coL:rsv
c)
Library resources
Approvd: Departmnta) Graduate Studies Comrni.tI ce
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BISC 853
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Plant Disease Vectors
1.
General characteristics of plant pathogens.
2.
Mechanisms of transmission:
Through injury;
Through feeding;
Through oviposition;
Other modes of transmission.
3.
Ecological aspeèts of transmission by aphids
Vector population ecology:
Population structure;
Flight and dispersal;
Abundance.
Aphid * host plant interactions:
Host selection;
Host alternation;
Host reactions to feeding;
Host races and biotypeS.
4.
Plant susceptibility to infections.
5. Epidemiology
Disease transmission and progress;
Measurement of population numbers;
Crop losses;
Simulation of epidemics.
6.
Control of vectors and of plant diseases:
Breeding for plant resistance;
Cultural and agro-production controls;
Biological controls;
Integrated controls.
Selected Literature
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Carter, W. 1973. Insects in relation to plant disease. Sec. edition.
Corbet, N. K. and H. D. Sisler (Eds.). 1964. Plant virology.
van Emden, H.F. (Ed.). 1972. Aphid technology.
Kranz, J. (Ed.). 1974. Epidemics of plant disease.
Maramorosch, K. (Ed.). 1969. Viruses, vectors, and vegetation.
de Wilde, J. and L. M. Schoonhoven (Eds.). 1969. Insect andhost plant.
LIBRARY RESOURCES
The library resources are adequate for this course.
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COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Mackauer, J.P.M. Professor. Dr. Phil. Nat. 1959 (University
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Frankfurt M.)
Cave the main content of this as a Special Topics course in 1971 and
1975. Other courses: BISC 202, 317, 408, 605, 844.
(a re.c r
Research Associate, Zoology, Univ. Frankfurt M.
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Research Scientist, Be1vil1e Research Institute,
Agriculture Canada
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Group Leader, Belleville Research Institute,
Agriculture Canada
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Professor, BioSciences, SFU
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Chairman, BioSciences Dept., SFU
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1976
Specialties: Biological controls, especially host-parasite relations;
simulation models of interacting systems; parasites of aphids.
Research publications: about 80.
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EXISTIN( 800-1EVEL COURSES
The changes recommended are all in course titles and/or descriptions.
BISC 816-3
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Title change
Description change
Present calendar title and description:-
BISC 816-3 Biology of Forwt insects.
Major groups of forest Lnse 's with specific
examples. Forest inset biology, ecology, and
influence on forest ecosystems.
Change to: -
BISC 816-3 Biology and Management of Forest
Insects.
Bionomics, ecology, economic impact, and
management of the major groups of forest insects,
based on intensive reviews of information on
representative species.
Students with credit for BISC 816-3 under its
former title may not take this course for further
credit.
Explanation:
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Proposed changes are to make the tile and description
more accurately descriptive, notably by including the term
"management", which was merely implied in the original.
No significant change in the nature or content of the
course is intended or implied.
BISC 840-3
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Title change
Description change
Present calendar title and description: -
BISC 840-3 Economic Organisms I.
Survey of the types of harm caused by insects, mites,
vertebrates, weeds and other macro-organisms, in
relation to their biology, structure and taxonomy
and their interrelationship with one another and
with other organisms.
OR
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BISC 840-3
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Change to: -
BISC 840-3 Analyses of Insect Pest Situations.
A seminar course, based on selected readings, that
evaluates past and current research related to
economic thresholds and control and management
procedures for representative pest insects, mainly
in agriculture.
Students with credit for BISC 840-3 under its former
title may not take this course for further credit.
Explanation: -
The main change is deletion of some subjects,
such as weeds and vertebrates, that in practice were
never dealt with in this course and that are subjects
of other courses (SpecLal Topics hitherto; proposed herewith
as new courses BISC 85-3 and 851-3). Otherwise the
proposed changes merely make the title and description more
accurately descriptive than hitherto, of what is actually
done.
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Title change
Description change
Present calendar title and description: -
BISC 841-3 Economic Organisms II.
Plant and disease pathology. Survey of the types of
harm caused by nematodes, fungi, protozoa, bacteria,:
and viruses, in relation to their biology, structure
and taxonomy; and their interrelationships with one
another.
Change to: -
BISC 841-3 Plant Disease Development and Control.
An examination of the major factors that lead to
development of soil-associated and foliar plant dise4ses
in cultivated crops, in relation to the nature,
underlying principles, application, and limitations 'of
various types of control practices. Students with credit
for BISC 841-3 under its former title may not take this
course for further credit.
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BISC 841-3
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Explanation: -
The introductory inIormation that originally had to
be included in this course is now given in an undergraduate
course on Plant Pathology, BISC 430, and nematodes are now
dealt with in a separat course, BISC 848-3, Nematology.
A consequence is that the subject of this course can be
dealt with in greater depth than formerly. Otherwise the
proposed changes are in the interest of improved descriptive
accuracy and do not represent any change in the general
nature, purpose, and organization of the course.
BISC 842-3
Title change
Description change
Present calendar title and description: -
BISC 842-3 Internal Processes.
Survey of the physiological, biochemical and other
internal mechanisms and processes, mainly in insects, that
influence growth, development, reproduction, and survival
of the individual, and that relate to pestology
Change to: -
BISC 842-3 Insect Development and Reproduction.
Analyses of hormonal and
nutritional
factors that
influence growth, development, and reproduction in
insects, with emphasis on the use of hormone analogues
and antimetabolites for population management.
Students with credit for BISC 842-3 under its former
title may not take this course for further credit.
Explanation: -
The changes do not represent or imply any significant
change in the nature,
content
or purpose of the course.
They merely reflect the actual course
content
more truly
than before.
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BISC 844-3
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Title change
Description change
Present calendar title an.i description: -
BISC 844-3 Biology of Ent..omophagous Insects.
Bionomics, ecology, and physiology of Insect
parasites, with emphasis on parasitic Hymenoptera.
Selected topics of insect: parasitism including host
specificity, immune reactions, and genetics and evo-
lution of host-parasite associations. Principles
of biological controls.
Change to: -
BISC 844-3 Biological Controls.
Principles, theory, and practice of the use of
living organisma in the natural regulation and the
control of organisms. Fnphasis will be on parasitic
insects, and include host specificity, genetics,
genetic controls, and the evolution of host-parasite
associations.
Students with credit for BISC 844-3 under its former
title may not take this course for further credit.
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Explanation: -
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The proposed changes do not imply any major changes
in content or purpose, because biological controls are
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predeminantly by entomophagous insects. The proposed
changes recognize what is done in practice for the
course to cover biological control agents and targets
additional to insects.
BISC 847-3
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Title change
Description change
Present calendar title and description -
BISC 847-3 Pest Prevention and Control Systems.
Principles and special problems of integrated control
programs and of pest management systems, organization
of research and application programs and agencies,
communications in pestology and similar general and
special topics.
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BISC
847-3
BISC 849-5
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Change_to:-
BISC
847-3
Pest Management in Practice.
Status and special problems of pest management programs
in different kinds of cosys1ems; organization, special
characteristics, pract tees., and problems of pest
management agencies; interactions and communication.
Students with credit fir B1SC 847-3 under its former
title may not take thi
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course for further credit..
Explanation: -
Rewordings are for improved clarity. No change
in general nature or coflt&'flt of the course is implied
or intended.
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Title change
Present calendar title and_description:-
• BISC 849-5
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Individual Project in Pestology.
A supervised analysis in detail and
depth of an
aspect of pestology and the preparation of a
scholarly paper on it.
Chan g
e to:
BISC 849-5. Professional Paper in Pesto logy.
A
supervised individual analysis In detail and depth
of an aspect of pestology and the preparation of a
scholarly paper on It.
Students with credit for B1SC 849-5 under its former
title may not take this course for further credit.
Explanation: -
The students tend to treat the project
report as about
equivalent to a thesis. Consequently they consider
"Individual Project" to be an inadequate
term for the
status of the work. They request that It be replaced
by the term "Professional Paper".
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Credit changes
600-LEVEL COURSES
Recommended changes are in credit hours and some course titles
and/or descriptions.
B1SC 601 to 605: Proposed credit hour increases
Present calendar entries (1476-77 calendar,
pp
140 & 141.)
p. 140,
last 2 lines: "at Least 35 credit hours..."
P. 141, line 16: "And twelve credit hours...."
p. 141,
lines 20 to 24: BISC 601-3, BISC 602-3, BISC 603-3,
BISC 604-2, BISC 605-1.
Change to: -
p. 140,
last 2 lines, to "at. least 44 credit hours..."
p. 141,
line 16, to "And 21 credit hours..."
p. 141, lines 20 to 24, to, respectively,
BISC 601-5, BISC 602-5, BISc 603-5, BISC 604-3, and BISC 605-3.
Note: A recommendation to increase BISC 605 from 1 to
2 weeks (and therefore to 3 credit hours) is made on p. 23 Of
this memorandum. Apart from this, the changes recommended above
do not indicate or imply any change in student work load or in
course content.
Explanation: -
All the 600-level courses are required of MPH students and
normally are not available to others. They are intensive "internship"
professional courses given Largely in the field or at research and
operational centres outside the university. They include instruction
by about 70 experts from outside the University.
The courses are given on an all-day, five-day week basis.
The credit hours were assigned originally on an arbitrary basis of one
week equaling one hour. Experience has shown that this formula
underrates the credit hours. Each course actually involves a minimum of
35 contact hours per 5-day week, typically an average of 15 hours
lecture and 20 hours field or laboratory work.
It is considered that the present credit hours are unduly
low, and that a
more fair
rating would be 3 for a two-week course
of about 70 contact hours
and 5 for a three week course of about
105 contact hours.
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Credit Change Only
Present calendar credit: 601-3
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Change t:
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601-5
Students with credit for BISC 601-3 may not take this
course for further cred:t.
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see covering memorandum (
p.
21)
BTSC 602-3_
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Credit ch4ge
Title change
DescriptiO1 change
Present calendar credit, titl
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BISC 602-3. Forest, Wildland, and Watershed Pest Management.
Pests and their management of forest trees, with emphasis
on weeds, and of recreatiOfl:Il areas.
Change to: -
BISC 602-5. Forest Pest Management.
Management of pests of forest regeneration, growing and
mature forests, and forest products, and
of forest rights-of-way and recreation areas.
Students with credit for BISC 602-3 under its former title
may not take this course for further credit.
Explanation: -
Reason for increase in credit hours is explained in
covering memorandum. Change in title is for concisenesS.
Change in description is for improved accuracy and does not
imply any change in content except a reduction in the emphasis
on weeds which now are covered in a separate course (Special
Topics hitherto; proposed as new course BISC 850-3 herewith).
This permits increased emphasis on other aspects.
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Credit change
BISC
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DescriptiOfl change
Present calendar credit, title, and description: -
BISC 603-3. Vegetable, Cereal, and Forage Crop Pest Management.
Agricultural pests and their management, with emphasis on
insects, nematodes, crop diseases and birds, and including garden
and greenhouse pests.
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BISC 60-3
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Change to:-
BISC 603-5. vegetable, Cera1, and Forage Crop Pest Management.
Agricultural pests and thei
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management, with emphasis on insects
and crop diSeases, and including garden and greenhouse pests.
Students with credit for BIC 603-3 under its former title maynot
take this course for furthe
y
credit.
p1anationL
Reason for increasein credit hours is explained in the covering
memorandum (p.21). Change in the course description is because
of reduced emphasis on nematodes and birds because they are now
dealt with in separate cour-es (BISC 848-3, and new course BISC 851-3
proposed herewith, respectively).
Credit change only
BIsc 604-2
Present calendar credit: 604-2
Change to: 604-3
Students with credit for 604-2 may not take this course
for ftrther credit.
çplanatioñ see covering memorandum (p. 21).
RISC 605-i :
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Credit change
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Description change
Present calendar credit and
description:-
RISC 605-1. Management of Animal Disease Vectors.
Insects and other organisms that attack man or livestock
or that are vectors of diseases of man or animals, and
their management, including biting
flies.
Change to: -
BISC 605-3. Management
of Animal
Disease
Vectors.
Management of vectors, especially arthropods, of human and
animal diseases, especially microbial; selected topics
in
epidemiology.
Students with
credit for RISC 605-1 may not take this course
for further credit.
Explanation:-
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change in credit
hours from 1 to 3 is for two reasons:
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because the one week of
instruction was insufficient to enable the
subject to be dealt with adequately, two weeks are recommended; and,
as explained in the covering
memorandum (p.21), a 2-week 600-level
course warrants 3
credit
hours. Thus, during a practical course,
emphasis on circumstances of Western Canada. It complements' the
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