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404 PRIOR TO FALL SEMESTER 1968 

MOTION: ? 

"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.75-29, 

that the present approved principle - that 

courses undertaken during Education 404 and 

normally credited towards an Arts degree or 

towards a Science degree or towards a General 

Studies degree may be credited toward such 

degree - be extended by removal of the restric- 

tion preventing recognition of courses taken at 

Simon Fraser University prior to 1968-3." 

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SENATE 

ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

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to Fall Semester, 

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21, 1975 

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At its meeting of January 21, 1975, the Senate 

Committee on Undergraduate Studies considered a recommendation made 

through the Dean of Education on behalf of his Faculty and that of 

Interdisciplinary Studies for further recognition of courses taken 

in Education 404 prior to the Fall semester 1968. 

The following motion was approved unanimously: 

"That the present approved principle - that 

courses undertaken during Education 404 and 

normally credited towards an Arts degree or 

towards a Science degree or towards a General 

Studies degree may be credited toward such 

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degree - be extended by removal of the 

restriction preventing recognition of courses 

taken at Simon Fraser University prior to 

1968-3." 

It was made clear that the motion was to apply 

the same recognition to courses undertaken in Education 404 before 

the Fall 1968 as to courses taken since that time. 

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE 

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FACULTY OF EDUCATION 

CREDIT FOR COURSES TAKEN IN EDUCATION 

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404 PRIOR TO ... FALL ... SEMESTER.. 19.6.8 ..... ..... ........ 

.Date... JANUARY .1,9,. 19.75 

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In 1965 when Simon Fraser University first commenced operations, 

following recommendations to and negotiations with the Joint Board of 

Teacher Education and the provincial Department of Education in respect 

of proposed teacher education programs and teacher certification, the 

Faculty of Education adopted the Professional Development Program of three 

semesters embodying Education 401/402-15, Education 403-0 (now 

Education 405-15), and Education 404-15. 

Education 404 then consisted of courses primarily in Arts and/or 

in Science and/or in Education, - with the addition in recent years bf 

courses from Interdisciplinary Studies. 

When the program was first introduced, and until the end of 

Summer 1968-2, all of the work utilized by a student toward PDP comprising 

Education 401/402, 403, 404 was restricted for credit only toward the 

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Professional Development Program and B.Ed. degree. 

Following further discussions in 1968 with the Joint Board of 

Teacher Education and the Department of Education arrangements were 

completed for broadening the recognition of courses undertaken as part 

of Education 404 and for conversion of Education 403-0 to Education 

405-15. It was accepted that Education 401/402 and Education 405 (formerly 

Education 403) would be restricted for credit toward PDP and the B.Ed. 

degree only, whereas the individual courses undertaken in Education 404 

could be applied also to the other degrees for which the courses would 

normally be applicable. 

Recommendations were made by the Faculty of Education to Senate 

on this matter, and the cooperation of the Faculties of Arts and of 

Science was sought. The Faculty of Arts approved "that these courses 

which would normally fulfil the requirement for the B.A. degree, and which 

are taken as part of Education 404 should be given credit toward the B.A. 

degree," and the Faculty of Science approved "that those courses which 

would normally fulfil the requirement for the B'.Sc. degree and which are 

taken as part of Education 404 'should be given credit toward the B.Sc. 

degree." Specifically there was Senate approval to permit any course 

undertaken and credited as part of Education 404, provided it was taken 

in or after the Fall Semester 1968-3, to be credited toward the degrees 

in Arts and in Science as would normally apply. This principle has 'been 

extended to the Bachelor of General Studies degree. 

Current regulations stipulate that Education 401/402, Education 

405 (formerly 403) may not be credited toward other than PDP and the 

B.Ed. degree. Education 404 is credited toward PDP and the B.Ed. degree 

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and effective in and after 1968-3 courses taken during Education 404 

and normally credited towards an Arts, General Studies or Science 

degree may be credited toward that degree. 

Since the introduction of the Bachelor Of General Studies 

degree, which was designed to permit students a wide range of course 

work with minimum restrictions, the Faculty of Education and the 

Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies have given further consideration 

to the restriction which is imposed by recognition of courses taken in 

Education 404 since 1968-3 only. Both have approved recommendation 

that this date restriction be removed. The operational date was applied 

by the Faculties of Arts and of Science on Senate approval of the date 

then recommended by the Faculty of Education but the principle of ap- 

proving the usual recognition of courses was clearly established and 

should not require further actions. 

Earlier discussions were held with the provincial Department 

of Education and the Teacher qualifications service to ensure that such 

change would not be opposed and assurance was received. 

The following motion is recommended: 

MOTION: ? 

That the present approved principle - that 

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normally credited towards an Arts degree or 

courses undertaken during Education 404 and 

towards a Science degree or towards a General 

Studies degree may be credited toward such 

degree - be extended by removal of the res- 

triction preventing recognition of courses 

taken at Simon Fraser University prior to 

1968-3. 