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SENATE ? 

From SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE 

STUDIES 

Subject

NEW COURSE PROPOSALS - CHEM 003-3 ? 

Date

APRIL 7, 1975 

AND CHEM 004-3 

MOTION: ? 

"That Senate approve, and recommend approval to 

the Board of Governors, the new course proposals, 

as set forth in S.75-11, for 

CHEM 003-3 - Chemistry, Technology and Society 

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CHEM 004-3 - Pollution, Energy and Resources.' 

If the above motion is approved, 

MOTION: ? 

"That the normal two semester time lag requirement 

be waived in order that CHEM 003-3 may be first 

offered in the Fall semester 1975." 

(Secretary's Note: When CHEM 003 and CHEM 004 are offered, CHEM 001 

and CHEM 002 will be discontinued.) 

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

To SENATE

Subject

NEW COURSE PROPOSALS CHEM

7th April .......1975 

At its meeting of 25th March, the Senate Committee on 

Undergraduate Studies discussed the attached proposals for 

Chemistry 003-3;: Chemistry, Technology and Society and 

Chemistry 004-3;: Pollution, Energy and Resources. These 

proposals are now forwarded to Senate for its consideration, with 

the Committee's recommendation that they be approved. 

In the course of discussion on these proposals, the 

Chairman of the Faculty of Science Curriculum Committee noted 

that they represented an expansion of material previously 

presented in Chemistry 001-2.: Chemistry and Problems of 

Contemporary Civilization. He noted that this course had been 

successfully presented, primarily to non-Science students, over 

a long period and that the Chemistry Department and Faculty of 

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Science, convinced of the value of and need for such courses, 

wished to continue and expand its offerings in this area. This 

view was supported particularly by the representatives of the 

Faculty of Education who urged that consideration be given to 

scheduling the courses in Summer Sessions so that they may be 

available to secondary and elementary school teachers on campus 

for that period. 

Further discussion followed concerning the proposed 

teaching methods for these courses. This centred around two 

questions, the attached memorandum from a member of the Science 

Faculty and the apparent absence of the involvement of faculty 

members outside the Chemistry Department and the Faculty of 

Science. On the first question, the representatives of the 

Science Faculty noted that the view expressed in the memorandum 

to the Committee was that of a very small minority within the 

Science Faculty and that, in view of the experience of the 

Chemistry Department and those faculty members involved in these 

courses in offering Chemistry 001, the majority of the Science 

Faculty had been persuaded that such objections were not valid 

and that the faculty members concerned had sufficient expertise 

and experience to teach these courses. On the second question, 

it was noted that the purpose of the proposals before the 

Committee was to rearrange material already in the curriculum 

and to broaden the scope of that material. It was also made 

clear that it was the intention of the Chemistry Department to 

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investigate thoroughly the possibilities of involvement of 

faculty members from other departments and faculties so that 

these courses may be taught at the most effective level possible. 

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It should also be noted that the Committee recommend 

that the normal two-semester time lag requirement be waived in 

the case of Chemistry 003 so that it may first be offered in 

the Fall semester, 1975. 

I. Mugridge 

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SiMON FHASER UNIVERSITY

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Senate Committee on 

Undergraduate Studies 

NEV' COURSE PROPOSALS 

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C1IE'i 003-3 and 004-3 

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Aronoff 

Dean of Science 

Date..

The Faculty of Science, at its meeting of February 27, 1975, 

passed the following motions: 

"That

the Faculty approve new course proposal curiM 003-3, 

Chemi s

'-r y 

, Technol oy and Society 

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, and forward to SCI IS 

for consideration." 

It

That

request be made for a waiver of I cad time in o ide r to 

allow the offering of CHEfl 003-3 for the first time in Fall, 

1975." 

"That the Facul 1:)'

approve new course proposal C}JEI 004-3,

Pollution, Energy and Resources ' , and forward to SCIJS 

for consideration." 

The uporting docuicntation for thcc course:; is attadcd. 

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SENATE COEUTTEE ON UND[R(;PJtDUATE STUDIES

NEV COURSE PEOr'OSAL FOkM

. Cnlcndnr Information

DepartTent:.._.ilcmJ.s.tj:y.__._..

Abbreviation Code:CHEM Course Number: 00.3 ? 

Credit hours: 

3

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Vector 

Title of Course: 

Chemistry, Technology and Society 

Calendar Description of Courie: 

Truth in Science; nuclear warfare and nuclear power; drugs and the druq 

in

industry; 

science; 

automation; 

national and 

role 

international 

of the universities, 

science policy. 

government

and

industry

Nature of Course 

Lecture/ 

Tutorial 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

None. For Chemistry Major or Honours students, this course is 

available only as a"free 

elective". 

What course

(courser) , if any, is 

b

,4ol, 

,

dropped from the calendar 

if this course Is

cpprovd: 

001-2 and 002-2 

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This course if approved would replace 001 

which is scheduled to be given in the Pal], of 1975. Waiver of lead time 

2. SchfleU] Ina ? 

requested. 

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How frcqu2ntly will the cr 

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iini '.nt once 

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6 semesters 

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Semester 

which the course will first be

offered? 

Fall 1975

h1ch of your present faculty

would be available to make the proposed offering 

p1ble? N. Benston, I. Gay, J. ta1k1oy, B. Pate, J. D'Auria 

3, Objectives of 

the

Course 

This course will discuss science in society 

a level accessible to 

students from outside the Science Faculty. It represents an expansion 

material previously successfully presented as part of Chem 001-2. 

course outline, reading list 

and

rationale attche. 

4. aetary 

and Space Requirements (for 

information only)

What additional

resources will 

required in 

the

following 

areas:

Faculty None 

Staff 

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Library ? 

is

Audio Visual 

Minor 

Space ? 

Lecture Room 

Equipment

None 

5. Approval

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Date:

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SCIIS 73-341):- (When completing

this form, for lout ruct ionu u&-c

Memori.nduiu SCW ]1-34.1.

Chemistry 003-3 

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Chemistry, Technology and Society 

A. Course Outline 

1.

Truth in science. Nature and limits of the scientific method. 

Nature of scientific discovery. 

2.

Overview of the general organization of science. Decision making, 

funding, general roles of different institutions--university, 

government and industry. 

3.

Nuclear technology. Nature of fission and fusion reactions. 

The development of the atomic and hydrogen bombs; national and 

international science policy, science in the development of both 

weapons and nuclear power. Basic technology of nuclear reactors. 

4.

Drugs and the drug industry. Basic chemistry of some important 

drugs: antibiotics, birt 

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h control pills, harbiturat:e 

g ,amphetamines, 

scientific aspects of policy regarding them; role of the drug 

industries; present research. 

5.

Automation. The basic technology, its uses and limits in 

government and idusty; po;s.ibIc future developmwits. 

6.

"Big Science". Generalizations about present science structure 

and policy. Speculation about the future development of science 

based on present trends. 

B. Reading List 

Recommended Text-s:"Science, Man and Society", by Robert B. Fischer 

(W.B. Saunders Co.). 

C"

?

ng Circle" by B. Cccer (Alfred Knopf) 

"Wednesday Night at the Lab" by K.L. Rinehart, W.O. McClure and T.L. Brown 

(Harper and Row 

Selected Readings from: 

"Scientific American" Magazine 

C. Rationale 

The course attempts, at a level accessible to non-science students, 

to discuss the nature of, and the difference between, science and 

technology, together with the organization of and the financial 

support of sci.entfic and technological activity. The basic scientific 

principles are discussed, from an elementary point of vi ew, bvh i iid 

three areas of public concern: Nuclear Technoloqy ( mc]. ud inq i ts 

applicat ion both in peace and in war) , drugs and the 

(1I'U'l i

iìdtit ry, 

and ant o:uat. ion. 

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'l'hc' omphas i s is on t:vcThn t'a 1 fact., t 

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some analysis of the history of: the mt c'ra(:t 

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bet ween technol oi 

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activity and public institutions. 

SENATE' COMM1TTFE ON 

UNDIRCRAJ)ULTE

STUDIES? 

NEW COURSE P HOPOSAL Fi)U11 

Cc.lertdorinfori.ation 

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Department :_jtry_ 

Abbreviation Code:CJIEt4 

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Course Number: 

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004

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Credit Hours:3 

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Vector: 2-1•-0 

Title of Course: 

Pollution, Energy and Resources 

Calendar Description of Course: 

Chemistry of the environment, energy sources and the energy "crisis", 

pollution, resources and agriculture, limits to growth. 

Nature of Course 

Lecture 

/Tutorial 

Prcrcqtisit:es (or special instructions): 

None. For Chemistry major and honours 

students,this course is 

available

only as a free elective. 

What course (courses), if any is heinz dropped from the calendar if this '.ourse i: 

approv: Chem 001-2 anl 002-2 

2 • Sch'du1 i 

Uor qu..ctly :I1! th: c'* .c. 

cfc•.;:.d? 

IiiiiitVf

once 

every 

6 semesters. 

Semester in which 

the

course will first be offered? 

Spring 1976 

Which of your prsent faculty would be available to make the proposed offcrn 

pon1lie? M. l3enstori, I. Gay, 

J.

Walkicy, B. Pato, 

J.

D'\uria 

3. Objectives of the Course 

This course will discuss environmental chemistry and the chemistry of 

energy, resource and food production and ut.ilization at a level 

ssible to students from outside the 

Science Faculty. See the 

•.2ched c:rs outline, reading list and raticnalc. 

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etarv and Space Requirements (for informatio 

n,

ashy) 

What additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

Faculty ? 

None 

Staff ? 

Library 

Audio Visual Minor 

Space 

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Lecture Room? 

Equipment None 

5. Approval 

Date: ? 

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Chemistry 004-3 

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Pollution, Energy and flesources 

A. Course Outline 

1. Air 

Pollution. The chemistry of common air pollutants arising 

from automobiles, coal-burning power plants, and industrial 

operations. Effects of inversions and other climatic features 

on air 

pollution levels. 

2.

Water Pollution. The chemistry of common water pollutants, 

including fertiliser and pesticide runoff, industrial operations 

including pulp mills, and domestic sewage. Lake eutrification; 

pollution of river systems; chemistry of sowcracje treatment. 

3.

Energy Utilization. The energy crisis; the energy resources 

available to man}ind and the consequences of their exploitation. 

Oil extraction; transportation and oil spills; refining. Coal 

mining 

especia!iy 

strip mining; radioactivity and oLher carcinogen 

content. Nuclear power reactors; differences between Canadian and 

American present nuclear fission and future ).)rccdcr techinoloqy; 

rac1i.aion and radioactivity pollution and its consequences; 

nuclear waste storage; nuclear accidcinLs. hydroelectricity 

developrent and its ecological i.mpac.::. Solar power. 

4.

Tesourccs an Limits to (e''th. Depletion of mineral resources, 

interrel ationship het-;e-n population, food requirements , industrial 

production, pollution, and 

health. Club of

Rome predictions on future- 

trends and limits to growth of population and industrial and 

technological activity; critiques of 

these

predictions. 

S. Canada's Present Position and Future Role. Public decision 

making on power options and related public problems. Impact 

of power and mineral resource development technology. Canadian 

technological and resource development; future global policies on 

growth. 

"The .C3osing Circle" by.B. Commoner (Alfred Knopf). 

"The Limits to Growth" by D.H. Meadows et alia (Potomac Associates) 

Selected Readings from: 

"Scientific American" and "Ecologist" magazines. 

C. Rationale 

This course discusses the basic scientific and technoloqical dita 

(at a 

level accessible to non- 

scic'nc' s

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fields: ? 

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Subjeci.... Proposed New - 

Courses: ? 

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004. Library Irnpñct. 

From. ? 

Edward A. Wcin:tc'jrt? 

Library, Scienccs .. 

Date .. .. .. February 6,. 

.1975 ?

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CHEM 003: Chemistry, technology, and politics. 

CHILI 004: Pollution, energy, and resources. 

The above are topical courses for non-science 

(and science) majors. Both are discursive in nature, 

require no specific texts, and will utilize 

selected 

readings from a wide variety of sources, doubtlesc 

via xerography. No library impact. 