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August, 

The last report of the Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

Studies was placed before the Senate meeting of July, 1974. Because, 

at that time, Senate was beginning to require formal reports from its 

Committees, an activity which had not been undertaken up to that point, 

that report dealt with the period between the establishment of the 

Committee in March, 1971 and June, 1974. The first two sections of 

this report dealt with the establishment, terms of reference and 

operating procedures of the Committee and with its membership. Some 

changes have taken place in the membership of the Committee; but there 

are no other developments to report in either of these two categries. 

They are therefore omitted, except for the attachment of a list of the 

current members of the Committee (attachment I). 

1. Actions taken under the terms of reference. 

A. To consider and make recommendations to Senate on all exist- 

ing and proposed courses taking into consideration: 

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the Universities academic standards; and 

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the need for coordination of all undergraduate 

activities within the University. 

The Committee indicated in its last report that the major 

part of its time had been spent fulfilling this part of its charge. 

This, as is probably inevitable, has once again been the case and, 

during the last year, the Committee has brought to Senate a total of 

49 papers dealing with various aspects of curriculum and course develop- 

ment in a number of University departments. These have included major 

curriculum overhauls in the Department of Communication Studies) the 

Department of English, the Department of History and the Department of 

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Most of the other papers submitted have dealt with the 

introduction of new courses, although some larger programs, such as 

the introduction of a B.A. degree in Mathematics and of a joint 

degree in Philosophy, Linguistics and Psychology, have also been 

considered. 

B. To review the results of current evaluation processes and 

bring significant discrepancies to the attention of Senate, 

the Faculties and the Departments concerned. 

C. To recommend to Senate grading and examination practices 

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appropriate to the University's educational process to 

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1. reasonably consistent and equitable evaluation? 

practices within and across courses; and. 

ii. continued maintenance of high academic standards. 

During the Fall semester, 1974, the Committee once ag.in 

took up a number of the questions mentioned in the last report. In 

particular, attention was directed towards the various reports on 

grading which the Committee had received and, related to this, the 

question of course withdrawal. Since that time, a great deal of 

discussion of these questions and of the Committee's draft reports 

on them has been undertaken. It has not yet, however, been possible 

to bring final recommendations on these problems to Senate. It is 

nevertheless to be hoped that this will be achieved during the 

coming year. 

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13. SATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES (standing) 

(Reporting Category "B") 

Members 

Vice-President, 

Academic, or his 

designate 

Registrar 

Director of 

Institutional 

Studies 

Conditions ? 

Term 

Chairman 

Non-voting Secretary 

Non-voting 

Expiry Date 

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Name 

B. C. Wilso 

(I. Mugridge) 

H. M. Evans 

J. Chase 

Arts ? 

Chairmen of 

Education 

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Undergraduate 

Interdisciplinary Curriculum 

Studies ? 

Committees 

Science 

Dean of Arts 

Dean of Education 

Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies 

Dean of Science 

Student - Arts 

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Student 

Student - Educ. 

Student - Inter- Elected 

disciplinary 

L. A. Boland 

M. S. 

O'Connell 

J. J. Weink 

D. Ryeburn 

W.A.S. Smith 

D. R. Birch 

R.

C. Brown 

S. Aronoff 

H. Machholz 

Studies ? 

Presidents ? 

J. Verkerk 

Student 

- Science 

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M. Shillow 

Alternate 

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Student 

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S. Harrison 

Alternate ? 

S. C. McCoy ? 

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Alternate 

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Senators ? 

J. A. Versfelt** 

Chairman: The Chairman of the Committee will be designated by the Vice- 

President, Academic. 

Quorum: ? 

One half of the voting members of the Committee with at least 

one member of each Faculty (which could include Deans). 

Purpose: 

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A. To consider and make recommendations to Senate on all exiting 

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and proposed courses, taking into consideration: 

(I) the University's academic standards; 

(2) the need for coordination of all undergraduate acadeaic 

activities within the University. 

B.

To review the results of current evaluation processes and bring 

significant discrepancies to the attention of Senate, the 

Faculties and the Departments concerned. 

C.

To recommend to Senate grading and examination practices 

propriate to the University's educational process to ensure: 

(1)

reasonably consistent and equitable evaluation uractices 

within and across courses; 

(2)

the continued maintenance of high academic standards. 

Original approved by Senate Mnrch 1, 1971. Membership and quorum revised 

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