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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
SENATE ?
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE
To ?
- From STUDIES
FACULTY OF SCIENCE - NEW COURSE
Subject ?
P1flPflSAT,_-_ PHYSICS _fl-4
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Date ?
JANUARY 23, 1974
MOTION: ?
"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.74-28,
the new course proposal, Physics 333-4 -
Introduction to Instrumentation in the Life
Sciences."
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If Senate approved the above motion,
MOTION: ?
"That Senate waive the normal two semester
time lag requirement in order that this
course may be first offered in the Fall
semester 74-3."
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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S,74-29
IMEMORANDUM
To .................... . ....... ......................................................................................
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From ...
SenateComm..tteeonTJdergraduate
Studies
Subject .......
FACULTYOFSCIENCE . NEW
COU
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Date
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nuary.,.
19.74
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PROPOSAL - PHYSICS
333-4
On the recommendation of the Faculty of Science the
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies has approved, as set
forth in SCUS 74-4, the new course proposal Physics 333-4 -
Introduction to Instrumentation in the Life Sciences and recommends
approval to Senate.
The Committee also recommends that the usual two-semester
time lag be' waived in order that the course may be first offered
in the Fall semester 74-3.
This course was initially submitted as a Kinesiology
course but referred badcto SCUS for discussion with the Physics
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Department with a view to offering the course within that
department, which possessed the laboratory facilities necessary
to mount it. Although it now appears as a proposal from the
Physics Department and a majority of SCUS agreed that this was
appropriate, lengthy discussion took place on the advisability of
offering this course as a Physics or a Kinesiology course as some
members of the Committee felt that the original location for this
course in the latter department was also appropriate.
It should also be noted that the Registrar has consulted
the Kinesiology Department to ascertain whether the course meets
their requirements and has been ass, ed that it does.
I. Mugridge
Chairman
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MEMORANDUM
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To
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From ................
J,S.• ?
Chairman
Faculty of Science
.Undergraduate
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Un4 graduateçurrjçuiumct .,............
Sublect ......... ... ...
.COURSE .RQPQSAL...PIiYS ....
.33- 4.........
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Date
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.Decembe..
28, .1973
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Attached are replies from the Departments of Biological Sciences and
Psychology with regard to the proposed course P1-ifS 333-4 "Introduction
to Instrumentation in the Life Sciences" as requested by SCUS at its
meeting of July 18, 1973.
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
To
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Dr
L. Ti. Faimer.
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From., ?
P. Bakan, Acting Chairn.ii,
Ph
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Departmeifl pf Psychology
Subject....Ph
ysics
. 333-4 ........... .... ... ... ......... ...
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Date.. ?
8
November 1973
Your proposed course Physics 333-4 would pot
satisfy the needs of students in the Psychology Department,
I think the idea for such a course is a good one and I
can see the possibility for development of this type of
course that would more closely meet the needs of Psychology
students.
Bakan
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PB/no
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
To ........... Prof. J,
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S. Barlow,
Assoc. Dean of Science.
PHYS 333 (PROPOSED NEW COURSE)
Subject.....
From....... A. L.
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Turnbull,...............................................................
Chairman, Dept, Bio. Science
Undergrid. Cur'ic. Comm'.-......................
Date.... ?
28th Noveinber,...1973...........................
The proposed new Physics Course, Physics 333-4 seems
to fulfill its intended purpose satisfactorily, i.e. as a
service course to students of Kinesiology. The course is
of marginal concern to the Dept. of Biological Sciences, but
we find no objections to it.
A. L. Turnbull,
Chairman, Dept. Bio, Science
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Undergrad. Curric. Comm.
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SJiON FIIASER UNIVERSITY
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73-23
MEMORANDUM
'. Senate
Committee. on
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From
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J.S.
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..........Undergraduate Studies......................................................Associate Dear; of Science .......................
ibject . .
NEW COURS!..PROPOSAL. ?
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June 28, 1973 .......................................................
The attached new course proposal for Physics 333-4 "Introduction to
Instrumentation in the Life Sciences", was approved by the Faculty of
Science at its meeting of June 26, 1973, and is now forwarded to SCUS
for approval.
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SIHON PRMSER UNIVERSITY
Dept. of Physics
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL,
CALENDAR INFORMATION
Department: ?
Physici ?
Course Number;
333rjtjo;
Introduction to Instrumentation I
Sub-title
or
Description: ?
the life sciences.
Introduction to the principles of analog and digital electronic
circuits end their application to problem of measure,nt In the Ifs
sciences.
Credit Hours,
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Vector
Description:
2-0-3
Prerequisite(s):
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Physics 102-3
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ENROLMENT AND SCHEWZJNG
EstimatedEnrolment:
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15
Semester
Offered (e.g.,
Yearly, every
Spring,
twice yearly, Pall
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and Spring):
Fell Soas to r, every y*so r
When course will
first be
OffArAd
Fell Veiztor,
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JUSTIFICATION
A.
department
from
What
lower
is the
level
and
detailed
from
courses,
courses
description
from
in other
similar
of the
departments
courses
course
in
including
in
the
the
same
University?
differentiation
Sec attached.
B.
What is the
range
of topics
that may be
dealt with in the ourse?
See attached.
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II
 
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C,
How
does
this
course
fit the goals of
the
department?
To serve the University CounIty
D,
How does this
course affect
degree
requirements?
No effect
,
What are the calendar changes necessary to refl i p 9p
the
add.z
tjpr
of this course?
Addition of this course
to
the
calendar.
F, What course, if any, is being dropped from the calendar
if this
course is
approved?
Nono
G.
What is the nature of student demand for this course?
Nwrous student
requosts
H.
Other
reasons for introducing the course.
Request from
Kinesiology
t>partrent
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BUDGETARY AND SPACE FACTORS
A. Which
faculty will be available to teach
this
course?
T. Calvert
of
Kineslology Is currently 4vailable
From the Physics
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partunt; D. Crozier, L. Palmer, D. Huntley,
S.
Gygax, J.C. Irwin
 
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8, What are the special space and/or
equi
pmenteisçme,ts for
this course?
Most of the equipment Is available in existing undergraduate
lab-
oratories.
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It would. be
most helpful to add five oscilloscope
cameras (Tektronix model C59) at a cost of approximately $2250,
The estimated cost for expendable supplies
is
$500,
C. Any other budgetary implications of mounting this course:
None. Existing library and audio-visual facilities are adequate,
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APPROVAL - Faculty Curriculum
Conni
t tee:
acu1 ty:
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
Physics
333-4
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Introduction to Instrumentation in
the
life
Sciences
Vector: 2-0-3
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Prerequisite: Physics 102-3
This cou
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is geiera1ly suitable for upper level students in IL
Kinesiology or
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The aim is to provide a one semester course in which the
principles of electronic instrumentation are introduced and are applied to a variety
of problems in the life sciences. Because the course has been developed at the
specific request of the Kinesiology Department, It will emphasize instrumentation
related to the measurement of human function. There is no similar course currently
available In the university. The only other route a student could take would
Involve Physics 205-2 and 331-3, and these courses would normally give no appli-
catIon of electronics to the life sciences.
The course will involve two lectures and one laboratory per week. The
laboratory experiments will Illustrate the principles developed in lectures and
will involve the students in practical measurement problems
on
living systems,
Course Outline
1.
Measurement of voltage, current and power
2.
Electrical shock hazards
3.
Simple resistive, caoacitive and inciuctivi, rirriiltc
(transient and steady state analysis)
4.
The electrical properties of living tissue
5.
Diodes and simple logic circuitry
6.
Transistors - applications as amplifiers and switches
7.
The response characteristics of simple amplifiers
8.
Potentials measured on the body surface (ECG, EEG, EMG, GSR)
9.
Hazards involved in measurements on the body
10.
Other measurement techniques (impedance, ultrasound, thermal, optical,
etc.)
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Measurements within the body (extra-cellular and intra-cellular)

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