TO SENATE 

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SENATE GRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE 

FOR INFORMATION 

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REPORTS ? 

SENATE GRADUATE STUDIES 

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JUNE 27, 1974 

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Subject 

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The Reports from the Senate Graduate Studies Committee 

and the Executive Committee of the Senate Graduate Studies Committee 

are attached. 

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.........Dr.K.Strand ? 

ChairmanqfS.a.t.e.................................................................. 

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.............Dean. 

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I enclose the reports from the Senate Graduate Studies 

Committee and the Executive Committee of the Senate Graduate 

Studies Committee for Senate. 

Jon

Wheatley 

JW/ r f 

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July 1, 1974 

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Report to Senate from 

the Senate Graduate Studies Committee 

I. ? 

Charge 

1.

To ensure that the standards approved by Senate are 

maintained. 

2.

To consider matters of policy related to Graduate 

Studies and to make appropriate recommendations to 

Senate. 

3.

To consider matters referred to it by Departments and 

Faculties or by the Dean of Graduate Studies and to 

make recommendations to the appropriate body(ies). 

II. Activities from July 1, 1973 to July 1, 1974 

1.

Powers Delegated from Senate 

Six meetings took place during this period, mostly 

to do with the admission of students applying under 

Special Arrangements. Of the fourteen applications 

considered, ten were accepted, three rejected and one 

referred back. 

2.

Matters to be forwarded to Senate 

The Committee considered, approved, and forwarded to 

the Academic Planning Committee the proposal for a Ph.D. 

program in English. 

Calendar changes in the Department of Archaeology and 

Kinesiology were also considered, approved, and forwarded 

to Senate. 

B.

To recommend to Senate in the name of the Senate 

Graduate Studies Committee: 

(1) ? 

the award of the Master's or Doctoral degree. 

(ii) ? 

proposals for new graduate courses including the 

grading system to be used in those courses (i.e. S/U 

or A,B.P,F) 

C.

To make rulings on and, where necessary, exceptions to 

the General Regulations for individual students. 

II. Activities from July 1, 1974 to July 1, 1974 

The number of meetings of this Committee held during this period 

was 17. In this time, the Committee considered and approved the 

following: 

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5.

114 Examining Committees for Master's Students were 

received for information. 

100 Master's degree recommendation's 

33 recommendations for admission (26 accepted, 7 rejected) 

25 Examining Committees for Ph.D. candidates 

18 requests for extension of time limits for completion 

of degree 

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18 Doctoral degree recommendations 

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17 extensions of deferred grades (beginning last December, 

these requests are now approved by the Dean of Graduate 

Studies) 

8.

8 requests for students to take courses at another institution 

for credit at Simon Fraser University 

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7 new courses 

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5 requests to obtain residence credit for work off 

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campus 

11.

4 requests for transfer credit 

July 1, 1974 

Report to Senate from 

The Executive Committee of The? 

Senate Graduate Studies Committee 

I. Charge: The Executive Committee acts with delegated power 

from the full Senate Graduate Studies Committee: 

A. To approve: 

(i)

recommendations for admission to graduate studies 

with the following exception: applications for 

admission under Special Arrangements go directly 

before the Senate Graduate Studies Committee. 

(ii) 

recommendations to give credit for courses taken as 

a Special Student 

(iii) ? 

recommendations to give credit 

for courses to be taken 

at another university while in 

a Simon Fraser degree 

program. 

(iv) 

recommendations to give credit to a Master's Student 

for course work taken at another university before 

admission to this University. (Credit may be given 

for up to one half the minimum course requirements). 

(v)

recommendations to give residence credit for work to 

be done off campus. 

(vi) 

recommendations on the proposed date of a doctoral 

thesis examination and the composition of the Examining 

Committee. 

(vii) 

recommendations that a Master's Student be allowed to 

transfer to a doctoral program. 