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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Sub;ect
EDUCATION SPECIAL TOPICS COURSES
POLICY
ON
MAXIMUM HOURS
November 14, 1974
Date
MOTION
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"That Senate approve, as set forth in
5.74-152,
that 12 semester hours of credit be the maximum
number of Education Special Topics Courses credit
hours that a student may use toward the Bachelor
of Education degree."
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
SENATE
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Faculty of Education Policy on
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At its meeting of 5th November, the Senate Committee
on Undergraduate Studies discussed the attached proposal to permit
students to include a maximum of twelve semester hours of credit
in Special Topics Courses towards a Bachelor of Education degree.
It should be noted that this applies only to Scia1 Topics Courses
in the Faculty of Education and not to those mounted by other
Departments.
This proposal is now forwarded to Senate for its
consideration, with the Committee's recommendation that it be
approved.
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SCUS 74-50
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MEMORANDUM
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Graem
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October 23, 1974.
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The Faculty of Education passed the following motion:-
that
the
,ducation establish Policy with respect to the
maximum number oSecia1 opic Credit hours that a student may include toward
a Bachelor of Edi!bation Degree, specifically
A student may include a maximum of 12 semester hours of credit in
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Special Topic courses toward a Bachelor of Education Degree.
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Motion:
that the Faculty of Education establish Policy with respect to
the maximum number of Special Topic credit hours that a student may
include toward a Bachelor of Education Degree, specifically
A student may include a maximum of 12 semester hours of credit in
Special
Topic courses toward a Bachelor of Education Degree.
RATIONALE:
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Speci].
Topic courses permit the Faculty to be responsive, in the
short term, to
a)
unique perspectives on an area or a problem offered by a
faculty member or a visitor
eg. Mornings with Young Children - Sylvia Ashton-Warner
b)
opportunities to offer courses in liaison with other faculties
or centres
eg. Outdoor
Recreation -
Martin Hendy
c)
the need for
guided
reading prior to taking a regularly
offered course
eg. Readings in Inter-Cultural Education
June Wyatt
d)
a current thrust in educational practice
eg. Community Schools -
Jack
Stevens
e)
requests for advanced work in a subject area
eg. Advanced Art Education - M. Place (Ceramics) J. Jakobow
(Weaving)
The Topics tend to
be experimental, advanced,
narrow in scope, indeed
special topics as different from core educational topics in curriculum
and teaching. Hence the recommendation to limit the Special Topic credits
in the Bachelor of
Education Degree.
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