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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

CROSS-LISTING OF COURSES 

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APRIL 18, 1973 

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MOTION: ? 

"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.73-62, 

that each course have only one department 

designation, number and title." 

At its meeting of 27th March, 

the Senate Committee on 

Undergraduate Studies considered the question of Cross-listing of 

Courses. It was moved by J. Barlow and seconded by R. Saunders "that 

each course have only one department designation, 

number 

and title." 

This motion was carried and is now forwarded to Senate for its 

consideration. 

The basis for the discussion of this question was the 

memorandum from the Academic Planner to the Chairman of SCUS, dated 

February 

a copy of which is attached. It should also be 

noted that the motion considered was presented by the Associate Dean 

of Science as a result of discussions within his Faculty. The basic 

rationale for the recommendation is set out in the second paragraph, 

of the Academic Planner's memorandum. The Committee felt that, for 

both academic and administrative reasons, the recommendation presented 

to Senate is the only reasonable one. Such an arrangement would 

place the responsibility for courses, even where they may form part 

of the requirements for the program of another department, firmly 

within the control of a particular program. This would facilitate 

the planning of student programs, the advising of students and the 

keeping of student records. At the same time, it would not prevent 

courses from being listed within the requirements of more than one 

program or from being offered cooperatively by faculty members from 

more than one department. 

The Committee did not feel that either of the alternative 

suggestions had sufficient advantages to warrant serious consideration. 

I. Mugridge 

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To: Ian Muçridge 

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From: John S. Chase 

Assistant Vice President Academic 

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Academic Planner 

Subject: Cross listing of courses 

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Date: February 13, 1973 

With the Introduction of a number of new programs 

in the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, it appears that 

a number of requests will be forthcoming to cross list courses 

in several departments. Cross listing of courses may take one 

of several forms: 

1.

the same course being offered 

In

different departments 

under the same name but with different course numbers 

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the same course offered In different departments under 

both different names and different numbers. 

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the same course offered in several departments with 

the same name and course number. 

From the standpoint of both academic advising and 

record keeping ithIn the University, it is my opinion that 

the most desirable alternative would be to have the same course 

offered by different departments with the same course number 

and the same course title. This would mean, for example, that 

Computing Science 401 would be shown as a course offering of 

the Computing Science program and would also be listed in the 

Mathematics Department as Computing Science 401. To adopt 

either of the other two alternatives will be both financially 

expensive and unnecessarily inconvenient for both students, 

for faculty required to advise students, and for University 

record keeping. 

In respect to the alternative chosen, I 

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think the 

issue is sufficiently important as to merit some discussion 

at a future meeting of the Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

Studies. 

cc: H. Evans 

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