SENATE - FOR INFORMATION 

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

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COVERING MEMORANDUM 

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Date OCTOBER 15, 1973 

The Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies approved 

the new Course Proposal Form and the covering memorandum attached. 

Departments have been notified that this new form should 

be introduced for use immediately for any new proposals being 

initiated. It is not required, but preferred, that the new form 

be utilized for items which have cleared Departmental Committees but 

which are going forward to the Faculty Committees for consideration. 

Senate, therefore, will be receiving some proposals on 

the old form and some on the new - with the new form to be fully in 

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effect as quickly as is reasonable. 

I. Mugridge 

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Department Chairmen, 

Faculty Curriculum Committees, and 

Deans of Faculties 

New Course Pro' sals 

I. Mugridge 

Chairman 

Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

Studies 

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October 1,. 1973 

The Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies offers the following 

information to departments and to Faculty Curriculum Committees In clarifica- 

tion of the new course proposal form. It should be emphasized that the 

information required is regarded as a minimum necessary for inclusion on the 

agenda of the Committee and that the Committee has authorized the Chairman 

and Secretary to examine in detail each new course proposal submitted with a 

view to determining whether the information provided meets these minimum 

requirements. Should they consider that these requirements have not been 

met, proposals will be returned to the relevant-committee and department 

before they are included on the agenda of SCUS. 

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CalendarInformation - this sectionshould include the 

information exactly as it is intended for inclusion in 

the University Calendar. The "Calendar Description of 

briefly the subject area to 

be covered in the course. "Nature of Course" refers to 

whether the course is lecture/tutorial, lecture/tutorial/ 

lab, seminar, independent study, independent research, etc. 

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Scheduling - it should be borne in mind by departments 

submitting new courses that Senate regulations provide 

for an eight month lead time between the approval of a 

course and its first offering. Provision should there- 

fore be made so that this rule may be observed; and 

where this is not possible departments should provide 

justification for a request that the rule be waived. 

Indicate which of your present faculty would be available 

to make the proposed offering possible. If additional 

faculty will be required see item 4. 

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Objectivesof the Course - the statement of the objectives 

of a proposed course should address itself to: 

a) a statement of the objectives of the course in itself. 

This statement should reflect those ends which the 

instructor of the course seeks to have his or her 

students acquire by the completion of the course. 

This statement should be accompanied by an outline 

of the course, noting the major topics to be dealt 

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with, the relative emphasis which will be placed 

on each of the topics and a sample reading list. 

b)

a statement of how the objectives and content of 

the course fit into the program in which the 

course is to be included. 

c)

a statement of the extent to which, if any, the 

objectives and content of the proposed course over- 

lap with those of other courses already existing in 

the University. 

4. Budgetary and Space Requirements - it is presumptive that 

departments proposing new courses will have received con- 

firmation from the appropriate University authority that 

the necessary resources exist or that, in the case of 

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courses where additional resources are requi-red, they will ? 

be available by the time the cou.rse is offered. 

5. Other Information - the departmental or Faculty curriculum 

committees may wish to provide comments on the action rec- 

ommended by them. If so, these should be incorporated in 

a separate memorandum addressed to the Chairman, SCUS. 

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Mugridge 

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM 

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Calendar Information 

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Department:______________ 

Abbreviation Code:       

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Number: 

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Credit Hours: 

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Vector: 

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Title of Course: 

Calendar Description of Course: 

Nature of Course 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is 

approved: 

2. Scheduling 

Row frequently will the course be offered? 

Semester in which the course will first be offered? 

Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering 

possible? 

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Objectives of the Course 

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Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only) 

What additional resources will be required In the following areas: 

Faculty 

Staff 

Library 

Audio Visual 

Space 

Equipment 

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Approval 

Date: 

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Department Chairman 

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Dean 

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Chairman, SCUS 

SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a. 

Attach course outline). 