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To

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SENATE 

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From

_SENATE COMMITTEE ONUNDERGRADUATE 

STUDIES 

FACULTY OF ARTS - DEPARTMENT OF MODERN 

Subject

LANGUAGES -CHANGESINREQUIREMENTS 

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Date ?

NOVEMBER 15, 1973 

MOTION 1: ? 

"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.73-137, the deletion 

of the first paragraph under Description of Courses, page 127 

of the 1973-74 calendar to remove ambiguity." 

NOTION 2: 

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"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.73-137, for LING 221-3 

The change in prerequisite 

From: 

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'LING 130' 

To: ? 

blank 

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MOTION 3: 

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"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.73-137, for LING 422-3 

The change in prerequisite 

From: 

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blank 

To: ? 

'LING 220-3." 

MOTION 4: ? 

"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.73-137, for FREN 305-3 

The change in prerequisite 

From: 

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'FREN 301-3 highly recommended' 

To:

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'FREN 301-3 or permission of the course chairman." 

NOTION 5: 

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"That Senate approve, as set forth in 

S.73-137, 

for FREN 422-3 

The change in description 

From: 

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'Continuation of French 421-3 with special emphasis on the 

dialects of Canadian French.' 

To: ? 

'Description of Canadian French with special emphasis on its 

dialects. 

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MOTION 6: ? 

"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.73-137, for FREN 490-3 

The change in prerequisite 

From: 

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'At least three literature courses at the 400 division.' 

To:

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blank 

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MOTION 7: 

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"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.73-137, for FREN 

492-3

The change in prerequisite 

From: 

To:

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'At least three literature courses at the 400 division." 

MOTION 8: ? 

"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.73-137, for RUSS 

110-3

The change in description 

From: 

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'Acquisition of general reading facility in Russian.' 

To: ? 

'A course for beginners who wish to acquire an ability to read 

and translate Russian, especially non-fiction prose such as 

journals, newspapers, etc. Open to all students. (Does not count 

toward Departmental requirements for Russian Majors or Honors.)" 

MOTION 9: ? 

"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.73-137, a change in course 

requirements for Spanish 

From 

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'....Lower Division Courses: 

Honors and Major: Spanish 

102, 103, 201, 240

and

241

or

242

Linguistics 

130, 221

Minor: 

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Spanish 

102,

103, 

201'

To:

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'....Lower Division Courses: 

Honors and Major: Spanish 102, 103, 

201, 240

and

241

or

242

Linguistics 

221

Minor: 

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102,

103, 

201

and

240."

73/37.

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

SENATE 

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From ?

SENATE 

COMMITTEE ON

UNDERGRADUATE

STUDIES 

Subject

FACULTYOFARTS-DEPARTMENTOF

Date _NOVEMBER 14,1973.

M(II)PPM

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On the recommendation of the Faculty of Arts, the 

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies has 

approved changes, - as set forth in SCUS 73-37V - 

for the Department of Modern Languages in require- 

ments, course descriptions, and prerequisites, and 

recommends approval to Senate. 

I. Mugridge 

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as approved Nov.6, 

P .127 

p.128 

DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES 

LINGUISTICS 

Description 

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Delete paragraph. ? 

See Appendix A. 

of courses 

LING ? 

Prerequisite change: Remove Linguistics 130. 

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221-3 ? 

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LING 

422-3 ? 

Prerequisite change: Add "Prerequisite LING 220-311. 

FRENCH 

p,131 

FREN  

Prerequisite change: 

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From "French 

301-3 highly 

305-3 

recommended" 

to "French 301-3 or permission 

of course chairman". 

p.132 

FREN  

Change in description: ? 

From 

"Continuation of French 

422-3 

421-3 with special emphasis 

on the dialiects of 

Canadian French" 

to "Description of Canadian 

French with special 

emphasis on its dialects". 

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Rationale: ? 

Editorial ? 

change 

for clarity. ? 

No change 

in content. 

p.134 

FREN  

Prerequisite change: 

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Delete 

"Prerequisite: ? 

At ? 

least 

490-3 

three literature courses at 

the 400-division." 

p.134 

FREN  

Prerequisite change: 

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Add "Prerequisite: 

At least 

492-3 

three literature courses at 

the 400 division." 

RUSSIAN 

P.139 RUSS ? 

Change in description: From "Acquisition of general 

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110-3 ? 

reading facility in Russian" 

to "A course for beginners who wish to acquire an 

ability to read and translate Russian, especially 

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non-fiction prose such as journals, newspapers, etc. 

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Open to all students. 

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(Does not count toward 

Departmental requirements for Russian Majors or Honors.)" 

Rationale: For clarity. This course has never been 

allowed to count towards requirements for Russian. 

SPANISH 

p.142 Course Delete LING 130-3 and add SPANISH 240-3. 

Require- 

ments 

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Rationale: 

Deletion of Linguistics 130 in the Major and Honors 

program: the Spanish division admits to having been 

caught up in the general enthusiasm for this 

recently added course. However, to require that all 

Majors and Honors students take Linguistics 130 is 

an unnecessary burden for students not Interested in 

pursuing that orientation in their studies. 

Addition of Spanish 240 in the Minor program: the 

present lower level requirements for Spanish do not 

expose the student to any literature courses. For a 

healthy balance in early formation it is desirable to 

ensure that students are exposed not only to 

elementary and intermediate language courses, but to 

the first course in literature as well. (Spanish 

240 is a prerequisite to all further Spanish 

literature courses.) 

CPB/bg 

Dr. Ch. P. Bouton, 

Chairman, DML. 

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SIMON FRASER 'UNIVERSITY

Marilyn 

Cairns, 

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Adminis 

trative Assistant, 

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Fa.p•f 

Subject.. 74..-..

75 Und erg 

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u.te ..len. 

From.

Dr. Ch. P. Bouto., 

Department 

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of Modernguages. 

Dare.

October 15, 

.1.2.73.

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With reference to your memo of October 9th cccerning 

the 74 -75 undergraduate Calendar, we would like to recoit'mend 

that on page 127 under Linguistics - Description of Courses 

that the paragraph "The following courses are common to all 

Modern Language programs; courses in Linguistics are required 

for all honors and major programs in the Department of Modern 

Languages. The requirements are specified under each language 

program.." be replaced by the following: 

Certain of these Linguistic courses may be required 

by language programs in the DML. The specific 

requirements are to be found under each language 

program. 

With regard to this change in policy in the DML we would 

like, to points out that it resulted from the creation of a minor 

program in Linguistics. The French andSpanish Divisions felt 

that rather than require Linguistic courses for their language 

programs it was preferable, henceforth, to recommend that their 

students instead take the minor in Linguistics. We would further 

like to point out that the change in policy was fully discussed 

'in-the DML Plenary meeting and that no attempt was made to hide 

the change in policy from the various higher committees. In fact, 

the entire new Calendar was submitted to these bodies rather than 

merely sending the new sections as is often done. 

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I enclose 

copies of letters from the Chairmen of our French and Spanish 

Divisions which give some additional explanation as to their own 

particular motives in this change of policy. 

çWt&

siriOiN FJ1SEn UN1VEII'FY

MEORANDUM 

Dr. Ch. P. BoutOn, 

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From E.

Coihoun, 

Chairman, 

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Chairman, 

Dept. Modern Languages 

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Spanish Division. 

Subject

7475 Underg aduate Calendar. 

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Date.

October 11, 1973. 

Memo of 9 October 1973 from 

ri.

Cairns obtains. 

1. ? 

The requirement that "courses in Linguistics are required 

for all Honors and Majors in the Department of Modern 

Languages" should be deleted. 

Given the wording of the German and French Division entries, 

the statement is incorrect in that it implies a requirement 

for General Linguistics courses where the French Division 

has opted for French Linguistics courses and where the 

German Division recognizes the possibility of a concentration 

in Literature. 

A vague statement regarding "courses in Linguistics" is 

useless to the student. Specification of which courses 

are required or acceptable to a Division are best listed 

with that Division's requirements. 

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2. ? 

With regard to the entry of the Spanish Division: 

a)

- Deletion of Linguistics 130 in the Major and Honors programs - 

The Spanish Division admits to having been caught-up in the 

general enthusiasm for this recently added course. However, 

to require that all Major and Honors students take Ling. 130 

i; an unnecessary burden for students not interested in 

pursuing that orientation in their studies. 

b)

- Addition of Spanish 240 in the Minor program - 

The present lower level requirements for Spanish do not 

expose the students to any literature courses. For a 

healthy balance in early formation, it is desireable to 

ensure that students are ex 

p

osed not only to elementary 

and intermediate language courses, but to the first course 

in literature as well. (Sp. 240 is a prerequisite to all 

further Spanish literature courses). 

• ERC/bg 

Chairman, Spanish Div. 

SIMON FIIASER UNIVERSITY

MMORA1DUM 

Pr. Boutori, Chairman DML 

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From

G. Merler, acting-chairman 

French Division 

Subject... smemo K. Cairns re-...74-74- Undergrad." 

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Date.....

Oct. 

11

1973

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Calandcxr chanes 

At a special meeting of the French Division 

held on

Thursday Oct. 5 1972, 

the Chairman of the DML requested, as he did to all other divisions,that 

because of the high course drop in the DML language courses, all divisions 

should streamline 

their program.

He

suggested by:

a)

reducing the number of credits at the lower—level language classes (from 

4

to

3)

in

order to avoid overloads for students, 

b)

reducing the number of prerequisites so that the D4L language programs 

would comply with the regulations of the Faculty of Arts calendar covering 

lower—level requirements, thus also giving the possibility to the students 

to chose a major in a language after the second semester at SFU, 

c)

setting up a minor program in each division. 

After several lengthy meetings and discussions about the, goals and the philosophy 

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of

language teaching, the aims of our department, the aims of the French division, 

at a meeting held on Oct. 10 1972 the following program was unanimously decided 

upon: 

Semester 1 100-3 101-3 or 

151-4

Semester 2 201-3 202-3 

Semester 

3

240 or 230 

Semester 4 300 level language courses and 

360

It was thus decided not to include the Linguistics (general linguistics) 

requirements in our program since a minor in Linguistics was being offered 

and the majority of our students would be urged to take it. 

At a special DML Plenary meeting on Wed. Oct. 

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the program was approved 

with no objections. 

The French Division, therefore, suggests that on p. 127 under Linguistics, 

under CescriDtiort of Courses the word ALL in italics be deleted and 

substitute MOST. 

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Grazia Merler 

French Division 