SENATE 

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DEAN OF GRADUATE.. STUDIES 

CHANGES IN THE GRADUATE PROGRAM 

IN ECONOMICS & COMMERCE 

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MOTION: ? 

"That the changes to the Graduate Program in 

Economics & Commerce, as set forth in Paper 

be approved: 

1. Economics 

(Topics in Econometrics) and 

Economics 

(Economic History of North 

America) to be starred indicating that these 

courses will normally be offered at least 

once a year. 

2. Economics 

(Mathematical Economics) and 

Economics 

(Activity Analysis) to be 

dropped from the starred list presently in 

the calendar. 

3.

Drop the following courses from the calendar: 

Economics 

(Consumer Economics) 

Economics 

(Welfare Economics) 

Economics 

(Theory of the Firm) 

Economics 

(Agriculture in Economic 

Development) 

Economics 

(Antitrust Policy) 

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The following fields presently listed to be 

dropped from the areas in which qualifying 

examinations for the Ph.D. will be offered: 

Mathematical Economics 

Public Finance 

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That the course requirements for the M.A. 

degree are as follows: 

a)

all M.A. candidates are required to take 

one of Economics 800-5 or 801-5; one of 

Economics 805-5, 806-5, or 810-5. 

b)

demonstrate competence in Analytical 

Economics and Quantitative Methods." 

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY 

TO: Members of Senate 

SUBJECT: Changes in the Graduate 

Program in Economics & 

Commerce 

FROM: Office of the Dean 

of Graduate Studies 

DATE: July 

MOTION: "that the proposed change to the Graduate Program in 

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Economics and Commerce be approved." 

These changes were approved by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee 

at their meeting on July 

Jon Wheatley 

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Per your request, the following changes in the current 

description and content of the Graduate Program for the Department of 

Economics and Commerce is proposed: 

1.

Economics 838-5 [Topics in Econometrics] and Economics 853-5 

[Economic History of North America] to be starred indicating- 

that these courses will normally be offered at least once a 

year. 

2.

Economics 831-5 (Mathematical Economics) and Economics 832-5 

(Activity Analysis) to be dropped from the starred list 

presently in the calendar. 

3.

Drop the following courses from the calendar: 

Economics 802-5 (Consumer Economics) 

Economics 803-5 (Welfare Economics) 

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Economics 804-5 (Theory of the Firm) 

Economics 864-5 (Agriculture in Economic Development) 

Economics 893-5 (Antitrust Policy) 

4.

The following fields presently listed to be dropped from the 

areas in which qualifying examinations for the Ph.D., will be 

offered: 

Mathematical Economics 

Public Finance 

5.

That the course requirements for the M.A. degree are as 

follows: 

(a)

all M.A. candidates are required to take one of 

Economics 800-5 or 801-5; one of Economics 805-5, 

806-5, or 810-5. 

(b)

demonstrate competence in Analytical Economics and 

Quantitative Methods. 

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TO: Dr. J. Wheatley, Dean of Graduate Studies 

FROM: K.Okuda, Chairman, Graduate Academic Program, Economics and Commerce 

SUBJECT: Changes in the DEC Graduate Program 

DATE: July 14th, 1972 

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ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES: 

[NOTE: The arguments are given under the same numbering system as 

the changes proposed.] 

1.

In terms of student interest, the availability of faculty, 

and the fields In which Ph.D. examinations will be offered, 

these two courses, Economics 838-5 and 853-5, should be 

offered regularly. ? 

This will be noted in the calendar by 

starring these courses to indicate that they will be 

normally offered at least once a year. 

2.

It is proposed to drop the two courses, Economics 831-5 and 

832-5, from the starred list since these courses are not 

required for any of the areas in which field examinations 

will be given. ? 

The courses will be offered as student 

interest and faculty availability permit. 

3.

The courses listed in this item, Economics 802-5, 803-5, 

804-5, 864-5, and 893-5, have rarely, if ever, been offered. 

The purpose of this recommendation is to remove from the 

list of calendar offerings courses which are unlikely to be                                        

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offered in the future and in which the Department does not 

have any special teaching competence. 

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Should special 

circumstances and student interest dictate, some of the areas 

covered by the courses which are to be dropped will be 

offered. 

4.

The fields should be dropped since the Department does not 

have the faculty resources to cover these two fields 

adequately. 

5.

The proposed change permits a greater degree of flexibility 

in scheduling the programs of M.A. candidates in Economics. 

Present requirement reads that students are required to 

take Economics 800-5 and 805-5 in addition to demonstrating 

competence in Analytical Economics and Quantitative Methods. 

This has occasionally created difficulty, in terms of the 

students being able to take both of the required courses 

during their normal period of study towards the M.A. degree, 

since the courses are usually offered only once a year. At 

the same time, some students have been exempted from one or 

both of the required courses since they have previously 

taken comparable work elsewhere. By expanding the "choice" 

of required 

courses, students will be able to: 

(a)

meet their requirements during a normal three 

semester sequence regardless of when they start 

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their work at Simon Fraser, and 

(b)

will be required to take some Theory work at 

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Simon Fraser since Economics 801-5 and 806-5 

are more advanced courses than the two presently 

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required. 

KO/ja 