SENATE 

?

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE - 

STUDIES 

FACULTY OF ARTS GROUP REQUIREMENTS 

Subed__- NKW PROVISIONS FOR CROUP D. AND 

GROUP E, AND USE-0F GROUP E. IN 

LIEU OF GROUP A AND/OR B 

Date 

?

NOVEMBER 15, 1972 

?

-

MOTION: ? 

"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.72-144, 

changes in the grouping of courses for use in 

fulfilling degree requirements in the Faculty 

of Arts, as follows: 

1.

The separation of former Group D courses into 

Group D and Group E, with Group D to refer to 

.

?

Faculty of Education courses and Group E to 

refer to Division of General Studies courses. 

2.

The use of certain Group E courses, as deter- 

mined for each semester by the Academic Advice 

Centre, for use in lieu of the Faculty of Arts 

compulsory Group A and/or Group B requirements 

to a maximum of 

six

semester hours." 

To

?

SENATE ? 

SENATE COMMITTEE ONUNDERGRADUATE 

STUDIES ? 

-

FACULTY OF ARTS GROUP REQUIREMENTS 

?

'NOVEMBER 15, 1972 ? - 

Subject ? 

-

!

GROUP E, AND USE OF GROUP E IN 

On the recommendation of the Faculty of Arts the Senate Committee 

on Undergraduate Studies approved changes in the grouping of courses for 

use in 

fulfilling degree requirements of that Faculty, as set forth in 

SCUS 72-30, as follows: 

1.

The separation of former Group D courses into Group D and Group E, 

with Group D to refer to Faculty of Education courses and Group E 

to refer to Division of General Studies courses. 

2.

The use of certain Group E courses, as determined for each semester 

by the Academic Advice Centre, for use in lieu of the Faculty of 

Arts compulsory Group A and/or Group B requirements to a maximum 

of six semester hours. 

.

is

?

All Membersof the 

f

Dr.

R. Saunders ....a.n 

?

..........................................................................I 

?

...... 

....... .... .... 

.ArtsCurricu.urncm. 

ttee 

?

Qctober1. 

.........7.2 

COURSES IN THE DIVISION OF GENERAL STUDIES TO COUNT TOWARD REQUIREMENTS FOR 

THE BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE 

On page 85 of the current calendar, the Faculties and departments 

and/or sections of Simon Fraser University have been divided into four groups 

to assist in planning programs for students pursuing the B.A. degree. The 

list as It stands in the current Calendar does not include General Studies, 

African Middle Eastern Studies, Canadian Studies, Latin American Studies, or 

Computing Science courses. In addition, Group 0 as it stands in the current 

Calendar includes a listing of courses that were in the Faculty of Education 

at the time of printing of the 72-73 Calendar. Courses entitled BSF, CC&A, 

and Kines, were included as another unmarked group since at the time of the 

?

• ? 

printing of the 72-73 Calendar it was not determined in which Faculty or 

division they would be included. This latter group of departments has now 

been included in the Division of General Studies. The proposed changes, 

then, for the 73-74 Calendar are to have Group D excusively for the Faculty 

of Education, and to add a new Group E for the Division of General Studies. 

At its meeting of September 28, 1972, the Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee 

discussed the matter of whether the Faculty of Arts should accept certain 

General Studies courses in fulfilling the Faculty of Arts Group Requirements. 

The Group Requirement is: "All students registered in the Faculty of Arts 

must have at least 12 semester hours of the first 60 in each of the Faculty 

of Arts Groups A and B as outlined on page 85 of the current calendar." It 

was noted that in the lower levels (first 60 hours) there are no restrictions 

on the number of credit courses taken outside the Faculty of Arts as electives, 

and that a student could fulfill the Arts Group Requirement and lower division 

pre-requisite requirement for a major in Arts, and still have from 24 to 36 

hours of electives in courses outside the Arts Faculty in his lower levels. 

It was recognized, however, that some courses in the Division of General 

Studies (Group E) could definitely be classed as humanities subjects and others 

as social sciences courses. It was the opinion of the ACC that certain of 

these courses should be applicable to the appropriate Group A or Group B 

requirements; however, the determination of the applicability of these courses 

should be the responsibility of the ACC who would assess the courses each 

semester and flag the courses as appropriate (or not appropriate) for the 

Group A and/or Group B requirement. It is proposed that a list of approved 

?

• ? 

courses be regularly conveyed to the Academic Advice Center where authorization 

for Group E subjects used in lieu of Group A and/or B up to a maximum of 6 

hours will be given to the student In writing and recorded for reference when 

the student's program is screened for graduation. 

Faculty of Arts 

The proposed calendar entry with respect to this policy change is outlined 

below: 

1

All s tudent reg 

red

in

tI ? 

Fcu1 y 

1

( )

.

i

Po

ts tist havc at least 12 semester hours of the frst 

GO in each of the Faculty of A r 

ts Groups A and 13; that i. ,t 

ni ? 

oIl? 

honic 

in

and 12 how s in Grouj13 

tten ? 

i-ri ation of the Academic fdvi cc Centres 

Group E Subjects (designated by the Faculty of Arts 

C111n1cu1um Committee) may be applied up to a maximum of 6 hours 

J

to!ards the Arts Group Requirement. Normally it is desirable 

that courses fulfilling group requiremrts be spread more or 

less equally over the first four levels. 

$tudonts entering with ADVANCED CREDIT (Grade XIII, B.C. or 

quivalent, or transfer from another college of university). 

Students entering with advanced credit (transfers) are subject 

to the requirements set out for regular entry students except 

that the Academic Advice Centre or the major departm2nt may 

designate work taken elsewhere as fulfilling part, or all, of 

Ithc intent of the Group Requirements. 

1

1

1n order to accommodate TRANSFER STUDENTS with 30 or more 

:redits, both from other institutions and from other Faculties 

'ithin this University, upon the recommendation of the Academic 

dvice Centre or the major department up to 6 hours of credit 

for courses in Group C and/or Group D may be applied 

in

lieu of 

courses in Group A and/or Group B. (This rule does not apply 

for students with regular entry directly into the Faculty of 

Arts). 

In those instances whore transfer credit from other institutions 

is assigned by this University, the following may apply (subject 

to conditions noted in the sections below). Group C will i nclud 

those subjects noted on the previous page and 

Group D will include courses in 

excluding 

Lhose credited equivalently for Education 401, 402, 405. Group 

will i ncl ude 

NWE:No corc than 6 hours of cours 

ci

applic - 

cFill Te 

of the Faculty of Arts Group A and Group B subjects 

. ?

listed on page 

?

may be used to satisfy the 

appro- 

I ?

j-iateGrouj Requirements. 

The Academic 

mend to which 

.

Advice Centre or the major department will recom- 

Group 

courses will apply. 

MC/pt 