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The Registrar
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Date...................Apr....................969.........................................................
The curriculum changes shown in the attached papers have been
approved by the Arts Faculty Curriculum Committee and have been endorsed
by a referendum vote of the Faculty.
I now request that the curriculum changes be placed on the
Senate agenda at the earliest opportunity.
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PROPOSAL
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The following changes are proposed to the current Faculty
regulations:
1(a)
General and Honors Program, First Four Levels
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"3. No more than 15 (credits) may be from Groups C and D
(see Group Requirements)."
1(b)
General Program, Last Four Levels
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"3. At least 15 (credits) must be in courses outside the major
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subject area."
1(c)
Honors Program, Last Four Levels
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"3. At least 15 (credits) must be in courses outside the major
subject area."
JUSTIFICATION
1(a) ?
Deletion of 15 credit maximum from Grou
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The effect of the present regulation is to penalize unfairly
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students who transfer from Science and/or who wish to take
Education courses. A student who spends his first two or three
semesters at S.F.U. in the Science Faculty and then transfers
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the Arts Faculty would, if this rule were enforced, lose
credit for course work in excess of 15 hours taken in the Science
Faculty. This is a very harsh penalty to apply.
The deletion of this statement will not exempt the student from
meeting the following Arts Faculty requirements:
I. no
more than 15 semester hours in courses numbered 300 and
above in
the first sixty semester hours.
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no more than 24 hours required by any department.
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at Feast 12 hours in the Group (A or B) other than that in
which their major field is listed.
The deletion will simply result in transfers from Science being
treated in
the same way as a student who starts in the Arts
Faculty. It will also encourage students to take more electives
outside of the Faculty of Arts.
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I(b) ?
At least 15 credits to be in courses outside the major subject
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area (for majors)
This statement clarifies the regulations of the Faculty of Arts.
The purpose of this is to prevent students from taking all of
their last 60 hours in their major field, thus leading to over-
concentration. Students will be able to (I) develop further
their interest in other fields and/or (2) develop some knowledge
of the subject matter covered by other fields.
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At least 15 credits to be in courses outside the major subject
area (for honors)
This statement is new. The purpose is to treat both regular
and honor students equally and the arguments presented under
(2) are also applicable.
April 22, 1969
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PROPOSAL I I
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The following new courses are proposed by the Department of
Economics and Commerce:
"494-3 Selected Topics in Commerce
The subject matter will vary from semester to semester
depending upon interests of faculty and students.
Pre-requisite: Consent of Instructor
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"496-3 Selected Topics in Economics
The subject matter will vary from semester to semester depending
upon the interests of faculty and students.
Pre-requisite: Consent of Instructor
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(0-3-0)"
JUSTIFICATION
New Courses - Econ. 496 and Comm. 494
At the present time, there are no courses whereby special
• interests of faculty and students can be accommodated. As
staffing considerations permit, the Department would like to
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offer work which does not fit within the courses presently
offered. A selected topics course will permit a degree of
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flexibility which we feel is essential.
It might be noted that the following departments in the
Faculty of Arts presently offer similar course-
English: English 481-3
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Special Studies A
Geography: Geography 404-2 Seminar; Geography 405-2 Seminar.
Philosophy: Philosophy 440-5 Seminar I; Philosophy 441-5 Seminar II.
April 22,1969
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