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.28520 84th Avenue

R. R. 6 Langley

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Simon Fraser University

Dear Mr. Evans;

I take p

leasure in re- submitting to you a motion concerning the retro-.activity

of the Ellis Report for inclusion in the agenda of the September Senate meelihg.

A working group consiting of Senators Lagh1n, Sullivan, MacDougall, Ken--

ward, and myself, and Dennis MccJn met this morning to consider the objections

to the original proposal.

The result is the attached motion, which is broken into several sections for.

consideration ad seriaturn,

Thank-you for your consideration in this matLr.

end.

.i. No motions are necessary concerning retroactive application of admissions.

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criteria since students who have been denied admission in the past can re-apply.

#2. By January, 1970 the Academic Board or the Academic Vice President should

have ready a list of courses offered by junior and regional colleges in B. C. together

with general elective credit , unassigned credit in a subject area, or SFU equivalent

credit that will be allowed for these courses. The ammount (and nature) of general

elective credit which each faculty will credit toward its degre

. e :.will be included in

3• The granting of credits 'which appear in the guide published by the Registrar's

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office will be purely clerical function and will be carried out in the Registrar's

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All application for accredittation in courses which do not appear in the pub-

• 1.ished guide will-be handled by the Senate Committee on Undrgraduate Admissions

and Standings.

4. Students who have already been admitted under the provisions of the Ellis Report

will

not be allowed to apply for credit following these procedures, but will have to

direct any an all appeals through the Seanate Appeals Committee.

-#5. The procedures outlined in these motions apply to applicants seeking recognition

• of credit obtained from British Columbia institutions. Those wishing retroactive

application of the Ellis Report for crddit obtained from instituati.ons from outside

of British Columbia would be dealt with under the procedures outlined for then ii

the Ellis Report where that is possible.

For a course which does not appear on the list of courses which have' been evaluated

credit may be given only if the student is able to present with his first application

for retroactivd c:aisideration a signed letter from the registrar at the school where

the course was taken, asserting that the course has been discontinued and is equivalent

to a course (with the course number given) which has been evaluated.

Further for courses taken before the summer of 1968, the student must submit

letters from the schools where the courses were taken asserting tha,even if the

-course numbers have not chahged, f.he courses were e

uivalent to courses cur-

rently given.

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should be noted that at all times the Senate Committee on-Urid.rgraduate Ad-

.missions has the right, subject to Senate's approval, to establish its own criteria

for evaluating courses for tansfer credit, and will not necessarily accept the

evaluations of other institutions. Therefore the mere fact that the student is able

to produce a letter from an6ther institution attesting to the equivalency of a course

or courses does not mean that the course -or courses will be recognized by Simon

for

retroactive application of the Report will be considered before

any given semester, considera tion will be given in order of priority o those

students who will need retroactive application of the report to attain:

a) graduation at the end of that semester

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b') graduation at the end

of the following semester;

)..upper division standing at the end of that semester.

Any other applications will be considered as time and facilities permit.

Motion D:

App

lication for retroactive transfer of credit may he made by the student only once

for th same course or set of courses.

The Registrar's office will publish a guide which will contain the list of courses that-

have been evaluated and will provide a form which will indicate how the student is to

prepare his application.'

Motion E:

• An apellat who has taken at SFU a course which he tool; at another school will not

ecieve double credit.

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If a any tire a course not on the Registrar's Jis. 

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provided fo 

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ha course shall 

be added to tho lLut ith the appropriate qualifying inforrnat.on 

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hanism for 

e'ialuaLlon 

of such courses shall be asL'ollo'vs 

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v;its -his f]rst appU cation a signed letter from tnc Re....strar 

at the school v,here the course 

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taken asserting that the 

course has been discontinued and is

equivalent to a 

course

(v. ith the present ocurse nitrcer given) which has been 

cvsluaed 

courses taken before the sumner of 

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a student must 

su'mIw letters from the

schools where the courses were taken 

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that. oven if he course numbers have not changed. 

the courses were equivalent to courses currently given. 

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