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ALL MEMBERS OF SENATE ? 

DATE: 7th November, 1969 

SUBJECT: 

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THE ELLIS 

The attached paper was prepared by the Vice-President's 

Implementation Committee, using the papers by Senators 

Campbell, MacDougall and Burstein as a guide. 

The Committee did not make any recommendation on the 

desirability of accepting the 

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rinciple of retroactivity. 

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DM: b c 

RECOMMENDATIONS ON RETROACTIVITY? 

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PROVISIONS OF THE ELLIS REPORT? 

CONCERNING TRANSFER CREDIT 

The present paper concerns students admitted to Simon Fraser 

University on the basis of Grade 13 or on transfer from a 

B.C. public regional college prior to Fail, 1969. 

Basic _Assumptions 

1.

No Motions are necessary concerning retroactive 

application of admissions criteria since students 

who have been denied admission in the past can always 

re-apply. 

2.

By January, 1970, the Academic Vice-President should 

have ready a list of courses currently offered, or 

equivalent courses previously offered in Grade 13 or 

by public regional-colleges in-B.C 

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, together with the- 

type of credit to be allowed for each course. The 

amount and nature of general elective credit which 

each faculty will credit towards its degree will be 

included in this list. 

3. The granting of credits for courses which appear in 

the list published by the Registrar's office will be 

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a purely clerical function and will be carried out in 

the Registrar's office. 

All applications for credit for any courses not shown 

in the list will be handled by the Senate Committee on 

Undergraduate Admissions and Standings. 

MOTION A (in Campbell paper) 

Delete entirely. 

MOTION B 

Application by a student for retroactive reconsideration 

of transfer credit will only be made once. This will 

automatically ensure a complete review of the applicant's 

record. 

No application will be considered before January 1st, 

1970 or after December 31st, 1970. 

The Registrar's Office will ensure that students are 

informed of the procedures to be followed in applying 

for additional transfer credit. 

MOTION C 

In the first semester that retroactivity becomes opera- 

tional, applications will be processed with the following 

priorities:-- 

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i)

students due to graduate at the end of the 

semester; 

ii)  students due to graduate the following 

semester; 

iii)  

students needing additional credit to gain 

upper division status; 

iv)

other applications. 

Every effort will be made to process all applications 

as quickly as possible. 

MOTION D 

This is now included in Motion B. 

MOTION E 

An appellant who has taken an SFU course equivalent to 

one he took at another school, will not receive double 

credit. 

DM: b c 

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