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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES

MEMORANDUM

TO:

Senate

FROM:

Jonathan Driver, Dean of Graduate Studies

Chair, Senate Graduate Studies Committee

SUBJECT:

Faculty of Education: Calendar changes

DATE:

January 31, 2006

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cc:

A. MacKinnon, Faculty of Education

For information

At its meeting of

16th

January 2006 Senate Graduate Studies Committee approved the

following curriculum and calendar changes in the Faculty of Education, Field Programs:

1.

EDUC 867-5 Qualitative methods of educational research (GS2006.03)

Remove "Prerequisite: EDUC 864"

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Rationale:

The new stream of M.Ed. in Educational Practice which was approved last year

included in principle removal of the prerequisite for EDUC 867-5.

2.

Graduate Diploma in Advanced Professional Studies in Education (GS 2006.04)

Change from:

"W ith the director

of

field programs approval, up to eight credit hours

of

other

acceptable course work may be used to complete the requirements of the diploma."

to:

"Coursework from other vrorams or universities ma

y not be transferred into the

Graduate Diploma in Advanced Professional Studies in Education."

Rationale:

Course credit transfers were to facilitate transition from post-baccalaureate to

graduate diploma program, and are not needed after the implementation of the new

stream of M.Ed. in Educational Practice.

Senators wishing to consult the documents concerning these items should contact Bobbie

Grant, Senate Assistant at (604) 291-3168 or bgrantsfu.ca

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SGSC-Senate-GS2006.03-04