SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM 53w5al4j

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

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FOR INFORMATION - REPORT

Sic

Members of Senate

From

Senate Committee on.Conti.nuing Studies

Subject Extension Credit Courses, 1974-1975

Date October 15, 1975

The attached report describes course and enrollment figures for the

Extension Credit Courses offered by the Departments and Faculties of

Simon Fraser University during the period September 1, 1974 to August 31. 1975.

During

this period both the number of courses offered and enrollment increased

significantly relative to the same period of 1973-1974. Enrollment was directly

related to the number of courses offered, with each course averaging about 29

enrolees.

For the information of Senate, some brief comments follow concerning

activities since August 31, 1975.

Beginning this Semester eight Departments now offer programs of appropriately-

sequenced courses enabling part-time students to complete major and minor

baccalaurate requirements through evening study alone. These Departments are

Archaeology, Biological Sciences, Computing Science, Economics and Commerce,

English, Geography, History, and Psychology. The Departments of Kinesiology and

Criminology began programs enabling students to fulfill the requirements of a minor.

In the Spring 1976 Semester, the Department of Communications Studies will begin

offering courses leading to a major.

The Simon Fraser University Kelowna Program, developed and offered in

cooperation with Okanagan College, began this Semester. A total of eight upper

division courses leading to the completion of degree requirements in the fields

of Biological Sciences and Psychology are currently being offered. Sixty-five

enrollments have been recorded in these courses. Okanagan College officials

have indicated that enrollment in lower division courses offered in these fields

by the College has increased as a function of the degree completion opportunities

now available in that region.

Members of Senate

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October 15, 1975

Fifty-two persons are currently registered in five correspondence courses

written during 1974-75.

The proportion of Extension Credit Courses taught as part-of-load is

increasing. During 1974-1975, about 25 per cent of the courses were taught

on this basis. The percentage of courses taught as part-of-load for the current

Semester is 37 and for the Spring 1976 Semester it will be about 47 per cent.

Approximately 1300 of the 2600 undergraduate enrollments in Extension Credit

Courses during the current Semester are evening only--that is, enrollments of

part-time students who are unable to attend classes during the day. The other

enrollments are those of students who attend both day and evening courses. More

complete data in this and other variables are currently being collected and will

be available in January, 1976.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON

CONTINUING

STUDIES

REPORT ON

EXTENSION CREDIT COURSES

SEPTEMBER 1, 1974 - August 31, 1975

This report describes undergraduate extension credit course and

student enrollment figures for the period September 1, 1974 to August

31, 1975. Where appropriate, comparisons are made with course and

student enrollment figures for the same period of 1973-1974. For

purposes of this report, an undergraduate extension credit course is

defined as one that was offered for undergraduate degree credit after

4:30 p.m. on weekdays during the Spring, Summer and Fall Semesters,

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during the days and evenings of Intersession (May-June) and Summer

Session (July-August), and on Sundays and off-campus.

Data relevant to graduate extension programs in the Department of

Economics and Commerce and the Faculty of Education and the off-campus

Professional Development Program (Education) are presented in an

appendix to this report.

A. Overview

During the period September 1, 1974 to August 31, 1975, a total

of 9,829 enrollments were recorded in 333 undergraduate extension

credit courses. Enrollments were 68% greater than for the same period

of 1973-74. Course offerings had increased 60% relative to the

previous year. The total number of enrollments for each of the three

1974-75 semesters and for the comparable semesters of 1973-1974 is

depicted in Figure 1 (open bars). Two things are apparent: enrollment

in each of the 1974-1975 semesters was greater than for the same semesters

of 1973-74; and enrollment during the Summer semester period (includes

Intersession, Summer Session and Summer semester evening) was about twice

as great as for the Fall and Spring Semesters.

The total number of undergraduate extension credit courses offered

during each of the six semesters of the 1973-1975 period is also

presented in Figure 1 (shaded bars). It is apparent that enrollment in

each semester was a function of the number of courses offered. The.

average enrollment per semester course during the 1973-1974 period was

28.1 During the 1974-1975 period it was 29.5.

On-campus undergraduate extension credit courses.

On-campus enrollment during the three semesters of the 1974-1975

iriod was 9,408, or 95.7% of the total extension course enrollment.

The remaining 4.3% of the enrollments (421) were in off-campus courses.

These will be discussed in a subsequent Section.

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A summary. of the total number of on-campus courses offered and the

total enrollment in these courses during the three semesters of 1974-

1975, for the Faculties of Arts, Education, Interdisciplinary Studies

and Science, is presented in the upper portion of Table 1. Comparable

information for the period 1973-1974 is presented in the lower portion

of this table.

During 1974-1975, the Faculty of Arts offered the most courses and

attracted the greatest enrollment, 59.0% and 53.5%, respectively, spread

about equally over the three Semesters. The Faculty of Education offered

22.7% of the courses and had 31.3% of the enrollment. However, nearly

three quarters of Education extension courses were offered during the

Summer Semester period. The Faculties of Interdisciplinary Studies and

Science offered 9.8% and 8.5% of the courses, respectively, and attracted

10.1% and 5.1% of the enrollment, respectively. The same pattern of

course offerings and enrollments existed for the four faculties in 1973-1974.

A number of on-campus extension credit courses were offered on

Sundays during the Fall, 1974 and Spring, 1975 semesters. Over the two

semesters the Faculty of Arts offered 7 courses, attracting 130 enrollments,

and the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies offered three courses with

a total enrollment of 44. The Sunday course offerings have been

discontinued, at least temporarily, due to the difficulty of obtaining

instructors willing to teach on Sundays.

Off-Campus undergraduate extension credit courses.'

Faculties have offered extension credit courses in such off-campus

locations as Britannia Community Services Centre in Vancouver, Kamloops,

Kelowna, Prince George, and Sooke. During the Summer semester of 1974,

a total of 8 Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Education courses were offered

with a total enrollment of 304. No off-campus courses were offered during

the Fall semester of 1974. However, a total of 16 off-campus courses were

offered during the Spring and Summer Semesters of 1975. There were a

total of 421 enrollments in those courses. The Faculty of Arts offered

six of those courses with a total enrollment of 30. (These courses were

offered in Kelowna, Prince George, and Kamloops during the Spring 1975

semester on an experimental basis. A combination of such factors as poor

winter weather, distribution of advance information in these centres,

and last minute changes in class-room locations contributed to the

relatively low enrollment.) The Faculty of Education offered 8 courses

and had a total enrollment of 326. The Faculties of Interdisciplinary

Studies and Science each offered one course with enrollments of 36 and

29, respectively.

New student and continuing student enrollments in

undergraduate extension credit courses.

Approximately 14.5% (1428/9829)

of the total enrollment in ext ens i on

credit courses during 1974-1975 were new enrollments--that is, enrollments

of students registering as Simon Fraser University Students for the first

time. The comparable figure for 1973-1974 was 13.6% (797/5842). The

1. Data relevant to Marine Science courses, offered in cooperation

with the University of British Columbia and the University of

Victoria, are not included.

distribution of new and continuing (previously registered) students for

ti'e three semesters of 1974-1975 and the three semesters of 1973-1974 is

presented in Table 2. The percentage of new enrollments was greatest in

the Fall semesters and smallest in the Summer semesters.

On-campus summer extension credit courses.

The Summer semester interval (May-August) has three separate

extension credit courses offering periods: Intersession (May-June),

Summer Session (July-August) and Summer Semester Evening (May-August)

A summary of the number of course offerings and total enrollment, by

faculty, for each period of the summer of 1975 (upper panel) and summer

of 1974 (lower panel) is presented in Table 3.

Enrollment for the summer of 1975 was 58% greater than for the

summer of 1974. The number of courses offered during the summer of 1975

was up 52% relative to the summer of 1974.

During the summers of 1974 and 1975 the Summer Sessions had the

greatest number of course offerings. Intersessions, despite somewhat

fewer course offerings, attracted a larger enrollment, with an average

enrollment of 38.6 per course for the two Intersessions relative to 27.5

per course for the two Summer Sessions. Course offerings during the

evenings of the Summer Semester were few relative to the Intersess ions

and Summer Sessions. However, the enrollments in these courses was

substantial, 'particularly during 1?75 when an average enrollment of 28.3

per course was recorded.

Over 80% (122/144) of the courses were offered by the Faculties of

Arts and Education during the summer of 1975 (over 90% in 1974). The

Faculties of Interdisciplinary Studies and Science together offered 22

courses during the summer of 1975 with an average enrollment of 20.4 per

course. This average enrollment was, however, much higher than the 6.9

average recorded in the 7 Interdisciplinary Studies and Science courses

offered during the summer of 1974. (A substantial part of the increase

in Science courses and enrollment during the summer of 1975 resulted from

a decision on the part of the Department of Biological Sciences to

experiment with offering all courses, usually scheduled over the Summer

Semester day period, during the Intersession and Summer Session.)

Although more Faculty

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Arts courses were offered than Faculty of

Education courses during the summer of 1975, Education courses attracted

more students. The average enrollment in Education courses was 46.3 as

compared to 23.7 in Arts courses. Similar findings with respect to

average course enrollment existed during the summer of-1974 for these

two Faculties.

Extra-load and part-of-load courses.

Approximately three-quarters of the extension credit courses

offered during the three semesters of 1974-1975 were extra-load; that

is courses taught by instructors who were also fulfilling regular

teaching committments within their departments or appointed expressly

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this purpose. These courses were stipended out of Continuing

Studies

funds. The remaining one-quarter of extension credit courses were taught

by instructors as part of their regular teaching load. The ratio of extra-

load to part-of-load courses did not differ appreciably from that for

the three semesters of 1973-1974. The number and pecentage of extra-

load and part-of-load courses for each of the three semesters of 1974-1975

and 1973-1974 is presented in Table 4.

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Independent study (correspondence) courses.

Five independent study courses were written during 1974-1975. These

courses were developed in a modular fashion with each module related to

a set of clearly-defined learning objectives. Course authors were

assisted with the design, development, and evaluation of the modules by

an instructional design consultant. Each course was "field-tested"

during the Spring 1975 semester and revised on the basis of those results.

The courses have been made available to students as of September, 1975.

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Semester

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New Enrollments

Fall

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1659

24.8

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Spring

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2188

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4554

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1428

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739

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1377

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Number and Percentage of Extra-load and Part-of-load Extension Credit Courses

for the Three Semesters of 1974-1975 and the Three Semesters of 1973-1974.

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Year

Semester

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APPENDIX

Graduate Extension Credit Courses and Professional Development

. Program

The Faculty of Education and the Department of Economics and Commerce

(Masters of Business Administration Program) offered a total of 23 on-

campus graduate courses to part-time graduate students during the three

semesters of 1974-1975. The total enrollment was 454, up 19.2 per cent

relative to the same period of 1973-1974. A summary of the number of.

courses offered and enrollment in these programs for the three semesters

of 1974-1975 as well as the comparable figures for 1973-1974 are presented

in Table A-i.

The Faculty of Education offered one graduate course in Vernon

during the Fall 1974 Semester and another during the Spring 1975 Semester

with enrollments of 15 and 13, respectively.

Professional Development Program courses, offered by the Faculty

of l

ducation, attracted a total enrollment of 231 during the three semesters

of 1974-1975 in the off-campus centres of Vernon, Kamloops, Kelowna,

Prince George, Vancouver, and Burnaby. The total enrollment in those

centres for the same period of 1973-1974 was 99. The Program is currently

operating in the above named centres and in Chilliwack, Coquitiam, Mount

Currie, North Vancouver, Penticton andSalmon Arm.

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TABLE A-i

On-Campus Graduate Extension Credit Courses and Enrollments in the

Faculty of Education and the Department of Economics and Commerce for

the Three Semesters of 1974-1975 and the Three Semesters of 1973-1974.

Part-time Graduate Programs

Department

Faculty of

Economics

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Education

Commerce (MBA)

Totals

Year

Semester

Courses

Enrollments

Fall

116

196

1974-1975

Spring

116

188

Summer

Total

222

232

454

Fall

110

175

1973-1974

Spring

106

171

Summer

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165

216

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