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Simon Fraser University.

Dear Mr. Evans:

I take plasure in re-submitting to you a motion concerning the retro-activity

Of the Ellis Report for inclusion in the agenda of the September Senate meetihg.

A working group corisiting of Senators Laghn, Sullivan, MacDougall, Ken-

ward, and myself, and Dennis MeeJn met this mornipg to consider the objections

• to the original proposal.

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

consideratibnad seriatum.

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..Thank, you for your consideration in this matter.

f/I/f

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Basic

#No motions are necessary concerning retroactive application of admissions.

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

January, 1970 the Academic Board or the Academic Vice President shbu

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

cred

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

elective credit which each faculty will credit toward its degree :will be included in

-this

list.

- for courses

ch appear in the guide published by the Registrar's

out in the Registrar's

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office.

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

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lished

guidé will he handled by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Admissions

and Standings.

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. 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 and all appeals through the Seanate Appeals Committee.

• -#5. The procedures outlined in these moti.ons apply to applicants seeking recognition

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credit obtained from British Columbia institutions. Those wishing retroactive

applicationof the Ellis Report for crddit obtained from instituations from outside

of British Columbia would be dealt with under the procedures outlined for them in

the' Elli

p Rport where that is possible.

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does not appear on the list of courses which have been evaluated,

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

: for retroactiv cisideration 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, the courses were equivalent to courses cur-

alt should be noted that at all times the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Ad-

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

for evaluating courses for transfer 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 another institution attesting to the equivalenc.of a course

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

• Noappflction for retroactive appUation of the Report will be considered before

the semester 1970-1.

• Motion C:

In any given semester, consideration will be given in order of priority to 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 semestrr,

uppr .diision standing at the end of that semester.

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

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September 

3-99

SUBSTITUTE MO] ION 'A' - re paper S-255 (revised) 

If

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any time a course not on the Registrar's list is evaluated 

and allowed c 

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edit under any of the types provided for. that ourse shall 

be added. to the list with the appropriate qualifying information. 

The

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mechanism for evaluation of such courses shall be as follows: 

i)

A student applying for retroactive consideration must 

present 

with his first application a signed letter from the Registrar 

atthe school where the course was t&<en asserting that the 

course has been discontinued and is equivalent to a course 

(v.ith the present course number given) which has-been 

evluated. 

ii)

For courses taken before the summer of 1968, a student must 

submit letters from the schools where tne courses were taken 

aserting that even if the course numbers have not changed. 

the courses were equivalent to courses currently given. 