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NEW GRADUATE COURSE PROPOSAL FORM

Department MBB

Course Number MBB 566-3

~~~--------------

Course Title

Host-Microbe Interactions

(inax. 80 char.)

Short Title

(appears on transcripts etc.)

Host-Microbe Interactions

(max.

25

char.)

Course Description for Calendar:

(append a course outline as a separate document)

Infectious pathogens (viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, helminths), their life cycle including vectors of

transmission, the biological mechanisms by which they establish infection and cause disease in humans.

Pathogenic and protective aspects of the human response to infection; roles of vaccines and chemotherapy

in reducing disease transmission. Impact of environmental, ecological and sociallbehavioral factors,

including health-care financing and policy, on the host-pathogen relationship.

Credit Hours

----

3 Vector hour Lecture

---

Seminar

-------

3 Lab

Prerequisites

(if

allJ~

Admission to the graduate program, or pennission of the instructor.

Estimated Enrolment

20

when the course will first be offered Spring 2010

Frequency of course offering _an_n_u_a_I .....

I>_' _______________________ _

Grading: regular grading or satisfactory/unsatisfactory?

-..."..R_eg~u_l_a_r

=-:- ____ --:- _______ --:- __ ,,-....,....,..-..,.._

Justification:

Facilitates interdisciplinary discussion in Infectious Diseases in areas associated with the

recent appointments

in FHS. Strengthens our offerings in infectious disease courses for students across

campus.

Resources:

Faculty member(s) who will normally teach this course: J.K.

Scott

(Appelld information about tlteir competency to teaclt tlte co"rse)

Number of additional faculty members required in order to offer this course

None

Additional space required in order to offer this course

(append details)

----------------

None

Additional specialized equipment required in order to offer this course:

(append details)

None

Additional Library resources required:

(appelld details)

Annually

$

----

0 One-time $

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0

If

additional resources are required to offer this course. the department proposing the course should be prepared

10

pro\'ide information on the source(s) of those additional resources.

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

SENATE GRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE FORM

213

MBB566.REVISED.OCT 26.09.DOC

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DEAN OF GRAOUATr:;

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MEMORANDUM

ATIENTION

Wade Parkhouse, Dean of Graduate

Studies

DATE November 26,2009

FROM

Dan Gibson, Earth Sciences Graduate

PAGES 1/1

Program Chair

RE:

Amended EASC 601 & 602 course proposals

Dear Wade,

The accompanying graduate course

proposals for EAse 601 and EAse 602 have been amended

to address the issues that were raised, and subsequently brought to my attention by you.

Below is a summary of the issues raised (to my knowledge) and our response:

1)

Potential content overlap with undergraduate courses in Chemistry (CHEA1371) and Nuclear

Science (NUSe 341-344):

• Both EASC 601

&

602 course outlines and justification sections have been modified to

highlight the advanced Graduate level topics

of groundwater (subsurface) and isotope

geochemistry that will be offered in each course. Advanced concepts that will be covered

include Earth

Science specific topics that are not covered in undergraduate

ChemistryfNuclear Science courses. To name a few, these include groundwater-rock

interactions, acid mine drainage, diagenesis (chemical and physical changes undergone

by a sediment after its initial deposition as it turns into rock), silicate weathering, isotopes

and Water-Rock Interactions, Geochemical Modeling, etc.

• Students enrolled in the EASC 60 I

&

602 Graduate level courses will be expected to

already have a good understanding

of basic Chemistry principles (e.g. radiogenic

&

stable

isotopes; oxidation-reduction reactions, thermodynamics, balancing chemical equations),

which

will include, but are not specific to, the concepts covered in CHEM 371 and NUSC

341-344. These principles will be applied to Earth Science specific problems/topics (see

above), and at a more advanced level than what is currently offered in any

of the Earth

Science or Chemistry undergraduate courses.

• The Chemistry Graduate Program Chair, Dr. Erika Plettner, has had opportunity to review

the Graduate courses we are proposing, and after we addressed her suggestions she gave

her consent.

In fact, Dr. Plettner asked that we increase our estimated enrollment and adjust

our prerequisites for the proposed courses in order

to accommodate the possible enrollment

of graduate students from Chemistry. We made these adjustments, and made

it

clear that

we would gladly accept enrollment

of Chemistry graduate students who are qualified to

take either

of the proposed courses.

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

THINKING OF THE WORLD

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2)

Only one faculty member listed as someone "who will normally teach this course":

• We have a relatively small department (13 Research Faculty) with a broad range of

research and teaching expertise, and therefore there is limited overlapping expertise

amongst faculty members. This makes it difficult at the Graduate level to offer a course

that can be taught by more than one faculty member. Nevertheless,

to ensure the proposed

courses can be offered without interruption, Dr. Diana Allen has agreed to serve as an

alternate instructor for the proposed courses

in

the event that Dr. Dirk Kirste, the person

who will normally teach the proposed courses, is unable

to offer either course in a given

year (e.g., due to Study Leave

or Sabbatical).

3) Textbook listed as the primary source of information for topics covered in a Faculty of

Science Graduate course:

• The textbooks suggested by Dr. Kirste are written for

4th

year and Graduate level students.

Nevertheless, he has adjusted the outlines for the courses to reflect the fact that journal

articles will serve as a primary source

of information for the topics covered. This will be

augmented by upper level textbooks that provide background information on the principles,

concepts and techniques covered in the journal articles.

4)

Could the proposed courses simply be offered as "Special Topics" or "Directed Readings"

courses?

• In Earth Sciences, our MSc students are required to take four 3-credit Graduate courses,

and only two of the four courses can be a "Special Topics" and/or "Directed Readings"

course, the other two must be formally registered Graduate courses. Currently in Earth

Sciences, there are no Graduate courses listed in the SFU Calendar that cover the topics

specific

to Dr. Kirste's research, and that of his Graduate students or any other students

dealing with groundwater geochemistry. Thus, Dr. Kirste would like to offer the

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proposed courses as officially listed Graduate courses, as opposed to simply offering them

as a

"Special Topics" or "Directed Readings" course.

5)

Will the courses still be offered

if

ollly

2

students enroll (i. e. minimum number listed for estimated

enrollment)

?

• Yes. In the Earth Sciences department, we do not get credit for teaching Graduate level courses, so

there is no restriction on the number of students needed in order for the course to be offered.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require more information or clarification.

Sincerely,

Dr.

~~

Dan Gibson

EASC Graduate Program Chair

Department of Earth Sciences

Email: hdgibson@sfu.ca

Tel: ext. 27057

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NEW GRADUATE

COURSE

PROPOSAL

FORM

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Course Title: Advanced Groundwater Geochemistry

(max. 80 char.)

Short Title

(appears on transcripts etc.)

Adv. Groundwater Geochem

(max.

25

char.)

Course Description for Calendar:

(append a course outline as a separate document)

fA.dvanced topics in understanding water-rock interactions and the geochemistry of groundwater during

processes such as weathering and recharge, acid mine drainage, diagenesis and hydrothermal ore deposit

ormation. The course focuses on

the physical and chemical principles that govern the geochemistry of

~roundwater

with emphasis on water sample collection and analysis, chemical thermodynamics, gas-water-

ock interactions and geochemical modeling.

Units:

------

3.0

Available Course Components:

(select all that apply)

0Lecture

0Seminar

0Laboratory

DPracticum

Prerequisites:

(if

any)

Recommended: undergraduate course in hydrogeology (or permission of instructor)

Estimated

Campus

at

Enrolment:

which

course

2-'

will

°

be

offered:

The

--------------------------------------

Burnaby

term

course

will

first

be

offered:

Fall

2010

Frequency of course offering: Every year

Grading

Basis: 0Graded

DSatisfactory/Unsatisfactory DIn Progress/Complete

Justification:

his course enables graduate students who focus on groundwater studies to access the area of specialization

pf the instructor. The course is designed to provide a graduate level understanding of groundwater

geochemistry and gas-water-rock interactions

that is not met by any undergraduate or graduate courses

urrently offered by Earth Science

or other departments at SFU. Offered as EASe 704 SpeCial Studies 2007-2009

Resources:

Faculty member(s) who will normally teach this course:

(append in/ormation about their competency to teaclt the course)

Dr. Dirk Kirste (Dr. Diana Allen as alternate)

Number

of additional faculty members required in order to offer this course: _0 _________ _

Additional

Additional

space

specialized

required

equipment

in

order

required

to

offer

this

in

order

course:

to

offer

(append

this

details)

course:

---------------------------

0

(append

details)

°

Additional

Library

resources

required:

(appelld

details)

Annually

$

°

---------

One-time

$

---------

0

If

additional resources are required to oiftr this course. the department proposing the course should be prepared to provide

information

on the SOIITCe(s) of those additional resources.

Upon approval of the course proposal. the Dean a/Graduate Studies office will consult with thl! department or school regarding

other course attributes

that may be required to enable the proper entry of the new course in the student record system.

SIMONFRASER

UNIVERSITY

SENII.TE

GRAOUII.TESTUOIES

COMMlnEE

FORM

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NEW GRADUATE

COURSE

PROPOSAL

FORM

Subject:

Course Title:

----------------

EAse

Environmental Isotopes

(max.

4

chars)

Catalog Number:

--------------

602 -

3

(max. 80 char.)

Course

Short Title

Description

(appears on

for

transcripts

Calendar:

etc.)

(append

-----------------------

Environmental

a course outline

Isotopes

as a separate document)

(max.

25

char.)

his course reviews the principles of isotope geochemistry and examines case studies on the application of

sotopes to hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry.

Problems in groundwater quality/resource evaluation

neluding the origin of recharge, identifying and quantifying evaporation and water balance, ground

waterl

~urface

water interactions and groundwater mixing will be addressed. Isotope methods in groundwater age

~ating

will be discussed as well as the use of environmental isotopes in understanding water-rock interactions

~nd

groundwater flow paths.

Units:

------

3.0

A

vail able Course Components:

(select all that apply)

0Lecture

0Seminar

[{]Laboratory

DPracticum

Prerequisites:

(if any)

Recommended: undergraduate courses in hydrogeology and ground water geochemistry (or permission of

instructor)

Campus

Estimated

at

Enrolment:

which course

2-10

will be offered:

The

--------------------------------

Burnaby

term course will first be offered: Spring

.2o~O

Frequency of course offering:

Every

2nd year

Grading Basis:

0Graded

DSatisfactorylUnsatisfactory DIn Progress/Complete

Justification:

his course enables graduate students who intend to focus on groundwater related studies to access the area

pf specialization of the instructor. The course is designed to provide a graduate level understanding of isotope

~eochemistry

and the application of environmental isotopes to groundwater systems that is not met by any

~ndergraduate

or graduate courses currently offered by Earth Sciences or other departments at SFU.

Resources:

Faculty member(s) who will normally teach this course:

(append information about their competency to teach the course)

Dr. Dirk Kirste (Or. Diana Allen as alternate)

Additional

Number

Additional

of

space

specialized

additional

required

faculty

equipment

in order

members

required

to offer

required

this

in order

course:

in order

to offer

(append

to offer

this

details)

course:

this course:

-----------------------

0

(append

---------------

0

details)

o

Additional Library resources required:

(appelld details)

Annually $

----------

0

One-time $

--------

0

If

additional resources are required to offer this course, the department proposing the course should be prepared to provide

information on till' source(s) of those additional resources.

Upon approval of the course proposal, the Dean o/Graduate Studies office will consult with the department or school regarding

other course attributes that may be required to enable the proper entry of the new course in the student record system.

SIMONFRASER

UNIVERSITY

SeNATE

GRAOUAT!STUOIES

COMMITTEE

FORM