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Rolf W. Mathewes, PhD

Associate Dean of Science

October 29,2009

Jo Hinchcliffe

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Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies

Dear Jo:

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I have now received replies from all departments with courses that have not been

offered during the last six semesters, and are listed for possible deletion from the

calendar (Your memo of August 20, 2009).

Only three of the courses listed with 0 enrollment from 1081 to 1097 should be

deleted (BISC 411, BISC 492, and EASC 417) according to the respondents.

All the others are covered by memos to me or Rosemary Hotel/ explaining why they

should not be deleted at this time. The reasons range from departure or retirement of

faculty members who teach these courses, maternity leave, or, as in the case of the suite

of MASC courses at Bamfield and others, ongoing reviews of programs that are not yet

complete. In all cases there is a need to keep these offerings, either because they will

be taught once teaching resources are sorted out, or they are under review by

departments. Hopefully, by next academic year, the future of many of these courses will

become dearer. In the interim, I hope we can keep them.

If you want copies of the memos outlining reasons for wanting to keep course, let me

know and we can provide them to you.

Best regards, Rolf