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Publishing Program. This proposal has been circulated and discussed in the Faculty and comes

with the support of the Directors of the

FCAT Schools, and FCAT undergraduate and graduate

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proposal is attached.

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Requested Change of Status

Master

of Publishing Program

The Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology requests that the Master of

Publishing program become a program authorized to offer course programs at both the

graduate and

undergraduate levels, and that name of the program be changed from The

Master

of Publishing program to The Publishing program.

Overall Rationale

Background: The Master

of Publishing Program

The Master of Publishing program was approved in 1994 and has proved to be a

successful program. Beginning with a capacity

of 12 students, it soon moved to 15 and

later to 18 spaces in the program. In fall

2009, it expanded its capacity yet again and

created space for

21 students. The program has attracted students from across Canada and

around the world (graduates

of 95 di fferent universities) and over 90 percent of its

graduates find employment in the book, magazine,

or online publishing organizations and

associated government agencies within a year

of graduation. Many of those completing

their course work, but not the final graduating project report, also find parallel

employment.

The program has received generous support from the publishing industry including

Random House Canada, Victor Marks

of Harley and Marks, Donald and Barbara Atkins,

Pearson Canada, McClelland and Stewart, Raincoast Publishers, James J. Douglas,

HarperCollins, Friesen Printers, Adobe, Apple, and Xerox, among others. Nearly 100

firms

and organizations have acccpted MPub interns, many of whom have been paid.

Various governments and their agcncies, industry associations, and a number

of finns

have commissioned research

of

f~lCUlty

members. As well, the MPub program is a key

participants in the

CFI-funded $12 million Synergies project, a project designed to take

Canadian social science and humanities journals online, ideally using an open access

publishing model.

The Minor in Publishing

Prior to the creation of the MPub, a set of undergraduate courses in publishing, created by

the founding and current director of the MPub, were launched in the School of

Communication in the Faculty of Applied Sciences. At a certain point, these courses were

approved as a designated minor. The courses have been taught

by a combination of MPub

faculty and, in most cases, publishing professionals serving as sessionals. They have

attracted up to 1400 enrolments annually, just short of 50 FTEs.

Quoting Co-op coordinator Marcia Shimizu,

The theoretical and technical skills and knowledge that students gain in the

Publishing Minor program often gives them an edge over other candidates for

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Communication Co-op postings. Working for an employer such as Self-Counsel

Press

or Harbour Publishing, students apply their knowledge of the publishing

industry, whereas with an organization such as

SFU International or Natural

Resources

Canada, students design a variety of printed materials.

The Current Administrative Structure of Credit Course Offerings in

Publishing at SFU

Until the recent faculty realignment, the Master of Publishing (MPub) program was

located

in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the School of Communication with

its

Publishing Minor in the Faculty of Applied Sciences. A number of years ago, the

principle was accepted by the Directors of both the School of Communication and the

MPub that these undergraduate

publishing

courses, which had more of a professional

than a critical orientation, were better housed within the

MPub than within

Communication. However, the nature of budget allocations undermined any will to see a

transfer

of responsibility. Not to be defeated in the pursuit of academic excellence, an

admirable administrative arrangement evolved whereby the School of Communication

consulted with the MPub (whose director was on a long-term secondment from the

School

of Communication to the Master of Publishing program) on the hiring of new

sessionals to teach the courses in the publishing minor.

Beginning a transition

With the formation of the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology, and following

the recommendations

of the Phase 2 Task Force on Faculty Structure, an agreement was

reached among the two units and the Dean

of FeAT that students and the university

would best be served by the

NlPub assuming responsibility for the undergraduate courses

and programs in

publishing.

In order to make that possible, the structure of the MPub

program must now be amended to allow for undergraduate program offerings.

Proposed Change of Status (in context)

In consultation with the office of the Vice-President Academic, it was agreed that, the

Master

of Publishing program should propose to assume responsibility through a five-

step process as fo])ows:

1. On the foundation of a preccch:nt set by the mounting undergraduate courses

Resource and Environmental ivlanagcmcnt, the i\Jaster or Publishing should

mount a number of undergraduate publishing courses.

2. The Master of Publishing would then apply to extend its status within the

university from a Masters program to a graduate and undergraduate program with

the aim

of offering a minor in publishing. As part of the application for change of

status, the name of the program would be changed to The Publishing Program.

3. Immediately subsequent to this status extension, the MPub would give notice of

intent to mount a minor in Print and Digital Publishing.

4. Once the minor was approved, the resulting entity, The Publishing Program,

would then propose the mounting of other courses to till out the Print and Digital

Publishing Minor.

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5. At one or more appropriate points, and bearing in mind the need to ensure that all

students \vould have the opportunity to complete the existing Minor, the School of

Communication would then delete courses that were essentially the same and

maintain two courses that it wished to cross list with MPub.

Closing Rationale

The current Master of Publishing program has the expertise to oversee the Minor in

Publishing. I

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can attract top-flight prorcssionals to teach in the program as it has heen

doing. Moreover, it has the knowledge Joundation to oversee the updating of

undergraduate publishing courses. The intent is to serve the best interests of

undergraduate students and to more closely align the courses with the structure of the

Masters program. The courses will serve as useful pre-requisites to the Masters program

and will allow

the Master's program to teach more advanced courses than are currently

possible. Additionally, over the longer term, increased course responsibility will ease the

hiring

of full- and part-time faculty and, perhaps, allow specialization for outstanding

students at

the Master's level.

The placement of administrative responsibility for the Minor

in Publishing in the

Publishing program underscores the commitment of FCA T to maximizing the

effectiveness of teaching and learning by integrating the publishing undergraduate

courses with the Simon Fraser University's nationally and internationally recognized

Master of Publishing program where the expertise in book, magazine, and online

publishing lies and where there is substantial experience with cohort program

administration. Such a placement also affirms FCAT's commitment to community

outreach in that the teaching complement of publishing courses draws both from SFU

Faculty and from publishing professionals with whom the Publishing program works on a

weekly basis, a relationship that has provided the foundation for a highly successful

internship program at the Master's level.

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