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OFFICE OF

THE

ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AND ASSOCIATE PROVOST

MEMORANDUM

ATTENTION

ROM

RE:

8888

University

Drive, Burnaby, BC

Canada

V5A 1S6

Senate

Bill Krane,

Chair

lEL:

778.782.4636

FAX: 778.782.5876

DATE

PAGES

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies

Faculty

of Arts and Social Sciences (SCUS

10-34)

or information

June 4, 2010

1/1

avpcio@sfu.ca

www.sfu.ca/vpacademic

Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of June 3, 2010, SCUS approved the following

curriculum

revisions:

Department

Economics (SCUS 10-34b)

(i)

New

course

proposal: ECON 372-3,

The Economics of

Globalization

(ii)

Changes

to the Group Requirements for the Major Program

(iii) Credit

hour

change

ECON

498-3 to variable 1, 2

or 3

units

(iv)

Deletion

ofECON

309

Department of Gender, Sexuality,

and

Women's

Studies

(SCUS 10-34c)

(i)

New

course

proposal: WS 350-4, Public Policy for Women

Department

Political Science (SCUS 10-34d)

(i)

New

course

proposal: POL 350-4, Public Policy

for

Women

Department

Philosophy (SCUS 10-34e)

(i)

Changes

to the Minor Program in Philosophy

(ii)

New

course

proposal: PHIL 318-3,

Environmental Ethics

5. Department

of English

(SCUS 10-34£)

(i)

New

course

proposal: WL

330-4,

Special

Topic

in World Literature

(ii)

WQB Designations:

B-Humanities

WL 101W

Writing About Literature

WL 103

Pre-

odern

World Literature

WL 202

North/South

WL 204

Human Rights Literature

Senators wishing to consult a more detailed report of curriculum revisions may do so on

the Web at

http://www.sfu.ca/senate/Senate agenda.html

following the posting

of the

agenda.

you are unable to access the information

please call 778-782-3168 or email

shelley gair@sfu.ca

SIMON FRASER U

IVE

SITY

THINKING OF THE WORLD

SENATE COMMITTEE ON

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL

COURSE NUMBER: ECON 372

COURSE TITLE:

CREDIT HOURS:

SCUS 10-34b (j)

a) LONG title for calendar/schedule: max. 100 characters including spaces/punctuation.

The Economics of Globalization

AND

b) SHORT title for enrollment/transcript: max. 30 characters including spaces/punctuation.

Economics of Globalization

Indicate no. of credit hours: Lecture

/ Seminar

Tutorial -L / Lab

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION: 3 - 4 lines max. (Attach course outline to proposal.)

Evolution of the global economy and its institutions, including historical developments

dating from the nineteenth century up to the present day. Examines common themes

across

all periods, such as international trade, capital, and immigration flows.

PREREQUISITE: ECON 305. Students who have taken ECON 382 in Spring 2008,

Spring 2009, or Spring 2010 terms cannot take ECON 372 for further credit.

COREQUISITE: None

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: If this course replicates the content of a previously

approved course to the extent that students should not receive credit for both courses,

this

should be noted in the prerequisite.

Course(s) to be dropped

if this course is approved: (Note: Course Change/Deletion

form must

be completed.)

ECON 309-5 Introduction to Marxian Economics

RATIONALE FOR INTRODUCTION OF THIS COURSE:

This course has previously been taught by Prof. Jacks as a special topics course

(reflecting his expertise in the economic history

of globalization). Student demand is

high, and similar courses are offered by other economics departments in Canada.

SCHEDULING AND ENROLMENT INFORMATION:

Indicate effective

term/year

course would first be offered and planned

frequency

offering thereafter:

Spring 2011, annual frequency

NOTE: There is a two-term wait for implementation of any new course.

Waiver required: Yes: __

No: __

Will this be a required or elective course in the curriculum?

Elective.

What

is the probable enrolment when offered?

120

Which of your present CFL faculty have the expertise to offer this course?

David Jacks,

Steven Easton, Richard Harris

Are there any proposed student fees associated with this course other than tuition fees?

(if

so, attach mandatory supplementary fee approval form)

No.

RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS:

Note: No new course will be approved by Senate until funding has been committed for

necessary library materials (S.93-11).

Each new course proposal must be

accompanied by a library report and, if appropriate, confirmation that funding

arrangements have been addressed.

Campus where course will

be taught _....:S::;.,;u::..:r..:...:n=ab::..y'-- ____________ _

Library

report

status

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Provide details

on how existing instructional resources will be redistributed to

accommodate this new course. For example, will another course

be eliminated or will

the frequency of offering of other courses be reduced; are there changes in pedagogical

style or class sizes that

allow for this additional course offering?

No new resources required. Course has been offered as a special topics course for

several years.

List any outstanding resource issues

to be addressed prior to implementation: space,

laboratory equipment, etc.

APPROVALS:

MAY 2 02010

Date

indicates that all the necessary course content and overlap

een r

at the FacultylDepartmentlSchool commits

quired Library fund

ltlY 2 02010

Dean or Designate

Date

List which other Departments/Schools and Faculties have been consulted regarding

the proposed course content, including overlap issues

Other Faculties approval indicates that the Dean(s) or designate of other Faculties

affected by the proposed new course support(s) the approval

of the new course.

_______________________________ Date: ________________ __

3. SCUS approval indicates that the course has been approved for implementation

subject (where appropriate) to financial issues being addressed.

Chair

of SCUS

Date

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT

OF ECONOMICS

COURSE: EeON 372-3

SEMESTER: xxx

TITLE: Economics of Globalization

INSTRUCTOR: D. lacks

PREREQUISITES: EeON 305. Students who have taken EeON 382 in the Spring 2008,

Spring 2009, or Spring 2010 terms cannot take

EeON 372 for further

credit.

Description:

This course has its focus in the evolution

of the global economy from very early times. Of

particular interest will be historical developments dating from the nineteenth century up to the

present day. The first weeks will

be spent on an overview of the four major periods of

globalization: its early history (pre-1800), its first wave (1800-1913), its decline (1914-1945)

and'.

lits ultimate ascendancy (1945-present). The remainder of the course will be spent

examining common themes across all periods, such as international trade, capital, and

immigration flows.

Required Text:

No required text. Required weekly readings will be taken fromjournal articles and books. Each

student will be asked to provide a written summary and analysis

of each reading.

Grading:

33% midterm exam.

33% final exam.

34% assignments (summary and analysis

of weekly readings)

Students requiring accommodations as a result

of a disability must contact the Centre for

Students with Disabilities 778-782 3112

or csdo@sfu.ca.

All students

are expected to read and understand SFU's policies with regard to academic

dishonesty (T 10.02

and T 10.03). These policies are available at the following web

addresses:

http://www.sfu.ca/policies/teaching/tl 0-02.htm

and

http://www.sfu.ca/policies/teaching/tl0-03.htm

SCUS 10-34b liil

1. CALENDAR CHANGES - Add Eeon 372-3 to Group Requirements (MAJOR PROGRAM).

From:

Group Requirements

To meet the requirements for the major program, students must include at least one of the

following, with a grade ofC- or higher.

ECON 102-3 The World Economy

ECON 104-3 Economics and Government

ECON 110-3 Foundations of Economic Ideas

ECON 208-3 History of Economic Thought

ECON 250-3 Economic Development in the Pre-industrial Period

ECON 309-5 Introduction to Marxian Economics

ECON 353-4 Economic History of Canada

ECON 354-3 Comparative Economic Institutions

ECON 355-4 Economic Development

ECON 404-3 Methodology of the Social Sciences

ECON 409-3 Seminar in Economic Thought

ECON 450-3 Seminar in Quantitative Economic History

ECON 451-3 Seminar in European Economic History

ECON 452-3 Seminar in Economic Prehistory

ECON 453-3 Seminar in the Economics of Education

ECON 455-3 Seminar in Economic Development

ECON 490-3 Seminar in Public Choice

To:

Group Requirements

To meet the requirements for the major program, students must include at least one of the

following, with a grade ofC- or higher.

ECON 102-3 The World Economy

ECON 104-3 Economics and Government

ECON 110-3 Foundations of Economic Ideas

ECON 208-3 History of Economic Thought

ECON 250-3 Economic Development in the Pre-industrial Period

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ECON 353-4 Economic History of Canada

ECON 354-3 Comparative Economic Institutions

ECON 355-4 Economic Development

ECON 372-3 History of Globalization

ECON 404-3 Methodology of the Social Sciences

ECON 409-3 Seminar in Economic Thought

ECON 450-3 Seminar in Quantitative Economic History

ECON 451-3 Seminar in European Economic History

ECON 452-3 Seminar in Economic Prehistory

ECON 453-3 Seminar in the Economics of Education

ECON 455-3 Seminar in Economic Development

ECON 490-3 Seminar in Public Choice

SIMON FRASE

UNIVEllSITY

THINKING OF THE WORLD

Rationale:

Course

meets criteria for group requirement designation and has counted as group

requirement

when taught as Selected Topic.

SIMON .fRASER lINIVERSrrV

THINKING OF THE WORLD

SENATE COMMITTEE ON

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

SCUS 10-34b

(iii)

COURSE CBANGEIDELETION FORM

Existing Course Number: ECON 498-3

Existing Title:

Directed Studies

Please check appropriate revision(s):

Course Number:

Credit Hours:

-'X~_

Description:

Prerequisite:

Course deletion:

FROM:

3 units

TO:

Variable: 1. 2 or 3 units

If Title

Change, indicate:

Title:

Vector:

(Lect/SemlTut/Lab

)

a) Long Title for calendar/schedule: max. 100 characters, including spaces/punctuation:

b) Short Title for enrollment/transcript: max. 30 characters, including spaces/punctuation:

RATIONALE:

To allow students a more flexible option in their final semesters to obtain 120 credits to

graduate.

this course replicates the content of a previously approved course to the extent that students

should not receive credit for both courses, this should be noted in the prerequisite.

Effective term and year:

_~S:&o!p~ri~n~gI-l2~0~1,,-,1,--

_______ _

SFU

SENATE COMMITTEE ON

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

SCUS 10-34b

[iv)

COURSE CHANGE/DELETION FORM

Existing Course Number: ECON 309-5

Existing Title: Introduction to Marxian

Economics

Please check appropriate revision(s):

Course Number:

Credit Hours:

Description:

Prerequisite:

Course deletion:

FROM:

TO:

Title:

Vector:

(LectlSemITut/Lab )

Title Change, indicate:

a) Long Title for calendar/schedule: max. 100 characters, including spaces/punctuation:

Short Title for enrollment/transcript: max. 30 characters, including spaces/punctuation:

RATIONALE:

To make room for new course, ECON 372-3 (Economics of Globalization). ECON 309 has not

been offered regularly for several years.

If this course replicates the content of a previously approved course to the extent that students

should not receive credit for both

courses, this should be noted

the prerequisite.

Effective term and year:

_......!:!S,&:I!:p~rin~gL..!2~0~1~1_

MEMO

SCUS 10-34c

FACULTY OF

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

TO:.

Jo Hinchliffe, Secretary

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies

FROM: Paul Budra, Chair

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Curriculum Committee

RE:

New Course Proposal: Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies

DATE: May 25, 2010

On May 20, 2010, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Curriculum

Committee approved the new course proposal WS 350-4 (Public Policy for

Women) to be crosslisted with POL 3

50~

Would you please place this item on the agenda of the next meeting of

SCUS.

:pl

Att.

Senate committee on

Undergraduate studies

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL

COURSE NUMBER:

WS 350/POL 350

CREDIT

HOURS: 4

COURSE TITLE:

a) LONG title for calendar/schedule: max. 100 characters including spaces/punctuation.

Public Policy for Women

AND

b) SHORT title for enrollment/transcript: max. 30 characters including spaces/punctuation.

Public Policy for Women

Indicate no. of credit hours: Lecture 3

/ Seminar

/ Tutorial 1

/ Lab

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

3 -

lines max. (Attach course outline to proposal.)

Examines issues where ideas about males and females either explicitly or

implicitly influence policy makers. Focuses on current public policies and their

relationship to women

on topics such as sexuality and violence, economic

security, race and inequality, and climate change.

PREREQUISITE:

30 units. This course is identical to POL 350 and students may not take both

courses for credit. Students who have taken this topic under

WS 320 may not take

this course for further credit.

COREQUISITE:

n/a

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

If this course replicates the content of a previously

approved course to the extent that students

should not receive credit for both

courses, this

should be noted in the prerequisite.

Course(s) to be dropped if this course is approved: (Note: Course

Change/Deletion form must be completed.) None: Women's Studies has

deleted

several

courses in previous semesters, and not all of these have been replaced by

new courses.

RATIONALE FOR INTRODUCTION OF THIS COURSE:

This course was offered as a special topics course in Women's Studies in

Spring 2009. It was a full course with a waiting list and attracted students

from across the university.

Public policy issues are part of the core

understanding

of political science and courses on public policy and women

are common in political science departments. The creator of the course,

Marjorie Cohen, is jointly appointed.

It will draw students from both

departments.

SCHEDULING AND ENROLMENT INFORMATION:

Indicate effective term/year course would first be offered and planned frequency of

offering thereafter: Spring

2011 and once per year

following~

_______________________ _

NOTE: There is a two-term wait for implementation of any new course.

Waiver required: Yes: __

No: _x_

Will this be a required or elective course in the curriculum?

Elective

What is the probable enrolment when offered?

Which of your present CFL faculty have the expertise to offer this course?

Marjorie Griffin Cohen; Catherine Murray

Are there any proposed student fees associated with this course other than tuition

fees? (if so, attach mandatory supplementary fee approval form)

None

RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS: .

Note: No new course will be approved by Senate until funding has been committed

for necessary library materials (S.93-11). Each new course proposal must be

accompanied by a library report and,

if appropriate, confirmation that funding

arrangements have been addressed.

Campus where course will be taught

__ Burnaby _______________ _

Library report status Attached: no new resources

required

_____________________ _

Provide details on how existing instructional resources will be redistributed to

accommodate this new course. For example, will another course be eliminated or

will the frequency

of offering of other courses be reduced; are there changes in

pedagogical style or class sizes that allow for this additional course offering?

No need for additional resources

List any outstanding resource issues to be addressed prior to implementation:

space, laboratory equipment, etc.

APPROVALS:

Departmental approval indicates that the Department/School has

approved the content of the course, and has consulted with other

Departments/Schools and Faculties regarding proposed course content and

overlap issues.

Date

MA12

emo

Chair, FASCC

Date

Faculty approval indicates that all the necessary course content and

overlap concerns have been resolved, and that the

FacuytY/De

School commits to providing the required Library

fund

MAY 2 02010

Dean or Designate

Date

List which other Departments/Schools and Faculties have been consulted

regarding the proposed course content, including overlap issues

Extensive consultation with Department of Sociology regarding potential

course overlap.

All departments are now satisfied that the course should go

ahead as a Political ScienceNVomen's Studies cross-listing. Sent to FASSCC-

overlap listserve, no objections.

Other Faculties approval indicates that the Dean(s)

designate of other

Faculties affected by the proposed new course support(s) the approval of the

new course.

______________________________ Date: ________________ __

3. SCUS approval indicates that the course has been approved for

implementation subject (where appropriate) to financial issues being

addressed.

Chair

of SCUS

Date

Public Policy for Women

Instructor: Marjorie Griffin Cohen

WS 350-4jPOL 350-4

Pre-reqs: 30 units This course is identical to POL 350 and students may not take

both courses for credit. Students who have taken this topic under WS 320 may not

take this course for further credit.

Ideas about males and females either explicitly or implicitly influence policy makers

on a wide variety of issues. In most instances public policy is silent about women,

but this does not mean women are immune from the implications of any policy. In

Canada there have

been profound shifts in the ways that women and gender

inequalities are treated in public policy. The kinds of progressive changes that

characterized the results of earlier feminist action are changing. This course will

focus on the reasons for these changes, the kinds of actions that are effective in

influencing public policy,

and what would characterize public policy that would meet

women's needs.

will specifically expose students to current public policies and

their relationship to

women on topics such as sexuality and violence, economic

security, race

and inequality, and climate change.

Required Readings:

• Marjorie Griffin Cohen and Jane Pulkingham, eds.

Public Policy for Women,

(University of Toronto Press, 2009).

• James J. Rice and Michael J. Prince,

Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy

(University of Toronto Press, 2000).

• Alexandra Dobrow<?lsky, ed.

Women and Public Policy in Canada: Neoliberalism

and After?

(Oxford University Press, 2009).

Recommended Readings:

• Kate Bezanson and Meg Luxton, eds.

Social Reproduction: Feminist Political

Economy Challenges Neo-Liberalism

(McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006)

•

Margot Young, Susan B. Boyd, Gwen Brodsky, and Shelah Day, eds.

Poverty:

Rights, Social Citizenship,

and Legal Activism

(UBC Press, 2007

Course Evaluation:

Attendance

class participation

10%

Class presentations (focus on group work)

25%

Mid-term test (in class)

20%

Essay

20%

Final Exam (scheduled)

25%

MEMO

SCUS 10-34e

FACULTY OF

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

TO:

Jo Hinchliffe, Secretary

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies

FROM: Paul Budra, Chair

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Curriculum Committee

RE:

Curricular Revisions: Department of Philosophy

DATE: May 25, 2010

On May 20, 2010, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Curriculum

Committee approved the following curricular revisions, submitted by the

Department of Phi losophy:

• changes to the Minor Program

• new course proposal: PHIL 318-3 Environmental Ethics

Would you please place these items on the agenda of the next meeting of

SCUS.

:pl

Att.

Evan Tiffany

Associate Professor

(778) 782-4482

etiffany@sfu.ca

Dept.

of Philosophy

Simon Fraser University

8888 University Dr.

Burnaby,

Canada V5A 1S6

tel:(778)782-3343

fax: (778)782-4443

FASSCC 10-23

Department of Philosophy

March 22, 2010

TO: Paul Budra, Chair FASSCC

RE: Change to Philosophy Minor Program

At its meeting of Nov. 19, 2009, the Department

of Philosophy approved the attached changes to

the minor program

Would you please place these proposals on the

agenda for the next meeting of the Faculty of

Arts and Social Sciences Curriculum Committee.

Sincerely,

Evan Tiffany

Chair, Philosophy UCC

SCUS 10-34e Ii)

Changes to Minor Program in Philosophy

FROM:

Students must complete at least 15 upper division credit hours. Suggested lower division

courses include

PHIL 100, 120, 150 or 151, and 201 or 203. These courses provide a good

basis for

upper division courses of the student's choice. Other combinations are possible,

and

the student with particular upper division courses in mind should confirm

prerequisites.

With

the undergraduate advisor, a student may design a minor program with an emphasis

that complements a special interest. For example, programs may be designed for students

with an

interest in law, language, natural or social science, history of ideas, social theory,

value theory

or logic.

TO:

Students completing a major program within SFU must complete at least 15 upper division

credit hours. Suggested

lower division courses include PHIL lOOW, 120W, 144, 150 or 151,

and

201 or 203. These courses provide a good basis for upper division courses of the

student's choice. Other combinations are possible, and the student with particular upper

division courses in mind should confirm prerequisites.

Students graduating with

two minors must complete the following:

Lower Divison Requirements

Students are required to complete at least one of:

PHIL 100W-3 Knowledge and Reality

PHIL 120W-3 Introduction to Moral Philosophy

PHIL 144-3 Introduction to the Philosophy of Natural and Social Science

and one of:

PHIL 201-3 Epistemology

PHIL 203-3 Metaphysics

Upper Divison Requirements

Students are required to complete at least 15 upper division credit hours, including

one

of:

PHIL 320-3 Social and Political Philosophy

PHIL 321-3 Topics in Moral Philosophy

PHIL 322-3 History of Ethics'

and one of:

PHIL 302-3 Topics in Epistemology and Metaphysics

PHIL 341-3 Philosophy of Science

PHIL 343-3 Philosophy of Mind

PHIL 344-3 Philosophy of Language

and one of;

PHIL 322-3 History of Ethics

• Unless counted as a history stream requirement

PHIL 350-3 Ancient Philosophy

PHIL 352-3 17

Century Philosophy

PHIL 356-3 18

Century Philosophy

PHIL 357-3 Topics in the History of Philosophy

For either

the minor taken with a major or the minor taken with another minor. a student

with the undergraduate advisor, design a minor program with an emphasis that

complements a special interest. For example, programs may be designed for students with

an interest in law, language, natural or social science, history of ideas, social theory, value

theory

or logic.

Rationale:

Since FASS now allows students to graduate with two minors, the philosophy department

believes

that the minor program for students taking this option should be more robust. We

still wish to retain

the flexibility of the previous minor program for students who are

completing a

full major from another department.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL

COURSE

NUMBER: PHIL 318

CREDIT HOURS:

COURSE TITLE: Environmental Ethics

SCUS 10-34e (ii)

a) LONG title for calendar/schedule: max. 100 characters including spaces/punctuation.

AND

b) SHORT title for enrollment/transcript: max. 30 characters including spaces/punctuation.

Environmental Ethics

Indicate no. of credit hours: Lecture

Seminar

/ Tutorial

/ Lab

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

3 -

4 lines max. (Attach course outline to proposal.)

A survey of contemporary issues in environmental ethics. Topics may include: animal

rights, the intrinsic value

of nature, 'deep ecology,' obligations to future generations,

conservation, environmental justice, as

well as relevant background materials in ethical

theory,

PREREQUISITE: PHIL 120W

COREQUISITE: None

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: If this course replicates the content of a previously

approved course to the extent that students should not receive credit for both courses,

this should be noted in the prerequisite.

N/A

Course(s) to be dropped

if this course is approved: (Note: Course Change/Deletion

form must be completed.)

In 2005-6 the Philosophy Department eliminated numerous courses from the Calendar.

In 2009

the Philosophy Department eliminated PHIL 444. This is the first new course

added since these deletions.

RATIONALE FOR INTRODUCTION OF THIS COURSE:

Environmental ethics courses are increasingly popular. The materials found in most

anthologies

in the area draw on and presuppose competence with sophisticated

philosophical concepts including: intrinsic value, meta-ethics, ideal consequentialism,

virtue theory. Consequently, courses of this kind should be taught in philosophy

departments.

SCHEDULING AND ENROLMENT

INFORMATION:

Indicate

effective term/year course would first be offered and planned frequency of

offering thereafter:

Fall 2011; once every 4 to 6 terms

NOTE: There is a two-term wait for implementation of any new course.

Waiver required: Yes:

No: _X_

Will this be a required or elective course in the curriculum?

Elective

What

is the probable enrolment when offered?

30 students

Which

of your present CFL faculty have the expertise to offer this course?

Sam Black and Evan Tiffany

Are there any proposed student fees associated with this course other than tuition fees?

(if so, attach mandatory supplementary fee approval form)

RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS:

Note: No new course will be approved by Senate until funding has been committed for

necessary library materials (S.93-11). Each new course proposal must be

accompanied by a library report and, if appropriate, confirmation that funding

arrangements have been addressed.

Campus where course

will be taught __ Burnaby _________ _

Library report status

_=_

>-~

.......

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.....

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Provide details on how existing instructional resources will be redistributed to

accommodate this new course. For example, will another course be eliminated or will

the frequency

of offering of other courses be reduced; are there changes in pedagogical

style or class sizes that

allow for this additional course offering?

Sam Black

normally teaches one or two 300-level Special Topics courses per academic

year. By eliminating one

of those offerings it will be possible for him to teach PHIL 318-3

once every two academic years. This course regularizes a course he has given

previously as a

300-level special topics course.

_ t

List any outstanding resource issues to be addressed prior to implementation: space,

laboratory equipment, etc.

This course requires no special equipment

or resources.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

PHILOSOPHY 318: Environmental Ethics

Spring SEMESTER 2010

INSTRUCTOR: S. Black,

WMX 5608

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Environmental

Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application 5

ed., Louis

and

Paul Pojman, (Eds.), (Wadsworth 2008) ISBN-10: 0-495-09503-6 (in paperback). Possibly

some additional essays available on-line or placed on reserve.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is a survey introduction to the burgeoning field of environmental ethics. Topics will

include such issues as:

• Do non-human animals have rights?

• Does nature have value that is not derivative from human concerns?

• What should be the content of moral theory if nature does have non-derivative value?

•

Are there environmental obligations to future generations?

• What policies best promote obligations to non-humans?

Students who

lack a good grounding in ethical and political theory should expect to do additional

reading. I may supplement the course reader with theoretical materials that are of interest.

FORMAT:

• Two lectures per week for a total of three hours.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

• One 1500

word paper 20%

• One 2500

word paper 40 %

• One final exam 40%

Prerequisites:

PHIL 120w

APPROVALS:

Departmental approval

indicates that the Department/School has approved the

content of the course, and has

consulted with other Departments/Schools and

Faculties regarding proposed course content and overlap issues.

Date

2. Faculty approval

indicates that all the necessary course content and overlap

concerns h ve

esolved, and that the Faculty/Department/School commits

to pro

.. the requir d Library funds.

MAY21~

Dean or Designate

Date

List which other

Departments/Schools and Faculties have been consulted regarding

the proposed course content, including

overlap issues

Other Faculties approval

indicates that the Dean(s) or designate of other Faculties

affected by the proposed new course support(s) the approval of the new course.

________________________________ Date: __________________ _

________________________________ Date: ______________ _

SCUS approval

indicates that the course has been approved for implementation

subject (where appropriate) to

financial issues being addressed.

Chair

of SCUS

Date

MEMO

SCUS 10-34f [i)

FACULTY OF

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

TO:

Jo Hinchliffe, Secretary

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies

FROM: Paul Budra, Chair

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Curriculum Committee

RE:

New Course Proposal: World Literature Program

DATE: May 25, 2010

On May 20, 2010, the Faculty of Arts and Social

Scien~s

Curriculum

Committee approved the new course proposal: WL

}-rO-4

(Special Topic

In World Literature).

Would you please place this item on the agenda of the next meeting of

SCUS.

:pl

Att.

--------------------------------------------.

SENATE

COMMITTEE

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL

COURSE NUMBER:

CREDIT

HOURS:

COURSE TITLE:

a) LONG title for calendar/schedule: max. 100 characters including spaces/punctuation.

WL~

- 4 : Special Topic in World Literature

AND

;;0

b) SHORT title for enrollment/transcript: max. 30 characters including spaces/punctuation.

- -Topic in World Literature

Indicate no. of credit hours: Lecture

Seminar 4

Tutorial

Lab

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

3 - 4 lines max. (Attach course outline to proposal.)

Seminar on a topic in World Literature

PREREQUISITE:

45 units including nine units in World Literature or nine units of B-Hum designated

courses.

COREQUISITE:

None.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

If this course replicates the content of a previously

approved course to the extent that students should not receive credit for both courses,

this

should be noted in the prerequisite.

None.

Course(s) to be dropped if this course is approved: (Note: Course

Change/Deletion

form must be completed.)

None.

RATIONALE FOR INTRODUCTION OF THIS

COURSE:

This seminar

on a topic in World Literature allows a degree of flexibility in its object of

study such that course material can be either broader or more specific than that of other

WL courses. In addition to providing increased academic versatility in the WL course

offering, this course

would allow the Program in WL to address a curricular problem

that occasionally arises. In a small

program that typically offers four or five courses a

term during the academic year, it happens that some students have taken most of the

courses on offer in a given term. Previously, in order to meet the students' desire to

make timely progress to the degree, the

Program has permitted students to retake a

course they've already taken provided the instructor

and content are different. Such

course duplication

is an anomalous practice that we would like to eliminate. The

Program therefore would like to have a special topic course that could be fashioned to

meet the needs of both the students

who have already taken the WL courses on offer in

a given semester

and those who have not. This solution does not obviate the need to

stress to students the importance of good course planning.

SCHEDULING AND ENROLMENT INFORMATION:

Indicate effective term/year course would first be offered and planned frequency of

offering thereafter:

Spring 2011 and infrequently thereafter_(not more

than

biannually) ________________________ _

NOTE: There is a two-term wait for implementation of any new course.

Waiver required: Yes: _x __ / No:

Will this be a required or elective course in the curriculum?

This course

will be an elective that could fulfill a UD WL requirement.

What is the probable enrolment when offered?

Which of your present CFL faculty have the expertise to offer this course?

Any current WL

CFL could offer this course (Sasha Colby, Paulo Horta, Melek Ortabasi,

Azadeh Yamini-Hamedaneh, Ken Seigneurie).

Are there any proposed student fees associated with this course other than tuition fees?

(if

so, attach mandatory supplementary fee approval form)

None.

RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS:

Note: No new course will be approved by Senate until funding has been committed for

necessary library materials (S.93-11). Each new course proposal must

accompanied by a library report and, if appropriate, confirmation that funding

APPROVALS:

1. Departmental approval indicates that the Department/School has approved the

content

of the course, and has consulted with other Departments/Schools and

Faculties regarding proposed course content and overlap issues.

MAY 2 02010

Date

2. Faculty approval indi

that all the necessary course content and overlap

concerns hav

n resolve ,and that the Faculty/Department/School commits

_ e required Lib ry funds.

MAY 2 IU'III

Dean or Designate

Date

List which other Departments/Schools and

Faculties have been consulted regarding

the proposed course content, including

overlap issues

None necessary.

Other Faculties approval indicates that the Dean(s) or designate of other Faculties

affected by the proposed new course support(s) the approval of the new course.

_______________________________ Date: ________________ __

_______________________________ Date: _______________ __

3. SCUS approval indicates that the course has been approved for implementation

subject (where appropriate) to

financial issues being addressed.

Chair of

SCUS

Date

MEMO

SCUS 10-341

lii)

FACULTY OF

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

TO:

Jo Hinchliffe, Secretary

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies

FROM: Paul Budra, Chair

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Curriculum Committee

RE:

WQB Designations: FASS

DATE: May 25, 2010

On May 20, 20 10, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Curriculum

Committee approved the following WQB designations which were recently

approved by the University Curriculum Office:

B-Humanities:

WLIOIW

WL 103

WL 202

WL 204

Writing About Literature

Pre-Modern World Literature

North/South

Human Rights Literature

Would you please place these items on the agenda of the next meeting

of SCUS.

:pJ

Att.

MEMO

ADDRESS

8888 UNIVERSITY DRIVE

BURNABY BC VSA 186

CANADA

UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM & INSTITUTIONAL LIAISON

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT ACADEMIC AND PROVOST

FASSCC 10-2.5

ATTENTION Paul Budra, Associate Dean, FASS

TEL

FROM SUSAN RHODES, Coordinator, University Curriculum and

Institutional Liaison

RE WQB desi

rova1s for FASS courses

I DATE May 4,

2010

TIME

1:28 PM

The University Curriculum Office has approved the following designation for

ASS department courses:

101 W - Writing About Literature - B-Hum

103 - Pre-Modem World Literature - B-Hum

202 - North/South - B-Hum

204 - Human Rights Literature - B-Hum

Please forward this memo to F

ASSCC for Faculty approval.

SIMON FRASER UNIVEUSI1;Y

THINKING OF THE WORLD