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D.~gree,

Maj or/Minor

Degree & Joint Major Degree -

S.448.

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At the December meeting of Senate, the ruling on

paper S.448 re Double Major Degree, Major/Minor Degree,

and Joint Major Degree was postponed until the

January 11th meeting of Senate.

The Senate Agenda Committee may wish to include the

following additional information when this item is

considered at the January 11th meeting of Senate.

During the 70-71 Calenda.r preparation a year ago,

the Curriculum Committee decided that some clarification

on multiple degrees was necessary; however, the Calendar

deadlines at that time did not allow sufficient time for

the full discussion this matter required. During the

past year, papers have been discussed in the Curriculum

committee and referred back to Departments for comments.

The Curriculum Committee asked each Department to

consider whether majors of other departments would be

allowed to obtain a minor in their department, and if

so, what their minor requirements would be. All

statements from departments were taken into consideration

in the drafting of revised regulations for the Bachelor

of Arts degree which were presented to the Chairmen of

Departments in the Dean's Advisory Committee during the

summer semester, 1970. The Chairmen in turn referred

the draft to their departments, and a submission,

incorporating suggestions made by departments through

their Chairmen in the D.A.C., was brought back to the

Curriculum Committee for final modification. The

Curriculum Committee's recommendations were approved by

the Faculty by Referendum Ballot No. 21, on November 12, 1970.

A brief rationale for the recommended policies for

I. Double Major Degrees, II. Major/Minor Degrees and

III. Joint Major Degrees is given below:

I. Double Major Degrees

The Calendar entry that has appeared in the 70..71

&

69-70 Undergraduate Calendar reads as follows:

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It is pos s ibl e for a student fo llow ing

the General Program to declare a double

major - that is, to fulfill the major

requirements for two different departments.

Anyone interested in undertaking such

a program should consult with an advisor

in each department concerned.

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The present policy on the granting of Double

majors is outlined in the following excerpt from

the closed session of Senate, January 6, 1969:

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the Registrar indicated that a

candidate cannot be given a degree with

two majors. In those instances where

a

candidate has qualified for more than one

major~

the candidate is required to

indicate the specific major he/she wishes

entered on official documents. Arrange-

mants are then made to place a special

letter in -the

f'i

le of the candidate to

the effect that he/she also qualified in

another major; such letter is then

available for release to the candidate

or

other appropriate persons as necessary."

This ruling has been disappointing to students who

expected both majors would be entered on their

transcript. The

curriculum·~ommittee

is bringing

forward a recommendation that

Doubl~

Majors be

formalized and the two majors indicated on the

student's permanent record ..

At present, a student is considered to have

quaZified

for two majors if he completes the major

requirements in the respective departments; i.e.

30

ho~rs

numbered 300 and above in the upper levels

in each of the major subjects as well as all lower

lev~requirements

for both major subjects and group

requirements. The requirement of "at least 15 hours

in courses outside the major subject area" is

automatically satisfied in the upper levels when

the student completes 30 hours in each of the two

majors.

The policy statement outlined in Senate paper

S.448 incorporates the qualifications stated above

for the Double Major Degree.

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"Students 7Jho satisfy the aomplete

~equirements

of a second department

will receive a

Baahelo~

of

A~ts

degree

with a Double Major-. A student is

considered to have met the

requi~ements

for two majors if he compZetes

30

hours

numbered 300 and above in the upper

leveZs in each of the

majo~

subjects

as we

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lower leve

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requirements

for both major subjects and the group

requipemen ts. (The requipcment of

'at least

15

houps in

cou~ses

outside

the majop subjeat area' is automatically

satisfied in the upper levels when the

student aompletes

30

hours in eaah of

the t7flO rna;j

ors. )

Each departmen t in

which the student is obtaining a Major

will st{puZate the requipements for that

Major. "

Major/Minor Degrees

In the Calendar entry for the Department of

Economics and Commerce, commencing with the 1966-67

Calendar, it has been indicated that a student may

select a minor. In the 66-67, 67-68, and 68-69

Calendars, D.E.C. suggests that "in conjunction with

a major in economics and commerce, students may find

it useful to select a minor in mathematics, geography,

political science, sociology or history.

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in psychology." In their 70-71 Calendar entry, they

include mathematics, geography, political science,

sociology, history or biological sciences as possible

selections for a minor and go on to give an example:

" .. a minor in Biological Sciences is required to

take 24 semester hours of Biology, of which 15 must

be 300 and 400 level courses ...

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and have listed

speci.fic Bio-Sciences courses cl student should take.

The Curriculum Committee, when they approved the

D.E.C. 70-71 Calendar entry last year, agreed that

if some individual departments wished to propose

minor programs, a Faculty-wide policy on major/minor

programs should be established and approved by

senate. The Economics and Commerce Department was

asked to prepare a paper giving their rationale for

minor requirements outlined in the 70-71 Calendar.

This paper, which was referred to all departments

in the Faculty of Arts in the initial discussions

on this subject, is attached. Departments submitted

statements defining the minor requirements they

would prescribe for a major/minor degree; and

these, along with the outline of the MINOR definition

in the "Requirements for the B.Ed. Degree" were

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taken into consideration at the time the policy of

major/minor degree was formulated by the Faculty

of Arts Curriculum Committee. This policy is

outlined in Senate Paper 5.448. It is as follows:

"Those students that fulfill a

specified minimum but not the

complete requirements for a second

major will receive their degree

w~th

a Major in the declared

department with a Minor in the

second department. To fulfill the

requirements for a Minor., the

student must uomvlete at least

24 hours., of

whi~h

at least 15

must be numbered 300 and above.,

in the Minor subject area. The

department in which the student

is

obtaining the Minor will

stipulate the Ninor field requirements."

III. Joint Major and Joint Honors Degrees

The specified requirements for a Joint Honors

Degree have appeared in the general requirements for

the B.A. Degree in the 68-69, 69-70, 70-71 Calendars,

and prior to that a general statement on Joint

Honors programs appeared in the 67-68 Calendar.

In 1967, the philosophy behind the Joint Honors

degree was stated in some detail and approved

by the Faculty and Senate. At the same time,

the Joint Major degree in Ec/Com was approved as

rf'quiri'ng

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at least 2 5 credits in economics ....

and at least 26 credits in commerce .... " and these

requirements have appeared in all Calendars since .

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The Curriculum Committee, in studying the

matter of mUltiple degrees, decided that a Faculty

pulicy on Joint Degrees should be included in

the Calendar under the general requirements for the

B.A. Degree.

The Curriculum Committee agreed that a

reasonable minimum requirement for a Joint Major

Degree would be at least 45 hours numbered 300

and above, of which at least 22 would be in each

discipline. This would be compatible with the

requirement of 45 hours numbered 300 and above

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for the general B.A. degree, and the 22 hours in

each would be roughly half the required number of

hours for each discipline. It is pointed out that

these numbers represent the minimum requirements

laid down for the Faculty of Arts, and if the

individual departments

w~sh

to specify more hours

(e.g. D.E.C.), these would be clearly spelled out

in the respective sections of the Calendar.

The pol i cy on Joi nt :"laj ors as recommended by

the Curriculum Committee and approved by the

Faculty of Arts is stated as follows:

"Some departments in the University

may offer special

~oint-Major

or

Joi~~Honors*

programs. Such programs

would allow qualified students to

undertake the study of the inter-

relationship of two disciplines;

e.g. Honors Economics and Honors

History. Students interested should

consult with the departments concerned

to have their individual program

approved.

The minimum semestep hours fop the

Joint-Uajop degpee shall be

45

houps

in courses numbered 300 and above

(at least

22

in each discipline) of

the 60 houps to be taken in the upper

levels by students in the General

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*The joint-Honors degree requirements are as outlined

in the current Calendar.

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D. H. Sullivan, Dean,

Faculty of Arts.

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Curri~ulum Con~ittce

Economics &

Cou~erce

Subj~ct;

:'lajor/:,iinor

ne~uiremcnts

D~te:

November 26, 1969

Th~ ~.1c~l~y

of Arts Undergraduate Curriculum Commictea r.cS.s

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of other departments uoulcl be al:Gt'lec :0 .

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t';hat t-tould be your requirctlcr.cs? The

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of

Econo~.ic~

c::.nd CorotlcrCc. and the Department of Biological Scie:-.c£.;;

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Ql~~~dy cVvlv~d

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joint prototype prograrJS.

Detail~ re3~r~in~ ~~~e

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included below, as a guide for your discussions.

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A. 13.A. Economics/CoIi.:nercc '-r1th

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mnor in Biolog'/.

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B. B.Sc. Biological Sciences with a

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in

Eco"o.~cs/Co~e:ca.

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"For example, a minor in Biological-Sciences is

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to take 24

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hours of Biology, of which 15

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or 400 level courses •

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317,400,404,407, 40S.

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should cont.:.:t

both of tbe Departll'.ants involved.

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'?agc 209: After aUiochcmistry" paragraph insc.rt new

section as follows:

"Biology wi th

Econo:r.ics/Co~~erce"

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24 hours of Economics/Cor..,-ncrcc of tlhicn the follO:'lin8 migh.t

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Students desiring such a proeram should concoct

bo~

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D~partment

of Biological Sciences and the

DepQ~~t

of Economics and

Co~"crce.

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programs encompass the follo\o1ing principles:

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cou~ses

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b.. The student in a joint program is reqUired to take the sawa couzses

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UINUTES FOR l-fEETING OF NOV. 26 z 1969

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general policies were adopted with regard to our proposed

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s:aj or /cinor programs:

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a. The

depart~ent

in which the student is obtaining a minor will stipulate

the

~nor

field

requirc~2nts.

b.

t~c

wi 11 offer no reduction in our maj or field

requirer:'.~~ts

to students

carrying a

r.~nor

field.

c. The DEC minor field requirements will be 24 credit hours in DEC

co~rs~~,

at least 15 of which must be upper level credits.

d. If at least 18 of the

req\~ired

2[, credits for the cinor are in

Eco:1o~\:s

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sh~ll

be called an Ecc. ..

~omics

minor; if at lC.:lst IS

S~e

in

Co~~rCCt

a

Cornr~rce

minor;

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if neither of these cases holes, the

minor shall be referred to as an Economics and

Co=c~rca ~nor.

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