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COMMITTEE ... ON.
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Subject
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FACULTY OF SCIENCE
MOTION 1: ?
"That Senate approve, as set forth in
S. 75-179 (a), the
deletion of notes A and B following BISC 101-4 and 102-4
in the undergraduate calendar entry."
MOTION 2:
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"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.75-179 (b), the
proposed modification of requirements in the Biochemistry
Core Program to make BISC 101-4 and 102-4 required rather
than merely strongly recommended."
MOTION 3:
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"That Senate approve, as set forth in 5
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75-179 (c), the
change in prerequisite for BISC 410-3 - Ethology from
BISC 305-3 - Animal Physiology to BISC 304-3 - Animal
Ecology, or permission of the Department."
MOTION
4:
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"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board
of Governors
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, as set forth in S.75-179 (d), the following
revision to the requirements for majors in Biology:
Delete: 'Three courses from Group II - The Biology ...347-3.'
Replace With: 'Four courses from Group II - The Biology
of Organisms. One course from BISC 306 and 316, one
course from BISC 326 and 337, one course from BISC 303,
306, 316, 317, 326 and 337, and one course from
BISC 305 and 347.'"
MOTION
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"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.75-179 (e), the
revision of notes under CHEM 251-3 and CHEM 256-2 as follows:
After CHEN 251-3 add: 'CHEM 256-2 should ordinarily be
taken concurrently.'
After CHEM 256-2, delete 'this course may be taken concurrently
with CHEM 251-3 or 252-3.' Add after prerequisite: 'CHEM 115-2.
CHEM 251-3 should ordinarily be taken concurrently."
MOTION
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"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors, as set forth in S.75-179 (f), the addition of
PHYS 202-2 to the statement of Chemistry Core Program
requirements."
MOTION
7:
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"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
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Governors, as set forth in S.75-179 (g), deletion of the first
footnote under Chemistry Minor - Inorganic/Radiochemistry and
both footnotes under Chemistry Minor - Physical and Nuclear
Chemistry.
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MOTION 8:
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"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board
of Governors, as set forth in S.75-179 (g), the addition of
the words 'or MATH 154-3' after MATH 151-3 in the statement
of prerequisites for CHEM 104-3 - General Chemistry I, and
the addition of 'or MATH 155-3' after MATH 152-3 in the
statement of prerequisites for CHEM 105-3 - General Chemistry
II."
MOTION 9:
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"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.75-179 (h), the
addition of a note following MATH 101-3 - Introduction to
Statistics to read 'students who have obtained credit for
ARC. 376-5, ECON 332-3, or MATH 371-3 cannot subsequently
receive credit for MATH 101-3' and the alternation of the
prerequisite statement following MATH 302-3 to read as
follows: 'prerequisite: MATH 101-3 or ARC. 376-5 or
ECON 332-3..'"
MOTION 10:
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"That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors
for approval, as set forth in S.75-179 (i), the recommended
changes in prerequisites, course titles, and course descriptions
in Physics.
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Subject
Date......3.
Novnb..1975
Science
Actions taken in the Senate Committee on Under-
graduate Studies at its meeting of 12 November
1975
give rise
to the following motions:
MOTION 1
That Senate approve the deletion of notes A and
B following BISC.
101-4
and
102-4
in the undergraduate
calendar entry.
TIrmTrvTx c
That Senate approve the proposed modification
of requirements in the Biochemistry Core Program to make
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BISC.
101-4
and
102-4
required rather than merely strongly
recommended and that the calendar entry be appropriately mod-
ified to reflect this change.
MOTION
3
That Senate approve the change in prerequisite
for BISC.
410-3
Ethology from BISC.
305-3,
Animal Physiology
to BISC.
304-3,
Animal Ecology, or permission of the Department.
MOTION
4
That Senate approve and and recommend approval
to the Board of Governors the following revision to the
requirements for majors in Biology:
Delete: "Three courses from Group II - The
Biology...
347-3.11
Replaced by: "Four courses from Group II -
the Biology of Organisms. One course from
BISC.
306
and
316,
one course from BISC.
326
and
337,
one course from BISC
303, 306, 316, 317,
326
and
337,
and one course from BISC
305
and
347."
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MOTION 5
That Senate approve the revision of notes under
CHEM. 251-3 and CHEM. 256-2 as follows:
after CHEM. 251-3 add: "CHEM 256-2 should
ordinarily be taken concurrently."
after CHEM. 256-2, delete "this course may be
taken concurrently for CHEM 251-3 or 252-3."
and add after prerequisite: "CHEM. 115-2.
CHEM.-251-3 should ordinarily be taken
concurrently."
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That Senate approve and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors the addition of PHYS. 202-2 to the
statement of Chemistry Core Program requirements.
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Note - PHYS. 202 was dropped from the Chemistry Core Program
by oversight rather than by intent.
MOTION 7
That Senate approve and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors deletion of the first footnote under
Chemistry Minor - Inorganic/Radiochemistry and both;
footnoteunder Chemistry Minor - Physical and Nuclear Chemistry.
MOTTO1I R
That Senate approve and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors the addition of the words "or MATH.
154-3" after Math 151-3 in the statement of prerequisite
for CHEM., 104-3 - General Chemistry I, and the addition of
"or MATH 155-3" after MATH. 152-3 in the statement of pre-
requisite for CHEM. 105-3 - General Chemistry II.
That Senate approve the addition of a note follow-
ing MATH 101-3 - Introduction to Statistics to read "students
who have obtained credit for ARCH 376-5, ECON 332-3, or MATH
371-3, cannot subsequently receive credit for MATH 101-3."
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and t he alternation of the prerequisite statement following
MATH 302-3 to read as follows: "prerequisites: MATH 101-3
or ARCH 376-5 or ECON 332-3."
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Senate
13 November 1975
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M('PTANT In
That Senate approve the recommended changes in
prerequisites, course titles, and course descriptions In
Physics.
Daniel R. Birch
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MEMORANDUM
From
S. Aronoff
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Dean of Science
October 29, 1975
Date
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The revisions to the Faculty of Science Undergraduate Calendar entries,
as outlined in the attached memos, were discussed and approved by the
Faculty of Science at its meeting of October 28, 1975. They are forwarded
herewith for consideration by SCUS.
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MIMORANDUM
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Dr.. ..D.... .Ryeburn.,..
.Chairma.
Faculty Undergraduate Curriculum
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The following change and addition to the 1976-77 Undergraduate Calendar
by
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the
requested
DUCC and
by
the
the
Department.
Department of Biological Sciences. It has
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approved
Reference page 307 SFU Calendar 1975-76.
Delete notes a) & b) following BISC 101-4 and 102-4
Reasons for the
change:
From .... ...C.. ..L. . Kemp,...Chairan, ... DUCC............................
Biological ..Sciencas............................................
Dat. ...... ....
October ... 6.,...19.75 ....... ........................................ ..............
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By implication the current regulatiors
equate BISC 101 and 102 with High
School Biology 11 and 12. This is not the case.
The by-passing of
BISC
101 & 102 by students with Biology 11 & 12
has led
to a general lowering of
the level
of instruction achieved in the Department
200 level courses.
The method
of
instruction
in
BISC 101 & 102 (i.e. Audio Tutorial) is
ideally
suited to cope with students with various levels of knowledge
in
Biology, and
to bring these students to a minimum standard of comprehension above that
normally
achieved in High School.
This change
will also
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reve
the inconsistency existing at present in that
all the BISC 200
level courses
require BISC 101 & 102 as prerequisiteS.
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C. L. Kemp,
Chairman, DtXC.
Biological Sciences.
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MEMORANDUM
The Faculty of Science, at its meeting of October 28, 1975,
approved changes to the Biological Sciences calendar with regard
to BISC 101 and 102 that have an effect on the Biochemistry core
program as outlined on page 313 of the current calendar. The
Faculty approved the change as follows:
Delete: BISC 20 semester hours, to include 202-3, 302-3, 401-3,
and 402-3. BISC 101-4 and 102-4 are strongly recommended.
Add: ?
BISC 101-4, 102-4, 202-3, 302-3, 401-3 and 402-3.
Delete: Paragraph on page 314 referring to BISC 101 and 102
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omission by students with High School Biology courses.
These changes are forwarded herewith to SCUS for consideration.
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The following calendar change
has been considered by the DUCC of the
Department of Biological Sciences and is recommended for inclusion in the
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677 SFU Undergraduate Calendar.
The prerequisite for BISC
410-3 Ethology be changed from BISC 305
Animal Physiology to
BISC 304 Animal
Ecology, or permission of the Department.
The basic rationale is provided
in the attached meth from Dr. L. Dill.
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MIMORANDUM
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Chairman,,
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Assistant Professor.
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BISC 410 (Comparative)
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.Date. October 2, 1975
I wish to have the
prerequisite for
this course changed from BISC 305
(Animal Physiology) to BISC 304 (Animal Ecology). This change is suggested
because the course as presently taught reflects my personal biases, and takes
an ecological rather than
a physiological
approach to the study of animal
behaviour. In other words, the course emphasizes the
adaptednessof behaviour
rather than its causation.
L. M. Dill,
Assistant Professor.
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From..... C. L. Kemp, Chairman DUCC,
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BiologicalSciences .
Committee
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Dat
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The
following change was approved
by the Department of Biological
Sciences after consideration
by the DUCC.
II
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and
303
and
Page 302 of 1975-76 calendar
Delete: Three courses from Group
Replace by: "Four courses from G:
course from BISC 306
one course from BISC
course from RISC 305
the Biology ......3f17-3".
II - the Biology of Organisms. One
316, one course from BISC 326 and 337,
306, 316, 317, 326 and 337, and one
3+,*
This change is required since interpretations of the current regulations
have been contrary to the desire of the Department of Biological Sciences. The
B.Sc. in Biology attempts, among other things, to give a student some insight
into the major facet of Biology. This requires atleast minimal exposure to
both Plants and Animals.
or
C. L. Kemp,
Chairman, DUCC,
Biological Sciences.
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E. Ki ehlmann ,Couns'ello.
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
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Chemistry Departrnen.
Subject
Date
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The following calendar changes are proposed
(1975/
6
calendar,
page
32k):
1.
Chemistry
251-3,
add: CHEM
256-2
should ordinarily be
taken concurrently.
2.
Chemistry
256-2,
replace: "Prerequisite: This course
may be taken concurrently with CHEM
251-3
or
252-3"
by: "Prerequisite: CHEM
115-
2 .
CHEM
251-3
should
ordinarily be taken concurrently."
Rationale: The course contents of Chem
251
and
256
are well
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coordinated in order to facilitate.the student's understanding
of the lab experiments and to permit him/her to integrate lab
and lecture material. The student should be made aware of
this synchronization by recommending that these two courses
be taken concurrently.
In general, all Chem
256
students have taken
Chem
115
which is part of the core program for chemistry,
biochemistry and bioscience majors and honors, and which teaches
basic chemical laboratory operations at an introductory level.
However, according to the present calendar description,
Chem
256
is the only chemistry course (other than 100- level)
that can be entered without any prerequisite (if a future
student would wish to do so) which is not desirable.
E. Kiehlmann
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Kiehlmann, .
Counsellor
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Date........
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May I request that your committee, at its meeting
of October 17, consider the following correction in the
Chemistry core program (p. 319 of the 1975/76 calendar):
Change: "PHYS 203-2 and
205-2
and their prerequisites
plus a minimum of 2 hours laboratory credit"
to: "PHYS 202-2,
203-2
and 205-2 and their prere-
quisites plus a minimum of 2 hours laboratory
credit"
Rationale: Phys. 202 was dropped from the chemistry core
program by oversight when Physics 206 (for which Physics
202 is a prerequisite) was eliminated (for comparison,
see
1974j75
calendar, page 261, top paragraph). Exposure
to all subdisciplines of physics, including optics, has
always been and remains the intent of the physics courses
that are required of chemistry major and honors students.
E. Kiehlmann
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MEMORANDUM
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L.K. Peterson, Chairman
Chemistry U.G.C.C.
Date
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. October27, 1975
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The following are rationales for calendar changes which the Registrar
feels are substantive, rather than editorial:
1.
Page 320, Chemistry Minor - Inorganic/Radiochemistry - delete "+"
following CHEM 416-3 and corresponding note with regard to pre-
requisites. Rationale: The 1975-76 calendar entry for CHEM 416-3
has, as prerequisite, "Chem 117-2 or permission of the Department."
2.
Page 321, Physical and Nuclear Chemistiy - same as above, also
delete reference to
PEWS
206-2. Rationale: Physics 206-2 is no
longer in the core program for Chemistry and has not been a sub-
stitute for CHEM 261 for some time.
3.
Page 323, CHEM 104-3 - add (or MATH 154-3) to prerequisite state-
ment. Rationale: This is an acceptable Calculus I course.
4.
Page 323, CHEM 105-3 - add (or MATH 155-3) to prerequisite state-
ment. Rationale: This is an acceptable Calculus II course.
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Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
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Subject.. 75-76 Calendar Revisions
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Date .............
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This memorandum is to request that approval be given to changes
in prerequisite statements for two mathematics courses in the 75-76
edition of the undergraduate calendar. The courses in question are
Mathematics 101-3, IntroductiOn to Statistics and Mathematics 302-3,
Statistical Methods. The changes being requested arise from the
introduction of the course Archaeology 376-5, approved by Senate in
May 1975. In the case of Mathematics 101-3, the change requested is
in part of the prerequisite statements which should read as follows:
"Students who have obtained credit for ARCH 376-5, ECON 332-3j
or MATH
37l-3b
cannot subsequently receive credit for MATE 101-3."
The rationale for this change is that Math 101-3 is listed as
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a prerequisite for Arch 376-5, and it is departmental policy that a
student who successfully completes a course without having taken its
prerequisite should not subsequently be permitted to take that
prerequisite course for credit.
In the case of Math 302-3, the prerequisite tement should be
altered to read:
"Prerequisites: MATH 101-3 or 371-3 or ARCH 376-5 or ECON 332-3."
The reason for the inclusion of ARCH 376-5 in the prerequisite statement
is to increase student accessibility to Math 302-3.
N.R. Reilly
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From...
A.
E. Curzon, Chairman
Physics Department
Date ......
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?
MEMORANDUM
The suggested calendar changes given on the attached memo were
approved at a meeting of the Physics Department on the 15th of October,
1975. I would be grateful if you would pass them on to the Faculty of
Science Undergraduate Studies Curriculum Coimnittee for their attention.
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The Physics Department Undergraduate Curricu1urn?'r..,
Committee recommends the following changes be made to the
1975-76 SFU Calendar:
Page 348 - Under Physics 203-2 delete the phrase
"or 101-3 with a grade of B or higher".
Page 349 - (a) Under Physics 204-2 prerequisites
change PHYS 101-3 to
PHYS
102-3.
(b)
The title of the course should be
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shortened to read "Introductory
Electricity".
(c)
Delete phrase "electric and magnetic
fields" replace with "Electric fields
and potential".
Page 349 - (a) Title of Physics 205-2 changed to
read "Introductory Electromagnetism".
(b) Under Phys 205-2 prerequisites delete
the phrase "or 102-3 with a grade of
B or higher".
Page 350 - Title of PHYS 411-4 changed from
"Mechanics II" to "Classical Mechanics".
Page 350 - Title of Phys 421-4 changed from
"Electricity and Magnetism II" to
"Electromagnetism"..
Page 349 - Under Physics 206-2 prerequisites delete
the phrases "or 101-3 with a grade of B
or better" and "or 102-3, with a grade of
B or better". Prerequisite statement should
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then read
PHYS
201-2 and
PHYS
204-2. Physics
202-2 normally precedes or is taken
concurrently. Math 253-4 must precede or be
taken concurrently.
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Date......
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In reference to proposed calendar changes:
(1)
Students entering Physics 203, 205, and 206 with only
Physics 101 and 102 background have experienced a great deal
of difficulty and most drop out of the course or fail,.
Hence we have revised the prerequisites for these courses
so that students will now take 201 and/or 204 before entering
the above courses.
(2)
The change in title that is recommended for Physics 204
will more accurately reflect the actual course content.
Magnetism has never been a part of this course and the
presence of the word magnetism in the title and course
content is an historical error.
(3)
The change in title for Physics 411-4 (Mechanics II)
and Physics 421-4 (Electricity and Magnetism II) is made
because there are no longer courses Mechanics I and
Electricity and Magnetism I. The latter two courses
(Physics 211 and Physics 221) were dropped many years ago.
(4)
Physics 205-2 title change. This course has always
been an introductory course in electromagnetism and the
word intermediate is misleading. The suggested title
is thus not only more accurate but also more concise.
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Dean of Science
November 3, 1975
Date...................................................................................................
At its meeting of October 28, 1975, the Faculty of Science passed a
motion regarding a change to the Physics calendar entry as follows:
Page 348 - Under Physics 203-2 delete the phrase "or 101-3 with a grade
of B or higher".
Page 349 - Under Physics 205-2 prerequisites delete the phrase "or
102-3 with a grade Of B or higher".
The rationale for these changes is that students entering Physics 203,
205 and 206 with only Physics 101 and 102 background have experienced
a great deal of difficulty and most drop out of the course or fail.
Hence, the Physics Department has revised the prerequisites for .these
courses so that students will now take 201 and/or 204 before entering the
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above courses.
Pursuant to this change it becomes necessary to alter the first paragraph
on the last page of the Biophysics calendar entry and delete the sentence,
"In this regard note that a grade B or better in PHYS 101 and 102 enables
a student to proceed directly to PHYS 203-2 and PHYS 205-2."
This change to the Biophysics calendar entry is forwarded herewith for
consideration by SCUS.
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