DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE

MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY HELD

MONDAY, APRIL

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1981, 3172

ADMINISTRATION BUILDING,

7:00 P.M.

OPEN SESSION

Present: Munro, J. M., Acting Chairman

Anderson, S. K.

Bhakthan, N.M.G.

Blaney, J. P.

Bowman, M. L.

Brown, R. C.

Calvert, T. W.

Cochran, J. F.

Cote, P. T.

Crawley, J. M.

Curtis, J., representing B. P. Beirne

Dobb, T. C.

Einstein, F.

Evenden, L. J.

Absent:

Gehibach, R. D.

Hale, L. R.

Hanson, J. A.

Hinchcliffe, S.

Holmes, R. A.

Irwin, J. C.

Johnston, H.J.M.

Jones, C.H.W.

Litwin, W. G.

Luetzen, S.

Arrott, A. S.

Doherty, P. M.

Geen, G. H.

Ivany, J.W.G.

Mackauer, J.P.M.

McKeown, B. A.

Palmer, L. H.

Pedersen, K. C.

Trainer, M. D.

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In attendance: Roberts, E. W.

Moffatt,

U. U.

Okuda, K.

Overholt, M. J.

Rieckhoff, K. E.

Starcevich, R.D.I.

Toor, J. B.

Tuinman, J. J.

Verdun-Jones, S. N.

Wagner, P. L.

Webster, J. M.

Weinberg, H.

Weinkam, J. J.

Wideen, M. F.

Wotherspoon, A. J.

Evans, H. M., Secretary

Heath, N.

Norsworthy, R., Recording Secretary

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APPROVAL OF AGENDA

The agenda was approved as distributed.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The minutes of the Open Session of March 2, 1981 were approved as

circulated.

BUSINESS ARISING FROMTHE MINUTES

i) Paper s.81-58 - Statement on Intellectual Honesty

Paper S.81-59 - Procedures for Dealing with Incidents of Intellectual

Dishonesty

Paper 5.81-60 - Terms of Reference - Senate Committee on Academic

Discipline

Senate received for information the amended and approved documents

in connection with its actions at the previous meetings of February and

March relating to the Statement on Intellectual Honesty, Procedures for

Dealing with Incidents of Intellectual Dishonesty, and Terms of Reference

of the Senate Committee on Academic Discipline.

REPORT OF CHAIRMAN

i) The Chairman drew to Senate's attention the decisions taken by

Universities Council regarding the proposal for a Faculty of Engineering

at Simon Fraser University. The Universities Council recommendations

include an increase of UBC facilities to accommodate a total of up to

2500 engineering undergraduates; establishment of a Faculty of Engineering

at UVIC when the need, based on demand, is perceived; and that SFU continue

to offer the first two years Engineering transfer program and pursue develop-

ment of a program of Engineering Science similar to that offered by the

University of Toronto.

The Board of Governors at a special meeting approved two motions in

connection with the UCBC decisions- that it questions Council's decisions,

and that it requests an early meeting with Council to determine the role

of SFU. J. Munro was asked to convey the Board's concerns to Senate.

T. Calvert regretted the decision which he said was based on an

ad hoc committee report accepted at one closed session meeting of

Council.

Moved by T. Calvert, seconded by P. Cot,

"Senate questions the wisdom of the Universities

Council decision on the development of Engineering

Education in B.C. and regrets that

The decision was made quickly and was based only

on the advice of the ad hoc Committee on Engineering;

There was no opportunity to discuss the long range

implications of this decision with the universities,

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The rationale for identifying the location of the

next Faculty of Engineering was based solely on a

superficial analysis of population and enrolment

patterns; and

There was no analysis of the relative merits of the

program proposals submitted by Simon Fraser

University and University of Victoria or consideration

of their cost effectiveness."

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

UNANIMOUSLY

J. Munro stated that the motion will be relayed to Universities

Council-along with an appropriate covering letter.

J. Tuinman was of the opinion that the University should take advantage

of the psychological situation rather

than expressing regrets, and suggested

that other proposals for new programs

should be developed for consideration

without delay.

P. Cote' spoke of the

negative essence of Council's report

retarding expansion of UB_acilit1es

from the current enrolment of between

1700 and 1800 students

--- to

when

2500

currently U.B.C. is able to graduate

only half the engineers hired in B.C.

ii)

The Chairman congratulated the successful

candidates in recent elections,

the details of which follow:

SCHANCELLOR

Ballots cast

960

Ballots spoiled

Individual totals:

Cote'

523

Crawley

103

Severy

Skalbania

228

P. T. COTE

RE-ELECTED

CONVOCATION SENATORS

966

Ballots cast

Ballots spoiled

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Individual totals:

Carter

514

Delessalle

181

Clas

320

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Litwin

131

Nielsen

365

Overholt

441

Palmer

Pasuta

Toor

Zrn

426

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ELECTED:

SHIRLEY DELORES CARTER

VALERIE NIELSEN

MICHAEL JOHN OVERHOLT (re-elected)

JOHN B. TOOR

(re-elected)

Terms of office for the Chancellor and for the Convocation Senators

are for three years, from June 1981 to May 31, 1984.

STUDENT SENATORS

As a result of the Second Call for Nominations and election of

two students to the Senate (with one from the Faculty of Education)

to complete the slate of student Senators, totalling eleven as specified

by the University Act, only one nomination was received, and PETER G.

CRIPPS (Faculty of Arts) was elected by acclamation. In a Third Call

for a Faculty of Education student, W. STUART BARDEN was elected by

acclamation. Terms of office for the student Senators are for one year,

from June 1, 1981 to May 31, 1982.

5. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

Senate Nominating Committee

a) Paper S._81-61 - Senate Election

As there were no nominations in addition to those submitted by the

Senate Nominating Committee, R. Starcevich was elected by acclamation

as a student Senator alternate to the Senate Committee on Undergraduate

Studies (SCUS) for no specified term of office. One vacancy on the

Committee for a student Senator alternate position remains to be filled.

ii)

SenateCommittee on Undergraduate Studies

a) Paper S.81-62 - Department of Business Administration and

Department of Economics - Curriculum Changes

Moved by J. Webster, seconded by W. Litwin,

"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors, as set forth in S.81-62,

1) the lower division course requirements specified

for those who will undertake a Major or Honors or

Minor in Economics and for those who will undertake

a Joint Major or Joint Honors in Business Adminis-

tration and Economics;

ii) the upper division requirement for a Major and re-

quirements for Honors in Economics, and for a Joint

Major or for a Joint Honors in Business Administration

and Economics.

I a

iii)

The changes in prerequisites andin the use of some

courses:

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BUS. 372-3 - Micro Perspectives and Organizations

BUS. 374-3 - Macro Perspectives on Organizations

BUS. 481-3 - Personnel Management I: Manpower Planning

and Staffing Decisions

BUS. 482-3 - Personnel Management II: Reward Systems

and Employee Development

BUS. 472-3 - Seminar in Organizational Behavior

BUS. 488-3 - Human Relations in Business

BUS. 489-3 - Small Groups and Organizations

T. McNabb asked for the rationale for the inclusion of six courses

in English and two in Philosophy in the lowet division prerequisites for

Majors, Joint Majors, Honors and Joint Honors, and K. Okuda stated the

selections were an attempt to improve English composition writing skills.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

Paper 5.81-63 - B.C. Studies Certificate Program

Senate was informed of actions undertaken by the Senate Committee

on Undergraduate Studies under its delegated authority to approve HIST

436-3 - British Columbia as a replacement for HIST 432-3 - The Canadian

West as an optional requirement for the B.C. Studies Certificate.

Paper 5.81-64 - Education - New Course Proposal - EDUC 480-4 -

Designs for Learning: French as a Second Language

Moved by J. Webster, seconded by W. Litwin,

"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors the proposal for the new course

EDUC 480-4 - Designs for Learning: French as a

Second Language."

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

It was noted that SCUS had approved waiver of the two semester time

lag requirement in order that EDUC 480-4 may be offered in the Fall

semester 81-3.

Paper S.81-65 - Proposal - Multiple Undergraduate Degrees

Moved by J. Webster, seconded by W. Litwin,

"That Senate approve the following additions to

regulations to provide for completion of multiple

undergraduate degrees:

The University should provide the opportunity for a

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student to complete, normally in series, more than o

undergraduate degree in Arts, Science, Education,

Interdisciplinary Studies.

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The same general principles as are applied to Double-

Major and/or Major/Minors within one degree with regard

to:

a) preventing multiple semester-credit-hour counting;

and

1)) accepting multiple use of course-content with appro-

priate credit-hour replacement

he adapted in a suitable way and applied to multiple

undergraduate degrees.

The place of origin of a first degree has bearing on

entry for a further degree at SFU only in determining

from recognized institutions the acceptability of grade

point averages for admission and program eligibility.

4.a) The basic requirement for any further degree shall be

not less than 60 credit hours of additional work for a

degree with a Major program (or for the BCS) and not

less than 72 credit hours of additional work for a degree

with an Honors program.

Of the minimum 60 credit hours required for a further

degree with a Major program (or for the BGS), not less

than 44-45 hours must be upper division work. Of the

minimum 72 credit hours required for a further degree

with an Honors program, not less than 60 hours must be

upper division work.

The department in which the further degree is being

taken has the right to require completion of prerequisite

lower division courses in addition to the minima specified

under 4 a) above.

General University regulations covering a first degree apply

to a second degree - unless otherwise stated or clearly

implied. These include, but are not limited to

minimum CPA required for graduation;

maximum number of transfer credit hours countable

towards Minor/Major/Honors programs (minimum number

of SFU credits required for Minor/Major/Honors programs);

maximum number of transfer credits countable as upper

division work toward the minimum of 60 or of 72 as

applicable;

Otherwise, general. faculty and departmental regulations

apply, except that students enrolled in further degrees

are not required to complete group requirements.

A student may not enrol in a further degree program at SFU

in a subject in which

he/she already holds a degree from SFU or elsewhere;

i) a student who has a Minor (or equivalent) in a

particular subject from SFU or elsewhere may en-

rol in a further SFU degree with a Major/Honors

program provided that the formal conditions under

2. above are met. A further, pragmatic condition

is that the program at SFU can accommodate to the

satisfaction of the department involved the taking

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of a Major/Honors program in the same subject beyond

the earlier Minor (or equivalent);

ii) A student taking this option will not be allowed to

transfer courses from earlier Minors or near Minors

and there can be no waivers granted on the basis of

this earlier work. This means that 28-32 new course

credit will have to be taken for a new Major, for

example."

J. Webster noted that increased interest in the offering of multiple

degrees had prompted the establishment of a sub-committee of SCUS, chaired

by W. Roberts, to consider an accumulation of documentation on the topic

which had been developed over the past five or more years. It was pointed

out that the current proposal is a first step to reach a worthwhile

objective and that, if and when experience suggests the necessity, adjust-

ments can be made in the regulations.

W. Roberts was invited to join the assembly to provide information

on the proposal. K. Rieckhoff enquired as to the processes utilized to

generate a community consensus, and J. Webster confirmed that this most

recent iteration had not been circulated beyond the Committee level although

all Deans and Faculty curriculum committee chairmen are represented in the

SCUS membership.

Moved by K. Rieckhoff, seconded by J. Crawley,

"That discussion be deferred to the next Senate meeting

to give the faculties opportunity to comment if they

wish to do so."

T. McNabb suggested that the proposal was of interest to students

primarily and an opportunity for comment should be provided to the Student

Society. This was accepted as a friendly amendment to the motion to defer.

In response to a question raised by L. Hale, the Secretary said that

the proposal for Multiple Degrees, if approved, could be initiated for the

Fall semester 1981 although a calendar entry could not be included in the

next edition of the University calendar.

Following considerable debate on the merits of deferring consideration,

question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION TO DEFER FAILED

During further consideration of the main motion, K. Rieckhoff pointed

out a number of implications which could arise if the proposed policy were

to be enacted, and the Secretary commented that the onus would be placed

on counsellors and advisers to make decisions as to the legitimacy of

applications to establish integrity and equitability and that the Extended

Studies Diploma option likely would limit interest in second degrees.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

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iii) Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules

a) Paper S.81-56 Addendum - Reports - Student Representation

Moved by W. Litwin, seconded by A. Wotherspoon,

"That Senate take from the table and continue debate

and action on S.81-56 - Reports - Student Representation."

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

Moved by K. Okuda, seconded by W. Litwin.

"That Senate approve that each Department in the

Faculty of Arts be authorized to select one student

representative to participate and vote in meetings

of the Faculty of Arts and to vote in Faculty refer-

enda. Each Department shall determine the qualifica-

tions, method of selection, and term of office of the

student representative, but student representatives

must be registered in the current or immediately pre-

ceding semester."

Amendment was moved by J. Hanson, seconded by W. Litwin,

"To replace 'Each Department' with 'Each Departmental

Student Union' for determination of the student repre-

sentative."

It was pointed out that not all departments have functional student

unions. Lengthy and heated debate followed with student Senators insisting

that responsibility for selection of representation belongs to the student

body, and faculty Senators disclaiming sufficient student interest to

facilitate development of curriculum issues.

An amendment to the amendment was proposed by L. Hale, "When the

Department does not have a student union the Student Forum shall

select the representative." which failed for lack of a seconder.

The amendment to the amendment by L. Hale was repeated by A.

Wotherspoon but was not accepted by the Chairman as it was considered to

be a separate amendment. An amendment to the amendment proposed by J.

Hanson to change the word "select" to "elect" was also ruled out of

order as contrary to the original amendment.

Question was called on the amendment, and a vote taken.

AMENDMENT FAILED

An amendment was moved by H. Weinberg, seconded by R. Brown,

"To strike the word 'select' and substitute 'elect;'

to strike 'method of selection;' to strike 'immediately

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preceding semester;' and to insert 'students'

between 'that' and 'each."

The Secretary cautioned that careful consideration should be given

to an amending change in wording inasmuch as the operating rules for

qualification of student status for certain purposes is that the indi-

vidual be currently registered or registered in the immediately preceding

semester and undertake not to miss two consecutive registrations. T.

Calvert questioned the authority of Senate to amend Paper S.81-65 given

the wording of the University Act, Sections 39 and 40. The Chairman'

contended that the amendment was in order, stating that a legal opinion

on the subject had been received.

A sub-amendment was moved by T. McNabb, seconded by J. Crawley,

"Where a student union exists within a department,

elections be carried out by the student union."

Question was called on the sub-amendment, and a vote taken.

SUB-AMENDMENT FAILED

14 in favor

16 opposed

Question was called on the amendment, and a vote taken.

AMENDMENT CARRIED

Question was called on the main motion, as amended,

"That Senate approve that -students in each department

in the Faculty of Arts be authorized to elect one

student representative to participate and vote in the

meetings of the Faculty of Arts and to vote in Faculty

referenda. Each Department shall determine the quali-

fications and term of office of the student representative,

but student representatives must be registered in the

current semester.

AMENDED MAIN MOTION

CARRIED

20 in favor

8 opposed

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REPORTS OF FACULTIES

There were no reports from faculties.

OTHER BUSINESS

There was no other business.

NOTICE OF MOTION

As indicated by K. Rieckhoff at the previous meeting and recorded

in the minutes, a notice of motion was

Moved by K. Rieckhoff, seconded by J. Crawley,

"That the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of

Interdisciplinary Studies, and the Faculty of

Science be directed to take action in discharging

their responsibility in connection with Section

39(b) of the University Act."

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

INFORMATION

The assembly recessed briefly at 9:25 p.m., prior to moving into

Closed Session.

H. M. Evans

Secretary