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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY HELD
MONDAY. MAY 11, 1981, 3172 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 7:00 P.M.
OPEN SESSION
Present:
Pedersen, K.
C.,
Chairman
Anderson, S. K.
Absent:
Bowman, M.
L.
Arrott,
A.
S.
Cot,
P.
T.
Beirne, B.
P.
Doherty,
P.
M.
Bhakthan, N.M.G.
Ceen,
C.
H.
Blaney,
J.
P.
Cehlbach,
F.
D.
Brown, R. C.
Hale,
L.
R.
Calvert, T. W.
Hinchcliffc,
S.
Cochran,
J.
F,
Holmes,
R.
A.
Crawley, J. M.
McKeown, B.
A.
Dobb, T.
C.
Overholt,
M.
J.
Einstein,
F.
Toor,
.1.
B.
Evenden, L. J.
Tuinman,
J.
J.
Hanson,
J.
A.
Wagner,
P.
L.
Irwin, J.
C.
Webster,
J.
M.
Ivany,
J.W.G.
Johnston, H.J.M.
Jones,
C.H.W.
Litwin, W.
C.
Luetzen, S.
.
Mackauer, J.P.M.
McNabb, C. T.
Moffatt,
D.
C.
Munro, J. M.
Okuda, K.
Palmer,
L. H.
Rieckhoff, K.
E.
Starcevich,
R.D.I.
Trainer, M. D.
Verdun-Jones, S.
N.
Weinberg, H.
Weinkam, J. J.
Widee.n,
M.
F.
Wotherspoon, A.
J.
Evans, H. M., Secretary
Heath, N.
Norsworthy, R.,
Recording Secretary
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Details of a number of elections to the Senate and to the Board of
Governors are shown below.
SENATE
Election by and from fnculty members jointly of three members who
are full-time faculty members or who have been designated by Senate as
holding equivalent positions to replace K. E. Rieckhoff, C. H. Geen and
M. L. Bowman, whose terms of office expire May 31, 1981.
Ballots cast
282
Ballots spoiled
3
Individual totals: Banister
78
Cercone
77
D'Auria
72
Krebs
93
Liston
61
Merler
67
Resnick
66
Rieckhoff
116
Three individuals receiving the highest numbers
of votes and elected for terms of office from
Juite 1, L981 to May 31, 1984:
E. W. BANISTER
D. KREBS
K. E. RIECKHOFF (re_electe$
Election by and from the Faculty of Arts of one full-time faculty
member (or designated electoral equivalent) to replace P. L. Wagner whose
term of office expires May 31, 1981.
Elected by acclamation for term of office from
June 1, 1981 to May 31, 1984:
W. L. CLEVELAND
Election by and from the Faculty of Education of one full-time faculty
member (or designated electoral equivalent) to replace J. J. Tuinman, whose
term of office expires May 31, 1981.
Elected by acclamation for term of office from
June 1, 1981 to May 31, 1984:
M. E. MANLEY-CASIMIR
Election by and from the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies of one
full-time faculty member (or designated electoral equivalent) to replace
J. J. Weinkam, whose term of office expires May 31, 1981.
Ballots cast
38
Ballots spoiled
3
Individual totals: Leiss
22
Savage
13
is
Individual receiving the higher number of votes
and elected for term of office from June 1, 1981
to May 31, 1984:
W. LEISS
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Election by and from the-Faculty of Science of one full-Lime
faculty member (or designated electoral equivalent) to replace
C.H.W. Jones whose term of office expires May 31, 1981.
Ballots cast
81
Ballots spoiled
1
Individual totals: Jones
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47
Reilly
33
Individual receiving the higher number of votes
and re-elected for term of office from June 1,
1981 to May 31, 1984:
C.H.W. JONES
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Election by and from faculty members jointly of two members who
are full-time faculty members or who have been designated by Senate
as holding equivalent positions to replace C. C. Hoyt and K. E. Rieckhoff,
whose terms of office expire May 31, 1981.
Ballots cast
282
Ballots spoiled
3
Individual, totals:
Banister
80
Boiman
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131
Boyanowsky
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45
Rieckhoff
137
Whitaker
95
Two individuals receiving the highest numbers
of votes and elected for terms of office from
June 1, 1981 to May 31, 1984:
M. L. BOWMAN
K. E. R1ECK1iOH' (re-elected)
Election by and from full-time employees who are not faculty members
of one full-time employee who is not a faculty member to replace R.
Clavier whose term of office expires May 31, 1981.
Ballots cast
506
Ballots spoiled
Individual totals: Anderman
16
Hendy
117
Herberts
80
Hiidred
50
Newcombe
155
Savage
27
Say
58
Individual receiving the highest number of votes
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and elected for term of office from June 1, 1981
to May 31, 1984:
H. J. NEWCO1BE
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1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
It was moved, seconded and carried that the agenda be approved
as distributed.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the Open Session of April 6, 1981 were approved
as circulated.
3. BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
There was no business arising from the minutes.
4. REPORT OF CHAIRMAN
i)
The Chairman introduced a number of newly elected Senators who
had accepted an invitation to observe the operations of Senate in
advance of commencement of their terms of office. Senators, Wagner,
Tuinman, Weinkam, Geert, Litwin, Anderson, Trainer, Luetzen and Moffatt,
who are relinquishing their positions at the expiry date of terms of
of lice on May 31, 1981, were thanked for their contributions to Senate
and its Committees.
ii)
A letter from the President, numbered S.81-68a, directed to the
Chairman of Universities Council was distributed to the membership
(and sink ' circulated to the Senate mailing list) for information on
the allocation process for the current year by UCBC. C. Pedersen
elaborated on previous practices and present procedures which have led
to a short-fall of half a million dollars in anticipated allocation.
iii)
The Chairman of Business Administration is concerned regarding the
potential effect of recently introduced numerical limitations in UBC's
third year Business and Commerce programs, which may have some spill-
over into SFU's Department of Business Administration. Some apprehen-
sion has been expressed regarding a policy change in the State of
Washington where tuition fees for non-state residents have been doubled
or trebled.
iv)
An opportunity has been presented for review of UCBC's complete
report on the recommendations for Engineering programs within the
Province, and following two meetings there has been encouragement by
the Ministry for Simon Fraser University to enter into a cooperative
arrangement with UBC to offer the full first two years of the five year
UBC Engineering program, and to move into the high-technology aspects of
engineering and into Engineering Science. The President suggested that,
although previous experience had been disappointing, he has some enthu-
siasin to take the invitation seriously.
5. REI'ORTS OF COMMITTEES
L)
Senate Nominating Committee
a) Paper S.81-6q - Senate Elections
Ballots were distributed for elections to the Senate Comibittee on
Academic Discipline, details of which follow.
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Election by and from Senate of one member as Chairman for a one
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year term of office but extending from June 1, 1981 to September 30,
1982.
Ballots cast
32
Ballots spoiled
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Individual totals: Crawley
6
Wideen
26
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Individual receiving the higher number of
votes and elected:
M. F. WIDEEN
Election of four faculLy members for various terms of office.
(It was noted that D. L. Baillie had withdrawn his candidacy.)
Ballots cast
iZ
Ballots spoiled
2
Individual Totals:
Cunningham
16
Doerr
22
Kazepides
22
Palmer
16
Richards
6
Swartz
18
Weldon
15
Wilkinson
5
Two individuals receiving the highest numbers
of votes and elected for two year terms of office
but extending from June 1, 1981 to September 30,
A. D. DOERR
1983:
A. C. KAZEP[DES
Individual receiving the next highest number
of votes and elected for a two year term of
office but staggered from June 1, 1981 to
September 30, 1982:
N. M. SWARTZ
As the count for the alternate position was tied, a second ballot
was distributed.
Ballots cast
33
Ballots spoiled
1
Individual totals: Cunningham
9
Palmer
23
Individual receiving the highest number of votes
and elected to the alternate position for a one
year term of office but extending from June 1,
1981 to September 30, 1982
L. H. PALMER
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ii) Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
a)
ParS.81-70-New Course Prqposal_- ARC. 442-5_-_Forensic
r2P2Jx
Moved by A. Wotherspoon, seconded by T. McNabb,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.81-70, the
proposed new course ARC. 442-3 - Forensic
Anthropology."
J. Hanson suggested that the proposed new course be thcluded in
the
group requirements for the Criminology Department, and S. Verdun-
Jones said he would bring the matter to the attention of the depart-
mental curriculum committee.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
b)
Paper S.81-71 - HIST
361-3 -
Change of Description
Senate was advised that SCUS, acting under delegated authority,
had approved a change of description for HIST 361-3 - History of
Science: The 18th Century to the Present.
c)
Paper S.81-72 - New Course Proposals:RUSS 211-3,, 310-3, 311-3
Moved by W. Litwin, seconded by A. Wotherspoon,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.81-72, the
proposed new courses:
RUSS 211-3 - Intermediate Practice in Russian
Translation;
RUSS 310-3 - Projects in Russian Translation I;
RUSS 311-3 - Projects in Russian Translation II."
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
d)
Paper S.81-73 - PHIL 001-3 - Change of Description
Senate received an information paper regarding SCUS approval
under its delegated authority of a change in description for PHIL
001-3 - [n Pursuit of Truth.
e)
Paper S.81-74 - Business Administration - Change of Pre-
requisites
An information paper covering prerequisite changes for BUS. 307-3
- Managerial Economics, and BUS. 337-3 - Management. Information Systems 1,
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as approved by SCUS under its delegated authority, was received by
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f)
Paper
S.81-7
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Special Topics Courses-_FacuO[
Senate noted for information the listing of speciaL topics offer-
ings of the Faculty of Arts during the Spring semester 1981.
g)
Paper S.81-76 T Centre for the Arts
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r iculum
Changes:
New Course Proposals; Chan
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es in the Film Minor
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eniep
Some Changes
n Prerequisites, De.tionsL2I
Matters
Moved by T. Calvert, seconded by W.
Litwin,
1.
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.81-76,
the
proposed new courses:
a)
FPA.
372-2 - Technical Production 1;
FPA. 373-3 - Technical Production II
b)
FPA. 234-3 - introduction to Film Studies;
FPA. 331-3 - The Crafts of Film III
FPA. 436-5 - Selected Topics in Film Studies I."
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Subject to approval by Senate and by the Board of Governors, SCUS
firt
oil eri.ng
has approved waiver of the time lag requirement to permit
of FPA.
234-3,
FPA.
372-2 and FPA.
436-5 in the Fall 81-3.
T. McNabb stated that there has been discussion on where new courses
fit in with the overall planning of the Centre for the Arts, and it seems
appropriate to refer the document to SCAP to ascertain conformity with
the original plan. T. Calvert countered that the changes proposed and
the additional courses are not inconsistent with the approved programs
and were considered to be merely fine tuning of the planning.
Moved by K. RieckhOff, seconded by T. McNabb,
"That Paper S.81-76 be referred to the Senate
Committee on Academic Planning, with authorization
to approve without return to Senate if the curriculum
changes conform to the original planning and intent."
J. Munro commented that there were no major changes involved in
the presentation and he suspected that SCAP would confirm con-dstency
with the previous approval, lie noted that the motion to refer would
require a two-thirds majority vote for approval. R. Brown described
the deliberations of the Senate Committee on Undergradm1Jt€ Si d ics
in connection with the proposals.
Question was called on the motion to refer, and a vote taken.
MOTION TO REFER FAILED
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Question was then called on Motion 1, and a vote taken.
MOTION 1 CARRIED
Moved by T. Calvert, seconded by C. Bhakthan,
2.
"[hat Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.81-76, pro-
posed changes in the Film Minor requirements."
J. Hanson questioned the credit requirements for a Minor program
and T. Calvert stated that although the Centre for the Arts Minors
follow a heavy pattern it is-substantially less than requirements for
a Major.
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Acting under its delegated authority, scus approved changes related
to the following:
i) FPA. 104-3 - Music Fundamentals - Change in prerequisite
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and description.
FPA. 230-3 - The Crafts of Film I - Change in prerequisite.
• ii) FPA. 236-3 - The History of Aesthetics of Cinema I - Change in
number to FPA. 136-3 (effective September 1981).
Students with credit for FPA. 236-3 may not take
this course for further credit.
FPA. 237-3 - The History of Aesthetics of Cinema II - Change in
number to FPA. 137-3; also change in prerequisite
from FPA. 236-3 to FPA. 136-3 recommended effective
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September 1981. Students with credit for FPA. 237-3
may not take this course for further credit.
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iii) FPA. 334-3 - Film Analysis - Change in prerequisite.
FPA. 430-5 - Directed Studies in Film Production I - Change in
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'fItië ot special topics course ortefings ot the Faculty or inter-
disciplinary Studies during the Fail semester 1980 and the Spring
semester 1981 were distributed to Senate for information.
k) Paper S.81-80 - Special Topics Courses - Faculty of Science,
1980-2. 1980-3
Senate received an information paper covering the special topics
course offerings of the Faculty of Science during the Summer and Fall
semesters of 1980.
i-il) Senate Committee on Academic Planning
a) Paper S.81-81 - Proposed Guidelines for Program Review
Moved by J. Munro, seconded by W. Litwin,
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"That Senate approve the program review guidelines set
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out in the attached paper."
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"That Senate rescind the Departmental review procedures
established in Senate documents S.224 and S.72-130."
J. Munro said that the current review procedures had proven to
be useless in returning value for efforts required, and that the pro-
posal as outlined in the guidelines for program review would regularize
the processes which the Senate Committee on Academic Planning wishes to
undertake in its review of new and existing programs. K. Rieckhoff
suggested that reviews under the proposal appeared to be at the discre-
tion of the Dean and the Vice-President, Academic, and he asked what
assurance there would be that the procedures which had been formuLated
would be utilized.
An amendment to Section 7 of the guidelines was moved by T. McNabb,
seconded by J. Crawley,
"That the wording of Section 7 be altered to read:
"Existing programs may be referred to SCAP for
review and assessment by either
1.
The Dean of the Faculty, or
2.
The Vice-President, Academic, or
3.
Senate."
Question was called on the amendment, and a vote taken.
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AMENDMENT CARRIED
Question was called on the main motion, as amended, and a vote taken.
MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED
CARRIED
6.
REPORTS OF FACULTIES
There were no reports from Faculties.
7.
OThER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
8.
NOTICES OF MOTION
There were no notices of motion.
9.
INFORMATION
The next regular meeting of Senate is scheduled for Monday, .June 1,
1981.
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The assembly recessed briefly at 8:05 prior to moving into Closed
Session which Senators-elect were invited to observe.
H. M. Evans
Secretary