Absent:
.
Almassy, E.
Hancock, P.
Marx, R.
Basham, G.
LeBon, C.
.
DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY HELD?
ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1986 KLAUS RIECKHOFF HALL, 7:00 P.M.
OPEN SESSION
Present:
Saywell, W.G., Chairman
Arnold, T.
Barrow, R.
Bateman, F.
Berggren, J.L.
Boyanowsky, E.O.
Brown, R.C.
Clayman, B.P.
Cleveland, W.L.
Custodinho, S.
D'Auria, J.M.
Dickinson, J.
Dobb, T.C.
Everton, R.
Frindt, R.
Geen, G.
George, D.A.
Goodman, D.
Hamilton, W.M.
Hoegg, J.L.
Ivany, J.W.G.
Kennedy, P.E.
Love, C.E.
Mathewes, R.W.
Nielsen, V.
Osborne, J.A.
Pattison, S.L.
Pinfield, L.T.
Rainey, R.J.S.
Rieckhoff, K.E.
Roberts, M.C.
Salter, B.E.
Salter, L.
Saran, C.S.
Saunders, R.
Singh, M.
Strate, G.
Strutt,
?
S.
Swartz, N.
Tuinman,
J.
Verdun-Jones,
?
S.
Vining, A.
Warsh, M.
Weinberg, H.
Winne, P.H.
Heath, W .R., Secretary
Grant, B., Recording Secretary
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The Chairman welcomed the following newly elected Senators to Senate: F.
Bateman (Faculty of Arts), and S. Strutt (Faculty of Applied Sciences). Senate was
informed that another call for nominations would be issued to try to fill the
remaining student position from the Faculty of Science in time for the December
meeting of Senate.
1.
Approval of the Agenda
At the request of the Chair, agenda item 5-(iii)-(c)-(1)-Motion #1, 'Certificate
Program in Computer Literacy' was withdrawn, following which the Agenda was
approved.
2.
Approval of the Minutes of the Open Session of October 6. 1986
The Minutes were approved as distributed.
3.
Business Arising from the Minutes
a) ?
Paper S.86-46 - Changes to the Graduate Student Financial Support Program
The Chairman reported that he had received a request from the Student
Society of Simon Fraser University along with a separate cable from the Canadian
Federation of Students that Senate reconsider the changes to the Graduate Student
Financial Support Program approved at the last meeting.
Speaking on behalf of E. Almassy, R. Rainey advised that an ad hoc committee
of graduate students had been established since the last meeting in order to deal
specifically with this issue and conveyed their request that a one month
moratorium be placed on the implementation of the program so that a full
consultative process could take place.
The Chairman informed that the only avenue open to Senate was a motion to
reconsider which would have to be made at this point of the agenda by a Senator
who supported the original motion.
Moved by S. Pattison, seconded by R. Everton,
"that Senate reconsider Senate paper S.86-46 -
Changes to the Graduate Student Financial
Support Program"
Brief discussion took place with respect to the procedural issues involved
with a motion to reconsider and its subsequent consequences.
?
is
S. Pattison felt it would be very useful to have further input into this matter
and expressed opinion that should reconsideration be accepted he hoped the item
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would be tabled to the next meeting in order to allow an opportunity for further
input.
Speaking on behalf of the graduate students, R. Rainey informed Senate that
they did not wish to comment on the validity and worth of the program itself but
rather, expressed their concerns that the consultative process had largely excluded
them and they felt they should have a chance to discuss the proposed changes,
particularly since these changes had such broad repercussions on their finances.
K. Rieckhoff pointed out that the exact same concerns and issues were
addressed at length at the last meeting and since no substantive new evidence had
been presented to Senate, he felt reconsideration was inappropriate. Brief
discussion followed.
Question was called and a vote taken.
?
MOTION TO RECONSIDER FAILED
4.
Report of the Chairman
The Chairman reported that the Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules had
•
considered the inquiry made at the previous meeting as to why electioneering by
candidates was not allowed.
?
It was the committee's view that campaign speeches
?
on the floor of Senate were not desirable but that candidates, if they wished, could
present their platform or biography in writing (limited to one page) which would
then be circulated to Senate.
5.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
i) SENATE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
a) ?
Paper S.86-48 - Elections
The following are the results of elections to fill vacancies on the undernoted
Senate Committees:
Senate ?
Policy
Committee
on
Scholarships.
Awards ?
& ?
Bursaries
as Chairman, for balance term of
One Faculty
Senator
to replace
H. Weinberg,
office, from
date of
election to
September 30,
1987.
Elected by acclamation: ?
P. E. Kennedy
b) ?
The following names have been submitted by the Student Society for
membership on the undernoted Senate committees:
t ?
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Senate Policy Committee on Scholarships. Awards & Bursaries
One Student elected by Senate through SNC from among students named by
the Student Society for term of office from date of election to September 30,
1987.
Elected by acclamation: ?
M. Hollingshead
Senate Undergraduate Awards Adjudication Committee
Two Students elected by Senate through SNC from among students named by
the Student Society for term of office from date of election to September 30,
1987.
Elected by acclamation: ?
D. Thomson
Insufficient nominations
received:
?
(1 position vacant)
Senate Graduate Awards Adjudication Committee
Two Students elected by Senate through SNC from among students named by
the Student Society for term of office from date of election to September 30,
1987.
Elected by acclamation: ?
E. Balka
A. Cadavid
Senate Committee on Continuing Studies
Paper S.86-49 - Annual Report
The Annual Report of the Senate Committee on Continuing Studies was
received by Senate for information.
iii) Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
a)
?
Paper
S.86-50 -
Deletion of courses not offered
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by W. Cleveland,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-50, that the
following courses by deleted:
FREN 481 Seminar II
GEOG 222 Issues in Economic Geography
GEOG
425
Geography of Communications
LING 230 Amerindian I
CHIN 340 Chinese Literature in Translation
PHIL 414 Topics in Logic II
.
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PHIL
468
Seminar
?
III
. ?
POL. 434
Constitutionalism, Canadian and Comparative
PSYC 336
Sensation ?
II
S. A.
220 Social ?
Stratification
S. A.
352
Structural ?
Functionalist Theory
S. A.
394
Circumpolor Regions
S. A.
427
Sociology of Science
S. A.
473
Cultural Evolution
S. A.
488
Boreal Indian Groups
SPAN
140
Hispanic Culture I
SPAN 352
Latin American Literature
SPAN 447
Cervantes
BUS. 426
Accounting Practicum
VI
BISC
447
Control and Regulation in Plants
MASC 420
Marine Phycology
MASC
435
Introductory Biological Oceanography
CMNS
365
Communication Media I
CMNS 430
Communications and Cultural Form
II
CMNS
465
Communication Media
II
CMPT
110
Introduction to Computation in
the Humanities"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION
CARRIED
b) ?
Paper
S.86-5
1
.
-
Communication
Moved
by R. Saunders, seconded by K. Rieckhoff,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in
S.86-51,
the
proposed curriculum changes including:
i)
Revisions affecting course requirements for a Major
and Minor in Communication
ii)
Revisions restricting entry into the Honors Program,
Field Placement and Individual Study Semesters
iii)
Addition of four new courses:-
CMNS 315-4 Cultural Dimensions in Advertising
CMNS 421-4 Issues Seminar
CMNS 471-4 Selected Topics in Publishing
CMNS 497-2 Honors Seminar
iv)
Deletion of five courses:-
CMNS 330-5 Communication and Cultural Form I
CMNS
365-5
Communication Media: Theory and
Research
I
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CMNS
465-5
Communication Media:Theory and Research
II
CMNS
483-5
Directed Study
CMNS
487-5
Special Topics in Communication-B"
Senate was reminded by R. Brown that the Department of Communications was
moved to the Faculty of Applied Sciences on the understanding that they would
revise their curriculum to reflect a new orientation towards communications as a
science medium. He noted that the documentation before Senate states that the
proposals reflect no significant change in the direction, scope or orientation of the
Department. Senate has requested that a review of the Department take place two
years after moving into the Faculty of Applied Sciences to assess if the Department
was moving towards that orientation, and he hoped that the Department would be
able to live up to its commitment to Senate and the University.
L. Salter responded that the concerns of Senate will be answered at the time of
review and pointed out that two of the three components in the curriculum of the
Department deal directly with technology and therefore the Department is rightly
placed in Applied Sciences.
Reference was made
to CMNS 362 and concerns were expressed
about possible
resolved
overlap with
?
at
?
Sociology
SCUS ?
to
and
the ?
Anthropology.satisfaction
of
L.
both
Salter
?
Departments
advised that
?
and
this
agreement
issue had beenwas
?
is
reached for a process
of consultation to
take place with a view of
eliminating any
suggestion
?
of overlap,
between the two
departments.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION CARRIED
Senate received information that acting under delegated authority at its meeting of
October 14, 1986, the. Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies approved (i)
revisions to the calendar description for the Department of Communication; (ii)
minor revisions to the calednar descriptions, prerequisites, credit hours and course
vectors for a number of courses; (iii) revisions to the course content for seven
courses (less than
50%
of course content changed).
c) ?
Paper
S.86-52 -
Computing Science
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by V. Nielsen,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-52, the deletion
of
CMPT 392-3 Introduction to Digital Signal Processing
CMPT 491-4 Analogue and Digital Circuits"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
. MOTION CARRIED
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d)
?
Engineering Science
i)
?
Paper ?
S.86-53
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded
by D. George,
"That Senate approve and
recommend approval to the
Board
?
of
?
Governors, ?
as
set ?
forth
?
in
?
S.86-53, ?
the
proposed curriculum changes including:
New courses: ?
ENSC 330-4
Materials Science
ENSC 423-4
Modern Control Systems
ENSC
435-4
Quality Control and
Reliability in
Manufacturing
and the deletion of
ENSC 230-3
Engineering Materials
ENSC 435-3
Design of Machine
Components
ENSC 497-0
Internship ?
I
and the schedules of studies
for the options
a) ?
Robotics and Control, and
b)
?
Manufacturing Systems Engineering"
A suggestion to change the title of ENSC 330 to 'Engineering Materials' was accepted
as a friendly amendment. Brief discussion followed with respect to the change of
credit hours.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION CARRIED
Senate received information that acting under delegated authority at its meeting of
September 30, 1986 the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies approved (i)
editorial changes to calendar description and/or title for ENSC 101 through 108,
ENSC 280, ENSC 380, ENSC 382, ENSC 436, ENSC 438, ENSC 439, ENSC 480, ENSC 498,
ENSC 499; (ii) prerequisite changes to ENSC 280, ENSC 436, ENSC 438, ENSC 439,
ENSC 480, ENSC 498; (iii) credit hour change from 3 credits to 4 credits for ENSC
380, ENSC 436, ENSC 438, ENSC 439, ENSC 480; (iv) course number changes for ENSC
380 and ENSC 480.
Paper
S.86-54 -
Industrial Internship Requirement
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by D. George,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in
S.86-54,
the
proposed Industrial Internship requirement"
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Reference was made to the wording in the Calendar description which indicated
that students will be placed in a job and concerns were expressed that this implied
a commitment on the part of the university which could have legal ramifications
should this condition not be met. It was suggested that the wording be checked
with the University lawyers. D. George felt the word 'typically' would cover such
circumstances and pointed out the program has operated in this way in the past
and the only change proposed is the increase to the semesters of work.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION CARRIED
e)
?
Paper S
.86-55 -
Kinesiology
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by D. George,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in
S.86-55,
the
proposed new courses:.
KIN. 203-3 Computer Applications in Kinesiology
KIN. 426-3 Neuromuscular Anatomy"
The question of overlap between KIN. 203 and courses in Computing Science was
raised and concerns were expressed about the general increase of computer related
courses in various disciplines. R. Saunders responded that SCUS had considered the
question of overlap and indications were that Computing Science had no concerns
with overlap. He pointed out that there are insufficient resources for Computing
Science to expand their elementary computer courses and therefore offering
courses with specific computer applications within disciplines will help to alleviate
the problem by allowing students to become computer literate while learning
specific skills within their areas of interest. N. Swartz suggested that the issue of
whether or not these courses should be allowed to develop piecemeal within
various disciplines or whether there should be some kind of planning across the
curriculum for the gradual implementation of these kinds of courses, should be
addressed. R. Saunders informed that there are currently. two University
committees on, computing; the Policy Committee which has already adopted in
principle approval for the development of in-house . departmental computerized
laboratories, and a Committee on Instructional Computing which he Chairs. He
indicated the matter would be taken under advisement.
In response to questions concerning the equipment resources needed to mount KIN.
203, J. Dickinson advised that adequate funds had been allocated to Kinesiology for
the development of a computer instruction labooratory.
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0
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S
?
Moved by J. D'Auria, seconded by L. Pinfield,
"That the motion be divided to allow separate
consideration of each course"
Question was called, and a vote
taken. ?
MOTION TO
DIVIDE
FAILED
Question
was called on the original motion,
and a vote taken.
?
ORIGINAL MOTION CARRIED
Subject to the approval by Senate and the Board of Governors the Senate Committee
on Undergraduate Studies approved waiver of the normal two-semester time lag
requirement to permit first offering of KIN. 203-3 in Spring 87-1.
?
- -
f)
Paper
S.86-56 -
Revisions to the Bachelor of General Studies requirements
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by W. Cleveland,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
• Board of Governors, as set forth in
S.86-56,
the
proposed revisions to the Bachelor of General Studies
requirements"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION CARRIED
g)
Paper
S.86-56A
-Certificate in Liberal Arts and Faculty of
Arts Breadth Requirements
Motion #1 moved by R. Saunders, seconded by K. Rieckhoff,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in
S.86-56A,
the
proposed Certificate in Liberal Arts"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION #1 CARRIED
Motion #2 moved by R. Saunders, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in
S.86-56A,
the
proposed Faculty of Arts Breadth Requirements"
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K. Rieckhoff expressed concern that the proposal did not ensure any breadth at all
since it was possible for a student to do all the requirements within the social
sciences.
R. Brown pointed out that the new requirements require students to take courses
from at least five programs or departments outside their major which he felt
ensured students a reasonable amount of breadth. He also reminded Senate that
the Faculty of Arts had an extremely complex curriculum, and that the current
group requirements were not feasible. The proposal simplified the breadth
requirements and made them much easier to administer.
Brief discussion followed as to why the Certificate of Liberal Arts was not a
mandatory part of the breadth requirements.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION #2 CARRIED
g)
Paper
S.86-57 -
Geography
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies, acting under delegated authority at its meeting of October 14, 1986,
approved a change of prerequisite for GEOG 426.
Paper
Gerontology
S.86-58 -
Changes to the Gerontology Diploma Program
Moved 'by R. Saunders, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-58, the
proposed
,
changes to the Gerontology Diploma
Program"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION CARRIED
Paper
S.86-59 -
New Courses in Gerontology
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by
R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board
of Governors, as set forth in S.86-59, the
proposed new courses:
GERO 402-3 Drug Issues in Gerontology
GERO 403-3 Counselling with Older Adults"
h)
i)
ii)
.
.
S
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION CARRIED
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0
i) ?
Paper S.86-60 - Humanities
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-60, the
proposed new courses:
HUM. 201-3 Great Texts in the Humanities I
HUM. 202-3 Great Texts in the Humanities II
HUM. 380-3 Special Topics in the Humanities"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION CARRIED
?
j) ?
Paper S.86-61 - Canadian Studies
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-61, the
• ?
proposed
i)
New course CN.S 360-4 Interdisciplinary Readings
in Canadian Studies
ii)
Deletion of CN.S 350-3 The Francophone Outside
Quebec
iii)
Distribution requirements
iv)
Change in required courses"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION CARRIED
?
k) ?
Paper S.86-62 - Centre for the Arts
Senate received information that the Senate Commitee on Undergraduate
Studies, acting under delegated authority at its meeting of October 21, 1986,
approved change of prerequisites for FPA. 330-3, 122-4, 134-3, 230-3, 104-3, 141-
3, 147-3, 151-3, 152-3, 160-3, 370-3, and 163-3.
?
1) ?
Paper S.86-63 - Cognitive Science Program
Motion #1 moved by R. Saunders, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-63, the
proposed new courses:
COGS 200-3 Basic Cognitive Science
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COGS 400-3 Advanced Cognitive Science
COGS
490-5
Honors Project I
COGS 491-5 Honors Project II"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION #1 CARRIED
Motion #2 moved by R. Saunders, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-63, the
proposed change in Cognitive Science program
requirements"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION #2 CARRIED
m)
Paper S.86-64 - Economics
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by
R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board
of Governors, as set forth in S.86-64, the
proposed changes to the lower level requirements"
L. Boland, Chairman of the Department of Economics, was called upon to respond to
an inquiry as to whether the changes were proposed to remedy a perceived
deficiency in the new Faculty of Arts Breadth requirements. He informed Senate
that the Department wished to put in place the proposed changes in spite of the
new breadth requirements but pointed out that the revisions were consistent with
the regulation and did not recommend any arbitrary additions to it.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION CARRIED
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies,
acting under delegated authority at its meeting of October 12, 1986, approved
change of prerequisites for ECON 301.
n)
Languages Literatures and Linguistics
i)
?
Paper S.86-65 - Linguistics
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-65, the
proposed
.
S
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. ?
i) Revision of
ii) New
courses:
LING 240-3
LING 250-3
LING
260-3
LING
321-3
LING
322-2
LING
324-3
LING 430-3
LING 431-3
LING 432-3
LING 480-3
LING
481-3
ii) Deletion of:
LING 220-3
LING
230-3
LING 402-3
LING
419-3
degree requirements
Theory and Analysis in Linguistics
Linguistic Aspects of Language Acquisition
Language, Culture and Society
Phonology
Syntax
Semantics
Native American Languages
Language Structures I
Language Structures II
Topics in Linguistics I
Topics in Linguistics II
Introduction to General Linguistics
Amerindian I
General Phonology
The History of Linguistics"
Question was called, and
a
vote taken.
?
MOTION CARRIED
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies,
acting under delegated authority at its meeting of October 14, 1986 approved
course revisions including LING 100-3 Change of description; LING 130-3 Change of
descritpion; LING 221-3 Change of description, prerequisites, title; LING 222-3
Change of description, prerequisites, title; LING 300-3 Change of number; LING
323-3 Change of description and number; LING 360-3 Change of description,
number, prerequisites, title; LING 361-3 Change of description, number,
prerequisites, title; LING 3623 Change of number, prerequisites, description; LING
403-3 Change of description, prerequisites, title; LING
405-3
Change of description,
prerequisites, title; LING
406
Change of description, prerequisites, title; LING 407-3
Change of description, prerequisites, title; LING 408-3 Change of description,
prerequisite; LING 4093 Change of description, prerequisite; LING 410-3 Change of
number; LING 411-3 Change of number; LING 412-3 Change of number; LING 422-
3 Change of number; LING 440-3 Change of number, title, description, prerequisites;
LING 441-3
Change of description, number, prerequisites, title.
Paper S.86-66 - Spanish
Motion #1 moved by R. Saunders, seconded by R. Brown,
• "That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-67, the
proposed revision in degree requirements - Spanish"
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T. Kirschner, Chairperson of the Spanish Division, was called upon to respond to an
inquiry as why no new resources were required when eighteen hours of new
courses are proposed. T. Kirschner drew Senate's attention to the fact that there
were more course deletions than additions and advised that the Spanish program
had been reduced considerably over the past year.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION #1 CARRIED
Motion #2 moved by R. Saunders, seconded by R. Brown,
"That
Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board
of ?
Governors,
?
as
?
set ?
forth
?
in ?
S.86-66, ?
the
proposed new courses:
SPAN
220
?
Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
SPAN
310 Reading Spanish for the Humanities and
the Social Sciences
SPAN
402 Dialectology II:
?
Lexicon
SPAN
425 Teaching Spanish as a Second Language
SPAN
460 Special Topics
SPAN
461
?
Special Topics II"
(Secretary's ?
Note:
The following course deletions
?
which are
?
outlined in
?
Senate
paper S.86-66 and
listed on the Agenda were inadvertently omitted on the motion
sheet.
?
Intent is to have them included in the approval of Senate paper S.86-66).
- Deletion
of SPAN 111, 202, 241, 351, 352, 409, 412, 447
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION #2 CARRIED
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies,
acting under delegated authority at its meeting of October 21, 1986, approved
revisions to a number of Spanish courses.
iii) Paper S.86-67 - Latin American Studies
Motion #1 moved by R. Saunders, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-67, the
proposed changes in the Latin American Studies
Program"
?
0
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION #1 CARRIED
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.
?
Motion #2 moved by R. Saunders, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval of the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-67, the
proposed new coures:
LAS. 311-3 Latin American International Relations
LAS.
498-5
Independent Study Project"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION #2 CARRIED
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies,
acting under delegated authority, at its meeting of October 21, 1986 approved
revisions to a number of LAS courses.
iv) Paper S.86-68 - French
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies, acting under delegated authority at its meeting of October 21, 1986
approved change of vector for FREN 100.
S
o)
Paper S.86-69 - Psychology
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-69, the
proposed changes in Honors Program description"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION CARRIED
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies,
acting under delegated authority at its meeting of October 21, 1986, approved
change of prerequisites for PSYC 385 and PSYC 402.
p)
Paper S.86-70 - Sociology/Anthropology
Motion #1 moved by R. Saunders, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-70, the
S
?
proposed revisions to the undergraduate methodology
requirements in Sociology and Anthropology"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION #1 CARRIED
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Motion #2 moved by R. Saunders, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-70, the
proposed new courses:
S.A. 263-4 Peoples of the Third World
S.A. 286-4 Native Cultures of British Columbia
S.A. 301-4 Key Ideas in Anthropology
S.A. 387-4 Canadian Native Peoples
S.A. 388-4 Comparative Studies of Minority Indigenous
Peoples
S.A. 402-4 The Use of Anthropology
S.A. 411-4 Anthropology of Complex Societies
Deletion of:
S.A. 140-4 Introduction to the Ethnography of British
Columbia
S.A.
170-4
Introductory ?
Anthropology
S .A.
270-4
Anthropological Concepts
S.A.
280-4
Peasant Society
S.A.
291-4
The Anthropology of Modern Life
S.A.
352-4
Structural ?
Functionalist Theory
S.A.
370-4
History of Anthropological Thought
S.A.
391-4
Latin America
S.A.
394-4
Circumpolar Regions
S.A.
464-4
Urban Anthropology
S.A.
473-4
Cultural Evolution
S.A.
476-4
East Africa
S.A.
488-4
Boreal Indian Groups
S.A.
490-4
British Columbia"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION #2 CARRIED
Motion #3 moved by R. Saunders, seconded by R. Brown,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-70, the
proposed changes to the Anthropology curriculum"
S
o
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION #3 CARRIED
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Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies,
acting under delegated authority at its meeting of October 14, 1986, approved (i)
course revisions including S.A.
255-4
Change of title, description, number,
prerequisites S.A.
355-4
Change of title, description; S.A.
356-4
Change of
prerequisites; ?
S.A.
455-4
Change of prerequisites; S.A.
456-4
Change of
prerequisites; (ii) revisions to Anthropology courses including S.A. 101-4 Change of
number, description; S.A. .201-4 Change of number, description, prerequisites; S.A.
293-4 Change of description, prerequisites; S.A. 323-4 Change of description,
prerequisites; S.A. 332-4 Change of title, description, prerequisites; S.A. 363-4
Change of
title,
description, prerequisites; S.A. 364-4 Change of number, title,
description, prerequisites; S.A. 384-4 Change of title, description, prerequisites; S.A.
369-4 Change of title, description, prerequisites; S.A. 374-4 Change of description,
prerequisites; S.A. 386-4 Change of title, description, prerequisites; S.A. 390-4
Change of number, description, prerequisites; S.A. 392-4 Change of -number,
description, prerequisites; S.A. 396-4 Change of description, prerequisites; S.A. 400-
4 Change of number, prerequisites; S.A. 451-4 Change of prerequisites; S.A. 463-4
Change of title, description, prerequisites; . S.A. 467-4 Change of title, description,
prerequisites; S.A. 468-4 Change of description, .prerequisites; S.A. 469-4 Change of
title, description, prerequisites; S.A. 472-4 Change of description, prerequisites; S.A.
486-4 Change of title, description, prerequisites; S.A. 492-4 Change of title,
description, prerequisites; S.A.
495-4
Change of description, prerequisites; S.A. 496-
4 Change of prerequisites.
q) ?
Paper S.86-71 - Education
Motion #1 moved by R. Saunders, seconded by J. Tuinman,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-71 the
proposed new course EDUC 350-3 Instructional
Programs for Diverse Settings"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION #1 CARRIED
Motion #2 moved by R. Saunders, seconded by J. Tuinman,
"That
Senate approve and
recommend approval to the
Board
of
?
Governors,
as set ?
forth
?
in ?
S.86-71,
?
the
proposed
new courses
EDUC
485-3,
4 or 6 Special
Topics
. ?
EDUC
497-3,
4 or 6 Special
Topics
EDUC 498-3,
4 or 6 Special
Topics"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION #2 CARRIED
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Subject to the approval by Senate and the Board of Governors the Senate Committee
on Undergraduate. Studies approved waiver of the normal two-semester time lag
requirement to permit first offering of these courses in Spring 87-1.
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies,
acting under delegated authority at its meeting of September 30, 1986, approved
change of credits for EDUC 486 Special Topics from 4 to 3, 4 or 6; EDUC 487 Special
Topics from 4 to 3, 4
.
or 6; EDUC 488 Special Topics from 4 to 3, 4 or 6; EDUC
495
Special Topics from 6 to 3, 4 or 6; EDUC 496 Special Topics from 3 to 3, 4 or 6.
r)
Paper S.86-72 - Biological Sciences
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by V. Nielsen,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-72, the
proposed new courses-
BISC 416-3 Fish Biology
BISC 423-4 Biotechnology - Industrial Applications
BISC 431-4 Molecular Biotechnology
and deletion of-
BISC 421-3 Biotechnology"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION CARRIED
Subject to the approval by Senate and the Board of Governors the Senate Committee
on Undergraduate Studies approved waiver of the normal two-semester time lag
requirement to permit first offering of BISC 416 and BISC 431 in Spring 87-1.
s)
Paper S.86-73 - Chemistry
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by V. Nielsen,
!
'That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-73, the
proposed new courses:
CHEM 102-3 General Chemistry I for Physical Sciences
CHEM 103-3 General Chemistry II for Physical Sciences
CHEM 119-2 General Chemistry Laboratory II for
Physical Sciences"
J. D'Auria provided brief background information advising that the proposed
streaming attempts to meet the needs of two specific groups of students, those
interested in physcial chemistry and those interested in organic chemistry, and also
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brings the Chemistry program into line with other departments in the Faculty of
Science providing these separate streams for their students.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION CARRIED
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies,
acting under delegated authority at its meeting of October 14, 1986, approved
course revisions including CHEM 104-3 Change of title, description, prerequisites;
CITIEM
105-3
Change of title, description, prerequisites; CHEM 118-2 Change of title,
prerequisites; CHEM
115-2
Change of title, prerequisites; CHEM 218-3 Change of
prerequisites; CHEM 232-3 Change of prerequisites; CHEM 251-3 Change of
prerequisites; CHEM 256-2 Change of prerequisites; CHEM 261-3 Change of
prerequisites; CHEM 306-0 Change of prerequisites; CHEM 361-3 Change of
prerequisites; NUSC 344-3 Change of prerequisites.
t)
Paper S.86-74 - Mathematics and Statistics
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by H. Weinberg,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
• Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-74, the
proposed recommendation for experience in a
Programming Language"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION CARRIED
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies,
acting under delegated authority at its meeting of October 14, 1986, approved
course revisions including MATH 243-3 Change of prerequisites and MATH 433-3
Change of prerequisites.
u)
Physics
i) ?
Paper
S.86-75 -
Curriculum Changes
Motion #1 moved by R. Saunders, seconded by H. Weinberg,
"That
Senate approve
and recommend approval to the
Board of
?
Governors,
as ?
set ?
forth ?
in
?
S.86-75, ?
the
proposed
New
courses:
PHYS
130-2 General
Physics Laboratory A
PHYS
430-5
Digital
Electronics and Interfacing
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Deletion of
?
.
PHYS 432-4 Advanced Physics Laboratory II"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION #1 CARRIED
Motion #2 moved by R. Saunders, seconded by K. Rieckhoff,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth
in S.86-75,
the
proposed changes in part of the Physics Honors
requirement"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION #2 CARRIED
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies,
acting under delegated authority at its meeting of October 14, 1986 approved
course revisions including PHYS 131-2 Change of title and prerequisites; PHYS 326-
3 Change of corequisites; PHYS 331-3 Change of corequisites.
Paper S.86-76 - Majors Program in Applied Physics
?
S
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by K. Rieckhoff,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-76, the
proposed Majors Program in Applied Physics"
In reply
to concerns expressed about
the increase in hours needed for graduation,
R. Frindt advised that it was possible to complete the program in eight semesters
and advised that the proposal was supported by students in Physics. In response
to questions concerning the equipment requirements, R. Saunders advised that the
costs would be covered by funds allocated to Physics for the development of
computerized laboratories.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
v) ?
Paper S.86-77 - Minor in Quaternary Studies
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by K. Rieckhoff,
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. "That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors, as set forth in S.86-77, the
proposed Minor in Quaternary Studies"
S. Pattison felt that. one hour credit allocation for the seminar courses was
insufficient in view of the student's investment in terms of time and costs. R.
Mathewes pointed out that
,
the costs would be minimal since the field trips would
be to local areas of interest and it was quite common to ask students to contribute
towards these expenses.
D. Goodman expressed concern that the new courses proposed at the 400-level had
no prerequisites and were restricted to students enrolled in the quaternary studies
program. R. Mathewes noted that to run the program effectively, size becomes a
limiting factor but if space was available he could see no reason why special
arrangements could not be made to include interested students. D. Goodman
expressed opinion that the new registration priority system would handle such
cases and therefore it was not necessary for the restriction to appear in the
Calendar. Referring to the question
about prerequisites, R. Mathewes indicated
that due to its
highly interdisciplinary nature, the program would draw students
from different backgrounds and each case would have to be considered
•
individually; thus the notation as a prerequisite 'permission of the program
advisor'.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
MOTION CARRIED
iv) Senate Committee on Agenda & Rules
Paper S.86-78 - Notice of Motion - Senate. October 6. 1986
Moved by H. Weinberg, seconded by K. Rieckhoff,
"That Senate consider as policy the position that there
can be no two successive, cancellations of Senate's
monthly meetings"
K. Rieckhoff pointed out that the advisory function of Senate had diminshed and
that it would be very useful to administrators and decision-making bodies to have
Senate's opinions on issues of general concern which do not necessarily require
Senate's participation.
Referring to the large number of curriculum' matters on the agenda, S. Verdun-
Jones expressed opinon that individual items could not receive proper consideration
and felt that the items should be distributed more evenly into several meetings of
Senate. G. Ivany stressed the importance of curriculum changes being made in a
timely fashion at an appropriate point in the year relative to resource allocation,
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registration and Calendar distribution and he was opposed to changes being made
any time all through the year. He informed Senate of his intent to revise the
academic planning process relative to SCUS and SCAP and hoped to bring a
recommendation to Senate at a future meeting.
W. Cleveland pointed out that meetings over the summer when many people are
dispersed, especially students, will lead to problems such as that encountered with
respect to the graduate students and the changes to the graduate financial support
system. It was noted that Senators were free at any time to place an issue before
Senate for discussion and opinion was expressed that decision to determine
whether or not a meeting was justified should be left with the Chairman of Senate
and SCAR.
The Chairman reminded Senators that because the motion had the effect of
changing the Rules of Senate an affirmative vote by two-thirds of the voting
members present was required to carry the motion.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
?
.
?
MOTION FAILED
6. ?
Other Business
a)
H. Weinberg expressed concerns about the considerable variation which exists
from department to department with respect to the way in which credit hours are
related to vector designation. If there was no formal policy, he felt the university
should establish general regulations or guidelines and requested that SCUS take this
issue under consideration and report back to Senate.
b)
S. Pattison complained about receiving notice of . meetings and meeting
material on short notice and, in some cases, after the meeting has taken place. He
inquired about the possibility of announcing scheduled committee meetings at the
regular sessions, of Senate. The Chairman suggested this matter be taken under
advisement by SCAR for report back to Senate.
7.
?
Notices of Motion
The following notice of motion was presented by 'S. Pattison.
"That members of the Board of Governors be invited to
join and participate in a special session of Senate at
least once annually"
.
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08. ?
Information
The date of the next regular meeting of Senate is scheduled for Monday,
December 1, 1986.
The Assembly moved directly into Closed Session at
9:35
p.m.
W. R. Heath
Secretary of the Senate
