. DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE

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

ON MONDAY, DECEMBER

1988 KLAUS RIECKHOFF HALL, 7:00 P.M.

OPEN SESSION

Present: ?

Saywell, W.G., Chair

Absent: ?

Beedie, R.

Bains, H.

Bralic, ?

Barrow, R.

Calvert, T.

Bedford, B.

Cleveland, W.

Berggren, ?

J.L.

Fitzsimmons, C.

Blaney,. J.

Horn, C.

Brown, R.C.

Maaske, R.

Carlson, R.

McGi'vern,

Cercone, N.

Nicol,

Clayman, B.

Rae, B.

Covell, M.

Rashed, S.

D'Auria,

Salter, ?

Dickinson, ?

Shickele, ?

Di Fonzo, R.

Weinberg, ?

Djwa, S.

Weldon, L.

Dobb, T.

Freedman,

George, D.A.

Gill, P.

Goodman, D.

Hoegg, J.L.

Ivany, J.W.G.

Jones, C.

Kazepides, A.C.

Kennedy,

Mauser, G.

Mathewes, R.

Nielsen, ?

Nyvik, S.

Palmer, ?

Pinfield,

Rill5iN.

Rieckhoff,

Rudrum, A.

Saunders, ?

Shannon, ?

Shapiro, ?

Strate, G.

Swartz, N.

Tjosvold, D.

Tuinman, ?

Verdun-Jones, ?

Warsh, M.

Winne, P.

Wotherspoon, ?

W.R. ?

Heath,

Secretary

Grant, ?

B., ?

Recording

Secretary

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APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

The Agenda was approved as distributed.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE OPEN SESSION OF NOVEMBER 7. 1988

K. Rieckhoff expressed opinion that the Minutes were too brief and did not

reflect some of the points made during the lengthy debates that had taken

place at the previous meeting of Senate. A. Wotherspoon noted that an

amendment he had made had been ruled out, of order, but it was not

mentioned in the Minutes. The Chair indicated that the length of the minutes

was always a judgement call but he felt that a motion which had been ruled

out of order should be included, and that the concerns expressed would be

taken under advisement. The Minutes were approved as distributed.

BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

Referring to Page 2 of the Minutes under business arising from the minutes of

the previous meeting, regarding the possibility of separate financial

statements with respect to. the, financial impact of Harbour Centre, inquiry

was made as to whether or not the Chair wished to make any further

comment on the matter. The Chair indicated that he has asked the Vice-

President, SFU Harbour Centre and the Vice-President, Finance to look into

the issue and he would report back at the January meeting of Senate.

REPORT OF THE CHAIR

The Chair introduced and welcomed on behalf of Senate, newly elected

Senators, R. Carlson, J. Dickinson, A. Rudrum, L. Weldon, B. Bedford and P. Gill.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

a) SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC PLANNING/SENATE COMMITTEE ON

UNDERGRAUDATE STUDIES

1) ?

Paper S.88-42 - Faculty of Education Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by J. Tuinman

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors curriculum revisions in the Faculty of Education as

set forth in S.88-42 including:

New Courses

EDUC 426-4

Teaching Children and Youth with Special Needs

EDUC 428-4

Nature and Nurture of the Gifted

EDUC 440-4 ?

The School as Workplace

EDUC 347-3 ?

Developmental Supervision.

EDUC

485-8 ?

Designs for Learning

Writing

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EDUC 439-4

Educational Administration: Theory and Practice

and

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changes to the Minor in Environmental Education

and

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changes to the Minor in Learning Disabilities"

K. Rieckhoff expressed comments which he indicated applied not only to this

particular paper but also in general to other new course proposals before

Senate. He expressed concern

about

course expansion and its impact on the

University as a whole with regard to priorities, resource allocation and the

increase of sessional appointments required to cope with the growth in

curriculum. He felt the practice of approving courses without regular faculty

available to offer them on a regular basis was not an academically sound

practice and was not in the best interest of the University.

R. Saunders advised Senate that SCUS would be considering a number of

course deletions in accordance with the Senate regulation which stipulates

that any courses not offered within a six semester time period should be

deleted from the Calendar; intent is to bring these deletions to a later meeting

of Senate. He also pointed out that departments and faculties should have

responsibility for their curriculum and are the most competent to decide how

their curriculum should be constructed and maintained. Senate was also

assured that there was no proposal on the Senate agenda which could not be

accommodated in terms of scheduling and space, but it was pointed out that

classes would have to be scheduled at times and in places that might not be

as convenient as instructors would like.

In response to a specific concern about Education 428-4 being offered by a

sessional lecturer, J. Tuinman advised that the Faculty was in the process of

searching for a faculty member in this area, and assured Senate that the

specific---instructor----used---for--this--course--is--a--PhD--faculty—member--at--McGill

University and is more than qualified to teach in this area.

It was noted that the Minor in Learning Disabilities required Psychology 101

as a required course. A proposal later in the agenda would delete PSYC 101-3

and replace it with PSYC 100-3 and PSYC 102-3, would increase the number

of required courses as part of this Minor, and further, would have much

broader implications throughout the Calendar because of the requirement of

PSYC 101 in other programs as well.

Moved by B. Bedford, seconded by P. Gill

"that Item 3) - changes to the Minor in Learning

Disabilities - be deferred until the changes from the

Psychology Department are discussed"

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Brief discussion took place regarding the consequence of deferral and the

implications of the enabling legislation.

Question was called on the motion to defer,

and a vote taken.

Question was called on the main motion,

and a vote taken.

Moved by N. Swartz, seconded by H. Bains

MOTION TO DEFER FAILED

MAIN MOTION CARRIED

"that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies be

empowered to make all minor substantive changes

necessary to bring all programs into consistency with

whatever changes are made by Senate tonight"

Following a suggestion that areas which presently have PSYC 101 as a

component of their program be asked whether they wish to require one, the

other, or both of the new psychology courses in their program, the above

motion was modified as follows:

"that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, in

consultation with the relevant departments, be

empowered to make minor substantive changes to bring

all programs into consistency with whatever changes are

approved by Senate tonight"

Question was called on the revised motion,

and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

Paper S.88-43 - Faculty of Business Administration Curriculum

Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by S. Nyvik

that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors curriculum revisions in the Faculty of Business

Administration as set forth in S.88-43 including

Changes in the Accounting Concentration, with the following new

courses:

BUS 329-3 Income Taxation for Business Decision-Making

BUS 420-3 Advanced Accounting

BUS 426-3 Auditing Concepts and Methods

BUS 427-3 Seminar in International Accounting

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and

New course

BUS 237-3 Introduction to Computers and Information

Systems in Business

and

Changes to the curriculum in the Organizational Behavior

Concentration and the curriculum in the Finance Concentration"

In response to a concern expressed with respect to the rationale that the

new courses were being added because business programs at other

universities offered them, S. Shapiro pointed out that the courses are being

proposed as part of a larger operational plan established for the Faculty of

Business Administration, and that the new courses were in fact very

necessary and important to SFU's accounting program.

In response to a concern expressed that the Faculty of Business

Administration has moved towards specialization of their students, thus

departing from its original philosophy, S. Shapiro indicated that SFU's

Business program has a lesser degree of concentration than those offered

at any other major institution and referred to the fact that SFU's degree is

in Business Administration rather than Accounting, Finance, or Marketing,

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for example

An opinion was expressed that the proposed new courses in the

Accounting Concentration were of a professional nature and therefore

more suitably offered by a business institute than at the university level.

S. Shapiro pointed out that the content and the approach, rather than the

nature of the course title, determines academic viability, and that given

the importance of the

subject and the complexity of the material in

relation to present day economy, the Faculty feels the courses will be

offered in a challenging academic manner.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

Paper S.88-44 - Proposal for a Joint Major in Business Administration

and Communication

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by H. Bains

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors as set forth in S.88-44 the proposed Joint Major in

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Business Administration and Communication"!

A concern was raised that requirements for the proposed joint major were

extremely close to those required for a double major. It was also suggested

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body of knowledge and

e disciplines occurred. D.

last page of the support

on the integration of the

that a joint major should represent an integrated

inquiry was made as to where the integration of thes

George referred to the rationale statement on the

documentation which he felt addressed the inquiry

two disciplines.

Question

was called,

and a

vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

4) ?

Paper S.88-45

- Department

of Communication

Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by H. Bains

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors curriculum revisions in the

Department of Communication as set forth in S.88-45

including a proposal for a Minor in Publishing with the

new course:

CMNS 372-4 ?

The Publishing Process"

In response to an inquiry as to why publishing is being given the status of a

minor program within a department which up to now has only offered

concentrations, G. Ivany referred Senate to the Centre for Canadian Publishing

Studies which is a major target for capital in the Bridge to the Future

Campaign and noted this was a move towards the University's intent to

generate programs in the publishing field.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

Paper S.88-46 - School of Computing Science Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by D. George

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors curriculum changes in the School of

Computing Science as set forth in S.88-46 including:

New courses - CMPT 300-3 ?

Operating Systems I

CMPT 414-3 ?

Model-Based Computer

Vision

Deletion - ?

CMPT 404-3

Computer System

Measurement and

Evaluation"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED ?

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6) ?

Paper S.88-47 -

School of

Engineering

Science Curriculum Revisions

Moved by R. Saunders,

seconded by

George

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors curriculum changes in the School of Engineering

Science as set forth in S.88-47 including

New Courses:

ENSC

385-4

Real Time Systems

ENSC

485-4

Modelling and Measurement

Deletion of:

ENSC 380-4 Production Systems

and

changes to the degree requirement description and

typical schedules including the deletion of the options

"Robotics and Control" and "Manufacturing Systems"

within the Engineering Science curriculum, and the

addition of a new option "Automation Engineering"

In response to an inquiry as to the status of the 'Lab Engineers' who would be

teaching ENSC

385,

D. George replied that Lab Engineers are engineers and are

better qualified than regular faculty to teach this course.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

Paper S.88-48 - School of Kinesiologv Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by H. Bains

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors curriculum revisions in the School of

Kinesiology as set forth in S.88-48 including a proposal

for a new Extended Studies Diploma in Occupational

Science"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

Paper S.88-49 - Faculty of Science - Changes to the requirements for the

B.Sc. (Major

Senate received for information changes to the requirements for the B.S.

Major Program.

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Moved

9) ?

Paper

by G.

S.88-50

Ivany, seconded

- Department

by H.

Bains

Biological Sciences Curriculum Revisions

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors as

set ?

forth

S.88-50 curriculum changes in the

Department of

Biological Sciences including:

New courses -

BISC 366-3 ?

Plant Ecophysiology

BISC

356-3 ?

Plant Structure and Development

- A functional approach

Deletions -

BISC

330-3

The Terrestrial Environment -

microclimate and soil

BISC

347-3

Physiology of Plant Nutrition and

Metabolism

BISC

437-3

Plant Development and

Morphogenesis"

Question

was called,

and

a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

10) ?

Paper

S.88-51

Department

of Physics

Curriculum Revisions

Senate received for information changes to the Physics Major Upper

Division Requirements.

11) Paper

S.88-52 -

Curriculum Changes. to the Chemical Physics Program

Senate received for information changes to the Chemical Physics

Program.

12)

Paper S.88-53 - Department of Mathematics & Statistics Curriculum

Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by A. Freedman

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors curriculum revisions in Department of

Mathematics and Statistics as set forth in

S.88-53

including the proposed new Applied Mathematics Honors

and Major Programs"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

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13) Paper S.88-54 - Faculty of Arts - Change in General Program

Requirements and Honors Program Requirements

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by R. Brown

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors as set forth in S.88-54 the following

changes

in general program requirements in the Faculty of Arts

in honôurs program requirements in the Faculty of Arts"

An amendment made by R. Brown to delete the clause "which must include at

least 15 semester hours in Arts subjects" from both the revisions to the

General Program Requirements and the Honors Program Requirements was

accepted as a friendly amendment to the documentation.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

14) Paper S.88-55 - Department of Archaeology Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by R. Carlson

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors as set forth in

S.88-55

curriculum

revisions in the Department of Archaeology including:

New courses

ARCH 377-5 ?

Historical Archaeology

ARCH 386-3 ?

Archaeological Resource

Management"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

15) Paper S.88-56 - Canadian Studies Program Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by R. Brown

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board

of Governors as set forth in

S.88-56

revisions to the existing

CNS courses 390, 391, 490 and 491"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

16) Paper

S.88-57 -

Change in requirements - Certificate in Chinese Studies

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by R. Brown

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"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board, of

Governors as

set

forth

S.88-57

revisions to requirements for

the Certificate in

Chinese

Studies

including

New courses

CHIN

151-3

Spoken Mandarin for

Speakers of other Chinese

Dialects

CHIN

201-3

,Mandarin Chinese

III

CHIN

202-3

Mandarin Chinese IV

Deletion

CHIN 250-3

Reading and Writing Chinese I"

Question was called, and

vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

17)

Paper S.88-58 - Cognitive Science Program Curriculum Revisions

Senate received for information changes in requirements for the

Cognitive Science Program.

18)

Paper

S.88-59 -

School of Criminology Curriculum Revisions

Senate received for information changes to existing courses and

curriculum in the School of Criminology.

19)

Paper S.88-60 - Department of Economics Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by P. Kennedy

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors as set forth in S.88-60 curriculum changes in the

Department of Economics including:

New courses - ECON 368-3

Economic Analysis

ECON 468-3

Regional Economic Development

Deletion -

ECON

365-5 ?

Regional Economics"

Question

was called,

and

a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

20)

Paper S.88-61

- Department

of English

Curriculum Revisions

Moved G. Ivany, seconded by S. Djwa

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors curriculum changes in the Department of English as

set forth in S.88-61 including:

1) New courses ENGL 361-4

Contemporary Canadian

Writing

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ENGL 388-4

The Author and the Book in

Society

Deletion of

ENGL 346-4

Hawthorne, Melville,

Whitman, Dickinson

ENGL 373-4 ?

Creative Writing B

ENGL 491-2

Honors Seminar

and

changes to the requirements for the Major and Honors

Programs"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

21) Paper S.88-62 - Centre for the Arts

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by R. Brown

that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors as set forth in S.88-62 curriculum and program

changes including

New courses

FPA 129-2 Fundamental Integration of

FPA

Deletion of ?

FPA

Human Movement

228-3 New Directions in Dance

Composition

322-3 Ballet I

323-3 Ballet II

427-3 Ballet III

428-3 Ballet IV

324-3 Dance Composition II"

It was noted that when Senate originally approved the Fine Arts program

emphasis was placed on the uniqueness of the program with respect to its

focus on contemporary arts, and concern was expressed that the proposed

expansion in the dance program into more traditional lines was inconsistent

with the original philosophy. G. Strate explained that ballet was a way of

learning movement and that the focus of the Fine Arts program remains

contemporary. He also pointed out that the proposed courses will serve to

bring the program back to where it was before the budget cuts of several

years ago.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

22) Paper S.88-63 - Department of French Curriculum Revision

Senate received information regarding modifications to the course

challenge regulations with respect to the challenge of French courses.

GEOG 386-4 Medical Geography

Geography Co-operative Education

new courses

Geography

Practicum I

Geography

Practicum II

Geography

Practicum III

Geography

Practicum IV

Geography

Practicum V"

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23)

Paper S.88-64 - Department of Geography Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by

R. Brown

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board

of Governors curriculum changes in the

Department of Geography as set forth in S.88-64

including:

1 ) New course

and

2) the proposed

Program with

GEOG 302-0

GEOG 303-0

GEOG 402-0

GEOG 403-0

GEOG 409-0

In response to an inquiry about the need for the medical geography course, R.

Brown explained that SFU has a very strong program in the general field of

cultural geography of which medical geography is a sub-component, and that

this area was lacking in the program. The Department of Geography had

recently hired a faculty member with expertise in this area and the proposed

course will now be able to be offered in the upper division of the cultural

stream of the program.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

24)

Paper S.88-65 - Division of IDS - German Studies

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by

R. Brown

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors as set forth in

S.88-65

the proposed new courses:

GERM

141-3 Introduction to German Civilization

GERM 300-3 Advanced German Composition and

Conversation

G.S. 240-3

Introduction to German Literature (in German)

G.S. 242-3

Introduction to German Literature (in English

translation)

G.S. 341-3

Selected Topics in German Studies"

Reference was made to the elimination of the German Minor, and it was noted

that if these courses were approved, there would be almost enough courses to

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offer a German

the Minor back

Minor and that perhaps it would have been better to maintain

when German was deleted from the Calendar.

Brief discussion

took

place

with ?

regard

to ?

the teaching

resources ?

available

offer

these

courses ?

as well

as the reason

for designating

some courses

as German and

others General

Studies.

In response to a concern raised about the instructional mode for German 240

and German 300 with respect to three hour tutorials for which students earn

three hours of credit, an amendment suggested by R. Brown to change the

nature of the course to read seminar rather than tutorial was accepted as a

friendly amendment.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

25)

Paper S.88-66 - Division of IDS - General Studies

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by V. Nielsen

/ "that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors as set forth in S.88-66 the following

new course -

G.S. 399-3 Individual Study Project"

In response to an inquiry

to the intent and the

need for the note

stating that

this course may be used

once only for credit

towards a degree,

R. Brown

indicated that it was now

possible for a student

to take the existing five credit

individual study project and one of either the ten

credit course or the fifteen

credit course but not both and that the effect

of the proposal would

add an

additional three hours of

credit to that opportunity for a student.

He added

that the note was simply

advisory to students

and facilitated the

process of

advising.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

26)

Paper S.88-67 - Gerontology Program Curriculum Revisions

Senate received information with respect to changes to the list of

optional courses in the Gerontology Diploma Program.

27)

Paper S.88-68 - Department of History Curriculum Revisions

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Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by A. Wotherspoon

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

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Governors the curriculum changes as set forth in S.88-68 in

Middle Eastern History and African History in the. Department

of History including

New course

HIST

355-3 ?

The Arab Middle East in the

Twentieth Century

Deletion of ?

HIST

352-3 ?

The Modern History of North

Africa: From the 'Barbary'

Corsairs to Independence

HIST 342-3 ?

The History of Nigeria: An

Emerging African Giant"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

28) Paper S.88-69 - Humanities Minor Program Curriculum Revisions

Senate received information of changes to the requirements of the

Humanities Minor Program together with changes to existing courses.

29) Paper S.88-70 - Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by H. Bains

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors curriculum changes in the Department of Spanish

and Latin American Studies as set forth in S.88-70 including

the proposed Joint Major Program in Communications and

Latin American Studies

and

the proposed Joint Major Program in Spanish and French

and

the proposed Spanish Languages Proficiency Certificate

Program"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

? MOTION CARRIED

30) Paper 88-71 - Department of Linguistics Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by K. Rieckhoff

that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors change in requirements and curriculum revisions in

the Department of Linguistics as set forth in S.88-71 including

1) New course LING 220-3

Introduction to Linguistics

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Deletion of

LING 240-3

Theory and Analysis in

Linguistics

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the proposed Certificate in English as a Second Language

(ESL) Linguistics.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

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MOTION CARRIED

3 1) Paper S.88-72 - Department of Psychology Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by H. Bains

that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors curriculum revisions in the Department of

Psychology as set forth in S.88-72 including:.

1 ) New courses

PSYC

100-3

Introduction to Psychology I

PSYC

102-3

Introduction to Psychology II

PSYC 383-3

Drugs and Behaviour

2) Deletion of

PSYC

101-3

Introductory

Psychology

an .d

3) the introduction of a

Co-operative Education Program in

Psychology

with four

new

practica courses -

PSYC

342-0

Practicum I

PSYC

343-0

Practicum

PSYC

442-0

Practicum

III

PSYC

443-0

Practicum IV

Referring to SCAR's inquiry about the space implications with regard to PSYC

100 and

102, R. Saunders advised that investigation revealed that there was

sufficient room and space in the schedule for these courses.

Question was called, and

. a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

32) Paper S.88-73 - Department of Political Science Curriculum Revision

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by A. Wotherspoon

that Senate approve and recommend approval to Board of

Governors as set forth in S.88-73 the changes to requirements

and curriculum revisions in the Department of Political Science

including:

New courses

POL. 383-3

Government and Politics:

India

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POL. 422-3

Canadian International

Security Relations

POL. 442-3

International Conflicts

Resolution

POL. 443-3 ?

Nuclear Strategy, Arms

Control and International

Security

POL.

453-3 ?

Biopolitics and Biopolicy

K. Rieckhoff provided Senate with some statistical data with regard to the

faculty/course ratio in the Department of Political Science and expressed

concern that the faculty complement to offer not only the existing number,

but the addition of the proposed new courses, appeared to

be very, strained.

M. Covell responded by pointing out that the Department had reduced the

number of lower levels last fall in order to increase upper level seminars and

has been able to hire new faculty and is now able to offer an area crucial to

the curriculum - strategic studies in international relations.

Question was called, and a vote taken .

MOTION CARRIED

33)

Paper S.88-74 - Joint Major in Business Administration and Political

Science

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by S. Nyvik

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors as set forth in S.88-74 the proposal

for a Joint Major in Business Administration and Political

Science"

In response to inquiries concerning course overlap and high number of

courses required on the business administration side of the joint major, S.

Shapiro noted that some of the same materials were taught from different

perspectives and the joint major provided students with the opportunity to

take one or the other rather than both; in terms of requirements, it was noted

that students . are essentially asked to take a full program in Business

Administration but the intent was to broaden the attitude, ideology and

perspective of students

in both areas.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

? MOTION CARRIED

34) Paper

S.88-75 -

Department of Sociology and Anthropology Curriculum

Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by R. Brown

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that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors as set forth in

S.88-75

the curriculum changes in the

Department of Sociology and Anthropology including:

New courses S.A.

275-4

China: Sociological and

Anthropological Perspectives

S.A. 319-4 Culture, Ethnicity and Aging

S.A. 447-4 Selected Issues in Social Policy

Analysis

Deletion of S.A.

456-4

Special Topics in Applied Social

Research II

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

35)

Paper S.88-76 - Women's Studies Program Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by

R. Brown

that Senate approve and recon

Board of Governors as set forth

revisions to the Women's Studies

New courses. ?

W.S. 304-3

W.S. 305-3

W.S. 31.1-5

imend approval to the

in S. 88-76 curriculum

Program including:

Women and Religion

Women and Utopias

Feminist Psychoanalytic

Theories

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

b) SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC PLANNING/SENATE GRADUATE

STUDIES COMMITTEE

Paper S.88-77 - School of Kinesiology Graduate Curriculum Revision

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by B. Clayman

that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors as set forth in S.88-77 the proposed

new graduate course

KIN 812-3 ?

Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

Paper S.88-78 - MRM Program Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by B. Clayman

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that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors as set forth in S.88-78 a revision to

the course description for MRM

602-5

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

3) ?

Paper S.88-79 - School of Criminology Graduate Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by B. Clayman

that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors as set forth in S.88-79 the following proposed

changes:

change of title and credit hours of CRIM 800 and CRIM 860

change of title of CRIM 801, CRIM 861, CRIM 862

deletion of the non-thesis option for the M.A. program

deletion of CRIM 895, CRIM 896, and CRIM 897

amendment to the M.A. degree requirements

deletion of the differential application according to the

disciplinary identity of prior degrees (i.e. Criminology vs.

other fields)

change to the Ph.D. course requirements

Question

was called, and a

vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

4) ?

Paper

S.88-80

- Department of History

Graduate Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by B. Clayman

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors as set forth in S.88-80 the proposed

changes to the requirements of the Program of Study -

M.A. Program, and the requirements. of the Program of

Study - Ph.D. Program"

A suggestion to amend the wording to clearly indicate that the motion applied

to the Department of History was accepted as a friendly amendment.

It was also noted that Senate had previously expressed concern about

departments placing a maximum length on a thesis.

Moved by P. Kennedy, seconded by H. Bains

"that the phrase "with a maximum length of 100 pages"

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• be deleted from the first sentence of the paragraph - MA

Program, Program of Study on the last page of the

support documentation"

B. Clayman indicated he would prefer a friendly amendment to insert the

word 'normally' before the, phrase "with a maximum length of 100 pages" and

suggested that this might satisfy the concerns which had given rise to the

motion to amend. P. Kennedy agreed, and the motion to amend was

withdrawn.

Question was called on the motion as amended,

and a vote taken.

MOTION AS AMENDED CARRIED

Paper S.88-81 - Graduate Program in Languages and Linguistics

Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by B. Clayman

that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors as set forth in S.88-81 proposed

changes in course requirements for the M.A. and Ph.D.

Programs with specialization in French

Question

was called,

and

a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

6) ?

Paper S.88-82

- Department

of Sociology

& Anthropology

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by B. Clayman

that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors as . set forth in S.88-82 the following

curriculum revisions:

that the 'Advanced Theory Courses' in Sociology and

Anthropology be made required courses for

respective graduate students

deletion of SA 800-5, SA 801-5, SA 820-5, SA 821-5,

SA 825-5,

856-5,

858-5,

864-5,

873-5,

SA 874-5, SA 882-5 and SA

884-5

that Ph.D. applicants be required to submit a sample

of their work from earlier or' ongoing graduate

studies

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

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Paper S.88-83 - MBA Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by B. Clayman

that Senate approve and recommend approval to the

Board of Governors as set forth in S.88-83 proposed

changes to the coursework requirements of the MBA

Program and changes to the wording with respect to the

admission and financial assistance statements

Question

was called,

and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

8) ?

Paper

S.88-84

- Faculty of Education

Graduate Curriculum Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by B. Clayman

that Senate approve

and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors as set forth in S.88-84 the following curriculum

revisions

New courses: EDUC

864-3

Research Designs in Education

EDUC 867-3

Qualitative Methods in Educational

Research

EDUC

868-5

Curriculum Theory and Art Education

EDUC

875-5

Therapeutic

Instruction

EDUC

876-5

Cognitive ?

Intervention

Research

• EDUC

846-4

Foundations of Mathematics Education

EDUC

847-5

Teaching and Learning Mathematics

EDUC

861-3

Educational Measurement Theory and

Applications

EDUC

862-3

Individual ?

Assessment ?

Procedures

Deletion of ?

EDUC

814-5 Research Strategies in Education

EDUC

856-5

The Visual Arts, Imagery, and Education

EDUC

872-5

Educational

Assessment

Question was called, and a

vote

taken.

MOTION CARRIED

9) ?

Paper

S.88-85 ?

- ?

Department

of ?

Chemistry ?

Graduate

Curriculum

Revisions

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by

B. Clayman

that

Senate

approve

and recommend

approval ?

to ?

the

Board of Governors

as set

forth in S.88-85 the deletion of

CHEM 881-3 ?

Free Radical Chemistry.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

? MOTION CARRIED

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10) Paper S.88-86 - Department of Mathematics & Statistics Graduate

Curriculum Revision

Moved by G. Ivany, seconded by B. Clayman

that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors as set forth in S.88-86 the following curriculum

revisions:

New courses:

MATH 603-4 Foundations of Mathematics

MATH 604-4 Geometry

MATH

605-4

Mathematical Modeling

Deletion of:

MATH 601-5 Trends and Developments in

Mathematics I

MATH

602-5 ?

Trends and Developments in Mathematics II

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

c) SENATE GRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE

Paper S.88-87 - Proposed change to General Regulation 1.10.2 - Thesis

Defence Outcomes

Moved by B. Clayman, seconded by K. Rieckhoff

Motion #1:

"that No. 2 of General Regulation 110.2 be amended

FROM: The thesis may be passed on the condition that minor

revisions be completed to the satisfaction of the Senior

Supervisor.

TO: The thesis may be passed on the condition that minor

revisions, which are essentially editorial in nature and/or

affect the form of presentation (but not the substance) of

the thesis, be completed to the satisfaction of the Senior

Supervisor"

Motion #2:

"add to the last paragraph of General Regulation 1.10.2:

A decision to pass the thesis or to defer making judgement

may not be reached on a tie vote of the Examining

Committee. If a majority vote to pass the thesis or defer

judgement cannot be reached, the thesis will be failed"

A suggestion by P. Kennedy to change the, wording of Motion #2 as follows

was accepted as a friendly.

amendment:

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"add to the last paragraph of General Regulation 1.10.2:

A decision to pass the thesis or to defer making judgement

may not be reached on a tie vote of the Examining

Committee. If a majority vote cannot be reached to pass

the thesis or defer judgement, the thesis will be failed"

With respect to Motion #1, concerns were expressed that there was not

enough flexibility in the proposal to allow examining committees to exercise

judgement of their own with regard to revisions and they would have to rely

on a committee definition of substance. B. Clayman responded that the intent

of Motion #1 was to provide guidance and ensure standards are maintained.

In response to a suggestion that the category dealing with major changes be

broken down into two categories - deferment consisting of changes for which

there would be no re-examination required, and deferment for which a

formal re-examination would be necessary - B. Clayman advised that the

option already existed in the sense that if there are major revisions to be

made the committee may defer decision pending a re-examination of the

thesis document as opposed to the thesis defence.

Moved by B. Clayman, seconded by A. Wotherspoon

"that the motion be divided to allow Senate to consider

Motion #1 and Motion #2 separately"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION TO DIVIDE CARRIED

Moved by B. Clayman, seconded by A. Wotherspoon

"that motion #1 be referred back to the Senate Graduate

Studies Committee for re-consideration"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION TO REFER #1 CARRIED

Discussion turned to Motion #2, and concern was expressed that should a tie

vote exist by two members wishing to defer and two members wishing to

pass, the thesis would end up being failed which would be unfair to the

student and a suggestion by B. Bedford that the motion be changed so that the

thesis would be deferred rather than failed was accepted as a friendly

amendment. However, as a result of further discussion in which the

hierarchy in the decisions on the four, options was explained, the friendly

amendment was withdrawn by B. Bedford, and the following change to the

wording by L. Pinfield and P. Winne to reflect the seriatim process was

accepted as a friendly amendment:

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"add to the last paragraph of General Regulation 1.10.2:

A ?

decision ?

to ?

pass

the

thesis

or ?

to ?

defer

making

judgement

may not be reached

a ?

tie

vote ?

of ?

the

Examining

Committee.

first

a majority vote to pass

the

thesis

cannot

reach,

and

subsequently, ?

if ?

majority vote to defer

judgement

cannot be reached, the

thesis will

be failed."

Senate was assured that the decision to pass included pass with minor

amendments or minor changes.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION AS AMENDED CARRIED

2) . Paper S.88-88 - Proposed change to General Regulation 1.8.4 - "On

Leave" Status

Moved by B. Clayman, seconded by K. Rieckhoff

"that a) and b) of General Regulation 1.8.4 be amended to:

When a situation arises which makes it necessary or

desirable to interrupt the work, and

When no substantial use will be made of university

facilities"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

d) SENATE COMMITFEE ON UNIVERSITY BUDGET

1) ?

Paper S.88-89 - Annual Report

In response to an inquiry about whether or not the Senate Committee on

University Budget would consider the financial implications of the

recommendations of the Task Force on University Size and the possibility of

Senate receiving them for comment when the report was discussed at the.

January meeting of Senate, the Chair, without making a commitment,

indicated he did not foresee any difficulty in communicating the Committee's

response to Senate. G. Ivany pointed out that it was not within the mandate

of Senate under the University Act to concern itself with financial

implications and felt it was more appropriate for the Board of Governors to

concern itself with that information.

In response to an inquiry as to whether the Committee had opportunity to

provide timely advice and to what extent such advice was taken into

consideration, J. D'Auria referred Senate to the Annual Report which listed

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items in which the Committee gave advice and affected changes in final

policy.

Following brief discussion, the Annual Report of the Senate Committee on

University Budget was received by Senate.

OTHER BUSINESS

There was no other business.

NOTICES OF MOTION

There were no notices of motion.

INFORMATION

The date of the next regular meeting of Senate is scheduled for •Monday,

January 9, 1989.

Following a brief recess, the Assembly moved into Closed Session at 9:50

p.m.

W. Ronald Heath,

Secretary of the Senate