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MEMORANDUM

TO: Members of Senate

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FROM: ?

Alison Watt

Director

University Secretariat

SUBJECT:

Notice of Meeting

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DATE: ?

December 20, 2005

A meeting of Senate?

will be held on Monday, January 9, 2006 at

5:30

pm

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in Room 3210 West Mall Centre

Please note earlier start time

Due to the earlier start time, Senate dinner is cancelled?

but regular catering will be available at the meeting

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SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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AGENDA - OPEN SESSION

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Monday, January 9, 2006 -

5:30 pm

Room 3210 West Mall Centre

1.

Approval of the Agenda

2.

Approval of the Minutes of the Open Session of December

5, 2005

Business Arising from the Minutes

4.

Report of the Chair

5.

Question Period*

6.

Reports of Committees

A) ?

Senate Committee on University Priorities

i)

Extended Minor in the Asia-Canada Program; and

S.06-1

Deletion of the Asia-Canada Minor

ii)

Collaborative Major in First Nations Studies between SFU and

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Thompson Rivers University; and

Post Baccalaureate Diploma in First Nations Studies

iii)

Minor in Legal Studies; and

S.06-3

Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Legal Studies

iv)

Joint Major in Computational Linguistics in the Faculties of Arts

S.06-4

v)

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and Social Sciences and Applied Sciences

Graduate Diploma in Global Health

S.06-5

vi)

Cohort Special Arrangements Program - Master of Global

S.06-6

Health (For Information)

vii) Merck Frosst Chair in Statistics and Information Sciences for

S.06-7

Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases

B)

Senate Committee on Continuing Studies

i) Annual Report (For Information)

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S.06-8

C)

Senate Graduate Studies Committee

i) Faculty of Education - Curriculum Revisions

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S.06-9

(For Information)

D)

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies

i) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

a)

Change to admission requirements to FASS

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S.06-10

b)

Curriculum Revisions (For Information):

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S.06-11

Archaeology, Breadth requirements, Chinese Studies,

Cognitive Science, Contemporary Arts, Economics,

English, French, Geography, History, Latin American Studies

Philosophy, Political Science, Sustainable Community Development,

Certified Writing, Quantitative and Breadth courses

ii) Faculty of Business Administration

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S.06-12

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iii) - Prerequisite changes to existing courses (For Information)

Change to the Enrolment Priority System for new transfer students

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S.06-13

(For Information)

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E)

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Senate

i) Elections

Nominating

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Committee

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S.06-14

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7.

i Other Business

8.

Information

Date of the next regular meeting - Monday, February 6, 2006.

Agenda items and papers for the February meeting will be required by the Secretary by noon, Thursday,

Janualpf 19, 2006. Submissions may be e-mailed to bgrant@sfu.ca

but must be followed up by signed paper

submisions. These items will be considered by the Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules on Tuesday,

January 24, 2006 with Senate distribution on Friday, January 27, 2006.

The Senate agenda is available on the Web (http://www.re.sfu.ca/Senate

agencla.html) and papers for

Senate meetings are accessible in the Library Reserves (SEN.000).

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Questions should be submitted in writing to Alison Watt (e-mail watt@sfu.ca

) by Wednesday, January

4th at 10 am.

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Alison Watt

Director, University Secretariat

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