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    SIMON FRASER
    UNIVERSITY SENATE REPORT
    December Meeting
    1966
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    1.
    New Senators
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    The Senate welcomed David Berg, R. J. C. Harper, Gerald Sperling,
    and Warren Williams, attending their first meeting of Senate as three
    year elected representatives of Joint Faculty.
    2.
    9peness of Senate Meetins and
    Student
    Representation
    The Registrar reported that the Committee formed after the last
    meeting of Senate to consider these questions was holding meetings
    and hope to have a report ready for distribution to Senators before
    the January meeting of Senate.
    3.
    Senate Library Committee
    Senate accepted with regret the resignation of Mrs. I. Koerner
    from the Library Committee, and elected JL. Dampier to replace her.
    Membership in the Senate Library Committee is as follow:
    R.
    J. Baker
    D. A. Baird
    S.
    K. Lower
    P. Stigger
    I. Garland
    W. Whiteley
    D. Mather
    P. D. McTaggart-Cowan
    J.
    L. Dampier
    W. Vidaver
    Graduation Diplomas
    Two possible designs were presented, but Senate decided to refer
    the matter back to the President's Committee on Works of Art for fur^
    the-consideration.
    5.
    New Courses for Spring Semester, 1967
    The following new courses wer approved. All will be offered in
    the coming semester.
    Communications 100-3,- Exploration in Communication
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    Communications 200-3 - Theory and Process of Communications
    Communications 300-5 - Learning and Creativity
    Communications 400-5 - Dynamics of Communications and Innovation
    Professional Foundations 450-3, Seminar in Professional Problems
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    Behavioral Science Foundation 424-5 - Behavioral Research in
    School Societies
    History 222-3 - Nineteenth Century Europe
    History 261-3 - The Overseas Expansion and Impact of Europe
    After 1815
    History 441-5 - United States as a World Power: Foreign Policy
    History 443-5 - Cultural and Political History of Canada:
    The Development of English Speaking Canada
    History 491-3 - (Honors Seminar) - Research Methods
    Philosophy 434-3 - Kant
    Philosophy 440-5 - Seminar I
    French 105-1 - Elementary French
    German 105-1 - Elementary German
    Russian 105-I - Elementary Russian
    Spanish 105-1 - Elementary Spanish
    Hindi 100-3 - Introductory Hindi
    Biological Sciences 408-3 - Biophysics
    Chemistry 201-3 - Bonding, Structure and Stereochemistry
    6.
    C. U. S. 0. Training Program
    Senate endorsed T. B. Bottomore's proposal that he and his collegues
    undertake the C. U. S. 0. Asian training program in the summer of 1967.
    7.
    Summer School in Solid State Physics
    Senate endorsed R. R. Haering's proposal that he and his collegues
    sponsor a summer school in solid state physics in the summer of 1967.
    8.
    Degree Program in the Study of Human Movement
    A proposal to establish an interdisciplinary degreeprogram in
    the Study of Human Movement, resulted in the setting up of an ad hoc
    committee to bring forward to the next meeting of Senate, recommend-
    ations regarding this program and whether or not a B. Sc. should be
    granted for it. The members of the ad hoc committee are:
    D. G. Tuck
    W. Vidaver
    F.
    B. Collinge
    J. Tietz
    G. Kirchner
    N. Robinson
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    The question of a Gortinuing Senate Committee on Interdisciplinary
    Programs was deferred until the next meeting of Senate.
    9.
    Granting of M. Sc. Degree on Weng-Yek Lee
    The M. Sc. Degree (chemistry) was granted to Weng-Yek Lee, who trans-
    ferred to Simon Fraser University from the University of Manitoba in the
    Fall of 1965 along with his supervisor, A. H. Unrau. Weng-Yek Lee's thesis
    is entitled 'Comparative Studies of Amylases in an Alien Genome Combinant'.
    10. Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Standings
    The resignation of F. Candelaria from this committee was accepted with
    regret and W. Williams was elected in his place. Membership in the Senate
    Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Standings is as follows:
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    11. General Education Courses
    D.
    P. Robertson
    J. F. Ellis
    J. Day
    R. R. Haering
    E.
    M. Shoemaker
    D. Bettison
    W. Williams
    L. Wilson
    D. Meyers
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    The Faculty of Education presented a proposal regarding General
    Education Courses, the major points of which were: that the present
    regulations requiring two general education courses be abolished;
    that an intergrated general education program composed of credit
    courses such as the Communications courses, and non credit general
    education services such as Workshops, Open Discussion groups, and
    Technical Instructions, be established under the guidance of a
    Coordinating Committee on General Education to be established in the
    Faculty of Education; that this proposal be effective January 1, 1967.
    This recommendation was referred to the Faculties of Arts and
    Sciences for comment and will be discussed again at the next Senate
    Meeting.
    12. Date of Next Meetin
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    The next meeting of Senate will be Monday, January 9,
    at
    1:30 PM.
    D. P. Robertson
    Registrar and
    Secretary of Senate

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