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SFU-ZU Graduate Dual Degree Programs (GDDP)

Executive Summary

May 27,2010

• The School of Computing Science at SFU proposes to offer graduate dual degree

programs (GDDP) in Computing

Science to be delivered jointly by SFU and Zhejiang

University

(ZU), China.

• The proposed GDDP includes a PhD program, leading to a PhD in Computing Science

from SFU and a PhD in Computer Science from ZU. This program is to be offered with per-

semester tuition fees at SFU.

•

The GDDP also includes a Master program, leading to a MSc in Computing Science from

SFU and a Master of Software Engineering from ZU. This program is to be offered with per-

credit tuition fees at SFU.

•

In both programs, students will study and do research at both SFU and ZU and be

supervised

by faculty members from both universities. Essentially, students will complete

half of the required course content at each institution, complete either two extended essays

(masters), comprehensive examinations (doctoral), and write one dissertation. Thus

students will meet the normal requirements for a graduate degree in either university

(SFU

students do not complete all the requirements for a PhD at ZU if they start with a BSc), and

in addition, are expected to adjust

to the new ways of thinking, learning, and research at

both universities, and

to meet the thesis and publication requirements at both universities.

Students are also expected to meet additional language requirements.

• The working language at SFU is English. Students may work in English at either university.

Students who prefer to do so may work in Chinese at ZU.

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The intended start date of both programs is September 2010.

Rationale

Developing jointly awarded graduate degrees with international partners is intended to foster

internationalization

of graduate research programs and enhance student mobility and exchange -

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both key drivers in the globalization of research education. Collaborative degree programs such as

this one

should lead to a more sustainable type of relationship than many other internationalization

strategies and bring important academic benefits. The benefits include: international student

mobility;

knowledge transfer; international research collaboration; recognition of partner university

qualifications

in other countries; employment prospects for students; research as a career for high

caliber students; enhanced recruitment

of excellent graduate students; access to additional sources

of student financial support.

ZU is chosen as the partner for the proposed GDDP programs because of the quality of students

and research at

ZU, and the strong collaborations in both teaching and research between SFU and

ZU. ZU is ranked among the top 3 universities in China and recruits excellent students. The quality

of PhD dissertations in Computer Science at ZU is at the similar level as that in Computing Science

at SFU. The research

in many IT application areas at ZU is at top level in the world while SFU is

strong

in the theory and methodology. The proposed GDDP programs take advantage of the

combined strengths

of both universities. SFU and ZU are jointly offering an undergraduate dual

degree program (DDP) in Computing Science. The DDP has attracted about 30 students from ZU

annually.

Many of these students have excellent academic performance and are interested in the

graduate programs at top universities. We expect that the GDDP

will attract top DDP students and

outstanding

ZU graduate students. We expect that the strong research in IT application areas at ZU

will attract graduate students from Canadian side to join the GDDP. These programs are expected

to prepare graduates to

lead research and development in both academy and industry. These

graduates will have a unique background with experience in research, teaching, and R\&D in both

Canada and China.

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School of Computing Science

July 12, 2010

This proposed program will serve students from Simon Fraser University (SFU) and students

from Zhejiang

University (ZU). The students will study and do research/industry projects in the

School of Computing Science at SFU and in the College of Software Technology at zu.

Students will be supervised by faculty members from both schools as described below.

In

addition to meeting all of the normal requirements for a master's degree in either university,

students are expected to adjust to

the new ways of thinking, learning, and research at both

universities. Essentially, students complete half of the required course content at each

institution, and are expected

to meet the extended essay and practicum requirements at both

universities. Students are also expected to meet additional language requirements.

The working

language at

SFU will be English. Students may work in English at either University. Students

who prefer to do so may work in Chinese at ZU. At the completion of the program, each student

will receive two parchments, an

MSc in Computing Science from SFU and a Master of

Software Engineering (MSE) from ZU. Neither parchment will formally acknowledge the work

completed at the other institution.

The program is anticipated to start

in September 2010, subject to approval from both SFU and

ZU.

We expect that the program will admit up to 15 students annually initially. The School of

Computing Science has enough capacity to take those students.

Under normal circumstances, the time for completing the program is within 3 calendar years

and no longer than 6 calendar years.

The average completion time of regular MSc students at SFU in Computing Science is about

2.5 years and no longer than 6 calendar years. (These numbers are based

on students completing

during the past year.)

Admission

Students must be admitted to one institution, and then apply, and be admitted to the other

institution. To qualify for admission

to the GDDP programs, students must satisfy the usual

admission requirements specified

by each university. The university of first-admission will be

referred to as the student's "home" university. Students with SFU as their home university are

called

SFU students and students with ZU as their home university are called ZU students

below.

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Admission to the GDDP

Once admitted to the home university, the student may then apply to be admitted to the GDDP.

This should normally

be done within 12 months of the starting date of the MSc or MSE

program. The application requires the support and involvement of the student's supervisor at the

home university. The graduate program committee at the home university decides whether or

not to recommend the student for admission to the GDDP. Recommended individual's

applications will then forwarded to the other (or

"partner") university. The student must meet

the admission requirements

of the other (or "partner") university.

Supervisory Committees

Each GDDP Master student will be supervised by a supervisory committee consisting of a

senior supervisor from the school/college at either university, and at least one faculty member

from the school/college at the partner university.

Course Requirements

SFU students are required to complete a total of at least 23 credits. ZU students are required to

complete a total

of at least 26 credits.

Breadth Requirements

Students are required to complete at least 20 credits to demonstrate breadth in Computing

Science. The courses taken must satisfy the following breadth requirements.

A list

of graduate courses offered at SFU and at ZU is given at the end of this document.

In

this

list, the courses are classified into four groups.

All students are required to complete at least

20 credits from the courses in the four groups. Of

those credits, at least 9 credits must be from SFU and at least 10 credits must be from ZU. All

students must complete at least one course in each of the four groups and at least one of these

courses must

be chosen from CMPT 705, CMPT 710, and 2122001. ZU students are also

required to complete courses

2122016 and 2124046.

A course at SFU and a course at ZU are called similar if the two courses overlap substantially.

Students with credits from one course

of two similar courses may not take the other course for

further credits. The graduate program breadth committee at

SFU and the corresponding

committee at

ZU will be responsible to determine the list of similar courses.

Social Sciences and Language Course Requirements

In

addition to the credits required above for the breadth requirement, courses in social sciences

andlor language studies are required.

SFU students must complete 3 credits from the course China Survey at ZU.

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ZU students must complete at least 6 credits of social science courses specified by ZU.

Practicum Requirement

Students are required to complete a one-semester Co-op practicum or research/industry project

at either

SFU or ZU. The practicum at SFU normally will be arranged by the CS Co-op office.

Students may complete a research project with faculty members at either university for the

practicum. Students will

be remunerated for their practicum through Co-op or research

assistance.

Extended Essay Requirement

Each student is required to complete an extended essay in English at SFU. The extended essay

normally will be a report on a research/industry project or a survey on a specific topic in

information technology. The normal length of the SFU essay will be 15-30 pages and no longer

than

40 pages. The topics and the scope of the SFU essay will be determined in consultation

with the supervisory committee. The work load

of the SFU essay normally is equivalent to that

for 3 units

ofSFU graduate course work and the essay is given 3 credits. The SFU essay will be

evaluated with P or F grades by the student's SFU supervisor.

Each student is required to complete an extended essay in either English

or Chinese at ZU. If

the extended essay is written

in

Chinese, the student is required to provide an English

translation. The

ZU extended essay normally will be a report on a research/industry project or a

survey on a specific topic in information technology. The topics and the scope of the ZU essay

will

be determined in consultation with the supervisory committee. The length of the ZU essay

will follow the guidelines

ofZU. The ZU essay is treated as a project report by ZU and is

evaluated based on

ZU's regulations. Students are required to submit the ZU essay to the ZU

library.

Intellectual Property (lP) and Copyright

The SFU IP policy applies to the GDDP students as it does to other regular SFU students. For

more details

of the policy, please refer to the SFU Policies and Procedures R30.03.

The author of an extended essay retains the copyright of the essay. The author of an extended

essay at

ZU is required to fill out agreements to give partial rights to the ZU library.

The author retains the copyright in the essay, including the right to change the work for

subsequent purposes such as editing and publishing the work in whole or in part, and licensing

other parties, as the author may desire. (Please refer to SFU's Library Partial Copyright License

and Library and Archives Canada's Thesis Non-Exclusive License for details.)

Students should consult with their supervisory committees to avoid possible copyright conflicts.

GDDP Master Residency Requirement

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Students are expected to study at both SFU and ZU. All students are required to complete at

least 9 course credits and an extended essay at

SFU. SFU students are required to complete at

least

13 course credits and an extended essay at ZU. ZU students are required to complete at

least

16 course credits and an extended essay at ZU.

Withdrawal from GDDP

A student may withdraw from the GDOP program by transferring to the Master's program of

the home university at any time. The full academic record at the partner university may be used

to determine standing at the home university. A student may withdraw

by transferring to the

Master's program

of the partner university only with permission of the graduate program

committee of the partner university, considering the full academic records at both universities.

Tuition and Funding

Financial support for students is not guaranteed. Students will pay per-unit tuition fees (at the

same level as for the MEng program) at

SFU. The minimum number of SFU credits required by

this program is 12 (9 course credits and 3 essay credits). Students pay tuition fees to ZU

specified by

W

for those semesters registered at ZU.

Student Service

When a student is a resident of SFU or ZU, the student will receive the same services as those

for the regular students at SFU or ZU, respectively. The GDDP office at SFU may provide

additional consultation for students on issues related to SFU.

Graduate Courses

Graduate courses offered by SFU and ZU are listed in four groups.

Group I Courses: Algorithms and Theory

Courses at SFU:

CMPT 701-3

Computability and Logic

CMPT 705-3 Design and Analysis of Algorithms

CMPT 710-3 Computational Complexity

CMPT 711-3 Bioinformatics Algorithms

CMPT 813-3 Computational Geometry

CMPT 814-3 Algorithmic Graph Theory

CMPT 815-3 Algorithms

of Optimization

CMPT 881-3

Special Topics in Theoretical Computing Science

Courses at ZU:

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2122001-2

2122019-2

Elements of the Theory of Computation

Advanced Fonnal Method

Group II Courses: Systems

Courses at SFU:

CMPT 730-3 Programming Language

CMPT 731-3 Functional Programming

CMPT 745-3

Software Engineering

CMPT 755-3 Compiler Theory

CMPT 760-3 Operating Systems

CMPT

765-3 Computer Communication Networks

CMPT 771-3 Internet Architecture and Protocols

CMPT 777-3 Formal Verification

CMPT 816-3 Theory

of Communication Networks

CMPT 885-3

Special Topics in Computer Architecture

CMPT 886-3

Special Topics in Networks, Software

Courses at ZU:

2122002-2

2122003-2

2122016-2

2124012-2

2124016-2

2124028-2

2124045-2

2124059-2

2124070-2

2124072-2

Advanced Operating System

Advanced Computer Architecture

System Design and Analysis

Grid Computing and Distributed

Systems

Embedded Systems

Pervasive Computing

Network and Information

Security

Multi-core Computing

Parallel Computer Architecture and Programming

Principles

of Embedded System Design

Group III Courses: Applications

Courses at SFU:

CMPT

721-3 Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

CMPT 725-3 Logical Methods in Computational Intelligence

CMPT 726-3 Machine Learning

CMPT 823-3 Fonnal Topics in Knowledge Representation

CMPT 825-3 Natural Language

Processing

CMPT 826-3 Automated Leaming and Reasoning

CMPT 827-3 Intelligent Systems

CMPT 882-3 Special Topics

in

Artificial Intelligence

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CMPT 505-3 Problem based Learning in Bioinformatics

CMPT

740-3 Database Systems

CMPT 741-3 Data Mining

CMPT 829-3 Special Topics in Bioinformatics

CMPT 842-3 Concurrency Control in Database

Systems

CMPT 843-3 Database and Knowledge-Base Systems

CMPT

844-3 Special Topics in Database Systems

CMPT 761-3 Image Synthesis

CMPT 764-3 Geometric Modeling

in Computer Graphics

CMPT 767-3 Visualization

CMPT 773-3 Use-Interface Design

CMPT 820-3 Multimedia Systems

CMPT

821-3 Robot Vision

CMPT 822-3 Computational Vision

CMPT 888-3 Special Topics in Computer Graphics, HCI, Vision, and Visualization

Courses at

ZU:

2122020-4

2122021-2

2122022-2

2122023-2

2124003-2

2124014-2

2124017-2

2124025-2

2124027-2

2124044-2

2124057-2

2124060-2

2124061-2

2124062-2

2124063-2

2124064-2

2124065-2

2124066-2

2124067-2

2124068-2

2124069-2

2124073-2

2124074-2

2124075-2

2124076-2

Computer Graphics

Introduction to Computer Vision

Advanced Database Technology

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Computer

Security

Advanced Software Engineering

The Fundamental Principles

of Non-Photorealistic Computer Graphics

Electronic Business Technology

Computer Animation and its Applications

Web service Technology

High End Computing and Its Applications

Multimedia Computing

Network Multimedia Search Engine

Solid Modeling

Biologic Intelligence and Algorithms

Introduction to Machine Learning

Advanced Artificial Intelligence

Visualization in Scientific Computing

Speech and Language, Processing and Understanding

Image Processing and Modeling

Sensor Networks and Information Processing

Virtual Reality

HCI and Virtual Human

Data Mining

Services Computing

Group IV Courses: Others

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Courses at SFU:

CMPT 781-3 Technical Communication and IT Project Management

Courses at

ZU:

0711026-2

2122014-2

2124040-2

2124041-2

2124042-2

2124043-2

2124046-2

Bioinformatics Topics

Software Engineering Process Management

Software Engineering and Business English

Software Quality Assurance

Software Requirement Engineering

Software Engineering Case Analysis

Software Engineering Project Management

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School of Computing Science

July 12,2010

This proposed program will serve students from Simon Fraser University (SFU) and students

from Zhejiang University

(ZU). The students will study and do research in the School of

Computing Science at SFU and in the College of Computer Science and Technology at ZU.

Students

will be supervised by faculty members from both schools.

In

addition to meeting the

normal requirements for a

PhD degree in either university (SFU students do not complete all

the requirements for a

PhD at ZU if they start with a BSc), students are expected to adjust to the

new ways

of thinking, learning, and research at both universities. Specifically, students will

complete essentially

half of the required course content at each institution, complete depth and

thesis proposal examinations, and write one dissertation under the direction

of supervisors from

both institutions. The

PhD thesis will be examined based on the regulations of both universities

and is expected to meet the requirements

of both universities. Students are also expected to

meet additional language requirements. The working language at

SFU will be English. Students

may work in English at either University. Students who prefer to do so may work in Chinese at

ZU. At the completion of the program, students will receive PhD degrees from both schools.

The College

of Computer Science and Technology at ZU has a very strong PhD program. More

than

70 students in that program were conferred PhD degrees in Computer Science last year.

In

some IT application areas, the research in ZU's program is at top level in the world. For

example, Computer Graphics is an important area in IT. The publication

of a top ZU PhD

student working on Computer Graphics is comparable to that of top students in top universities

such as MIT,

Stanford, and so on. The average quality of the PhD dissertations in ZU's program

is at a similar level as that

in the Computing Science PhD program at SFU.

SFU

and ZU are jointly offering the undergraduate dual degree program (DDP). DDP has

attracted a large number

of excellent ZU students. The high quality of teaching and research at

SFU is appreciated by the DDP students and ZU. The demand from ZU graduate students and

DDP students (they are also SFU students) is strong. The GDDP has not been formally

promoted and advertised at Canadian side. Informally, a few students enrolled in the

Computing

Science graduate program have shown interests to join the GDDP. We expect the

strong research

of ZU in some IT application areas such as Computer Graphics will attract good

graduate students from Canadian side.

The program is anticipated to start in September

2010, subject to approval from both SFU and

ZU.

We expect that the program will admit 5 to 6 students annually. The School of Computing

Science has enough capacity to take those students.

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Under normal circumstances, the time for completing the program is within 6 calendar years for

students with only a

B.Sc. degree and within 4 years for students who already hold an MSc

degree

in

Computing Science or a related field. For any student, the program should be

completed within 8 calendar years.

The average completion time for regular PhD students (most of them with an MSc degree) at

SFU in Computing Science is about 5 calendar years in average and no longer than 8 calendar

years. (These numbers are based

on students completing during the past year.)

At the completion of the PhD program, each student will receive two parchments, a PhD in

Computing

Science from SFU and a PhD in Computer Science from ZU. Neither parchment

will formally acknowledge the work completed at the other institution.

Admission

Students must be admitted to one institution, and then apply, and be admitted to the other

institution. To qualify for admission to the

GDDP programs, students must satisfy the usual

admission requirements specified

by each university. The university of first-admission will be

referred to as the student's "home" university. Students with SFU as their home university are

called

SFU students and students with ZU as their home university are called ZU students

below.

Admission to the GDDP

Once admitted to the home university, the student may then apply to be admitted to the GDDP.

This should be completed as soon as possible but normally within 18 months of the starting date

of the PhD program. The application requires the support and involvement of the student's

senior supervisor at the home university. The graduate program committee at the home

university decides whether

or not to recommend the student for admission to the GDDP. If

recommended, the application is then forwarded to the other (or "partner") university. The

student and the senior supervisor must identify a co-senior supervisor at the partner university.

The student must meet the admission requirements

of the other (or "partner") university.

Student Supervision

Each GDDP student will be supervised by a supervisory committee consisting of a senior

supervisor and another faculty member from the school/college at the home university, a co-

senior supervisor and another faculty member from the school/college at the partner university.

The senior supervisor at the home university is designated as the primary supervisor for the

administrative purpose.

Each student is required to have an annual progress evaluation by the supervisory committee.

The supervisory committee is expected to meet normally at least once annually. The meetings

may

be in a form using new media such as Internet for communication.

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Breadth Requirements

Students without a master's degree in Computing Science are required to complete at least 24

credits to demonstrate breadth in Computing Science. Students with a master's degree in

Computing Science or the equivalent are required to complete at least 12 credits to demonstrate

breadth in Computing Science. A list

of graduate courses offered at SFU and at ZU is given at

the end

of this document.

In

this list, the courses are classified into three groups (Group I:

Algorithms and Theory, Group II: Systems, and Group III: Applications). The courses taken

must satisfy the breadth requirements specified below.

• SFU students without an MSc in Computing Science or an equivalent must complete

at least 12 credits at each university.

Of those credits, at least 9 from each university

must

be taken from the courses listed in Groups I, II, and III. At ZU, the approval of the

student's supervisor and the graduate program director at

ZU are required for the student

to take courses not listed

in Groups I, II, and III.

• SFU students with an MSc in Computing Science or an equivalent must complete at

least 6 credits at each university from the courses listed in Groups I, II, and III.

• ZU students without an MSc in Computing Science or an equivalent must complete at

least

12 credits at SFU and at least 14 credits at ZU. Of those credits, all but three from

SFU must be taken from the courses listed in Groups I, II, and III. At ZU, these students

must complete courses

2111001, 2111002, 2112001, and at least four additional ZU

courses in Groups I, II, and III.

• ZU students with an MSc in Computing Science or an equivalent must complete at

least 6 credits at each university from the courses listed in Groups

I, II, and III. At

ZV,

these students must complete courses 2111001, 2111002, 2112001.

• All students must complete at least one course in each of the groups and at least one of

these courses must be chosen from CMPT 705, CMPT 710, and 2122001.

At most two Special Topics courses at SFU (two ofCMPT 829, 881, 882, 885, 886, 888)

may be used to meet the breadth requirement, except with the permission from the

graduate program director at SFU.

• All ZU students must complete additional research seminars as specified by ZU.

• In special circumstances, with the approval of the student's supervisors and the

graduate program director at the partner (resp. home) university, up to 3

of the credits at

the partner (resp. home) university

may be completed at the home (resp. partner)

university.

A course at

SFU and a course at ZU are called similar if the two courses overlap substantially.

Students with credits from one course

of two similar courses may not take the other course for

further credits. The graduate program breadth committee at SFU and the corresponding

committee at

ZU will be responsible to determine the list of similar courses. (SFU and ZU have

started this work.)

Social Sciences and Language Course Requirements

In addition to the credits required above for the breadth requirement, courses specified below

are required.

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• SFU students without an MSc in Computing Science or an equivalent must complete 6

credits from courses on basic Chinese language and China Survey at Zu.

• SFU students with an MSc in Computing Science or an equivalent must complete 3

credits on from courses on China Survey.

• ZU students without an MSc in Computing Science or an equivalent must complete at

least 8 credits

of social science courses specified by ZU.

• ZU students with an MSc in Computing Science or an equivalent must complete at

least 2 credits

of social science courses specified by ZU.

Thesis Requirements

Students are required to demonstrate depth of knowledge in their research area through a public

depth seminar and oral examination, to give a thesis proposal seminar, and submit and defend a

thesis.

The depth seminar and examination is normally scheduled after the completion of breadth

requirement and within three years

of the initial admission to either university. The seminar and

examination may

be conducted at either SFU or ZU. The examining committee for a student

consists

of a non-voting chair, the supervisory committee of the student and at least one

additional examiner recommended

by the supervisory committee and approved by the Graduate

Program Committee at either SFU or ZU. The examining committee's evaluation is diagnostic,

specifying additional work in weak areas

if such exists. A second depth examination or

withdrawal from the program may be recommended in extreme cases.

A student is required to submit a written thesis proposal, give a seminar and defend the

proposal to the supervisory committee. The seminar

may be given at either SFU or ZU and

normally done within one year after the depth examination.

A student is required to complete a thesis, give a seminar and defend the thesis to an examining

committee approved

by SFU. The thesis will be reviewed by the supervisory committee and

reviewers specified

by ZU before the defense. The thesis defense may proceed only after the

approval from the supervisory committee and reviewers specified

by ZU. The student may give

the seminar and defend the thesis at either

SFU or ZU to the examining committee.

For more details on regulations for the thesis defense, please refer to 1.9 and

1.10 of the

Graduate General Regulations at

SFU.

The depth seminar/examination and thesis/proposal/seminar will be in English. The thesis will

be

in

English with a 1-2 page summary in Chinese.

Students are required to submit copies of their thesis to both the SFU and ZU libraries.

The thesis must meet the publication requirements for the PhD degrees of both SFU and

ZV.

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Intellectual Property (lP) and Copyright of Thesis

The SFU IP policy applies to the GOOP students as it does to other regular SFU students. For

more details

of the policy, please refer to the SFU Policies and Procedures R30.03.

The author of a thesis retains copyright of the thesis but is required to fill out agreements to

give partial rights to the

SFU library, the National Archive of Canada, and the ZU library.

Those rights include lending the thesis to users

of the SFU and ZU libraries. (Please refer to

SFU's Library Partial Copyright License and Library and Archives Canada's Thesis Non-

Exclusive License for details.)

The author retains copyright

of the thesis, including the right to change the work for subsequent

purposes such as editing and publishing the work in whole

or in part, and licensing other parties,

as the author may desire.

Students should consult with their supervisory committee to avoid possible copyright conflicts.

GDDP PhD residency Requirement

Students are expected to conduct research at both SFU and ZU. A student in the program must

reside for at least one year and is expected to spend a longer time and complete a significant

research work at each university.

Tuition

When a student is resident at SFU, the student pays per-semester tuition fee to SFU. When a

student is resident at

ZV,

the student pays per-year tuition fee to ZU.

Withdrawal from GDDP

A student may withdraw from the GOOP program by transferring to the PhD program at the

home university at any time. The full academic record at the partner university may be used to

determine standing at the home university. A student may withdraw

by transferring to the PhD

program of the partner university only with permission of the graduate program committee of

the partner university, considering the full academic records at both universities.

Funding

Financial support for a student and will be arranged by the student's supervisors from both

schools.

In

principle, a student will be supported by T A, RA, or scholarship funds at the

university at which he/she is resident.

SFU will commit about $20,000 in support from a variety of sources (TA, RA, scholarships) for

each

GDDP PhD student during the first year in which they are resident at SFU. Students may

receive additional support subject to their performances.

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ZU will give priority of up to two full scholarships to each cohort ofSFU students to pursue

PhD degrees. Each scholarship includes a

2,000 Chinese Yuan per month stipend, a tuition

waiver, free housing, and medical insurance.

SFU students not receiving these scholarships will

receive similar financial support from their supervisors

or from the College of Computer

Science at

ZU.

Students may receive additional financial supports from their supervisors for their travels

between

SFU and ZU to meet the residency requirements.

Student Service

When a student is a resident of SFU or ZU, the student will receive the same services as those

for the regular students at SFU or ZU, respectively. The GDDP office at SFU may provide

additional consultation for students on issues related to SFU.

Graduate courses

Graduate courses offered by SFU and ZU are listed in three groups.

Group I Courses: Algorithms and Theory

Courses at SFU:

CMPT 701-3 Computability and Logic

CMPT

705-3 Design and Analysis of Algorithms

CMPT

710-3 Computational Complexity

CMPT 711-3 Bioinformatics Algorithms

CMPT 813-3 Computational Geometry

CMPT 814-3 Algorithmic Graph Theory

CMPT 815-3 Algorithms

of Optimization

CMPT 881-3

Special Topics in Theoretical Computing Science

Courses at ZU:

2111001-2

2111002-2

2122001-2

2122019-2

Applied Mathematics for Computer Science (1)

Applied Mathematics for Computer

Science (2)

Elements of the Theory of Computation

Advanced Fonnal Methods

Group II Courses: Systems

Courses at SFU:

CMPT 730-3 Programming Language

CMPT 731-3 Functional Programming

CMPT 745-3 Software Engineering

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CMPT 755-3 Compiler Theory

CMPT 760-3 Operating Systems

CMPT

765-3 Computer Communication Networks

CMPT 771-3 Internet Architecture and Protocols

CMPT 777-3 Formal Verification

CMPT 816-3 Theory of Communication Networks

CMPT 885-3

Special Topics in Computer Architecture

CMPT 886-3 Special Topics in Networks, Software

Courses at ZU

2122002-2

2122003-2

2122006-2

2122018-2

2124003-2

2124012-2

2124014-2

2124028-2

2124057-2

2124058-2

2124059-2

2124060-2

2124072-2

2124069-2

2124070-2

2124071-2

Advanced Operating Systems

Advanced Computer Architecture

Modem

VLSI Design: System on Chip Design

Advanced Computer Networks

Computer Security

Grid

Computing and Distributed Systems

Advanced Software Engineering

Pervasive Computing

High End Computing and Its Applications

Advanced Topics in Compilers

Multi-core Computing

Network Multimedia Computing

Principles

of Embedded System Design

Sensor Network and Information Processing

Parallel Computer Architecture and Programming

Network Algorithms

Group

III

Courses: Applications

Courses at SFU:

CMPT

721-3 Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

CMPT 725-3 Logical Methods in

Computational Intelligence

CMPT 726-3 Machine Learning

CMPT 823-3 Formal Topics in Knowledge Representation

CMPT 825-3 Natural Language Processing

CMPT 826-3 Automated Learning and Reasoning

CMPT 827-3 Intelligent

Systems

CMPT 882-3 Special Topics in Artificial Intelligence

CMPT

505-3 Problem based Learning in Bioinfonnatics

CMPT

740-3 Database Systems

CMPT 741-3 Data Mining

CMPT 829-3 Special Topics

in

Bioinfonnatics

CMPT 842-3

Concurrency Control in Database Systems

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CMPT 843-3 Database and Knowledge-Base Systems

CMPT 844-3 Special Topics in Database Systems

CMPT 761-3 Image Synthesis

CMPT 764-3 Geometric Modeling in Computer Graphics

CMPT 767-3 Visualization

CMPT 773-3 Use-Interface Design

CMPT

820-3 Multimedia Systems

CMPT 821-3 Robot Vision

CMPT 822-3 Computational Vision

CMPT 888-3 Special Topics in Computer Graphics, HCI, Vision, and Visualization

Courses at

ZU:

2112001-2

2122020-4

2122021-2

2122022-2

2122023-2

2124017-2

2124025-2

2124027-2

2124061-2

2124062-2

2124063-2

2124064-2

2124065-2

2124066-2

2124067-2

2124068-2

2124073-2

2124074-2

2124075-2

0711026-2

Research Frontiers of Computer Science and Technology

Computer Graphics

Introduction to Computer

Vision

Advanced Database Technologies

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

The Fundamental Principles

of Non-Photorealistic Computer Graphics

Electronic Business Technology

Computer Animation and its Applications

Network Multimedia

Search Engine

Solid Modeling

Biologic Intelligence and Algorithms

Introduction to Machine Learning

Advanced Artificial Intelligence

Visualization in Scientific Computing

Speech and Language, Processing and Understanding

Image Processing and Modeling

Virtual Reality

HeI

and Virtual Human

Data Mining

Bioinfonnatics Topics

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Changes to SFU Calendar - Computing Science

Add GDDP PhD and Master Programs

July 12, 2010

The School of Computing Science proposes to add the SFU-ZU GDDP programs described

below. The following calendar description (except the appendix) is proposed to

be included at

the end

of the current calendar description for the graduate programs in the School of Computing

Science. The appendix is proposed to be included in the website for the GDDP programs.

Simon Fraser University-Zhejiang University Graduate Dual Degree

Programs

The graduate dual degree programs (GDDP) jointly developed by Simon Fraser University

(SFU)

and Zhejiang University (ZU), China, allow students to acquire two graduate degrees at

the completion

of the programs. The programs will provide graduates with competitive

advantages to lead research and development in both universities and industry.

Degrees Offered

GOOP includes a Master's program and a PhD program. In both programs, students will study

and do research at both

SFU and ZU. The working language at SFU will be English, while the

working language at

ZU can be either English or Chinese. Graduates of the GDDP PhD program

will receive a PhD degree

in Computing Science from SFU and a PhD degree in Computer

Science from ZU. Graduates of the GOOP Master's program will receive an MSc degree in

Computing Science from SFU and an MSE (Master of Software Engineering) degree from ZU.

Admission Requirements

Admission

Students must

be admitted to one institution, and then apply, and be admitted to the other

institution. To qualify for admission to the

GODP programs, students must satisfy the usual

admission requirements specified

by each university. The university of first-admission will be

referred to as the student's "home" university. Students with SFU as their home university are

called

SFU students and students with ZU as their home university are called ZU students below.

Admission to the GOOP

Once

admitted to the home university, the student may then apply to be admitted to the

GODP. The application requires the support and involvement of the student's supervisor at the

home university. The graduate program committee at the home university decides whether

or not

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to recommend the student for admission to the GDDP. Recommended individual's applications

will then be forwarded to the other (or "partner") university. All students must meet the

admission requirements

of the partner university.

GDDP Master's Program

Under nonnal circumstances, the time for completing the Master's program is within 3 calendar

years and no longer than 6 calendar years.

Supervisory Committees

Each GDDP Master's program student will be supervised by a supervisory committee consisting

of a senior supervisor from either university and at least one faculty member from the other

university.

Course Requirements

SFU students are required to complete a total of at least 23 credits. ZU students are required to

complete a total of at least 26 credits.

Breadth Requirement

To demonstrate breadth in Computing Science, students are required to complete at least 20

credits from the graduate courses offered by SFU and ZU. Those graduate courses are classified

into four groups (please refer to Table 1 on the GDDP website (Appendix) for the list of the

courses). Of those credits, at least 9 credits must be from SFU and at least 10 credits must be

from ZU. All students must complete at least one course from each of the four groups and at

least one

of these courses must be chosen from CMPT 705, CMPT 710, and 2122001. Students

must also meet the breadth requirements specified

by ZU . For more details on breadth

requirements, please refer to the articulation documents

on the GDDP website (Appendix).

Social Science and Language Course Requirements

In

addition to the credits required above for the breadth requirement, SFU students are required

complete at least 3 credits from the course

on China Survey at ZU. ZU students are required

complete at least 6 credits

of social science courses specified by ZU.

Practicum Requirement

Students are required to complete a one-semester Co-op practicum or research/industry project at

either SFU or ZU.

Extended Essay Requirement

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All students are required to complete two extended essays, one at each university. Please refer to

the articulation documents on the GDDP website (Appendix) for details.

GDDP Master Residency Requirement

Students are expected to study at both SFU and ZU. All students are required to complete at least

9 course credits and an extended essay at

SFU. Please refer to the articulation documents on the

GDDP website (Appendix) for details.

GDDP PhD Program

Under normal circumstances, the time for completing the program is within 6 calendar years for

students with only a

BSc degree and within 4 calendar years for students who already hold an

MSc degree in Computing Science or an equivalent. For any student, the program should be

completed within 8 calendar years.

Supervisory Committees

Each GDOP PhD program student will be supervised by a supervisory committee consisting of a

senior supervisor and another faculty member at the home university, and a co-senior supervisor

and another faculty member at the partner university.

Course Requirements

SFU students without an MSc in Computing Science or an equivalent are required to complete a

total

of at least 30 credits. SFU students with an MSc in Computing Science or an equivalent are

required to complete a total

of at least 15 credits.

ZU students without an MSc in Computing Science or an equivalent must complete a total of at

least 34 credits.

ZU students with an MSc in Computing Science or an equivalent are required to

complete a total

of at least 14 credits.

Breadth Requirements

Students without an MSc degree in Computing Science or an equivalent are required to complete

at least 24 credits from the graduate courses offered

by SFU and ZU. Those courses are

classified into three groups (please refer to Table 2 on the

GODP website (Appendix) for the list

of the courses). At least 12 of the 24 credits must be completed at each university,

Students

with

a master's degree in Computing Science or an equivalent are required to complete

at least 12 credits from the courses listed in Table 2 on the

GODP website (Appendix). At least 6

of the 12 credits must be completed at each university.

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For more details on the breadth requirements, please refer to the articulation documents on the

GDDP website (Appendix).

Social Science and Language Course Requirements

In

addition to the credits required above for the breadth requirement, courses in cultural and/or

language studies are required. Please refer to the articulation documents on the GDDP website

(Appendix) for details.

Depth Requirements

Students are required to follow the general PhD depth requirements at SFU School of Computing

Science: pass the depth examination, submit a written thesis proposal, and defend a thesis based

on their independent work. The depth seminar and examination, the thesis proposal seminar and

the thesis defense seminar may

be done at either SFU or ZU. A student is required to defend the

thesis to an examining committee approved by SFU. The thesis will be reviewed by the

supervisory committee and reviewers specified

by ZU before the defense. The thesis defense

may proceed after the approval from the supervisory committee and the reviewers specified by

ZU. For more details on the thesis defense, please refer to 1.9 and 1.10 of the Graduate General

Regulations at

SFU. The thesis must meet the publication requirements for the PhD degrees of

SFU andZU.

GDDP PhD residency Requirement

Students are expected to conduct research at both SFU and ZU. A student in the program must

reside at each university for at least one year.

Appendix:

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GDDP Master's Program

Breadth requirement

Students are required to complete at least 20 credits to demonstrate breadth in Computing

Science. The courses taken must satisfy the following breadth requirements.

A list

of graduate courses offered at SFU and at ZU is given in Table 1. In this list, the courses

are classified into four groups.

All students are required to complete at least 20 credits from the courses in the four groups. Of

those credits, at least 9 credits must be from SFU and at least 10 credits must be from ZU. All

students must complete at least one course in each

of the four groups and at least one of these

courses must be chosen from

CMPT 705, CMPT 710, and 2122001. ZU students are also

required to complete courses

2122016 and 2124046.

An

SFU course and a ZU course are called similar if the two courses overlap substantially.

Students with credits from one course of two similar courses may not take the other course for

further credits. The graduate program breadth committee at

SFU and the corresponding

committee at

ZU will decide the list of similar courses.

Extended Essay Requirement

Each student is required to complete an extended essay in English at SFU. The extended essay is

normally a report on a research/industry project or a survey on a specific topic in information

technology. The normal length

of the SFU essay is 15-30 pages. The topic and the scope of SFU

essay are determined in consultation with the supervisory committee. The workload of the SFU

essay is equivalent to that of3 units ofSFU graduate course work and the essay is given 3

credits. The

SFU essay is evaluated with P or F by the student's SFU supervisor.

Each student is required to complete an extended essay

in either English or Chinese at ZU. lfthe

extended essay is written in Chinese, the student is required to provide an English translation.

The

ZU extended essay is normally a report on a research/industry project or a survey on a

specific topic

in

information technology. The topic and the scope of the essay are determined in

consultation with the supervisory committee. The length

of the ZU essay should follow the

guidelines

of ZU. The ZU essay is treated as a project report by ZU. Students are required to

submit the

ZU essay to the ZU library.

GDDP Master Residency Requirement

Students are expected to study at both SFU and ZU. All students are required to complete at least

9 course credits and an extended essay at

SFU. SFU students are required to complete at least 13

course credits and an extended essay at ZU. ZU students are required to complete at least 16

course credits and an extended essay at

zu.

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Tuition fees

Students pay per-unit tuition fees (at the same level as for the MEng program) at the SFU. The

minimum number

of SFU credits required by this program is 12 (9 course credits and 3 essay

credits). Students pay tuition fee to

ZU specified by ZU for those semesters registered at ZU.

Withdrawal from GDDP

A student may withdraw from the GDDP Master's program by transferring to the Master's

program at their home university at any time. The full academic record at the partner university

may

be used to detennine standing at the home university. A student may withdraw by

transferring to the Master's program of the partner university only with permission of the

graduate program committee of the partner university, considering the full records at both

uni versities.

Student Service

When a student is a resident of SFU or ZU, the student will receive the same services as those for

the regular students at

SFU or ZU, respectively. The GDDP office at SFU may provide

additional consultation for students on issues related to

SFU.

Graduate courses offered

by

SFU and ZU for the GDDP Master's program

Graduate courses offered by SFU and

W

for the GDDP Master's program are listed

in

four

groups (Groups

I-IV)

as shown in Table 1.

Table 1

Group I Courses: Algorithms and Theory Credits

Courses at SFU:

CMPT 701-3 Computability and Logic

CMPT 705-3 Design and Analysis of Algorithms

CMPT 710-3 Computational Complexity

CMPT 711-3 Bioinfonnatics Algorithms

CMPT 813-3 Computational Geometry

CMPT 814-3 Algorithmic Graph Theory

CMPT 815-3 Algorithms

of Optimization

CMPT 881-3 Special Topics in Theoretical Computing Science

Courses at

zu:

2122001-2

2122019-2

Elements of the Theory of Computation

Advanced Fonnal Method

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Group II Courses: Systems

Courses at SFU:

CMPT 730-3 Programming

Language

CMPT 731-3 Functional

Programming

CMPT 745-3 Software Engineering

CMPT 755-3 Compiler Theory

CMPT 760-3 Operating Systems

CMPT 765-3 Computer Communication Networks

CMPT 771-3 Internet Architecture and

Protocols

CMPT

777-3 Formal Verification

CMPT 816-3 Theory

of Communication Networks

CMPT 885-3 Special Topics in Computer Architecture

CMPT 886-3 Special Topics in Networks, Software

Courses at

zu:

2122002-2

2122003-2

2122016-2

2124012-2

2124016-2

2124028-2

2124045-2

2124059-2

2124070-2

2124072-2

Advanced Operating System

Advanced Computer Architecture

System Design and Analysis

Grid Computing and Distributed Systems

Embedded Systems

Pervasive Computing

Network and Information Security

Multi-core Computing

Parallel Computer Architecture and Programming

Principles of Embedded System Design

Group III Courses: Applications

Courses at SFU:

CMPT 721-3 Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

CMPT 725-3 Logical Methods

in

Computational Intelligence

CMPT 726-3 Machine Learning

CMPT 823-3 Formal Topics in Knowledge Representation

CMPT 825-3 Natural Language

Processing

CMPT

826-3 Automated Learning and Reasoning

CMPT 827-3 Intelligent Systems

CMPT

882-3 Special Topics in Artificial Intelligence

CMPT 505-3 Problem based Learning in Bioinformatics

CMPT 740-3 Database Systems

CMPT 741-3 Data Mining

CMPT 829-3 Special Topics in Bioinformatics

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CMPT 842-3 Concurrency Control in Database Systems

CMPT 843-3 Database and Knowledge-Base Systems

CMPT 844-3 Special Topics in Database Systems

CMPT 761-3 Image Synthesis

CMPT 764-3 Geometric Modeling in Computer Graphics

CMPT 767-3 Visualization

CMPT 773-3 Use-Interface Design

CMPT

820-3 Multimedia Systems

CMPT 821-3 Robot Vision

CMPT 822-3 Computational Vision

CMPT 888-3 Special Topics in Computer Graphics, HCI, Vision, and Visualization

Courses at

ZU:

2122020-4

2122021-2

2122022-2

2122023-2

2124003-2

2124014-2

2124017-2

2124025-2

2124027-2

2124044-2

2124057-2

2124060-2

2124061-2

2124062-2

2124063

.. 2

2124064 .. 2

2124065-2

2124066-2

2124067-2

2124068

.. 2

2124069-2

2124073-2

2124074-2

2124075-2

2124076-2

Computer Graphics

Introduction to Computer Vision

Advanced Database Technology

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Computer Security

Advanced Software Engineering

The Fundamental Principles

of Non-Photorealistic Computer Graphics

Electronic Business Technology

Computer Animation and its Applications

Webservice Technology

High End Computing and Its Applications

Multimedia Computing

Network Multimedia

Search Engine

Solid Modeling

Biologic Intelligence and Algorithms

Introduction to Machine Learning

Advanced Artificial Intelligence

Visualization in Scientific Computing

Speech and Language,

Processing and Understanding

Image Processing and Modeling

Sensor Networks and Information Processing

Virtual Reality

HCI and Virtual Human

Data Mining

Services Computing

Group IV Courses: Others

Courses at SFU:

CMPT 781-3 Technical Communication and IT Project Management

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Courses at zu:

0711026-2

2122014-2

2124040-2

2124041-2

2124042-2

2124043-2

2124046-2

Bioinformatics Topics

Software Engineering Process Management

Software Engineering and Business English

Software Quality Assurance

Software Requirement Engineering

Software Engineering Case Analysis

Software Engineering

Project Management

GDDP PhD Program

Breadth Requirement

Students without a master's degree in Computing Science are required to complete at least 24

credits to demonstrate breadth in Computing Science. Students with a master's degree in

Computing

Science or the equivalent are required to complete at least 12 credits to demonstrate

breadth in Computing

Science. The courses taken must satisfy the following breadth

requirements.

A list

of graduate courses offered at SFU and at ZU is given in Table 2. In this list, the courses

are classified into three groups.

SFU students without an MSc in Computing Science or a related field must complete at least 12

credits at each university.

Of those credits, at least 9 from each university must be taken from the

courses listed in Groups I, II, and III. At

ZU, the approval of the student's supervisor and the

graduate program director at

ZU are required for the student to take courses not listed in Groups

I, II, and III.

SFU students with an MSc in Computing Science or a related field must complete at least 6

credits at each university from the courses listed in Groups

I, II, and III.

W

students without an MSc in Computing Science or a related field must complete at least 12

credits at

SFU and at least 14 credits at ZU. Of those credits, all but three from SFU must be

taken from the courses listed in Groups I, II, and III. At ZU, these students must complete

courses

2111001, 2111002, 2112001, and at least four additional ZU courses in Groups I, II, and

III.

ZU students with an MSc in Computing Science or a related field must complete at least 6

credits at each university from the courses listed

in

Groups I, II, and III. At ZU, these students

must complete courses

2111001, 2111002, 2112001.

All ZU students must complete additional research seminars as specified by ZU.

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In special circumstances, with the approval of the student's supervisor and the graduate program

director at the partner (horne) university, up to 3

of the credits at the partner (home) university

may

be completed at the home (partner) university.

All students must complete at least one course in each

of the groups and at least one of these

courses must

be chosen from CMPT 705, CMPT 710, and 2122001.

At most two Special Topics courses at SFU (two ofCMPT 829, 881, 882, 885, 886, 888) may be

used to meet the breadth requirement, except with the pennission from the graduate program

director at

SFU.

An SFU course and a ZU course are called similar if the two courses overlap substantially.

Students with credits from one course

of two similar courses may not take the other course for

further credits. The graduate program breadth committee at

SFU and the corresponding

committee at

ZU will decide the list of similar courses.

Social Science and Language Course Requirements

In

addition to the credits required above for the breadth requirement, credits specified below are

required.

SFU students without an MSc in Computing Science or a related field must complete 6 credits

from the course China

Survey and courses on basic Chinese language at ZU.

SFU

students with an MSc in Computing Science or a related field must complete 3 credits from

the course China Survey at

ZU.

ZU

students without an MSc in Computing Science or a related field must complete at least 8

credits

of social science courses specified by ZU.

ZU

students with an MSc in Computing Science or a related field are required to complete at

least 2 credits

of social science courses specified by ZU.

Tuition fees

When a student is resident at SFU, the student pays per-semester tuition fee to SFU. When a

student is resident at

ZU, the student pays per-year tuition fee to ZU.

Withdrawal from GDDP

A student may withdraw from the GDDP PhD program by transferring to the PhD program at the

home university at any time. The full academic record at the partner university may

be used to

determine standing at the home university. A student

may withdraw by transferring to the PhD

program

of the partner university only with permission of the graduate program committee of the

partner university, considering the full records at both universities.

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Student Service

When a student is a resident of SFU or ZU, the student will receive the same services as those for

the regular students at

SFU or ZU, respectively. The GDDP office at SFU may provide

additional consultation for students

on issues related to SFU.

Graduate courses offered by SFU and ZU for the GDDP PhD program

Graduate courses offered by SFU and ZU for the GDDP PhD program are classified in three

groups (Groups I-III) as shown in Table 2.

Table 2

Group I Courses: Algorithms and Theory Credits

Courses at SFU:

CMPT 701-3 Computability and Logic

CMPT

705-3 Design and Analysis of Algorithms

CMPT

710-3 Computational Complexity

CMPT 711-3 Bioinformatics Algorithms

CMPT 813-3 Computational Geometry

CMPT 814-3 Algorithmic Graph Theory

CMPT 815-3 Algorithms

of Optimization

CMPT 881-3

Special Topics in Theoretical Computing Science

Courses at ZU:

2111001-2

2111002-2

2122001-2

2122019-2

Applied Mathematics for Computer Science (1)

Applied Mathematics for Computer

Science (2)

Elements

of the Theory of Computation

Advanced Formal Methods

Group II Courses: Systems

Courses at SFU:

CMPT 730-3 Programming Language

CMPT 731-3 Functional Programming

CMPT 745-3

Software Engineering

CMPT 755-3 CompilerTheory

CMPT

760-3 Operating Systems

CMPT 765-3 Computer Communication Networks

CMPT 771-3 Internet Architecture and Protocols

CMPT 777-3 Formal Verification

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CMPT 816-3 Theory of Communication Networks

CMPT 885-3 Special Topics in Computer Architecture

CMPT 886-3

Special Topics in Networks, Software

Courses at ZU

2122002-2

2122003-2

2122006-2

2122018-2

2124003-2

2124012-2

2124014-2

2124028-2

2124057-2

2124058-2

2124059-2

2124060-2

2124072-2

2124069-2

2124070-2

2124071-2

Advanced Operating Systems

Advanced Computer Architecture

Modern

VLSI Design: System on Chip Design

Advanced Computer Networks

Computer Security

Grid Computing and Distributed

Systems

Advanced Software Engineering

Pervasive Computing

High End Computing and Its Applications

Advanced Topics in Compilers

Multi-core Computing

Network Multimedia Computing

Principles

of Embedded System Design

Sensor Network and Infonnation Processing

Parallel Computer Architecture and Programming

Network Algorithms

Group

III

Courses: Applications

Courses at SFU:

CMPT 721-3 Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

CMPT 725-3 Logical Methods in Computational Intelligence

CMPT 726-3 Machine Learning

CMPT 823-3 Fonnal Topics in Knowledge Representation

CMPT 825-3 Natural Language Processing

CMPT 826-3 Automated Learning and Reasoning

CMPT 827-3 Intelligent Systems

CMPT 882-3

Special Topics in Artificial Intelligence

CMPT

505-3 Problem based Learning in Bioinfonnatics

CMPT

740-3 Database Systems

CMPT

741-3 Data Mining

CMPT 829-3

Special Topics in Bioinformatics

CMPT 842-3 Concurrency Control

in

Database Systems

CMPT 843-3 Database and Knowledge-Base Systems

CMPT

844-3 Special Topics in Database Systems

CMPT 761-3 Image Synthesis

CMPT

764-3 Geometric Modeling in Computer Graphics

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CMPT 767-3 Visualization

CMPT 773-3 Use-Interface Design

CMPT

820-3 Multimedia Systems

CMPT 821-3 Robot Vision

CMPT 822-3 Computational Vision

CMPT 888-3 Special Topics in Computer Graphics, HCI, Vision, and Visualization

Courses at zu:

2112001-2

2122020-4

2122021-2

2122022-2

2122023-2

2124017-2

2124025-2

2124027-2

2124061-2

2124062-2

2124063-2

2124064-2

2124065-2

2124066-2

2124067-2

2124068-2

2124073-2

2124074-2

2124075-2

0711026-2

Research Frontiers of Computer Science and Technology

Computer Graphics

Introduction to Computer Vision

Advanced Database Technologies

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

The Fundamental Principles

of Non-Photorealistic Computer Graphics

Electronic Business Technology

Computer Animation and its Applications

Network Multimedia

Search Engine

Solid Modeling

Biologic Intelligence and Algorithms

Introduction to Machine Leaming

Advanced Artificial Intelligence

Visualization

in Scientific Computing

Speech and Language, Processing and Understanding

Image Processing and Modeling

Virtual Reality

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and Virtual Human

Data Mining

Bioinformatics Topics

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committee where there might be an overlap

in course content. The chairs

wil/

indicate that overlap concerns have

been dealt with by signing the appropriate space or

via a separate memo or e-mail (attach). The new course

proposal must also

be semto the Library for a report.

Once overlap concerns have been dealt with signatures indicate approval by the department, home faculty and

Senate Graduate Studies Committee.

Department or School:

School of Computing Science

Proposed course number and title:

CMPT626 Graduate Co-op Practicum

I

Other Faculties:

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course support(s) the approval of the new course.

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Signature

Date

Name of Faculty

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Date

Name of Faculty

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Date

Name of Faculty

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the Faculty/Department commits

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Faculty Graduate Program Committee

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Date

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Signature

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required for an

SFU degree.

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be jointly delivered

by

SFU and ZU. Students are required to complete at least one term of Co-operative

ducation. This course

is proposed for students to meet this requirement.

Resources:

Faculty member(s) who will normal1y teach this course:

(append ill/ormation about their competency to teach tile course)

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Additional space required

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(append

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(append details)

Annually $

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information

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other course attributes that may

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(0) hours of lecture per week.

Course Description:

This course is the first term of work experience in the School of Computing Science Co-operative

Education

Program for the students in the GDDP Master Program. Units from this course do not

count towards the units required for an

SFU degree.

Grading

In Progress/Complete

Rationale for Introducing This Course

The School of Computing Science at SFU proposes to offer the GDDP Master Program in Com-

puting

Science to be delivered jointly by SFU and ZU. Students in this program are required to com-

plete at least one tenn

of Co-operative Education Program. This course is proposed for students to

meet this requirement.

Scheduling and Registration Information

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When a department proposes a new course it must first be sent to the chairs of each faculty graduate program

committee where there might

be an overlap in course content. The chairs will indicate that overlap concerns have

been dealt with by signing the appropriate space

or via a separate memo or e-mail (attach). The new course

proposal must also

be sent to the Library for a report.

Once overlap concerns have been dealt with, signatures indicate approval by the department, home faculty and

Senate Graduate Studies Committee.

Department or School:

School of Computing Science

Proposed course number and title:

CMPT627 Graduate Co-op Practicum

II

Other Faculties:

Other Faculties approval indicates that the Dean(s) or designate of other Faculties affected by the proposed new

course support(s) the approval

of the new course.

Name of Faculty

Signature

Date

Name of Faculty

Signature

Date

Name of Faculty

Signature

Date

Name of Faculty

Signature

Date

Name of Faculty

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Date

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towards the units required for an SFU degree.

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course

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Justification:

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pe jOintly delivered

by

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Education.

This course is proposed for students to gain more work experience in the Co-operative Education

Program.

Resources:

Faculty member(s) who will normal1y teach this course:

(append informatioll about tlreir competency to leacll 'lie course)

Number of additional faculty members required in order to offer this course:

Additional space required in order to offer this course:

(append detflils)

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(append detllils)

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Annually $

----------

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additional resources are required to offer this course, the department proposing the cou,.se should he prepared to provide

information on the source(s)

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other course attributes that may be required to enable the proper enlly of the new course in the student record system.

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Instructor:

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Credit Hours: Zero

(0) hours of lecture per week.

Course Description:

Following CMPT 626, this course is the second term of work experience in the School of Com-

puting Science Co-operative Education

Program for the students in the GDDP Master Program. Units

from this course do not count towards the units required for an

SFU degree.

Grading

In Progress/Complete

Rationale for Introducing This Course

The School of Computing Science at SFU proposes to offer the GDDP Master Program in Com-

puting

Science to be delivered jointly by SFU and ZU. Students in this program are required to com-

plete at least one term

of Co-operative Education Program. This course is proposed for students to

gain more work experience in the Co-operative Education

Program.

Scheduling and Registration Information

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When a department proposes a new course it must first be sent to the chairs of each faculty graduate program

committee where there might be an overlap in course content. The chairs

will indicate that overlap concerns have

been dealt with by signing the appropriate space

or via a separate memo or e-mail (attach). The new course

proposal must also be sent to the Library for a report.

Once overlap concerns have been dealt with, signatures indicate approval by the department, home faculty and

Senate Graduate Studies Committee.

Department or School:

School of Computing Science

Proposed course number and title: CMPT628

Graduate Co-op Practicum

III

Other Faculties:

Other Faculties approval indicates that the Dean(s) or designate of other Faculties affected by the proposed new

course support(s) the approval 0/ the new course.

Name of Faculty

Signature

Date

Name of Faculty

Signature

Date

Name of Faculty

Signature

Date

Name of Faculty

Signature

Date

Name of Faculty

Signature

Date

Departmental approval

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Program

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Chair

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approval

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the Faculty/Department commits

10

providing the reqUired LibrGlY funds and any other necessary resources

Faculty

Graduate Program Committee

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tomputing Science Co-operative Education program for the students in the GDDP Master Program. Units from

his course do not count towards the units required for an SFU degree.

Units:

----------

0

A vailable Course Components:

(select all that apply)

DLecture

DSeminar

o Laboratory

0Practicum

Prerequisites:

(ifany)

Frequency

Campus

Estimated

at

Enrolment:

of

which

course

course

offering:

10-15

will

be

every

offered:

semester

The

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term

campuses

course

will

first

be

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Justification:

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De jointly delivered by SFU and ZU. Students are required to complete at least one term of Co-operative

ducation. This course is proposed for students to gain more work experience in the Co-operative Education

Program.

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(append in/ormation about tlleir competellcy to teac" tile course)

Number of additional faculty members required in order to offer this course:

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Course Description:

Following CMPT 626 and CMPT 627, this course is the third term of work experience in the

School of Computing Science Co-operative Education Program for the students in the GDDP Master

Program. Units from this course do not count towards the units required for an SFU degree.

Grading

In Progress/Complete

Rationale for Introducing This Course

The School of Computing Science at SFU proposes to offer the GDDP Master Program in Com-

puting

Science to be delivered jointly by SFU and ZU. Students in this program are required to com-

plete at least one term

of Co-operative Education Program. This course is proposed for students to

gain more work experience in the Co-operative Education Program.

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The School of Computing Science proposes to offer the SFU-ZU Graduate Dual Degree

Programs (GDDP). The School proposes to add courses CMPT626, CMPT627,

CMPT628, CMPT781

and CMPT895 described below for the GDDP Master program.

The descriptions for

CMPT626, CMPT627 and CMPT628 are proposed to be added

between the descriptions

of CMPT612 and CMPT701 in the current calendar. The

description for

CMPT781 is proposed to be added between CMPT777 and CMPT813 in

the current calendar. The description of CMPT895 is proposed to be added between

CMPT894 and CMPT896 in the current calendar.

CMPT 626-0 Graduate Co-op Practicum I

This course is the first term of work experience in the School of Computing Science Co-

operative Education Program for the students in the GDDP Master program. Units from

this course do not count towards the units required for an

SFU degree.

CMPT 627-0 Graduate Co-op Practicum II

This course is the second term of work experience in the School of Computing Science

Co-operative Education

Program for the students in the GDDP Master program. Units

from this course do not count towards the units required for an

SFU degree.

Prerequisite: CMPT 626.

CMPT 628-0 Graduate Co-op Practicum III

This course is the third term of work experience in the School of Computing Science

Co-operative Education Program for the students in the GDDP Master program. Units

from this course do not count towards the units required for

an SFU degree.

Prerequisite: CMPT 627.

CMPT 781-3 Technical Communication and IT Project Management

This course covers the fundamentals of technical communications and IT project

management such as principles

of technical communication, technical writing process

and strategies, reports and business correspondence, project estimation and planning,

project tracking and quality management, and project teamwork.

CMPT 895-3 GDDP Master Program Extended Essay

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committee where there might be an overlap in course content. The chairs will indicate that overlap concerns have

been dealt with

by signing the appropriate space or via a separate memo or e-mail (attach). The new course

proposal must also be sent

to the Library for a report.

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teamwork.

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(select all that apply)

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(if any)

Estimated

Campus

at

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which

course

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term

course

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technical communication and

IT

project management in the GOOP Master Program.

Resources:

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Prof. T. Kirkpatrick; Prof.

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Title:

CMPT 781: Technical Communication and Project Management

Instructor: Dr. Ted Kirkpatrick, Dr. Uwe Glaesser

Sessionals

or limited term appointments with industry experiences

Course Information

Course Number: CMPT 781

Course Title: Technical Communication and Project Management

Credit Hours: Three (3) hours of lecture per week.

Course Description:

This course covers the fundamentals of technical communications and IT project management

such as principles

of technical communication, technical writing process and strategies, reports and

business correspondence, project estimation and planning, project tracking and quality management,

and project teamwork.

Course Outline:

• Principles of technical communications

• Technical writing process

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• Formal reports

• Business correspondence

• Project estimation and planning

8 Project tracking

• Project quality managelnent

• Project teamwork

Grading:

• Assignments (40%)

•

Projects and reports (60%)

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The School of Computing Science at SFU proposes to offer the GDDP Master Program in Com-

puting

Science to be delivered jointly by SFU and ZU. This interdisciplinary course is proposed to

provide training on technical communications and IT project management for the students in the

ODDP Master Program.

Scheduling and Registration Information

The course is proposed to be first offered in 2011-3 and annually thereafter.

Dr. Uwe Glaesser and DR. Ted Kirkpatric have the expertise to offer this course. Sessionals or

limited term appointments with industry experiences may be considered to teach this course.

This

is a new course that does not duplicate any current or previous courses offered by Computing

Science.

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Rationale for Introducing This Course

The School of Computing Science at SFU proposes to offer the GDDP Nlaster Program in Com-

puting Science to be delivered jointly by SFU and ZU. This interdisciplinary course is proposed to

provide training on technical communications and IT project management for the students in the

GDDP

~laster

Program.

Scheduling and Registration Information

The course is proposed to be first offered in 2011-3 and annually thereafter.

Dr. Uwe Glaesser and DR. Ted Kirkpatric have the expertise to offer this course. Sessionals or

limited term appointments with industry experiences may be considered to teach this course.

This is a new course that does not duplicate any current or previous courses offered

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Computing

Science.

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other course attributes that may be requi,.ed to enable the proper entry of the new course in the student record system.

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supervisory

committee.

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to be jointly delivered by SFU and ZU. Students are required to complete an extended essay at SFU. This

course is proposed for students to complete the essay.

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New Graduate Course Proposal

April 12, 2010

Title:

CMPT 895: Master Program Essay

Instructor: Research Faculty Members

at

School of Computing Science

Course Information

Course Number: CMPT 895

Course Title: Master Program Essay

Credit Hours: Three (3) hours

of lecture per week.

Course Description:

Students in this course will complete an extended essay required by the SFU-ZU GOOP Master

Program.

Grading: S (Satisfactory) or U (Unsatisfactory)

Rationale for Introducing This Course

The School of Computing Science at SFU proposes to offer the GODP Master Program in Com-

puting Science to be delivered jointly by SFU and ZU. Students in this program are required to com-

plete an extended essay at

SFU. This course is proposed for students to complete the essay.

Scheduling and Registration Information

The course is proposed to be offered as needed.

Each student in the GOOP Master Program will have a supervisor at SFU. The supervisor of a

student supervises the studenfs writing of the essay.

This is a new course that does not duplicate any current or previous courses offered by Computing

Science.

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Fwd: New courses

From: hbai@sfu.ca

Thursday, April 29, 2010 8 :51 :09 PM

To: sheilagh@sfu.ca

forgot to C.c. this to you.

hb

Begin

forwarded

message:

From: Heesoon Bai <hbai@sfu.ca>

Date:

April 29, 2010 8:46:50 PM PDT (CA)

To: Fred Popowich <popowich@sfu.ca>

Subject: Re: New courses

Hello Fred,

We in Education see no overlap with our courses.

Best

regards,

Heesoon

On 19-Apr-lO, at 12:41 PM, Fred Popowich wrote:

Please let me know if you have any overlap concerns with the new grad course proposals from

CMPT as part of the graduate dual degree program.

Thanks

Fred<NewCMPT895.pdt><NewCMPT781.pdt><NewCMPT628.

pdt><NewCMPT627

.pdf><Ne

wCMPT626.

pdf>

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are

few. --Shunryu

Suzuki

Heesoon Bai, Ph.D.

Director

of

Graduate Programs

http://www.educ.sfu.ca/gradprogsJ

Associate Professor, Philosophy

of Education

Faculty

of Education

Simon Fraser University

8888 University Drive

Burnaby,

BC, CANADA V5A 186

hbai@sfu.ca

tel:178.782.3984

http://www.educ.sfu.ca/research/bail

Editor of Paideusis: The Journal ofthe Canadian Philosophy of Education Society

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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. --Shunryu

Suzuki

Heesoon Bai, Ph.D.

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Library Report: CMPT 626, 627,628,781,895

Thu Apr 22 15:55:002010

From: mcrouch@sfu.ca

To:

popowich@sfu.ca;

art@cs.sfu.ca;

marilyo_e_trautman@sfu.ca

Cc:

gbird@sfu.ca;

ysk6@sfu.ca

Dear Fred,

I

have reviewed the proposal for the following courses:

eMPT

626: Graduate Practicum I

CMPT 627: Graduate Practicum II

CMPT 628: Graduate Practicum III

eMPT 781: Technical Communication and IT project Management

CMPT 895: Master Program Extended Essay.

No additional library resources are required to support these courses.

I

have added the courses to the appropriate list at ht1.p:llw\:vw.lib.sfu.calcollections/course-

assessnlents. This will be adequate proof of library sign-off.

If you have

any

questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards,

Megan

Megan

L. Crouch

Health

Sciences

Librarian

Collections

Librarian

SiInon Fraser University / W.A.C. Bennett Library

8888 University Drive, Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1 S6

nlcrouch@sfu.ca / Tel: 778.782.4962/ Fax: 778.782.3023

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Fwd: minor edits

Friday, May

28,2010 11:43:52 AM

From: wade -parkhouse@sfu.ca

To: sheiJagh@sfu.ca

Attachments:

CSDDPPhDRevised.docx (23.5KB)

CSDDPMScRevised.docx (19.4KB)

CSDDOExSumRevised.docx (14.5KB)

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From: "Qianping

Gu" <qgu@cs.sfu.ca>

To:

"wade parkhouse

ll

<wade'-parkhouse@sfu.ca>

Cc: cameron@cs.sfu.ca, funda@cs.sfu.ca, Ii@cs.sfu.ca

Sent: Friday, 28 May, 2010 09:28:02 GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific

Subject:

Re: minor edits

Dear Wade,

Thanks very much for the revision comments.

We have adopted all

of them except we have

a suggestion

on the phrase

"complete comprehensive examinations"

in the

PhD proposal. Because CS has not had

comprehensive exams as the

PhD requirements

for many years, we suggest to replace

"comprehensive" with "depth and thesis proposa}fI.

Based

on the comments from the Co-op director,

we also did some minor changes on the proposed

graduate Co-op courses. I will send

you the

revised course proposals in the next email.

Thanks

Qianping

Dr. Wade

Parkhouse, Ph.D.

Dean of Graduate Studies

Simon

Fraser University

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Re: Fwd: dual degrees

Thursday,

May 13,2010 11:44:20 AM

From: qgu@cs.sfu.ca

To:

wade -IJarkhouse@sfu.ca

Cc:

qgu@sfu.ca;

cameron@sfu.ca;

funda_ergun@sfu.ca;

Ii@cs.sfu.ca;

driver@sfu.ca;

sheilagh@sfu.ca;

gagnes@sfu.ca

Hi Wade,

Thanks very much for the very detailed comments.

I will work with the CS working group to revise

the proposals.

Qianping

On Thu, 13 May 2010, wade_parkhouse@sfu.ca wrote:

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

Dear Qianping,

>

> Thank you for your answers to many of the concerns raised at the NOI stage and for

providing some context to our queries at the SGSC meeting on Monday as we reviewed the

FPP for the CS GDDP program. Please see SGSC's comments from our discussion of the CS

GDDP's listed below. I will circulate these comments under separate email to the SGSC

committee to make sure I have not missed anything, but I wanted to get you the

information quickly so that you can start to address their comments and make the

necessary revisions. I am well aware of the urgency of moving this program forward in

an expedited manner and will attempt to do so given the desire to have this program in

place for September. I will convey any other comments that I receive from SGSC (should

I receive any) .

>

>

1) SGSC expressed some concern that the rationale for the program was not

particularly strong as described in the document.

>

>

>

>

>

> I would suggest adding something like this. The rationale for developing jointly

awarded graduate degrees with international partners is to foster internationalization

of graduate research programs and enhance student mobility and exchange - both key

drivers in the globalization of research education. Collaborative degree programs lead

to a more sustainable type of relationship than many other internationalization

strategies and bring important academic benefits. The benefits include: international

student mobility; knowledge transfer; international research collaboration; recognition

of partner university qualifications in other countries; employment prospects for

students; research as a career for high caliber students; enhanced recruitment of

excellent graduate students; access to additional sources of student financial support.

>

>

>

>

>

2) The committee was concerned that the programs (PhD and Masters) as designed looked

more like joint programs than as double (or dual at SFU) degree programs. Their

reasoning is based on the following emerging definition of international collaborative

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programming at the doctoral level (see below). I believe they had interpreted the Nor

to be a joint program that would offer two parchments each recognizing the other

institution. Given that that is not our current understanding and the program is

intended to be a double (dual) degree without such recognition on the parchments, the

question emerged as to why the degree requirements do not appear to be much different

from your regular degrees, and thus the committee was left with the impression that the

individuals would be essentially be getting two degrees for the same work as a student

doing a single degree in your graduate program. I believe your explanation of the

additional components associated with the two programs that you explained verbally

needs to be incorporated into the document, and additional consideration of other

components that make the program more intensive than a single degree could be outlined

(explained) or incorporated. I believe the committee is fully aware that merely trying

to work in two countries itself will add to the complexity of the degrees. Outlining

the additional elements in the document with a statement such as - In addition to

meeting all of the normal requirements for a PhD in either partner institution,

students will be expected to ............. - will allieviate much of SGSC's programming

concerns and make the program proposal clearer.

>

>

>

>

>

> I have extracted the relevant information on types of collaborative programs

(extracted from the Universities21 Collaborative PhD project and the CAGS workshops on

international joint programming) for your information to understand the context of our

questions related to the type of programming being recommended.

>

>

> We recognize that the terminology used to refer to collaborative programs can be

confusing and unclear. The following definitions reflect the terminology that is slowly

being adopted by the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies and proposed by the

Universities 21 Jointly-awarded PhD project partners that includes UBC and McGill, and

other institutions from Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, New

Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, United Kingdom, and USA but is not universally

accepted. Note that it differs from the "dual degree" terminology used at SFU but the

principles appear consistent with both the UG DDP and the Master of Digital Media

programs at SFU.

>

>

>

>

>

A jointly-awarded degree program awards one qualification upon completion of the

collaborative program requirements established by the partner institutions. In this

case, the student receives one degree, awarded and jointly recognized by both

institutions. This may be one or two parchments but each parchment clearly states the

award is a "joint" and awarded for one piece of work. A jointly-awarded degree is

normally completed in the same period of time as a degree from either partner

institution and normally requires a relatively minor amount of additional scholarly

activity and/or courses to be taken. \vhen two parchments are awarded, each

recognizing the other institution, it is sometimes referred to as a "dual degree".

>

> A jOintly-awarded degree is a qualification conferred upon a student on completion of

a collaborative program established by the partner institutions and is characterized

by:

>

> .

>

> .

>

> .

>

meeting the academic requirements of both universities;

agreement regarding a lead institution;

joint supervision;

> .

a single degree awarded for one thesis/dissertation;

>

> .

parchment(s) issued which indicate that there has been joint supervision

and that a portion of the work was completed at the partner institution.

>

>

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A double degree program awards two individual qualifications upon completion of

~he

collaborative program requirements established by the two partner institutions. In this

case, the student receives two degrees awarded separately by two different institutions

for one piece of work. The amount of scholarly activity, courses taken, and the

duration of the study are more extensive than either single degree program in order to

meet the requirements of both the partners but less than the sum of both degree

programs requirements.

>

> A double degree is two qualifications conferred upon a student on completion of a

collaborative program established by the partner institutions and is characterized by:

>

>

•

>

meeting the academic requirements of both institutions;

> .

agreement that the amount of scholarly activity, courses taken, and the

duration of the study are more extensive than either single degree program in order to

meet the requirements of both the partners but less than the sum of both degree

programs requirements.

>

> .

>

> .

>

joint supervision:

two degrees awarded for one thesis/dissertation;

> •

separate parchments from the partner institutions without recognition of

the partner on the parchment.

>

> SGSC understands that models will vary between countries but questions regarding

accreditation, recognition, quality assurance and legitimacy must be addressed and for

the most part are in your proposal.

>

>

In all cases, including our co-tutelles (individual joint degrees), the individual

partnership agreements must address details on residency requirements; tuition and

other fees; student financial support; funding arrangements for travel of the students,

supervisors, and examiners; student insurance coverage; visa requirements, admission

requirements and application process; supervisory practice: copyright; authorship;

intellectual property; annual progress evaluations; thesis submission and examination

procedures;

and others as needed. Your program proposal has addressed many but not

all of these details but we recognize that some of them would not normally appear in a

FPP

but will need to be addressed.

>

>

3) SGSC was pleased to hear that you had addressed the question from SGSC of

dissertation quality at ZU. It would be good to add a paragraph outlining the

assessment of their dissertation quality in the document to address the similar

concerns that may be raised at SCUP or Senate and strengthen the proposal.

>

>

4) A question was asked about student interest in this program, particularly from the

SFU side. A paragraph outlining the demand for the program at both institutions would

be beneficial.

>

> 5) A

ques~ion

was asked about the ability of the School to absorb both the masters

and PhD students given the expected numbers. This was addressed at the meeting and a

sentence addressing this concern in the document would add strength to the proposal.

>

> 6) The committee was concerned that many issues related to student expectations

related to financial support: funding arrangements for travel of the students,

supervisors, and examiners: student insurance coverage; supervisory practice;

copyright; authorship; intellectual property; annual progress evaluations; thesis

submission and examination procedures: were inadequately addressed. While we

understand that many of these cannot be incorporated into the document, a statement

that says something like "unless specifically addressed in the program, all General

Graduate Regulations and graduate administration practices at SFU will be adhered to"

would be good. I think three of the biggest issues concerning the students are IP,

annual progress evaluations and copyright/thesis withholding privileges.

>

>

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Specific areas that need to be addressed in the PhD and Masters DDP and additional

comments

>

>

a) In the admission component of the PhD DDP the committee would like to

see

the

statemen~

revised to say that "nor.mally students are admitted to the PhD DD? within the

first

yea~

of study at the partner institution" because of concerns over the length of

time it can take to get a VISA and how far along in their program they will be when

they initate the program of study at the partner insitution. In the admission component

of the Masters DDP the committee would like to see the statement revised to say that

"normally students are admitted to the masters DDP within the first 8 months of study

at the partner institution" because of concerns over the length of time it can take to

get a VISA and how long far along in their program they will be when they initiate the

program of study at the partner institution.

>

>

b) The program "Breadth" requirements section of the PhD DDP was particularly

confusing and should be divided into sections with headings to make it easier to

follow. The Thesis requirements section related to the depth seminar and examination

was also confusing and should be re-written. One concern is the scheduling of depth

seminar and examination that is open-ended - can be scheduled at any time after

completion of the breadth requirement. We recommend that a time limit be attached

consistent with admission time table - something like within three years of initial

admission to either University.

>

> c) SGSC feels that there must be two faculty members from SFU as per our GGR on the

supervisory committee of the PhD DDP and expects that ZU would also have two faculty

members on every committee but that is up to their University. SGSC feels it is needed

to address potential supervisor-student issues and to provide more quality assurance.

This issue was rasied at the NOI stage and partially addressed but SGSC does not feel

that as addressed it is adequate.

>

> d) The committee felt that a statement outlining that annual committee meetings will

be held with participation of supervisory committee members from each institution at

least once annually is needed. You commented that this would likely happen via video-

conferencing. Inclusion of such a statement will strengthen the program proposal.

>

>

e) The committee was concerned about the residency requirements being only one year

at either institution in the PhD DDP given the SFU GGR but accepted that this would be

expressed as the minimum and that it was expected that students would likely spend

closer to two years minimally at each institution.

>

>

fi The cOITmittee is pleased that approval of the thesis/dissertation examining

committee for the PhD DDP by the SFU independent of where the examination is taking

placed will be required as indicated by SFU GGR 1.9 and 1.10 which you acknowledge in

the proposal.

>

> g) Concern was still expressed that the potential overlap between courses has not

been reviel ... ed and this \d11 need to be completed in the near future and fon ... arded to

SGSC for inclusion in the program.

>

>

>

> *Please note that we will need a calendar description for the new program relative to

CS existing calendar entry. *Please note that we will need a calendar description for

the new program relative to CS existing calendar entry.

>

>

> Please do not hesitate to discuss any of the items above with me as you craft the

revised FPP.

>

>

>

Regards

>

>

> Dr. Wade Parkhouse, Ph.D.

>

Dean of Graduate Studies

> Simon Fraser University

https:l/connect.sfu.ca/zimbra/mail

5/1312010

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RE Faculty Applied Sciences: Notice of Intent for SFU/ZU

Graduate Dual De fee in Com utin Science GS20 10.09

CC

F.

Po owich

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DATE April 21,2010

At its meeting of12 April 2010, SGSC reviewed the proposal for a graduate

dual degree program in Computing Science and i,s recommending it to SCUP.

Faculty of Applied Sciences

[GS2010.09]

School of Computing Science

Notice of intent for SFU/W Graduate Dual Degree Program in Computing

a. MSc Propos a] - SFU/ZU GDDP

b. PhD Proposal- SFU/ZU GDDP

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

THINKING OF THE WORLD

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SFU Connect Collaboration Suite

sheilagh@sfu.ca

FVv'd: NOI and FPP

Tuesday, April 20, 20102:49:48 PNI

From:

popowich@fas.sfu.ca

To: wade-parkhouse@sfu.ca

Cc:

gagnes@sfu.ca;

sheilagh@sfu.ca;

art@cs.sfu.ca;

cameron@cs.sfu.ca

Attachments:

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Hi Wade

Please find attached the revised notice of intent for the Graduate Dual Degree Program. We are putting together the information

for the full program proposal, and shvuld have it to you at the beginning of next week.

I

feel that the key concerns of the SGSC have been addressed, and we will be resolving the remaining issues over the next few

days as the full program proposal comes together.

Let me know if you have

any

concerns.

Cheers

Fred

Fred Popowich, Ph.D.,

Associate Dean

Faculty of Applied

Sciences

Simon Fraser University

Phone: (778) 782-4193

Fax: (778)

782"5802

Email: popowich@fas.sfu.ca

https:llconnect.sfu.calzimbralmail

4/20/2010

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Notice of Intent

SFU-ZU Graduate Dual Degree Programs (GDDP)

Qianping Gu and Ze-Nian Li

School of Computing Science

April 20, 2010

Executive Summary

• The School of Computing Science at SFU proposes to offer graduate dual degree programs

(GDDP)

in Computing Science to be delivered jointly by SFU and Zhejiang University

(ZU),

China.

•

The proposed

GDDP

includes a

PhD

program, leading to

PhD

degrees from both universities.

This program is

to be offered with per-semester tuition fees at SFU.

• The

GDDP

also includes a iY£aster program, leading to masters degrees from both universities.

This

program is to be offered with per-credit tuition fees at SFU.

• In both programs, students will study and do research at both SFU and ZU and be supervised

by faculty members from

both universities.

• The working language at SFU is English. Students may work in English at either university.

Students who prefer to do so may work in Chinese at ZU.

• The intended start date of both programs is September 2010.

Rationale

The GDDP is an extension of our current undergraduate dual degree program

(DDP)

with ZU.

ZU is ranked among the top 3 universities in China. We already have strong links \\oith ZU in both

teaching and in research collaboration.

DDP

has attracted more than

30

students from

ZU

annually.

The first cohort of

DDP

students are now in their senior year at

SFU

and more than half of them

have a CGPA of 3.5 or better. Many of these students are now applying to graduate programs

at top universities. We believe that the graduate dual degree programs will attract outstanding

DDP

students. Further, we believe that the existence of the programs will allow us to attract other

excellent

grflduate students who sec the benefit of such an international program. These

programs

are expected to prepare graduates to lead research and development in both universities and industry.

These graduates will have a unique background with experience in research, teaching, and R&D in

both Canada and China.

1. Credential to be awarded:

Graduates of the GDDP PhD program will receive a PhD in Computing Science from SFU and

a PhD in Computer Science from ZU.

Graduates of the GDDP Master program will receive an MSc degree in Computing Science from

SFU and a 1vlaster of Software Engineering (MSE) degree from Zu.

2. Location:

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SFU Burnaby and Surrey campuses and ZU campuses.

3.

Faculty:

Faculty of Applied Sciences.

4. i\.nticipated program start date:

September 2010.

5. Description of the proposed programs:

Aims, goals, and/or objectives

The GDDP programs will serve students from SFU and ZU. At the completion of the GDDP

PhD program, students will receive a PhD in Computing Science from SFU and a PhD in

Computer Science from ZU. At the completion of the GDDP 1tIaster program, students will

receive an MSc degree in Computing Science from SFU and an wISE degree from ZU. These

programs are expected to

attract outstanding graduate students to SFU and prepare graduates

to lead research and development in both universities and industry. These graduates will have a

unique background with experience in research, teaching, and

R&D

in both Canada and

China.

Anticipated contribution to mandate and strategic plan of the institution

The GDDP programs are key components of internationalization, a strategic goal of the School

of Computing Science, the Faculty of Applied Science, and SFU.

Content

Students in either GDDP program must be admitted first to a degree program in their "home"

university. They will then apply to the program and be admitted by the "partner" university.

The

GDDP PhD

Program

• Degrees Offered - Graduates of the GDDP PhD program will receive a PhD degree in

Computing Science from SFU and a PhD degree in Computer Science from the College of

Computer Science and Technology at ZU.

• Student Supervision - Each student will be supervised by a supervisory committee

consisting of a primary senior supervisor

at the home university, a co-senior supervisor

at the partner university) and at least one other faculty member at either university. It

is recommended that the committee consists of a senjor supervisor and one other faculty

member at each of the universities.

• Completion Requirenlcnts

- Breadth Requirements - Students without a master's degree in Computing Science

are required to complete at least 24 credits of course work. Students with master's

degree in Computing Science are required to complete at least 12 credits. The courses

taken must satisfy the breadth requirements

for the PhD program in Computing

Science

at SFU and the course requirements for the PhD program in Computer Science

at ZU. Details of curriculum articulation between the two universities courses are

included in the full program proposal.

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- Culture and Language Course Requirements -

8FU

students without a mas-

cer's degree in Computing Science are required to complete at least 6 credits at ZU

from Chinese culture and language courses.

SFU

students with master's degree in

Computing

Science are required to complete

at

least

3

credits at

ZU

from Chinese

culture and language courses. ZU students are required

to

complete ZU social sciences

courses specified

by ZU.

- Thesis Requirements - Students are required to satisfy the existing thesis require-

ments for the

PhD program in Computing Science at SFU. Each student is required

to complete one

PhD thesis. The thesis will be written in English and must meet

both 8FU's and ZU's standards.

- Residency Requirements - Students are required to complete about half of the

required credits at each university. Students are required to do research at both

universities. Students are required to reside at each university for at least. one year.

A

brief summary of requirements for the GDDP PhD program and existing PhD programs

at SFU and ZU is attached at the end of this notice in Table 1.

• Funding and tuition fees - A student in this program will pay SFU's per-semester

tuition

fees while at SFU. While at SFU, a student may receive financial support from

8FU through scholarships, TA's, and/or RA's as

if

they are the student enrolled in the

regular PhD program at SFU. vVhile at ZU, a students will pay ZU's per-year tuition fee

and may receive financial support from ZU.

•

Withdrawal from the Program -

If

a student should withdraw from the program,

he/she remains a student at the home university.

• Expected Enrolln1ent - Initially, we expect the program to admit 5 to 6 students

annually.

The GDDP lVlSc program

• Degrees Offered - Graduates of the GDDP Master program will receive an MSc degree in

Computing

Science from SFU and an 1V1SE degree from the College of Software Technology

at ZU.

• Student Supervision - Each student will be supervised by a supervisory committee

consisting

of a senior supervisor at the either university and at least one other faculty

member

at the other university

• Completion Requirements

- Breadth ]lequirements - Students are required to complete at least 20 credits of

graduate courses in

Computing Science. The courses taken must satisfy the breadth

requirements specified for this program. Those requirements include roughly both the

breadth requirements for the MSc program (project option) in Computing Science at

SF'U and the course requirements for the MSE program at ZU. Details of curriculum

articulation between

the two universities courses are included in the full program

proposal.

-

Culture and Language Course Requirements - SFU students are required to

complete at least. 3 credits from Chinese culture and language courses at ZU. ZU

students are required to complete ZU social sciences courses specified by ZU.

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- Essay Requirements - Students are required to complete two extended essays) one

at each university. The SFU essay will be written in English. The ZU essay will be

written in either English or Chinese.

If

the essay is written in Chinese, the author is

required to provide an English translation.

Each extended essay will normally be a report

on

a research/industry project or a

survey on

a

specific topic in information technology. The normal length of the SFU

essay will be 15-30 pages. The topic and the scope of each essay will be determined

in consultation

with the supervisory committee. The work load of the SFU essay

normally is equivalent

to that for 3 units of SFU graduate course work and the essay

is given

3 credits. The SFU essay will be evaluated with P or F grades by the student's

SFU supervisor.

-

Practicum Requirements. Students are required to complete a one-term indus-

try /research practicum at either university. The practicum at SFU will normally be

arranged by the Co-op office at Computing Science. Students may complete a research

project with faculty members at either university for the practicum. Students may be

paid for their practicums in the Co-op or research assitance.

-

Residency Requirements - Students are required to complete about half of the

required credits

and one extended essay at each university.

A

brief summary of requirements for the

GDDP

Master program and existing NIaster

programs at SFU and ZU is attached at the end of this notice in Table 2.

• Funding and tuition fees - A student in this program will pay SFU's per-credit tuition

fees while at SFU. While at SFU) financial support is not guaranteed but students will

be given opportunities to do paid practicum in industry through Co-op. While at ZU, a

students will pay ZU the tuition fee specified by ZU and may receive financial support

from ZU.

•

Withdrawal from the Program - If a student should withdraw from the program,

he/she remains a student at the home university.

• Expected Enrollment - Initially) we expect the program \vill admit up to 15 students

annually.

Delivery methods

In addition to the conventional supervisory activities at each university, supervisory committee

meetings with all committee melnbers from both universities will be arranged on demand. For

the GODP PhD program, there is no change in course delivery. For the GDDP Master program)

extended essays, practicums) and a new gra.duate course on Technical Communication and IT

Project Ivlanagement (CMPT 781) will be included.

Linkages between learning outcomes and curriculum design

The research and graduate courses at SFU are more focused on t.he advanced theory and

methodology than at ZU. The research and graduate courses at ZU are more focused on applying

the advanced theory and methodology to practice. ZU recruits very high quality students.

The

GDDP

programs are expected to attract top students. The curriculum will take the

advantage of the combined strengths of the faculty members at SFU and ZU, giving students

the opportunity to master the advanced theory/methodology and to apply them. It is expected

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that the programs will produce graduates to lead research and development in both universities

and industry. These graduates will have a unique background with experience in research,

teaching:

and R&D in both Canada and China.

Distinct characteristics

The GDDP programs are unique and are designed to take advantage of the excellent research

and teaching environments at both SFU and ZU.

Anticipated completion time for the degrees

Under normal circumstances, the time for completing the GDDP PhD program is withL.'1 6

calendar years for students with only a B.Sc. degree, within 4 calendar years for students who

already hold an rvLSc. degree in Computing Science or a related field, and no longer than

8 calendar years for all students. Under normal circumstances, the time for completing the

GDDP

~fa.ster

program is within

3

calendar years and no longer than

6

calendar years.

The completion time of regular PhD students in SFU Computing Science is about 5 calendar

years in average. The completion time of regular !vISe students in SFU Computing Science is

about 2.5 years in average. (These numbers are based on students completing during the past

year.)

Enrollment plan for the length of the program

Injtially, the GDDP PhD program is expected to admit 5 to 6 students annually, and the GDDP

Master program is expected to admit up to 15 students annually.

Policies on faculty appointments

No changes.

Policies on student evaluation

No changes.

Policies on program assessment

No changes.

Level of support and recognition from other post-secondary institutions (including

plans for admissions and transfers) and relevant regulatory or professional bodies

Support from other institutions (except ZU) is not required.

Evidence of student. interest and 1abor Inarket dClnand

A large number number of DDP, SFU, and ZU students have shown a strong interest in the

programs.

Related programs in other British Colutnbia post-secondary institutions

The GDDP programs will be unique in British Co1umbia.

6. Contact Information:

See below.

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Additional Information Required by SFU

A .. Contact information for the faculty member responsible for program development

Qianping Gu, School of Computing Scienc8, 778-782-6705, qgu@cs.sfu.ca

Ze-Nian Li, School of Computing Science, 778-782-3761, li@cs.sfu.ca

B. Summary of requirements for graduation (courses, projects/thesis etc.)

The normal course and thesis requirements for the PhD degrees at SFU and ZU apply to the

GDDP PhD program. The normal course and essay requirements for the !vfSc degree at SFU

and the NISE degree from

ZU

apply to the

GDOP

TvISc program. The GDDP

~ISc

program

also requires a one-term practicum or

research/industry project.

C. Summary of resources (faculty members, space,equipment) required to implement

the programs

The programs will receive some financial support from

SFU.

Please see the attached financial

model for more detail.

The programs are expansions of the regular graduate programs in the

School of

Computing Science and will share resources with the regular graduate programs.

D. Brief description of any program and associated resources that will be reduced or

eliminated when the new programs are introduced

None.

E. List of faculty members who will be teaching/supervising, what percentage of their

teaching will be devoted to the program, and their areas of research specialization

All research faculty members in the School of Computing Science will be involved with the

programs.

F. For a program where the intention is to charge a premium fee, a budget.

The financial model for the programs will be included in the full program proposals

.

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Table

1. PhD

Programs Requirements (Outline)

PhD at SFU CS

PhD at ZU

GDDP PhD

Graduate course

24 units, at least

34 units,

26 units

SFU students: 30 units, 24

work for Students

18 units from CS

from CS major)

units from

CS major course,

with only BS degree

major courses

courses, 8 units

6 units from Chinese culture

from social sciences

ZU Students: 34 units, 26

units from CS major courses,

8 units from social sciences

Graduate course

12 units, at least 14 units, 12 units

SFU students: 15 units, 12

work for Students

9 units from CS

from CS major)

units from

CS major courses,

with an wISe degree

major courses

courses, 2 units

3 units from

Chinese culture

from social sciences

ZU Students: 14 units, 12

units from CS major courses,

2 units from social sciences

Thesis

One PhD thesis

One PhD thesis

One PhD thesis

Table 2. Master Programs Requirements (Outline)

SFU General

!VISc at SFU CS

MSE

at ZU

GDDP Master

Project Option

Project Option

Graduate

20 units

24 units, at least

25 units, 19 units

SFU students: 23 units,

Course

18 units from CS

from CS major

20 units from CS major

Work

major courses

courses, 6 units

courses, 3 units from

from social sciences

Chinese culture

ZU Students: 26 units,

20 units from CS major

courses, 6 units from

social

sciences

Project

Two essays or

One project

One project

One essay at SFU and

one project

one essay at Z

U

Practieum

One term practicum

One term practicum

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