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On Thursday, October 21,2010, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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IS 813-4

African Economic Development: Theory and Practice

Would you please place this item on the agenda of the next meeting of the

Senate Graduate Studies Committee,

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Att.

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To:

SUvl0N FRA.SER UNIVERSITY

School for International Studies

FACULTY OF iillTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

MEMOR.ANDUM

Paul Budra, Chair

Faculty

of ;-\rts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Committee

From:

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Graduate Chair

School for In1'l Studies

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Subject: New course proposal

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At its meeting of November 30,2009, the School for International Studies approved the attached

• New course proposal: IS 813

Would you please place this proposal on the agenda of the next meeting of the Faculty of Arts and

Social Sciences Curriculwn Committee.

Alvaro Pereira

Graduate Chair

School for International Studies

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NEW GRADUATE

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ntroduces important patterns of economic development in Africa with an emphasis on the post-colonial

period.

Basic economic theory, and the practical application of these in African economic development will be

~xplored.

We will see how dominant theoretical paradigms influenced the formulation of development policy

In Africa and how in turn these led to rethinking development theory.

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10

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Fall

2011

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~eflects

new faculty expertise, as well as student interest and demand.

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IS 813 African Economic Development: Theory and Practice

Instructor: Morten Jerven

Prerequisites: Enrollment in the tvlA in International Studies program

Course description:

With an emphasis on post-colonial Africa, this course introduces important aspects of

development theory, and the practical application of these theories and concepts in African

economic development. We will see ho\v dominant theoretical paradigms influenced the

fomlulation of development policy in Africa and how in turn these led to rethinking development

theory. We

\vill explore how theory and practice changed through time and place. The course

gives a perspective

on how scholarly 'discovery' and focus translates into policy formulation,

and further how such policies perfoml and has performed in an African context. The course also

invites students to explain

why certain policies were adopted in specific countries.

Required texts: Custom Course Ware and Electronic Readings (Journal Articles).

Recommended readings:

R. H. Bates (1981),

lvlarkets and States in Tropical Africa,

University of California Press.

F. Cooper (2002),

Africa Since 1940,

Carnbridge University Press.

1. Iliffe (1995),

Africans: the flistory of a Continent.

Cambridge University Press.

W.

Moseley~

2007. Clashing Views on African Issues (Second edition). Dubuque, IA: McGraw-

Hill.

BJ. Ndulu, S. A. 0 Connell, J. P. Azam, R. H. Bates, A. K. Fosu, 1. W. Gunning and D. Njinkeu

eds.

(2008),The Political Economy of Growth in Africa 1960-2000:

An Analytic Survey

Cambridge

UK: Cambridge University Press.

BJ. Ndulu, S. A. 0 Connell, J. P. Azam, R. H. Bates, A. K. Fosu, 1. W. Gunning and D. Njinkeu

eds.

(2008),

The Political Economy of Growth in Africa 1960-2000: Case Studies,

Cambridge:

Cambridge University

Press.

Grading:

Film report

100/0

Class Presentations

100/0

Midterm Essay

20%

Midterm

30%

Final Research Paper 30%

4.

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Morten J erven

Assistant Professor

School for International Studies

Vancouver Campus - Room 7276

Phone 778.782.8837

Email mjerven@sfu.ca

Education:

B.Sc. (Budapest), M.Sc., Ph.D. (LSE)

Areas of Interest:

• Africa

• Economic History

• Economic Growth and Development

Research and Teaching:

Professor Jerven's doctoral research involved

field research in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania and

Zambia culminating in a work on the post-colonial economic performance of these countries. The

work is

particularly innovative in investigating the construction of African growth data and how

data quality issues are important to evaluation

of economic performance.

Currently Morten Jerven is working on linking the work on

post-colonial economic development

with the economic history of colonial Africa. He is also doing work on the comparative economic

history

of developing countries reconSidering the larger narratives of the historical roots of

poverty. His main research projects are focusing on the African growth data where the two related

aims are to assess its

quality and to construct a reliable basis to evaluate and interpret long term

economic change

in African economies.

Alvaro Pereira

Associate Professor

Graduate Chair

School for

International Studies

Vancouver Campus - Room 7242

Phone: 778.782.8425

Email: apereira@sfu.ca

Education:

B.A. (U of Coimbra),

M.Sc. (U of Exeter), Ph.D. (SFU)

Areas of Interest:

* Economic Growth and Development,

* African economies,

* Portuguese economy,

* Economic Legacy of colonialism

Research and Teaching:

Economic growth and development, African development, Mozambican and

Portuguese

economies

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MEMO

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FACULTY OF

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

TO: \'Vade Parkhouse, Dean, Graduate Studies

FROIvl: Paul Budra, Chair, FASS Graduate Studies Committee

RE: Curricular Revisions: Political Science

DATE: February

28, 2011

FEB 2

B

2011

DeAN OF

GRAOU.~jt

STUDIes OFFIce

On Thursday, February 24, 2011, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Graduate Studies Committee approved the changes to the Essay or Project Option,

the The sis

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Senate Graduate Studies Committee.

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Att.

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Memorandum

Department of Political Science

Simon

Fraser University

FROM: Prof. Douglas A. Ross, chair, Graduate Studies committee

FASSGSC 11-06

TO: Dr. Paul Budra, Associate Dean, Office of the Faculty of Arts and Social Science

Date: 7 February 2011

Please find attached a request for changes in the requirements and the associated

calendar language for the various graduate programmes in Political Science.

It was decided in several meetings in the autumn semester of 2009 that a new

course in IIQualitative Research lvtethods in Political Science", designated POL 803,

should be added to the roster of required courses for graduate students in our

Department. The qualitative research course option is an alternative to the largely

quantitative methods 'design and analysis' content that is offered in POL 802.

POL 803 was set up and approved by FASS and the subsequent SFU approval levels

of Senate, and it is being taught this semester (11-1) for the first time by Prof. James

Busumtwi-Sam.

The change in the calendar language was not part of the initial

submission that led to the creation of the course, hence this submission.

The proposed change in requirements affects all incoming students and those

already in the programme may exercise the option to invoke the new

wording/requirements as well.

Thank you very much.

Yours sincerely,

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Chair, Grad uate Studies,

Department of Political Science

c. Peggy Lacasse, FASS, Office of the Dean

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2

In the Autumn of 2009, the Department approved the following change in

requirements for the MA programme.

Under Essay or Project Option:

FROM:

Students who choose the essay or project option will complete a total of

five courses, including one of

POL 801-5 Theoretical Perspectives in Political Science

POL 802-5 Political Research: Design and Analysis

and

teYr-additional courses from at least two of the department's three

,/

fields of study.

TO:

Students who choose the essay or project option will complete a total of five

courses, including...,;.

POL 801-5 Theoretical Perspectives in Political Science

and either:

POL 802-5 Political Research: Design and Analysis

QL

POL 803-5 Qualitative Research Methods in Political Science

And three additional courses from at least two of the department's three fields of

study.

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3

In the Autumn of 2009 the Department of Political Science also approved the following

change to the requirements

in the MA programme

Under the Thesis Option

FROM:

For those who choose the thesis option, students must submit to the

thesis supervisory committee a thesis proposal outlining a brief topic

summary, its

relevance, the methodology to be followed, a chapter-

by-chapter outline, thesis completion timetable and a bibliography.

The proposal must be approved by the thesis supervisory committee.

Students

in the thesis stream complete a total of four courses,

including one of

POL 801-5 Theoretical Perspectives in Political Science

POL 802-5 Political Research: Design and Analysis

and three additional courses from

at"least two of the three fields of

study.

Students also must write a thesis,

normally 18,750 to 25,000 words in

length (and bibliography) and defend it in an oral defence.

TO:

For those \vho choose the thesis option, students must submit to the thesis supervisory

committee a thesis proposal outlining a

brief topic summary, its relevance, the

methodology to be

follo\V-ed, a chapter-by-chapter outline, thesis completion timetable

and bibliography. The proposal nlust be approved by the thesis supervisory cOlnmittee.

Students in the thesis stream complete a total

of four courses,

including~

POL 801-5 Theoretical Perspectives in Political Science

and either:

POL 802-5 Political Research: Design and Analysis

POL 803-5 Qualitative Research Methods in Political Science

And t\vo additional courses from at least two of the department's three fields of study.

Students must also \vrite a thesis, normally 18,750 to

25,000 words in length (and

bibliography) and defend

it in an oral defence.

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4

In the Autumn 0/2009, the Department also approved the follo'vving change in

requirements for the MA programme.

Under the Field Exam Option

FROM:

For those who choose the field exam option, students submit, first to the

supervisory committee and then to the appropriate department

field committee, a

field exam proposal outlining major and minor fields of study and a timetable for

field exam completion. The

field exam proposal is be approved by the

supervisory committee.

Students in the field exam option will complete seven courses, including one

of

POL 801-5 Theoretical Perspectives in Political Science

POL

802-5 Political Research: Design and Analysis

and five additional courses from at least two

of the three fields of study.

Students also pass two written field exams: one in their major and one

in their

minor

field of study. The supervisory committee .... [etc.]

TO:

For those who choose the field exam option, students submit, first to the

supervisory committee and then to the appropriate department field committee, a

field

exam proposal outlining major and minor fields of study and a timetable for

field

exam completion. The field exam proposal is be approved by the supervisory

committee.

Students in the field exam option will complete seven courses,

including~

POL 801-5 Theoretical Perspectives in Political Science

and either:

POL 802-5 Political Research: Design and Analysis

POL 803-5 Qualitative Research Methods in Political Science

And five

additional courses from at least two of the department's three fields of

study.

Students also must pass two written field exams: one in their major and one in their

minor field of study. The supervisory committee .... [etc.]

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5

In the Autumn semester of2009, the Department of Political Science approved the

following change

of wording in the course requirements for the doctoral programme.

FROM:

Course Work

Students must successfully complete a minimum of six graduate

courses.

All courses are approved by the supervisory committee and

reflect areas of specialization within the fields of political economy,

public policy and governance as identified in the student's letter of

intent.

Students complete both of the

follovJing courses or the equivalent.

TO:

POL 801-5 Theoretical Perspectives in Political Science

POL 802-5 Political Research: Design and Analysis

Course Work

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Students must successfully complete a minimum of six graduate courses. All courses

must be approved by the supervisory committee and reflect areas of specialization

within the fields of political

economYI public policy and governance as identified in

the student's letter

of

intent.

Students must complete:

POL 801-5

Theoretical Perspectives in Political Science

and either:

POL 802-5

Political Research: Design and Analysis

POL

803-5

Qualitative Research Methods in Political Science

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FACULTY OF

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

TO: Wade Parkhouse, Dean, Graduate Studies

FRO l'v1 : P a u I Bud r a, C h air, F

i\

SSG r a d u ate Stu die s Com mit tee

RE: New Cou rse Prop osal: Socio logy and An th ro pol ogy

DATE: February 28, 2011

DEAN OF GRADUATE

STUDIES

OF~ICE

..

On Thursday, February 24, 2011, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Graduate Studies Committee approved the new course proposal for

SA 887-5 (Special Topics in Sociology).

Would you please place this item on the agenda of the next meeting of the

Senate Graduate Studies Committee.

:pl

Att.

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MEMO

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.

,

SFU

FASSGSC 11-07

ATTENTION Paul Budra, Chair

FASS Grad Curriculum Committee

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FROM Ann Travers, Chair

SA Graduate Program Committee

I

Department of Sociologv and Anthropology

I

RE SA 887-5 Course Addition

I

DATE January 5, 2011

Dear Paul,

The Department

of Sociology and Anthropology has approved the

addition

of SA 887-5 (Special Topics in Sociology). In order for our

department to

offer more elective graduate courses, we need an additional

course number

~

special topics. Please add SA 887-5 Special Topics

in

Sociology to the calendar.

ce. Karen Payne, SA Manager

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

THINKING OF THE WORLD

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NEW GRADUATE

COURSE

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Topics in Scciology

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An advanced seminar devoted to an in-depth examination of a topic not regularly offered by the department.

Units:

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(select all that apply)

OLecture

[Z]Seminar

DLaboratory

DPracticum

Prerequisites:

(if any)

Campus at which course will be offered: Burnaby & Harbour Centre Campuses

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of

course

offering:

5

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10

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term

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special topics course enables the Department to mount elective courses in areas that are not regularly

pffered in our graduate program or on a pilot basis to assess student interest.

Resources:

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

(append information about their competency to teach the course)

Any full time sociology faculty members

Number

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

Additional space required in order to offer this course:

(appelld details)

_N_o_n_re_q_u_i_re_d ________ _

Additional specialized

equipment required in order to offer this course:

(append details)

None required nor any library resources

Additional Library resources required:

(append details)

Annually $

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One-time $

If

additional resources are required to offer this course, the department proposing the course should be prepared to provide

information on the source(s) of those additional resources.

Upon approval of the course proposal, the Dean of Graduate Studies office will consult with the department or school regarding

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

SIMONFRASER

UNIVERSliY

SENATE

GRADUATE

STUDIES

COMMITTeE

FO;tM

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SA 85fl- 4 Special Topics in Sociology and

Anthropology-

A graduate seminar exploring a topic not regularly offered by the department. The

disciplinary designation will change to reflect specific topics and whether sociology or

anthropology designation: refer to each

tennis course outline or department advisor.

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l\lEMO

.! SFU.

FACULTY OF

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

TO: Wade Parkhouse, Dean, Graduate Studies

FROM: Paul Budra, Chair, F1\SS Graduate Studies C0l11mittee

RE: Course Deletion: Sociology and Anthropology

DATE: February 28, 2011

FEB 2

B 2011

DEAN OF

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STUDIES

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Would you please place this item on the agenda of the next meeting of the

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Att.

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MEMO

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SFU

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ATTENTION Paul Budra, Chair

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FASS Grad Curriculum Committee

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FROM Ann Travers, Chair

I

SA Graduate Program Committee

. Department of Sociologv and Anthropology

'RE SA 896 Course De letion

I

DATE January 5, 2011

Dear Paul,

FASSGSC 11-08

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology has approved the

deletion

of SA 896

(l"v1.A.

research). This decision resulted from the

confusion evidenced

by

graduate students and faculty alike about when to

register for this course and \vhen to register for SA 898 (tvt.A. thesis).

With

no determined need for SA 896 then, we ask that it be eliminated

from the calendar.

cc. Karen Payne, SA Manager

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

THINKING OF THE WORLD

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

COURSE CHANGE/DELETION FORM

Existing Course Number: SA 896

Existing

Title: MA Research

Please check appropriate revision(s):

Course Number:

Credit Hours:

Description:

Prerequisite:

Course deletion:

_X __

FROM:

TO:

If

Title Change, indicate:

Title:

Vector:

(LectiSemlTutiLab)

a) Long Title for calendar/schedule: max. 100 characters, including spaces/punctuation:

b) Short Title for enrollment/transcript: max. 30 characters, including spaces/punctuation:

RATIONALE:

No

parallel at Phd level. Separate course numbers for MA research and MA thesis has been

a source of confusion and no apparent benefit.

If this course replicates the content of a previously approved course to the extent that students

should not receive credit for both courses, this should be noted in the prerequisite.

Effective term and year:

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