SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
AGENDA – OPEN SESSION
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 –
7:00 pm
Room 3210 West Mall Complex
1. Approval of the Agenda
2. Approval of the Minutes of the Open Session of April 4, 2011.
3. Business Arising from the Minutes
4. Report of the Chair
5. Question Period *
6. Reports of Committees
A) Senate Committee on University Priorities (SCUP)
i)
Suspension of Admission and Dissolution of the Publishing Minor
S.11-59
in the School of Communication
ii)
Research Institute for Prevention and Management of Chronic Diseases
S.11-60
iii) Terms of Reference for Chair in Health Disparities in Cancer Research
S.11-61
iv) Centre for Coastal Studies name change
S.11-62
v)
Centre for Hellenic Studies
S.11-63
vi) PhD in Health Sciences
S.11-64
vii) SCUP Annual Report (For Information)
S.11-65
B) Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (SCUS)
i)
Update on Impact of New Scheduling Policy (For Information)
S.11-66
ii)
Revisions to the IELTS Admission Standard
S.11-67
iii) Revision of the BC 12 Admission Course List
S.11-68
iv) Deletion of English Bridge Program
S.11-69
v)
Transfer Students Admitted to SFU with an English mark of C or C- Analysis
S.11-70
vi) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Applied Sciences/Environment
S.11-71
(For Information)
vii) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Environment (For Information)
S.11-72
viii) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Science (For Information)
S.11-73
C) Senate Graduate Studies Committee (SGSC)
i)
Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Applied Sciences (For Information)
S.11-74
ii)
Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (For Information)
S.11-75
iii) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology
S.11-76
(For Information)
iv) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Education (For Information)
S.11-77
v)
Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Science (For Information)
S.11-78
7. Other Business
i)
Teaching and Learning Evaluation
S.11-79
ii)
Beedie School of Business (For Information)
S.11-80
iii) Report on Results of Elections to Senate and Board of Governors
S.11-81
(For Information)
8. Information
i)
Date of the next regular meeting – Monday, June 13, 2011.
Agenda items and papers for the June meeting will be required by the Secretary at noon, Thursday, May 26, 2011.
Submissions may be e-mailed to
shelley_gair@sfu.ca
but must be followed up by signed paper submissions.
These items will be considered by the Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 with
Senate distribution on Friday, June 3, 2011.
The Senate agenda and Senate papers are available on the Web at
http://www.sfu.ca/senate/Senate_agenda.html
.
Papers for Senate meetings are also accessible in the Library Reserves (SEN.000).
Kate Ross
Registrar and Secretary of Senate
* Questions should be submitted in writing to Kate Ross (email
kuross@sfu.ca
) with Senate Question in the
subject line by Wednesday June 8, 2011 at 10:00 am.
