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MEMORANDUM
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ATI!NTlON
FROM
RE:
Senate
Bill Krane, Chair
Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies
Faculty
of Applied Sciences (SCUS 11-29a)
DATE
May 6, 2011
PAGES
111
Action undertaken
by
the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at its meeting of May 5,
2011, gives rise to the following recommendation:
Motion:
That Senate approve the deletion of the Guaranteed Placement Program in the School of
Computing Science within the Faculty of Applied Sciences effective Spring 2012.
SIMON FRASBR UNIVERSITY
THINKING OF
THE
WORLD
Fac
ult
y
of
Ap
plied
Sc
ience
s
U
nd
erg
radua
te
C
urriculum
Co
mmitt
ee
M
arch
24,2
011
SCUS
1
1-29a
De
letion of
G
uarant
eed P
la
cement
Program
-
School
of
Comp
u
ting
Science
The "G
u
a
r
antee
d Placement Pro
gra
m"
of the Schoo
l
of Com
puting
Science
i
s
recommended
to be
de
l
e
t
ed
fo
r
t
h
e follow
in
g
progr
a
m
s
.
I
. Co
mputing
Scienc
e
Major Pro
gram.
2
.
Software Systems
Major
Program.
3.
Mu
l
timedia
Co
mputing
Specia
l
i
s
t
Major
Pro
gra
m
.
4.
Software Eng
ineerin
g Specia
li
s
t M
ajo
r Pro
g
ram
.
5.
Computing Scie
n
ce
H
ono
u
rs
Program
.
6. Compu
ti
ng
Science and Linguistic
s
J
o
int
Major Program.
7. Com
pu
ting
Sc
i
e
nce
and
Philo
sop
h
y
J
oi
n
t
Major
P
rogra
m.
8.
Co
mput
i
ng
Sc
i
e
nc
e
and
Philo
sop
h
y
J
o
in
t
Honour
s
P
rogra
m
.
C
urrent
Wording
I
Guaranteed
Placement
Prog
r
am
Th
is ad
mi
ss
ion
e
ntry
program
has been
c
r
eated
fo
r
h
igh
sc
h
ool students w
ho
a
re
not
e
li
gible
for
th
e
d
i
r
ec
t
I
admiss
i
on
program (based
on the
h
i
g
h
sc
ho
o
l
grade
ave
r
age)
,
but
s
t
i
ll
have
a
good grad
e ave
rage
.
Propos
e
d
Wo
rdin
g
Th
i
s
program
ass
ures
s
tu
d
ents
of
timel
y access
t
o
the
co
ur
ses
n
ee
ded
to
e
nter the
c
omp
u
ting
scie
n
ce ma
j
or
p
r
og
r
am
und
er
the
intern
a
l transfer mo
de
l.
[None;
en/i
re
secriol1
is d
e
l
e
l
e
d.]
S
tud
ents may con
tinue
in th
e
program
for
up
to
two
yea
r
s w
ith
a 2.40 or
bett
e
r
cumu
l
a
ti
ve g
r
ade point
average
(CGPA).
Students w
h
o a
r
e conside
ring
this
program are
s
trong
ly
r
eco
mmended
to mee
t
with a
sc
ho
ol
I
academic advisor wi
thin the
firs
t
two t
e
r
ms of study.
V
i
sit
www cs
.
s
fu
c
a!
u
n
de
rara
d/A
d
vjs
j
o
g
.
Ratio
nal
e
Th
e G
u
a
r
a
nt
eed Placeme
n
t
Program
was create
d
as an
a
lt
erna
ti
ve
t
o
direct admi
ssion prior
to
direct
admiss
ion b
eco
min
g
thc norm. The program
i
s
n
o
lon
ge
r
used
,
a
nd
i
ts co
nti
nued
exi
s
te
n
te
in t
h
e
calen
d
ar
is
a
s
ource of
co
nfu
s
ion
.
