SFU

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

THINKING OF THE WORLD

SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

AGENDA - OPEN SESSION

Monday, January 9,2012 -

7:00

pm

Room 3210 West Mall Complex

1. Approval of the Agenda

2. Minutes of the Open Session on December 5,2011

3. Business Arising from the Minutes

4. Report of the Chair

5. Question Period *

6. Reports of Committees

A) Student Discipline Matters

i)

Annual Report (For Information)

S.12-1

B) Senate Policy Committee on Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries (SPCSAB)

i)

Annual Report (For Information)

S.12-2

C) Senate Committee on University Priorities (SCUP)

i)

Establish School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering at SFU Surrey

S.12-3

ii)

Change of Degree Name from Master of Financial Risk Management to

S.12-4

Master of Science in Finance

iii) Suspension and Dissolution of Mathematical Sciences Specialization

S.12-5

iv) Suspension

of Admission to the Major in Latin American Studies

S.12-6

v)

External Review Report

of the Department of Biomedical Physiology

S.12-7

and Kinesiology

vi) External Review Report

of the Department of Economics

S.12-8

vii) Centre and Institute Report 2010/2011 (For Information)

S.12-9

viii) Centres and Institutes Renewal Applications (For Information)

S.12-10

ix) SFU Library Strategic Research Plan 2011-2016 and

S.12-11

SFU Library Annual Report 2010 - 2011 (For Information)

D) Senate Committee

on Undergraduate Studies (SCUS)

i)

Curriculum Revisions - Faculty of Applied Sciences (For Information)

S.12-12

ii)

Curriculum Revisions - Faculty

of Communication, Art and Technology

S.12-13

(For Information)

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iii) Curriculum Revisions - Faculty of Environment (For Information)

S.12-14

iv) Curriculum Revisions - Faculty of Health Sciences (For Information)

S.12-15

v)

Curriculum Revisions - Faculty of Science (For Information)

S.12-16

E) Senate Graduate Studies Committee (SGSC)

i)

General Graduate Regulation 1.3.2

S.12-17

ii)

General Graduate Regulation 1.3.2.a

S.12-18

iii) General Graduate Regulation 1.3.3

S.12-19

iv) General Graduate Regulation 1.3.4

S.12-20

v)

General Graduate Regulation 1.3.8.a

S.12-21

vi) General Graduate Regulation 1.3.11.a

S.12-22

vii) General Graduate Regulation 1.7.6

S.12-23

viii) SFU Exchange Program: Outbound Graduate Students Criteria (For Information) S.12-24

ix) Curriculum Revisions - Faculty of Education (For Information)

S.12-25

F) Calendar Committee (CC)

i)

Academic Dates 2012-2015

S.12-26

G) Senate Nominating Committee

i)

Elections by Senate (For Information)

S.12-27

7. Other Business

8. Information

i)

Date of the next regular meeting - Monday, February 6, 2012.

Agenda items and papers for the February meeting will be required by the Secretary at noon on Thursday, January

19, 2012. 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, January

24, 2012 with Senate distribution on Friday, January 27, 2012.

The Senate agenda and papers are available on the Senate website at http://www.sfu.ca/senate/agenda.html.

Detailed curriculum papers can be found on Docushare at

https://docushare.sfu.ca/dsweb/View/Collection-12682

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(g).sfu.ca)with Senate Question in the

subject line by Wednesday January 4, 2012 at 9:00 am.