SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
AGENDA – OPEN SESSION
Monday, February 6, 2012 –
5:30 pm
Room 3210 West Mall Complex
1. Approval of the Agenda
2. Minutes of the Open Session on January 9, 2012
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)
Dissolution of the Major and Joint Majors in Latin American Studies
S.12-28
ii)
Certificate in Environmental Literacy
S.12-29
iii) Joint Major and Honours in Earth Sciences and Chemistry
S.12-30
B) Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (SCUS)
i)
Admission Changes to Business Minor
S.12-31
ii)
Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
S.12-32
(For Information)
iii) Curriculum Revisions – Beedie School of Business (For Information)
S.12-33
iv) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Education (For Information)
S.12-34
v)
Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Science (For Information)
S.12-35
vi) SCUS Annual Report (For Information)
S.12-36
C) Senate Graduate Studies Committee (SGSC)
i)
Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Applied Sciences (For Information)
S.12-37
ii)
Curriculum Revisions – Beedie School of Business (For Information)
S.12-38
D) Senate Nominating Committee (SNC)
i)
Elections by Senate (For Information)
S.12-39
E) Calendar Committee (CC)
i)
Academic Dates 2012 – 2015
S.12-40
7. Other Business
8. Information
i)
Date of the next regular meeting – Monday, March 5, 2012.
Agenda items and papers for the March meeting will be required by the Secretary at noon on Thursday, February
16, 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,
February 21, 2012 with Senate distribution on Friday, February 24, 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@sfu.ca
) with Senate Question in the
subject line by Wednesday February 1, 2012 at 9:00 am.
