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Senate
Bill Krane,
Chair
Se
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ate Committee on
Undergraduate
Studies
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Beedie
Sc
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ool of
Bus
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ness
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For information
:
www.sfu.ca/vpaca
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March 2, 2012
1/1
Acti
ng und
er
delegated
aut
h
ority at
it
s
m
ee
tin
g o
f
March
1, 2012, SCUS approved the
following
curricu
lum
revision
s e
ffectiv
e
Fall
2012:
1. Title and prerequisite
c
hange
to BUS 20
1
2.
Prerequ
i
s
it
e cha
ng
e to
BUS
450
3.
Requ
ireme
nt
changes
fo
r
the Certificate
i
n Corporate and Social Responsibility
Senators wishing
to
consult a more detailed report of curr
i
cu
l
um
revisions
may do so by
going to
Do
c
ushare:
http
s://docusha
r
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.
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fu
.
ca/
d
swe
b/Vie
w/
C
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ll
ection-12682
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f you are
unabl
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to
access the
information,
p
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ease
call
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S
IMON
FRASER UN
I
VERSITY
THINK
IN
G OF THE
WORLD
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Office
of the Dean/ Beedie School of Business
To:
Jo Hinchliffe
Senate Committee on
Undergraduate Studies
Date: February 21,
20I2
MEMORANDUM
From: Andrew Gemino, Chair
Beedie School
of Business
UG Curriculum Committee
Subject: Material for next
SCUS meeting
scus
12-17
The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee in the Beedie School of Business approved:
I. Course change form - Bus
20 I
2. Course change
form- Bus 450
3. Calendar language - Bus One Program
4. Calendar
language- Certificate in Corporate and Social Responsibility
5. Calendar language -Admission requirements: Business JMA programs
6. Calendar language
-Admission requirements: Business JHO programs
Would you please place these items on the March
I, 20 I2 Senate Committee on
Undergraduate Studies agenda?
Sincerely,
Andrew Gemino
Associate Dean
Beedie School
of Business
SENATE
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n the Networked
Economy
I
TO
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to
Business
(2)
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tide
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ness
DESCRIPTION
FR
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PRE
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EQU
I
SITE
FROM
:
Students w
i
th credit
for
TEC
H
128, 129 and 130 or for
BUS
130 m
a
y not
take
this course for
further
credit. Business
s
t
u
d
ents w
ith
great
e
r than 45 units will
not
receive cred
i
t
f
or
B
US
201
.
RATIONALE
DESC
RI
PTION
TO
:
P
R
E
R
EQU
I
S
I
TE
T
o: Students with
c
redit
for TECH
1
28, 129 and
130
or
for
BUS
130
may not t
a
k
e
this course for further credit. Bus
i
ness
students with greater than 45
units
will
not receive
credit for
BUS
201
. T
his course is only open
to
approved
Business
students.
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in
c
e
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us 201
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s an integral part of th
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s
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s
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i
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s
tration
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-
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TO
:
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units, BUS
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terdiscipli
n
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r
se, we are
tr
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ng
to
attract
a
nd inclu
de stude
nt
s
from
a
wi
d
e va
ri
ety of concen
tr
ations.
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t
a
ll
will
hav
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taken
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us
338, and with
the
curre
nt
focus on Social
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d
i
a
,
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content of B
u
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not a
n
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pre.
requi
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that
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should
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receive
credit for both courses?
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so.
th
is
should be:
noted
in
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.
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JA
NU \RY
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Calendar Change, Undergraduate Department, Beedie School of Business
Summary
of Changes:
• Revision to units required for the certificate
• Revisions to certificate courses
Rational:
The
total number of units needed for the certificate have been reduced from 24 to 21 to reflect the
number
of courses needed for the certificate. Courses to be used towards the certificate have been
revised
to include additional courses, covering topics of Corporate and Social Responsibility.
Effective: Fall 2012
Calendar
The following program will be affected
by
these changes: Certificate in Corporate and Social
Responsibility
From:
Program Requirements
Students complete a
minimum total of 24 units by
completing
both of
•
BUS 303-3 Business, Society and Ethics
•
BUS 393-3 Commercial law
To:
Program Requirements
Students complete a
minimum total of 21 units by
completing
both of
•
BUS 303-3 Business, Society and Ethics
•
BUS 393-3 Commercial law
and a minimum of 18 units by completing a minimum of
three of*
and a minimum of 15 units by completing a minimum of
three of*
•
BUS 403-3 Seminar in Business and Society
•
BUS 449-3 Ethical Issues in Marketing
•
BUS 453-3 Sustainable Innovation
•
BUS 467-4 Social Perspectives on Information
Systems
•
BUS 489-4 Management Practices for
Sustainability
and a
minimum of two of *
•
ECON 260-3 Environmental Economics
•
ECON 355W-4 Economic Development
•
ECON 362-4 Economics of Natural Resources
•
EVSC 200-3 Introduction to Environmental
Science
•
BUS 403-3 Seminar in Business and Society
•
BUS 449-3 Ethical Issues in Marketing
•
BUS 453-3 Sustainable Innovation
•
BUS 467-3 Social Perspectives on Information
Systems
•
BUS 489- 3Management Practices for
Sustainability
•
Bus 4XX -when offered as a special topics
course in
Corporate and Social Responsibility
and a
minimum of two of *
•
ECON 260-3 Environmental Economics
•
ECON 35SW-4 Economic Development
•
ECON 362-4 Economics of Natural Resources
•
EVSC
100-3
Introduction to Environmental
Science
1
•
GEOG 100-3 Society, Space, Environment:
Introducing Human Geography
•
GEOG 102-3 World Problems in Geographic
Perspective
•
GEOG 221-3 Economic Geography
•
GEOG 322-4 World Resources (or GEOG 322W)
•
GEOG 385-4 Agriculture and the Environment
•
GEOG 389W-4 Nature and Society
•
PHIL 120W-3 Introduction to Moral Philosophy
•
PHIL 319W-3 Applied Health Ethics (or PHIL
31W9 or HSCI319W)
•
PHIL 320-3 Social and Political Philosophy
•
PHIL 321-3 Topics in Moral Philosophy
•
PHIL 421W-4 Advanced Topics in Ethical
Theory
•
POL 342-4 Developing Countries in Global
Politics
•
POL 373-4 Human Security
•
REM 100-3 Global Change
•
REM 311-3 Applied Ecology and Sustainable
Environments
•
REM 356-3 Institutional Arrangements for
Sustainable Environmental Management
•
SA 363-4 Processes of Development and
Underdevelopment
(S or A)
•
SA 371-4 The Environment and Society (SorA)
and completion of a minimum of one of the following
approved experiential
or service learning components.
•
co-operative education work term focused on
areas related
to corporate social responsibility
(CSR) and/or sustainability*
•
25 hours minimum of voluntary or salaried
work within a social enterprise, charitable
organization, company, corporation,
or non-
profit organization in a role related to CSR
and/or sustainability*
•
25 hours minimum as a research assistant for a
professor focusing on areas related
to CSR
and/or sustainability*
• 25 hours minimum in other Faculty-approved
activity areas related
to CSR and/or
sustainability*
Before beginning this requirement,
prior approval from
the Director, Beedie School of Business, is
recommended by submitting a detailed outline of their
•
GEOG 100-3 Society, Space, Environment:
Introducing Human Geography
•
GEOG 102-3 World Problems in Geographic
Perspective
•
GEOG 221-3 Economic Geography
•
GEOG 322-4 World Resources (or GEOG 322W)
•
GEOG 385-4 Agriculture and the Environment
•
GEOG 389W-4 Nature and Society
•
PHIL 120W-3 Introduction to Moral Philosophy
•
PHIL 319W-3 Applied Health Ethics (or PHIL
31 W9 or HSCI 319W)
•
PHIL 320-3 Social and Political Philosophy
•
PHIL 321-3 Topics in Moral Philosophy
•
PHIL 421W-4 Advanced Topics in Ethical
Theory
•
POL 342-4 Deyeloping Countries in Global
Politics
•
POL 373-4 Human Security
•
REM 100-3 Global Change
•
REM 311-3 Applied Ecology and Sustainable
Environments
•
REM 356-3 Institutional Arrangements for
Sustainable Environmental Management
•
SA 326 -3 Ecology and Social Thought (SorA)
•
SA 363-4 Processes of Development and
Underdevelopment
(S or A)
•
SA 371-4 The Environment and Society (SorA)
•
SCD 201-3/ntroduction to Sustainable
Community Development
and completion
of a minimum of one of the following
approved experiential
or service learning components.
•
co-operative education work term focused on
areas related
to corporate social responsibility
(CSR) and/or sustainability*
•
25 hours minimum of voluntary or salaried
work within a social enterprise, charitable
organization, company, corporation,
or non-
profit organization in a role related to CSR
and/or sustainability*
•
25 hours minimum as a research assistant for a
professor focusing on areas related
to CSR
and/or sustainability*
•
25 hours minimum in other Faculty-approved
activity areas related
to CSR and/or
sustai nability*
Before beginning this requirement, prior approval from
the Director, Beedie School of Business, is
recommended by submitting a detailed outline of their
2
activity.
Upon completion
of the experiential component,
students
will submit to the faculty
• a description (written by either the student or
the organization) of the organization and the
student's role in the organization, signed and
validated by
the employer/supervisor
•
a reflective 500 word essay about the student's
work/volunteer experience
that identifies key
CSR experiences and how that influenced their
current thinking about the implications
of
business practice on society. The essay will be
graded pass/fail.
*with permission of the Beedie School of Business,
substitutions with appropriate course content are
possible
activity.
Upon completion
of the experiential component,
students
will submit to the faculty
•
a description (written by either the student or
the organization) of the organization and the
student's role in the organization, signed and
validated by
the employer/supervisor
•
a reflective 500 word essay about the student's
work/volunteer experience
that identifies key
CSR experiences and how that influenced their
current thinking about
the implications of
business practice on society. The essay will be
graded pass/fail.
*with permission of the Beedie School of Business,
substitutions
with appropriate course content are
possible
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