SFU
MEMORANDUM
OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AND PROVOST
University Drive, Burnaby, BC
Canada V5A 1S6
TEL: 778.782.3925
FAX: 778.782.5876
S.12-73
www.sfu.ca/vpacademic
ATTENTION
FROM
RE:
Senate
date
May 1,2012
Jon Driver, Vice-President, Academic and
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1/1
Provost, and Chair, SCUP
1 "'acuities of 1Environment and Arts and Social Sciences: Suspension of Admission and
Dissolution of the Geography and Economics Environmental Specialty BA Joint Major
Program (SCUP 12-03)
At its April 1 1, 2012 meeting SCUP reviewed and approved the proposal to suspdnd admission to the
Geography and Economics Environmental Specialty BAJoint Major Program within t/ie Faculties of
Environment and Arts and Social Sciences, effective immediately and dissolve the program effective
September 1, 2012.
Motion
1:
That Senate approve the suspension of admission to the Geography and Economics Environmental
Specialty BAJoint Major Program within the Faculties of Environment and Arts and Social Sciences,
effective immediately.
Motion
2:
That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the dissolution of the Geography and
Economics Environmental Specialty BA Joint Major Program within the Faculties
of Environment and
Arts and Social Sciences, effective September 1, 2012:
encl.
c: D. Knowler
P. Budra
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MEMORANDUM
ATTENTION
FROM
RE:
SCUP 12-03
OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AND
ASSOCIATE PROVOST
University Drive,
TEL: 778.782.4636
avpcioiasfu.ca
Burnaby, BC
www.sfu.ca/vpacademic
Canada V5A1S6
Senate Committee on University
Priorities
BillKrane, Chair
Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies
Faculty of Environment (SCUS 12-16b(i,ii))
DATE
PAGES
March 2, 2012
1/1
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at its meeting of
March 1, 2012, gives rise to the following recommendations:
Motion!',
That SCUP approve and recommend to Senate the suspension of admission to
the Geography and Economics Environmental Specialty BA Joint Major Program
within the Faculty of Environment.
Motionu •
That SCUP approve and recommend to Senate the termination of the Geography
and Economics Environmental Specialty BA Joint Major Program within the
Faculty of Environment.
The relevant documentation for review by SCUP
is
attached.
SIMON FRASF.R UNIVERSITY
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SCUS 12-16b
iACUr.TY OF ENVIRONMENT
MEMO
Dea n's Office
TASC 2, Suite 8900
Tel: 778-782-8787
www.fenv.sfu.ca
ATTENTION
Bill Krane, Chair, SCUS
FROM
Duncan Knowler, Associate Dean, FENV
Paul Budra, Associate Dean, FAS
Faculty of Environment/Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Fast Tracking of Deletion of EC0N-6EOG Environmental
Specialty Joint Major
RE
DATE
February 21, 2012
We would like to request that suspension of admissions and termination of
the following program be fast tracked:
Geography and Economics Environmental Specialty BA Joint Maior Program
due to a lack of student interest. We have confirmed with the Registrar's
Office and SIMS that there are no current students enrolled in the program
and no "intended" students planning to declare into the program. The
proposal for fast tracking is attached.
The change was approved by the Faculty of Environment (FENV) Curriculum
Committee at its meeting of February 9, 2012 after approval by GEOG at a
departmental meeting on Oct 21, 2010. The
proposed deletion was approved
by the Department of Economics Undergraduate Curriculum Committee on
May 18, 2011 [as per attached e-mails].
Would you please place fast tracking ofthe program on the agenda ofthe
next meeting of SCUS.
J(jiMt**ftwA^
Associate Dean, FENV
Associate Dean, FASS
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Proposal to Suspend Admissions and Terminate the Geography and Economics
Environmental
Specialty
BA
Joint
Major
Program
1 The credential to be affected by terminal the progi^ is tte
Environmental
Specialty
BA
Joint
Major
Program,
which
combines
a
BA
Economics
Major
(plus the course ECON 260-3) with the BA Geography Environmental Specialty Major.
2. The program is located in the Departments of Geography (FENV) and Economics (FASS).
3. The program is offered by the Departments of Geography (FENV) and Economics (FASS).
4. We propose to combine suspension of admissions and tennination of the program as soon as
possible. There are no students currently in the program, nor are mere any intended majors.
5. The reason for termiiwting the program is insuffident enrollments due to lack of student
demand. According to SIMS, the recent history of graduations from the program is as foUows
(with thanks to the Registrar's Office for the data): 7 graduating students total since 2001 -1
each in 2001,2003,2006,2007,2 in 2009, and 1 in 2011. This may include some double
majors as well, so actual graduates from the joint major be even lower.
6. No special plan for tennination of the program is needed as there are no students and no
special courses unique to this program. Thus, mere will be very little impact, if any, on
existing
courses
and
instructors.
Evidence
of
departmental
approval
for
the
tennination
of
the
program
is
provided
in
the
attached
email
correspondence
between
the
respective
Undergraduate
Chairs
(see
attached).
7. We propose to insert the following wording or similar for an obligatory period to signal that
the program isnolonger available:
"Admissionto this program has been suspended and the program has been terminated"
This will be followed by removal of the calendar entry from the calendar and any
information fromthe departmental websites.
8. Further details concerning the program and its termination can be obtained from the
respective
academic
deans:
Dr. John Pierce
Dean of the Faculty of Environment
TASC2 Suite 8800
Phone: 778 782-8787
Fax: 778 782-8788
Dr. John Craig
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Science
Room AQ 6168
Phone: 778-782-4414
Fax: 778-782-3033
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