AGENDA – OPEN SESSION

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 –

5:30 pm

Room 3210 West Mall Complex

1. Approval of the Agenda

2. Minutes of the Open Session on April 2, 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)

Suspension of Admission and Dissolution of the Geography and

S.12-73

Economics Environmental Specialty BA Joint Major Program

ii)

Graduate Certificate in Visual Analytics in the School of Interactive

S.12-74

Arts and Technology

iii) SCUP Annual Report 2011 – 2012 (For Information)

S.12-75

B) Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (SCUS)

i)

Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

S.12-76

(For Information)

ii)

Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Applied Sciences (For Information)

S.12-77

iii) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology

S.12-78

(For Information)

iv) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Education (For Information)

S.12-79

v)

Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Science (For Information)

S.12-80

C) Senate Graduate Studies Committee (SGSC)

i)

General Graduate Regulation 1.3.6 and 1.3.8

S.12-81

ii)

Curriculum Revisions - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

S.12-82

(For Information)

iii) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology

S.12-83

(For Information)

iv) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Science (For Information)

S.12-84

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7. Other Business

i) Revision to the Rules of Senate – Notice of Motion (For Information)

S.12-85

8. Information

i) Date of the next regular meeting – Monday, June 11, 2012.

Agenda items and papers for the June meeting will be required by the Secretary at noon on Thursday, May 24,

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, May 29,

2012 with Senate distribution on Friday, June 1, 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, May 16, 2012 at 9:00 am.