SFU
MEMORANDUM
ATTENTION
FROM
RE:
S.12-108
OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AND
ASSOCIATE PROVOST
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Senate
Bill Krane, Chair
Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies
Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology (SCUS 12-33c
DATE
PAGES
June 8, 2012
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Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at its meeting of
June 7, 2012, gives rise to the following recommendation:
Motion:
That Senate approve the changes to the BC 12 Admission Criteria for the School for the
Contemporary Arts within the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology.
SIMON F R A S I: R UNIVIUiSI 1 Y
ENGAGING THE WORLD
Senate Committee
on
Undergraduate
studies
CALENDAR CHANGE FORM
School for the Contemporary Arts
BC 12 Admissions Criteria Change for Fall 2013
SCUS 12-33c (i
Rationale:
The School for the Contemporary Arts is proposing to change the admission
requirements for incoming high school students interested in our programs. In
prior admissions criteria BC 12 applicants were allowed to use one course from the
"List 3" fine-arts list in the calculation of their admission average. This reflected the
work students did in both admissions and scholarships. The criteria changed to
allow the English 12 and 3 provincially examinable courses -and has subsequently
changed to allow other courses to be included in the GPAcalculation.
We would like draw on the precedent of the prior "list 3" criteria to give students
accepted into our BFA/BA programs the ability to use one course related to our
School's disciplines to be used in the calculation their admissions average. This
would mean that students'work would be recognized in subjects that our School
teaches -not just resulting in higher admission averages for prospective students,
but in a more accurate scholarship calculation.
The School currently has an Audition/Interview/Portfolio process for our students
to enter our programs that recognizes the work done in the list ofcourses we
propose.
From:
To:
English 12
with a minimum final
blended grade of 60% (or English 12
First Peoples, or Francais premiere
langue 12) with a minimum final
blended grade of 60%
Three courses from:
BC First Nations Studies 12, Calculus 12,
Comparative Civilization 12, Economics
12, English Literature 12; French 12 or
francais langue seconde 12, German 12,
History 12, Japanese 12, Law 12,
Mandarin 12, Principles of Math 12,
English 12
with a minimum final
blended grade of 60% (or English 12
First Peoples, or Francais premiere
langue 12) with a minimum final
blended grade of 60%
Two or three courses from:
BC First Nations Studies 12, Calculus 12,
Comparative Civilization 12, Economics
12, English Literature 12; French 12 or
francais langue seconde 12, German 12,
History 12, Japanese 12, Law 12,
Mandarin 12, Principles of Math 12,
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Philosophy 12, Punjabi 12, Social Justice
12, Spanish 12, Sustainable Resources
12. Sciences: Biology 12, Chemistry 12,
Geography 12, Geology 12, Physics
12.
IB/AP:
All
standard and higher level
IBcourses,
and all AP courses, may be
used in place of grade 12 courses
Effective term and year:
Fall. 2013
Philosophy 12, Punjabi 12, Social Justice
12, Spanish 12, Sustainable Resources
12. Sciences: Biology 12, Chemistry 12,
Geography 12, Geology 12, Physics
12.
IB/AP:
Allstandard and higher level
IBcourses, and all AP courses, may be
used in place of grade 12 courses.
One course may be used from below:
Choral Music 12
Composition & Technology Music 12
Dance Choreography 12
Dance Performance 12
Film and Television 12
Studio Arts 12
Theatre Performance 12
Theatre Production 12
Visual Arts Foundation
Visual Media Arts 12
Writing 12
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