SFU
MEMORANDUM
ATTENTION
FROM
RE:
S.12-155
OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT. ACADEMIC AND
ASSOCIATE PROVOST
8888 University Drive.
Burnaby. BC
Canada V5A1S6
TEL: 778.782.4636
FAX: 778.782.5876
Senate
Gordon Myers. Chair
Senate Committee on
Undergraduate Studies
Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology (SCUS 12-42)
DATE
PAGES
www.sfu.ca/vpacademic
October 12. 2012
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For information:
Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of October 11, 2012, SCUS approved the
following curriculum revision effective Summer 2013:
1. School for the Contemporary Arts (SCUS 12-42b)
SCUS 12-42b(i) New Course Proposal: FPA 184-3, Sound
SCUS 12-42b(ii) Deletion of FPA 111, 147, 151, 224, 240, 268. 290. 310. 311. 368. 387.
411 and416
SCUS 12-42b(iii) Deletion of the Collaboration Stream within the Music BFA
SCUS 12042b(vii) B-Hum designation for:
• FPA 257W Context of Theatre I
•
FPA 357W Context of Theatre II
Q designation for FPA 184 Sound
Senators wishing to consult a more detailed report of curriculum revisions may do so by
going to Docushare: https://docushare.sfu.ca/dsweb/View/Collection-12682
If you are unable to access the information, please call 778-782-3168 or email
shellev qairldsfu.ca.
SIMON FRASEfi UNIVERSITY
ENGAGING THE WORLD
SFU
SENATE COMMITTEE ON
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
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COURSE SUBJECT/NUMBER
jrpA-j 84-3 (Q) Sound
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COURSE TITLE
LONG — for Calendar/schedule, no more than 100 characters including spaces and punctuation
FPA 184-3 (Q) Sound
AND
SHORT — for enrollment/transcript, no more than30 characters including spaces andpunctuation
Sound
CAMPUS
where course willbe taught:
Burnaby
Surrey
Vancouver
Great Northern Way
Off campus
COURSE DESCRIPTION IFOR CALENDAR). 50-60 WORDS MAXIMUM. ATTACH A COURSE OUTLINE TO THIS PROPOSAL.
Thfough-weekly lectures-and labs students will ftp introduced, to acoustics, psychoacoustics,
sound synthesis, audio sampling and signal processing, and sound production in general as
relating to music, film sound, radio, new media, art installations and live performance.
LIBRARY RESOURCES
NOTE: Senate has approved (S.93-11) that no new course should be approved by Senate until funding has been committed for necessary library
materials. Each new course proposal must beaccompanied by a library report and, ifappropriate, confirmation that funding arrangements have been
addressed.
Library report status
Approved
RATIONALE FOR INTRODUCTION OF THIS COURSE
FPA 184 Sound is a redesign of the 30 year old course Introduction to Electroacoustic Music,
FPA 147-3.184 will widen the scope of 147 to include references to all of the performing arts as
well as cinema, broadcast and other communication modalities. As with 147, students will be
introduced to the both the physics and the
psychology of sound and how it plays an essential but
often unheralded role in many forms of art and
media. In addition to an introduction to the history
and contemporary practice, students will learn basic techniques forsound design which will be
beneficial to their practice in most any discipline.
SCHEDULING AND ENROLLMENT INFORMATION
Indicate effective
term and year
course would first beoffered and planned frequency ofoffering thereafter:
Will this be arequired or elective course in the curriculum? (^Required (^Elective
What is the probable enrollment when offered? Estimate:
CREDITS
Indicate number of credits (units):
3
Indicate number of hours for: 2
Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial
^-
Lab
Other
JANUARY 2012
SFU
SENATE COMMITTEE ON
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
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FACULTY
Whichof your present CFL faculty have die expertise to offer tliis course?
Professor Martin Gotfrit, Associate Professor Arne Eigenfeldt
WQB DESIGNATION
(attachapproval from Curriculum Office)
Q (application in process)
PREREQUISITE
Does this course replicate thecontent ofa previously-approved course tosuch anextent that students should notreceive credit forbothcourses?
If so, this should be noted in
the
prerequisiite.
None
C0REQUIS1TE
None
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon satisfactory completion of the coursestudents will be able to:
A basic understanding of the physics of sound (speed, reflection, Doppler, etc.), insightinto human
perception of sound, familiarity with audioterminology such as decibels/loudness, frequency/pitch,
processes such as compression, filtering, reverberation, delay, and mixing, musical terminology
related to sound such as harmonics, octave, etc., the transduction of sound waves into electrical
signals and the digitization of analogue signals and the reverse. They will have learned about the
development of audio and musical instrument technology and its relationship to the arts to the
present day. They will have sufficient practical skills to create and produce sound compositions in
stereo for a variety of applications.
FEES
Are
there any proposed student fees associated with this course other than tuition fees?
\^^YES
\£/NO
RESOURCES
Listany outstandingresourceissues to be addressed prior to implementation: space, laboratoryequipment, etc:
None. The two computer labs in Contemporary Arts will be sufficient to run this course
successfully.
OTHER IMPLICATIONS
Articulation agreement reviewed?
\^J
YES
V*^ NO
\J/ Not applicable
Exam required:
Criminal Record Check required:
JANUARY 2012
SFU
APPROVALS
1
SENATE COMMITTEE ON
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
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Departmental approval indicates that theDepartment or School has approved the content of the course, and has consulted
with othpfTDepartrnents/Schools/Faculties regardingproposed course content and overlap issues.
Chair,
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Faculty appttSvaTindipsfes that all the necessary course content and overlap concerns have been resolved, and that the
FacuWffSchool/p^partment commits to providing the required Library funds.
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LIST whiciybther Departments, Schools and Faculties have been consulted regarding the proposed course content, including overlap issues. Attach
documentary evidence of responses.
Other Faculties approval indicated thatthe Dean(s) or Designate ofother Faculties AFFECTED by theproposed newcourse supports) theapproval of
the new course:
Date
.Date
3
SCUS approval indicates that the course has been approved for implementation subject, where appropriate, to financial issues
being addressed.
COURSE APPROVED BY SCUS (Chair of SCUS):
Date
APPROVAL IS SIGNIFIED BY DATE AND APPROPRIATE SIGNATURE.
JANUARY
20X2
SCUS 12-42b (ii)
Senate Committee on
Undergraduate studies
COURSE CHANGE/DELETION FORM
Existing Title(s):
FPA 111-3 Issues in Fine and Performing Arts
FPA 147-3 Introduction to Electroacoustic Music
FPA240-3 Contemporary Music Performance 1
FPA 151-3 Introduction to Acting II
FPA 224-3 Dance Composition I
FPA 290-3 Video Production I
FPA268-3 Methods and Concepts: Spatial Presentation
FPA368-3 Methods and Concepts: Spatial Presentation
FPA411-3 Interdisciplinary Studies in CA
FPA 310-4 Interdisciplinary. Methods in Art and Culture
FPA311-4 Interdisciplinary Studies in the Arts
FPA 416-3 Practices in Art and Culture
FPA 387-3 Digital Art
Please check appropriate revision(s):
Course Number
Credit Hours:
Description:
Prerequisite:
Course deletion:
X
Rationale:
Removal of 13 courses from the SCA curriculum
The removal of these
3CA courses, (in addition to the sixProduction and Design courses
deleted in March 2012), will accommodate more flexibility for teachingacross areas, the new core
courses for allBFA programsand teaching support for our graduate programs.
*
The calendar changes in this packet reflect this change in all degree programs within the
School for the Contemporary Arts.
Effective term and
year: Fall 2013
SCUS12-42b(iii)
Senate Committee on
Undergraduate studies
/DELETION FORM
Existing Title:
Collaboration Stream in the Music Area
Please check appropriate revision(s):
Course Number:
Credit Hours:
Description:
Prerequisite:
Celetion:
X
Rationale:
Removal of the Collaboration Stream in the Music Area
The music program is simplifying its BFAprogram choices by offeringtwo streams insteadof three.
The Composition and Electroacoustic Streams will continue to be offeredas the official BFA
program choices in music. The (Collaboration streamis beingdropped from the official curriculum
in an effort to clarifyand simplify our musicprogram offerings. Our research shows that most
music students engagein Collaborative practices as a naturalpart of their music studiesat SFU,so
we will continue to advertise Collaboration as one of the unique features of music study at SFU.
However, there won't be an official Collaboration stream within the Music BFA.
Music Major Program
Music Honours Program
Music Extended Minor Program
Effective term and year: Fall 2013
MEMO
ADDRESS
8888 University Drive
burnaby bc v5a 1s6
Canada
SFU
UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM & INSTITUTIONAL LIAISON
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT ACADEMIC AND PROVOST
SCUS 12-42b(vii
ATTENTION Don Kugler, Associate Dean, FCAT
TEL
FROM SUSAK RHODES, Assistant Director, University Curriculum and
Institutional Liaison
RE Q and B designation approvals
DATE September 24, 2012
TIME
9:06 AM
The University Curriculum Office has approved the following:
FPA 257W Context of Theatre 1- B-Hum - effective 1134
FPA
357W Context of Theatre 11 - B-Hum - effective 1134
FPA 184 Sound (new course proposal) - Q - effective 1137
Please forward this memo to your Faculty UCC and then to SCUS for final
approval.
SIMON ! ItASLH L N I V ! U .M I Y
THINKING OF 7 H ' WORLD
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