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MEMORANDUM
attention
Senate
date
November 15,2012
from
Jon Driver, Vice-President, Academic and
pages
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Provost, and Chair, SCUP
RE:
Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology: Title Change for the Majo/in Art and
Culture (SCUP 12-41)
At its
November 7, 2012 meeting SCUP reviewed and approved the title change for the Major in Art and
Culture to Major in Visual Culture and Performance Studies, in the School for the
Contemporary Arts
within the Faculty
of Communication, Art and Technology, effective Fall, 2013.
Motion:
That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the title change for the Major in Art and
Culture to Major in Visual Culture and Performance Studies, in the School for the Contemporary Arts
within the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology, effective Fall, 2013.
End.
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MEMORANDUM
ATTENTION
FROM
RE:
SCUP 12-41
OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AND
ASSOCIATE PROVOST
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TEL: 778.782.4636
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Senate Committee on University
Priorities
Gordon Myers, Chair
Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies
Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology (SCUS 12-42b(iv
DATE
PAGES
October 12, 2012
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Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at its meeting of
October 11, 2012, gives rise to the following recommendation:
Motion:
That SCUP approve the title change for the Major in Art and Culture to the Major
in Visual Culture and Performance Studies in the School for the Contemporary
Arts within the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology.
The relevant documentation for review by SCUP is attached.
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Senate Committee on
Undergraduate studies
PROGRAM CHANGE FORM
Revision:
Tide Change
Existing
Title:
Art and Culture (Area in the School for the Contemporary Arts)
New Title:
Visual Culture and Performance Studies
Rationale:
The ttt in Art and Culture is shifting the arrangement of courses and a new tide to
accommodate a larger bodyof students, flexibility for teaching resources and a morefocused
degree. The BR. in Visual Culture andPerformance Studies will accommodate the growing
interestfromstuoents enrollingin the art and culture
WL
as wellas new students with an
interest in visual culture and performance studies.
MAJ©*
Effective term and year: Fall 2013
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