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MEMORANDUM
ATTENTION
FROM
RE:
Senate
Gordon Myers, Chair
Senate Committee on
Undergraduate Studies
Beedie School of Business (SCUS 12-51
DATE
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December 7, 2012
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For information:
Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of December 6, 2012, SCUS approved the
following curriculum revisions effective Fall 2013:
1. New Course Proposal: BUS 439-3, Advanced Decision Making
2. Prerequisite change to BUS 360W (effective Summer 2013)
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SRNATK COMMITTER ON
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
UNO RR G RA D I'ATP. STU DI E S
COURSE TITLE
1 OP 3 PACES
BUS 439
COURSE NUMBER
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forCalendar/schedule, no more than UK) characters including spaces and punctuation
Advanced Decision Making
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AND
SHORT —
for enrollment/transcript, no more than 30characters including spaces and punctuation
Advanced Decision Making
CREDITS
3
Indicate number of credits for: Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial
Lab
COURSE DESCRIPTION (FOR CALENDAR). 50-60 WORDS MAXIMUM. ATTACH ACOURSE OUTLINE TO THIS PROPOSAL.
Examines complex, real-world decision making issues using an evidence-based approach that employs decision making
strategies involving statistics, data management, analytics, and decision theory. Through a major decision making project within
the community, students will experience first-hand the process of consultation, data aquisition, analysis, and reccomendation
PREREQUISITE
BUS 345, 360W, 437, 445, 462, and 464; 90 units
COREQUISITE
N/A
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
That is, does this course replicate the content of a previously approved cours. tosuch an extent chat students should not receive credit for both
courses.? Ifso, this should be noted in the prerequisite.
COURSE(S)TO BE DELETED IF THIS COURSE IS APPROVED
NOTE: APPROPRIATE DOCUMENT FOR DELETION MUST BESUBMITTED TO SCUS
None.
RATIONALE FOR INTRODUCTION OF THIS COURSE
The Business Analytics and Decision Making Capstone course is being introduced to provide a capstone to the new
Business Analytics and Decision Making Certificate. "Business Analytics" is an emerging field that promotes the development
of better leaders and managers. Because of this, the Undergraduate Program iscreating this course to provide a structured
envrionment for thecompletion of a major, application-based analytics and decision making project, which will allow students
to apply the knowledge and skills they have gained overthe course of the certificate, first-hand.
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
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SCHEDULING AND ENROLLMENT INFORMATION
Indicate effective term and yearcourse would first be offered and planned frequency ofoffering thereafter:
Fall 2013 and twice a year thereafter
(NOTE:There is a iv. )-term wait for implementation of any new course.)
Indicate if there is av..iver required: |
|YES
\S\
NO
Will this be arequired or elective course in the curriculum? Qu-quired L3Elective
30
What is the probable enrollment when offered?
Estimate
Which of your presentCFL faculty have the expertise to ori'er thiscourse?
Robert Krider (Marketing), Michael Brydon (Management Information Systems), Payman Jula (Technology and Operations
Management), Jason Ho (Marketing), Nilesh Saraf (Management Information Systems), and Peter Tingling (Management
Information Systems)
\re there any proposed student fees associated with this course other than tuition fees?
LjYES
0NO
(If yes, attach mandatory supplementary fee approval form.)
RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS
NOTE: Senate has approved (S.93-I l) that no new course should he approved by Senate until funding has been committed for necessary librar-
materials. Each new course proposal must be accompanied by a library report and, ifappropriate, confirmation that funding arrangements have been
address, d.
Burnaby/Surrey
Campus where course will be taught
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Library report status.
Provide details on how existing instructional resources will be redistributed toaccommodate this new course. For example, will another course-
be eliminated or will the frequency ofoffering of othercourses be reduced; are there changes in pedagogical style or class sizes that allow for this
additional course offering?
Additional faculty were hired this year which will offset this additional course.
List any outstanding resource issue, to be addressed priorto implementation: space, laboratory equipment, etc:
None.
Articulation agreement reviewed?
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[v^JNO
[J Not applicable
OTHER IMPLICATIONS
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APPROVALS
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tes that the Department or School has approved the content of the course, and has consulted with
culties regarding proposed course content and overlap issues.
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Faculty approval indicates that all the necessary course content and overlap concerns liave been resolved, and that the
FacuIty/fficnopl/Depactltient/coniniitS to providing the required Library funds.
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Dean/orwxsjgnate
Date
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LIST
which otherDepartments, Schools and Faculties h.ive been consulted regarding the proposed course content, including overlap isnes.Attacl
documentaryevidence of responses.
Other Faculties appro*, .tl indicated that the 1)e.iu(s) or Designate ofother Faculties AFFECTED
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the proposed new course siipport(s) the approval of
the new (onrse:
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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.
ANIWKY .IOCS
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COURSE CHANGE/DELETION
EXISTING COURSE, CHANGES RECOMMENDED
Please check appropriate revision(s):
I ICourse number
I ICredit
I iTitle
I iDescripric
Indicate number of hours for: Lecture
Seminar
01'rer
.•requisite
Tutorial
FROM
Course Number
Credits (Units)
TITLE
BUS 360W
TO
Course Number
Credits (Units)
(1) Long title for calendar and schedule, no more than 100 characters including spaces and punctuation.
FROM:
TO:
Business Communication
(2) Short title for enrollment and transcript, no more than 30 characters including spaces and punctuation.
FROM:
TO:
DESCRIPTION
FROM:
DESCRIPTION
TO:
I ICourse deletion
Lab
.
PREREQUISITE
FROM: 60 units. Writing.
PREREQUISITE
TO: 60 units; This course is only open to approved Business
Administration majors, joint majors, or honors, and approved
Management Systems Science or Actuarial Science majors.
Writing.
RATIONALE
In order to maintain accessibility levels for students requiring Business 360W for graduation from the Beedie School of
Business, or for completion of their program (Management
Systems Science and Actuarial Science majors), the prerequisite
limits access to these particular student groups.
Does this course replicate the c^njejivef-rt-piwiously approved course tosuch an extent that students should not receive credit for both courses?
Ifso, this should be
not^tttn
the prerequisite.
Summer2013
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Effective term and Vear
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