SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

AGENDA – OPEN SESSION

Monday, February 4, 2013 –

7:00 pm

Room 3210 West Mall Complex

1. Approval of the Agenda

2. Minutes of the Open Session on January 7, 2013

3. Business Arising from the Minutes

4. Report of the Chair

5. Question Period *

i)

Response to Questions from Senate (For Information)

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6. Reports of Committees

A) Student Discipline Matters

i)

Annual Report - Non-academic Discipline Incidents (For Information)

S.13-1a

B) Senate Policy Committee on Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries (SPCSAB)

i)

Annual Report 2011-2012 (For Information)

S.13-18

C) Senate Graduate Studies Committee (SGSC)

i)

Graduate General Regulation 1.3.5a

S.13-19

ii)

Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology

S.13-20

(For Information)

iii)

Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Education (For Information)

S.13-21

iv)

Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Environment (For Information)

S.13-22

D) Senate Committee on University Priorities (SCUP)

i)

Suspension of Admission to the Explorations in the Arts and Social Sciences

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Certificate Program

ii)

Dissolution of the Joint Major in Sociology and Art and Culture Studies

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iii)

Certificate in Business Analytics and Decision Making

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iv)

Joint Major in World Literature and History

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v)

Joint Major in World Literature and International Studies

S.13-27

vi)

Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership

S.13-28

vii) Master of Arts in Comparative Media Arts by Cohort Special Arrangements

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viii) Five Year Academic Plan of the Vice-President Academic (For Information)

S.13.30

ix)

Report on Learning Outcomes and Assessment (LOA) (For Information)

S.13.31

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E) Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (SCUS)

i)

Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (For Information)

S.13-32

ii)

Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology

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(For Information)

iii)

Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Environment (For Information)

S.13-34

iv)

Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Health Sciences (For Information)

S.13-35

v)

Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Science (For Information)

S.13-36

F) Senate Nominating Committee (SNC)

i)

Senate Committee Elections (For Information)

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7. Other Business

i) Election Report (For Information)

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8. Information

i)

Date of the next regular meeting – Monday, March 4, 2013.

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

February 14, 2013. Submissions may be emailed to

kdn1@sfu.ca

but must be followed up by a signed

paper submission. These items will be considered by the Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules on

Tuesday, February 19, 2013 with Senate distribution on Friday, February 22, 2013.

The Senate agenda and papers for this meeting 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

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, January 30, 2013 at 9:00 am.