SFU

MEMORANDUM

ATTENTION

FROM

RE:

S.13-33

OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AND

ASSOCIATE PROVOST

8888 University Drive,

TEL: 778.782.4636

Burnaby, BC

FAX: 778.782.5876

Canada V5A1S6

Senate

Gordon Myers, Chair

Senate Committee on

Undergraduate Studies

Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology (SCUS 12-50a

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For information:

Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of January 10, 2013, SCUS approved the

following curriculum revision effective Fall 2013:

1. School of Interactive Arts and Technology

(i) Title and description change for IAT 352

SIMON PRASES UNIVERSITY

engaging the world

SCUS 12-50a

SFU

SENATE COMMITTEE ON

COURSE CHANGE/DELETION

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

EXISTING COURSE, CHANGES RECOMMENDED

Please check appropriate

revixion(s):

I—I Course number

I—I Credit

19 Title

IB Description

I IPrerequisite

I ICourse deletion

I—I Learning Outcomes

Indicate number ot hours tor: Lecture

Seminar

Tutorial

Lab

Course

FR0M

Subject/Number

IAT352

Course Subject/Number

Credits

TITLE

(1) LONG title lor calendar and schedule, no more than 1(H) charactersincluding spacesand punctuation.

FROM:

TO:

Knowledge Media Architectures

Internet Computing Technologies

(2) SHORT title for enrollment and transcript, no more than 30 characters including spaces and punctuation.

FROM:

TO:

Knowledge Media Architectures

Internet Computing Technologies

DESCRIPTION

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TO:

Architectures and technologies 0181 people use lor crealing. capturing, slormg. sharing, and

XML technologies, dalabasesanddatamininq are reviewed as a meansOl Storing

accessing

knowledge ano mlormalon are Produced. XML .echr.otoges. databases and data

and extracting knowledge. Server-client and service o.iented architectures are

mining

personalized

are reviewed

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means

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and

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perspective clbuilding interactive systems Internet computing and collaborate technologies.

are

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inclJdmg peer-to-peer systems, social networking, portals, and

including video conferencing, cnat systems, peertopeersystems, social networking, and ponais

personalization technologies. Studentsapplyconceptual knowledge by programming

are reviewedas means lorcreating and sharing knowledge and information

3 web application using AJAX. servlets and a database.

PREREQUISITE

Does thiscourse replicate the content of a previously approved course to such an extent that students should not receive credit for both courses?

It so, thisshouldbe noted in the prerequisite.

FROM:

TO:

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Understanding core internetcomputing technologies used in knowledge media and its life stages

Analyzing and evaluating the design of technologies for knowledge media

Justyfying design choices of internet computing technologies for a particuair application in a particuair context

Applying internet computing technologies to developing an interactive web application

RATIONALE

The original title and description is confusing to students. In particular students did not understand

the level of practical and programming skills involved in the course.

Effective

tcrni and • ear

Fall 2013

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