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MEMORANDUM

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Gordon Myers, Chair

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For information:

Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of May 2, 2013, SCUS approved the following

curriculum revisions effective Spring 2014:

(i) Upper Division requirement changes for the Accounting Concentration

(ii) Requirement changes to the Non-Major'sAccess to Business Courses

SIMON F R A S E R UNIVERSITY

ENGAGING THE WORLD

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Office of the Dean/ Beedie School ofBusiness

MEMORANDUM

To:

Jo Hinchliffe

From: Andrew Gemino, Chair

Senate Committee on

Beedie School of Business

Undergraduate Studies

UG Curriculum Committee

Date: April 19, 2013

Subject: Material for next SCUS meeting

The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee in the Beedie School ofBusiness approved:

1) Spring 2014 Calendar Change: Accounting Honours - Upper Division

Course Restriction

2) Spring 2014 Calendar Change: Non-Business Students - Accounting

Policy Update

Would you please place this item on the May 2nd, 2013 Senate Committee on

Undergraduate Studies agenda?

Sincerely,

Andrew Gemino

Associate Dean

Beedie School of Business

Item 2

Calendar Change, Undergraduate Department, Beedie School of Business

Effective:

Spring 2014

Summary of Changes:

•

Restriction to upper division BUS courses required for Accounting Concentration

Rationale:

In order to ensure that the admission requirements for the Accounting concentration are

effective and to prevent students from attempting a /back-door/ route into this concentration,

access to the upper division (300- and 400-level) accounting courses required for this

concentration must be restricted to those formally admitted. This will ensure fairness for

enrolment based on the requirements set out in the SFU Calendar.

The following programs will be affected by these changes:

Edits/Additions:

Major Program

Honours Program

Honours Program, plus honours term at the Segal Graduate School of Business

Economics & Business Joint Major

Economics & Business Joint Honours

IAT & Business Joint Major (BBA, BA)

IAT & Business Joint Major (BSc)

Second Undergraduate Degree in Business

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content appears in

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Accounting

Admission to this concentration requires a

cumulative grade point average of 2.70 or

higher. Students may apply once they have

completed their lower division requirements

and have either completed or enrolled in

BUS 320 and 360W. Students must have a

minimum grade of C+ in both ofthese

courses before they are admitted to the

concentration.

Students must complete:

Accounting

Admission to this concentration requires a

cumulative grade point average

of2.70 or

higher. Students may apply once they have

completed their lower division requirements

and have either completed or enrolled in

both

BUS 320 and 360W. Students must

have a minimum grade of a C+ in both of

these courses before they are admitted to the

concentration.

Only students admitted to

this concentration will be permitted to

enrol in upper division (300- and 400-

level)

accounting courses required for

this concentration (with the exception of

BUS

320).

Students must complete:

All of*:

BUS 320-3 Financial Accounting - Assets

All of*:

BUS 321-3 Financial Accounting - Equities

BUS 320-3 Financial Accounting - Assets

BUS 322-3 Intermediate Managerial

BUS 321-3 Financial Accounting - Equities

Accounting

BUS 322-3 Intermediate Managerial

BUS 421-3 Accounting Theory

Accounting

BUS 421-3 Accounting Theory

At least two of*:

BUS 420-3 Advanced Accounting

At least two of*:

BUS 424-3 Advanced Managerial

BUS 420-3 Advanced Accounting

Accounting

BUS 424-3 Advanced Managerial

BUS 426-3 Auditing and Assurance:

Accounting

Concepts and Methods

BUS 426-3 Auditing and Assurance:

BUS 427-3 Financial Statement Analysis

Concepts and Methods

BUS 427-3 Financial Statement Analysis

♦Must

be completed at SFU

*Must be completed at SFU

Item 3

Calendar Change, Undergraduate Department, Beedie School of Business

Effective:

Spring 2014

Summary of Changes:

•

Non-Major'sAccess to Business Courses: Policy update to reflect new Accounting

concentration restriction, rather than old Accounting Honours restriction

Rationale:

With the Fall 2013 change from the Accounting Honours concentration to the Accounting

Concentration, the sentence below must be amended to reflect the update in concentration.

The following programs will be affected by these changes:

None

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Non-Majors' Access to Business Courses

300 and 400 Division BUS Course

Enrolment Restrictions

Students other than those accepted into a

program in business administration may

complete selected 300 and 400 division

business administration courses contingent

upon

• space available on the day before the term

begins

• meeting the prerequisites for the

requested course

• recommended minimum cumulative

grade point average of 2.67

Registration in BUS 360W and upper

Registration in BUS 360W is limited to

division courses in the honours accounting

students who are approved in a business

concentration is limited to students who are

major, joint major, honours, or joint

approved in a business plan.

honours plan. Additionally, only business

students admitted to the Accounting

Only students who have been formally

concentration will be permitted to enrol

admitted to the Beedie School of Business

in upper division (300- and 400-level)

will be awarded a bachelor of business

accounting courses required for this

administration.

concentration (with the exception of BUS

320).

Only students who have been formally

admitted to the Beedie School ofBusmess

will be awarded a bachelor ofbusiness

administration.