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MEMORANDUM -
ATTENTION
Senate
date
May 3, 2013
FROM
Gordon Myers, Chair
Senate Committee on
Undergraduate Studies
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RE:
Faculty
of Science (SCUS 13-25]
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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:
1. Department of Mathematics (SCUS 13-25b)
(i) Requirement changes to the Operations Research Major and Honours Programs
2. Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry ( SCUS 13-25c)
(ii) Requirement changes to the Major in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
3. Department of Physics (SCUS 13-25d)
(i) Description and prerequisite change to PHYS 231
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Department of
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LADISLAV STACHO
Chair, Undergraduate Studies
Committee
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SCUS13-25D
ATTENTION Dr. George Agnes
Faculty of Science Undergraduate Curriculum
Committee
FROM Ladislav Stacho, Chair, Undergraduate Studies
Committee
RE Calendar Changes
DATE 18 March 2013
Please find enclosed the following documents relating to undergraduate curriculum
changes approved by Mathematics to be considered at the next Faculty of Science
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee meeting.
Item I:
Changes to the list of Table I courses in the Operations Research Major
and Honours Programs
(Remove STAT 400, STAT 402, BUEC 433, and add
STAT 475, STAT 485, ECON 435.)
Item II:
a) Remove the Table III course list in the Operations Research
Honours Program, and
b) Clean up the text directly preceding Table III in the Operations
Research Honours Program
Contact: Ms. Dale Yamaura, Manager, Academic and Administrative Services
Voice: 2-3799; Email: math_manager@sfu.ca
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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Summary of Changes
Item I:
Changes to the list of Table Icourses In the Operations Research Major
and Honours Programs
(Remove STAT 400, STAT 402, BUEC 433, and add
STAT 475, STAT 485, ECON 435.)
Justification: This change reflects the changes from Department of
Statistics courses to be offered (SCUS 12-21c; e.g. course restructuring by
the Department of Statistics). This also reflects that BUEC 433 is no longer
offered regularly, although the course exists.
From (current description- Operations Research Major and Honours
Programs):
(Items which are underlined will be deleted from the Table)
and at least two additional courses from Table I below
ACMA 445-3 Loss Models: Estimation and Selection*
BUEC 433-5 Forecasting in Business and Economics+
STAT 390-3 Selected Topics in Probability and Statistics
STAT 400-3 Data Analysis
STAT 402-3 Generalized Linear and Nonlinear Modelling
STAT 410-3 Statistical Analysis of Sample Surveys
STAT 430-3 Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments
STAT 460-3 Bayesian Statistics
STAT 490-3 Selected Topics in Probability and Statistics
*students must meet the entry requirements for the actuarial science
program to enroll in this course
+see for prerequisites
To (new description- Operations Research Major and Honours Programs):
(Items which are underlined have been added to the Table)
and at least two additional courses from Table I below
ACMA 445-3 Loss Models: Estimation and Selection*
ECON 435-5 Econometric Methods t
STAT 390-3 Selected Topics in Probability and Statistics
STAT 410-3 Statistical Analysis of Sample Surveys
STAT 430-3 Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments
STAT 460-3 Bayesian Statistics
STAT 475-3 Applied Discrete Data Analysis
STAT 485-3 Applied Time Series Analysis
STAT 490-3 Selected Topics in Probability and Statistics
*students must meet the entry requirements for the actuarial science
program to enrol in this course
fsee BUEC courses for prerequisites
Item II:
a) Remove the Table III course list in the Operations Research Honors
Program, and
b) Clean up the text directly preceding Table III (change from four 400
division courses to two 400 division courses) in the Operations
Research Honours Program
Justification:
(a) Most of the courses listed in the table are leftover from the
discontinued Industrial Mathematics program that has been replaced by
the Operations research program, or are already required outside this
table.
(b) The current information was incorrectly interpreted by students to
mean that eight 400 division courses are required for the Operations
Research Honours Program.
From (current description- Operations Research Honours Program):
(Items which are underlined will be deleted)
To complete the required 48 upper division units, students complete
additional Table III courses (see list below), of which at least four courses
must be at the 400 division. One upper division MATH course that is not
shown in Table III may be substituted.
CMPT 305-3 Computer Simulation and Modelling
CMPT 307-3 Data Structures and Algorithms
CMPT 361-3 Introduction to Computer Grophics
CMPT 405-3 Design gnd Anglvsis of Computing Algorithms
CMPT 461-3 Advonced Computer Grophics
MACM 316-3 Numerical Analysis I
MACM 401-3 Introduction to Computational Algebra
MACM 409-3 Numerical Linear Algebra
MACM 416-3 Numerical Analysis II
MACM 442-3 Crvptoargphv
MATH 310-3 Introduction to Ordinory Differentigl Egugtions
MATH 314-3 Boundary Value Problems
MATH 322-3 Complex Variables
MATH 338-3 Advanced Linear Alaebrg
MATH 342-3 Elementary Number Theory
MATH 343-3 Applied Discrete Mathematics
MATH 345-3 Introduction to Graph Theory
MATH 348-3 Probability Models in Operations Research
MATH 418-3 Partial Differential Equations
MATH 438-3 Linear Algebra
MATH 443-3 Combinatorial Theory
MATH 445-3 Graph Theory
MATH 447-4 Coding Theory
MATH 461-3 Continuous Mathematical Models
MATH 462-3 Fluid Dynamics
MATH 467-3 Dynamical Systems
MATH 470-3 Variational Calculus
PHYS 395-3 Computational Physics
To (new description- Operations Research Honours Program):
(Items which are underlined have been added)
To complete the required 48 upper division units, students complete
odditionol coursework, of which at least two courses must be 400-level
MATH or MACM courses with the possibility of substituting a 400-level
course from another department subject to advisor approval. Courses
used to fulfill this upper division reauirement cannot be used to satisfy the
interdisciplinary reauirement. All courses pertaining to the required 48
upper division units must be qpproved bv the proqrqm qdvisor in the
Deportment of Mqthemqtics.
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Program Change Form
Program:
Major in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
From:
One
of:
CMPT 102-3 Intro to Scientific Computer Program
CMPT 110-3 Programming in Visual Basic
CMPT 120-3 Intro to Computing Science & Program I
To:
One
of:
CMPT 102-3 Intro to Scientific Computer Program
CMPT 110-3 Programming in Visual Basic
CMPT 120-3 Intro to Computing Science & Program I
CMPT 130-3 Intro to Computer Programming I
CMPT 126-3 Intro to Computer Sci /Programming
Rationale:
The addition of CMPT130 offers an additional basic intro computer course option for
MBB students. The addition of CMPT126, a more advanced introductory CMPT course
(it's an accelerated and rigorous version of CMPT 120 and CMPT 125 and offers an option
for more advanced undergraduates to both complete their MBB CMPT requirement and to
lay a
stronger foundation if they choose to take more CMPT courses.
Effective date:
Fall. 2013 (1137) -
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Approvals
Chair, Department/School
Chair, Faculty Curriculum Committee
Chair, SCUS
Date
Date
Dale
SFU
SENATE COMMITTEE ON
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STUDIES
EXISTING COURSE, CHANGES RECOMMENDED
Please check appropriate revision(s):
SCUS 13-25c
COURSE CHANGE/DELETION
I ICourse number
LJ
Credit
I ITitle
Lil Description
•
Prerequisite
I—I Course deletion
I—I Learning Outcomes
Indicate number of hours for: Lecture
FROM
Course Subject/Number.
3
Credits
Phys 231
Seminar
Tutorial
TO
Course Subject/Number
Credits
Lab
TITLE
(1) LONG title for calendar and schedule, no more than 100 charactersincluding spaces and punctuation.
FROM:
TO:
PHYS 231-3 Physics Laboratory II
(2) SHORT title for enrollment and transcript, no more than 30 charactersincluding spaces and punctuation.
FROM:
TO:
DESCRIPTION
FROM:
Introductory physics laboratory with experiments chosen from
mechanics, heat, optics, electricity, magnetism, properties of
matter, atomic and nuclear physics, along with lectures on the use
of computers for data acquisition and data analysis in the physics
laboratory.
DESCRIPTION
TO:
Introductory physics laboratory with experiments chosen from
mechanics, heat, optics, electricity, magnetism, properties of matter,
atomic and nuclear physics, along with lectures on the use of
computers for data acquisition and data analysis in the physics
laboratory.
PREREQUISITE
PREREQUISITE
Does this course replicate the content of a previously approved course to such an extent that students should not receive credit for both courses?
If so, this should be
noted in the prerequisite.
Prerequisite: PHYS 141 or 131 or 130. Students who have successfully completed
FROM: PNYS234 may not receive additional creditforthis course. Quantitative.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
RATIONALE
Prerequisite: PHYS 141 or 131 or 130. Students who have successfully completed
TQ. PHYS 234 may not receive additional credit for this course. Recommended
co-requisite: PHYS 255. Quantitative.
Student comments have indicated that taking 255 concurrently with 231 (or beforehand) helps
with the material in 231. This effect is not strong enough to change the list of pre-requisites, but it
is helpful to students to add a recommendation.
Effective term and year
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