SFU
OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC
MEMORANDUM
ATTENTION
FROM
RE:
University Drive,
Burnaby, BC
Canada V5A1S6
TEL: 778.782.4636
FAX: 778.782.5876
Senate
Gordon Myers, Chair
Senate Committee on
Undergraduate Studies
Faculty of Health Sciences (SCUS 13-30)
DATE
PAGES
For information:
www.sfu.ca/vpacademic
June 7, 2013
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Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of June 6, 2013, SCUS approved the following
curriculum revision effective Spring 2014:
[il Title and description change to HSCI 402
SIMON PR ASER U N I V E R S I T Y
ENGAGING THE WORLD
S.13-101
SFU
SF.NiVTF. COMMITTEE ON
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
REVISED SCUS 13-30
COURSE CHANGE/DELETION
EXISTING COURSE,CHANGES RECOMMENDED
Pleasecheck appropriate rcvision(s):
OCourse number
OCredit
©Title
©Description
O Prerequisite
OCourse deletion
O Learning Outcomes
Seminar
Tutorial
Lab
Indicate number of hours for: Lecture
FROM
HSCI 402
Course Sublect/Number
Credits
TITLE
TO
Course Subject/Number
Credits
HSCI 402 (no change)
(I) Long title for calendar and schedule, no more than 100 characters including spaces and punctuation.
FROM:
TO:
Substance Use & Addiction
Substance Use, Addiction and Public Health
(2) Shore title for enrollment and transcript, no more than 30 characters including spaces and punctuation.
FROM:
TO:
DESCRIPTION
FROM:
This course addresses substance use and addition within the context of public health.
Major topics covered in the course include: social determinants of substance use and
addiction; varieties of substance abuse and compulsive and addictive behaviors and
their associated impacts on public health; economic, political and global factors
influencing the conceptualization and prevalence of addition: etiological theories of
addiction; treatment approaches and intervention to reduce risks and harm; models
and policies for prevention and control.
DESCRIPTION
TO:
Examination of substance uso and addiction focusing on alcohol and 'illicit drugs" as major
psychoactive use catogonos — within a framework of public health. Major topics covered in the
course include fundamental concepts in substance use and addiction: historical, economic,
political factors influoncing substance use and control, epidemiology and patterns of substance
abuse in general and special nsk populations, substance use related morbidity, mortality and
social harms and their impacts on public health: social and environmental determinants of
substance use. risks and harms, prevention, treatment and approaches and interventions and
policy/control options to reduce substanco uso related risks and harms in tho population
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.
FROM:
TO:
LEARNING OUTCOMES
RATIONALE
Rationale for requested changes in course title &description: Both changes are to provide improved clarity and
specificity in regards to course content, focus and framework, also in order to allow for optimized student information
and decision-making.
Effective term and year
SPRING 2014-
NOVEMBER 20 1 1
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