Academic Programs Committee of Council
Course Challenge February 6, 2009
College of Agriculture and Bioresources
Revisions to the Agricultural Economics major, new courses, prerequisite changes.
College of Graduate Studies and Research
Prerequisite changes
Change to title for course listed in Jan 9, 2009 Course Challenge
College of Medicine
Course alternative in MD admission requirements; correction to Biomedical Sciences
proposal documentation
Schedule for approval:
Date of circulation: Feb. 6, 2009
Date by which Challenge must be received: Feb. 20, 2009
Date by which changes will automatically be considered approved in the absence of
Challenge: March 6, 2009
College of Agriculture and Bioresources
Changes to the B.S.A. Agricultural Economics Major Honours program
ECON 404.6, Econometrics, and BPBE 361, Intermediate Statistics and Decision
Making, is replaced with BPBE 461.3, Agricultural Commodity Analysis and BPBE 361,
Intermediate Statistics and Decision Making, or Econ 404.6.
MATH 264 (Linear Algebra) is added to Years 3 and 4 as a requirement.
Delete Math 264 as a choice in the Year 2 requirement for 3 cu from MATH 116, MATH
213, MATH 264, ECON 305 or ECON 306.
Modification of BPBE 494.6, Research and Technical Writing (Honours Thesis) to
include:
-a committee consisting of a supervisor and 2 other members
-an oral exam of the thesis
New Courses
FAMS 411.3, Lipid Science and Technology
Prereq: CHEM 112.3 or BIOC 200.3 or permission of the instructor
This course provides a comprehensive overview of lipid science and technology. It
covers lipid types, properties, sources, edible and non-edible usage, lipid nutrition and
the relationship to the health of humans and animals; lipid metabolisms and lipid
biotechnology, as well as lipid bioproducts and industrial processing technologies.
Rationale: Biological lipids from plants, animals and microorganisms are important for
human food as well as for industrial applications. With the increased recognition of the
health benefits of certain types of lipids, demand is growing for healthier lipids with better
fatty acid compositions and improved stereo-specific distributions. Meanwhile, as fossil
oil reserve is diminishing, researchers are exploring the possibility of using these
renewable resources to replace petroleum oil in chemical industries. These two driving
forces have made a great contribution in advancing lipid research in recent years.
However, the basics of lipid science & technology and the recent advances in this area
have not been systematically examined in other courses on campus. As biological lipids
are becoming of increasing importance to our daily life and to our regional economy, the
University of Saskatchewan needs such a course, which will be of benefit to those
students who want to pursue careers in this field or those who simply wish to have a
better understanding of Lipid Science & Technology. The students in this course will be
equipped with a comprehensive knowledge of biological lipids, including types, function,
nutrition, metabolism, biotechnology and industrial processing and utilization. In addition,
students will have the opportunity to receive instruction from industry experts and to tour
industrial oil refining facilities.
RRM 301.9, RRM Field Course
Prereq: RRM 215.3
Identification of common plant species found in Saskatchewan and identification of soil
horizons and profiles are skills necessary for classification of wetlands and delineation of
biophysical map units. RRM 301.9 will provide students with an opportunity to further
develop and apply the skills obtained in RRM 215.3 in a field setting. This will be done
through an extended mapping project, which is intended to be self directed experiential
learning. The field course is important for the development of critical thinking skills as
part of a university level of education and essential to a successful translation of these
skills to the job market.
Rationale: Identification of common plant species found in Saskatchewan and
identification of soil horizons and profiles are skills necessary for classification of
wetlands and delineation of biophysical map units. RRM 301.9 will provide students with
an opportunity to further develop and apply the skills obtained in RRM 215.3 in a field
setting. This will be done through an extended mapping project, which is intended to be
self directed experiential learning. The field course is important for the development of
critical thinking skills as part of a university level of education and essential to a
successful translation of these skills to the job market.
Pre and Corequisite Changes
Course
Text from online Course
Catalogue
AGRC 492 – Term Paper
Successful completion of 75 cu
and Technical Writing
towards the BSA degree
before registration
AGRC 493 – Team Project Successful completion of 75
in Agricultural Science
credit units towards the BSA
degree before registration
AGRC 494 – Research
Registered BSA Honours
and Thesis
students or special permission
from the Head of the
Recommended Prerequisite
Change
Successful completion of 75 cu
of university level courses
Successful completion of 75 cu
of university level courses
Successful completion of 75
credit units of university level
courses
AGRN 375 – Current
Issues in Agronomy
AGRN 382 – Field
Diagnostic School
ANSC 313 – Animal
Breeding and Genetics
ANSC 470 – Applied
Animal Biotechnology
ANSC 480 – Poultry
Feeds and Feeding
ANSC 492 – Thesis in
Animal Science
supervising department.
AGRC 111, 113; SLSC 240;
PLSC 201 or permission of
instructor
PLSC 201 and SLSC 240
n/a
3 credit units of Genetics
courses and 3 credit units
Physiology
ANSC 212 and ANSC 315
ANSC 313 and VBMS 324
Three years completed
towards a BSA degree
Successful completion of 75
credit units of university level
courses
Successful completion of 30
credit units or permission of
the instructor
AGRC 113 and ECON 111 or
successful completion of 60
credit units at the university
level or permission of the
instructor
BPBE 322 or COMM 203
BPBE 343 – Grain and
Livestock Marketing
n/a
BPBE 344 – Follow the
Grain
A minimum of 60 credit units of
university level courses or
permission of the instructor
BPBE 420 – Farm and
Agricultural Business
Operations Management
BPBE 430 – Natural
Resource Economics
AGEC 322 or an equivalent
intermediate finance course
BPBE 432 – Rural
Development Theory
Policy and Case Studies
BPBE 445 – Competition
Regulation and Antitrust
Theory and Applications
BPBE 461 – Agricultural
Commodity Analysis
BPBE 495 – Agribusiness
Venture Management
EVSC 220 –
Environmental Soil
Science
EVSC 420 –
Environmental Fate and
AGRC 111 and 113; SLSC
240; one of PLSC 201 or
PLSC 222 or permission of the
instructor
PLSC 201 or PLSC 222 and
SLSC 240
BIOC 200 and BIOC 211
ANSC 440
AGEC 315 or equivalent and
at least one of AGEC
330,ECON 275 or 277 or
permission of the instructor
ECON 211 and 214
One of BPBE 330, ECON 275
or ECON 277
ECON 211
BPBE315 or permission
Corequisite: BPBE 361
BPBE 315 and 361 or
permission of the instructor
AGEC 361 or equivalent
BPBE 315 and 361
Open to third and fourth year
students registered in the
College of Agriculture and
Bioresources and the Edwards
School of Business
AGRC 111 or 6 credit units of
GEOG or GEOL
Successful completion of 90
credit units of university level
courses or permission of the
department
60 credit units in a sciencebased program(e.g.
Math 101 or 110; PHYS 115 or
EVSC 210; successful
AGRC 111 or 3 credit units in
GEOG or GEOL
Transport of Toxic
Substancies
EVSC 485 –
Environmental Science
Capstone course
EVSC 492 – Research
and Term Paper
FAMS 492 – Literature
Thesis
PLSC 340 – Weed Biology
and Ecology
PLSC 345 – Pesticides
and Crop Protection
PLSC 401 – Sustainable
Crop Production
B.Sc.,B.S.A.,B.E.) including
Math 101 or 110 and Phys 111
or EVSC 210, or permission of
the instructor
Fourth year BSA
Environmental Science major
Successful completion of 75
credit units towards the
Environmental Science BSA
degree
Successful completion of 75
credit units towards the BSA in
the FAMS major
AGRC 111,AGRC 112,or at
least one 200-level botany
course (e.g., BIOL 222, 202 or
205)
BIOL 120 and 121, PLSC
335,CHEM 250 or permission
of the instructor
AGEC 320 or permission of
the instructor
PLSC 492 – Literature
Thesis in Plant Sciences
Completion of 81 credit units
toward the BSA Plant
Sciences major
SLSC 492 – Research and Successful completion of 75
Term Paper
credit units towards the BSA
Soil Science degree
completion of 60 credit units of
university level courses
Successful completion of 75
credit units of university level
courses
Successful completion of 75
credit units of university level
courses
Successful completion of 75
credit units of university level
courses
AGRC 111 or one of BIOL
202, 222 or 205
BIOL 120 and PLSC 335
PLSC 335, SLSC 312 and
successful completion of 75
credit units of university course
work.
Successful completion of 81
credit units of university level
courses.
Successful completion of 75
credit units of university level
courses.
College of Graduate Studies and Research
Change to prerequisite
TOX 860.3 Applied toxicology
Original prerequisite: VBMS 836 and 837 and permission of the instructor. Recommend
additional credit units in TOX
Revised prerequisite: Registration in the Toxicology Graduate Program or permission of
the instructor.
Approved Joint Master’s and Ph.D. Committee Dec 9, 2008.
Revision to Jan. 9, 2009 Course Challenge:
Title change for PUBP 814.3 “Social Policy” to “Social Policy: Interdisciplinary
Perspectives”
College of Medicine
Modification to University of Saskatchewan prerequisites for application to the
College of Medicine
BMSC/BIOL 224.3 (Animal Body Systems) will be considered equivalent to BIOL
121.3 (Diversity of Life) as a College of Medicine prerequisite course.
Rationale: For biology prerequisites taken at the U. of S., students will normally do BIOL
120.3 and 121.3. The new core Biomedical Sciences Program will result in some
students being unable to take the BIOL121.3 course in their first two years of university.
Because of this, we are proposing that students attending the U. of S. be allowed to use
the new three-credit course BMSC/BIOL 224.3 (Animal Body Systems) as equal to BIOL
121.3 when medicine prerequisites are being considered.
Correction
Page 4 of the Biomedical Sciences revision proposal approved by Council in June, 2008
should be corrected to show that BIOC 230.3 is NOT being discontinued.