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Academic Programs Committee of Council
University Course Challenge (as corrected Oct. 18)
Scheduled posting: October 2011
Contents:
Arts and Science
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Revised courses in Division of Humanities and Fine Arts, Art and Art History, Music; program
revisions in Music, Interactive Systems Design, Sociology (IPJP); revised courses in Geological
Sciences (corrected Oct. 18)
Graduate Studies and Research
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New and revised courses in Animal and Poultry Science, Chemistry, Computer Science,
Edwards School of Business, History, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy,
School of Environment and Sustainability, School of Public Health.
Nursing
Course changes to revised curriculum
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Approval:
Date of circulation: October 17, 2011
Date of effective approval if no Challenge received: October 31, 2011
Next scheduled posting:
University Course Challenge is now being posted once a month, on a regular schedule.
The next scheduled Challenge document posting will be in November 2011, with a submission
deadline of Nov. 16. Urgent items can still be posted on request.
College of Arts and Science
The curricular revisions listed below were approved through the August-September 2011 Arts &
Science College Course and Program Challenges and are now submitted to the University
Course Challenge for approval or information.
DIVISION OF HUMANITIES & FINE ARTS
Minor Course Revision – this item for information only
INTS 201.3 Dynamics of Community Involvement
New Course Label: INCC 201.3
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Rationale: INTS 201.3 will be relocated to the Interdisciplinary Centre for Culture and Creativity
(ICCC), its new academic home. Both the course instructor and the ICCC feel that the course
supports and advances the mandate of the ICCC. A letter of support indicating the ICCC's
approval of this change is available. Transferring the course to the ICCC will provide the course
and course instructor with more administrative support.
Art & Art History
Minor Course Revisions
ART 336.6 Digital Imagery
New Course Number: ART 226
Change credit units weight: .3
Prerequisite change:
Old prerequisite: A 100-level studio course
New prerequisite: None.
New Course Description: Conceptual and technical development of the student's work in digital
imagery. Adobe Photoshop software will be used to introduce students to image input and
photomontage techniques. Critical and theoretical concerns pertaining to the medium will be
discussed and related to the assignments.
Note: Students with credit for ART336.6 may not take ART235.3 for credit.
Music
Minor Program Revisions
Music Bachelor of Arts Honours, 4-year, 3-year
Bachelor of Music (Musicology, and Music Composition and Theory)
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MUS 241.3 will be replaced with MUS 472.3 in the following programs:
 B.Mus (Musicology)
 B.Mus (Music Composition and Theory)
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MUS 241.3 will be replaced with 3 credit units of MUS electives in the following
programs:
 B.A. 4-Year (Music)
 B.A. 3-Year (Music)
Rationale: Department of Music faculty agreed that a course studying music bibliography needed
to be at a level higher than the 200-level in order to keep in-line with other Canadian institutions.
Therefore, MUS 241.3 (Introduction to Music Bibliography) is being replaced by MUS 472.3
(Seminar in Music Bibliography and Research Techniques) in the two B.Mus. degrees that
require it. It was also decided that a 400-level music bibliography class would not be necessary
for a B.A. degree, so MUS 241.3 will be replaced by 3 c.u. of MUS electives in the B.A. 3-Year
and 4-Year degrees (if B.A. students are interested in MUS 472.3, they may take it as an
elective).
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New Course(s)
MUS 438.3 Seminar in Instrumental Conducting
A study of the fundamentals of conducting a wind ensemble, to develop psycho-motor and scorereading skills, and to expand repertoires of gestures for large and small ensembles. This course
deals with methods of studying instrumental curricula, selecting repertoire, analysis, planning
lessons, programming, teaching musical literacy, and evaluation. Examination of materials and
resources is included, as is a review of the characteristics of successful secondary school
instrumental music programs.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 325 or permission of the Department
Instructor(s): Darrin Oehlerking
Rationale: MUS 438 - Seminar in Instrumental Conducting will fill a gap that is currently
missing. Students are able to take 400-level class dealing with choral conducting (MUS 428 Choral Pedagogy), but there is no instrumental conducting course that currently exists. MUS
438 would be taught by a new faculty member, Darrin Oehlerking, who specializes in this field.
It may be taken as an elective by students in any Music program, and may be cross-listed with
graduate-level seminars.
Minor Course Revisions
EMUS 337.3 Jazz Pedagogy
Prerequisite change:
Old prerequisite: MUS 134.3 and MUS 184.3
New prerequisite: MUS 134.3
Rationale: Currently, in order to register in EMUS 337.3, students must first take MUS 184.3 as
a prerequisite. MUS 184.3 is not a required course in any degree. Therefore, students must take
MUS 184.3 as an elective in order to eventually take EMUS 337.3 (which is also an elective).
As the amount of electives are very low in some Music programs, especially in the B.Ed/B.Mus
program, students might be swayed from taking EMUS 337.3 as an elective, as they essentially
would be required to spend 6 c.u. of their MUS and EMUS electives if they only want to take
EMUS 337.3. Changing the prerequisite for EMUS 337.3 to only a required/core class (MUS
134.3) would keep it in-line with other EMUS classes (all other upper-level EMUS classes list
required/core classes as prerequisites).
The faculty member who teaches this class, Dean McNeill, assured that students would be able
to thrive in EMUS 337.3 without already having completed MUS 184.3.
DIVISION OF SCIENCE
Interactive Systems Design
Minor Program Revision
Bachelor of Arts and Science (Four-year) – Interactive Systems Design
Fix error in program requirements:
Art Requirements (24 credit units)
Choose one of the following options
 ART 211.6 and ART 311.6
 ART 212.6 and ART 312.6
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ART 213.6 and ART 313.6
ART 216.6 and ART 316.6
ART 241.6 and ART 341.6
ART 241.3 and ART 341.3 and 6 credit units senior ART courses
ART 236.3 and ART 237.3 and ART 338.3 and ARTH 250.3
ARTH 250.3 and ARTH 350.3 and 6 credit units senior ARTH courses
Rationale: ART 241 and 341 are only 3 credit unit courses each, so this revision is required to
indicate the correct number of required credit units for students in the program. (This was a typo
in the materials originally approved for this program.)
Geological Sciences
Minor Course Revisions
GEOL 308.3 Geological Mapping I
Prerequisite Change:
Old Prerequisite: GEOL 226,GEOL 247, and GEOL 258 or permission of the Department
New Prerequisite: GEOL 226, GEOL 247, GEOL 258 and permission of the Department.
Rationale: Most of the senior GEOL classes require department permission. The existing
wording (with “or” instead of “and”) was never our intent and the error was somehow
overlooked.
GEOL 384.3 Introduction to Applied Geophysics
Prerequisite Change:
Old Prerequisite: GEOL 258; MATH 110 and (MATH 112 or 116). (Students other than
Geology students are accepted without prerequisite on written approval of the Geology
Department).
New Prerequisite: GEOL 258; MATH 110, and (MATH 112 or 116); PHYS 155 or PHYS 115
and (PHYS 117 or 125). Students other than Geology majors who do not have all of the
prerequisites may be accepted on written approval of the Geology Department).
Rationale: Geology majors are already required to do the first year PHYS classes as part of their
program, but many have been delaying this until third or fourth year and thus taking 384 without
the physics background. These students tend not to do very well in 384. This change will
encourage them the do the PHYS classes early in their program and enter 384 better prepared.
DIVISION OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Sociology
Minor Program Revision
Bachelor of Arts Four-year and Honours - Sociology (Indigenous Peoples and Justice
Programs (IPJP))
Change Requirement B1 from:
 SOC 111.3 and SOC 112.3 (formerly SOC 110)
 NS 105.3
 NS 106.3
Comment [c1]: Alternate prerequisite
added Oct. 18
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SOC 111.3
SOC 112.3
NS 105.3, NS 106.3 or NS 107.3
Choose 3 Credit Units from the following:
 ANTH 111.3
 ARCH 112.3
 ARCH 116.3
 ECON 111.3
 ECON 114.3
 GEOG 130.3
 LING 111.3
 LING 112.3
 POLS 111.3
 POLS 112.3
 PSY 100.3
 PSY 110.6
 WGST 110.6
 WGST 112.3
 any senior-level social science course provided that the prerequisite is met and not more
than 6 credit units in one subject are used for the Social Science Requirement.
Rationale: This program is in the process of being deleted, but students who have already begun
will be allowed to finish. Changes were previously made to replace NS 105 and 106 with NS
107, but not accounted for in this program. In order for Degree Works to function correctly with
the courses actually available to students, this change needs to be made before the program is
deleted.
College Of Graduate Studies & Research
ANIMAL AND POULTRY SCIENCE
New Graduate Course
ANSC 801.3 – Animal Experimentation
Prerequisites/Restrictions:
PLSC 314.3 or equivalent
Calendar Description:
Introduction to the planning, ethics and special problems of researches working with agricultural
animals. A survey of commonly used experimental designs for animal research and the
statistical analysis of experiments using SAS.
Rationale:
Our department has identified a need for a graduate statistics course to improve our students’
knowledge of the planning and conduct of animal experiments. Researches in animal science
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face special problems in the ethics, costs, and limitations on the number of animals that can be
used in experimentation. This course will address those issues. This course will also teach the
statistical analysis of experiments using SAS. Courses currently available in our college teach
the use of R for the analysis of experiments. Our students overwhelmingly use SAS for
experimental analysis. This course will fill this gap. The course has been taught as ANSC 898
for the last 2 years and has had enrollment of more than 20 students each year. Students from
Animal and Poultry Science, Plant Science, Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering and
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences have enrolled in this course. A recent review of our graduate
program stated: “Additionally, they have included a course (898) in “Animal Experimentation
and Statistics” that is taught by faculty in the program. This course provides critical
reinforcement of research design and analysis concepts, and appears to be well supported by the
student in program.” Thus, this course has been recognized as an important part of our graduate
program.
Contact person: murray.drew@usask.ca
Approval: Graduate Academic Affairs Committee, September 13, 2011
CHEMISTRY
New Graduate Course
CHEM 815.3 – Selected Topics in Biological Chemistry
Prerequisites/Restrictions:
Permission of the instructor
Calendar Description:
This course will instruct students in advanced and modern aspects of biological chemistry,
particularly biological catalysis and structure-function relationships, and emphasizing chemical
and quantitative approaches to biological research.
Rationale:
No current offerings meet all the needs of students studying biological chemistry, particularly
students in enzymology. This course should complement existing offerings in Chemistry
(CHEM 858 - Natural Products), Biochemistry (BIOC 843 - X-ray Crystallography, BIOC 812 Protein Structure, Function and Engineering), and Pharmacy (PHAR 830 - Drug Design).
Contact person: david.palmer@usask.ca
Approval: Graduate Academic Affairs Committee, October 11, 2011
COMPUTER SCIENCE
New Graduate Course
CMPT 992.0 – Research Project
Prerequisites/Restrictions:
None.
Calendar Description:
Supervised Graduate Project in Computer Science.
Rationale:
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This course is being proposed as a consequence of CGSR’s new policies regarding Joint Student
Program/ Joint Degree. Joint Student Program students are required to maintain continuous
registration in a 992 and 990 course. Computer Science does not have a project-based Master
program; there is currently no CMPT 992. The addition of this course will permit the required
continuous registration by students in a Joint Student Program in a 992 in the Department of
Computer Science in accordance with the new policy.
Contact person: Eramian@cs.usask.ca
Approval: Graduate Academic Affairs Committee, June 14, 2011
EDWARDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Graduate Course Deletions
MBA 833.2 – Marketing for Organizational Decision Making
MBA 805.2 – Managing Organizations: Value through People
MBA 807.2 – Financial Statement Analysis
MBA 834.2 – Accounting for Planning and Decision Making
MBA 835.2 – Operations Management
MBA 836.2 – Leadership
MBA 837.2 – Marketing Research for Decision Making
MBA 838.2 – Leveraging Information Technology in Business
MBA 839.2 – Global Environment of Business
MBA 841.2 – Entrepreneurship and Business Planning
MBA 850.0 – Professional Development Program
MBA 868.2 – Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation
MBA 869.2 – Commercialization and Valuation of Technology
MBA 871.2 – Organizational Dynamics
MBA 873.2 – International Markets and Business Systems
MBA 851.2 – International Finance
MBA 854.2 – Investments, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
MBA 855.2 – Mergers and Acquisitions
MBA 858.2 – Corporate Finance
MBA 874.2 – Sales Force and Key Account Management
MBA 875.2 – Compensation Strategy for Effective Organizations
MBA 876.2 – Negotiating for Business
Rationale:
The MBA has undergone a program review and has had a number of new courses approved to
streamline the core offerings. All new courses were updated to 3 credit units and non-core
electives were eliminated. These course deletions are a result of this program revision.
Contact person: Gregor@edwards.usask.ca
Approval: Graduate Academic Affairs Committee, October 11, 2011
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HISTORY
New Graduate Course
HIST 883.3 – Methods in Historical Research
Prerequisites/Restrictions:
NONE
Calendar Description:
This course is intended to help graduate students learn how to be a professional historian,
practice writing proposals and think about the ways in which histories are crafted. We will
consider shared professional standards, discuss different sources and approaches and reflect on
how one’s approach shapes history writing.
Rationale:
To introduce graduate students in history to methodologies in our field.
Contact person: lisa.smith@usask.ca
Approval: Graduate Academic Affairs Committee, September 13, 2011
JOHNSON-SHOYAMA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
For Information – Minor Program Revision
Students in the Master of International Trade program in the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School
of Public Policy have been classified as Part-time Graduate Students regardless of how many
credit units they are registered in. This will be changed effective 201109 to reflect the campus
wide policy that: Full-time on-campus graduate students are registered in 6 or more credit
units per term during the Fall and Winter Terms. During the Spring and Summer Terms, fulltime on-campus students are registered in 2 or more credit units per quarter.
SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
New Graduate Courses
ENVS 823.3 – Chemicals in the Environment
Prerequisites/Restrictions:
Approval of the Student Advisory Committee and Course Coordinator
Calendar Description:
This course will provide an understanding of the processes that control the movement of
chemical contaminants in the environment. Local and global methods for chemical
regulation/management will be addressed in the context of society and economics. The use of
modeling to predict the environmental fate/effects of contaminants will be presented.
Rationale:
This course will compliment TOX 843 “Environmental Chemodynamics” by providing a course
relevant to non-natural scientist graduate by increasing the emphasis on societal, political and
regulatory issues pertinent to the management of chemicals in the environment.
Contact person: paul.jones@usask.ca
Approval: Graduate Academic Affairs Committee, September 13, 2011
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ENVS 881.3 – Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis
Prerequisites/Restrictions:
NONE
Calendar Description:
This course will focus on developing an understanding of natural resource and environmental
challenges using economic theory. A series of natural resource and environmental issues will be
studied with existing and proposed policy measures analyzed using an economic framework.
NOTE: students cannot receive credit for BPBE 430 and ENVS 881.
Rationale:
This class is included on the list of restricted elective classes available for students in the School
of Environment and Sustainability. The content of the course provides important background
and knowledge on economics and policy to SENS students and is complementary to other
courses in the SENS program, contributing to their interdisciplinary knowledge of environment
and sustainability issues.
Contact person: ken.belcher@usask.ca
Approval: Graduate Academic Affairs Committee, September 13, 2011
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Graduate Course Modification
PUBH 843.3 – Advanced Topics in Analytical Epidemiology
Current Prerequisites/Restrictions:
PUBH 842.3, CHEP 801.3, or permission of the instructor
Proposed Prerequisites/Restrictions:
PUBH 846.3 and, either PUBH 842.3 or CHEP 806.3, or by permission of the instructor
Current Calendar Description:
Introduces students to advanced epidemiological tools and analytical concepts including complex
data management, exposure analysis, generalize linear mixed models, GEE, survival analysis,
detection of clusters, spatial models, and Bayesian analysis. Emphasis is placed on the correct
application and interpretation of techniques presented as they apply to observational
epidemiology.
Proposed Calendar Description: SAME
Rationale:
When this course was introduced as part of the Collaborative PhD program in Epidemiology,
PUBH 846.3 was not yet offered. This course is perhaps the most technically challenging course
offered by the School of Public Health and students will not be prepared for the course if they
have not successfully completed the proposed prerequisites.
Contact person: john.moraros@usask.ca
Approval: Graduate Academic Affairs Committee, September 13, 2011
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College of Nursing
Changes in curriculum
Based on discussions with clinical agencies and other nursing education programs, and in order
to optimize the scheduling of clinical experiences, we have proposed some alterations to the
original curriculum blueprint. Moving of some clinical hours to other courses necessitated
realigning credit unit hours.
The proposed changes reflect the following points:
o We are NOT changing total number of credit units in program, year, or term.
o The rationale for two timetables in year 4 includes, that with the other degree nursing
program in the province (University of Regina and SIAST), increase in student
numbers, and practical nursing programs, there will be competition for clinical
placements. Having the ability to offer the preceptored senior clinical practicum
(currently NURS 450.6 Practice Integration) in both terms will lessen the burden on
the clinical agencies.
o The clinical hours from the deletion of NURS 451.6 Practice in Community Settings
(240 hours) will be reassigned, resulting in no reduction in total clinical hours in the
program.
 Consultation with acute care clinical experts in nursing reflects a need for
more acute care hours; thus the proposed increase in the number of hours in
NURS 450.6 Practice Integration.
 Community health teachers agree with the changes if additional hours are
assigned to the fourth year community clinical course, currently NURS 431.3
Community Health Nursing: Building Partnerships in Practice.
o The change in credit units in some of the courses will better reflect the student/faculty
workload (i.e., NURS 305.3 Core Competencies for the Management of Complex
Patient Care, NURS 431.3 Community Health Nursing: Building Partnerships in
Practice, NURS 450.6 Practice Integration).
Consultation with Student Enrolment Services Division and Academic Programs Committee
Secretary affirmed that there won’t be a problem changing the credit units on the courses. Since
none of these courses have been offered yet – and won’t be until fall 2012 - we are able to make
the changes without having to change course numbers. The changes being made do not affect
the total number of credit units in the program or the number of credit units per term/year in the
program. Thus, overall it doesn’t affect tuition.
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Course
NURS 451.6
Change
Delete course and add hours to other clinical
courses as indicated below
NURS 450.6
Add 120 hours to course (1/2 of the above hours)
to make the course 360 hours and make this a 9
credit unit course to reflect the additional hours
NURS 431.3
Add 104 hours to course to make the course 260
hours and make this a 6 credit unit course
NURS 202.3
Add the remaining 16 hours from the deletion of
NURS 451.6 to this course to allow for practice of
skills in a clinical setting outside of the lab
NURS 305.3
This course has more hours than other 3 credit unit
courses. In order to reflect faculty/student
workload, increase the credit units to 6.
NURS 334.3
Move from year 3 to year 4 so that, with the
increase in credit unit hours in NURS 305, there is
no change in credit unit hours per year or term in
the program.
NURS 452.3
Make this a zero credit unit, but mandatory course,
that students must successfully complete in order to
graduate. This is to remain in the final term of year
4. The change then means that there is no change in
total credit unit hours in term 2 of year 4. The
discussions will be incorporated into the final
clinical in term 2 – either NURS 431.6 or NURS
450.9.
Year 4 Timetable In order to not overload the clinical areas in any
one term given that there are now two nursing
programs in the province, students will be in one of
two timetables.
Action Expected
Delete NURS
451.6
NURS 450.9
NURS 431.6
update course
outline
NURS 305.6
NURS 452.0
See attached
year 4
timetables.
Proposed Year 4 Timetables
NOTE: All students take NURS 452 in term two of year 4.
Timetable 1:
Term 1
NURS 334.3
NURS 450.9
NURS Elective .3
15 CU
Term 2
NURS 414.3
NURS 422.3
NURS 430.3
NURS 431.6
NURS 452 – mandatory (no CU)
15 CU
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Timetable 2:
Term 1
NURS 414.3
NURS 422.3
NURS 430.3
NURS 431.6
15 CU
Monday
8:30 – 11:30
N430
12:30 – 2:30
N422 Lecture
Term 2
NURS 334.3
NURS 450.9
NURS Elective .3
NURS 452 – mandatory (no CU)
15 CU
Tuesday
431
8 hrs
Year 4: T1 or T2
Wednesday
Thursday
431
431
4 hrs
8 hrs
Friday
8:30 – 11:30
N414
12:30 -2:30
N422
Seminar
NOTE: NURS 334.3 will be offered in terms one and two by distance modalities as will the
nursing electives.