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S I MON ]: HASER U N I V ER SITY
TH I N KI N G O F THE W OR L D
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MEMORANDUM
ATTENTION
Senate Coriunittee on University Priorities
DATE
FROM
Bill Krane. Cltair
Senate Conunittee on Undergraduate Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (SCUS 10-020)
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RE:
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Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at its meeting of
January 7.2010, gives rise to the following recommendation:
Motion:
That SCUP approve and recommend to Senate the deletion of the Canadian
Studies Program.
The relevant documentation for review by SCUP is attached.
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
THINKING OF THE WORLD
FACULTY OF
ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
MEMO
Office of the Dean
STREET ADDRESS
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MAILING ADDRESS
8888 University Drive
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I ATTENTION
Bill Krane, Chair of SCUS
I FROM Lesley Cormack, Dean of
I RE Closing Canadian Studies
I DATE
Decembe r 7,
FASS
2009
FASS would like to pennanently close Canadian Studies by applying policy 0942R. Would you please bring this decision to SCUS? Admission into CNS
courses has already been suspended.
Please find attached the proposal to tenninate the CNS program.
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SI:>'ION I'II.\SEII U:-;IVEnSITY
THINKING OF THE WORLO
1. The tennination of Canadian Studies will mean the elimination of Honours,
Major, Extended Minor, and Minor programs in Canadian Studies. It will mean
the elimination of joint majors and honours programs with the Departments of
Archaeology, Criminology, Economics, English, Geography, History, Political
Science, and Sociology and Anthropology, the School of Communication; and
Business Administration. It will mean an elimination of the certificate in French
Canadian Studies and the closing of the Centre for Canadian Studies.
2. The program is'located in the Centre for Canadian Studies. The Centre has been
closed since the summer of2009.
3. The program was offered through the Centre for Canadian Studies, which is
housed in FASS, and drew on courses with Canadian content from
Communications, Archeology, Contemporary Arts, Criminology, Economics,
English, First Nations Studies, French, Geography, History, Latin American
Studies, Political Science, Sociology/Anthropology, Women's Studies, Business
Administration, and Biology.
4. Proposed date for termination: September 2010. Please note: no Canadian Studies
course have been or will be offered in the 2009-2010 academic year.
S. Reasons for termination of the program:
a. There are insufficient resources to maintain the program. Canadian
Studies courses have been taught almost exclusively by sessional and
limited-term instructors. FASS's budget will no longer alJow for the
hiring of sessional instructors in sufficient numbers to maintain the
courses.
b. While Canadian Studies courses have been popular as electives, the
program has had very few majors (less than 10) in many years.
c. There are also curricular issues: when Canadian Studies began in the
1970s, few departments offered courses with strong Canadian content.
That is no longer true: there are over ISO courses with Canadian content in
the calendar.
6. Plans for termination:
a, Students who had majors and minors in the Canadian Studies were
notified of possible closure oCthe program last year.
b. I met with the members of the Canadian Studies steering committee in the
fall of2008 to discuss the closing of the program.
c. All students who were majoring or minoring in Canadian Studies were
contacted by FASS advisors in the spring of 2009. Arrangements were
made for all the students to complete their intended degrees.
d. The departments in FASS were consulted by the Associate Dean at two
curriculum committee meetings, one on Nov. L9th 2009, and Sept. 10,
2009. The associate Dean of Business was advised of the termination at
SCUS.
7. The current calendar language reads "Students will no longer be admitted to the
Canadian studies major, minor, honors or joint major programs effective for the
fall 2009 term. Also, Canadian studies courses will not be offered after the
summer 2009 tenn. Students contemplating entering one of these pro!:,l'fams are
3.
advised to check with the advisor." In the 2010 calendar, all references to
Canadian Studies will be removed.
8. Associate Dean Paul Budra (budra@sfu.cg, 24416) should be contacted if more
information is needed.
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