MINUTES

GC Curriculum Committee Meeting

Friday, October 3, 2008; 9:00 – 11:00am

Faculty of Graduate Studies, Room 155

Present:Stelvio Bandiera, Bill McKee (Chair), Bill Ramey, Susie Stephenson, Joyce Tom, Ginette Vallee, Norman Wong, Philip Loewen, Ella Ho (minutes)

Regrets:Karl Aquino, Lindsey Lipovsky, Jenny Phelps, Cindy Prescott, Ed Putnins, Gary Schajer, Ian Townsend-Gault

  1. Adoption of Agenda
  1. Minutes of September 19, 2008 meeting
  1. Senate Curriculum Sub-Committee (minutes taken by Ginette Vallee)

SauderSchool of Business
Submitted by Dale Griffin
BAHC 500 (1.5)
BAHC 580 (1.5)
BAHC 590 (1.5/3)
  1. Re-submitted Proposals

Faculty of Education
Submitted by Sandra Mathison
EPSE 684 (3)
Action: Approved pending re-wording of Rationale to:
“This course has been developed within the umbrella of a special topics course and piloted as EPSE 681 (3) Special Topics: Item Response Theory. Due to successful implementation, this course will now have a separate number and title.”
  1. New Proposals

Faculty of Arts
Submitted by Keith Maillard
CRWR 521 (3/6)
  • We will consider this as a Category 2 change
  • Add “D”, (3/6)D
  • Type of action should also include “remove description”
Action: Hold pending approval from Arts Curriculum Committee & Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Submitted by Tamara Myers
Hold all pending Arts Faculty Approval Date and final approved report
Action on all courses: Hold pending report from Faculty of Arts.
Provide a memo or cover letter to indicate how this re-structuring of the History program and deletion of courses impacts other programs? Are there any impacts on program requirements for masters or doctoral programs in History?
HIST 599 (3)
  • Remove calendar description
  • Clarify learning objectives
  • How does this course differ from HIST 699?
  • Change title to “Research-Based History Writing”; Masters-level already implied by the course number
HIST 699 (3)
  • Remove proposed calendar description
  • Clarify learning objectives
  • How does this course differ from HIST 599?
  • Change title to “Research-Based History Writing” Doctoral already implied by the course number
HIST 589 (3)
  • Need to add number of credits to title
  • Remove proposed description, consistent with other history graduate courses in the calendar
  • Is this going to be a topics course?
  • State the learning objectives.
  • What learning activities will students undertake to demonstrate their attainment of the learning objectives?
  • How will student attainment of objectives be evaluated in these activities?
  • Clarify procedures for clearance of copyright on materials posted on WebCT
Action: Hold pending more information.
HIST 594 (3)
  • Provide the learning objectives?
  • Add number of credits
Action: Hold pending more information / HIST 501 (3-12) D
HIST 502 (3)
HIST 506 (3-12)
HIST 507 (3)
HIST 511 (3-12)
HIST 512 (3)
HIST 515 (3)
HIST 516 (3-12)
HIST 517 (3)
HIST 521 (3-12)D
HIST 522 (3)
HIST 526 (3-12)
HIST 527 (3)
HIST 531 (3-12)
HIST 532 (3)
HIST 536 (3-12)
HIST 537 (3)
HIST 541 (3-12)
HIST 542 (3)
HIST 545 (3)
HIST 546 (3)
HIST 551 (3-12)D
HIST 552 (3)
HIST 555 (3-12)D
HIST 556 (3)
HIST 559 (3)
HIST 562 (3-12)
HIST 564 (3)
HIST 565 (3)
HIST 567 (3-12)
HIST 574 (3-12)
HIST 575 (3)
HIST 578 (3-12)
HIST 579 (3)
HIST 581 (3-12)
HIST 582 (3)
HIST 587 (3-12)
HIST 588 (3-12)
HIST 590 (3-12)
HIST 591 (3)
HIST 592 (3-12)
HIST 593 (3-12)
HIST 535 (3)
This appears to be a category 1 change with substantial change in content from German History to Central European
  • Figure out what the title will be – “Readings in Central European History” or just “Central European History?”
  • Move to left side and submit as a Category 1 proposed calendar entry
  • Need syllabus of new course
  • Since the number will be reused, what happens to students who took “Readings in German History?”

Faculty of Medicine
Submitted by Virginia Anthony
Population and Public Health Calendar Entry
  • In type of action, “Add M.P.H. to list of degrees offered”
  • See Proposal for edits and comments
  • The “distributed learning” program change is a Category One change and needs to be documented accordingly. See notes on the proposal
Action: Hold pending changes and more information
Faculty of Arts
Submitted by Jim Enns
Psychology Calendar Entry
Action: Approved
  1. Adjournment of Meeting
  1. Next meeting – Friday, October 17th, 2008, Graduate Student Centre, Room 203