Minutes

GC Curriculum Committee Meeting

Friday, October 02, 2009; 9:00 – 11:00am

Venue: Room 260, Irving K Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall

Present

Stelvio Bandiera, Jaime Coffey (minutes), Lindsey Lipovsky, Philip Loewen, Bill McKee (Chair), Edward Putnin, Bill Ramey, Mary Sue Stephenson, Gary Schajer, Joyce Tom, Ian Townsend-Gault, Norman Wong.

Regrets

Sandra Chamberlain, Jenny Phelps, Cindy Prescott,

Guests

Brian Bemmels, Max Read

  1. Adoption of Agenda
  1. Minutes of September 18, 2009 meeting - Approved
  1. Business arising:

Confirming that changes recommended by the Committee were made to the Dentistry Proposals:

Dual Program: M.Sc. / Ph.D. in Craniofacial Science / Diploma in Pediatric Dentistry

Dual Program: M.Sc. / Ph.D. in Craniofacial Science / Diploma in Orthodontics

-The revised proposals were approved by Graduate Council on October 1, 2009

  1. Re-submitted Proposals (from September 18 meeting)

Faculty of Medicine
Submitted by Edwin Moore
Physiology Graduate Program Suspension
Action: Approved
Faculty of Forestry
Submitted by Cindy Prescott
FRST 546 (3)
-Contact hours clarified by Department
Action: Approved
  1. Senate Curriculum Sub-Committee (from September 18 meeting)

SauderSchool of Business
Submitted by Brian Bemmels
New program – Master of Applied Business Practice (MABP)
MABP 520 (1.5)
MABP 521 (1.5)
MABP 522 (1.5)
MABP 523 (1.5)
MABP 524 (1.5)
MABP 525 (1.5)
MABP 526 (1.5)
MABP 531 (1.5)
MABP 532 (1.5)
MABP 533 (1.5)
MABP 535 (1.5)
MABP 536 (1.5)
MABP 541 (1.5)
MABP 542 (1.5)
MABP 543 (1.5)
MABP 544 (1.5)
MABP 545 (1.5)
MABP 546 (1.5)
MABP 586 (1.5-3.0) D
MABP 580 (1.5-3.0) D
MABP 581 (1.5-3.0) D
MABP 588 (1-6) D
MABP 590 (1.5-6.0) D / BAMS 580 (1.5)
  1. New Proposals (from September 18 meeting)

Faculty of Medicine
Submitted by Ian Pike
SPPH 555 (3)
-Add credits (3) to title
-Obtain library and budget signoffs
-Need consults from Human Kinetics and Rehabilitation Sciences
-Replace URL with location of course in calendar
-Change “compliment” to “complement”
Action: Hold pending consults and amendments
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Submitted by Jim Vercammen
LFS 500 (3)
-Includecourse title on left hand column of the proposed calendar entry
-Clarify activities and evaluation framework for the revised grading arrangement
Action: Hold pending amendments and clarification
LFS 502 (3)
-Check for references to AGSC 501 as a prerequisite for other courses such that programs that are impacted would be notified of this change.
Action: Approved pending clarification
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Submitted by David Fielding
PHAR 591 (1)
Action: Approved
Faculty of Medicine
Submitted by Patricia Janssen
OBST 507 (3)
-Include description, pre- and co-requisites
-Include “Equivalency SPPH 537” information with statement
-Type of Action: New course, cross-listed with SPPH 537
-Provide more explicit rationale to show need for this new course rather than including the current course in program requirements
Prepare an additional category 2 proposal for SPPH 537 (3)
-Include description, pre- and co-requisites
-Restate “Equivalency: OBST 507”
Action: Hold pending amendments
Faculty of Arts
Submitted by Alan Richardson
New Program – Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies
Action: Hold pending confirmation of approval from Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Medicine
Submitted by Sue Murphy
Clinical Practice
RSPT 534 (4)
RSPT 554 (4)
RSPT 574 (4)
-These proposals represent shift in course contents
-Does not require forwarding to Grad Council or Senate Curriculum Committee
-RSPT 534 requires addition of credits
Action: Approved
  1. New Proposals

Faculty of Dentistry
Submitted by Ed Putnins
Dual Programs: M.Sc. /Ph.D in Craniofacial Science with Diploma in Prosthodontics Graduate Program
Action: Insert as first item on agenda for next GC Curriculum meeting
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Submitted by Joyce Tom
FGS – Calendar Entry
-Use same font for “Master’s Degrees” and “Doctoral Degrees” headings
-Change “Student” to “Students” in all headings
-Amendments to pages 2 and 4:
-Removeterm “international”
-Capitalize “international institutions”in section headings
-Amendments to part 2, pg. 1:
-Change ‘advisor’ to “Graduate Advisor”
-Amendments to part 2, pg. 2:
-Remove “either” from “and/or” statement
-Amendments to part 2, pg. 3:
-Replace U-PASS information with “The only fee exempted is the tuition fee. Other fees may apply.”
-Replace list of participating institutions with reference to the online list
-Provide rationale for the changes
  1. Adjournment of Meeting
  1. Next meeting – Friday, October 23, 2009.

Venue: BUCH D325