Agenda
Thursday, April 4, 2019
3:00 p.m.
N940 Ross Building (Dr. Robert Everett Senate Chamber)
1. Welcome and Chair’s Remarks
2. Faculty of Graduate Studies' Faculty Teaching Award
Professor Richard Murray, Graduate Programs in Biology, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, and Psychology
3. Minutes of Previous Meeting (March 7, 2019) (.docx)
4. Business Arising from the Minutes
5. Dean's Remarks and Discussion
6. New PhD Degree
N.B.: Please note that this consideration of this proposal has been postponed.
Approved by the FGS Academic Planning & Policy Committee on March 13, 2019
Proposed PhD Graduate Program in Disaster & Emergency Management
7. Changes in Degree Requirements
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Approved by the FGS Academic Planning & Policy Committee on March 13, 2019
Graduate Program in English
Change in course requirements to require English 6000 0.0: “Literary Research Methods” (.doc) | New course proposal (.docx) | Library statement (.pdf) | Learning outcomes (.docx)
8. Major Modifications
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Approved by the FGS Academic Planning & Policy Committee on March 13, 2019
Graduate Program in Music
Deletion of thesis option (Master’s, Musicology/Ethnomusicology stream) Deletion of language requirement and reduction in course requirements for major research paper option (Master’s, Musicology/Ethnomusicology stream) Deletion of thesis option, addition of major research paper option (Master’s, Composition stream) (.docx) | Notice of Intent (.docx) | Calendar text (.pdf)
9. Changes in Diploma Requirements
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Approved by the FGS Academic Planning & Policy Committee on March 13, 2019
Graduate Diploma in Mathematics Education
Changes in course requirements | Changes to accommodate coursework only students (.docx) | Support (.pdf) | Learning outcomes (.xlsx)
10. Changes in Faculty Thesis and Dissertation Regulations
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Approved by the FGS Academic Planning & Policy Committee on March 13, 2019
Changes to Thesis/Dissertation Regulations: Oral Examinations (.docx)
11. Curriculum Changes
Approved March 13, 2019, by the FGS Academic Planning & Policy Committee’s Academic Affairs Subcommittee, and received for information on March 13, 2019, by FGS Academic Planning & Policy Committee
Councillors may view these documents by contacting M. Michael Schiff, Coordinator, Faculty Governance.
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Graduate Program in Digital Media
New Course Proposals
Digital Media 5070 3.0: “Interactive Media for Electro-Acoustic Orchestra”
Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
New Course Proposal
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science 6354 3.0: “Digital Image Processing: Theory and Algorithms”
Course Deletion
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science 6353 3.0: “Digital Image and Video Processing”
Graduate Program in Environmental Studies
New, Crosslisted, Integrated Course Proposal
Environmental Studies 5016 3.0: “Protected Area Management”/Integrated with the undergraduate course Environmental Studies 4446 3.0/Same as Biology 5073 3.0
Graduate Program in History
Crosslisting
History 5831 3.0: “Evolution and Victorian Culture”/Same as Humanities 6332 3.0
Graduate Program in Linguistics & Applied Linguistics
New Course Proposal
Linguistics & Applied Linguistics 6280 3.0: “The Language Teacher”
Graduate Program in Nursing
New Course Proposal
Nursing 8000 3.0: “Independent Directed Reading”/Approval of the supervisory committee and graduate program director required
Graduate Program in Public & International Affairs
New, Integrated Course Proposal
Public & International Affairs 6343 3.0: “Du ‘capitalisme de plateforme’ au ‘coopérativisme de plateforme’”/Integrated with the undergraduate course Glendon College Political Science 4915 3.0
12. Senate Synopses
Summaries of Senate meetings of February 28, 2019 and March 28, 2019