School of Communication Undergraduate Curriculum Changes: 2002/03

Bill Richards, School of Communication

October 15, 2001

1. Course Replacement

CMNS 335-4 is proposed to be deleted and replaced by CMNS 437-4 as described in FAS UCC Paper 2001-8. The following change to the Publishing Minor Program is required.

Current	Proposed
Upper Division Requirements Four courses must be chosen from the following. CMNS 335-4 The Newspaper Industry and Press Policy in Canada CMNS 371-4 The Structure of the Book Publishing Industry in Canada CMNS 372-4 The Publishing Process CMNS 375-4 Magazine Publishing CMNS 472-4 Books, Markets and Readers CMNS 473-4 Publication Design and Print Production CMNS 474-4 The Business of Publishing CMNS 478-4 Publishing Project Group Four courses must be chosen from the following. Note: upper division CMNS courses taken for credit toward the publishing minor may not be counted as part of CMNS credit hours needed for an honors, joint major, major, extended minor or minor in communication.	Upper Division Requirements Four courses must be chosen from the following. CMNS 371-4 The Structure of the Book Publishing Industry in Canada CMNS 372-4 The Publishing Process CMNS 375-4 Magazine Publishing CMNS 437-4 Media Democratization: From Critique to Transformation CMNS 472-4 Books, Markets and Readers CMNS 473-4 Publication Design and Print Production CMNS 474-4 The Business of Publishing CMNS 478-4 Publishing Project Group Four courses must be chosen from the following. Note: upper division CMNS courses taken for credit toward the publishing minor may not be counted as part of CMNS credit hours needed for an honors, joint major, major, extended minor or minor in communication.

Current

Proposed

Upper Division Requirements

Four courses must be chosen from the following.
CMNS 335-4 The Newspaper Industry and Press Policy in Canada
CMNS 371-4 The Structure of the Book Publishing Industry in Canada
CMNS 372-4 The Publishing Process
CMNS 375-4 Magazine Publishing
CMNS 472-4 Books, Markets and Readers
CMNS 473-4 Publication Design and Print Production
CMNS 474-4 The Business of Publishing
CMNS 478-4 Publishing Project Group

Four courses must be chosen from the following. Note: upper division CMNS courses taken for credit toward the publishing minor may not be counted as part of CMNS credit hours needed for an honors, joint major, major, extended minor or minor in communication.

Upper Division Requirements

Four courses must be chosen from the following.
CMNS 371-4 The Structure of the Book Publishing Industry in Canada
CMNS 372-4 The Publishing Process
CMNS 375-4 Magazine Publishing
CMNS 437-4 Media Democratization: From Critique to Transformation
CMNS 472-4 Books, Markets and Readers
CMNS 473-4 Publication Design and Print Production
CMNS 474-4 The Business of Publishing
CMNS 478-4 Publishing Project Group

2. Change in Course Prerequisites: CMNS 454

The prerequisites for CMNS 454 should be changed as follows.

Current Proposed

75 credits, including CMNS 362. Recommended: CMNS 253 or 353.

75 credits. Recommended: CMNS 253, 353, 362.

Current	Proposed
75 credits, including CMNS 362. Recommended: CMNS 253 or 353.	75 credits. Recommended: CMNS 253, 353, 362.

Rationale

Students in the course have the option to do qualitative field research for their term papers. However, they are not required to do this, and a significant number choose to do the more standard term paper based on documentary research instead. We do not want access to this course limited by this requirement.

3. Change in Course Title: CMNS 447

The title for CMNS 447 should be changed as follows.

Current Proposed

Negotiation as Communication

Negotiation and Dialogue as Communication

Current	Proposed
Negotiation as Communication	Negotiation and Dialogue as Communication

Rationale

With the new Centre for Dialogue near Harbour Centre campus opening in 2001, the regular instructor for CMNS 447 (Bob Anderson) wishes to incorporate the importance of "dialogue" into this course content. Some classes will be held in the Centre for Dialogue.

4. Prerequisite Grade Requirement

The following text is proposed a general requirement for the grade earned in prerequisite courses, to be included immediately after the Enrolment Limitations section and immediately before the Major Program section.

Registration in any Communication course normally requires that students obtain a C- or better in each prerequisite. A minimum CGPA of 2.25 and approval as a CMNS Major, minor, or Publishing Minor is required for entry into most CMNS upper division courses.

Rationale

CMNS feels that students who get less than C- (55%) in a prerequisite course haven't learned the subject matter sufficiently to be able to take the next level of study. Numerous other departments at SFU have this same prerequisite requirement of a minimum C- grade.