The following new courses are being proposed by the Faculty of Science. EASC 313-3 An Introduction to Soil and Rock Engineering EASC 404-3 Structural Geology II EASC 413-3 Forestry Geotechnics MBB 432-3 Advance Molecular Biology Techniques MBB 300-3 Special Topics in Biotechnology and Business MBB 151-3 Practicum I MBB 251-3 Practicum II MBB 351-3 Practicum III MBB 451-3 Practicum IV MBB 452-3 Practicum V I have reviewed these proposals and do not see any concerns with respect to overlap or conflict. Please contact me if you would like to review any of these courses yourself. Robert D. Cameron, Ph. D. Associate Dean of Applied Sciences Professor of Computing Science 8888 University Drive Simon Fraser University Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~cameron/