Re: UCC Meeting Cancelled; Approval of BASc/BASc (Honors) Proposal
Kamal Gupta (kamal@cs.sfu.ca)
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 09:59:21 -0800 (PST)
Indeed this was debated quite at length. On one hand, co-op was considered
a critical element of the program, and on the other hand issue was
difficulty for students with lower GPA. In fact this was one of the key factors
for 2.4 (and not lower) GPA requirement.
This would be one of the main things that would be monitored during coming
years, and adjustments made if necessary (including the ones suggested by Ash
or even an opt out clause).
kamal
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> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 19:21:48 -0800 (PST)
> From: Aaron Kaiway <akaiway@sfu.ca>
> To: Rob Cameron <cameron@cs.sfu.ca>
> cc: fas-ug_forum@sfu.ca, Tukhanh Trinh <ttrinha@sfu.ca>, Kamal Gupta
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> Subject: Re: UCC Meeting Cancelled; Approval of BASc/BASc (Honors) Proposal
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> Rob,
>
> I'm still queasy about the coop requirements for the regular engineering
> program. I don't know what supply of coop jobs will be like when the job
> market decides to stabilize, but forcing Majors students to do three
> coops may be in practice difficult to accomplish. Having sat through
> coop interview selections at several different companies, predominant themes
> (for engineering related coops) have been 1) GPA and 2) experience.
>
> Majors students with higher GPAs should be able to attain coop
> interviews/jobs, but the lower tail of majors students may find this
> difficult, and may have to pack their three coop terms into the end of
> their degree. I'm sure this issue has already been considered, but I'd
> like to reiterate that it should be a concern and an option to allow for
> an 'opt out' of coop may be necessary. UVic currently has such an option,
> where a coop waiver may be granted to students who take six
> non-engineering related courses.
>
> Regards,
> Aaron.
>
> On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Rob Cameron wrote:
>
> > I have been called to an emergency meeting today in regards to Tech BC
> > and so must cancel the FAS UCC meeting that was called to consider
> > the BASc/BASc (Honors) Proposal at 3:30 this afternoon.
> >
> > Are there any objections to approval of this item in accord with the
> > FAS UCC expedited approval process (no UCC meeting)? Although not
> > the minor item usually approved this way, the two-week notice provision
> > has been satisfied, and no major concerns have been brought to my
> > attention so far.
> >
> > Please reply by 6pm today if there are any concerns with either the
> > proposal or its approval. A SCUS meeting to consider the proposal
> > is scheduled for 1:30 pm tomorrow.
> >
> >
> >
>
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> G. Aaron Kaiway - akaiway@sfu.ca
> Engineering Science Undergrad
> www.sfu.ca/~akaiway
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