FAS UCC Actions: March 12, 2004
Rob Cameron (cameron@cs.sfu.ca)
Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:45:53 -0800 (PST)
The Faculty of Applied Sciences Undergraduate Curriculum Commmittee
met in ASB 10804 at 3:30 pm on Friday, March 12, 2004.
Members attending: R. Cameron (chair), T. Donaldson, J. Fee,
B. Gruver, Q. Gu, B. Richards, R. Taylor. FAS advisor: M. Black.
Guests: T. Calvert, S. DiPaola, T. Schiphorst, R. Woodbury
1. Revisions to Joint-CMPT MBB CMPT Major
FAS UCC Paper 2004 outlining revisions to the joint CMPT-MBB
major was approved.
http://fas.sfu.ca/ucc/Papers/2004/2004-4/2004-4.html
2. 2004/5 Calendar Changes - School of Engineering Science
FAS UCC Paper 2004C was briefly discussed. No concerns
were raised. Expedited approval to be granted at 11:00 am
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 if no further concerns brought
forward.
http://fas.sfu.ca/ucc/Papers/2004/2004-28/2004-28C.html
3. CMPT/IAT 265-3 Multimedia Programming for Art and Design
The course proposal originally entitled IAT 202-3 Programming
Multimedia was revised with a new title and course description.
After discussion it was agreed that this course would be
cross-listed as CMPT 265/IAT 265.
FAS UCC Paper 2004-11B documents the course proposal as revised
and approved.
http://fas.sfu.ca/ucc/Papers/2004/2004-11/2004-11B.html
4. Phase-out of IART/INTD/ITEC/MTEC 2xx-1 Modules
The Phase-out of IART/INTD/ITEC/MTEC 2xx-1 modules was
approved with slight revisions of replacement course
information as documented in FAS UCC Paper 2004-26C.
5. Proposed 2004/5 Calendar Entry:
School of Interactive Arts and Technology
This document was considered at length. Agreement was
reached on the overall curriculum provisions of the document.
However, consensus could not be reached on one key
item: whether the proposed new stream entitled "New Media
Environments" should go ahead at this time. The concern
continues to be the relationship between the proposed
new stream and the development of a joint CMPT-IAT multimedia
program.
Reference was made to the priorities identified by Senate
in establishing the School. Developments for 2004/5
were to include 3 streams within the School (PMA, ID, ADT/TAD)
and the joint multimedia program. With the joint multimedia
program as yet undeveloped, Computing Science is concerned
that the NME stream will usurp it, even though the
stream description has been adequately revised to reflect
an arts-based multimedia program.
There was considerable discussion on this point. It was
argued that NME could be considered the IAT "half" of
the joint multimedia program, just as Computing Science
will retain a graphics and multimedia area on its side.
Wording was introduced that would include the commitment
to the joint multimedia program concurrent with the
development of the relevant IAT curriculum. However,
a need to establish an adequate process was also identified.
In discussions on this point, a particular concern that
new upper division course proposals in the area should be
developed in consideration of both the needs of the IAT
curriculum and of the joint multimedia program.
On a separate point, it was also agreed that text for the
description of the BSc(Interactive Arts, TechBC) and
BSc(Information Technology, TechBC) degrees should be
incorporated in consultation with the School.
Revision B now includes the statement on the multimedia
joint program as well as proposed wording on the existing
degrees.
http://fas.sfu.ca/ucc/Papers/2004/2004-29/2004-29B.html
With the curriculum work on this document complete, the
Associate Dean said that he would now take the issue of the
NME stream to the decanal level, together with the proposal
for concurrent development of the joint multimedia program
through a suitable process.