SFU Curriculum Requirements

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• SFU Curriculum Requirements
• Advisors and DA Information

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We hope to address

• Review of new requirements
• Course selection and planning issues
• High School admits
• College Transfer students
• Your questions

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What have we done?

• New undergraduate degree requirements
• Students admitted Fall 2006 and following
• 2 writing courses W
• 2 quantitative courses Q
• 6 designated breadth courses B, Sci, Hum, Soc
• 2 undesignated breadth courses - Faculty or
  program elective requirements
• Certification process for W, Q and B courses, for
  SFU and transferable college courses

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New admission requirements

• LPI score and English 12/college English or W
  course
• Math 11 or 12/College math or Q course
• International students IELTS preferred, or TOEFL
  LPI
• Standards set consistent with underlying goals
• Improved preparedness for univ. study

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FAL and FAN courses

• Students entering with lower English or Math
  grades
• Consistent prep, support, remediation
• FAL - Education, FAN - Mathematics
• 4 credits, additive credit, counts in CGPA
• C or better to proceed to W, Q
• 2 attempts pre-45 credit hours

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What should students take, and when?

• Many W courses are gatekeepers
• Some courses are multi-certified
• Bs and Qs - many lower division, dont delay, 2
  Bs per year?
• Ws - 1 lower div., 1 upper div. normally in the
  major and at SFU
• Transfer credit for B, Q, LD W

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When does a B count as a B?

• B wont count when taken in the major, ie.
  Physics course labelled B-Sci wont count as
  B-Sci for Physics majors
• When multiple Bs exist on a course, student must
  choose one
• Students must select carefully and think ahead
• Important to take range of Bs from Year 1
• Places more emphasis on careful advising and
  other information about course selection, ie.
  create departmental check lists for students?

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SIMS Issues

• Admit term will be key
• WQB Required Flag on record
• Advising transcript
• Where do letters show up?
• What happens when W courses vary due to change of
  instructors?
• End Users group

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Specific Issues

• BGS and second degrees
• Readmits
• B issues for double majors, major/minors,
  extended minors, etc.
• Science/Applied Science specifics
• W1, B-Hum, B-Soc in FASS
• ENSC, TECH, CMNS, EASC, CHEM, MATH have W1
• B-Sci from LD Sci requirements
• W2 in the major, writing in the discipline

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Supports

• Student Support
• Student Learning Commons, in Library
• Q Support Centre, location TBA
• Faculty, TA/TM Support
• Writing Intensive Learning Office
• Rethinking Teaching
• Instructional Skills Workshops
• TA/TM Day

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Training at WILO

• Faculty Workshop Series Preparing
  Writing-Intensive Courses
• Session I - Linking Writing to Learning Content
• Session II - Writing-Intensive Learning Planning
  Effective Applications
• Session III - Responding to Writing Flexible and
  Effective Strategies

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Training at WILO

• TA/TM Training
• improved support for students
• reduced workload for faculty supervisors
• improved TA/TM instructional skills
• more efficient use of TA/TM resources
• a growing pool of instructors who are
  knowledgeable about writing-intensive learning
  and capable of providing effective instruction on
  discipline-specific writing
• and personal/professional benefits for TAs

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Helpful websites

• Curriculum Initiative http//www.sfu.ca/ugcr
• CI links for Students, with FAQs
• http//www.sfu.ca/ugcr/For_Students/Student_FAQ.ht
  ml
• CI links for Faculty and Staff, with FAQs
• http//www.sfu.ca/ugcr/For_Faculty/Admin_Advisor_F
  AQ.html
• Lists of certified courses
• http//www.sfu.ca/ugcr/For_Faculty/Certified_WQB_C
  ourses/
• Admissions
• http//www/students.sfu.ca/adm/index.htm
• Student Learning Commons
• http//www.lib.sfu.ca/slc/
• Writing Intensive Learning Office
• http//www.lidc.sfu.ca/teaching/writing/index/php

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Contact Us!

• Barbara Frisken
• Chair, UCITF
• frisken_at_sfu.ca lc. 5767
• Sarah DenchDirector, University Curriculum
• sjdench_at_sfu.ca lc. 6854
• Susan Rhodes
• Project Coordinator, Curriculum Project
• slrhodes_at_sfu.ca lc. 3312