Acadia University Senate
AGENDA


AGENDA for Senate Meeting of 9 May 2001

30 April 2001

Dear Member of Senate:

I advise you that a meeting of the Senate of Acadia University will occur at 10:00 a.m., on Wednesday, 9 May 2001 in Room 132 of the Beveridge Arts Centre.  The AGENDA follows:

1)  Minutes of the Meeting of 12 March 2001 (no meeting of Senate was held in April 2001)

2) Announcements and  Communications
 a) Registrar-School of Music (001-52-REG) *

3) Approval of List of Graduates for the Convocation of May 2001

4) Business Arising from the Minutes
a) By-Laws Committee-Senate Library Committee Chair as attached to the Minutes of 12 March 2001 (001-47-LAW)

5) New Business
 a) Reports on Senate and Senate Committee Vacancies
  (i) Nominating Committee (001-48-NOM) *
  (ii) Secretary- Senate and University Committee Vacancies (001-49-SEC) *
 b) 2000-2001 Annual Reports from Senate Committees (001-50-REP)
  (i) By-Laws Committee *
  (ii) Research Ethics Board *
  (iii) Research & Graduate Studies *
  (iv) Senate Archives *
  (v) Honorary Degrees *
  (vi) Curriculum Committee *
  (vii) Timetable, Instruction Hours & Examination Committee *
  (viii) Honours Committee *
  (ix) Admissions and Academic Standings (Policy) *
  (x) Admissions and Academic Standings (Appeals) *
 c) Faculty of Arts – Ratification of Constitution (001-51-ART) *

6) Other Business

Yours sincerely,

Jane Cayford
Registrar and Secretary of Senate

*   Material Attached
 

Attachment 2)a)
Senate Agenda/9May 01
001-52-REG
Notice to Senate

The School of Music is adding the following courses

Musi 1066 Principal Applied Study for non-majors
Musi 2066 Principal Applied Study for non-majors
Musi 3066 Principal Applied Study for non-majors
Musi 4066 Principal Applied Study for non-majors

This is an administrative change only; these courses are identical to Musi 1666 – 4666 Principal Applied Study.  A different number is required because there is an extra fee attached to these courses.

Jane Cayford
Registrar

April  2001
 
 

Attachment 5)a)i)
Senate Agenda/9May 01
001-48-NOM
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Report to Senate
May 9, 2001

The Committee places in nomination the following names for the positions listed:
 

a) Chair of Senate (1 year term 2001-2002):  Ian Wilks
b) Deputy Chair of  Senate (1 year term 2001-2002):      Gary Ness
c) Executive of Senate (1 year term 2001-2002):
-Patricia Corkum from the Faculty of Professional Studies
-Tom Archibald from the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science
-Jim Sacouman from the Faculty of Arts
d) By-laws Committee (3 year term 2001-2004):  Patricia Corkum
e) Lay person on Senate (3 year term 2001-2004):  Gary Vaughan
f) Faculty Elections Officer (1 year term 2001-2002):  Rene Murphy
 
 
 
 
 

               Respectfully submitted:
 

Paul Cabilio
Patricia Corkum (Chair)
Kelvin Ogilvie
Thomas Regan
Richard Sparkman
Daniel Toews
Beert Verstraete
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Senate Agenda/9May 01
001-49-SEC
Senate and Committee Vacancies for 2001 - 2002
 

Required from Registrar (Secretary to Senate)
Replacement on Nominating Committee from Senate (Science) for P. Cabilio  retiring:  2001-2004 (3 years) 4
Replacement on Nominating Committee from Senate (Arts) for T. Regan retiring as Senator:  2001-2004 (3 year) 4

Required from Faculty of Arts
Replacement on Senate (Poli Sc) for Malcolm Grieve retiring:  2001-2004 (3 years)  4 Malcolm Grieve
Replacement on Senate (Sociology) for James Sacoum retiring:  2001-2004 (3 years)  4James Sacouman
Replacement on Senate (Economics) for Maurice Tugwell retiring:  2001-2004 (3 years)  4 Robert Proulx
Replacement on Senate (Music) for Ruth Morrison retiring:  2001-2004 (3 years)  4 Ruth Morrison
Replacement on Nominating Committee for H. Moussa retiring:  2001-2004 (3 years) 4 Jessica Slights
Replacement on Curriculum Committee for J. Marontate retiring:  2001-2004 (3 years) 4 Jan Marontate
Replacement on Library Committee for R. Stewart retiring: 2001-2004 (3 years) 4 Paula Chegwidden
Replacement on Archives Committee for A. Migliarisi retiring: 2001-2004 (3 years) 4 Michael Dennis
Replacement on Research and Graduate Studies for I. Wilkes retiring: 2001-2004 (3 years) 4 Rob Morrison
Replacement on Admission and Academic Standing Committee (Appeals) for A. Thomson retiring: 2001-2002 (3 years) 4Robert Proulx (Languages and Literatures)
Replacement on Academic Discipline Appeals Committee for S. Maitzen retiring: 2001-2004 (3 years) 4 Anna Quema
Replacement on Timetable, Instruction Hours and Examination Committee for J. Marontate retiring: 2001-2003 (3 years) 4 Jan Marontate
Replace on Scholarships, Prizes and Awards Committee for T. Voss retiring: 2001-2004 (3 years) 4 Christoph Both
Replacement between 1 Jul 01 – 31 Dec 01on Academic Program Review Committee for R. Stewart on sabbatical: (6 months)
Replacement between 1 Jul 01 – 31 Dec 01 on Archives Committee for D. Baldwin on sabbatical: (6 months) 4 Barry Moody

Required from Faculty of Professional Studies
Replacement on Senate (Bus) for at Pat Corkum [completing a term begun by E. Buist] retiring:  2001-2004 (3 years) 4 Pat Corkum
Replacement on Senate (Rec & Kine) for Jim MacLeod retiring:  2001-2004 (3 years)
Replacement on Nominating Committee for R. Sparkman retiring:  2001-2004 (3 years) 4 S. Colwell
P. Stephenson has agreed to continue on Curriculum Committee after replacing P. Farrell:  2001-2004 (3 years) 4
Replacement on Library Committee for G. Perry retiring: 2001-2004 (3 years)  4 G. Perry
Replacement on Honorary Degrees Committee for G. Frost retiring: 2001-2004 (3 years) 4 G. Frost
Replacement on Admission and Academic Standing Committee (Appeals) for J. Churchill  retiring: 2001-2004 (3 years)
Replacement on Admission and Academic Standing Committee (Policy) which is vacant: 2001-2004
(3 years) 4 H. Hemming
Replacement on Scholarships, Prizes and Awards Committee for W. Isenor retiring: 2001-2004 (3 years) 4 W. Isenor
Replacement on Faculty Development Committee: 2001-2004 (3 years)
Replacement between 1 Jan 02 – 30 Jun 02 on Research and Graduate Studies Committee for G. Bissix on sabbatical: (6 months)

Required from Faculty of Pure and Applied Science
Replacement on Senate (Biology) for Phil Taylor:  2001-2004 (3 years) 4 Phil Taylor
Replacement on Senate (Chemistry) for Sharon Roscoe retiring: 2001-2004 (3 years) 4 Sharon Roscoe
Replacement on Senate (Math) for Paul Cabilio retiring: 2001-2004 (3 years)
Replacement on Academic Program Review Committee for P. Cabilio: 2001-2004 (3 years)
Replacement on Archives Committee for L. Oliver retiring: 2001-2004 (3 years)
Replacement on Research and Graduate Studies Committee for D. Stewart retiring: 2001-2004 (3 years)
Replacement on Honours Committee for D. Christie retiring: 2001-2004 (3 years)

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Replacement on Honours Committee for Brian Latta retiring 2001-2004 (3 years)
Replacement on Admission and Academic Standing Committee (Policy) for G. Gibson retiring: 2001-2002 (3 years)
Replacement on Academic Discipline Appeals Committee for P. Arnold retiring: 2001-2004
Replacement between 1 Jan 02 – 30 Jun 02 on Admission and Academic Standing Committee (Appeals) for J. Chawla on sabbatical: (6 months)
Replacement between 1 Jul 01 – 30 Jun 02 on Timetable, Instruction Hours and Examination Committee for I. Spooner on sabbatical: (1 year)
Replacement between 1 Jul 01 – 31 Dec 01 on Scholarships, Prizes and Awards Committee for P. Cabilio on sabbatical: (6 months)

Required from Nominating Committee
Chair for the Senate – I Wilks currently in the position:  2001-2002 (1 year) 4 Ian Wilks
Deputy-Chair for the Senate - G. Ness currently in the position:  2001-2002 (1 year) 4 Gary Ness
Annual replacement on Executive Committee - Three members of Senate elected annually by Senate:  2001-2002 (1 year) 4 Patricia Corkum, Prof. St.; Tom Archibald, P&A Sc; Jim Sacouman, Arts
Replacement for lay person Merritt Gibson retiring:  2001-2004 (3 years)  4 Gary Vaughan
Has office of Secretary to Faculty been filled?  If not this committee must do so. 4
Faculty Elections Officer – R. Murphy currently in the position:  2001-2002 (1 year) 4 Rene Murphy
Replacement on By-Laws Committee for J. MacLeod  retiring:  2001-2004 (3 years) 4 Patricia Corkum

Required from Graduate Student Association
Representative on Senate for Patrick Myers retiring:  2001-2002 (1 year)
Representative on Library Committee replacing Trevor Jones:  2001-2002 (1 year)
Representative from each of Arts, Prof. St. and P&AS for Research & Graduate Studies Committee: 2001-2002 (1 year)
Representative on Research Ethics Board for Anita Scott retiring: January 2001-2002 (1 year)

Required from Alumni
Representative appointed on Archives Committee from Alumni:  2000-2003 (3 years) 4 Enid Davidson

Required from Acadia Students’ Representative Council
Representative on Senate for Arts: 2001-2002 (1 year)  4 Karen Robertson
Representative on Senate for Professional Studies: 2001-2002 (1 year) 4 Emily Lemire
Representative on Senate for Science: 2001-2002 (1 year) 4 Susanne Price
Student VP Academic:  2001-2002 (1 year) 4 Jeff Britton
Representative on Curriculum Committee:  2001-2002 (1 year)
Representative on Library Committee:  2001-2002 (1 year)
Representative on Archives Committee:  2001-2002 (1 year)
Representative (Honours student) on Research and Graduate Studies:  2001-2002 (1 year)
Representative on Academic Discipline Appeals Committee: 2001-2002 (1 year)
Representative on Timetable, Instruction and Examination Committee:  2001-2002(1 year)
Representative (part-time student) on Board of Continuing Education:  2001-2002 (1 year)*
Representative from Faculty of Arts on Scholarship Committee:  2001-2002 (1 year)
Representative from Faculty of Professional Studies on Scholarship Committee:  2001-2002 (1 year)
Representative from Faculty of Science on Scholarship Committee:  2001-2002 (1 year)

* Contact Division of Continuing Education for Nomination

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Professional Librarians
Representative from Professional Librarians on Library Committee replacing A. Guay retiring: 2001-2004 (3 years)

Required from Board of Governors
Representative on Senate for J. Boyd retiring:  2000-2003 (3 years)
Representative on Senate for Lorne White retiring:  2001-2004 (3 years) [in October 2001]
Representative on Academic Program Review Committee for J. Boyd retiring:  2000-2001 (3 years)
Representative on Honorary Degrees Committee for B. Galloway to complete an existing term:  2000-2001 (1 year)

RETIRING SENATORS - 2001 :

1 Chairman Ian Wilks 1 yr  2001 4 Ian Wilks
1 Deputy-Chair Gary Ness 1 yr  2001 4 Gary Ness
1 President, Student Union (Non-Vote) Britt Gullick * ex-officio --        4
1 Board of Governors John Boyd 3 yr 10/2001
1  Board of Govenors Lorne White 3 yr 10/2002
1 Arts (Poli Sc) Malcolm Grieve 3 yr 2001 4 Malcolm Grieve
1 Arts (Sociology) James Sacouman 3 yr 2001 4 James Sacouman
1  Arts (Economics) Maurice Tugwell 3 yr 2001 4 Robert Proulx
1  Arts (Music) Ruth Morrison 3 yrs 2001 4 Ruth Morrison
1 Prof. St. (Bus) Pat Corkum 3 yr 2001 4 Pat Corkum
1 Prof. St. (Rec & Kine) Jim MacLeod 3 yr 2001
1 P&A Sc. (Biology) Ed Reekie 3 yr 2001 4 Phil Taylor
1 P&A Sc. (Chemistry) Sharon Roscoe 3 yr 2001 4 Sharon Roscoe
1 P&A Sc. (Math) Paul Cabilio 3 yr 2001
1 Student (Arts) Karen Robertson 1 yr 2001  4  Stephen Sansonetti
1 Student (Science) Shoshanah Deaton 1 yr 2001  4   Susanne Price
1 Student (Prof. St.) Emily Lemire 1 yr 2001  4  Laura Caldwell
1 Student (VP Academic) Molly Nugent 1 yr 2001  4  Jeff Britton
1 Student (Graduate) c/o Psyc Patrick Myers 1 yr 2001 (dealt w/ in Sep/01)
1 Lay person Merritt Gibson 3 yr 2001 4 Gary Vaughan

Vice-Chair of Faculty  -  P. Townley [on sabbatical]
 

24 April 2001/dlm
Attachment 5)b)i)
Senate Agenda/9 May 01
001-50-REP
Report of the Senate By-Laws Committee for 2000/01
 

1) Over the course of the year proposals to amend the Archives By-Law were refined and a motion passed at the 12 March meeting of Senate. (001-16-LAW)

2) We were asked to rule on eligibility for lay member status on Senate and a motion was prepared and passed at the 12 March meeting of Senate. (001-40-LAW)

3) We articulated the report of the Ad Hoc Committee to review the Library Committee and submitted a notice of motion to amend the Library Committee By-Laws at the 12 March meeting of Senate. (001-47-LAW)

4) With reference to VIII (o) Constitution and By-Laws of the Senate of Acadia University, the By-Laws committee met to consider the viability of the Faculty Development Committee.  It was the view of the committee that there remained potential work for this committee to perform, especially in the realm of advising re contractual obligations upon faculty to develop uniform teaching evaluation instruments. Thus the By-Laws Over the course of the year proposals to amend the Archives By-Law were refined and a motion passed at the committee recommended no change to the status of the Faculty Development Committee and suggested that Senate ensure that the committee is enjoined to consider evaluation and other non-technical aspects of faculty development.

5) The By-Laws committee will review the constitutions of the three constituent faculties with regard to consistency with Senate By-Laws as per the duties of the committee to make annual reviews of By-Laws of Senate, Faculty and Faculty Councils and in particular with respect to the Motion 001-18-ARTS regarding amendment to the Faculty Council Constitution passed at the meeting of Senate held 8 January 2001.

Respectfully submitted
Malcolm Grieve
Chair, Senate By-Laws Committee
 

Attachment 5)b)iii)
Senate Agenda/9 May 01
001-50-REP

 

Report of the Senate Committee on Research and Graduate Studies (SCRGS) for the
2000-2001 Academic Year
Acadia University

The Senate Committee on Research and Graduate Studies (SCRGS) met on the following eight dates: 9 May 2000, 2 June 2000, 2 October 2000, 30 October 2000, 27 November 2000, 29 January 2001, 12 March 2001, and 19 March 2001.

 In the summer of 2000 the SCRGS met to discuss the University’s new Strategic Research Plan (SRP) and the proposed allocation of the Millenium Chairs. After a fruitful discussion the committee sent a letter to President Kelvin Ogilvie recommending that an effort must be made to include researchers from across campus in the new SRP, and that flexibility be used when allocating the Millenium Research Chairs.

 During the past year the SCRGS spent considerable time discussing the variety of taskforces that had been struck by the Academic Sector Planning Committee (ASPC). In response to an invitation from Dr. Cynthia Alexander (Co-Director of the Division of Research and Graduate Studies, and chair of one of the taskforces) to participate in this planning process the SCRGS completed a SWOT (Strengths—Weaknesses—Opportunities—Threats) analysis for graduate studies at Acadia. It is hoped that the ASPC takes the SCRGS’s recommendations seriously and that the final report will result in renewed support for graduate programs across campus.

 As University support for graduate support has not increased in recent years, and as all departments and faculties are faced with increased competition in the recruitment of top quality graduate students, the SCRGS has struck a subcommittee that will reexamine the allocation of graduate funding among the three faculties. This group will meet during the summer and fall of 2001.

 The SCRGS was made aware of difficulties that existed during the past year between the Acadia Graduate Students Association (AGSA) and the Acadia Students Union (ASU). The key problem that emerged was that the AGSA had not elected its ASU representative in the campus-wide bi-elections in October (and instead had done so in their own general meeting), and as a result were not allowed to have a voting member sit to represent their interests at the Students Representative Council meetings. After months of negotiations and delays the graduate students were allowed to send a non-voting representative to the SRC. Steps have been taken by the AGSA to insure that they will elect a representative according to the ASU Constitution in the future.

 The SCRGS reviewed and approved graduate program curriculum changes for the M.Sc. Geology program, and the M.Ed. program in Curriculum Studies—Inclusive Education.

The Division of Research and Graduate Studies also supported the Fourth Annual Research Showcase by Acadia’s faculty this past March.
 

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The Subcommittee on Student Awards met throughout the year to adjudicate the following: the Governor-General’s Gold Medal Award for the Fall 2000 Convocation, the Summer Honours Research Awards (2000), and an application for the MacKenzie King Open Scholarship.

Respectfully submitted,
 
 

Robert J. Perrins (Chair),
Co-Director of the Division of Research and Graduate Studies,

On behalf of the committee:

Ian Wilks (Faulty of Arts: Philosophy)
Dianne Looker (Faculty of Arts: Sociology, ½ term)
Jim Sacouman (Faculty of Arts: Sociology, replaced Dr. Looker)
Tom Archibald (Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences: Mathematics)
Don Stewart (Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences: Biology)
Glynn Bissix (Faculty of Professional Studies: Recreation Management)
Greg MacKinnon (Faculty of Profession Studies: Education)
Ginger Derochie (Graduate Student Representative: Faculty of Professional Studies)
Dan Hasselman (Graduate Student Representative: Faculty of Science)
Brian Lake (Graduate Student Representative: Faculty of Arts)
 
 

Attachment 5)b)iv)
Senate Agenda/9 May 01
001-50-REP
                     SENATE ARCHIVES COMMITTEE
                   ANNUAL REPORT, MAY 2001

Despite the recent improvements to the University Archives, the
Senate Archives Committee continues to be concerned with the
lack of sufficient storage space. This year, in addition to the
normal acquisitions of Baptist and University archival materials,
the University Archivist acquired Dr. J.K. Zeman’s papers and
is in the process of transferring the valuable Shand collection to
the Acadia Archives. There is a pressing need for an off-site, 24-
hour, storage facility.

The Committee’s second major concern involves the setting of
priorities for online access to Acadia’s archival materials. Many
Acadia-related photographs and portions of the Watson
Kirkconnell Fonds have already been digitized. This is a time-
consuming and expensive project. Priorities for future digitizing
of Acadia’s unique collections must be set.

Thanks to the support of the University Librarian and the
University Archivist, the Acadia Archives made major advances
this year. The Kirkconnell Room renovations have greatly
improved the Archives and Special Collections, and the recent
addition of Rhianna Edwards as Deputy University Archivist will
lighten Patricia Townsend’s load.

The Committee wishes to thank and commend Lorraine
McQueen and Patricia Townsend for their efforts in making
Acadia’s Archives such a pleasant place in which to research.

Douglas Baldwin
Secretary
 
 

Attachment 5)b)v)
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001-50-REP
HONORARY DEGREES COMMITTEE

Annual Report for 2000-01
 

April 23, 2001
 

Committee Members:

Dr. Kelvin Ogilvie (Chair)
Dr. Lee MacDonald (for ADC submissions)
Dr. Gwen Davies
Dr. Gail Frost
Dr. William Cox
Dr. Mark Taylor
Mr. B. Galloway
 

Purpose of Committee:

1) Solicit and receive suggestions for honorary degrees from the University community and to make recommendations to the Senate for the award of honorary degrees;
2) to receive, through the President, nominations for the appointment of “Professores Emeriti” and to make recommendations thereon to Senate.
 

Meetings, 2000:

June 14, 2000
December 18, 2000
 

Agenda of Meetings:

1) Minutes of previous meetings or results of Senate votes on Nominees
2) Consideration of Nominees
3) Reconsideration of Nominees
4) Adjournment
 

Summary of Committee Activities:

The Committee forwarded to Senate for a vote by secret ballot a total of ten nominations of which nine were approved by Senate.
 

      Respectively submitted by the Chair,
 
 
 

      Kelvin K. Ogilvie
      President and Vice-Chancellor
      Chair, Honorary Degrees Committee
 

Attachment 5)b)vi)
Senate Agenda/9 May 01
001-50-REP
Annual Report of the University Curriculum committee
2000-2001

Members: · Jane Cayford (Chair & Registrar)· Jan Marontate (Secretary & Faculty of Arts Representative)· Miriam Cooley (Faculty of Professional Studies Representative)· Shoshanah Deaton (Student Representative)· André Guay (Library Representative)· Ming Lau  (Faculty of Pure and Applied Science Representative)· Paul Stephenson (Faculty of Pure and Applied Science Representative)· Lisa Narbeshuber (Faculty of Arts Representative)· Molly Nugent  (V.P. Academic of the Acadia Student’s Union & Student Representative)· Conner Vibert (Faculty of Professional Studies Representative)

Meeting Dates:
October 23, 2000
December 1, 2000
December 11, 2000
January 9, 2001
February 8, 2001

Summary of Activities
The committee considered over 200 submissions for course or program additions, deletions and modifications.  The committee met with representatives of the relevant departments, schools and faculties to discuss the proposals.  Where appropriate the committee raised questions and made suggestions.  Highlights include several changes to respond to new national standards for accredition, notably:
· extensive  modifications to the kinesiology core program respond to new requirements from the Canadian Council of University Physical Education and Kinesiology Administrators;
· changes to the program, course offerings and name of the former School of Nutrition and Food Science (to the School of Nutrition and Dietetics) to respond to the closing of the Food Science Program and new accreditation requirements for dieticians;
· modifications in the music therapy program for accreditation purposes.

There were no outstanding issues resulting from new business that came before the committee this year.
 

Respectfully submitted by
Jan Marontate (Secretary of the Senate Curriculum Committee) for
Jane Cayford (Chair of the Senate Curriculum Committee).
 

Attachment 5)b)vii)
Senate Agenda/9 May 01
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Report of the Timeable, Instruction Hours & Examination Committee
for the 2000/2001 Academic year

Committee Members:
James Sanford, Jan Marontate, Darren, Kruisellbrink, Ian Spooner, Molly Nugent
Rosemary Jotcham
 
 
 

The TIE Committee met once during the 2000/2001 academic year. Additional consultations among members were held via email.

The formal meeting was held on October 22, 2000 to prepare a proposal of dates for the 2001/2002 academic year for the consideration of Senate.  Dates were established and forwarded to the academic and administrative units for their comment.  Based on their input and after a number of consultations among the committee members, a revised list was presented to Senate for their consideration.
 

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Honours Committee of Senate
Annual Report
April 2001

Membership:
Chair: Robert Perrins
Secretary: Anthony Thomson
Members: Craig Bennett, Paul Callaghan, Jane Cayford, Bryan Latta, Don Stewart, and Maurice Tugwell

Members of the Honours committee are nominated and elected within each faculty.  Members must come from Departments/Schools offering Honours programmes.  The Registrar (or delegate) and Director of Research and Graduate Studies (or delegate) are ex-officio members.  Membership from the Faculties is distributed according to the following formula: Arts (2), Pure and Applied Science (3), and Professional Studies (1).

Meetings:
The Honours Committee met on the following dates: 25 October 2000, 21 March 2001, and 28 March 2001.

 The Committee reviewed the “Duties” of the Honours Committee and noted that: Item 1 (“to consider all honours applications which are not routinely accepted by the Registrar’s Office”) is now within the purview of the Departments/Schools, although the Honours Committee may, conceivably, hear appeals in the first instance from students.  Item 4 (“to make recommendations to Senate for modifications of the regulations respecting Honours programs”) has been superseded.  Changes in Honours programmes in Departments or Schools are now recommended by the Faculty Councils to the University Curriculum Committee.
 Links to the “Guidelines for the Preparation of Honours Theses”, as well as the Guidelines and Assessment forms for External Readers, are now available on the Registrar’s page: http://www.acadiau.ca/registrar.
 The procedures for administering the examination of Honours theses, adopted two years ago, were again implemented this year.  Staff members in the Registrar’s Office check the first few pages of each thesis to insure that they conform to the Honours “Regulations”.  Thereafter, the Honours Committee meets to assign theses to individual faculty members for examination.  Insofar as collective memory and knowledge permit, a thesis is assigned to the faculty member the Committee believes best able to render judgement on the work.  In response to the request that faculty who do not wish to examine a thesis so inform the Committee, twenty-eight members declined to read theses this year.  This high level of participation means that no faculty member was asked to read more than one thesis for the fall or for the spring convocation. The majority of theses that were returned to the students required only minor editorial changes.  Few serious problems were detected.
 The Committee wishes to recognize the important contributions of the faculty members who helped students prepare their theses and gratefully acknowledges the hard work of those who examined theses this year, noting especially, with appreciation, those who took the time to add congratulatory and/or discursive comments.  The Committee extends a special note of thanks to Karin Griffith for her diligence in ensuring that the required pages were present and the necessary signatures were obtained for every thesis submitted.

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 The Honours Committee examined ninety-six theses during the 2000-2001 academic year. The distribution of theses among the Departments/Schools is indicated in the following Table:

         Distribution of Honours Theses, 2000-2001

Programme Fall, 2000 Spring, 2001 Total

Art   1 1
Classics 1 1 2
Canadian Studies   1 1
English   6 6
History 1 4 5
Philosophy 2 2 4
Political Science   5 5
Sociology   3 3
Faculty of Arts - Total 4 23 27

Biology 1 19 20
Chemistry   3 3
Computer Science 1 2 3
Environmental Studies 2 8 10
Geology 2 2 4
Mathematics and Statistics   2 2
Nutrition and Food Science   3 3
Physics   3 3
Psychology 3 12 15
Pure and Applied Sciences - Total 9 54 63

Kinesiology   1 1
Recreation Management 1 4 5
Professional Studies - Total 1 5 6

Total 14 82 96
 

Respectfully submitted,
Anthony Thomson
 

Attachment 5)b)ix)
Senate Agenda/9 May 01
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Annual Report 2000-2001
Admissions and Academic Standings Committee (Policy)
 

There was one meeting on February 15, 2001.

Members: M. Leiter, J. Cayford, C. MacLatchy, T. Regan. M. Dennis, B. McLeod, M. Brown, S. Symons, G. Gibson, T. Ashley, M. Nugent, N. VanWagoner, R. Davies

REVIEW OF WS POLICY
The committee reviewed the Acadia policy of recording withdrawn courses on the transcript and recommended no change.

REVIEW OF CGPA POLICY
The committee reviewed the policy of including the grades for repeated courses within the calculation of the grade point average.  It was agreed that the committee would recommend that grades in repeated courses be excluded from the cumulative grade point average

SECOND DEGREES
It was agreed that a student returning for a second degree would only have to offer a new major, rather than a new major and minor.

RE-READS
The committee reviewed the calendar policy on re-reads and agreed that it could be worded more clearly.

Motions on the three above matters were brought to the March meeting of Senate.
 

Attachment 5)b)x)
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Annual Report 2000-2001
Senate Admissions and Academic Standing Committee (Appeals)

Chair:  Dr. M. Leiter
Secretary: Jane Cayford
Members Molly Nugent, ASU, G. Hepburn (2003),  A. Thomson (2001), R. Segado (2003),  J. Slights (2002),  J. Churchill (2001), J. Chawla (2002),  By invitation:  Terry Lane and Jill Davies, Counselling Centre,

Meetings
May 12, 2000
June 9, 2000
September 15, 2000
November 16, 2000
December 2000
January 24, 2001
April 11, 2001

The committee met on several occasions to deal with a number of appeals.  Wendy Bedingfield and Ed Reekie attended the May and June meetings prior to the new appointees taking over those positions.

Dismissal     48
Residency     10
Grade point average for honours  1
Courses for minor     1
Correspondence exam regulations 1
Chem 1033/1043 matters   2
Early return from dismissal   1
Waiving of prerequisite   1
Graduation requirements   1
Adjustment of grading scheme  2

Of the 48 students who appealed their dismissal, 27 were readmitted on probation to the academic support program, 7 were readmitted on probation, and the appeals for the remaining 16 were not successful.