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SFU Surrey expands programming in September 2005
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Terry Lavender, 604-268-7408
Terry Lavender, 604-268-7408
April 4, 2005
Simon Fraser University's Surrey campus will welcome students to arts and science programs for the first time in September 2005.
One hundred arts and social science students and 50 science students will be part of the three-year-old campus's largest first-year class ever. With 400 students expected in the applied sciences TechOne program, SFU Surrey anticipates a total first-year class of 550.
SFU's faculty of arts and social sciences will offer a two-year cohort-based program called Explorations, while the faculty of science will introduce Science Year One, a one-year cohort program. (In a cohort program, students are guaranteed access to all their core courses, and can expect to have the same classmates in all those courses.)
Both Explorations and Science Year One feature small class sizes. “Much of the time classes will have 20 or fewer students,” says Roger Blackman, special advisor to the dean of arts and social sciences. And because Explorations and Science Year One are cohort programs, students can make friends and get the support of classmates more quickly. “They become members of a learning community,” Blackman says.
Students in the arts and social sciences program have a choice of themes, such as “Contemporary issues reflected in economics and politics,” and “Contemporary issues reflected in literature and film.” Science Year One offers introductory biology, chemistry, physics and math courses.
One of the innovative features of the science program is the first-year studio physics course, says Alistair Lachlan, who heads the program. Instead of sitting in rows of seats, listening to a lecture, small groups of students engage in experiments and projects.
Students can complete their degree programs at SFU Surrey, if their major of choice is offered there, or transfer to Simon Fraser's Burnaby campus.
SFU Surrey currently offers degree programs in interactive arts and technology, business administration, computing science and education, as well as continuing studies programs. For more information about programs at SFU Surrey, call 604.268.7500 or visit us on the web at www.surrey.sfu.ca/p_students.
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One hundred arts and social science students and 50 science students will be part of the three-year-old campus's largest first-year class ever. With 400 students expected in the applied sciences TechOne program, SFU Surrey anticipates a total first-year class of 550.
SFU's faculty of arts and social sciences will offer a two-year cohort-based program called Explorations, while the faculty of science will introduce Science Year One, a one-year cohort program. (In a cohort program, students are guaranteed access to all their core courses, and can expect to have the same classmates in all those courses.)
Both Explorations and Science Year One feature small class sizes. “Much of the time classes will have 20 or fewer students,” says Roger Blackman, special advisor to the dean of arts and social sciences. And because Explorations and Science Year One are cohort programs, students can make friends and get the support of classmates more quickly. “They become members of a learning community,” Blackman says.
Students in the arts and social sciences program have a choice of themes, such as “Contemporary issues reflected in economics and politics,” and “Contemporary issues reflected in literature and film.” Science Year One offers introductory biology, chemistry, physics and math courses.
One of the innovative features of the science program is the first-year studio physics course, says Alistair Lachlan, who heads the program. Instead of sitting in rows of seats, listening to a lecture, small groups of students engage in experiments and projects.
Students can complete their degree programs at SFU Surrey, if their major of choice is offered there, or transfer to Simon Fraser's Burnaby campus.
SFU Surrey currently offers degree programs in interactive arts and technology, business administration, computing science and education, as well as continuing studies programs. For more information about programs at SFU Surrey, call 604.268.7500 or visit us on the web at www.surrey.sfu.ca/p_students.
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