Senate Graduate Studies Committee
Standing committee (Reporting Category "B")
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https://www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/faculty-staff/resources/curriculum-sgsc.html
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Members | Conditions | Term | Expiry Date | Name |
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Dean and Associate Provost, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | Chair Ex-officio | Mary O'Brien | ||
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies | Ex-officio | George Agnes | ||
Associate Director, Graduate Admissions, Records and Registration | Ex-officio | Michelle Grahame | ||
University Librarian (or designate) | Ex-officio | Nicole White | ||
Applied Sciences | Chair, Faculty Graduate Curriculum Committee (or designate) | Parvaneh Saeedi | ||
Arts & Social Sciences | Kate Slaney | |||
Business Admin. | Sudheer Gupta | |||
Communication, Art & Technology | Arne Eigenfeldt | |||
Education | Lucy Le Mare | |||
Environment | Valerie Crooks | |||
Health Sciences | Lawrence McCandles | |||
Science | Vance Williams | |||
Graduate Student | Elected annually in the Spring Semester by and from graduate students. Post-election vacancies will be filled by election by Senate. | 1 year | May 31, 2024 | Reema Faris |
Graduate Student | Adam Walter | |||
Graduate Student (Alternate) | Tyler D'Silva | |||
Graduate Student (Alternate) | Marissa Traversa | |||
GSS Executive representative |
Ex-officio | Reese Muntean | ||
Coordinator, Graduate Academic Programs Policy & Curriculum | Secretary, Ex-officio (non voting) | |||
Recording Secretary and Curriculum Assistant |
Ex-officio (non-voting) | Stania Juriga (sgsc@sfu.ca) |
NOTE: In general an "alternate" member is invited to attend meetings when a regular member is not available. Please confirm the role of the alternate member on this committee with the committee secretary.
2023 Meeting Schedule
Date of Meeting | Material Deadline |
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January 10, 2023 | December 7, 2022 |
February 7, 2023 | January 11, 2023 |
*March 7, 2023 | February 8, 2023 |
April 4, 2023 | March 8, 2023 |
May 2, 2023 | April 5, 2023 |
**June 13, 2023 | May 10, 2023 |
July 11, 2023 | June 14, 2023 |
September 12, 2023 | August 9, 2023 |
October 3, 2023 | September 6, 2023 |
***November 7, 2023 | October 11, 2023 |
December 5, 2023 | November 8, 2023 |
*March 7, 2023 is the last meeting to clear items for the Fall 2023 calendar
**June 6, 2023 is the last meeting to clear items for the Spring 2024 calendar
***November 7, 2023 is the last meeting to clear items for the Summer 2024 calendar
Purpose
- To maintain the academic standards established by Senate.
- To review and make recommendations to Senate concerning new graduate programs.
- To review and make recommendations to Senate concerning major changes to graduate programs.
- To review and approve all proposed new graduate courses, course deletions, and minor changes to programs. These changes shall be reported to Senate in summary form.
- To administer, review and make recommendations to Senate concerning Graduate General Regulations.
- To consider matters concerning Graduate Studies referred to the Committee, and to make recommendations to the appropriate bodies.
- To consider and decide on policy recommendations concerning graduate course registration, course and program withdrawal procedures, and on the administration of graduate records.
Operation
- The Committee quorum shall be the Chair and seven members.
- A voting member of the committee who cannot attend a meeting may send a qualified alternate. For faculty members, this shall be a member of the same Faculty who is qualified to chair his/her Department Graduate Program Committee, selected by the Faculty Graduate Program Committee. For graduate students this shall be a graduate student so elected at Simon Fraser University.
- The Committee may establish sub-committees. With a two-thirds majority vote the Committee may delegate some of its powers defined by the Graduate General Regulations to such sub-committees, or to the Dean of Graduate Studies. Graduate students must be represented on all sub-committees.
- Committee meetings shall be open, except when addressing matters related to privacy of individuals.
- Committee meetings will be held on Tuesdays from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.
- The Committee shall report to Senate in March of each year.
Annual Reports
2022 - S.23-22 SGSC Annual Report
2021 - S.22-28 SGSC Annual Report
2020 - S.21-17 SGSC Annual Report
2019 - S.20-25 SGSC Annual Report
2018 - S.19-46 SGSC Annual Report
2017 - S.18-44 SGSC Annual Report
2016 - S.17-50 SGSC Annual Report
2015 - S.16-34 SGSC Annual Report
2014 - S.15-47 SGSC Annual Report
2013 - S.14-52 SGSC Annual Report
2012 - S.13-63 SGSC Annual Report
2011 - S.12-51 SGSC Annual Report
2010 - S.11-50 SGSC Annual Report
2009 - S.10-48 SGSC Annual Report
2008 - S.09-77 SGSC Annual Report
2007 - S.08-34 SGSC Annual Report
2006 - S.07-36 SGSC Annual Report
2005 - S.06-40 SGSC Annual Report
2004 - S.05-46 SGSC Annual Report
2003 - S.04-34 SGSC Annual Report
2002 - S.03-38 SGSC Annual Report
2001 - S.02-26 SGSC Annual Report