AC-96-42
                                
                       FACULTY OF SCIENCE
                       ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
                                
                                
Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday, December 10, 1996 at 2:30
p.m. in the Arts Council Room (160).


PRESENT:  Dean  Shaver (Chair), Associate Dean de Takacsy  (Vice-
          Chair),Professors  Baines,  Brawer,   Doig,   Franklin,
          Grutter,  Ingram, Norris, Pollard, Rigelhof,  Sittmann,
          ThÈrien, Wechsler; H. Waluzyniec; J. DíAmico.


REGRETS:  Professors Andrews and Silvius; S. Aggarwal,  S.  Park,
          P. Jorgensen, T. Samata; Mr. Crawford.


DOCUMENTS:     AC-96-35       to        AC-96-41


          Dean Shaver called the meeting to order at 2:35 p.m.

(1)  MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 19, 1996                 AC-96-35

          Prof.  Pollard moved, seconded by Prof. Sittmann,  that
          the minutes be approved.

          The motion carried.

(2)  BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES


          Minute 308.2 - Course Restrictions (AC-96-33)

402.1     Associate  Dean  de  Takacsy  said  that  a   list   of
          restricted  courses is now published under the  Science
          Web page.

(3)  REPORT ON MINOR COURSE CHANGES               AC-96-36
          (for information)


(4)  MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS

-    B.Sc./B.A. Mathematics and Computer Science
     Faculty Programs                             AC-96-37

          Prof.  Brawer  moved, seconded by Prof. Rigelhof,  that
          the above changes be approved.

          The motion carried.

(5)  AD HOC MINOR IN CHEMISTRY                    AC-96-38
     (Not Approved)

405.1     Concerns   were  raised  by  members  that  the   minor
          discipline (Chemistry) was too close in subject  matter
          to  the  major discipline (in this case, Biochemistry).
          A  number  of members felt that approval of this  minor
          would  set a precedent for minor/major combinations  in
          very closely related fields.

          Prof. Franklin moved, seconded by Prof. Doig, that  the
          ad hoc Minor for Mr. Shin Numao be approved.

          Vote:
          For            6
          Against        7
          Abstention     1

          The motion failed.


(6)  EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE                        AC-96-39

New Course (Referred Back to Department):
516-512D       Recent Progress in AIDS Research
               6 credits

406.1     There  was some discussion with regard to the  lack  of
          prerequisites/corequisites,  and  the  extremely  broad
          scope  of  the course. Questions were raised concerning
          the types of students the course would attract.

          Prof. Rigelhof moved, seconded by Prof. Sittmann,  that
          the  course  be  referred back  to  the  Department  of
          Experimental Medicine for further information.

          The motion carried.


(7)  MINOR IN NORTHERN STUDIES                    AC-96-40
          (for information)

407.1     It was pointed out that the above Minor had been a very
          popular  program in the past, but that no new  students
          had  registered  since 1994.  It seems that  there  has
          been   an   increased  interest   in   the   Minor   in
          Environmental Studies, at the expense of the  Minor  in
          Northern  Studies.  It was suggested that the Minor  in
          Northern Studies could be the basis for a domain in the
          McGill School of Environment.



(8)  PHYSIOLOGY

-    Faculty, Major and Honours Programs          AC-96-41

          Prof. Wechsler moved, seconded by Prof. Sittmann,  that
          the above changes be approved.

          The motion carried.

(9)  OTHER BUSINESS

-         MEng/MSc (Applied) - Option in Environmental
          Engineering (for information)

409.1     Associate  Dean  de Takacsy said that the  above  joint
          degree  program had been proposed by the  Faculties  of
          Engineering   and  of  Agricultural  and  Environmental
          Sciences.  He said that the Faculty of Engineering  had
          approved  the proposal, and that it would be  presented
          to   the  Faculty  of  Agricultural  and  Environmental
          Sciences  at  a  future  meeting.   Associate  Dean  de
          Takacsy said that he would keep members informed of the
          progress of this joint program.


          The meeting adjourned at 3:20 p.m.