AC-02-86
                                
                       FACULTY OF SCIENCE
                       ACADEMIC COMMITTEE


Minutes  of  the meeting held on Tuesday, December 10,  2002,  at
2:30 p.m. in Room 409, Dawson Hall.


PRESENT:  Dean  Shaver  (Chair), Associate Dean Mendelson  (Vice-
          Chair),  Professors,  Bennett, Drury,  Kakkar,  Kramer,
          Lapointe,   Leighton,  Panangaden,  Paquette,   Sutton,
          Wechsler; J. D'Amico.

REGRETS:  Professors   Arkani-Hamed,  Baker,   Baines,   Silvius;
          Associate  Dean  Hendershot; L. Bondy, J.  Capling,  C.
          Caserly,  S.  Chakkalackal, I. Halperin, E.  Lewis,  C.
          Ward; E. Gibb.

DOCUMENTS:      AC-02-56  (Revised 4), AC-02-74(Revised),  AC-02-
75(Revised)
          AC-02-81  to   AC-02-85


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

1.   ADOPTION OF AGENDA

          -  Item  #9, Other Business, Minor in Computer  Science
          (AC-02-85) to be added.
          
          Prof. Kramer moved, seconded by Prof. Bennett, that the
          modified Agenda be approved.

          The motion carried.

2.   MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 19, 2002                           AC-02-
81

          Prof.  Kakkar  moved, seconded by Prof. Leighton,  that
          the minutes be approved.

          The motion carried.

3.   BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

          There was no business arising from the minutes.

4.   MINOR COURSE CHANGES                                   AC-02-
82
     (for information)

5.   GEOGRAPHY

     New Course:
     GEOG 303       Health Geography                        AC-02-
83
                    3 credits

          Prof. Lapointe moved, seconded by Prof. Paquette,  that
          the above course be adopted.

          The motion carried.


6.   PHYSICS

     New Course:
     PHYS 205            Our Evolving Universe              AC-02-
74
                         3 credits

     New Course:
     PHYS 206            The Milky Way Inside and Out       AC-02-
75
                         3 credits

          Prof. Sutton moved, seconded by Prof. Panangaden,  that
          the courses be adopted.

          The motion carried.

7.      PLACEMENT   TESTS                                AC-02-56
(Revised 4)

407.1     Associate Dean Mendelson pointed out that MATH 130  and
          131  had  been added to Item #1 at the request  of  the
          Faculty of Management.

407.2     There  was  some discussion concerning the security  of
          the exams for the placement tests.  The original intent
          had  been  to  use the May Supplemental exams  for  the
          placement  tests, but it was pointed out that  students
          could   conceivably  learn  of  this.   However,  since
          departments would now be providing placement exams,  it
          was  felt that departments could take appropriate steps
          to  ensure that students could not know in advance  the
          questions on the exams.

407.3     After  some discussion, the second sentence in Item  #6
          was changed to read:

407.4     "However,  students who receive exemptions in  Biology,
          Chemistry,  and Physics, shall be obliged to  pass  the
          corresponding lab course, if they did not  study  in  a
          formal course that included laboratory work that  meets
          with the relevant department's approval."

          Associate  Dean  Mendelson  moved,  seconded  by  Prof.
          Wechsler,  the  Document  AC-02-56  (Revised   4),   as
          modified above, be approved.

          The motion carried.

8.        REGULATIONS      CONCERNING     FINAL      EXAMINATIONS
AC-02-84

408.1     Associate  Dean  Mendelson said  that  in  the  General
          University section of the Calendar, Section 5.2.1, Item
          #1,   it  was  specified  that  regulations  concerning
          examinations "apply to undergraduate courses up to  and
          including the 400 level..."  The proposal was that  the
          Faculty  of Science would apply the regulations  up  to
          and  including the 500 level.  Associate Dean Mendelson
          said  that when the regulation was devised, there  were
          not many 500-level courses.  He said that the issue  of
          changing  "400 level" to "500 level" for the University
          as a whole would be raised at APPC.

408.2     During  the  discussion, it was brought  out  that  any
          modifications  to  regulations for 600-  and  700-level
          courses  would have to involve the Council of  Graduate
          and Postdoctoral Studies.

          Associate  Dean  Mendelson  moved,  seconded  by  Prof.
          Wecshler,  that for the Faculty of Science, courses  up
          to  and including the 500-level would be covered by the
          University regulations for final examinations  (Section
          5.2.1).

          The motion carried.

9.   OTHER BUSINESS

     -  COMPUTER SCIENCE

          -    B.Sc.    Minor   Program   in   Computer   Science
     AC-02-85

          Prof.  Panangaden moved, seconded by Prof. Drury,  that
          the changes be approved.

          The motion carried.

          There  being no further business, the meeting adjourned
          at 3:10 p.m.