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Vol. 143, Issue 27
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PHE program suspended
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Suspicious persons reported around campus
Admissions to degree to be stalled for one year
M ikayla W ronko Assistant News Editor Campus Security and Emergency Services issued an alert on Wednesday following four suspicious person reports received on and near main campus in a 24-hour period. The first incident reported a student being followed home from campus by an unknown man early on Tuesday morning. After the student entered her house, the man continued onto the porch and attempted to open the locked front door. In a post in the popular Facebook group “Overheard at Queen’s”, the victim elaborated on the event, stating that she had been walking down Alfred St. after returning from Stauffer Library See Three on page 4
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The School of Kinesiology and Health Studies announced the suspension last Friday.
J ordana G oldman Assistant News Editor Queen’s will be suspending admissions to the Physical and Health Education program starting September 2017. The decision was announced Friday afternoon at the Arts and Science Faculty Board, according to the Queen’s Gazette. Susan Mumm, the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, said the suspension will last one year.
Mumm agreed to suspend admissions following a recommendation from the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies in September. The School of Kinesiology and Health Studies will be responsible for revising the program along with Mumm. The suspension will provide the School with the necessary time to explore the options of the program’s future, Mumm said. “A temporary suspension of
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admission will allow the Faculty time to consult with students, alumni and other key stakeholders about the long-term viability of the program moving forward,” Mumm wrote in an email to The Journal. Students currently enrolled in the program and graduate students supervised by faculty members in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies will be able to continue their studies without disruption, she added.
ArtsSci to introduce pass/fail course option
New sexual assault policy lacks depth
The Personal Interest Credit will allow Arts and Science students to take 6.0 credits with pass/fail grading
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Originally published online on March 14. Students in the Faculty of Arts and Science will have the option
to take pass/fail courses this coming September. The new option, called the Personal Interest Credit, was approved by the Arts and Science Faculty Board last Friday. It will allow Arts and Science students to choose up to 6.0 units — one
full-year course or two half-year courses — of electives to receive a pass/fail grade. The policy, the first of its kind at Queen’s, is intended to reduce the risk of taking courses outside a student’s program of study and to promote interdisciplinary studies.
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Mumm said various factors contributed to the decision, including the considerable overlap of curriculum content with the Kinesiology program and the decrease in PhD programs in the field, which has reduced the number of available teachers. Mumm also noted that higher education and the health industry have shifted away from physical education programs. “The number of opportunities
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Pass/fail courses will have no effect on a student’s GPA. Any course offered by the Faculty of Arts and Science is eligible for pass/fail designation, although it cannot be a requirement for a student’s degree plan. Students will have the option to designate a course as pass/fail before the deadline to drop a course without academic penalty each term. In PIC courses, a grade of Pass (P) is given when a student earns higher than a D-. Otherwise, the student receives a grade of Fail (F). Only one pass/fail course may be taken each term. Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) President Brandon Jamieson and Vice President Andrew DiCapua campaigned last year on the promise to introduce pass/fail courses in Arts and Science. Since they began their term, ASUS representatives have conducted rounds of consultations with Queen’s staff and faculty to See Pass/fail on page 4