Sub-series consists of records made or received by the Head of the Department of Behavioural Science Foundations, R.J.C. Harper, in the course of administering the department. Activities documented include departmental planning (budget, enrollment, staffing, space); curriculum and program development (course planning, development of the Communication Studies program and establishment of the Department of Communication); student relations (enrollment, applications for graduate studies, registration and examinations); relations with faculty members (appointments, tenure, salaries); liaison with other university departments and participation in university, faculty and departmental committees; and liaison with external agencies and associations involved in education. Records include correspondence, reports, invitations, statistics and estimates; course proposals, outlines, and descriptions; and committee meeting agenda, minutes and supporting papers.

For a list of the departments, committees, and external organizations represented in the correspondence and subject files, see the "Access points" section below.

Series consists of records made or received by the Director of the Professional Programs division of the Faculty of Education in the course of administering the program area.

Activities documented include policy development, budget planning, and staffing, including the hiring and orientation of school and faculty associates (professionals from the BC school system seconded to assist in the delivery of the PDP program); curriculum and program planning, including First Nations education, French immersion, and decentralization of SFU's PDP program; conferences, colloquia, liaison with school districts, and administration of external PDP sites; liaison with faculty task forces and committees, other units in the faculty, other SFU departments, other universities, provincial government ministries and agencies, and educational and professional associations; and student relations, advising, and post-graduation employment.

Records include correspondence, reports, proposals, statistics, program information, orientation packages and handbooks, lists of faculty associates, policies and procedures, event schedules, notes and working papers, and printed reference material.

For a list of organizations included in the correspondence, see the "Access points" section below.