Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Faculty of Science and its departments. The Faculty of Science was one of the three charter faculties established at SFU in 1965. For a general description of record types contained in the correspondence, see the series description for faculty correspondence in general (F-200-3).

Sub-sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Registrar / Dean of Student Services and units that reported to the Registrar, including Financial Aid and Admissions. Activities and topics documented include enrolment, admissions, registration procedures, high-school liaison, and student recruitment; grading policy, class scheduling, calendar revisions; office reorganization and staff relations; the telephone registration project (1990-1991); and development of student information systems, including a systems plan (1980), the design and implementation of the SIMON database (1986), and planning (from 1996) for the replacement / migration of SIMON. Records inlcude correspondence, reports, job description, technical specifications and planning documents.

Sub-sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Associate Vice-President, Academic. Division of responsibilities between the VP and the AVP has changed over time and varied according to the individuals holding these positions. Prior to 1983, this series includes the actual correspondence of the AVP; around this date, the Office of the Associate Vice-President, Academic established its own file classification system and thereafter the AVP's correspondence was maintained separately (see fonds F-201). Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include meetings between the VP and the AVP, policy development, program proposals, government liaison, international activities, budget planning, supervision of units that reported to the AVP, high-school liaison, and promotion of university research. Records includes correspondence, proposals, reports, meeting agenda and minutes, agreements, and notes and working papers.

Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to the regular meetings and forums in which the Vice-President, Academic participated, including meetings of the SFU Vice-Presidents, Deans, Chairs, Academic Directors, and Administrators; the Simon Fraser Student Society / Administrators meetings; and meetings of the Vice-Presidents, Academic of other western Canadian universities. Records include meeting agendas, minutes, supporting papers, reports, correspondence, notes and working papers.

Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to the activities and deliberations of university committees with responsibilities for university computing policies, operations, and services. For the list of committee included in the sub-sub-series, see Access Points below. Records include correspondence, reports, and meeting agendas, minutes, and supporting papers.

Sub-series consists of records relating to matters affecting the terms and conditions of employment of university academic teaching staff. Activities and topics documented include development, revision, interpretation, and reorganization of the university's academic policies and procedures, including appointment, faculty workload, and the harassment policy; faculty recruitment planning, leaves, sabbaticals, and retirements; the university's employment equity program and the activities and deliberations of the Salary Equity Study Committee and the Employment Equity Advisory Committee; faculty salaries and the activities of the Market Differential Advisory Committee (1991-1993) and the University Salary Appeals Committee (1992-1995); faculty renewal, tenure and promotion processes and the activities of the University Tenure Committee. Records include correspondence, reports, policies, drafts and working papers, faculty position authorizations, performance review statistics, questionnaires, meeting agendas and minutes, and university Compliance Review Reports by the SFU Employment Equity Coordinator.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the activities of the Academic Planning Services unit within the Vice-President, Academic's Office (1992-1995), and then Secretariat Services which took over some the Academic Planning Services' functions in 1995. Activities and topics documented include university endowment accounts, administrative support for external reviews, development of an "accountability framework," and budget planning for new academic program proposals. Records include correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and drafts; external review committee terms of reference, itineraries, summaries, and reports; and program proposals, comments (internal and external), and funding estimates.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Harassment Resolution Office during the period in which it belonged to the VP Academic's reporting portfolio (1998-2004). Activities and topics documented include the organization of the Office, revision of the university's Harassment Policy in 1998 and its subsequent implementation and operation, and the activities of the Harassment Resolution Policy Board. Records include correspondence, annual reports, appointment letters of investigators and mediators, lists of advisors, and legal advice.

Series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with officers of other universities, including the University of British Columbia (UBC), University of Victoria (UVic), the Open Learning Agency (OLA), and the Technical University of British Columbia (TechBC). Activities and topics documented include inter-university liaison and cooperation, and academic exchanges. Records include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, news releases and bulletins, and agreements.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Graduate Studies office. The first Dean of Graduate Studies was appointed in 1970. Prior to 1985, the Dean of Graduate Studies had major responsibilities for the university's research support services (thereafter transferred to the Vice-President, Research / Information Systems). Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include the administrative organization of Graduate Studies; graduate students and their enrollment, progress, supervision, fees and support; teaching assistants and their unionization; research ethics and the development of the university's Research Ethics Policy; correspondence with and applications to external research granting agencies; supervision of research centres and institutes; academic program proposals and planning; and the activities of the University Publications Committee (1980-1985) and the Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate – Faculty Relations (1993). Records include correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, reports, proposals, and planning documents.