March 28, 2016- Agenda & Minutes
Time: 10:00am
Location: Exploratory Hall, Room 3301
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 3/14/2016
When available, the meeting minutes will be indicated within bold brackets [ ] and are in draft form until they are approved by the committee.
I. Call to Order [10:06 a.m.]
II. Approval of the January 2016 Meeting Minutes and February 2016 Meeting Minutes [Approved]
III. Announcements/Discussion
- Khan March 21, 2016 Memo Course Proposal: Activity courses to be factored into degree requirements – Assad Khan [Approved with the following change: 2 credits allowed for PHED and PRLS courses, not 3 credits.]
- PHYS 150 Course Proposal Proposal: PHYS 150 Computing for Physics and Engineering – Bob Weigel and Chi Yang. [Tabled until Physics Department discusses with CDS Department. After signature by both departments, bring before the COSCC.]
IV. Old Business
- Teacher Licensure [Tabled. Some departments need more information from CEHD before moving forward.]
V. New Business – Undergraduate
New Courses
- GGS 313 Introduction to Environmental GIS [Approved pending ESP Chair’s signature.]
Modified Programs
- Geographic Information Systems, Minor [Approved]
- Geography, BA [Approved pending discussion with and signature from ESP and note added to alert students to check each courses’ prerequisite requirements.]
- Physics, BS [Tabled. Includes PHYS 150 which was also tabled.]
Deleted Programs
- Global and Environmental Change, BS [Approved]
VI. New Business – Graduate
New Courses
- CSI 673 Computational Learning and Discovery [Approved pending syllabus revision. CSI 873 was added to the course deletion list.]
- PHYS 690 Engineering Thermodynamics [approved pending syllabus revision and signatures from impacted departments.]
- PHYS 786 Quantum Field Theory of Particles and Condensed Matter [Approved pending syllabus revision.]
Modified Courses
- GGS 553 Geographic Information System [Approved]
- GGS 605 Socioeconomic Applications of GIS [Approved]
- CSI 758 Visualization and Modeling of Complex Systems [Approved]
Modified Programs
- ESP MS Environmental Science and Policy, MS [Approved]
- ESPP PhD Environmental Science and Public Policy, PhD [Approved]
- GGS PhD Earth Systems and Geoinformation Sciences, PhD [Approved]
- PHYS, MS Applied and Engineering Physics, MS [Approved]
Deleted Courses
- CSI Course Deletions CSI 607, CSI 610, CSI 615, CSI 654, CSI 659, CSI 715, CSI 716, CSI 717, CSI 718, CSI 732, CSI 746, CSI 750, CSI 757, CSI 761, CSI 776, CSI 781, CSI 819, CSI 888, CSI 909, CSI 976 [Addition of CSI 873.]
VII. Adjournment [11:35 a.m.]
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