November 21, 2016-Agenda & Minutes

Vicki Hough

Time: 9:32am
Location: Exploratory Hall, Room 3301
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 11/7/2016

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 [9:32 AM]

II. Approval of the October 2016 Meeting Minutes  [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

IV. Old Business

New  Courses

  • CONS 405 Landscape and Macrosystems Ecology [Approved. To clarify prerequisites, insert parenthesis around EVPP 301 and EVPP 302.]
  • PHYS 164 Computer Methods In Physics I with supplemental information [Not approved: One in favor, six against]
  • PHYS 264 Computer Methods in Physics II [Not approved: One in favor, six against]

[For both PHYS 164 and PHYS 264, the committee will entertain a new set of courses in the future if the PHYS/ASTR and CDS departments can come to an agreement, particularly as the PHYS courses pertain to CDS 130.]

[As a result of this meeting’s discussion, the committee voted to follow this logic when it comes to proposed new courses that are perceived to be similar to other courses offered by the college:

      As reflected in syllabi:

      Less than 20% overlap is insignificant

      20-49% overlap is “gray area” and up for discussion by the COSCC

      50% or more overlap is significant and the COSCC is very likely to not approve the course.]

V. New Business –Undergraduate

New Courses

  • MATH 401 Mathematics Through 3D Printing [Tabled pending Math department representation]

Modified Courses

  • BIOL 330 Biodiversity Lab and Recitation* [Approved]
  • PHYS 407 Senior Laboratory in Modern Physics* [Approved]

Modified Programs

  • Forensic Science Minor [Approved]
  • Geography, BS new concentration: Health Geography [Approved. ESP suggested that some of its courses may enhance the electives section; additional EVPP courses can be added without having to come back to the committee for review.]
  • Physics, BS Concentration Modification*  [Tabled due to PHYS 164 and 264 not being approved. A revised version is likely to be on a future agenda.]

*= items were added after agenda announcement was distributed

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

  • PHYS 640 Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Fluids [Approved unanimously with the caveat that it must be cross-listed with CSI 742 each time it is offered (provided that the CDS department wishes to offer CSI 742). In addition, it was approved pending the insertion of “Students who take PHYS 640 cannot receive credit for CSI 742 unless an override is granted by the instructor.”]
  • PHYS 694 Applied Mechanics of Solids [Approved]
  • PHYS 695 Applied Fluid Mechanics [Approved with six in favor and one abstained, with the caveat that it must be cross-listed with CSI 720 each time it is offered (provided that the CDS department wishes to offer CSI 720). In addition, it was approved pending the insertion of:  “Students who take PHYS 695 cannot receive credit for CSI 720 unless an override is granted by the instructor.”]

Modified Courses

  • FRSC 541 Forensic Chemistry Laboratory [Approved]
  • FRSC 560 Forensic DNA Sciences [Approved]
  • FRSC 561 Forensic DNA Laboratory [Approved]
  • FRSC 790 Internship In Forensic Science [Approved]
  • MATH 685 Numerical Analysis [Tabled pending Math department representation]

Modified Programs

VII. Adjournment [1:07pm]