November 25, 2013 – Agenda & Minutes

The meeting minutes are indicated within bold brackets [ ] and are in draft form until they’re approved by the committee.

I. Call to Order [11:05am]

II. Approval of the October 2013 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• December 2013 Meeting Date [This will be determined via email.]

IV. Old Business

• CLIM 310 Principles of Climate Physics [This item has been withdrawn.]

V. New Business – Undergraduate

• New Courses
  • EVPP 309 Introduction to Oceanography [Approved by the COSCC. However, the item did not receive college approval and the involved COSCC members were advised via email on 12/09/2013.]
  • EVPP 427 Disease Ecology and Conservation [Approved]
  • PHYS 301 Analytical Methods of Physics [Approved]
  • PHYS 332 Solar Cells [Approved]
• New Program
  • Undergraduate Pre-Medical Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program [This item was tabled as it had no presenter.]
• Modified Courses
  • CLIM 312 Physical Climatology [Approved]
  • PHYS 303 Classical Mechanics [Approved]
  • PHYS 305 Electromagnetic Theory [Approved]
• Modified Programs
  • Environmental Science, BS (also includes modification to the Aquatic Ecology concentration) [Approved. Course additions/clarifications were made to the form during the meeting.]
  • Physics, BS [Approved pending clarification that the correct course numbers were reflected in the requirements section. 11/26/2013- an email stating that the courses were listed correctly was distributed.]
• Deleted Course
  • CLIM 411 Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics [Approved]
• Deleted Concentration
  • Marine and Freshwater Biology Concentration (BS Biology) [This item was tabled as it had no presenter.]

VI. New Business – Graduate

• New Courses
  • BIOL 562 Personalized Medicine [Approved]
  • BIOL 678 Cell-Based Assays [Approved. The form was modified to indicate that it was a lab and lecture course.]
  • EVPP 527 Disease Ecology and Conservation [Approved]
• Modified Courses
  • BINF 701 Biochemical Systematics [Approved]
  • BINF 702 Research Methods [Approved. The form was modified to indicate the correct course, BINF 702, on the second page.]
• Modified Programs
  • Applied and Engineering Physics, MS [Approved]
  • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, MS [Approved]
  • Computational Science, MS [Approved]
• Deleted Concentration
  • Bioinformatics Concentration (MS Biology) [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [12:15pm]