October 24, 2016-Agenda & Minutes

Vicki Hough

Time: 9:30am
Location: Exploratory Hall, Room 3301
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 10/10/2016

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 [9:35 AM]

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

III. Announcements/Discussion

IV. Old Business

[PHYS 164 and PHYS 264 are still on hold pending continued discussions between the CDS and PHYS departments. Related graduate items will likely be on November’s COSCC agenda.]

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

  • BIOL 401 Phage Discovery [Approved pending prerequisite addition of “…or equivalent or permission of instructor”]
  • BIOL 412 Phage Genomics [Approved pending prerequisite addition of “…or equivalent or permission of instructor”]
  • BIOL 442 Urban Ecosystems and Processes [Approved pending prerequisite change: “CHEM 211 & CHEM 213, and (MATH113 or equivalent), and BIOL 308, and PHYS 243, or permission of instructor”]
  • CONS 400 Conservation Seminar [Approved pending prerequisite addition: “…, and EVPP 301 and EVPP 302 (or equivalent) or permission of instructor,” and ESP approval]
  • CONS 405 Landscape Ecology and GIS [Tabled pending discussions with GGS.]
  • CONS 406 Small Population Management [Approved pending prerequisite addition: “…, and EVPP 301 and EVPP 302 (or equivalent) or permission of instructor,” and ESP approval]
  • CONS 499 Research in Conservation [Approved pending prerequisite addition: “…, and EVPP 301 and EVPP 302 (or equivalent) or permission of instructor,” and ESP approval]
  • FRSC 401 Crime Scene Investigations [Approved]
  • FRSC 406 Forensic Internship [Approved]
  • FRSC 499 Comprehensive Examination [Approved]

Modified Courses

  • BIOL 312 Biostatistics [Approved]
  • CHEM 321 Elementary Quantitative Analysis [Approved]
  • BIOL 482 Introduction to Molecular Genetics [Approved]
  • CONS 404 Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity [Approved pending prerequisite addition: “…, and EVPP 301 and EVPP 302 (or equivalent) or permission of instructor,” and ESP approval]
  • CONS 491 Comprehensive Conservation Planning [Approved pending prerequisite addition: “…, and EVPP 301 and EVPP 302 (or equivalent) or permission of instructor,” and ESP approval]
  • FRSC 200 Survey of Forensic Science [Approved]
  • FRSC 201 Introduction to Criminalistics [Approved]
  • FRSC 302 Forensic Trace Analysis [Approved]
  • FRSC 303 Forensic Evidence and Ethics [Approved]
  • FRSC 304 Forensic Chemistry [Approved]
  • FRSC 405 Independent Studies/Research [Approved]
  • FRSC 460 Forensic DNA Sciences [Approved pending prerequisite addition of “… or equivalent or permission of instructor”]

Modified Programs

  • Biology, BS new Bioinformatics Concentration [Approved pending form’s degree total update to 23 credits]
  • Forensic Science, BS [Approved with a suggestion to add wording to caution students about electives potentially needing prerequisites.]
  • Geography, BA [Approved with a suggestion to add GEOL 305 as an elective. Additionally, it was suggested to add wording to caution students about electives potentially needing prerequisites. ]

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

  • BIOS 715 Molecular Ecology [Approved pending addition of equivalent course: EVPP 515]
  • BIOS 716 Methods in Evolutionary Biology [Approved pending addition of equivalent course: EVPP 615. The Biology department noted that the prerequisite should have been BIOL 715 or equivalent, (not BIOL 515).]

Modified Courses

  • BIOL 574 Population Genetics [Approved pending prerequisite addition: “… or equivalent”]
  • CSI 781 Plasma Science [Tabled pending discussion with PHYS]
  • CSI 783 Computational Quantum Mechanics [Tabled pending discussion with PHYS]
  • CSI 787 Computational Materials Science [Tabled pending discussion with PHYS]
  • CSI 788 Simulation of Large Scale Physical Systems [Tabled pending discussion with PHYS]
  • CSI 885 Atomistic Modeling of Materials [Tabled pending discussion with PHYS]
  • CSI 854 Hyperspectral Images Applications [Tabled pending discussion with PHYS and GGS]

Modified Program

  • Biosciences, PhD Modified Systematics Molecular Evolution and Biocomplexity Concentration [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [11:25 AM]