April 1, 2022- Agenda & Minutes

Time:  9:30am
Location: Zoom invite sent to committee members. If anyone else would like to attend, please email Jen for details.
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 3/18/2022

When available, the meeting minutes will be indicated within bold brackets [ ] and are in draft form until they are approved by the committee.

Relevant Links: Undergraduate Council Meeting Minutes/ Graduate Council Meeting Minutes

I. Call to Order [9:33AM]

II. Approval of the February 25, 2022 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

Notification of the Fall 2022 Offering of COS 602 Special Topics in Science: Title: Developing High Impact Research Questions. Offered by CDS and PSYC via cross listing. This course is being offered in response to a multidisciplinary NSF grant. Instructors: Rupp (PSYC), Kennedy (CDS), Rothman (CDS), Lopez (CDS). [The syllabus was shared post-meeting and no concerns were raised by the committee.]

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

• CHEM 460: Chemistry in the Kitchen*[Approved]
• GGS 106: Climate Change and a Sustainable Earth [Tabled per department]
• MATH 421: Abstract Algebra II [Approved]
• MATH 432: Differential Geometry [Approved]
• MATH 433: Algebraic Geometry [Approved]
• MATH 490: Internship [Approved]

Modified Courses

• BIOL 213: Cell Structure and Function [Approved]
• BIOL 334: Vertebrate Paleontology [Approved]
• BIOL 336: Invertebrate Paleontology [Approved]
• COS 300: Professional Preparation for STEM Disciplines [Approved]
• EVPP 109: Ecosphere- Introduction to Environmental Science I- Lab*[Approved]
• EVPP 113: Ecosphere- Introduction to Environmental Science II- Lab*[Approved]
• GEOL 303: Field Mapping Techniques [Approved]
• GGS 308: Field Mapping Techniques [Approved]
• GGS 416: Satellite Image Analysis [Approved]
• GGS 426: Physical Fundamentals of Remote Sensing [Approved]
• MATH 491: Reading and Problems [Approved]
• PHYS 161:University Physics I Laboratory [Approved]
• PHYS 261_University Physics II Laboratory [Approved]

Deactivated Courses

• GGS 319: Air Pollution [Approved]
• GGS 456: Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation [Approved]
• GGS 490: Practicum in Geographical Applications [Approved]
• GGS 495: GGS Senior Research Project [Approved]

New Programs

• Energy Transition Management Minor [Approved pending adding information to justification.]

Modified Programs

• Atmospheric Sciences, BS [Approved. Recommendation to remove GGS 319 and 456.]
• Biology, BS [Approved]
• Earth Science Minor [Approved]
• Environmental Science, BS [Approved]
• Geographic Information Systems Minor [Approved]
• Geography Minor [Approved]
• Geology, BS [Approved]
• Mathematics, BS* [Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

• NEUR 554 Neuroscience of Consciousness [Approved with modifications to the prerequisites.]
• MATH 690: Graduate Internship [Approved]

Modified Courses

• ASTR 764/CSI 764: Computational Astrophysics [Approved]
• ASTR 765: High-Energy and Accretion Astrophysics [Approved]
• ASTR 796: Directed Reading and Research [Approved, pending clarification of “and” vs “or” in pre-reqs.]
• GEOL 504: Sedimentary Geology [Approved]
• GEOL 521: Geology of Energy Resources [Approved]
• PHYS 502: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics [Approved with prereq course title addition and “or equivalent”.]
• PHYS 512: Solid State Physics and Applications [Approved with prereq course title addition and “or equivalent”.]
• PHYS 533: Modern Instrumentation [Approved]
• PHYS 540: Nuclear and Particle Physics  [Approved with prereq course title addition and “or equivalent”.
• PHYS 575: Atmospheric Physics I [Approved with prereq course title addition and “or equivalent”.
• PHYS 581: Topics in Renewable Energy [Approved with prereq course title addition and “or equivalent”.]
• PHYS 796 Directed Reading and Research [Approved pending clarification of “and” vs “or” in pre-reqs.]

Deactivated Courses

• GGS 581: World Food and Population [Approved]
• GGS 605: Systemic Applications of GIS [Approved]
• GGS 671: Algorithms and Modeling in GIS [Approved]
• GGS 721: Biogeography [Approved]
• GGS 756 Physical Principles of Remote Sensing [Approved]
• GGS 759: Topics in Earth Systems Science [Approved]
• GGS 772: Cloud Geographic Information [Approved]

Modified Programs

• Bachelor’s Degree (selected), Bioinformatics Management, Accelerated PSM [Approved]
• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Graduate Certificate [Approved]
• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, MS [Approved]
• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, PhD [Approved]
• Bioinformatics Management, MS [Approved]
• Bioinformatics Management, Professional Science Master’s [Approved]
• Biology, MS [Approved]
• Biosciences, PhD [Approved]
• Chemistry and Biochemistry, PhD [Approved]
• Computational Sciences and Informatics, PhD [Approved]
• Computational Social Science, PhD [Approved]
• Neuroscience, BS/Biology, Accelerated MS [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [11:41AM]