April 24, 2014 – Agenda & Minutes

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Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Exploratory Hall, Conference Room L106
Agenda items for this meeting are due to the COSCC Secretary by April 10th

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

I. Call to Order [12:10 pm]

II. Approval of the March 2014 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

IV. Old Business

  • Modifications to BIOL 483 (General Chemistry) and CHEM 463 (General Biochemistry I) were approved by the COSCC via an urgent email vote on April 7, 2014.

V. New Business – Undergraduate

  • New Courses
    • CDS 303 Scientific Data Mining [Approved]
    • EVPP 309 Introduction to Oceanography [Approved with the additional notation that it is cross listed with BIOL 309 and GEOL 309]
  • Modified Courses
    • ASTR 328 Stars and Interstellar Medium [Approved]
    • BIOL 309 Introduction to Oceanography [Approved with the additional notation that it is cross listed with EVPP 309 and GEOL 309]
    • CDS 301 Scientific Information and Data Visualization [Approved]
    • CDS 302 Scientific Data and Databases [Approved]
    • GEOL 309 Introduction to Oceanography [Approved with the additional notation that it is cross listed with BIOL 309 and EVPP 309]
    • PHYS 306 Wave Motion and Electromagnetic Radiation [Approved]
    • PHYS 402 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics [Approved]
    • PHYS 409 Physics Internship [Approved with a wording change from “…permission of the school” to “… permission of the undergraduate coordinator”]
  • Modified Program
  • Deleted Courses
    • CDS 401 Scientific Data Mining [Approved]
    • PHYS 328 Introduction to Astrophysics [Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

  • Modified Course
    • FRSC 610 Forensics Research Project [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [12:45pm]

  • May 2014′s meeting date is forthcoming; please check the COSCC landing page for updates. [Pending the committee’s approval after all proposed agenda items have been received, May’s meeting will probably be held via email vote.]