News Category: ‘Academic Year’

Time:  9:30am
Location: Microsoft Teams. If anyone in addition to the COSCC would like to attend, please email Jen for details.

Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 11/17/2023.

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

Attendees:

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the November 17, 2023 Meeting Minutes

III. Announcements/Discussion

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

VI. New Business – Graduate

VII. Adjournment

*Item added after the agenda was announced.

Time:  9:30am
Location: Microsoft Teams. If anyone in addition to the COSCC would like to attend, please email Jen for details.

Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 11/3/2023.

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

Attendees:

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the October 27, 2023 Meeting Minutes

III. Announcements/Discussion

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

VI. New Business – Graduate

VII. Adjournment

*Item added after the agenda was announced.

Time:  9:30am
Location: Microsoft Teams. If anyone in addition to the COSCC would like to attend, please email Jen for details.

Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 10/13/2023.

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

Attendees:

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the September 29, 2023 Meeting Minutes

III. Announcements/Discussion

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

VI. New Business – Graduate

VII. Adjournment

*Item added after the agenda was announced.

Time:  9:30am
Location: Microsoft Teams. If anyone in addition to the COSCC would like to attend, please email Jen for details.

Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 9/15/2023.

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

Attendees:

I. Call to Order 

II. Approval of the September 1, 2023 Meeting Minutes

III. Announcements/Discussion

• Chair vote
• COSCC Bylaws review
• Certificate/Accelerated Master’s pathways
• Undergraduate and Graduate Council agendas review

IV. Old Business

• Approval of the May 12, 2023 meeting minutes
• COS 402/602 update from September 1, 2023 COSCC meeting

New Courses-Undergraduate

• EVPP 485: Quantitative Methods for Environmental Scientists*

New Courses- Graduate

• EVPP 585: Quantitative Methods for Environmental Scientists*

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

• NEUR 355: Cross Cultural Studies in Scientific Inquiry

VI. New Business – Graduate

VII. Adjournment 

*Item added after the agenda was announced.

Time:  9:30am
Location: Microsoft Teams. If anyone in addition to the COSCC would like to attend, please email Jen for details.

Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 8/18/2023.

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

Attendees:

I. Call to Order [9:34AM]

II. Approval of the May 12, 2023 Meeting Minutes [This item was inadvertently missed and will be addressed at the next meeting]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• 2023-2024 COSCC Chair Vote [Postponed to next meeting]
• COS 402/602 Syllabus for Spring 2024* [Tabled to allow more time for review. Syllabi must come into alignment with University Policy 3002.]

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

• CLIM 103: Global Weather, Climate, and Society Laboratory [Approved pending clearer schedule alignment with the CLIM 101 lecture.]
• EVPP 435: The Diversity of Fishes* [Approved]
• EVPP 485: R Programming and Statistics for Environmental Scientists* [Tabled for a larger cross-departmental discussion.]

Modified Courses

• BIOL 177: Ecological Applications [Approved]
• BIOL 480: The Diversity of Fishes*[Approved]
• NEUR 328: Cellular Neuroscience Lab* [Approved with max allowable correction and What/Why format.]
• NEUR 406: Zebrafish Neurodevelopment Laboratory* [Approved with What/Why format.]

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Course

• EVPP 585: R Programming and Statistics for Environmental Scientists* [Tabled for a larger cross-departmental discussion.]

VII. Adjournment [10:48AM]

*Item added after the agenda was announced.

Time:  9:30am
Location: Microsoft Teams. If anyone in addition to the COSCC would like to attend, please email Jen for details.

Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 4/28/2023.

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

Attendees:

I. Call to Order [9:30AM]

II. Approval of the April 28, 2023 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

Modified Course

• EVPP 436: The Human Dimensions of Global Climate Change [Approved]

Modified Program

• Environmental Science, BS [Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

VII. Adjournment [9:38AM]

*Item added after the agenda was announced.

Time:  9:30am
Location: Microsoft Teams. If anyone in addition to the COSCC would like to attend, please email Jen for details.

Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 4/14/2023.

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

Attendees:

I. Call to Order [9:33 AM]

II. Approval of the March 31, 2023 Meeting Minutes

III. Announcements/Discussion

• Fall 2023 COSCC Meeting Schedule [The committee would like to keep fall 2023 meetings on Fridays at 9:30am.]

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

• CLIM 103: Global Warming: Weather, Climate, and Society Laboratory  [Approved, pending clarification about catalog description. Post-meeting, the course was tabled.]
• COS 108: College of Science Transitions* [Approved]
• COS 390: Learning Assistant Seminar* [Approved pending syllabus updates: COVID statement removal and clarifying grading.]
• COS 391: Continuing Learning Assistant Seminar* [Approved pending change to 0-1 credits and syllabus updates: COVID statement removal.]
• EVPP 441: Protist Diversity and Ecology* [Approved]

Modified Program

• Neuroscience, BS* [Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

• BINF 735: Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis [Approved]
• BIOL 565: Medical Microbiology  [Tabled per department]
• GEOL 545: Planetary Geology [Approved]

Modified Course

• BIOL 671: Fundamental Concepts in Evolution [Approved]

Modified Programs

• IN-MS-P002: INTO Mason: Science Graduate Pathways [Approved]
• Neuroscience, PhD* [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [10:45am}

*Item added after the agenda was announced.

Time:  9:30am
Location: Microsoft Teams. If anyone in addition to the COSCC would like to attend, please email Jen for details.

Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 3/17/2023.

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

Attendees:

I. Call to Order [9:30AM]

II. Approval of the February 24, 2023 Meeting Minutes [approved.]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• The Crosslisting Policy updates are not yet available, they will be brought to a future COSCC meeting.

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

• CDS 465: Modeling Interactive Populations [Approved, pending change to grading percentages.]
• COS 150: Women Leaders in STEM*[Approved]
• GGS 485: Capstone in Geography and Geoinformation Science [Approved]

Modified Courses

• CDS 411: Modeling and Simulation II [Approved]
• CDS 461: Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulations [Approved]
• EVPP 336: Human Dimensions of the Environment [Approved, pending clarification on course description and pre-reqs.]
• EVPP 436: The Human Dimensions of Global Climate Change [Tabled]
• MATH 312: Geometry [Approved]
• MATH 411: Functions of a Complex Variable [Approved]

Inactivated Courses

•  EVPP 409: Medical Mycology
  • impacted programs: Environmental Science, BS [Approved]
• EVPP 472: Tools and Techniques for International Development
  • impacted programs: Renewable Energy Interdisciplinary Minor [Approved]
• GGS 412: Air Photography Interpretation
  • impacted programs: Geographic Information Systems Minor, Intelligence Studies Minor, Computing, BS
  • impacted courses: GEOL 317: Geomorphology, GGS 562: Photogrammetry, GGS 579: Remote Sensing [Approved]

Modified Programs

• Astronomy, BS*[Approved with a clarified “what” and “why”]
• Environmental and Sustainability Studies, BA Approved with the suggestion to update the concentration code.]
• Geography, BA [Approved]
• Geography, BS [Approved]
• IN-BA-P002,IN-BPRE-P002,IN-BS-P002: INTO-Mason: Science Undergraduate Pathways [Approved with an included statement that the COSCC is simply moving the proposal along as it did not notice any science-related changes.]
• Mathematics, BS [Approved via post-meeting email vote.]
• Physics, BS*[Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

Modified Courses

• CSI 798: Research Project [Approved pending clarity on the repeat status]
• EVPP 536: The Diversity of Fishes [Approved]
• GGS 533: Issues in Regional Geography [Approved]
• GGS 590: Selected Topics in Geography [Approved]

Modified Programs

• Earth Systems and Geoinformation Sciences, PhD*[Approved]
• Environmental Science, MS [Approved]
• Forensic Science, BS/Forensic Science, Accelerated MS [Approved]
• Forensic Science, Graduate Certificate [Approved]
• Forensic Science, MS [Approved]
• Neuroscience, PhD* [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [11:40AM]

*Item added after the agenda was announced.

Time:  9:30am
Location: Microsoft Teams. If anyone in addition to the COSCC would like to attend, please email Jen for details.

Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 2/10/2023.

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

Attendees:

I. Call to Order [9:30AM]

II. Approval of the January 27, 2023 Meeting Minutes

III. Announcements/Discussion

• Draft Crosslisting Policy [The COSCC requested that the following be incorporated into the draft: The rationale; provide undergraduate and graduate-specific wording; address cross-college crosslists. It was also asked that we look into providing due-diligence that learning will not be harmed with any particular crosslist- this might include a narrative in the “Justification” section of the CIM form. These revisions will be brought back to the COSCC at a future meeting.]

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

Modified Courses

• BIOL 124: Human Anatomy and Physiology [Approved with pre-req clarification.]
• BIOL 177: Ecological Applications* [Approved]
• CDS 486: Topics in Computational and Data Sciences [Approved]
• MATH 105: Precalculus Mathematics [Approved with “or” pre-req clarification.]
• MATH 108: Introductory Calculus with Business Applications [Approved]
• MATH 113: Analytics Geometry and Calculus I [Approved with “or” pre-req clarification.]
• MATH 114: Analytics Geometry and Calculus II  [Approved]
• MATH 115: Analytics Geometry and Calculus I (Honors) [Approved]
• MATH 123: Calculus with Algebra/Trigonometry, Part A [Approved with “or” pre-req clarification.]
• MATH 125: Discrete Mathematics I [Approved]
• MATH 314: Introduction to Applied Mathematics [Approved]

Inactivated Courses

• GEOL 316: Computers in Geology [Approved]
• GEOL 408: Practicum for Geology Laboratories [Approved]
• MATH 045: STEM Math Prep [Approved]

Modified Program

• Biology, BA* [Approved]
• Computational and Data Science, BS [Approved]
• Environmental Consulting Minor [Approved]
• Neuroscience Minor* [Approved]
• Sustainable Studies Minor [Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

Modified Course

• PHYS 575: Atmospheric Physics I [Approved]

Inactivated Courses

• ASTR 532: Phys Interplanetary Med
  • Impacts: None [Approved]
• CSI 687: Solid State Physics and Applications
  • Impacted Courses: PHYS 512: Solid State Physics and Applications (equivalent); CSI 787: Computational Materials Science (recommended pre-req) [Approved]

Modified Programs

• Applied and Engineering Physics, MS [Approved]
• Climate Science, MS [Approved]
• Computational Sciences and Informatics, PhD [Approved, waiting for updated “why?”]
• Environmental and Sustainability Management Graduate Certificate[Approved]
• Physics, PhD [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [10:38AM]

*Item added after the agenda was announced.

Time:  9:30am
Location: Microsoft Teams. If anyone in addition to the COSCC would like to attend, please email Jen for details.

Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 1/13/2023.

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

Attendees:

I. Call to Order 

II. Approval of the December 2, 2022 Meeting Minutes 

III. Announcements/Discussion

• 2023-2024 Catalog Timeline

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

Modified Courses

• BIOL 124 Human Anatomy and Physiology*
• BIOL 437 Orinthology*
• EVPP 434 Food-Energy-Water Nexus
• EVPP 437 Orinthology

Inactivated Course

• CDS 487 Electronic Structure Computations

Modified Programs

• Biology, BS*
• Forensic Science, BS
• Medical Laboratory Science, BS*
• Sustainability Studies Minor

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Course

• BIMR 510 Creativity and Innovation

Inactivated Courses

• CSI 606 Scientific Graphics and Visualization Tools 
• CSI 629 Topics in Continuum Systems 
• CSI 638 The Policy Process for Scientists
• CSI 662 Introduction to Space Weather
  • Impacted program: Climate Science, MS as an elective
• CSI 670 Economic Systems Design 
• CSI 712 Introduction to Solid Surfaces
• CSI 713 Quantum Chemistry 
• CSI 714 Spectroscopy and Structure  
• CSI 719 Topics in Computational Chemistry
• CSI 722 Computational Fluid Dynamics II
• CSI 723 Fluid Mechanics II
• CSI 763 Statistical Methods in Space Sciences
• CSI 787 Computational Materials Science
  • Impacted program: Computational Sciences and Informatics, PhD as an elective
• CSI 788 Simulation of Large Scale Systems
  • Impacted program: Computational Sciences and Informatics, PhD as an elective
• CSI 854 Hyperspectral Imaging Applications
• CSI 876 Measure and Linear Spaces
  • Impacted program: Computational Sciences and Informatics, PhD as an elective
  • Impacted courses: CSI 972 (being inactivated)
• CSI 877 Geometric Methods in Statistics
  • Impacted program: Computational Sciences and Informatics, PhD as an elective
• CSI 885 Atomistic Modeling of Materials
• CSI 971 Probability Theory
• CSI 972 Mathematical Statistics I
  • Impacted courses: CSI 973 (being inactivated)
• CSI 973 Mathematical Statistics II
• CSI 978 Statistical Analysis of Signals
• CSI 979 Advanced Topics in Computational Statistics
• CSI 991 Seminar in Scientific Computing
  • Impacted programs: Computational Science, MS in a footnote; Computational Sciences and Informatics, PhD as an elective

Modified Program

• Biosciences, PhD

VII. Adjournment

* Item added after the agenda was announced.