News Category: ‘2012-2013’

Documents Addressed in April 2013

• Graduate Program Modifications
  • PhD in Climate Dynamics modification
• New Graduate Courses
  • BINF 641 – Biomolecular Modeling
  • CSI 597 – Topics in Science and Engineering Simulation
  • CSI 629 – Topics in Continuum Systems
  • CSI 690 – Numerical Methods
  • CSI 695 – Scientific Databases
• Graduate Course Modification
  • ASTR 796 – Directed Reading and Research
  • CSI 701 – Foundations of Computational Sciences
  • CSI 702 – High Performance Computing
  • CSI 720 – Fluid Mechanics
  • CSI 782 – Statistical Mechanics for Modeling and Simulation
  • CSI 786 – Molecular Dynamics Modeling
  • MATH 795 – Graduate Seminar
• Graduate Course Deletions
  • CSI 700 – Numerical Methods
  • CSI 710 – Scientific Databases
  • CSI 729 – Topics in Continuum Systems
• New Undergraduate Programs
  • BS in Biology concentration in Biopsychology
• New Undergraduate Courses
  • PHYS 106 – Quantum Science: A Continuous Revolution in What We Know and How We Live
  • BIOL 480 – The Diversity of Fishes
• Undergraduate Course Modifications
  • PHYS 124 – Experimental Explorations in Physics
  • PHYS 407 – Senior Laboratory in Modern Physics
  • CHEM 313 – Organic Chemistry I
  • CHEM 314 – Organic Chemistry II
  • CHEM 315 – Organic Chemistry I Lab
  • CHEM 318 – Organic Chemistry II Lab
  • CHEM 321 – Elementary Quantitative Analysis
  • CHEM 331 – Phyical chemistry I
  • CHEM 332 – Organic Chemistry II
  • CHEM 336 – Organic Chemistry I Lab
  • CHEM 337 – Organic Chemistry II Lab
  • CHEM 341 – Fundamental Inorganic Chemistry
  • CHEM 355 – Undergraduate Research
  • CHEM 413 – Synthetic and Mechanistic Organic Chemistry
  • CHEM 422 – Instrumental Analysis
  • CHEM 423 – Instrumental Analysis Lab
  • CHEM 427 – Aquatic Environmental Chemistry
  • CHEM 438 – Atmospheric Chemistry
  • CHEM 441 – Properties of Bonding of Inorganic Compounds
  • CHEM 445 – Inorgranic Preparations and Techniques
  • CHEM 446 – Bioinorganic Chemistry
  • CHEM 451 – Special Projects in Chemistry
  • CHEM 452 – Special Projects in Chemistry
  • CHEM 458 – Chemical Oceanography
  • CHEM 463 – General Biochemistry I
  • CHEM 464 – General Biochemistry II
  • CHEM 465 – Biochemistry Lab
  • CHEM 467 – Chemistry of Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions
  • CHEM 490 – Undergraduate Seminar
  • BINF 401 – Bioinformatics and Computational Biology I

Documents Addressed in January 2013

• Graduate Program Modifications
  • Master’s in Forensic Science modification
  • PhD in Chemistry and Biochemistry modification
  • PhD in Neuroscience modification
• New Graduate Courses
  • CHEM 627 – Aquatic Environmental Chemistry
  • CHEM 896 – Doctoral Directed Directed Reading and Research
• Graduate Course Modification
  • FRSC 610 – Forensic Research Project
  • MATH 629 – Topics in Algebra
  • MATH 649 – Topics in Combinatrics
  • BIOL 515 – Introduction To Neurobiology
  • NEUR 601 – Developmental Neurobiology
  • NEUR 603 – Mammalian Neurobiology
• Undergraduate Program Modifications
  • Minor in Astronomy
• Undergraduate Course Modifications
  • ASTR 301 – Astrobiology
  • BIOL 431 – Advanced Anatomy and Physiology II
  • BIOL 435 – Topics in Biology
  • BIOL 440 – Field Biology
• Undergraduate Course Modifications
  • CDS 385 – Materials Science with Applications to Renewable Energy
• New Interdisciplinary Course
  • CONS ### – Introduction to Field Conservation

Documents Addressed in December 2012

• Graduate Program – New Concentration
  • MS in Environmental Science and Public Policy new concentration in Aquatic Ecology
• Graduate Program Modifcations
  • PhD in Earth Systems and Geoinformation Sciences modification
  • MS in Mathematics modification
• Graduate Course Deletion
  • BIOL 590 – Forensic Entomology
• Undergraduate Program Modifications
  • BA in Geography modification
  • BA in Geology modification
• New Undergraduate Courses
  • NEUR 327 – Cellular, Neurophysiological and Pharmacological Neuroscience
  • NEUR 380 – Biological Bases of Alzheimer’s Disease
  • NEUR 395 – Laboratory Methods in Behavioral Science
  • NEUR 411 – Seminar in Neuroscience
  • NEUR 440 – Independent Study in Neuroscience
  • NEUR 450 – Honors Thesis Proposal
  • NEUR 451 – Honors Thesis
• Undergraduate Course Modifications
  • GEOL 404 – Geological Field Techniques

Documents Addressed in October 2012

• Old Business
  • ASTR 602 – Methods of Observational Astronomy [Approved]
  • ASTR 402 – Methods of Observational Astronomy [Approved]
• Graduate Course Modifications
  • CSI 898 – Research Colloquium in Computational Sciences and Informatics modification [Approved]
  • CSI 899 – Colloquium in Computational Sciences and Informatics modification [Approved]
• Undergraduate Program Modifications
  • Biology Honors Program modification
• Undergraduate New Courses
  • ASTR 115 – Finding New Worlds [Approved]
  • BIOL 328 – Recitation for Fundamentals of Ecology and Evolution [Approved]
  • BIOL 338 – Recitation and Lab for Fundamentals of Ecology and Evolution [Approved]
  • BIOL 333 – Forensic Entomology [Tabled]
  • BIOL 408 – Mushrooms, Molds and Mankind [Approved]
  • BIOL 409 – Medical Mycology [Approved]
  • BIOL 487 – DNA Analysis of Biological Evidence [Tabled]
• Undergraduate Course Modifications
  • BIOL 308 – Foundations of Ecology and Evolution [Approved]
  • BIOL 310 – Biodiversity [Approved]
  • BIOL 382 – Introduction to Virology [Approved]
  • BIOL 452 – Immunology [Approved]
  • BIOL 484 – Eukaryotic Cell Biology [Approved]
  • BIOL 499 – Research in Biology [Approved]
  • CDS 410 – Numerical Analysis II [Approved]
  • CDS 411 – Modeling and Simulation II [Tabled]

Documents Addressed in September 2012

• New Graduate Programs
  • MS in Biology concentration in Neuroscience [Approved]
• New Graduate Courses
  • CHEM 817 – Organic Structural Spectroscopy [Approved]
• Graduate Course Modifications
  • ASTR 602 – Methods of Observational Astronomy [Tabled]
  • BMED 602 – Biostatistics [Approved]
• Undergraduate Program Modifications
  • BS in Astronomy Modification [Approved]
  • BS in Physics Modification [Approved]
  • BA in Mathematics Modification – Concentration in Education [Approved]
  • BS in Mathematics Modification – Concentration in Education [Approved]
  • Minor in Astronomy modification [Approved]
• New Undergraduate Course
  • CHEM 413 – Synthetic and Mechanistic Organic Chemistry [Approved]
• Undergraduate Course Modifications
  • ASTR 328 – Stars and Interstellar Medium [Approved]
  • ASTR 401 – Computer Simulation in Astronomy [Approved]
  • ASTR 402 – Methods of Observational Astronomy [Tabled]
  • ASTR 403 – Planetary Sciences [Approved]
  • ASTR 404 – Galaxies and Cosmology [Approved]
  • PHYS 428 – Relativity and Cosmology [Approved]
• Undergraduate Course Deletions
  • ASTR 428 – Relativity [Approved]