News Category: ‘2013’

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

I. Approval of the November 2013 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

II. Announcements

• CLIM 312 proposal approved at the November meeting was discussed as a new course (cross-list with previously existing GGS 312). The proposal cover page incorrectly had “modification” checked. The proposal will be revised so that “new course” is checked instead since CLIM 312 did not previously exist. [Updated form has been sent to the Office of the University Registrar.]

III. Old Business

• Deleted Concentration
  • Marine and Freshwater Biology Concentration (BS Biology) [Approved]

IV. New Business – Undergraduate

• New Course
  • EVPP 449 Marine Ecology [Approved]
• Modified Minor
  • Sustainability Minor [Approved]

V. New Business – Graduate

• Modified Programs
  • Biology, MS [Approved]
  • Climate Dynamics, PhD [Approved]

VI. Voting

Committee Members must submit their votes on the above items via email to Barry Klinger and Jennifer Bazaz by 5:00pm on December 17, 2013. If any votes/comments call for committee discussion, all committee members will be contacted via email.

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

I. Call to Order [11:05am]

II. Approval of the October 2013 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• December 2013 Meeting Date [This will be determined via email.]

IV. Old Business

• CLIM 310 Principles of Climate Physics [This item has been withdrawn.]

V. New Business – Undergraduate

• New Courses
  • EVPP 309 Introduction to Oceanography [Approved by the COSCC. However, the item did not receive college approval and the involved COSCC members were advised via email on 12/09/2013.]
  • EVPP 427 Disease Ecology and Conservation [Approved]
  • PHYS 301 Analytical Methods of Physics [Approved]
  • PHYS 332 Solar Cells [Approved]
• New Program
  • Undergraduate Pre-Medical Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program [This item was tabled as it had no presenter.]
• Modified Courses
  • CLIM 312 Physical Climatology [Approved]
  • PHYS 303 Classical Mechanics [Approved]
  • PHYS 305 Electromagnetic Theory [Approved]
• Modified Programs
  • Environmental Science, BS (also includes modification to the Aquatic Ecology concentration) [Approved. Course additions/clarifications were made to the form during the meeting.]
  • Physics, BS [Approved pending clarification that the correct course numbers were reflected in the requirements section. 11/26/2013- an email stating that the courses were listed correctly was distributed.]
• Deleted Course
  • CLIM 411 Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics [Approved]
• Deleted Concentration
  • Marine and Freshwater Biology Concentration (BS Biology) [This item was tabled as it had no presenter.]

VI. New Business – Graduate

• New Courses
  • BIOL 562 Personalized Medicine [Approved]
  • BIOL 678 Cell-Based Assays [Approved. The form was modified to indicate that it was a lab and lecture course.]
  • EVPP 527 Disease Ecology and Conservation [Approved]
• Modified Courses
  • BINF 701 Biochemical Systematics [Approved]
  • BINF 702 Research Methods [Approved. The form was modified to indicate the correct course, BINF 702, on the second page.]
• Modified Programs
  • Applied and Engineering Physics, MS [Approved]
  • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, MS [Approved]
  • Computational Science, MS [Approved]
• Deleted Concentration
  • Bioinformatics Concentration (MS Biology) [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [12:15pm]

The meeting minutes are indicated within bold brackets [ ].

I. Call to Order [2:00pm]

II. Approval of the September 2013 Meeting Minutes [Approved pending revisions. 10/30/2013: Revisions applied.]

III. Announcements

• Committee secretary change [Dr. Klinger announced that Jennifer Bazaz will serve as COSCC Secretary.]
• Webpage [Dr. Klinger and the committee commented favorably on the COSCC’s webpage revision. It was requested that the “repository” feature continue to be updated and available for perusal.]

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

• New Courses
  • CLIM 309 Introduction to Atmospheric Thermodynamics [Approved]
  • CLIM 310 Principles of Climate Physics [Vote postponed until November meeting; pending clarification on the course’s relationship to GGS 312.]
  • CLIM 311 Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics [Approved]
  • EVPP 440 Field Environmental Science [Approved. Course form updated to reflect that the maximum allowed credits are nine.]
  • MATH 312 Geometry [Approved contingent upon course title review. 11/8/2013: Approved via email after the Mathematical Sciences Department provided rational for the course title to remain ‘Geometry’.]
  • MLAB 200 Introduction to Medical Laboratory Science [Approved]
  • MLAB 401 Orientation to the Problems and Practices of the Clinical Laboratory [Approved]
  • MLAB 402 Clinical Hematology and Coagulation [Approved]
  • MLAB 403 Clinical Microscopy [Approved]
  • MLAB 404 Serology and Immunohematology [Approved]
  • MLAB 405 Clinical Microbiology [Approved]
  • MLAB 406 Clinical Chemistry [Approved]
  • PHYS 106 The Quantum World: A Continuous Revolution in What We Know and How We Live [Approved]
• Modified Courses
  • EVPP 318 Conservation Biology [Approved. Course form updated to reflect BIOL 318 as an equivalent course, and to reflect that the course cannot be taken with CONS 401 and/or CONS 411.]
  • MATH 108 Introductory Calculus with Business Applications [Approved]
  • MATH 112 Discrete Mathematics for IT [Approved]
  • MATH 125 Discrete Mathematics I [Approved]
• Modified Program
  • Medical Technology, BS [Approved]
• Deleted Courses
  • MTCH 200 Introduction to Medical Technology [Approved]
  • MTCH 401 Orientation to the Problems and Practices of the Clinical Laboratory [Approved]
  • MTCH 402 Clinical Hematology and Coagulation [Approved]
  • MTCH 403 Clinical Microscopy [Approved]
  • MTCH 404 Serology and Immunohematology [Approved]
  • MTCH 405 Clinical Microbiology [Approved]
  • MTCH 406 Clinical Chemistry [Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

• New Courses
  • EVPP 619 The Challenge of Biodiversity [Approved]
  • GGS 501 GGS Distance Education Orientation [Approved]
  • GGS 692 Web GIS [Approved. Course title updated to ‘Web-based GIS’ due to committee suggestion.]
• Modified Courses
  • CSI 972 Mathematical Statistics I [Approved]
  • PHYS 684 Quantum Mechanics I [Approved]
  • PHYS 784 Quantum Mechanics II [Approved]
• Modified Programs
  • Computational Sciences and Informatics, PhD [Approved. Program form updated to consistently reflect that the colloquium/seminar credits are 1-3]
  • Environmental Science and Public Policy, PhD [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [3:26pm

I. Call to Order

II. Announcements

• By unanimous vote, the 2013-2014 Committee Chair is Dr. Barry Klinger.
• Submissions are due to Graduate Council the first Wednesday of the month.
• COSCC’s December meeting may be conducted via email; a final decision will be determined at a later date.

III. New Business – Undergraduate

• New Program
  • Atmospheric Science, BS [Approved pending small revisions]

VII. Adjournment

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