Time: 9:30am
Location: Exploratory Hall, Room L106
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 11/25/14
When available, the meeting minutes will be indicated within bold brackets [ ] and are in draft form until they are approved by the committee.
I. Call to Order [9:33am]
II. Approval of the November 2014 Meeting Minutes [Approved]
III. Announcements/Discussion
- Draft COSCC Schedule for Spring 2015 [Approved]
- [Barry Klinger and Chris Parsons will co-chair the COSCC as of the spring 2015 semester.]
IV. Old Business
- NEUR 651 Molecular Neuropharmacology [Tabled until a presenter is available.]
V. New Business – Undergraduate
New Courses
- COS 301 Computational Thinking and Programming Concepts [Approved pending SPACS review. Item withdrawn 12/13/2014]
- COS 401 Big Data Management [Approved pending SPACS review. Item withdrawn 12/13/2014]
- EVPP 494 Internship [Approved]
Modified Courses
- EVPP 355 Ecological Engineering and Ecosystem Restoration [Approved]
- EVPP 451 Fungi and Ecosystems [Approved]
- EVPP 468 Vertebrate Natural History [Approved]
- FRSC 302 Forensic Bio-Trace [Approved. Updated course description is forthcoming.]
- 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 Immunology [Approved]
- MLAB 405 Clinical Microbiology [Approved]
- MLAB 406 Clinical Chemistry [Approved]
Modified Program
- Environmental Science, BS [Approved]
- Environmental Science, BS Concentrations [Approved. Discussed changes include: HERC- remove “and choose either” and “or”; add CLIM 438. MEFC- add “* In a relevant topic”. EVHL- add BIOL 305 and BIOL 306.]
New Certificates
- Online Undergraduate Certificate in Geo-Management [Approved. Discussed changes include: alert students to certificate residency requirements. Refrain from using the word “Track”.]
- Undergraduate Certificate in the Biological Sciences for Career Changers [Approved]
VI. New Business – Graduate
New Courses
- CONS 645 Estimating Animal Abundance and Occupancy [Approved]
- GEOL 506 Soil Science [Approved]
- GEOL 513 Hydrogeology [Approved]
- GEOL 532 Paleoclimatology [Approved. Crosslisting with an EVPP course was suggested.]
- GEOL 536 Paleontology Seminar [Approved. Crosslisting with a BIOL course was suggested.]
- GEOL 553 Field Mapping Techniques [Approved]
- GEOL 563 Coastal Morphology and Processes [Approved]
- GEOL 565 Paleoceanography [Approved. Crosslisting with an EVPP course was suggested.]
- GEOL 700 Comprehensive Exam [Approved]
- GEOL 792 Seminar in Earth Systems Science, Geology, & Earth Science [Approved]
- GEOL 798 Master’s Research Project in Earth Systems Science [Approved]
- GEOL 799 Master’s Thesis in Earth Systems Science [Approved]
- NEUR 592 Special Topics in Neuroscience [Tabled until a presenter is available.]
New Certificates
- Environmental GIS and Biodiversity Conservation [Approved. Discussed changes include: alert students to certificate residency requirements. EVPP 505- mention that the course topic must be related to conservation. Add CLIM 690. Add CONS 645.]
Modified Course
- EVPP 745 Environmental Toxicology [Approved]
Modified Program
- Earth Systems Science, MS [Approved]
VII. Adjournment [11:50am]