Time: 10:00 am
Location: Exploratory Hall, Room 3301
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 10/8/2018
When available, the meeting minutes will be indicated within bold brackets [ ] and are in draft form until they are approved by the committee.
Relevant Links: Undergraduate Council Meeting Minutes/ Graduate Council Meeting Minutes
I. Call to Order [10:05 AM]
II. Approval of the September 24, 2018 Meeting Minutes [Approved]
III. Announcements/Discussion
IV. Old Business
Announcements
- Continued Discussion: Providing Demand for New Curricular Offerings [The discussion was opened up again to reexamine guidelines for future program proposals. Dr. Hakami requested that committee members email him suggested questions to address when composing the guidelines.
- There was also discussion of a uniform grading scale for all department seminar courses across the college. Representatives were asked to compile information (course expectations and grading scales) on their department’s seminars and email Jennifer Bazaz Gettys and Dr. Hakami.
New Courses- Undergraduate
- PHYS 170: Introductory and Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers I [Dr. Rubin provided the committee with more information about this course and answered questions from the committee members. Jennifer will also correct the equivalency so that it is equal to only PHYS 160. Approved]
- PHYS 270: Introductory and Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers II [Dr. Rubin provided the committee with more information about this course and answered questions from the committee members. Jennifer will also correct the equivalency so that it is equal to only PHYS 260. Approved]
Modified Courses- Undergraduate
- NEUR 327: Cellular, Neurophysiological, and Pharmacological Neuroscience [Tabled, representative absent.]
Modified Courses- Graduate
- GEOL 792: Seminar in Earth Systems Science, Geology, & Earth Science [Tabled pending further discussion about seminar course grading.]]
V. New Business – Undergraduate
New Courses
- CDS 403: Applications of Machine Learning [Approved]
- CHEM 310: Survey of Organic Chemistry [Approved]
- FRSC 461: Forensic DNA Analysis Laboratory [Approved]
Modified Courses
- EVPP 113: Ecosphere: Introduction to Environmental Science II- Lab [Approved]
- FRSC 415: Selected Topics in Forensic Science [Approved]
- FRSC 460: Forensic DNA Analysis [Approved]
Deactivated Courses
- CHEM 201: Introductory Chemistry I [Approved]
- COS Courses Affected: CHEM 211, CHEM 202, CHEM 203
- CHEM 202: Introductory Chemistry II [Approved]
- COS Courses Affected: CHEM 204, CHEM 212
- CHEM 203: General Chemistry Laboratory I [Approved]
- COS Courses Affected: CHEM 101, CHEM 102, CHEM 213
- CHEM 204: General Chemistry Laboratory II [Approved]
- COS Courses Affected: CHEM 101, CHEM 102, CHEM 214
- CHEM 251: General Chemistry for Engineers [Approved]
- COS Programs Affected: Renewable Energy Interdisciplinary Minor
Modified Programs
- Forensic Science, BS [Approved]
VI. New Business – Graduate
New Courses
Modified Courses
New Programs
- Accelerated Master’s: Forensic Science, BS/Forensic Science, MS [Approved]
- Accelerated Master’s: Mechanical Engineering, BS/Applied and Engineering Physics* [Approved]
Modified Programs
- Climate Dynamics, PhD [Approved]
- Forensic Science, MS [Approved]
VII. Adjournment [12:24 PM]
*Item added after the agenda was announced.
