Time: 10:00 am
Location: Exploratory Hall, Room 3301
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 1/14/2019
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 [10:04AM]
II. Approval of the December 10, 2018 Meeting Minutes [Approved]
III. Announcements/Discussion
- Grading Guidelines [Regarding the grades issued for graduate seminar courses, it was determined after hearing from multiple departments in the college that implementing a consistent grading scale for every seminar course will require significant changes that are likely out of the COSCC’s purview.]
- Justification Guidelines [An email will be sent out for committee members to review the updated guidelines for new concentrations, minors, certificates and accelerated masters. Approved with an update that includes the committee’s vote in approval of the guidelines, pending discussion in February surrounding if one or two categories will be required]
- Spring 2019 COSCC Chair [Dr. Hakami will continue to serve as chair for Spring 2019, the committee is grateful for his service.]
Course Deletion:
- CONS 620: Spatial Ecology, Geospatial Analysis & Remote Sensing for Conservation [Approved]
- COS Impacted Programs: Environmental Science and Policy, MS and Environmental GIS and Biodiversity Conservation GC
IV. Old Business
V. New Business – Undergraduate
New Courses
- CDS 468: Image Operators and Processing [Approved, friendly reminder to change max allowable credits to 6.]
- EVPP 491: Special Topics Lab [Approved, friendly amendment to add EVPP 490 as a co-req.]
- GGS 485: Capstone Course in Geoinformation Science [Tabled Later removed from consideration by the department.]
- MLAB 410: Medical Virology [Tabled Later added to the email vote.]
- MLAB 411: Board Exam Preparation [Tabled. Later added to the email vote.]
- MLAB 412: Medical Mycology [Tabled. Later added to the email vote.]
- MLAB 413: Medical Parasitology [Tabled. Later added to the email vote.]
- MLAB 414: Molecular Detection of Infectious Disease [Tabled. Later added to the email vote.]
- MLAB 415: Medical Bacteriology [Tabled. Later added to the email vote.]
- MLAB 417: Advanced Methods in Clinical Molecular Biology [Tabled. Later added to the email vote.]
- MLAB 418: Human Molecular and Chromosomal Applications and Pathology [Tabled. Later added to the email vote.]
- PHYS 325: Intermediate Physics Laboratory Methods [Tabled, will be in email vote to approve new title and course description.]
Modified Courses
VI. New Business – Graduate
Deleted Courses
- BMED 660: Molecular and Cellular Physiology [Approved]
- BMED 661: Metabolism, Nutrition and Endocrinology [Approved]
- BMED 662: Cardiopulmonary Biology [Approved]
- BMED 663: Gastrointestinal Biology [Approved]
- BMED 664: Renal Biology [Approved]
- BMED 665: Sexual Development and Reproduction [Approved]
- NANO 500: Introduction to Nanomaterials and Interactions [Approved]
- NANO 510: Strategies for Nanocharacterization [Approved]
- NANO 520: Survey of Nanostructures [Approved]
- NANO 530: Nanofabrication [Approved]
- NANO 540: Nanotechnology in Commerce and Government [Approved]
- NANO 610: Nanoelectronics [Approved]
- NANO 620: Computational Modeling in Nanoscience [Approved]
Modified Programs
VII. Adjournment [11:20AM]
