December 14, 2020- Agenda & Minutes
Time: 10:30am
Location: Zoom invite sent to committee members. If anyone else would like to attend, please email Jen for details.
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 11/30/2020
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 [10:32am. The committee welcomed Dr. Rothman, the committee’s new representative from Computational and Data Sciences.]
II. Approval of the November 23, 2020 Meeting Minutes [Approved]
III. Announcements/Discussion
IV. Old Business
Modified Programs
- Renewable Energy Interdisciplinary Minor [Approved with the flexibility to change the CHEM courses, though later this was deemed not necessary.]
New Graduate Courses
- GEOL 694: Supervised Internship [Approved pending a change to the syllabus file name to correct the course number.]
V. New Business – Undergraduate
New Courses
- COS 301: Great Ideas in Science [Approved]
- COS 310: Introduction to Science Policy [Approved. The committee encouraged seeking Mason Core designation for this course.]
- FRSC 325: Molecular Biology [Approved]
- FRSC 326: Molecular Biology Laboratory [Approved pending the addition of protein techniques and rewording “more advanced work”.]
- FRSC 404: Advanced Instrumentation in Forensic Chemistry [Approved]
- FRSC 470: Forensic Genomics [Approved]
Modified Programs
- Forensic Science, BS [Approved]
- Physics, BS [Approved]
VI. New Business – Graduate
New Courses
- COS 510: Introduction to Science Policy [Approved]
- FRSC 525: Molecular Biology [Approved]
- FRSC 526: Molecular Biology Laboratory [Approved pending the addition of protein techniques and rewording “more advanced work”.]
- FRSC 670: Forensic Genomics [Approved]
Modified Courses
Modified Programs
- Applied and Engineering Physics, MS [Approved pending the removal of 798 in the footnote. The department is asked to revisit this program in one year to consider making the core courses more defined and to outline the students’ research experience.]
- Biology, MS [Approved]
- Computational Sciences and Informatics, PhD [Approved]
- Environmental Science and Policy, MS [Approved]
- Environmental Science and Public Policy, PhD [Approved]
- Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence, MS [Approved]
Modified Programs- Bachelor’s/Accelerated Master’s
- Biology, BS/Biology, Accelerated, MS [Approved pending any additional changes to the new BAM policy at the Graduate Council.]
- Chemistry, BS/ Chemistry, Accelerated MS [Approved pending any additional changes to the new BAM policy at the Graduate Council.]
- Computational and Data Sciences BS,/Computational Science, Accelerated MS [Approved pending any additional changes to the new BAM policy at the Graduate Council.]
- Forensic Science, BS/Forensic Science, Accelerated MS [Approved pending any additional changes to the new BAM policy at the Graduate Council.]
- Mathematics BA and BS/Mathematics, Accelerated MS [Approved pending any additional changes to the new BAM policy at the Graduate Council.]
- Mechanical Engineering, BS/Computational Science, Accelerated MS [Approved pending any additional changes to the new BAM policy at the Graduate Council.]
- Neuroscience, BS/Biology Accelerated, MS [Approved pending any additional changes to the new BAM policy at the Graduate Council.]
- Physics, BS/Applied and Engineering, Accelerated MS [Approved pending any additional changes to the new BAM policy at the Graduate Council.]
- Selected Bachelor’s Degree/ Bioinformatics Management, PSM, Accelerated MS [Approved pending any additional changes to the new BAM policy at the Graduate Council.]
- Selected Bachelor’s Degree/Environmental Science and Policy, Accelerated MS [Approved pending any additional changes to the new BAM policy at the Graduate Council.]
VII. Adjournment [1:01pm]
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