December 2007 – Agenda & Minutes

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Members Present: Geoff Birchard, Tim Born (chair), Sheryl Beach, Dan Cox, Rick Diecchio, Robert Ellsworth, Igor Griva, Dimitri Klimov, Barry Klinger, Nigel Waters (GEOG sub), David Singman
Members Absent: Barry Haack, Peter Becker

  1. Approval of the November 15th minutes:
    • Minutes were approved.
  2. Announcements and comments:
    • Assad made the announcement that the undergraduate courses passed at the last meeting have been forwarded to the registrar’s office.
    • The schedule for the spring 2008 semester looks like it will be the second Friday of each month but details will follow.
    • Dr. Beach will be exiting the committee and Dr. George Taylor will be taking her place representing ESGS.
    • The program form was approved with one minor change: the inclusion of the words “overlap with existing program.”
  3. Old Business
    • NEUR 600 [Approved]The course description will need to be modified slightly.
  4. New Business
    • Graduate
      • BIOL 675 [Approved]
      • CLIM 762 [Approved]
      • Forensics Certificate [Tabled]
        • Accrediting issues were discussed as well as the lack of lab components to the courses.
        • FRN 500, 510, 520, 530, 540, 550, 560, 570, 590 [Tabled]
        • Vote on certificate and courses were going to be done altogether.
      • CHEM 690 [Approved]
      • EVPP 505 [Approved]
      • MATH 677, 685, 686, 688 (deletion) and 998  [Approved]
        • Approved as a block.
      • BINF 450 [Approved]
      • BIOL 413 deletion [Approved]
      • BIOL 421 [Approved]
      • CDS 486 [Approved]
      • MATH 290 modification [Approved]
      • CHEM 490 [Approved]
      • CHEM BA and BS program modification [Approved]

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Agenda: December 2007
Minutes: December 2007